Oakland Section

by Keith Conning

 

I did my student teaching in history at Castlemont High School in Oakland in 1967-68.  I also helped head coach Nick Garedakis with the cross country and track teams.  We went to the West Coast Relays in Fresno.  My new Hanhart stopwatch from West Germany was stolen on the bus, but Nick was able to get it back for me.  He raised money from the East Oakland merchants to pay for the trip.

Nick took me to the Greek Easter celebration at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension on Lincoln Avenue.  Unfortunately, Nick died at the age of 43 as a counselor at Laney.

 

Top marks in bold type.

 

Skyline HS, Oakland

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

 

Boys

Team scores: tie, Oakland Tech and Skyline 164, McClymonds 55, Castlemont 47, Oakland 21, KIPP King 5.
Winner in each event qualifies for CIF state championships (if they achieve CIF qualifier mark)
Individual results (top three placers) --
400 relay: Oakland Tech (Harper, Mabry, Stills-Bey, Lloyd) 44.15, McClymonds 45.35, Castlemont 48.07;
1,600: Katzman (S) 4:52.62, Harmon (OT) 4:54.37, Kleiber (OT) 4:57.16;
110HH: Zang (OT) 17.89, Williams (Oak) 20.01, Wessling (S) 22.11;
400: Larkin (OT) 50.86, Cunningham (S) 51.06, Mabry (OT) 52.37;
100: Shyne (S) 11.45, Stills-Bey (OT) 11.53, Harper (OT) 11.64;
800: Katzman (S) 2:03.75, Brooks (C) 2:06.69, Maciel (S) 2:10.09;
300IH: Zang (OT) 45.16, Patton (C) 47.24, Williams (Oak) 49.03;
200: Harper (OT) 22.91, Stills-Bey (OT) 23.09, Larkin (OT) 23.18;
3,200: Katzman (S) 10:54.17, Harmon (OT) 10:54.87, Berrol (S) 1 :34.25;
1,600 relay: Oakland Tech (Harper, Zang, Larkin, Mabry) 3:31.28, McClymonds 3:33.16, Skyline 3:42.92;
HJ: White (M) 6-4, Tanaka-Wong (OT) 5-2, Wessling (S) 5-2;
LJ: Cunningham (S) 21-9, Garrett (M) 20-4, Stills-Bey (OT) 19-1;
TJ: Garrett (M) 41-9, Patton (C) 39-2, Tanaka-Wong (OT) 38-11;
SP: Shyne (S) 49-10 1/2, Roberts (OT) 38-6 1/4, Andrews (S) 38-3 3/4;
DT: Shyne (S) 135-6, Brooks (S) 107-6, Andrews (S) 100-10.

 

Girls

Team scores: Oakland Tech 171, Skyline 146, Oakland 65, McClymonds 29, KIPP King 26, Castlemont 20.
Winner in each event qualifies for CIF state championships (if they achieve CIF qualifier mark)
Individual results (top three placers) --
400 relay: Oakland Tech (Palmer, Williams, Jenkins, Sanders) 49.26, McClymonds 52.39, Oakland 53.61;
1,600: Ross (OT) 5:26.18, Blair (S) 5:26.86, Freid (OT) 6:27.89;
100IH: Sanders (OT) 15.35, Harris (S) 18.59, Lui (KIPP) 19.08;
400: Wikstrom (S) 58.90, Martinez (M) 1:02.19, Sims (S) 1:04.08;
100: Palmer (OT) 12.29, Williams (OT) 12.74, Jenkins (OT) 12.77;
800: Paul (OT) 2:31.84, Paredes (KIPP) 2:39.04, Blair (S) 2:43.09;
300LH: Wikstrom (S) 49.45, Flattery (OT) 53.43, Bains (Oak) 56.57;
200: Palmer (OT) 26.20, Williams (OT) 26.50, Jenkins (OT) 26.58;
3,200: Ross (OT) 12:13.56, Pattillos (S) 12:36.50, Paul (OT) 12:37.35;
1,600 relay: Skyline (Wikstrom, Chan, Sims, Blair) 4:27.25, Oakland Tech 4:36.88, Oakland 4:47.04; HJ: Sanders (OT) 5-2, Yasin (S) 5-0, Bellot (OT) 4-6;
LJ: Johnson (M) 17-0, Harris (S) 16-9, Yasin (S) 16-3;
TJ: Sanders (OT) 33-2, Yasin (S) 31-6, Harris (S) 30-10;
SP: Moore (Oak) 35-2, Kimble (C) 32-1 3/4, Mack (C) 31-6 3/4.
DT: Allehia (Oak) 79-11, Chan (S) 76-4, Bowen (S) 73-0.