Area athletes emerged from the Arcadia Invitational with four national No. 1 high school track and field rankings Saturday.
Agoura High's Johnathan Cabral posted national-leading marks in two events, Sarah Baxter of Simi Valley recorded the fastest girls' 3,200-meter run in the country and anchored the school's 4x1,600 relay to the top of the U.S. list.
Not far behind the national leaders in the girls discus is Alex Morgan of Ventura, who is No. 4 in the country after her winning throw of 155 feet, 5 inches. Morgan was fifth in the invitational shot put at 41-11 .
Cabral's winning time in the boys 110 hurdles was not only a meet record, it moved him to No. 10 on the all-time national list. Only Kevin Craddock's time of 13.39 for James Logan in 2004 rates better in state history. The senior also won the 300 hurdles with a nation-leading time of 36.42, the fastest time in area history.
Baxter, the 2010 Gatorade girls national cross country runner of the year, shave 23 seconds off her personal best in the 3,200, winning with a 10:14.11, which is the second-best in Ventura County history and fourth-fastest in meet history.
On Friday, Simi Valley produced the nation's fastest time in the girls 4x1,600 relay with a winning time of 20:26.16.
Baxter anchored with a 4:53.0. Other team members were Milana Maddalone (5:08), Erika Barr (5:05) and Karla Vernola (5:18).
Rio Mesa captured the invitational 4x100 relay in 41.38, edging runner-up Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks by .06 of a second.
Vincent Saucer of Oaks Christian was fourth in the invitational boys 100 in 10.73.
Newbury Park's Sean Grumney was fourth in the boys invitational 800 in 1:53.74;
Other top performances included: Sydney Lewis of Oak Park tied for sixth in the girls seeded 100 in 12.40, Dani Alakija of Oaks Christian sixth in the girls seeded 400 in 57.21, Blake Selig of Rio Mesa 10th boys long jump at 22-5 , Raegan Nizdil tied for fifth in girls high jump at 5-4.
In the day competition, Camarillo's Raquel Lambdin was 11th in the girls' mile run in 5:09.19, just ahead of Oak Park's Kaycee Holcomb (5:10.04), Tommy Lopez of Thousand Oaks (1:57.17) and Agoura's Doug Wong (1:57.17) were 12th and 20th in the boys 800, Thousand Oaks' Caitlin Turner produced a county season-best time of 2:15.08 in the girls 800 to place first.
Morgan Thompson of Newbury Park and Sarah McDonald of Moorpark were first (56.87) and fifth (57.38) in the girls 400.
In the girls pole vault, Kim Sanchez of Oaks Christian was third at 11-4 . Teammate Lauren Anderson was eighth in the triple jump at 36-1.
Shane Ryan of Ventura was fifth in the high jump at 6-1. In the girls long jump, Madisen Richards was sixth at 16-11. Oak Park (3:27.50) and Ventura (3:27.58) were 14th and 16th in the boys 4x400 relay.
