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By Jeff Tully | March 5, 2008
BURBANK — The area saw its share of fine performances in track and field last season. Along with their share of individual league championships, a group of local athletes was also able to qualify for the CIF Southern Section preliminaries. However, only one competitor — Sadee Martinez of Burroughs — was able to advance to state competition, as she qualified in the girls’ 1,600 meter. With their share of accomplished athletes, the local schools could again send a contingent to the CIF Southern Section preliminaries.
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By Charles Rich | May 26, 2007
NORWALK — Thanks to a much-needed last-second push, Sadee Martinez can look forward to heading to Sacramento. Martinez, a Burroughs High junior distance runner, needed every ounce of energy to cross the finish line and accomplish a remarkable feat. Martinez set a personal record of 4 minutes 58.82 seconds in the girls' 1,600 meters Friday at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Cerritos College in Norwalk to earn a spot in the coveted CIF State Track and Field Meet.
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May 21, 2008
WALNUT — At this point in the track and field season, Burroughs High senior Sadee Martinez enters each race knowing it could be her last. With each week the competition becomes increasingly more difficult, and when blazing heat is added to the equation, continuing to prolong a season with solid races can become a dicey proposition. But Martinez was up the challenge on Saturday, as she battled through heat in the high 90s to finish in fifth place in the Division I girls’ 1,600-meters race in 4 minutes, 59.79 seconds at the Division I CIF Southern Section Track and Field Finals at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut.
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By Grant Gordon | June 10, 2009
CLOVIS — If nothing more and nothing less, Western Nelson proved he could run among the best of the best — both on Saturday and throughout an ultra-successful senior campaign. Running for the first time in the CIF-State Track and Field Championships, the Indians standout flirted with the frontrunners in Saturday night’s 3,200-meters race, but inevitably finished 16th in 9 minutes 6.68 seconds. “I put myself in a position to do good, but I didn’t really do that good,” Nelson said.
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By Charles Rich | May 5, 2007
ARCADIA — With the recent reconfiguration of the Pacific League, there figured to be greater opportunities for the area high school track and field athletes to secure league championships. By the time day turned to night, many of them did Friday. Several athletes each won two individual events Friday night at the league's track and field finals at Arcadia High. In the girls' portion of the meet, Crescenta Valley's Claire Collison, Glendale's Rachelle Saturnino of Glendale and Burroughs' Taryn Campos each won a pair of events.
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BY JEFF TULLY | May 4, 2012
ARCADIA - It's safe to say Burbank High's Julia Newton lost sleep thinking about taking part in the Pacific League track and field finals. "Normal people would be nervous an hour before this meet," the sprinter said. "But for me, I was nervous about it for days. I've been thinking a lot about it. " Just a freshman, Newton showed no outward sign of jitters at Friday's event at Arcadia High, as she had a hand in two victories for the Bulldogs, placing first in the girls' 100 meters and running a leg on the winning Burbank girls' 4x100 relay team that set a school record.
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By Jeff Tully | May 30, 2007
The past few weeks, Sadee Martinez has been involved in an intense battle of endurance, desire and will. Although the junior Burroughs High track and field standout has had to compete against some of the finest female athletes in Southern California in the 1,600 meters, perhaps her toughest competition has come from within. "I always want to finish on top in races," Martinez said. "But what means more to me is that I am able to run the best that I can and that I'm able to get my [personal-record]
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By Jeff Tully, jeff.tully@latimes.com | March 1, 2011
BURBANK HIGH — Although he has yet to began his freshman track and field season at Burbank High, Isaiah Amos has already taken part in a big race. Saturday, the freshman took part in the Run for the Dream Indoor Track and Field Invitational, held at the Save Mart Center in Fresno. Amos took part in the boys' 600-yard competition. Amos won his heat in 1 minute 18.18 seconds and finished with the ninth-fastest time overall out of 30 competitors. In his race, the freshman sat back in second place, about five meters off the leader, for the first two laps of the three and three-quarters lap race.
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By Jeff Tully and Gabriel Rizk | May 26, 2010
BURBANK — With Greg Dotson running some of the fastest times in the nation this season in the boys' 800 meters, many figured the Burbank High senior would go deep into the track and field postseason. However, the question persisted: Could another area athlete find continued success alongside Dotson? That question was answered Saturday in the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Championships at Cerritos College. Not only was Dotson able to do well and qualify for Friday's CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Cerritos College, but he will be joined at the competition by Burroughs High sophomore Anthony Monroy, who is moving on in the boys' 3,200.
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By Jeff Tully, jeff.tully@latimes.com | May 7, 2011
ARCADIA — There were plenty of high points and one major disappointment with the Burbank High and Burroughs track and field teams Friday in the Pacific League finals at Arcadia High. The successes were led by the Indians' Shannon Kermah and Bulldogs' McKenzie Paul, who both captured league titles in two events. One of the most unexpected turn of events occurred with Burroughs' Anthony Monroy. Monroy, who advanced to the Masters Meet last season in the boys' 3,200 meters and wasn't able to train for a number of weeks because of an injured foot, failed to quality to the CIF Southern Section Division I preliminaries in the 3,200.