Gabrielle Scott wins heat; qualifies for State Finals

6/3/2011 Track and Field (UPDATED: 6/4/2011)

Warrior senior Gabrielle Scott qualified for Saturday's CIF State Championship finals in the 400 meters by winning her preliminaries heat with a time of 54.76 Friday evening at Buchanan High School. 

  

View photos of before, during, and after Gabrielle's 400 race.

  

Gabrielle's preliminary time seeds her second overall for Saturday's finals. 

  

State Championships 400 meter preliminary results.

  

Links to articles, interviews, and more results:  

• Jason Eichelberger's OCVarsity.com article.
    
• Watch Gabrielle's interview after the race with ESPN's Nicole Haynes (scroll through the list of interviews to Gabrielle's).
    
• Los Angeles Times (article on 400 prelims)
    
• DyeStat Preliminaries Results

On Saturday, Gabrielle will be in lane #6.  Her race will begin at 7:11pm. 

  

Good luck, Gabrielle!