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Track: Rosales brothers finish first, third in 1,600

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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San Pedro’s Pablo Rosales defended his title in the boys’ 1,600 meters by winning in 4:18.88 this evening at the City Section track championships.

After pushing his older brother for most of the race, sophomore David Rosales faded on the final lap and finished third in 4:21.38. Granada Hills’ Javert Solorzano made a strong push to finish second in 4:20.97. All three runners advanced to next week’s state meet in Clovis.

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The girls’ qualifiers for the state meet in the 1,600 were Birmingham’s Vanessa Carr (5:14.11), Venice’s Jaclyn Walles (5:14.78) and San Pedro’s Laura Delgado (5:14.93).

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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