CdM’s Jason Plumb wins first state boys’ long jump title for O.C. in nearly a century

It would be quite an understatement to say it had been a long time since an Orange County athlete had won the boys’ long jump title in the CIF State track and field championships.

Corona del Mar senior Jason Plumb broke a 97-year title drought for the county’s male athletes on Saturday at Clovis Buchanan High, and by his account of an interaction following the competition, he did not consider himself a long shot to be the one to do it.

“The first thing an official came over and said to us, he’s like, ‘Wow, what an upset,’” Plumb said. “I was going to say to him, ‘I wouldn’t consider it an upset.’

“I had the second-best jump in the state coming in, and I knew I’d be up there. I knew I’d have the chance to win it, so I wouldn’t call it an upset.”

Plumb soared to a lifetime-best mark of 24 feet, 5¾ inches (wind-aided with a tailwind of 3.9 meters per second), a jump that was matched by Santa Clarita Golden Valley’s Elijha Ellis. The first-place medal came down to the next best jump between the two of them, which was registered by Plumb at 24-¼ on his sixth and final attempt.

The list of Orange County athletes to win the boys’ long jump title at the state meet is short. Santa Ana’s Ernest Plavan won the first in 1915. Huntington Beach jumpers won it twice in a three-year span with Verden Nash (1922) and Virgil Elliot (1924). Nash won three state titles in a row in the event, winning the previous two while competing for Chino. Fullerton’s Fred Osborne won the boys’ long jump state championship in 1925, the last county athlete to accomplish that feat before Plumb.

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“I was feeling really great on that runway,” Plumb said. “The stadium felt nice. Everything about that place felt nice. I was doing my run-throughs, the board felt great, though I wasn’t really on the board too much on any of my jumps.

“At [state] prelims, I had done that 24-1¼ without even being on the board. I was about an inch behind the board, and [in the finals], you could kind of feel the immense competition in the air. It was super cool to be there. Everybody was getting the clap going.”

Although the traveling party was light, CdM track and field coach Bill Sumner said, “We spent the night chewing our nails” because Plumb would leave distance off his jumps by not hitting the jumping board.

“He never hit the board well [Saturday] night, and he still jumped 24-5,” Sumner remarked.

As he watched Plumb finish his senior year on top, Sumner said the trials and tribulations of the Cal-bound jumper’s career flashed before his eyes. He thought of a hamstring injury in the 400-meter relay his freshman year and the COVID-19 pandemic that wiped out large parts of Plumb’s first two seasons.

“He was the leadoff leg [in the relay],” Sumner recalled. “He took off around the corner, and then I didn’t see him. I thought, ‘Shoot, he never got to the first guy to hand off.’ I said, ‘Where did he go?’ I go running over there, and he’s on the ground.

“That’s what I thought of [Saturday] night, and then it moved forward from there, so I get to [review] four years in a matter of a minute.”

Newport Harbor junior Leo Davis advanced to the state finals on Saturday, ultimately finishing tied for seventh place after clearing the bar at a height of 15-1.

The top six finishers in each event made the podium at the state meet.

Fountain Valley senior Kaho Cichon was the area’s other state meet qualifier, but her run came to an end in the preliminaries, as she placed 14th overall in the 800 meters with a time of two minutes 14.20 seconds.

BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD

CIF State Finals

At Clovis Buchanan High

Team Results

1. Central 41; 2. Upland 40; 3. Serra 28; 4. Clovis 23; 5. Great Oak 22; 6. Murrieta Mesa 18; 7. Davis 16.33; 8. Jordan 16; 9. Long Beach Wilson 14; 10T. Golden Valley 13; 10T. Newbury Park 13

Individuals

100 — 1. Pleasant (Serra) 10.30; 2. Washington (Jordan) 10.44; 3. Thomas (Servite) 10.44; 4. Johnson (Stevenson) 10.48; 5. Tarver (Central) 10.55; 6. Card (Pittsburg) 10.60; 7. Johnson (Clovis) 10.60; 8. Knox (Long Beach Poly) 10.66; 9. Davis (Pinole Valley) 13.65

100 Para — 1. Reyes (San Fran Intl) 12.63; 2. Castellanos (San Fran Intl) 14.02; 3. Fox (Los Alamitos) 14.73; 4. Tyler (Long Beach Poly) 14.85; 5. Pluckhan (Christopher) 15.13; 6. Mann (West Hills) 15.97; 7. Lobato-Huerta (Rancho Buena Vista) 16.85; 8. Mosleh (San Fran Intl) 20.15

