The star sprinter earns the honor as the top track and field athlete in California in 2023.
Serra track athlete Rodrick Pleasant was selected the 2022-23 Gatorade state track and field player of the year.
Pleasant is the first from Serra to receive this recognition. He is now a finalist for the National Boys Track & Field Player of the Year award to be announced in July. Pleasant wrapped his high school career repeating as CIF-Southern Section, Masters Meet and State champion in the 100 and 200. At the state meet, he again set a state record in the 100 running a 10.20 and he capped the event with a 20.53 in the 200.The road to the state final was a fast one. He ran a wind-aided 10.09, the fastest high school time in the state in any condition at the CIF-SS Division 4 finals. The following week at CIF-SS Masters he tied his own record with a 10.14 in the 100.
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