Track and Field Stories

Every week until the second Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 1, West Coast Preps will highlight five unsigned class of 2023 Bay Area high school football prospects.  Here is the first batch of five players to keep an eye on:  Tylek...

Bryce Thomas heard the time, and that was pretty much all he needed. Although he knew it was close in the North Coast Section championships 400-meter race, he was awaiting the times. He heard 48 seconds come down for one...

Any sport Yuba City senior Ryan Grace puts his mind to, he excels at. A three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track, Grace is a star in the Sacramento region and Northern California at all three. He runs quick times...

There was no way Liberty senior Mersayis Shedd could have predicted this. As Shedd looks back to freshman year, records were not in the long-term picture. That was her first year of track, as in previous years Shedd was doing...

The Bay Area Football Top 45 has turned into the Bay Area Top 65 for the 2022 season. Next up is Nos. 10-6. These rankings were compiled based on talent, potential, production, impact on their respective teams and recruitment.  Only players...

Santa Clara senior Mateo Garcia looks right towards his family, which is motivation enough for the budding star. Garcia, a tight end and defensive end on the varsity football team, comes from an unworldly family of athletes. His older sister,...

After a junior season that saw him come close to 1,000 receiving yards in his first varsity season, Pittsburg wide receiver Zachary Card announced his commitment to Oregon State ahead of his senior football season. After transferring to Pittsburg midway...

Sara Tabibian simply wanted to see if she could run again. For the past two years, there really was no track and field experience for the recent Campolindo High School graduate. COVID-19 canceled any semblance of a season in 2020....

There was no way incoming Acalanes junior Paul Kuhner could have envisioned this. Heading into his sophomore track season, Kuhner wanted to break 11 seconds in the 100-meter dash - which would certainly make him one of the better sprinters...

A multitude of Bay Area track and field stars competed at the CIF Track & Field championships over the weekend, including some state champions. Here is how they all placed in the finals:  First, some state champions The Bay Area was represented...