Five San Mateo County medalists at CIF State Track & Field Championships

“Fourth place is the best finish we’ve ever had at the state meet, which is great,” Crystal head coach Albert Caruana said.

In the girls’ 1600, Menlo-Atherton senior Tatum Olesen took fifth place with a personal record time 4:46.76. Sequoia senior Abby Goetz tied for ninth place in the girls’ pole vault with a top height of 11 feet, 11 inches. Menlo claimed two medals, with junior Landon Pretre taking seventh in the boys’ 3200 in 8:50.47, while BYU commit, senior Summer Young, soared to second place in the girls’ high jump with a top height of 5-8.

The top nine places in each event are podium finishes.

Dybdahl’s championship time of 4:08.23 in the boys’ 1600 was within Bouie’s range. At the Central Coast Section championships one week earlier, the Crystal junior ran a PR of 4:06.92.

“I think he was in pretty good position for about two-and-a-half laps,” Caruana said, “and then he got boxed in a little bit during the last lap, and the top two runners got away.”

Bouie competed in two events Saturday. He also teamed with Tarik Baker, Lachlan Guo and Dean Wu, running the third leg of the boys’ 4x800. The foursome took 11th place in 7:55.83, finishing less than five seconds of the final podium time in ninth place of 7:51.45 by Santa Barbara High School.

“He had probably about two-and-a-half hours of rest,” Caruana said. “So, it’s not too bad rest wise. It’s probably, out of all the distance races, it’s probably the most doable double.”

Olesen’s fifth-place finish marks her third straight medal in the state meet. She took seventh place in the girls’ 800 two years running in 2022 and ’23.

For Pretre, this marks his second medal at the state meet. He teamed in the boys’ 4x800 last season to earn a second-place medal.

Next up for Pretre is the Nike Outdoor Invitational, starting June 12 at University of Oregon. It is not a high school affiliated meet but serves as an extension of the 2024 season for top-flight track and field athletes.

Menlo head coach Jorge Chen said Pretre also has an opportunity to compete for a spot on the U20 Canadian national team. His older brother Justin, now a freshman at Cal, has already hit the world standard in the men’s 1500 to compete for the Canada U20 team. He Pretres’ mother, Tina, is a native of Quebec.

Chen said he younger Pretre has yet to make a decision about competing for spot on the Canadian team with his brother.

“We’ll definitely reconvene next week and talk about,” Chen said. “Obviously, it’s been a very long season for him. But an opportunity for him to make the Canadian national team, it will be one of those rare opportunities. So, it will be up to Landon whether he wants to go for it or not.”

Serra junior Luke Lewis also competed in Saturday’s finals in the boys’ shot put. Lewis settled for 10th place with a top throw of 55-6 1/2. He finished a half inch back of the final podium finish of 55-7 in ninth place.

“He’s thrown farther and he wanted more,” Serra head coach Jim Marheineke said.

Lewis’ PR in the shot put is 58-6, part of an outstanding junior season that saw him claim both the West Catholic Athletic League and CCS championships for a second straight year.

“He had an outstanding season,” Marheineke said. “It was wire-to-wire CCS leader and had league championship and CCS championship back-to-back. It was a very solid accomplishment. … He’s happy with the season he had but you always want more. You think you could do a little better. Happy with what you accomplished but definitely would have like to have done a little better in the state finals.”