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Track and field: Loyola’s Elias Gedyon ties for fastest time in boys’ 1,600

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Loyola senior Elias Gedyon won his preliminary heat in the boys’ 1,600 Friday at the state track meet at Clovis Buchanan High, finishing in 4 minutes 10.39 seconds.

That was the exact time Trabuco Hills senior Jantzen Oshier posted in winning his heat. Gedyon held off a late push from Woodside’s Chris Waschura (4:10.44) to win his heat.

Other runners from the Southern Section who advanced to Saturday’s championship were Dana Hills’ Connor Kaddatz (4:11.63), Great Oak’s Karson Fronk (4:12.03) and Rancho Cucamonga’s Luis Gutierez (4:12.23).

--Ben Bolch in Clovis

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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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