Competing at the CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS INVITATIONAL Fort Bragg’s Russel Gordon had two huge performances.
First in the high hurdles he broke the school record with a 14.79 +1.9 time to qualify for the finals.
Watch the race at 53:50 point of video
That moved him into the top 30 All-Time and the top 10 for FAT marks.
Gordon then won his semi final heat of the 300 hurdles with another school record equaling the best time from both heats in 38.26.
Gordon now has 3 of the top 10 performances ever to equal Chris Barnsdale and Jason Andrews who each have three.
Watch the race at 2:13:50 point of video
Saturday Gordon will run in both finals.
Complete results
Maria Carrillo’s Luca Salmon is entered in the high jump.
Boys 300m Intermediate Hurdles Top Performances
38.02 Chris Barnsdale, Montgomery 5/18/96 NCS Redwood, Empire record, watch race
38.05 Chris Barnsdale, Montgomery 6/1/96 State
38.05 Jason Andrews, Rancho Cotate 4/12/97 ?Arcadia
38.07 Jason Andrews, Rancho Cotate 5/24/97 NCS Redwood
38.20 Jason Andrews, Rancho Cotate 4/26/97 Viking Classic
38.26 Russel Gordon, Fort Bragg 6/25/21 State prelims
38.29 Caleb Cunha, Fort Bragg 6/11/11 Golden West
38.39 Russel Gordon, Fort Bragg 6/5/21 Clash of the Titans, Watch the race: Gordon in middle lane
38.44 Russel Gordon, Fort Bragg 6/16/21 Northern California Championships
38.48 Chris Barnsdale, Montgomery 5/30/96 State trials
All-Time Top 10
38.02 Chris Barnsdale, Montgomery #1 1996
38.05 Jason Andrews, Rancho Cotate #1 1997
38.26 Russel Gordon, Fort Bragg #1 2021
38.29 Caleb Cunha, Fort Bragg #2 2011
38.51 Alex Netherda, Maria Carrillo #1 2014
38.76 Brayden Glascock, Santa Rosa #1 2019
38.80 Kyle Hauser, Santa Rosa #2 2010
38.82 Jake Arnold, Maria Carrillo #2 2002
38.89 Sean Leonard, Piner #1 1999 39.45
39.05 Tyler Baker, Maria Carrillo #3 2010