By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Here are 10 storylines involving male athletes to keep an eye on Friday and Saturday at the 100th CIF State Championships at Buchanan High’s Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis:

No junior achievement

Redwood Larkspur distance standout Liam Anderson will be tested in a three-hour span Saturday like he seldom has during his outstanding high school career, looking to become only the third junior in state meet history to capture titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters on the same night.

Anderson ran a state-leading 8:52.74 in the 3,200 on April 7 at the Arcadia Invitational. In his dress rehearsal at the North Coast Section Meet of Champions, Anderson doubled in a 1,600 season-best 4:11.43 – good for No. 4 in the state – and 9:06.24 in the 3,200.

Anderson will face several quality challengers in both races, including Bakersfield Highland’s Moises Medrano and Bellarmine Prep’s Alex Scales in the 1,600, along with five athletes who have also run under 4:12 in Burroughs’ Jagdeep Chahal, West Torrance’s Rory Abberton, Redlands East Valley’s Elias Opsahl, High Tech High’s Jaden Rosenthal and West Ranch’s Timothy Sterkel.

Mira Costa’s Xavier Court looms as a strong challenger in the 3,200, along with El Camino Real’s Justin Hazell, Liberty Ranch’s Collin Ullrich, Jesuit’s Matt Strangio, Canyon’s Ethan Danforth, Granada’s John Bennett and Chahal.

Bakersfield Stockdale’s Blake Haney was the last to achieve the distance double in 2013. Belmont’s Roman Gomez remains the only male athlete in state meet history to win the 1,600 and 3,200 in consecutive years in 1984-85.

Passing the bar exam

Trabuco Hills senior Sean Lee and senior Sondre Guttormsen of Davis Senior not only have state championships in their sights, but all-time California records providing their primary motivation entering Saturday’s finals.

Guttormsen already set the state record April 7 by clearing 18-2.75 (5.55m) at the Arcadia Invitational. He should have little difficulty eclipsing the state meet record of 17-3 (5.26m) set by Los Gatos’ Nico Weiler in 2008.

Guttormsen is also eyeing the No. 2 all-time prep performer Chris Nilsen of Park Hill MO, who cleared 18-4.50 (5.60m) in 2016. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis of Lafayette LA holds the national high school record and World U20 records at 19-5.50 (5.93m).

Lee shares the national lead in the high jump with a 7-3 (2.21m) clearance. The state meet record of 7-3.25 (2.22m) held by Glendale’s Lee Balkin has stood since 1979, making it the oldest standard at the championship.

Lee is tied for the No. 7 performer in state history, with the all-time California record of 7-4.50 (2.25m) shared by 2016 champion Darius Carbin of Mt. Pleasant and 1982-83 winner Maurice Crumby of San Francisco Balboa.

Lee is also looking to become the first repeat high jump champion since Carter’s Eric Moore in 2013-14.

One dynamic dash

Yucaipa senior Asani Hampton witnessed Vista Murrieta’s Javelin Guidry run the fastest all-conditions 100-meter race in state history in last year’s finals when he prevailed in a wind-aided 10.13 seconds.

Hampton, who placed fourth in the championship race last season in 10.40, has spent the past year pursuing the wind-legal California record of 10.25 set in 1985 by Hawthorne’s Henry Thomas.

He also has his sights set on the state meet record of 10.30 established in 1992 by Southwest’s Riley Washington. With the best race of his career Saturday, Hampton could take down both marks.

Hampton clocked a wind-legal 10.26 to win the Citrus Belt League title May 3, moving ahead of former Vista Murrieta star Michael Norman for the second-fastest wind-legal 100 performance in state history.

Tulare Union senior Kazmier Allen ran a wind-aided 10.32 to win the Central Section Masters title May 19, the No. 2 mark under all conditions in the state this season.

Charvet seeks replay

Heritage senior Jett Charvet is looking to join elite company, attempting to become only the third male athlete to repeat in the 800-meter final since the distance was converted from 880 yards at the 1980 championship meet.

Charvet rebounded from not winning the North Coast Section Meet of Champions last year to secure the state title in 1:51.07.

Although he captured the Meet of Champions crown for the first time this season in 1:51.69, Charvet doesn’t enter the meet with the state-leading time, a distinction that belongs to Mater Dei’s Sam VanDorpe after he clocked 1:51.44 at the Southern Section Masters meet.

Charvet is looking to follow Valencia Placentia star Sean Krinik (2009-10) and Westlake’s Cory Primm (2006-07) as the only repeat winners in the 800. No North Coast Section male athlete has ever won back-to-back 880-yard or 800-meter state championships.

Consistency could lead to history

Bakersfield Liberty junior Daniel Viveros has quietly put together one of the most impressive seasons by any thrower in the state and he could be rewarded with a pair of championships Saturday.

Viveros is unbeaten in 14 shot put competitions this year and has won 12 times in the discus throw, including a sweep of both titles at the Central Section Masters meet.

Viveros, third in the shot put last year, boasts a state-leading mark of 63-10.25. He will be challenged by four fellow competitors with 60-foot efforts, including Esperanza’s Jeff Duensing, West Ranch’s Danny Bryant, Corona Santiago’s Silas Hurst and Ventura’s Carlos Aviles, the only other athlete who has surpassed 63 feet.

