TRACK: The Road to the CIF finals, Masters and State finals begin on Saturday

CIF-SS prelims begin on Saturday, for results, click link
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Division I -- at Trabuco Hills HS
Division II -- at Moorpark HS
Division III -- at Downey High HS
Division IV -- at Carpenteria HS
Divisional finals on Saturday, May 19 at Cerritos College

Several area athletes hope to do just well enough at Saturday's CIF-Southern Section track preliminaries to advance to the May 19 divisional finals at Cerritos College.
The Muir High School girls track team is aiming to win its third Division III team title in four years. The division prelims are at Downey High.
Standout Kiani Profit enters the competition with the second-best mark in the division in the 300 hurdles (44.26), with teammate Jalisa Williams seeded eighth (46.36) and hoping to reach the finals.
Profit and Williams, along with Jasmine Clark and Lindsay Cooper, are seeded second in the 400-meter relay.
The Mustangs could also have as many as four standouts in the 100-meter hurdles finals, with Williams (seeded second, 14.40), Profit (fifth, 14.70), Taylor Mills (seventh, 15.10) and Clark (eighth, 15.10) hoping to gain valuable team points to help the Mustangs' cause.
Cooper, only a sophomore, could be one of the difference-makers after running the division's fastest time in the 100 meters (12.00), a race the Mustangs were shut out in last year. Cooper also could be a factor in the 200 meters.
In the field events, the Mustangs hope to earn points from Mills in the triple jump, along with Clark (5-0) in the high jump. They both have marks that leave them on the final's cut line.
There are several other Division III performers with chances for individual crowns.
Temple City's Shastee vanderWyk has the leading mark in the pole vault (11-0), as does Temple City boys pole vaulter Hoku Ho (14-0).
Monrovia senior Markus Monroe enters with the top qualifying mark in the boys triple jump (44-9,) and Rosemead's Josh Correa is on track to win the shot put (58-4) and advance to the finals in the discus (156-2).
In Division I, 2006 state finalist Zion Babb of Alhambra is favored again in the 110-meter hurdles (14.14) and wants to show he's serious about reaching state again at his prelims at Trabuco Hills High in Mission Viejo.
The Division IV preliminaries at Carpinteria High feature several of the area's small school standouts.
La Salle distance runner Margaret Sitker has the second best mark in the 3,200 meters (11:41.06) and could also finish in the top three in the 1,600 meters. He is seeded fourth in the 1,600 (5:21.74).
La Salle's Westley Riley ran a 2:00.22 in the 800 meters for the second-fastest time in the division, and teammate Austin Williams is hoping to advance, running the fourth-fastest time (2:02.60).
Westridge's Shahar Thomas is seeded fourth in her signature events after winning Prep League titles in the long jump (17-9) and triple jump (36-10).
And then there is La Salle's Shelby McCray, who has a chance to win two individual titles. McCray is a huge favorite in the discus with a top qualifying mark of 116-1, far better than her closest competitor, who has turned in a 111-6.
McCray is also seeded third in the shot put (35-0) and has a realistic shot of winning that event, too.