Track and field: Rancho Bernardo’s Mattoon wins girls’ pole vault

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The first state champion has been crowned Saturday at the CIF state finals at Cerritos College.

Emily Mattoon of Rancho Bernardo cleared 12 feet 6 inches on her first try to win the pole vault. Kelsy Hintz of Crescent City Del Norte also cleared 12-6 on her first try, but she had more misses at lower heights, leaving her in second.

The only Southland athlete to qualify in the event was Melissa Morris of Cypress, and she finished seventh at 11-6.

The girls’ high jump is heating up, as five have cleared 5-9. Other field events currently in progress are the boys’ and girls’ long jump and the boys’ shot put and girls’ discus.

Running events are scheduled to begin at 4:02 p.m. It’s in the high 70s here at Cerritos College, with about a five-mile-an-hour wind blowing out of the south, which will hit the backs of the horizontal jumpers and the 100-meter competitors.

-- Dan Arritt

Note: For up-to-the-minute results of the CIF state championship meet, check here.