Chip off the old starting block: Lofton headed to state
Hundreds of masters athletes have kids (or grandkids) running track, so there’s no way to keep track of them all. But today I noticed that M45 200/400 stud James Lofton, the NFL Hall of Famer, is cheering for his son Daniel, a junior at Westview High School north of San Diego. Daniel ran a third-place 49.70 in the CIF San Diego Section 400 final yesterday to qualify for this coming weekend’s California State Championships at Sacramento City College.
The qualifiers for the state meet 400 are thus:
Event 8 Boys 400 Meter Dash Prelims
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National H.S: 45.25 6/19/1993 Calvin Harrison (North Salinas, CA)
State Meet: 45.25 6/19/1993 Calvin Harrison (North Sallinas)
Name Year School Seed
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1 Gettis, David 12 Dorsey/la 46.08
2 Nellum, Bryshon 10 Poly (Lb)/Ss 47.05
3 Williams, Courtney 12 Dorsey/la 47.28
4 Wells, Elijah 12 Taft/la 47.85
5 Chandy, Zach 11 Sage Hill /ss 48.02
6 Johnson, Michael 12 Lincoln, Stoc/sj 48.03
7 Guttierez, Nevin 10 North Jw/Ss 48.23
8 Keeling, Marcell 12 Serra/ss 48.24
9 Sanford, Donald 12 Mrngsde/ss 48.34
10 Jones, Ennis 11 La Sierra/ss 48.36
11 Colvin, Robert 10 Franklin Eg/Sj 48.50
12 Gaspar, Don 11 Los Gatos/cc 48.64
13 Blair, Sean 12 Logan J/Nc 48.96
14 Miller, Darryl 12 Clovis/ce 49.08
15 Rice, Jesse 12 S Bnto/cc 49.17
16 Crockenberg, Will 12 Healdsbrg/nc 49.17
17 Nagy, Victor 12 Union Mine/sj 49.22
18 Wolfram, Peter 11 Piedmnt H/Cc 49.34
19 Christenson, Robert 11 St Agstn/sd 49.38
20 Ward, Jason 10 South Bkl/ce 49.44
21 Omwanghe, Isidor 11 Buchanan/ce 49.57
22 Taylor, Gerron 11 Deer Vlly/nc 49.64
23 Love, Alex 12 Acalanes/nc 49.65
24 Moore, Durran 12 Mt Miguel/sd 49.69
25 Lofton, Daniel 11 Westview/sd 49.70
26 Arnold, Corey Durham /no 50.83
27 Osborn, Frederick 12 Lowell/sf 51.59
Daddy Lofton, now a wide receivers coach for the San Diego Chargers, was the top-ranked M45 long sprinter in the United States in 2004 with a 51.52 best.
So the son finally can beat the dad.
Way to go, Dan, and way to go, Dad, for your genes and inspiration!
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I learned after posting the above that Markita Berry, daughter of M40 long sprinter Kettrell Berry, had also qualified for the California state meet. Markita is a senior at El Camino High School in Oceanside, about a half-hour north of San Diego. She’ll be in the 100 and long jump at state. She was second in the 100 with a wind-aided 12.16 and won the San Diego CIF section long jump with this great series: 17-11¾* (wind: +0.0, Series: 17-0, 16-11¬?, 17-9, 17-10¬? , 17-10, 17-11¾). Go MB!
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