This is the Boys 3200 Meters Championship race from the 2023 CIF State Track & Field Meet, held May 27 at Buchanan High (Clovis, CA). The race brought together at least eight athletes that had gone sub-9:00 during 2023, including State leader Jason Parra of Millikan and recent CIF-ss Masters winner and State #3 Evan Noonan of Dana Hills. Parra and Matthew Donis of Highland separate themselves from the pack mid-way and battle it out to the end - with Donis digging down and surging with 200 to go and winning in 8:51 over Parra at 8:53. Noonan gets tripped and falls on the backstretch of the 5th lap (visible in the video) and works his way back from the rear to take 3rd in 8:56. Southern Section takes the top 3 over a very strong field. Would have been amazing if Noonan had not fallen because he had his usual striking position. Next year it will be Noonan, Parra and Stefanopoulos in a battle royale.

1 Matthew Donis 12 Highland (SS) 8:51.3 PR
2 Jason Parra 11 Millikan (SS) 8:53.6
3 Evan Noonan 10 Dana Hills (SS) 8:56.6
4 Aydon Stefanopoulos 10 Los Gatos (CS) 8:57.9 PR
5 Micah Sanchez 12 Liberty Charter (SD) 8:58.2 PR
6 Joshua Bell 11 Templeton (CS) 8:58.5
7 Sean Morello 12 Albany (NC) 8:59.3
8 Evan Markelz 12 Mountain View (CS) 9:01.0 PR
9 Broen Holman 10 Sonora (SJ) 9:03

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