A LOVE-LY DAY FOR SPRINTER LANCASTER SENIOR WEATHERS RAIN TO WIN 100, 200 AT MT. SAC.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer WALNUT - For many runners, rain and wind ruined the Mt. SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . For one runner, the unpleasant conditions gave him his chance. Kelvin kelvin, abbr. K, official name in the International System of Units (SI) for the degree of temperature as measured on the Kelvin temperature scale. A unit of measurement of temperature. Love, a Lancaster senior in his first year on varsity, shockingly won the 100 and 200 meters Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. . Love, previously an unknown in the track community, wasn't scheduled to run in the top heats in either race. However, many top runners scratched from events and went home early rather than run in the bad weather. That gave Love his opportunity, and he took advantage more than anyone could have imagined. Love beat Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Jones of Long Beach Poly to win the 100 in 10.60 seconds. Later in the 200, Love ran the second-best time in the state this season to win in 21.41. ``I knew I could compete at this level,'' Love said. ``I knew that coming into the season. But this is one of the best meets around. I knew I could compete, but I didn't really think I was going to win the 1 and the 2.'' Love's previous best times were 10.69 and 21.9, respectively, and those were to win the Golden League junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. titles last season. He was ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. to compete in varsity after transferring from Texas, where his father resides, to live with his mother in Lancaster. Taft of Woodland Hills is a familiar sprint power. But the young Toreadors, who graduated top sprinters Noah Smith, Mike Pratt and Paul Pratt and lost their gold-medal coaching staff of Quincy Watts Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California where he excelled not only as an athlete but also as a wide and Maurice Greene Maurice Greene may refer to:
Elijah Wells ran a personal record 48.56 despite the conditions to finish second in the 400 meters to City Section rival David Gettis of Dorsey. Jamere Holland, only a sophomore, finished third in the 100 with a 10.64, just four-hundredths off the lead. ``It was my first time going against elite competition,'' said Holland, who was academically ineligible to run as a freshman. ``I had heard of Derrick Jones. I knew he was a great runner and figured he would beat me, but I wanted to make it close.'' Taft also excelled in the 400 and 800 relays, coming in first in the 800 and second in the 400. ``We're out to show we're still here,'' Wells said. ``We lost a lot of people, but the cupboard isn't bare. We wanted to make a statement. Our team is coming together.'' Canyon broke its school record in the 1,600 relay for the second week in a row. The Cowboys finished in 3:19.03 after running 3:19.72 last week at Arcadia. ``We just keep moving up,'' said Max Bellissimo, who ran the anchor leg. ``This is a great accomplishment. We've wanted this for a long time at a big meet like Mt. SAC. Every meet, we want to set a new mark.'' Canyon had a best of 3:21.6 entering the season. The Cowboys finished fourth at Arcadia, but two of the teams in front were from out of state. Only Long Beach Poly, which dropped out of this relay because of the weather, is the only California relay team to beat Canyon. Josh Lubek from Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. didn't need to go as high as he had planned to take the pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. title at 15 feet. ``I was hoping to do 16, but the weather was so bad that I didn't want to try for it,'' said Lubek, who wrapped himself in a blanket following his last vault. ``I've done 16 in practice multiple times. I'm going to go for it in a meet soon even if I don't have any competition. I think I can do 16 by the end of the year.'' Sixteen feet might be enough for the state title. Lubek's personal best in competition is 15-6. Elizabeth Olear, the area's top sprinter from Louisville of Woodland Hills, was expected to run her first individual race since pulling a hamstring hamstring /ham·string/ (ham´string) one of the tendons bounding the popliteal space laterally and medially. inner hamstring the tendons of gracilis, sartorius, and two other muscles of the leg. last month. But she was one of the weather casualties, scratching from the 400. ``It got so bad, I had to make the decision not to run her,'' coach Lawrence Webster said. ``Even when healthy, you don't want to run in those conditions. Recovering from an injury, it's definitely not worth it.'' Olear did anchor the 400 relay, helping Louisville run its fastest time of the year at 49.59. Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com TOP PERFORMERS Anna Farias-Eisner, Harvad-Westlake, 800, 2:14.27 (3rd) Jamere Holland, Taft, 100, 10.64 (3rd) Sequoia sequoia (sĭkwoi`ə), name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species. Holmes, Mojave, LJ, 18-4 3/4 (2nd) Katie Kirst, Valencia, 100H, 14.97 (2nd) and 300H, 44.86 (3rd) Kelvin Love, Lancaster, 100, 10.60 (1st) and 200, 21.41 (1st) Josh Lubek, Royal, PV, 15-0 (1st) Alisha Thompson, Canyon, HJ, 5-6 (3rd) Elijah Wells, Taft, 400, 48.56 (2nd) CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Taft High of Woodland Hills' Mazeratti Byers, left, competes in the 1,600 relay at the Mt. SAC Invitational. Matthew Simmons/Staff Photographer Box: TOP PERFORMERS (see text) |
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