Local youth set city marks at track meet

Two members of the Laguna Beach Community Service Department’s track and field team captured first-place medals in their respective events at the Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation finals Sunday at Warren High in Downey.

Christianne Kinder won the girls’ Division 1994 high jump with a city-best record jump of 4 feet 10. She broke her own record “” which she set last month at the county meet “” by 2 inches.

Brighid Burns won the girls’ Division 1997 softball throw with a mark of 132-2. That mark toppled the previous city mark of 132-0, set in 1981 by Kulani Chesley.

Also at Sunday’s meet, Lauren Thunen bested her city record in the girls’ Division 1998 400-meter run to 1 minute, 14.02 seconds (from 1:15.8) to finish in fourth place. Thunen was second in the girls’ long jump at 11-6.

Sydney Davison cleared 8-3 to take second in the girls’ Division 2001 long jump.

In girls’ Division 2000, Chloe Levine was fourth in the long jump (8-3) and Alexandra McKeown was fifth in the 50 (9.10).

In girls’ Division 1994, Marissa Merchant was fourth in the 100 (14.09) and eighth in the 200 (29.09).

The Laguna team is coached by Fred Pichay.