LIVE — Follow Ventura County athletes compete for state track championships in Clovis

Wrapping up

So local athletes will return home with three state championships. Ventura sophomore Sadie Engelhardt achieved her historic girls 1,600 and 800 double and Oaks Christian junior Niya Clayton won the girls 100-meter dash.

Locals also finished second (Payton Godsey), third (Anthony Fast Horse), fourth (Jeremy Frank) fifth (Valentina Fakrogha, Chase Hanson), sixth (Pryce Edwards, Jaelon Barbarin), seventh (Cole Dinkler), eighth (Eleanor Borchard, Rayah Rodriguez, Trinity Tipton) and 12th (Ailish Hawkins). That’s quite the medal haul.

Oaks Christian girls finished fifth as a team with 24 points. Ventura girls finished seventh as a team with 23.50.

9:30 p.m. 3,200 meters

Oaks Christian junior Payton Godsey finished second in the 3,200 meters in 10:02.63. Newbury Park’s Ailish Hawkins was 12th in 10:46.24.

Westlake was sixth in the boys 4x400 relay in 3:18.89.

Camarillo sophomore Trinity Tipton finished eighth in the girls discus with a throw of 135-4. final. It is the highest finish ever by a Camarillo thrower at the state meet.

Foothill Tech senior Cole Dinkler was seventh in the boys pole vault at 15-2.

8:45 p.m. Hurdles

Thousand Oaks senior Pryce Edwards placed sixth in the state boys 300 hurdles in 38.85 seconds. It’s the highest finish in the event by a TO hurdler.

Oaks Christian sophomore Eleanor Borchard was eighth in the state girls 300 hurdles in 43.52 seconds.

8 p.m. State championship double!

Ventura’s Sadie Engelhardt wins the state girls 800 meters in 2:07.22, completing a historic 1600-800 double.

She is only the second athlete to complete the 1,600-800 sweep in the same state meet, the first since Kathy Costello of Pleasant Hill did the 880-mile double at the 1975 state meet.

Just a sophomore, Engelhardt already has five individual state championships — three in track and two in cross-country.

7:30 p.m. State champion

Oaks Christian's Niya Clayton is the fastest girl in California. Not next year. Now! She wins the 100-meter dash from lane six in 11.45 seconds. The junior puts her hands to her face in amazement.

Simi Valley's Jaelon Barbarin placed sixth in the boys 100 final in 10.55 seconds. Highest finish by a Simi sprinter in the event.

7 p.m. 400 meters

Oaks Christian sophomore Chase Hansen placed fifth boys 400 in 47.65. Best finish by an Oaks Christian athlete in the meet. It’s the fifth-best performance in area history in the event.

Oaks Christian freshman Rayah Rodriguez places eighth in the girls 400 meters in 56.18.

6:30 p.m. High Hurdles

Thousand Oaks senior Jeremy Frank finishes fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.28 seconds. Top finish in the event by a Thousand Oaks hurdler.

Ventura junior Valentina Fakrogha finishes fifth in the girls high jump at 5-6. Highest finish in the event by a Ventura leaper.

6:15 p.m. State champion!

Ventura sophomore Sadie Engelhardt defends her state championship in the girls 1,600 meters in 4:33.45. It’s a state meet record!

Wow, Ventura junior Anthony Fast Horse finds a finishing kick! After not being in the top 6 the first three laps, he finishes third in 4:08.84, just 0.20 behind state champion Andreas Dybdahl of Santa Barbara. Channel League goes 1-3 in the event.

6 p.m. 4x100 Relays

Oaks Christian finishes fifth in the girls 4x100 Relay in 46.86 seconds. There’s an opening four points towards their dark horse team title chances.

Oaks Christian finishes third in the boys 4x100 Relay in 41.02 seconds. Bronze for the Masters champs.

5:30 p.m. And we’re off…

Championship Saturday night has begun in Clovis.

Ventura’s Valentina Fakogha has opened the state girls high jump finals by clearing 5-4 and 5-6 on her first attempts.

Foothill Tech's Cole Dinker has cleared the opening heights of 14-6 and 15-0 on his first attempts in the boys pole vault finals.

9 a.m. The local slate

Here's today's localized schedule for the 103rd CIF State Track and Field Finals in Clovis.

