Fresh Tracks: Standouts in track and field

Andreas Neipp of Highland High moved to eighth on the all-time region list in the girls’ 1,600 meters in last Saturday’s Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High when she clocked 4 minutes 50.65 seconds to finish third.

Here are the region’s top 10 1,600-meter runners:

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Time Individual School Year 4:20.2c Vickie Cook* Alemany ’81 4:43.90 Paula Bresnan Kennedy ’83 4:44.48 Denise Ball Newbury Pk ’82 4:44.9+ Kim Mortensen Thou. Oaks ’96 4:48.0c Tania Fischer Chaminade ’83 4:49.01 Nikki Shaw* Fillmore ’91 4:50.6c Kelly Wells* Quartz Hill ’78 4:50.65 Andrea Neipp Highland ’97 4:52.70 Amy Skieresz Agoura ’95 4:52.78 Deena Drossin Agoura ’91

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c-mark converted from mile time; +-hand-held time; *-junior. All others are seniors.