Palma track coach Jason Smith's decison to forgo today's Salinas Lions City Meet to save his athletes for the league finals in five days may have stirred the pot.
But the bottom line is he did what most track coaches in Salinas only talked about.
This will get the annual meet changed next year to an earlier date to avoid running up so close to the league finals.
Injuries are a part of any sport. But why risk it so close to the finals? Remember in track, if you don't compete in the league finals, you're done... Period.
John Devine has been writing about high school sports in Monterey County since, well, practically since he was an athlete at King City in the days just after leather helmets. In PrepNation, John has even more in-depth analysis of the latest results and news he's brought to you in The Herald and in his weekly videos.
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