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Prep Track and Field: Locals get in position for section finals

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Jackie Patterson qualified for the San Diego Section finals in the 100-meter and 200 Saturday at Mt. Carmel High School at the preliminaries. The finals are on May 30 at Mt. Carmel.

Patterson came in behind Mission Hills’ Suzie Acolatse in both the 100 and 200, but will have a chance to catch her for the top spot in the finals. The top three finishers in each event at the finals qualify for the state championships.

Paterson ran 11.90-seconds in the 100 and 24.46 in the 200. The Broncos’ Nia Akins also had a great run at the preliminaries, finishing with the second-best time in the 800 (2:13.72).

Devin Lecakes-Jones of Rancho Bernardo qualified for the finals in both the shot put and discus as did Poway’s Colton Clark. Lecakes-Jones threw a personal-best 53-feet, 2.25-inches in the shot put. Clark threw 52-9.75.

Jarett Chin of Poway finished with the second-best qualifying time in the boys 800 (1:55.70). The Rancho Bernardo girls 1,600 relay team had the second-best time (3:59.15), while Poway had the top time (3:56.17).

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