March 16, 2026

Written by Mario Machuca

FULL RESULTS:

REDONDO BEACH:  The Wolves made the trip down to Redondo Beach this past Friday and Saturday for one of the most competitive invitationals of the season, facing off against dozens of top programs from across Southern California. It was a grind-it-out kind of weekend against serious competition, and King answered the bell with a number of breakthrough performances.

The relay squads set the tone early, with the boys varsity Distance Medley Relay stealing the show and bringing home a championship. The team of Bradley Quezada, Logan Ambos, Frank Stewart, and Logan Carlson ran a stellar race to claim the top spot. The girls varsity Distance Medley Relay also landed on the podium in third, with Gracie Guzzetta, Sophia Llamas, Abbey Starling, and Natalie Drewitz delivering a strong performance. In the 4×400, both teams scored — the boys finished seventh (3:25.89) while the girls took third (3:55.73). The frosh-soph 4x800m relay also earned third place (8:30.37), showing strong building blocks for the future.

Maximo Zavaleta kicked off his weekend with a hard-fought second-place finish in the 3200m (9:02.12), then came back the next day to blow away the competition in the 1600m, taking the win in 4:08.93. Elizabeth Jacklin and Jude Abu-Ghazaleh also made their presence known in the distance races, with Jacklin placing sixth in the 1600m (5:02.02) and fifth in the 3200m (11:03.82), while Abu-Ghazaleh complemented her teammate with a sixth-place finish in the 3200m (11:06.60). In the 800m, Frank Stewart ran a brilliant race to take second place in 1:56.15.

In the sprints, Aliyah Rudolph delivered a career-defining performance in the girls varsity 400m, running her way back into the school record books with a fifth-place finish and a new PR — breaking her own school record that she set earlier this season. Zaina Vaughn also scored in the 300m hurdles, finishing twelfth.

In the field, Jemeni McKee led the pole vaulters with a fourth-place finish at 15-00.00, while Morgan Eckles also scored in girls pole vault, finishing thirteenth at 9-03.00. Vanessa Hope added a pair of scoring finishes in the jumps — eleventh in long jump (16-03.75) and eighth in triple jump (34-02.50). Shamar Graham also scored in the boys triple jump, finishing fifth at 42-01.75. In the throws, Justin Coute landed in fifth place in shot put (55-01.00). Bailey Mann scored with a fifth-place finish in discus (111-00.00), while Cassandra Heston rounded out the throwers with a tenth-place showing in shot put (31-07.50).

All in all, it was a tough, competitive weekend against some of the best teams in the region — exactly the kind of experience that builds championship mettle.

The Wolves are getting after it.