2008 Arcadia Invitational
Doug Speck - Editor DyeStatCal

Preview Written late last week for program, and does not reflect 4/5 weekend results

Boys 100 Meters

photos by Greg Smotherman - Smotherman Images.com and Robert Lopez
State Leader Randall Carroll (Cathedral) will battle a great field in the 100 that includes Chris
Owusu (Oaks Christian), who has 10.42w and 10.45w 100 wins this Invitational season

Take the best from up and down the state, with the best from neighboring Arizona and Nevada, and you have one burning contest! California flyers in 2008 are led by junior Charles Saseun (Rancho Cucamonga), who is the nation’s #4 returnee and was State runner-up at 10.39 last June. He has run 10.64 on the year, with a second place finish to Randall Carroll (Cathedral, LA) two weeks back at the Pasadena Games. Carroll, third last year at state as a soph with a 10.57 best, was a 10.70-10.77 winner over Saseun in a tension-packed contest at Pasadena CC. Chris Owusu (Oaks Christian) a Stanford bound wide receiver, was the Las Vegas Invitational winner last weekend into a negative wind at 10.74, with the Ventura County star 10.42w and 10.45w efforts in Invitational settings locally so far this spring in nice Invitational wins. Adam Long (St. Bernard) has run 10.70 (10.53w last year) and can challenge at the front end here. San Diego’s best and a huge winner at Mt. Carmel at 10.54w was Jamal Alston (Rancho Buena Vista), who comes north looking for competition. Arizona’s best, Allante Battle (Desert Vista, Phoenix) is a State 5A Champ with a 10.64 best. Nevada’s Demarrion Horton has a 10.4 seasonal best and was second to Owusu in the Las Vegas Invite. It will be the kind of a contest with tension you can physically cut in the stadium at the start ,as another super Arcadia sprint field races for glory and a confidence edge as the season moves along.