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DyeStat California
June 1-2, 2001 at Sacramento CA
2001 Outdoor State Meet
The California state meet amounts to a
"super-state" meet, the equivalent of a regional championship in
any other part of the US. The biggest state with the greatest number
of prep track and field athletes filters all this talent into a one-class
final, 27 athletes per event. These finalists come out of 10 
sections
of the state, with each section allotted slots in the finals based on
population and past state meet performances. The talent-rich
Southern Section (all of suburbia and exurbia surrounding Los Angeles) has
to have two preliminary weeks of trials before the Southern Section
"Masters" finals, the state meet qualifier for this
section. Just qualifying for the State Meet is as difficult as
winning a state championship in many states. At the State Meet,
there are trials on Friday (except the 3200 meters), to whittle the fields
down to nine athletes per event for Saturday's finals. That makes
Saturday the greatest concentration of elite talent at any high school
meet anywhere outside of the post-season national meets. Monique
Henderson's 50.74, smashing the US record for 400 meters, was just one of
the notable performances at the 2000 meet.
- DyeStat on-site at the 2000 California State Meet
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- 1998 California State Meet on DyeStat
- 1997 California State Meet on DyeStat
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Stars of the
2000 California State Meet |
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A big grin for Monique Henderson
when she sees the finish line camera; |
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Girls 400, top of stretch,
Henderson kicks in the afterburners |
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