• 5 p.m. — Girls High Jump (Ventura’s Valentina Fahrogha)

• 5:15 p.m. — Boys Pole Vault (Foothill Tech’s Cole Dinkler)

• 5:45 p.m. — Girls 4x100m Relay (Oaks Christian),

• 5:50 p.m. — Boys 4x100m Relay (Oaks Christian)

• 6 p.m. — Girls 1,600m Run (Ventura’s Sadie Engelhardt)

• 6:10 p.m. — Boys 1,600m Run (Ventura’s Anthony Fast Horse)

• 6:30 p.m. — Girls Discus (Camarillo’s Trinity Tipton)

• 6:30 p.m. — Boys 110m High Hurdles (Thousand Oaks’ Jeremy Frank)

• 6:40 p.m. — Girls 400m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Rayah Rodriguez)

• 6:45 p.m. — Boys 400m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Chase Hanson)

• 7:20 p.m. — Girls 100m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Niyah Clayton)

• 7:25 p.m. — Boys 100m Dash (Simi Valley’s Jaelon Barbarin)

• 7:35 p.m. — Girls 800m Run (Engelhardt)

• 7:50p.m. — Girls 300m Hurdles (Oaks Christian’s Eleanor Borchard)

• 8:00 p.m. — Boys 300m Hurdles (Thousand Oaks’ Pyrce Edwards)

• 9:20 p.m. — Girls 3,200m Run (Oaks Christian’s Payton Godsey, Newbury Park’s Ailish Hawkins)

• 9:55 p.m. — Boys 4x400m Relay (Westlake)

8 a.m. The calm before the storm

We asked Oaks Christian coach Wes Smith if his girls team qualified enough finalists to compete for the state team title today.

“The kids did well in qualifying,” Smith said. “There were some heartbreaks, too. Now they need to focus on execution to the best of their ability.

“Honestly, I have not looked at points.”

Niya Clayton (100m), Eleanor Borchard (300m hurdles), Rayah Rodriguez (400m) and Peyton Godsey (3,200m) give the Lions four female finalists, plus the 4x100 relay team.

10:45 p.m. See you on Championship Saturday

After totaling it all up, 14 local athletes qualified for the Saturday’s CIF State Track and Field Finals in 14 individual events.

Ventura's Sadie Engelhardt is the lone athlete to qualify in two individual events (girls 800 and 1,600 meters). The girls 3,200 meters, with Oaks Christian’s Payton Godsey and Newbury Park’s Ailish Hawkins, is the lone event with two local entries.

We’ll have all the updates here on Saturday.

9:45 p.m. 4x400 Relay

Calabasas advances by finishing sixth in the girls 4x400 relay in 3:49.77. Oaks Christian did not advance after running 4:02.67.

Westlake qualified sixth in the boys 4x400 relay in 3:18.20.

9:15 p.m. 200 meters

Oaks Christian freshman Rayah Rodriguez was 11th in the girls 200 meters in 24.60 seconds. Missed qualifying by five hundredth of a second.

8:30 p.m. Hurdles

Oaks Christian sophomore Eleanor Borchard — the daughter of former Stanford quarterback and Chicago White Sox outfielder Joe Borchard — qualifies for her first state finals in the girls 300-meter hurdles, finishing seventh in the Prelims in 43.27 seconds. The time is the No. 4-best time in area history.

Thousand Oaks senior Pyrce Edwards wins his heat in the boys 300-meter hurdles in 38.35 seconds. He finished fourth in the Prelims. He advances to his first state finals.

8 p.m. 800 meters

Ventura sophomore Sadie Engelhardt ran the second-fastest time in girls 800 meter qualifying with a 2:10.59. She’ll make her second attempt at a historic 1,600-800 double tomorrow night.

Moorpark High’s Victor Ezike did not clear the opening height of 6-3 in the boys high jump.

7:30 p.m. 100 meters

Oaks Christian junior Niya Clayton won her heat in the girls 100-meter dash in 11.52 seconds, so she’ll advance.

Oaks Christian freshman Deshonne Redeaux finished 12th in the boys 100-meter dash in 10.68 seconds. He did not advance.

7:15 p.m. 400 meters

Oaks Christian’s fabulous freshman, Rayah Rodriguez, qualified fourth in the girls 400 meters in 54.60 seconds.

Oaks Christian sophomore Chase Hansen was third in his heat in the boys 400 meters in 47.90. He qualified sixth.

7 p.m. Field updates

Foothill Technology senior Cole Dinkler cleared the opening height of 14-6 in the boys pole vault on his first attempt. He also cleared 15-0 on his first attempt. He will advance to Saturday's finals.

Westlake junior Cade Sommers did not clear the opening height in three attempts and was eliminated.

Ventura senior Wyatt Schrader finished 15th in the boys shot put prelims with a toss of 53-2.25. He did not advance to finals.

Camarillo sophomore Trinity Tipton finished seventh in the girls discus prelim with a toss of 139-8, advancing to the finals. Teammate Laynie Tuimaualuga (113-8) did not advance.

6:30 p.m. High Hurdles

Oaks Christian’s Niya Clayton finished 14th in girls 100-meter hurdles prelims in 14.76 seconds. She did not advance.

Thousand Oaks senior Jeremy Frank was third in his heat in the boys 110-meter hurdles in 14.23 seconds. He qualified with the fifth-fastest time of the night.

Simi Valley senior Sean Brown was fourth in his heat at 14.68. Thousand Oaks senior Pyrce Edwards was sixth in his heat at 16.34. Brown missed advancing by a margin sixth hundredths of a second.

6 p.m. 1,600 meters

Ventura sophomore Sadie Engelhardt moves on the girls 1,600 meters. The defending state champion cruised to 10th in 4:50.64. She also has the 800 meters later tonight.

