Records Fall at 2026 All-City Middle School Track Meet

Memorial Field has hosted the All-City middle school track and field meet for 80 years. Breaking records at an event that old takes something special. The 2026 version delivered several.

Muir, Luther Burbank, and Dolores Huerta middle schools sent their athletes to compete Thursday, and by the end of the day, the record books needed updating in multiple events across grade levels.

Muir eighth grader Zoe Tran led the day’s headline performances. She cleared 16 feet in the long jump, setting a meet record, then won the 400 meters in 1:01.34, another record. Tran also won the 200 in 28.34 and anchored Muir’s winning 4x400 relay team, which finished in 4:43.05. Four events, two individual records, and a relay title in a single afternoon.

Tran credited a steady progression through the sport for putting her in position to compete at that level. She said she was first introduced to track in sixth grade and has been building since. This spring, as she prepares to leave middle school, she joined the Burbank Vikings track and field program. She plans to run track and play volleyball at Burbank High next year.

Luther Burbank eighth grader Chris Hernandez matched Tran’s output on the boys side. He won the long jump at 18 feet, 1.5 inches and took the 100 meters in 12.32. He was also part of two record-setting relay teams: the 4x100, which ran 48.87, and the 4x400, which finished in 4:08.09. Hernandez is headed to Burroughs, where he plans to play soccer and run track.

The standout performance from the younger grades came from Luther sixth grader Nathan Hernandez. He won the 100 in 13.32 and the 70-meter hurdles in 11.88, then contributed to record-setting times on both the 4x100 (55.58) and the 4x400 (4:46.83). With two more years of middle school competition ahead of him, those records may not survive long.

Muir seventh grader Ryker Bogh earned the boys athlete of the meet honor for his grade. He swept the 100 and 200, running 12.97 and 27.75 respectively, and ran on the winning 4x100 relay team, which finished in 53.44.

On the girls side at the seventh grade level, Luther’s Danielle Ferguson took athlete of the meet honors. Ferguson won the 100 in 13.86, placed second in the long jump at 12 feet, 8 inches, and contributed to two winning relay teams. The 4x100 finished in 57.20, and the 4x400 crossed in 5:01.33.

Leah Aghyarian of Muir earned sixth grade girls athlete of the meet. She won the 400 in 70.71 and placed second in the 100 at 14.54. Aghyarian also ran on the winning 4x100 relay, which finished in 1:00.57, and the 4x400 team that ran 5:18.42.

The All-City meet is one of the few events that brings all three Burbank middle schools together on the same track, and Memorial Field has long served as the venue for that competition. Eight decades of records creates a high bar for any single afternoon to clear. This year’s meet cleared it several times.

The results also offer a preview of what’s coming to the city’s high school programs. Several of the day’s top performers named Burbank High and Burroughs as their destinations, suggesting both programs will have track rosters worth watching when the 2027 high school season arrives. At the middle school level, athletes like Nathan Hernandez still have competitive years left before that transition, which means the records set Thursday may face pressure again sooner than expected.