Six new members entered the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony Monday night at the Cabrillo Pavilion.
They included four athletes, who attended Santa Barbara area high schools, a requirement for eligibility for the Hall of Fame. All went to excel in college and beyond.
— Sari Small (Carpinteria 1960). More than a decade before Title IX enforced the participation of women and girls in interscholastic sports, she competed in the first girls races at Carpinteria’s Russell Cup track and field meet, and later raced in college and AAU championships. Neil Ablitt, a Carpinteria schoolmate, spoke on her behalf Monday and recalled that football coach Marv Goux, who later was on the staff of national championship teams at USC, recognized Small’s ability by holding her back to lap other runners…