AV BOYS' TRACK PREVIEW: PALMDALE'S TITLE HOPES BOLSTERED BY FOOTBALL TEAM'S SPEED, MUSCLE.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Jason Anderson
Anderson, a 6-foot, 180-pound running back, and Leonard, a 6-4, 290-pound lineman chosen as the Daily News Defensive Player of the Year, had a hand in six victories in last year's track finals. Anderson, who has run 11.06 seconds and 22.1 in the 100 and 200 meters, won both sprint races a foot race at the highest running speed; - usually limited to distances under a quarter of a mile. See also: Sprint and also ran on the Falcons' victorious 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams. He is the nephew of Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach winner Charles White Charles or Charlie White may refer to:
Leonard, who will attend Stanford on a football scholarship, is the defending league champion in the shot put and discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci [L.] disk. dis·cus n. pl. dis·ci A flat circular surface; a disk. discus pl. disci [L.] 1. , where he has thrown 49 feet, 10 inches and 146-5. Palmdale's greatest asset, however, might be its versatility, particularly with sophomore Jerrick Holmes and seniors Horacio Diaz and Steve Anderson. Holmes was the league champion in the 400 and the high jump as a freshman. He has posted marks of 50.6 and 6-6 in those events. He was also a member of Palmdale's 400 and 1,600 relay teams. Diaz runs the 400 and on both relays but also has the range to run the 800 and 1,600 meters. Steve Anderson, no relation to Jason, is a 200-meter specialist who also runs in the 400 and on the relay teams. Event placement could be pivotal for Palmdale, which should be challenged by Littlerock and Highland. ``We have got leadership and people we can put in several events,'' Palmdale coach Jeff Williams For the poker player, see . For the physician, see . For the astronaut, see . Jeff Williams (born June 6, 1972 in Canberra) is an Australian-born, left-handed pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. said. ``We can put them where we can feel we can take advantage of matchups.'' Juniors Travis Morse, Mike McCulley, Dan Cobian add depth in the sprints, distances and hurdles, respectively, for Palmdale. Morse was the frosh-soph league champion in the 110-meter high hurdles and 300-meter intermediates last year. Freshman Jamil Smith has shown promise in the long jump and triple jump. Palmdale finished 5-0 in league with Littlerock at 4-1 last season. Upstart Highland, however, might be the most improved team. The Bulldogs upset Littlerock last week to open Golden League competition. Highland's Justin Patananan will be hard to beat in the distances. The senior won the 800 league title last season and also qualified for the Southern Section Division I preliminaries in the 1,600 and 3,200. Last fall, Patananan captured the Golden League cross country title last fall and finished 12th in the state Division I finals. Senior Dustin Erickson and junior Ed Anderson (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. ) are the top returners for Littlerock. Erickson was league runner-up in the 400 and third in the 300 intermediates, and Anderson was second in the pole vault. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Jason Anderson, left, is the Golden League's defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre in the 100- and 200-meter sprints. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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