Records Fall at 2026 All-City Middle School Track Meet

Records at Memorial Field don’t fall on a routine Saturday. The All-City Middle School track meet has been running for 80 years, and the 2026 edition still found ways to surprise, with Muir, Luther Burbank, and Dolores Huerta each sending athletes who didn’t just compete but actually rewrote the history books at that oval.

Zoe Tran rewrote two pages of it herself.

The Muir eighth grader won the long jump at 16 feet, setting a meet record. She then came back and took the 400 meters in 1:01.34, another record. She wasn’t done. Tran also won the 200 in 28.34 and anchored Muir’s 4x400 relay, which finished in 4:43.05. Four events. Two records. That’s an afternoon that doesn’t happen often at any level of the sport.

Track and field at the youth level can be a rough introduction, and Tran’s wasn’t exactly smooth at the start. “I was first introduced to track in sixth grade,” she said. Now, heading into high school, she’s built something from it. “This year as I transition into high school, I started Burbank Vikings.” She’s planning to run track and play volleyball at Burbank High. Given what she put up at Memorial Field on Saturday, the Bulldogs’ coaching staff won’t need a lengthy sales pitch.

Chris Hernandez had a day that’s worth slowing down on.

The Luther Burbank eighth grader anchored two record-breaking relay squads and still found individual wins. His 4x100 team ran 48.87 and his 4x400 squad crossed at 4:08.09, both meet records. He also won the long jump at 18 feet, 1.5 inches and took the 100 in 12.32. He’s headed to Burroughs, where he’ll play soccer and run track, which means Burbank High fans will see a lot of him through the city’s sharpest rivalries.

Not every headline from Saturday came from an eighth grader.

Nathan Hernandez, a sixth grader at Luther Burbank, ran on the record-setting 4x100 (55.58) and 4x400 (4:46.83) relay teams. He also won the 100 outright in 13.32 and cleared the 70-meter hurdles in 11.88. He’s three years from high school. That’s worth noting because winning open sprints and a technical event at this meet, as a sixth grader, isn’t something that happens every year.

Ryker Bogh of Muir took seventh grade boys athlete of the meet. He won the 100 in 12.97, the 200 in 27.75, and ran on Muir’s winning 4x100 relay, which finished in 53.44. There wasn’t one single signature moment for Bogh. He just kept showing up first.

On the girls’ side, Danielle Ferguson of Luther Burbank earned seventh grade girls athlete of the meet. She won the 100 in 13.86, finished second in the long jump at 12 feet, 8 inches, and ran on the winning 4x100 relay (57.20) as well as the 4x400. That’s an individual title, a relay win, and a runner-up finish in a field event. A thorough performance across a full afternoon of competition.

Leah Aghyarian of Muir claimed sixth grade girls athlete of the meet honors. She won the 400 in 70.71, finished second in the 100 at 14.54, and ran on the winning 4x100 (1:00.57) and 4x400 (5:18.42) relay teams. She’s a sixth grader. She’s got two more years at the middle school level before any high school coach even gets a look at her.

The full results from Saturday’s meet are documented at MyBurbank, and the numbers tell a story that’s hard to argue with. Eight records broken. Multiple athletes competing across four events in a single day. A 2026 All-City meet that held onto most of its history for 80 years and still gave up more records than most.

Burbank middle school track doesn’t always get the coverage it deserves. Saturday was a good reminder that it probably should.