Viveros ranks No. 7 in the state with a 184-2 discus throw. Aviles a had state-leading throw of 194-1 on April 7 at the Arcadia Invitational, but Hart senior Clifford McMullen enters the meet with the top qualifying mark of 184-6 from the Southern Section Masters meet. Buchanan junior Christian Johnson could also prevail after opening his season with a personal-best 191-9.

Viveros is trying to become the first Bakersfield area male athlete to win both discus and shot put titles in the same year since Frontier star Matt Darr helped earn a share of the team championship with three other programs following a pair of victories in 2009.

Ready to rule the runway

For the first time since 2014, there could be a pair of 50-foot triple jumpers in the final, with Great Oak senior CJ Stevenson and Eastlake senior Jalyn Jackson prepared to square off in a battle of two of the country’s elite performers.

Stevenson is the defending champion and state leader at 50-6.75. Jackson won April 7 at the Arcadia Invitational with a leap of 49-10.25 and is unbeaten in 10 competitions this season.

Stevenson is looking to become the first repeat triple jump winner since Castro Valley’s Nate Moore in 2013-14.

The long jump is a much deeper field, with Jackson and Stevenson among four athletes who have surpassed 24 feet this year.

St. Ignatius senior Alex Enos took over the state lead April 21 with a wind-legal 25-foot effort. Jackson won the San Diego Section championship with a wind-aided 24-10, with St. Mary’s Berkeley sophomore Malcolm Clemens achieving 24-foot performances three times this season, including 24-4.50 to win the North Coast Section Meet of Champions.

Moore was the last male athlete to produce a 50-foot jump, in addition to being the most recent individual to capture both titles in 2014.

The emergence of a new hurdling hero

After athletes such as Upland’s Joseph Anderson, La Quinta’s Koty Burton, Carson’s Justin Collins, Simi Valley’s Alex Billing, Long Beach Millikan’s Misana Viltz and Concord De La Salle’s Marquis Morris shined in the hurdling spotlight during the past five years, this season offers an opportunity for new standouts to emerge on the state’s biggest stage.

With no clear favorite in either race, the 110-meter hurdles will feature nine new finalists after last year’s championship race included all seniors. The potential challengers are Caleb Foster of Clovis North, Caleb Lutalo Roberson of Upland, Los Gatos’ Masaki Wada-Law, Merrill West’s Warren Williams, Simi Valley’s Riley Hunt, Carson’s Andre Butt and pole vault title favorite Sondre Guttormsen of Davis Senior.

The 300 hurdles will showcase Santa Margarita’s Blake Hennesay, the lone returning finalist from last season, although he didn’t finish the race. Martin Luther King’s Reyte Rash, Clovis’ Jake Woods, Harvard-Westlake’s Brayden Borquez, Rancho Bernardo’s Josh Farmer and Roberson are additional contenders.

Woods is attempting to become the first local athlete to win a state title in the 300 hurdles and only the second from the Central Section, including Bakersfield’s Thomas Mack in 2002.

Clovis North looks to continue memorable run

Following its first Central Section boys team title in program history May 19, Clovis North returns to Veterans Memorial Stadium looking to not only capture a boys state crown for the first time in any event, but potentially contend for the overall championship.

The Broncos have athletes qualified in 10 events, including both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Isaiah Galindo is scheduled to double in the 1,600 and 3,200, with Caleb Foster competing in the 110 hurdles and long jump.

Foster’s performance in the 110 hurdles, along with Clovis North’s consistency in the 4x100 relay throughout the year could provide the momentum the Broncos need in order to become the first boys team champion from the Central Section since Clovis East and Bakersfield Frontier were part of a four-way tie for the title in 2009.

Wish you were here

Although the meet has the potential to be one of the most memorable in recent memory, several events could have only been enhanced had it not been for season-ending injuries to several championship contenders.

Vista del Lago senior Jake Grimsman boasts a share of the national lead in the high jump with Trabuco Hills’ Sean Lee at 7-3, but hasn’t competed since May 10.

Clayton Valley’s Aidan Jackman has been sidelined by a hamstring injury, not only denying the Eagles an opportunity at the team title at the North Coast Section Meet of Champions, but preventing the state leader in the 300 hurdles from an opportunity to challenge for both hurdling crowns.

Oaks Christian’s Cristian Moore and La Costa Canyon’s Karson Lippert, both juniors who were the top returnees in the 200 and 400, respectively, after placing runner-up last season, have also been sidelined with injuries. Moore also took fifth in the 100 last year.

Although he is competing in the 300 hurdles, Stockton St. Mary’s sophomore Jamar Marshall – state leader in the 110 hurdles at 13.68 – was victimized by a false start May 24 in the 110 hurdles at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters prelims and didn’t advance.

First-time fanfare

No matter which team captures the crown Saturday, it appears another first-time champion will be honored, with either Great Oak or Murrieta Mesa looking to join Southwestern League rival Vista Murrieta (2015-16) in securing the title, which would increase the total to four consecutive years the Inland Empire has produced the winner and eight straight seasons the top program has come from the Southern Section.

Clovis North has the potential to stand in the way of Great Oak or Murrieta Mesa, but it will take several strong performances from the Broncos to prevent the Southern Section from extending its title reign.

Great Oak is looking to join Long Beach Poly as the only boys program in state history to win cross country plus track and field state championships in the same school year. The Jackrabbits achieved the feat in 1997-98.