ALL-ANTELOPE VALLEY: BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY.Byline: - Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
RUNNER OF THE YEAR Josh Housinger, Sr., Highland Josh Housinger's season hardly got off to a good finish. The end made it special. Housinger failed to finish the season-opening Seaside 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. after taking a spill. He came back to win the High Desert Invitational large schools' race the next week, then faltered to a third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the at the opening Golden League meet. Housinger came back to win the second Golden League meet and help Highland to the league title. Then he had the highlight of his season 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, winning his team's Div. I varsity race in 15 minutes, 19 seconds on the 2.91-mile course. His time would've placed him in the top 15 of both sweepstakes races. Housinger acknowledged he felt pressure entering the Golden League finals because of his back-and-forth duel duel, prearranged armed fight with deadly weapons, usually swords or pistols, between two persons concerned with a point of honor. The duel may have originated in the wager of battle, an early mode of trial in which an accused person fought with his accuser under with Lancaster's Irvin Garcia. ``I went into the race kind of freaking freak·ing adv. & adj. Slang Used as an intensive: Traffic was a freaking nightmare. [Alteration of frigging, present participle of frig.] myself out,'' Housinger said. ``I took a couple deep breaths, did my strides and said, 'There's nothing I can do now.' '' Housinger had nothing to worry about. He went on to post an 11-second victory at the Golden League finals. DAILY NEWS ALL-ANTELOPE VALLEY Andrew Case, Sr., Lancaster Edwin Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , So., Paraclete Irvin Garcia, Sr., Lancaster Frank Onofre, Sr., Palmdale Kurtis Rohrenback, Sr., Highland Tim Smith Tim Smith is a common name. Notable people with the name Tim Smith include:
James Snyder, Jr., Highland ALL-ANTELOPE VALLEY: GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR Caitlin Fitzgerald, Jr., Highland The season-opening Golden League meet was the first sign this would be a special season for Highland's Caitlin Fitzgerald. She crossed the finish line 30 seconds ahead of two-time defending Golden champion Brienna Morris. Fitzgerald later acknowledged she was shocked by the result. Although she eventually finished second to Morris in the league, the season only got better for Fitzgerald, who qualified for the Div. I state meet. She finished fifth in the Div. I/II team sweepstakes at the Mt. San Antonio College Invitational. Her high finish put her on the awards stand with some of the nation's best runners, including two-time 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”). Championships runner-up Marie Lawrence and Lauren Saylor, who started the season ranked as the state's top Div. I runner. Fitzgerald braved tough conditions to finished 10th at the Southern Section Div. I final. After waiting out some tense moments, Fitzgerald learned she'd grabbed the final qualifying spot for the state meet. She capped her season with an 18th-place finish at Fresno's 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. . - Sean Martin DAILY NEWS ALL-ANTELOPE VALLEY Caitlin Choate, Fr., Highland Kaitlin Huerta, Jr., Paraclete Haley Kennedy, Fr., Paraclete Brienna Morris, Jr., Quartz Hill Melissa Olmos, Jr., Rosamond Alexis Velasquez, So., Paraclete Courtney Wheeler, Jr., Lancaster CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Highland High's Josh Housinger, left, and Caitlin Fitzgerald were the Antelope Valley's top cross country runners this season. John Lazar/Staff Photographer Box: (1 -- 2) DAILY NEWS ALL-ANTELOPE VALLEY (see text) |
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