The video provides live English commentary of the Girls 1500‑meter Heat 3 at the 2018 Track & Field Winter Championships. The announcer opens by highlighting the field’s depth, noting athletes’ recent cross‑country and CIF achievements: Fatima Cortes (Moreno) – Southern Section Division I champion; Mia Barnett (Village Christian) – Division V champion; Misty Diaz (Norwalk) – Division II CIF finalist; Vanessa Gracian (Covina) – second‑place finisher; and La Costa Canyon’s Brown, a three‑time state meet podium finalist. The race narrative follows the early pace (first 400 m in ~3 seconds), mid‑race positioning, and strategic moves as athletes like Cortes and Brown surge with 600 m remaining. The commentator notes Cortes’s personal record of 5:14 and predicts sub‑5‑minute potential. In the final lap, Casey Clark (Chicot County) pulls away to win, with Diaz second, Brown third, Barnett fourth, Geithen fifth, and Griffiths sixth. The announcer records finishing times—Clark’s 4:30.55 sets a new meet record, Diaz’s 4:36.65 approaches the old record, followed by Barnett’s 4:38.93—emphasizing the strong outlook for the 2018 outdoor season.
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I'm, I'm going to wait to laugh. Here for you guys, I'm going to wait to laugh. Costa Canyon, 5th place in the state meet last year, coming in with a time of 4:38 at the ball line. Beats— Go, go! Meanwhile, Fatima Cortes of Moreno, arguably one of the fastest, most improved athletes over this last year. She was your Southern Section Division I champion this past cross country season. But right there to the front, that is a 9th grader, Mia Barnett from Village Christian. She was the Division V champion this past cross country season. We'll see how that talent translates over to the track. Misty Diaz of Norwalk, a Division II CIF finalist from a year ago, also in the mix. Ariana Griffiths, 10th grader from Rio, here along with Cortez and a whole crew there with another distinct final cross-country season. And that is Brown in the white top. They do release off of very well from this pole vault. Yep, yep. And Vanessa Gracian of Covina High School in second place. —3 seconds there for the first 400. Again, Brown, part of that great La Costa Canyon program. She is a 3-time state meet podium finalist there for the last cross-country season. Again, 5th place last year at the state champions as a junior. Cindy Wade and Tori Gaitan both representing Claremont and Corrado right there in that mix as well. So a very talented glimpse of what we're going to see here in the outdoor season for this 2018 campaign. Coming around, Wade into the field right now, challenging everybody with 800 meters to go. She's got We got 2:15 in 800-meter speed. Gracian, Gaetan, Cortes, Griffith, Moreno running 3, 4, 5— check that, 2, 4, 5, and check that again, 2, 3, 5. Made it through. Right now her fitness level is already indicating under 5 minutes for the full 1600 meters, and with 600 meters to go, the Great Oak crew trying to come out and get her, trying to chip into that lead as Brown continues to grow on here with about 400-500 meters to go. Fatima Cortes, third-order state champion in the 800 to 1600 meters 2 years ago. Fatima has definitely carved out her own resume this last fall. And looking to do a lot of damage. Cortes has only got a PR of 5:14, and she's already in faster fitness shape than that right now. One lap to go. Brown, Cortes, now the Arnetta freshman making a great move here with 400 meters to go. Come on, Fatima! Come on, Fatima! And holds it out of there. Round 1 winner will be Casey Clark of Chicot County! Now sweep it all off for victory! Number 26, number 27— oh my goodness, Clark's going to easily break your world state record! Diaz coming up big there on Norwalk for second place, Brown for third, Barnett for fourth, Geithen for fifth, Griffiths for sixth. Very talented field here folks, we're gonna have a great 2018 season. Outdoor season, as we just saw right there. 4:30.55, that is the old— that sets the old meet record. Misty Diaz, great last lap there, 4:36.65, just off the old meet record. Again, around 4:37.41, Mia Marat, 4:38.93. All 3 of those 4 times, all complete sets.
