Sorry to be late on this one. Congratulations to Claremont High School sophomore Kori Carter, who won a state championship in the 300-meter hurdles on May 31st. Carter also placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles.
Here is a video of the 300-meter state final (Carter is in lane 5 wearing a red top).
It's worth noting that the three runners who placed ahead of Carter in the 100-meter hurdles were all seniors. Claremont tied for 9th place in the team standings with Carter scoring all of the Wolfpack's 14 points.
You can see also a video of Kori running and being interview here.
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We expect to hear a lot about another area athlete, Los Osos High School quarterback Richard Brehaut, in the future. Although he doesn't attend Claremont High, Brehaut has some strong ties to our town. We're told his dad went to CHS, and his mother still lives in town.
Brehaut will be attending UCLA in the fall of 2009 and should benefit from working under the tutelage of Bruins offensive coordinator Norm Chow, assuming that Chow is still with UCLA in another year. Chow helped develop the skills of some great college quarterbacks over the course of his career. 13 of the top 30 NCAA Division single-season passing yardage leaders have been coached by Chow, including Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Ty Detmer, Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer, and Matt Leinhart. Detmer, Palmer, and Leinhart all won Heisman trophies as well.
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One last bit of news on the story of CHS baseball coach Mike Lee, whose coaching contract was not renewed by CHS administrators. LA Times sports blogger Eric Sondheimer had a short post on the subject. He made an interesting observation about Claremont, something that certainly applies to the Claremont Unified School District, but which applies to the city government as well:
A Claremont parent writing a blog offers some observations. What's clear is that Claremont's fondness for secrecy only adds to the likelihood that the people in charge don't know what they're doing.
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