200 — 1. Pleasant (Serra) 20.56; 2. Miller (Clovis North) 21.18; 3. Tarver (Central) 21.28; 4. Washington (Jordan) 21.38; 5. Knox (Long Beach Poly) 21.40; 6. Walker (Central) 21.42; 7. Mundy (Dorsey) 21.54; 8. Stanley (Granada Hills) 21.56; 9. Davis (Marshall) 21.59

200 Para — 1. Reyes (San Fran Intl) 25.37; 2. Castellanos (San Fran Intl) 30.44; 3. Fox (Los Alamitos) 32.58; 4. Mann (West Hills) 33.74; 5. Pluckhan (Christopher) 34.21; 6. Mosleh (San Fran Intl) 45.42

400 — 1. Walker (Central) 47.49; 2. Goode (West Ranch) 47.51; 3. Stanley (Granada Hills) 47.51; 4. Parker (Helix) 47.68; 5. Davis (Marshall) 48.09; 6. Coats (Upland) 48.10; 7. Brotschi (Otay Ranch) 48.57; 8. Gair (Villanova) 49.02; 9. Thomas (Moreau Cath.) 50.07

800 — 1. Delvecchio (Thacher) 1:50.82; 2. Dawson (Dana Hills) 1:51.28; 3. Snodgress (San Marcos) 1:51.32; 4. Sahlman (Newbury Park) 1:51.42; 5. Robison (Foothall) 1:51.77; 6. Francis-Mitchell (Long Beach Wilson) 1:53.69; 7. Lighthall (Hughson) 1:55.28; 8. Pinkel (Bellarmine) 1:55.67; 9. Keller (Berkeley) 1:56.46; 10. Harder (San Marcos) 1:57.18; 11. Clay (Crystal Springs) 2:06.96; Thomas (Torrey Pines) DQ

1,600 — 1. Caudillo (Clovis) 4:10.72; 2. Kain (Scotts Valley) 4:11.40; 3. Bazerkanian (Royal) 4:11.89; 4. Taylor (San Marcos) 4:12.32; 5. Godsey (Agoura) 4:12.39; 6. Moreno (Jesuit) 4:12.58; 7. Dance (Saratoga) 4:12.76; 8. Kaan (Santiago/C) 4:13.47; 9. Witt (Lowell) 4:15.69; 10. Fitzgerald (Crescenta Valley) 4:16.70; 11. Moreno (Loyola) 4:18.34; 12. Lamoureux (College Park) 4:19.31

3,200 — 1. Ayers (Davis) 8:56.93; 2. Appleford (Newbury Park) 8:58.42; 3. Caudillo (Clovis) 9:00.11; 4. Sheehy (Harvard-Westlake) 9:00.50; 5. Pala (Parker) 9:01.57; 6. Parra (Long Beach Millikan) 9:01.66; 7. Sannes (Big Bear) 9:01.97; 8. Julian (York) 9:03.22; 9. Giannini (Chico) 9:04.42; 10. Spradling (Clovis East) 9:05.10; 11. Bowlds (Patrick Henry) 9:05.50; 12. Issa (West Ranch) 9:05.58

110HH — 1. Graves-Blanks (Upland) 13.75; 2. Davis-Lyric (Upland) 14.13; 3. Wright (Monte Vista) 14.17; 4. Roberts (Leland) 14.18; 5. Lyght (Mater Dei) 14.22; 6. Tsang (Independence) 14.24; 7. Trucks (De La Salle) 14.25; 8. Kasam (Dublin) 14.31; January DQ

300IH — 1. Crawford (Upland) 37.11; 2. Graves-Blanks (Upland) 37.33; 3. Toney (Los Altos) 37.42; 4. Lewis (Long Beach Wilson) 37.44; 5. Tsang (Independence) 38.07; 6. Stevens (Jordan) 38.10; 7. Sausedo (Ripon) 38.67; 8. Davis-Lyric (Upland) 39.19; 9. Cheek (Roosevelt) 39.32

400 relay — 1. Central 41.36; 2. Serra 41.50; 3. McClymonds 41.69; 4. Los Alamitos 41.73; 5. Pittsburg 41.89; 6. Buchanan 42.03; 7. Granada Hills 42.04; 8. Mission Hills 42.15; 9. Clovis North 44.11

