Rich Gonzalez

🚨 REDONDO DAY 2⃣ PIX 📸 by JIMMY SU! — Check out Jimmy's album from Saturday action at the Redondo Track Festival! prepcaltrack.com/2026/03/16/jim…

Rest In Peace to one of the pioneers of California cross country and track and field. Bob Rush, a timer back in the days of stopwatches, Chronomizes and popsicle sticks, also was highly instrumental in various administrative aspects in keeping the sport organized at the junior college level. He was 90. He and his trusty bullhorn will be greatly missed. #YouMustRUNThroughTheChute

🚨 STATE LEADER ALERT! 🚨 The @LoyolaTFXC @LoyolaAthletics Cubs roar to a state-leading and U.S. #4 time of 3:14.44 in the boys 4x400 relay to close down the 2026 Redondo Track Festival, ripe with highlights, records & 231 PrepCalTrack Elite Marks, easily #1 in the state so far!

🚨 SOUTH BAY RECORD ALERT! 🚨 STATE LEADER ALERT! 🚨 El Segundo senior Kaia Musalborn stretches 20-00.50 to break the meet record by nearly a foot and the previous South Bay all-time record of 19-10.00 by Peninsula’s Olayinka Braimah (2017). Sand levels were proper; legit mark! 📸: @mrpotatojimmy @DailyBreezeNews

California state leader and meet record 10.27 wind legal for Servite’s Benjamin Harris at the Redondo Nike Track Festival! 📸: Bob Leetch

🚨 FASTEST IN LA CITY IN 17 YEARS! — Carson HS and @USC_Track_Field -bound senior Jayden Rendon wins the Bob Bacan boys 110-meter hurdles at the Redondo Track Festival in a lifetime-best 13.91, the fastest by a @CIFLACS athlete since Dale Morgan in 2009! 📸 : @jeffturner

🚨 STATE LEADER ALERT! — Central East’s Sofia Lopes rolls to a share of the state lead in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles with a wind-legal time of 14.17 at the Redondo Track Festival! @CentralEtrack @BobLeetch 📸: @jeffturner

“The proposal calls for a three-tiered set of sanctions for countries that don’t pay dues. In the U.S. case, that amounts to around $3.7 million from last year, plus $3.6 million it didn’t pay in 2024. Among the most extreme sanctions include “government representatives being excluded from participation in major events such as World Championships and Olympic & Paralympic Games.”” @epells @APNews @wada_ama @usantidoping apnews.com/article/trump-…

📸Jimmy Su Comes Through! 📸 — Day One photos from the exciting Redondo Track Festival are now posted! Jimmy shares well over 100 images from the Friday action! Check them out here! 👉 prepcaltrack.com/2026/03/14/jim…

🚨 STATE RECORD + NATIONAL CHAMPION ALERT! — Aliso Niguel HS senior Jaslene Massey wins the Nike Indoor Nationals girls shot put title with a mammoth heave of 54-02.75, breaking the previous indoor state record of 53-08.25 held by Dos Pueblos' Stamatia Scarvelis from 2014!

Stunned! The Union Catholic of New Jersey girls team just absolutely shredded the national record in the distance medley at tpdfay's New Balance Nationals Indoors with an absolutely insane 11:06!!! Yes, they are coming to Arcadia in April! 🔥🔥🔥

WOW! Long. Beach Millikan leads a stunning parade of racing talent. in the boys 4x800 at the Redondo Track Festival as the Rams roll to a school record 7:49.98, the #2 outdoor time in the nation this year as the race featured 5 of the top 7 times in the country for 2026! OH MY!!!

🚨 NATIONAL LEADER ALERT! The Long Beach Wilson girls win the 4x800 relay at the Redondo Track Festival in a 2026 U.S.-leading 9:02.44 that also destroys the meet record by more than 17 seconds! It's also the #21 time in state history!

Eden Murray 11.93 100m @MDHS_XCTrack #trinityleague @PrepCalTrack @ocvarsity

This answers a few questions that were being raised about the LED courts.

Let's try it again, written a bit more easily to digest... Miami of Ohio men’s basketball team (with a 31-1 record) will likely get selected as one of the 37 non-automatic bids into the NCAA bracket after being upset today in the FIRST ROUND of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. But should they be selected? 👉👉👉 Their 31-1 record is actually 28-1 against Division 1 teams (the committee only weighs Division I outcomes). They also have only one win against a team with a NET Ranking in the Top 125 nationally!!! The NET Ranking, Quadrant 1 wins and Quadrant 3/4 losses are three of the most key metrics that the selection committee uses. Miami of Ohio's Strength of Schedule ranked 304th out of 365 Division 1 teams to start the day. Their own NET Ranking is 54…. with only 37 at-large spots available. They have no Quadrant 1 wins and just two Quadrant 2 wins this year. (Quadrant 1-level teams end up as good-caliber teams in the hunt for automatic and at-large selections. Quadrant 2-level teams end up as typically not in the hunt for an at-large selection but bank their hopes to get an auto spot into the NCAA Tournament by winning a weaker conference tournament or the regular season conference title, depending on their respective conference’s protocol. Quadrant 3 and Quadrant 4 teams are not very competitive teams. One should also note that 26 of Miami of Ohio’s 28 Division 1 wins are against Quad 3/4 teams. teams. Miami of Ohio has only FACED one “above average” team all year long…. and won that home game by a mere 4 points, but a win is a win. Their loss today? It came against Massachusetts, which owned a NET Ranking of 204 coming in. With a bad strength of schedule, no quality wins, and one bad loss, their evidentiary ledger does not stack up as well as the ledger of other bubble teams. Are they a "bad" team? Not at all (and they have a very sound player in Suder too). But in their one key game this year to get off “the bubble” and make “The Big Dance”, they lost to #204 UMass (to be respected, under solid veteran coach Frank Martin). Can Miami of Ohio win a game in the NCAA tournament, if invited? Certainly, but there are a couple of teams with slightly better arguments for an invitation who won’t get picked either. I think Miami of Ohio gets picked by a committee that will feel the public pressure of not taking their 31-1 record, despite what a closer look reveals. Also before one talks historically about prior 1-loss teams and what their seeding was in getting selected in those years, you might want to check the strength of schedule of those prior 1-loss teams to compare apples to apples. Big difference, as those other teams faced much tougher schedules. Miami of Ohio isn’t “entitled” to a selection, but I think they will get an invitation as at-large 37 teams get picked and typically 2 or 3 “right-at-the-bubble” teams implode under pressure. There are never 37 at-large teams with a “strong argument.” If Miami of Ohio doesn’t get selected, they weren’t “ripped off”. They simply didn’t beat a #204 team when they had to in the one game that mattered. 👉 📷 📷 In case you are wondering, here are the Quad 1/Quad 2 wins ofeach of this year’s bubble teams heading into today: North Carolina State, 11 UCF, 11 Missouri, 9 SMU, 9 Oklahoma, 9 New Mexico, 8 Santa Clara, 8 Texas, 7 Auburn, 7 Indiana, 7 VCU, 5 Miami of Ohio ….. 2 @RonMFlores @ChemicalAT @FrankieBur @latsondheimer #MarchMadness #SelectionSunday @MM_MBB_TV @AuburnMBB @SMUBasketball

@DariansDad10 @NotTroyThomas @ChemicalAT Those last two replies were hilarious! Thanks for bringing some laughter to the night. Much appreciated. (Sincere apologies for the eyesore-looking tweet too.)

@NotTroyThomas @ChemicalAT @PrepCalTrack Dude should have sent that one to the Truth Social account… Geezus 🙄

Miami of Ohio men’s basketball team (with a 31-1 record) will likely get selected as one of the 37 non-automatic bids into the NCAA bracket after being upset today in the FIRST ROUND of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. But should they be selected? 👉 👉 👉 Their 31-1 is actually 28-1 against Division 1 teams (the committee only weighs Division I outcomes). They have only one win against a team with a NET Ranking in the Top 125 nationally (!!!). The NET Ranking, Quadrant 1 wins and Quadrant 3/4 losses are the most key metrics the committee uses. Their strength of schedule was 304 out of 365. Their own NET Ranking is 54…. with only 37 at-large spots available. They have no Quadrant 1 wins and just two Quadrant 2 wins this year. Quadrant 1-level teams are good-caliber teams in the hunt for automatic and at-large selections. Quadrant 2-level teams are typically not in the hunt for at-large selection but hope to get an auto spot into the NCAA Tournament by winning a weaker conference tournament or the regular season conference title, depending on their respective conference’s protocol. Quadrant 3 and Quadrant 4 teams are not very competitive teams. Also, 26 of Miami of Ohio’s 28 Division 1 wins are against Quad 3/4 teams. teams. Miami of Ohio has only FACED one “above average” team all year long…. and won that home game by 4 points . Their loss today? Against NET Ranking #204 UMass. With a bad strength of schedule, no quality wins, and one bad loss, their evidentiary ledger does not stack up as well as the ledger of other bubble teams. Are they a bad team? Not at all (and they have a very sound player in Suder too). But in their one key game this year to get off “the bubble” and make “The Big Dance”, they lost to #204 UMass (under solid veteran coach Frank Martin). Can Miami of Ohio win a game in the ncaa tournament? Certainly. But there are a couple of teams with slightly better arguments for an invitation who won’t get picked either. I think Miami of Ohio gets picked by a committee that will feel the public pressure of their 31-1 record, despite what a closer look reveals. Before one talks historically about prior 1-loss teams and what their seeding was in getting selected in those years, you might want to check the strength of schedule of those prior 1-loss teams. Big difference (much tougher schedules). Miami of Ohio isn’t “entitled” to a selection, but I think they will get the invitation as 37 teams get picked and typically 2 or 3 “right at the bubble” teams implode under pressure. There are never 37 at-large teams with a “strong argument.” If Miami of Ohio doesn’t get selected, they weren’t “ripped off”. They simply didn’t beat a #204 team when they had to in the one game that mattered. 🤷🏻‍♂️ In case you are wondering, Quad 1/Quad 2 wins of this year’s bubble teams: North Carolina State, 11; UCF, 11; Missouri, 9; SMU, 9; Oklahoma, 9; New Mexico, 8; Santa Clara, 8; Texas, 7; Auburn, 7; Indiana, 7; VCU, 5; Miami of Ohio ….. 2. 🫣 @trigonis30 @RonMFlores @ChemicalAT @FrankieBur @latsondheimer #MarchMadness #SelectionSunday @MM_MBB_TV @AuburnMBB @SMUBasketball

@ChemicalAT Yes. Sorry I did not break into paragraphs. Shortly after I posted it, the cringing started. lol

@PrepCalTrack Rich did you really write all that?