Tustin Sprinter Breaks School Record at OC Champs

Tustin senior Theo George-Bell broke the school’s boys 200-meter record Saturday at the Orange County Track and Field Championships in Mission Viejo. (athletic.net) (finishedresults.com) George-Bell entered the week with a 2026 personal best of 22.05 seconds in the 200 and 10.85 in the 100, both listed on Athletic.net for his senior season. The county championships were held April 18 at Mission Viejo High School. (athletic.net) (finishedresults.com) (athleticlive.com) The meet also decided the boys team race, with Woodbridge and Los Alamitos tied for the county title, according to the Orange County Register’s Saturday coverage. Finished Results lists the same meet date and site. (ocregister.com) (finishedresults.com) Orange County’s sprinting depth was already visible before Saturday. A county best-marks sheet updated April 12 listed multiple boys under 22.40 in the 200, including marks of 22.28, 22.32 and 22.36 from other county athletes. (storage.googleapis.com) George-Bell’s rise has been steep over two seasons. Athletic.net shows him at 23.50 in the 200 as a junior in 2025 and down to 22.05 this spring before the county meet. (athletic.net) He has also been part of Tustin relay groups this season. Athletic.net lists Tustin at 43.42 in the 4x100 relay on March 19 and 3:53.80 in the 4x400 relay on April 14, with George-Bell on both quartets. (athletic.net) The Orange County championships sit in the middle of the Southern California high school postseason calendar, giving athletes one more countywide test before league finals and California Interscholastic Federation meets. AthleticLIVE’s schedule showed a full varsity program, with the boys 200 set for 4:04 p.m. Saturday. (athleticlive.com) (finishedresults.com) For Tustin, the headline from Mission Viejo was simple: a senior sprinter lowered a school standard on the county’s biggest regular-season stage. (ocregister.com)