1,600 relay — 1. Cathedral 3:13.87; 2. Central 3:14.78; 3. Long Beach Wilson 3:15.16; 4. Rocklin 3:15.72; 5. Helix 3:15.79; 6. Dublin 3:19.63; 7. Monrovia 3:19.70; 8. San Marcos 3:19.97; 9. Edison/SJ 3:21.41

HJ — 1. Johnson (Cajon) 6-7; 2T. Oldham (Davis) 6-5; 2T. Udeh (De La Salle) 6-5; 2T. Gillis (Steele Canyon) 6-5; 5T. Hoegl (Crossroads) 6-5; 5T. Hightower (Justin-Siena) 6-5; 5T. Cardoza (Eastlake) 6-5; Shrivastava NH; Gorski NH; Gorski NH; Saracay NH; Wright NH; Jackson NH

LJ — 1. Plumb (Corona del Mar) 24-5¾; 2. Ellis (Golden Valley) 24-5¾; 3. Stevenson (Great Oak) 24-3¼; 4. Johnson (Clovis) 24-2¼; 5. Ajamu-Reed (Salesian) 23-11; 6. McDowell (Lodi) 23-4¾; 7. Yoshinaga (Elsinore) 22-9½; 8. Matovu (Helix) 22-6¾; 9. Bell (Rocklin) 22-6½; 10. O’Bannon (St. John Bosco) 21-11½; 11. Berry (Sierra) 21-9½; 12. Cheeks (Mission Bay) 21-7½

TJ — 1. O’Bannon (St. John Bosco) 47-6¾; 2. Stevenson (Great Oak) 47-4; 3. Dawes (Arroyo Grande) 47-¼; 4. Watts (James Logan) 46-5¾; 5. Thomas (Valley View) 46-5¾; 6. Yoshinaga (Elsinore) 46-¼; 7. Taylor (Edison/SJ) 45-9¼; 8. Fairchild (Crean Lutheran) 45-3; 9. Cardoza (Eastlake) 43-9½; 10. Cheeks II (Mission Bay) 43-9¼; 11. Buu (Eastlake) 43-8¾; Ellis (Golden Valley) FOUL

PV — 1. O’Brien (Roosevelt) 16-5; 2. Green (Buchanan) 16-5; 3. Bagley (Lemoore) 16-1; 4. Terrill (Piedmont) 16-1; 5. Strode (Turlock) 15-9; 6. Hanes (Ramona) 15-5; 7T. Hagerty (Foothill) 15-1; 7T. Davis (Newport Harbor) 15-1; 9. Reed (Oaks Christian) 15-1; 10. Muhammad (Dublin) 14-7; 11. Burns (Oak Ridge) 14-7; 12. Richards (Poway) 14-7

SP — 1. Moran (Murrieta Mesa) 64-3¼; 2. Pastorian (Great Oak) 60-4; 3. Iwankiw (South Pasadena) 58-10¾; 4. Lopez (Southwest) 58-5½; 5. Deines (Redondo) 58-5¼; 6. Martinez (Vista) 58-3¼; 7. Miller (El Camino) 57-10½; 8. Madsen (Clovis North) 57-9; 9. Trottier (Liberty) 53-3¾; 10. Zavala (Canyon) 52-9½; 11. Godbehere (Shafter) 51-9¾; 12. Babalola (Enochs) 50-11

DT — 1. See (JSerra) 203-10; 2. Moran (Murrieta Mesa) 199-6; 3. Deines (Redondo) 198-11; 4. Wiggins Jr. (Golden Valley) 198-11; 5. Ignacio (Elsinore) 196-7; 6. Iwankiw (South Pasadena) 196-0; 7. Godbehere (Shafter) 189-2; 8. Franco (Hesperia) 187-6; 9. Madsen (Clovis North) 180-10; 10. Mai (Enochs) 175-3; 11. Laycock (Westlake) 174-3; 12. Lopez (Southwest) 149-4

GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD

CIF State Finals

At Clovis Buchanan High

Team Results

1. Serra 37; 2. Clovis North 32; 3. Long Beach Wilson 28; 4T. Golden Valley 24; 4T. Notre Dame/SO 24; 6. Cathedral Catholic 20; 7T. King 18; 7T. Ventura 18; 9. St. Mary’s 17; 10T. Clovis East 16; 10T. Poway 16

Individuals

100 — 1. Redmond (Carson) 11.56; 2. Neal (Serra) 11.57; 3. Washington (Serra) 11.62; 4. Divinity (Redondo) 11.74; 5. McCormick (Scripps Ranch) 11.80; 6. Fields (St. Mary’s) 11.80; 7. Thompson (Harvard-Westlake) 11.83; 8. Kosmont (Santa Catalina) 11.95; Fann DQ

100 Para — 1. Rodriguez (Christopher) 16.05; 2. Sugden (University) 17.47; 3. Browne (Christopher) 17.49; 4. Saulo (Christopher) 20.04

200 — 1. Neal (Serra) 23.68; 2. Cenci (Clovis North) 23.78; 3. Luckey (Long Beach Wilson) 23.97; 4. Divinity (Redondo) 24.03; 5. Currie (Golden Valley) 24.05; 6. Washington (Serra) 24.12; 7. Bean (Poway) 24.35; 8. Strong (Fairfield) 24.84; Redmond DQ

200 Para — 1. Sugden (University) 37.50; 2. Browne (Christopher) 39.07; 3. Saulo (Christopher) 43.56

400 — 1. Cenci (Clovis North) 54.01; 2. Luckey (Long Beach Wilson) 54.90; 3. Shinnick (Glendora) 55.00; 4. Hawkes (San Clemente) 55.47; 5. Bean (Poway) 55.64; 6. Maddox (Culver City) 55.85; 7. Trepagnier (Culver City) 56.03; 8. Monrroy (Long Beach Wilson) 56.60; 9. Yella (Harker) 56.94

800 — 1. Browne (JS North) 2:08.66; 2. Engelhardt (Ventura) 2:09.64; 3. Chavez (Chino) 2:11.04; 4. Viramontes (Katella) 2:12.58; 5. Zinkin (Clovis North) 2:13.19; 6. Buswell (Poway) 2:13.75; 7. Olesen (Menlo Atherton) 2:15.23; 8. Arciaga (Westview) 2:15.56; 9. McKenzie (La Canada) 2:15.66; 10. Dawson (West County) 2:16.20; 11. Gallegos (JSerra) 2:16.22; 12. Dixon (San Marcos) 2:17.61

1,600 — 1. Engelhardt (Ventura) 4:36.67; 2. Frias (Mira Costa) 4:37.09; 3. McDonnell (Newbury Park) 4:37.37; 4. Chavez (Chino) 4:41.71; 5. Riggins (Del Norte) 4:46.97; 6. Hutchison (Buchanan) 4:47.04; 7. Cornett (Buchanan) 4:48.80; 8. McInnis (Tamalpais) 4:49.89; 9. Hadley (Canyon) 4:50.78; 10. Markow (Dana Hills) 4:50.89; 11. Boothby (Scotts Valley) 4:51.90; 12. Torrecillas (Highland) 5:00.00

3,200 — 1. Thomsen (Montgomery) 10:06.89; 2. Nordenholz (Albany) 10:10.49; 3. McDonnell (Newbury Park) 10:12.76; 4. Soobrian (Los Altos) 10:24.25; 5. Godsey (Oaks Christian) 10:25.31; 6. Lopizzo (La Costa Canyon) 10:30.93; 7. Chamberlain (Del Oro) 10:36.30; 8. Chittenden (Mira Costa) 10:38.02; 9. Brooks (Crystal Springs) 10:38.11; 10. Sundgren (Buchanan) 10:39.15; 11. Fernandez (West Ranch) 10:39.54; 12. Duarte (Saugus) 10:39.93

100HH — 1. James (San Diego) 13.95; 2. Harris (Lincoln) 14.12; 3. Coleman (Cathedral Catholic) 14.14; 4. Kirchner (Rocklin) 14.15; 5. Ruelas (Arroyo Grande) 14.33; 6. McKenzie (Orange Vista) 14.54; 7. Nwachukwu (Silver Creek) 14.68; 8. Testa (Campolindo) 14.82; 9. Davis (Upland) 14.99

300IH — 1. Coleman (Cathedral Catholic) 42.23; 2. Ruelas (Arroyo Grande) 42.37; 3. K. Janik (Torrey Pines) 42.67; 4. Edwards (Long Beach Wilson) 43.16; 5. Harris (Lincoln) 43.19; 6. Hall (Christian Brth) 43.57; 7. D. Janik (Torrey Pines) 43.70; 8. Costales (Central) 44.08; James DQ

