Yarbrough eighth in 100 meters at CIF finals

Darriale Yarbrough placed eighth among Division I girls in the 100-meter dash during the CIF San Diego Section track and field finals May 28 at Mount Carmel High School.

Yarbrough posted a time of 12.47 seconds in the race.

"Fantastic," said Fallbrook head coach Marco Arias. "Just a tremendous performance. She was the top freshman in Division I. She's still very raw. Next year with some more maturity will come better results."

The section preliminaries were held May 21 at Mount Carmel. The top nine Division I athletes and the top nine Division II athletes in each event (the top twelve in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs) qualified for the finals. Yarbrough completed the 100-meter dash in 12.44 seconds during the preliminaries, which placed sixth among Division I runners.

Yarbrough also qualified for the CIF preliminaries in the 200-meter dash and finished 20th with a time of 26.84 seconds. "It requires a lot more training," said Arias of the event which is long enough to have turns.

Fallbrook junior Emily Larson placed 10th among Division I girls pole vaulters in the preliminaries with a height of 4'11", and she also placed 17th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.48 seconds.

Natalie Dudley completed her senior season and high school career with a time of 2:21.84 in the 800-meter run for 11th place. Warrior junior April Paulson placed 14th in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:00.83.

A discus throw of 91'10" gave junior Anna Curran 21st place among the Division I girls. The final high school race for senior Andrea Vela was the 3,200-meter run, and her time of 12:25.52 was worth 25th place. Audrey Peterson concluded her freshman season by finishing 26th in the 1,600-meter run, which she completed in 5:43.10.

"They represented us really well," said Arias of the Fallbrook competitors.