Just another day at the oval office might be the best way to describe Marissa Williams’ performance Saturday night at Pasadena City College.
The Palisades High senior distance runner did what she’s grown accustomed to doing by breaking her own meet record and clocking a state-leading time of 4:50.77 in the 1,600 meters at the Pasadena Games.
“I wanted to break 4:50, but this is the fastest I’ve run this season by myself so I guess I can’t complain,” said Williams, who also owns the state’s top mark in the 3,200 this season (10:25.93), which she achieved at the Redondo Nike Invitational.
Click here to watch Williams’ post-race interview with RunnerSpace.com.
The Cal-bound Williams also placed third in the 800 in 2:23.17. Teammate Natalie Marsh had a strong meet, taking seventh in the 1,600 in 5:26.41 and 12th in the 800 in 2:32.49.
The Dolphins’ varsity distance medley of Hannah de Silva, Elizabeth Goodman, Maddie Frick and Greer King won in 13:55.39.
Senior Chase Cobbs led the varsity boys with third-place finishes in the 100 (11.04 seconds) and 200 (21.84), Jakob Pollack was 12th in the 1,600 in 4:37.90 and the 4×100 relay placed sixth in 43.39.
The frosh/soph boys distance medley was fourth in 12:41.93, Daniel Jang (11.47) took fourth in the frosh/soph 100 and Innocent Okoh, Bailey Jones and Pierre Kaku were second, third and fourth in the triple jump.
Sophia Rothenberg leaped 14-5 to win the frosh/soph girls long jump and took fourth in the triple jump (31-8.75). Kimia Samandi (5:45.04) was second in the 1,600 and Ashley Yang (2:39.37) was third in the 800.
— Steve Galluzzo
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