By Rich Gonzalez
Editor, DyeStatCal/ESPN RISE
The 2009 CIF-State Track and Field Championships project to be another sensational affair, with this year’s cast of student-athletes well prepared to uphold the second-to-none tradition that Golden State athletes annually enjoy on the national landscape! This year’s special cast includes a pair of national record holders and a World Youth Games medalist at the top of the heap, headlining a very deep field of one dozen athletes arriving in the Central Valley while ranking among the top 10 all-time in state annals in their respective events. With a new home in Fresno on a spectacular facility, look for the action to be hotter than ever this weekend while the sport’s attention turns to the Golden State.
Here’s a brief preview of this weekend’s barnburner slate of action: