Here the results from the finals of the 91st annual CIF State Track and Field Championships from Buchanan High in Clovis.

100m
1. Valexsia Droughn (Rio Mesa) 11.54; 2. Jessica Davis (Highland) 11.61; 3. Tenille Stoudenmire (Rancho Bernardo) 11.71

200m
1. Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth) 23.46; 2. Angela Gradiska (Pinewood) 23.85; 3. Jessica Davis (Highland) 23.88

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The 2009 track and field season reaches its conclusion tonight, as the finals of the State Track and Field Championships take place at Buchanan High.

Here now is a look at the county athletes that will be in competition for a state championship.

 400m

County Participants: Gabrielle Scott (Woodbridge); Christina Twicken (San Clemente)

Outlook: Scott (55.28) won her individual prelim heat and had the fifth best time of the day. A top-five finish in attainable for her in the finals. Twicken was the final qualifier, but she closed very well in prelims and could be a factor if she is close toward the end.

 
1600m

County Participants: Staci Foster (Orange Lutheran); Teeny Adams (Esperanza)

Outlook: Foster continued her exceptional season Friday, winning her prelim heat and posting the fastest time of any county runner this season. She will be in the title hunt in the finals and could easily win the race. Adams went 4:54.84 in prelims and should be in the top six with a big effort.

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Here are the results from Friday's qualifying at the state meet finals at Buchanan High in Clovis:

 100m
1. Jessica Davis (Highland) 11.62; 2. Angela Gradiska (Pinewood) 11.67; 3. Valexsia Droughn (Rio Mesa) 11.72; 4. Asiah Gooden (Rancho Verde) 11.73; 5. Tenille Stoudenmire (Rancho Bernardo) 11.76; 6. Monikkia White (Vallejo) 11.83; 7. Strangenae Campbell (Pinole Valley) 11.83; 8. Trinity Wilson (St. Mary) 11.88; 9. Melanise Campbell (Paraclete) 11.91

 200m
1. Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth) 23.51; 2. Angela Gradiska (Pinewood) 23.65; 3. Jessica Davis (Highland) 23.68; 4. Tenille Stoudenmire (Rancho Bernardo) 24.10; 5. Strangenae Campbell (Pinole Valley) 24.24; 6. Melanise Chapman (Paraclete) 24.43; 7. Alycia Herring (Rancho Verde) 24.47; 8. Cekarri Nixon (St. Francis) 24.50; 9. Monikkia White (Vallejo) 24.55

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The CIF State Track and Field Championships get underway today at Buchanan High in Fresno.

Qualifying starts this afternoon, with the finals scheduled for Saturday evening.

Here is an event by event breakdown of the action in the girls events. (Click here to go the Boys Track and Field: State Meet Preview.)

100m

County Participant: None

Outlook: Defending state champion Ashton Purvis of St. Elizabeth High in Oakland enters with the best time in the state this season and is considered a favorite to capture her second straight state title. Rio Mesa sophomore and Southern Section Masters champion Valexsia Droughn of Rio Mesa will also be a strong favorite here.

200m

County Participants: None

Outlook: Purvis will again be a favorite here, entering with the top seeded time among all runners and the fastest wind legal time in the state this season (23.60) Highland junior Jessica Davis (23.68), Rancho Verde’s Tenille Stoudenmire (23.93, and Rancho Verde junior Alycia Herring (23.94) are the only other runners in the state to go wind-legal sub-24.00 this season.

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Here are the results from Saturday's Divisional Finals.

100 M – 1. Kylie Price (Bishop Amat) 11.88; 2. Sierra Brooks (Charter Oak) 12.23; 3. Ashley Bush (Sonora) 12.24; 4. Naomi Perkins (Artesia) 12.26; 5. September Offutt (Monrovia) 12.44; 8. Amanda Chevalier (Brea Olinda) 12.74

200 M – 1. Angela Clague (San Luis Obispo) 24.34; 2. Gwendolyn Flowers (Artesia) 24.57; 3. Kylie Price (Bishop Amat) 25.02; 4. Ashley Bush (Sonora) 25.21; 5. Shannon McKee (San Dimas) 25.44

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