A LONG-DISTANCE RUN FLESHMAN SET FOR FLORIDA MEET.Byline: Kirby Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:
Lee Special to the Daily News Lauren Fleshman of Canyon High has finished second in her last four races, but the junior will be guaranteed a first in the Foot Locker Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) is a major American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”). national championships Saturday at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Fleshman finished second in the Western Regional in Fresno last Saturday to become the first girl from the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. to qualify for the national meet. The top eight finishers in the Western Regional will comprise the West team for the national meet at Oak Trails Golf Course at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex is a 220 acre (89 ha) athletic complex located in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, that consists of 8 venues. . ``I was confident I had the ability to make it,'' said Fleshman, who finished 19th in the 1996 Western Regional. ``I've run well, but I have not had that one race that I have been waiting for all season. I don't feel like I have peaked yet.'' Canyon coach Dave DeLong thought Fleshman had reached her peak after placing second in the state Division I final Nov. 29. In her previous two competitions, Fleshman finished second in the Southern Section Division I preliminaries and finals. ``We're running our best when it really, really counts,'' DeLong said. ``If I told her she would have gotten second (in the Western Regional), I think we would have both laughed. I shake my head because she keeps getting faster each week and it seems like we've been holding this peak forever.'' In the Western Regional, Fleshman timed 17 minutes, 51 seconds to finish second behind winner Mariel Ettinger of La Grande, Ore., (17:40) on the 5000- meter course at Woodward Park Woodward Park (34 acres) is a public park, botanical garden, and arboretum located between 21st Street and 24th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is open to the public daily. . Fleshman sliced three seconds off her mark in the state meet at Woodward Park earlier despite mud and slippery conditions. Fleshman also avenged a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. defeats to Kimi Welsh of Yucaipa and Trina Cox of Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. , who had beaten her in the Southern Section and state Division I finals. ``Two seems to be my number, I swear swear v. 1) to declare under oath that one will tell the truth (sometimes "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"). Failure to tell the truth, and do so knowingly, is the crime of perjury. . . .,'' Fleshman said. ``That would be funny if that happened (at nationals). I'd have something to write in my diary, that's for sure.'' The typically conservative Fleshman implemented an aggressive race plan in the state meet and followed it with another Saturday in the Western Regional. Fleshman was in the lead pack by the mile mark of both races with no sign of the mysterious stomach cramps that forced her to drop out of two races earlier this season. In the Western Regional, Fleshman, who clocked 18:18 on the Woodward Park course as a sophomore, posted mile and two-mile splits of 5:25 and 11:25 - five seconds faster than she had run at the state meet. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Canyon's Lauren Fleshman, the first girl from the Santa Clarita Valley to reach the national meet, runs Saturday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Kirby Lee / Special to the Daily News |
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