400 relay — 1. Serra 46.08; 2. Golden Valley 46.42; 3. St. Mary’s 46.78; 4. Carson 46.93; 5. Long Beach Poly 47.32; 6. Culver City 47.38; 7. Central 48.50; 8. Whitney 48.75; Campolindo DQ

1,600 relay — 1. Clovis North 3:45.38; 2. Long Beach Wilson 3:47.92; 3. Culver City 3:48.68; 4. Calabasas 3:49.85; 5. Long Beach Poly 3:53.51; 6. Poway 3:55.37; 7. Chino Hills 3:55.98; 8. Del Norte 3:56.40; 9. Carlsbad 3:56.97

HJ — 1. Slover (Los Gatos) 5-6; 2T. Humphries (Golden Valley) 5-6; 2T. Lampsas (California) 5-6; 4T. Witt (Calabasas) 5-4; 4T. Tarczy (Scripps Ranch) 5-4; 4T. Churchill (Aptos) 5-4; 4T. Castelli (Notre Dame) 5-4; 8T. Severo (Golden Valley) 5-4; 8T. Taylor (Long Beach Poly) 5-4; 8T. Moore-Bastide (East Lake) 5-4; Duffey (Aliso Niguel) NH; Daniels (Righetti) NH

LJ — 1. Vanek (Clovis) 20-8½; 2. Hope (King) 20-4; 3. Harris (Upland) 19-9½; 4. Davis (Golden Valley) 19-8¼; 5. Alumbres (Vista Murrieta) 19-5½; 6. Divinity (Redondo) 19-3; 7. Psarras (Mission Viejo) 18-10¾; 8. McKenzie (Orange Vista) 18-9½; 9. Humphries (Golden Valley) 18-6¾; 10. Hatton (Sage Creek) 18-5¼; 11. Terry (Carson) 18-5¼; 12. Reed (Long Beach Poly) 16-10¾

TJ — 1. Hope (King) 40-2¾; 2. Fields (St. Mary’s) 38-9¾; 3. Passmore (Buchanan) 38-9¾; 4. Robinson (Etiwanda) 38-9¾; 5. Kirk (Los Alamitos) 38-8½; 6. Alumbres (Vista Murrieta) 38-2¼; 7. Reed (Long Beach Poly) 37-10¼; 8. Roberson (Whitney) 37-10; 9. Miles (Point Loma) 37-3¼; 10. Scovil (Arroyo Grande) 36-9¾; 11. Pingley (El Camino) 36-9¼; 12. Gatlin (Mission Viejo) FOUL

PV — 1. Muhammad (Dublin) 13-9; 2. Evans (Scripps Ranch) 13-9; 3. Sahaida (Oak Ridge) 13-5; 4. Leigh (Del Norte) 13-5; 5. Thomson (Poway) 12-9; 6T. Negro (Murrieta Valley) 12-5; 6T. Leveque (Buchanan) 12-5; 6T. Downing (La Costa Canyon) 12-5; 8. Downing (La Costa Canyon) 12-5; 9. Fears (Vista Murrieta) 12-5; 10T. Tassara (South Torrance) 11-11; 10T. Hansen (San Dieguito Academy) 11-11; 12. Wagner (Fallbrook) 11-11

SP — 1. Olukanni (Clovis East) 44-0; 2. Johnson (Notre Dame/SO) 42-5½; 3. Fontenette (Notre Dame/SO) 41-5¼; 4. Baker (Del Campo) 41-4½; 5. Clarke (Cathedral Catholic) 41-2½; 6. Mellion (Weston Ranch) 41-½; 7. Gordon (Notre Dame/SO) 41-0; 8. Fields (Caruthers) 39-9½; 9. Collins (Chino Hills) 39-7¼; 10. Kimuli (Mt. Carmel) 38-11¼; 11. Pisenti (Bear River) 38-7½; 12. Molette (Carson) 34-3

DT — 1. Fields (Caruthers) 157-1; 2. Fontenette (Notre Dame/SO) 155-8; 3. Olukanni (Clovis East) 154-2; 4. Horne (El Camino) 152-0; 5. Owens (Roosevelt) 146-3; 6. Pisenti (Bear River) 143-11; 7. Mellion (Weston Ranch) 138-4; 8. Loy (Del Norte) 131-6; 9. Seabolt (Mt. Carmel) 127-3; 10. Stiber (Hesperia) 125-11; 11. Clarke (Cathedral Catholic) 121-2; Roan FOUL

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