{"id":321522,"date":"2026-05-18T18:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321522\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:15:07","slug":"the562-orgs-athletes-of-the-week-the562-org-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321522\/","title":{"rendered":"The562.org\u2019s Athletes of the Week \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The562\u2019s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the562.org\/2022\/03\/23\/the-century-club-sponsors-the562-orgs-athletes-of-the-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Century Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support.<\/p>\n<p>HIGH SCHOOL<\/p>\n<p>Journii Spencer, Wilson Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach Wilson Girls\u2019 Track &amp; Field program won their second straight CIF-SS Division I championship. Journii Spencer was a huge part of this success, winning gold in the triple jump to contribute to the program\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p>Jaela Brown, Millikan Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>Jaela Brown made history for the Millikan Rams at the CIF-SS Division I Track Finals. Brown captured the gold medal in the 100m, becoming the first girl in Millikan\u2019s history to accomplish this feat.<\/p>\n<p>Clara Adams, Wilson Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>In Wilson\u2019s historic back-to-back win, Clara Adams shined for the Bruins. Adams won two individual titles at the CIF-SS Division I Track Finals, taking gold in the 200m and 400m while also anchoring Wilson\u2019s winning 4\u00d7400 relay.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Smith, Long Beach Poly Track &amp; Field<\/p>\n<p>Noah Smith was a huge part of Long Beach Poly\u2019s 4\u00d7400 relay win on the boys\u2019 side. The thrilling victory with a time of 3:14.09 helped the Jackrabbits claim third place at the CIF-SS Division I Track Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Jue, Long Beach Poly Swim<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach Poly senior Lucas Jue wrapped up his decorated high school career with one last championship. Jue swam a time of 4:22.04 to win the 500 Free at CIF State.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper George, Wilson Baseball<\/p>\n<p>Cooper George has been a stud for the Wilson Bruins on the diamond, and he continued shining in their CIF-SS Division 5 opener against Montebello. George pitched six innings in the game, scattering just three hits and no earned runs while racking up 10 strikeouts in the 3-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Machado, Millikan Baseball<\/p>\n<p>Millikan snuck away with a 2-1 win over South Torrance in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs and Alan Machado was the difference maker in the game. In the fifth inning, Machado hit an RBI single to give his team a 2-1 lead and ultimately won them the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Malakai Pruitt, Long Beach Poly Baseball<\/p>\n<p>Malakai Pruitt shook off the nerves in Long Beach Poly\u2019s CIF-SS Division 5 opener vs. Sunny Hills and settled in to send the Jackrabbits to the second round. Pruitt pitched a complete game for his squad, limiting the visiting Lancers to just three hits and striking out four in the 3-2 victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-321522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}