Y ask Y: Monique Henderson of Morse High School in San Diego will follow in Gail Devers' footspikes, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune. Monique, who spent the first month of her senior year watching Sydney Olympic track, announced an oral commitment to attend UCLA. The 2000 national girls high school track Athlete of the Year also took recruiting trips to USC, Stanford and South Carolina. "I liked the coaches, the team and the campus," Henderson said of UCLA. "It was a gut feeling. They are all good schools. The USC coach asked me why I picked UCLA, and I really couldn't tell him. I just felt better at UCLA on my recruiting trip." UCLA coach Jeanette Bolden, a 1984 Olympic 400-meter relay gold medalist, is in her ninth year at the school. Henderson set a national high school record in the 400 meters with a time of 50.74 seconds when she won her third straight CIF state title in June. The fast time prompted Henderson to reverse an earlier decision and compete in the Olympic Trials, where she finished eighth. Monique enters the masters ranks in 2018. Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com
