A.V. RUNNER KEEPS PACE MELENA TRYING TO IMPROVE 2003 TIMES.Byline: Lauren Gustus Staff Writer After he finished the boys' Div. I and II individual sweepstakes sweepstakes, contest or race, usually a horse race, on which a lottery is run. Prizes are awarded to the holders of winning tickets. In the case of a horse race, the draw is made from the names of all the horses entered in the race and vast numbers of blanks. race at the 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. 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. last Saturday, Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's Jose Melena melena /me·le·na/ (me-le´nah) the passage of dark stools stained with altered blood. me·le·na n. discussed starting out too fast and weary arms up the area in the course known as ``Poop Out poop 1 n. 1. An enclosed superstructure at the stern of a ship. 2. A poop deck. tr.v. pooped, poop·ing, poops 1. To break over the stern of (a ship). 2. Hill.'' But overall, the Antelopes' senior and top runner was pleased with the 12th-place finish. ``I'm still building toward the end of the season, but I feel really good,'' Melena said. ``I've got a lot of confidence after this race.'' Confidence was just what Melena needed after several results didn't match up to the times he had at the same meet in 2003. Melena finished the 2.91-mile course at 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)]. in 15 minutes, 23 seconds, better than his invitational time last year. ``This time was four, five seconds faster,'' Melena said. A time of 15:14 at the 2003 Southern Section Championships, also at Mt. SAC, earned Melena a trip to the state meet last season. His plans are to peak in a few weeks. On Saturday, the pack at the front struggled to maintain the pace set by juniors Diego and Daniel Mercado For the hispanic surname "Mercado", please see de Mercado. Mercado first originated in Spain. In English it means 'market'. Is the last name of the 'Great' Fifa Soccer player Eswold. of West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. . Diego hit the mile-marker at 4:25. ``I knew they wouldn't stay that fast, but at the same time, I had to push real hard to keep with them,'' Melena said. Melena also said that his arms felt heavy coming off mile two and his race strategy turned to maintaining his pace. Melena will race at the Golden League finals Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Pearblossom Park. --No sweeps, just firsts: The girls' teams from Paraclete and Desert Christian skipped their respective sweeps races at Mt. SAC. The teams ran varsity races instead, and both took first place. Paraclete finished with a team time of 1 hour, 41 minutes and 45 seconds and Desert Christian came in at 1:43. The Spirits' Heidi Rocha (18:57) was one of 17 local runners at 19 minutes or below. Desert Christian coach Dean Spoelstra said his young team would be better suited to the varsity race. ``They've been in some good races at other invites we've gone to,'' Spoelstra said. ``We've seen some (potential postseason teams) at bigger races. It worked out for us to run the varsity race this time.'' The Knights had five finishers inside the top 25. Nicole Richards (19:53) and Jessica Wick (19:55) broke the 20-minute mark. Paraclete coach Ken Lemus said he kept Paraclete in the varsity race because the Spirits' confidence is riding high and he wanted it to remain as such as the team heads into the postseason. Paraclete's team time, when factored into the Div. IV sweeps race, would have put the Spirits fifth behind the Southern Section's No. 1 team in Div. IV, Lutheran of Orange. --Notables: Highland's Caitlin Fitzgerald was ninth in the girls' team sweeps race in 18:41 and Lancaster's Courtney Wheeler continued to set the Eagles' pace with a time of 18:58, top in her heat. On the boys' side, Highland's Josh JOSH Joshua JOSH Job Scheduling Hierarchically Housinger and Kurtis Rohrenback logged fourth- and sixth-place finishes in their heat. --Who goes? Invitees to the Southern Section Preliminaries at Mt. SAC on Nov. 13 will be determined Wednesday at Pearblossom Park. The league-ending meet, hosted by Littlerock, begins at 2 p.m. The league's top three boys' and girls' teams qualify, as do the top three individuals not on a qualifying team, provided they finish in the top six at the meet. Lauren Gustus, (818) 713-3607 lauren.gustus(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Desert Christian's Nicole Richards (left) and Jessica Wick each broke the 20-minute mark at Mt. SAC. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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