TRACK AND FIELD: A sign of things to come at Arcadia in boys' 3,200 meters

If Friday night was only the opening act to the main event in the boys' 3,200 meters at the 42nd Arcadia Invitational, then expect several sub-9 minute efforts tonight at Arcadia High.

Dan Mitchell of Del Campo of Fair Oaks won the second heat in 9 minutes, 9.68 seconds, with Arcadia sophomore Ammar Moussa representing well on his home track to take second in 9:12.82.

Camarillo sophomore Heyden Wooff was third in 9:14.45 and Burroughs of Burbank's Western Nelson placed fourth in 9:15.61.

Royal of Simi Valley's Sean Davidson (9:27.90) was 17th, teammate Paul Jesson (9:28.45) took 19th and Canyon's Anthony Pizzo (9:28.65) placed 21st.

Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta's Zack Torres, a UCLA signee, is the lone local entry scheduled to compete in the invitational boys' 3,200 at 7:35 p.m.

Torres is the area leader at 9:05.10, set March 28 at the APU Distance Meet of Champions at Mt. San Antonio College. The marks produced by Wooff and Nelson now rank second and third among local runners.