

Jim Cerveny ran :51.7 in the 440 in Mission Bay’s 62-42 win over St. Luther Hayes (6-foot, 2-inch high jump) and Russ Boehmke (:23.4 220) set school records as Lincoln beat El Cajon Valley, 70-34. Roscoe Cook doubled in the 100-yard dash (:10.3) and 220 (:23.4) and got the Cavers off to a good start on the first leg of a 1:32.4 relay victory.ĭick Verdon pushed the shot 55-6 in Hoover’s win and Sweetwater’s George McElvain turned a 440 in :51.8. Hoover beat Sweetwater, 71 ½-32 ½, and Mission Bay edged Oceanside, 58 ½-45 ½. Roscoe Cook, Charles Davis, Willie Jordan, and Bobby Staten (from left) check their time in 880-yard relay.Ī show of City Prep League power: San Diego rocked Grossmont, 76-28. Harvey, after seeing the result published, gave me a very mild rebuke.Ĭhula Vista’s Ed Fabisak had the day’s best mark, a school record of 4:36.4 in the mile. The small story included the byline By Ricky Smith, Lincoln High correspondent.

It was my first newspaper reporting payday. Unbeknownst to the coaches, I was there as a representative of the Lincoln High Buzz and collected $5 for reporting the results to The San Diego Union. Lincoln announced itself as a City Prep League contender, winning 10 of 12 events in a 74-29 win at Chula Vista.Īfter the dual meet Tom Rice, the coach of the Spartans, requested that Lincoln coach Walt Harvey not report the results to the downtown newspapers. The Cavemen of coach Birt Slater won the Southern California team championship for the first time since 1948, outscoring heavily favored Compton Centennial. County leagues Avocado and Metropolitan had their moments, but urban forces held sway. San Diego and Hoover still were entrenched powers in the City Prep League, but Lincoln, in its third year, established itself. Mission Bay’s Jim Cerveny came close to the national record in the 880-yard run.īobby Staten, Jim Wade, Luther Hayes, Ed Buchanan, and Dick Verdon also made their marks and would remain historic names. Roscoe Cook of San Diego High held the national record in the 100-yard dash, if only for a few days. The thinclad athletes were so good that several made national lists as 1957’s track and field delivered many exciting spring afternoons.
