SOUTH PASADENA - The latest physical fitness tests showed that only one California student in three posted a healthy score.

The test required that a ninth grade boy run a mile within nine minutes, perform a minimum of 16 push-ups, and 24 curl-ups.

The test scores showed that 29 percent of the students in grade five, 35 percent in grade seven, and 38 percent in grade nine achieved a fitness level in all six areas of the test.

State schools chief Tom Torlakson has announced plans for a statewide campaign to improve the health and fitness of California’s 6.2 million schoolchildren. He was in South Pasadena Thursday to announce the fitness scores. (INT)

Story Date: April 8, 2011