Chiara Dailey (Phil Grooms)
Chiara Dailey
La Jolla
Girls track and field
The senior came back and captured her first state gold medal on the track, winning the 3,200-meter run in 10 minutes, 1.91 seconds.
Yunze Wang (Yunze Wang)
Yunze Wang
Cathedral Catholic
Boys golf
The sophomore shot a 1-under par 71 on Torrey Pines South and shot a two-round total of 5-under 138 – he shot 4-under at Steele Canyon – to capture the section title by three strokes.
Aya Ferguson (Aya Ferguson)
Aya Ferguson
Torrey Pines
Girls swimming
Swimming the final leg, the Northwestern-bound senior led the Falcons to the state title in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:33.52.
Jasir Fontenot (Jasir Fontenot)
Jasir Fontenot
Mater Dei Catholic
Boys track and field
Despite missing more than half the season with an injury, the sophomore came back to defend his state championship in the 110-meter high hurdles, clocking a winning time of 13.33 seconds.
Arri Romero (Arri Romero)
Arri Romero
Mater Dei Catholic
Softball
The junior was the key as the Crusaders won eight straight games and captured the CIF San Diego Section Open Division title. She was 25-3 in the circle at the end of May, batting .376 with 41 hits and 31 RBI.
Will Denning (Will Denning)
Will Denning
Boys volleyball
Bishop’s
Pounding down 32 kills, the junior led the Knights to a come-from-behind 19-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-18, 19-17 win over No. 2 Torrey Pines to capture their first-ever section Open Division title.
– STEVE BRAND