Ventura's Anthony Fast Horse and Micah Grossman are next up in the boys 1,600.

Ventura junior Anthony Fast Horse runs the fastest time in 1,600 prelims at 4:10.48. He’ll run for a state title tomorrow. Teammate Micah Grossman finished 11th in his heat at 4:18.30, so comes up about five seconds short of qualifying.

It looks like the high jump competition is over for the day. Fahrogha was one of three jumpers successful at 5-3, 5-5 and 5-6 without a miss, so she’s moving on. Thousand Oaks’ Madison Thai is sitting 17th after jumping 5-5, but missing three times at 5-6. Top 12 advance, so it looks like she's going to come up short.

5:30 p.m. 4x100 Relay

Oaks Christian girls qualified sixth (46.72 seconds) in the 4x100 relay.

Simi Valley boys qualified third (41.33) in the 4x100 relay. Pioneers won their heat with a school-record time.

Oaks Christian boys qualified sixth (41.45) seconds in the 4x100 relay.

5 p.m. Girls High Jump

Ventura’s Valentina Fahrogha and Thousand Oaks’ Madison Thai have both cleared 5 foot, 3 inches and 5-5 in the girls’ high jump, moving themselves into the top 14 of the 27-athlete field.

Action on the track is about to begin. 4x100 relay is first up.

4 p.m. Prelude to a championship

More than 20 athletes and seven relay teams are at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis tonight for the CIF State Track and Field Championships.

But before they compete for state titles on Saturday, most of them have to qualify today.

Among the contenders for state glory include Ventura sophomore Sadie Engelhardt, the defending champion and top seed in the girls 1,600 meters, and Oaks Christian junioor Niya Clayton, who won the girls 100-meter dash at last week's CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet at Moorpark High.

Tonight is key for Oaks Christian girls track, who are pursuing a potential team state title.

“I think we qualified (for) the right events,” Oaks Christian coach Wes Smith said last week. “Obviously, you have to show up, execute and beat people (in Clovis).”

Here’s the full schedule for Friday’s state prelims, with local participants in parenthesis:

• 3 p.m. — Boys Discus, Girls Long Jump, Boys Long Jump, Girls High Jump (Ventura’s Valentina Fakrogha, Thousand Oaks’ Madison Thai (Oaks Christian’s Rayah Rodriguez H3), Wheelchair/Ambulatory Shot Put Final

• 5 p.m. — Girls 4x100m Relay (Oaks Christian H2) Unified Shot Put Final

• 5:15 p.m. — Boys 4x100m Relay (Oaks Christian H2, Simi Valley H2)

• 5:30 p.m. — Girls 1600m (Ventura’s Sadie Engelhardt H2), Girls Discus (Camarillo’s Trinity Tipton, Camarillo’s Laynie Tuimaualuga), Boys Shot Put (Ventura’s Wyatt Schrader)

• 5:45 p.m. — Boys 1600m (Ventura’s Anthony Fast Horse H2, Micah Grossman H2)

• 6 p.m. — Girls 100m High Hurdles (Oaks Christian’s Niya Clayton H4), Boys Pole Vault (Westlake’s Cade Sommers, Foothill Tech’s Cole Dinkler), Girls Pole Vault, Boys Triple Jump, Girls Triple Jump

• 6:15 p.m. — Boys 110m High Hurdles (Thousand Oaks’ Jeremy Frank H1, Simi Valley’s Sean Brown H2, Thousand Oaks’ Pyrce Edwards H3)

• 6:30 p.m. — Wheelchair/Ambulatory 400m Dash

• 6:50 p.m. — Girls 400m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Rayah Rodriguez H3)

• 7 p.m. — Boys High Jump (Moorpark’s Victor Ezike)

• 7:05 p.m. — Boys 400m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Chase Hansen H1)

• 7:20 p.m. — Girls 100m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Niya Clayton H1)

• 7:30 p.m. — Boys 100m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Deshonne Redeaux H1, Simi Valley’s Jaelon Barbarin H4)

• 7:40 p.m. — Girls 800m Run (Ventura’s Sadie Engelhardt H3)

• 7:50 p.m. — Boys 800m Run

• 8 p.m. — Girls 300m Hurdles (Oaks Christian’s Eleanor Borchard H3), Girls Shot Put

• 8:15 p.m. — Boys 300m Hurdles (Thousand Oaks’ Pyrce Edwards H3)

• 8:30 p.m. — Unified 400 Relay

• 8:40 p.m. — Girls 200m Dash (Oaks Christian’s Rayah Rodriguez H3)

• 8:50 p.m. — Boys 200m Dash

• 9 p.m. — Unified 100m Dash

• 9:10 p.m. — Girls 4x400m Relay (Oaks Christian H1, Calabasas H2, Ventura H3)

• 9:30 p.m. — Boys 4x400m Relay (Westlake H1)

This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: LIVE — Local athletes compete for state track titles in Clovis