ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: SAYLOR HAMMERS HOME A STATE TITLE.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News LANCASTER -- Nick Saylor's promising freshman hammer and discus throwing discus throwing, gymnastic exercise of the ancient Greeks, revived in modern times, especially as part of the Olympic games (in which it is an event of the decathlon) and as an event of most other track and field meets. season were cut short by a freak ankle injury he suffered in practice last season. He made up for lost time by winning the state title in the hammer and placing fifth in the discus over the weekend at the state meet at Bakersfield College BC was founded in 1913 and initially housed on the campus of Bakersfield High School (then Kern County Union High School) before moving in 1956 to its current location "on the hill" in northeast Bakersfield. . Saylor (Quartz Hill High) threw the hammer 181 feet and the discus 156 feet. In the women's circuit, Krystal Quinn (Palmdale) won the 400-meter dash in 56.48, giving AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C two state champions for just the second time in school history. The school's last state champion was Ryan Rogers (Lancaster), who won the 10,000-meter run in 2004. Quinn helped lead the 4x400 and 4x100 relay teams to fifth- and seventh-place finishes. Quinn, Sonya Schmidt (Desert), Jelani Carter (Palmdale) and Daunye Harris (AV) ran the 4x400 in 3:57.61. Quinn, Schmidt, Harris and Nicki Johnson (Palmdale) ran the 4x100 in 49.12. Nick Miconi (Quartz Hill) placed seventh in the hammer (152-3). ``It's a big deal to have two kids come through,'' AVC coach Mark Covert said. ``Both kids stepped up. It's a great thing for the kids, and it's great for our program.'' Saylor has already signed with CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge . Quinn has received offers from several Div. I programs including Fullerton, CSUN, and Southern Connecticut, but remains unsigned. Saylor, who was wearing a cast this time last year just months after learning to throw the hammer under the tutelage TUTELAGE. State of guardianship; the condition of one who is subject to the control of a guardian. of coach Alex Siler, is the school's second state hammer champion. His comeback was the culmination of a grueling rehab program that began last summer. ``His comeback was just remarkable,'' Covert said. ``I never really doubted that he could come back because he was so enthusiastic about all the work he was doing. By the first week (of the season) it was quite evident that he was ready.'' Covert attributes Quinn's success to her giving up 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. to concentrate on her running events. She placed 10th in the state last season in the pole vault. ``She focused on thing this year, and that's one of the biggest reasons she was able to succeed,'' Covert said. ``She showed tremendous dedication and tremendous motivation.'' Kostopoulos commits: Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. High star running back/ linebacker Brad Kostopoulos made a nonbonding commitment to play football at AVC on Monday. Kostopoulos rushed for 2,101yards, scored 30 touchdowns, and made 115 tackles, leading the Bobcats to the Southern Section Div. XII semifinals. Kostopoulos played most of the season with a shoulder injury that required surgery in December. He rejoined the baseball team two weeks ago and is restricted to designated hitting duties. His father Paul, who is Boron's principal, said Kostopoulos was leaning heavily toward playing football for Chaffey College History The school was first founded in Ontario in 1883, when city founders and brothers George and William Chaffey donated land and established an endowment for a private college. of Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. before meeting with AVC coach Brent Carder, who assured him that he would be an integral part of the team's offense. He likely would have been relegated exclusively to linebacking duties at Chaffey. ``He visited AVC and (Carder) told him he believed he was the type of player who could turn the program around,'' Paul Kostopoulos said. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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