Boys' 1600 Meters: Cheyne Jones 4:17.13
(San Diego HS, Balboa Stadium 1997)
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Cheyne Jones decided to take track very seriously in his senior year and knocked over 20 seconds off his previous best time for the metric mile (1600 meters).   He started the season with a fast 4:09 1500 meter run but then caught bronchitis and struggled through most of the season bearly able to run 4:30 1600', so he wasn't considered a serious contender at CIF. Once he got rid of the bug, his times came down rapidly culminating in an exciting dash-for-the-finish at the CIF championships with West Hill's Even Fox. Fox won by  .39 seconds in 4:16.74 to Jones' 4:17.13 in a race that produced the two  fastest "mile" times in the county for 1997.

Converted to a mile, which is 10.2 yards longer, he would have run 4:18.7 or 5 seconds faster than the previous mile record set by Rick Satterlee when he ran 4:23.7 at Vista in 1977.

Cheyne recieves MVP award at track Banquet from coaches George Green (left) and Mel Bechtel.

Boys' 1500 meter record: Jake Ruzevick 4:04.56 (Occidental 2004) Now that there are more 1500 meter runs at the high school level it makes sense to have a school record for this distance. A good argument could be made to convert Cheyne Jones' 1600 record to a 1500 meter time but that wouldn't be consistent with the way the other records were set. His race wasn't taped so there is no way to time just the first 1500 meters. In 2004 Jake Ruzevick ran several very good 1500's the fastest being his 4:04.56 clocking at the Oxy invite.

Previous Record Holder: Rick Satterlee 4:23.7 for mile
(Vista High School 1977)

Rick was the best runner CHS has ever had for distances over 1 mile. He stills holds the 2-mile/3200 meter record and was an outstanding cross country runner.