BELL-JEFF INVITATIONAL: HELP COMES FROM HOOPS MONROE EARNS SECOND PLACE.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News If Monroe High of North Hills captures its first City Section boys' cross country title since 1973 in November, the Vikings can thank the basketball team for its fortunes. Junior Manuel Ruiz Manuel Ruiz Pérez (born December 3, 1962 in Jerez de la Frontera) is a Spanish football coach and former player. During his football career, he played for several clubs including his childhood club Xerez CD, UD Melilla and Sanluqueño. , who started running last year after being cut from the basketball team, will be a key ingredient in knocking off seven-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Belmont of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Monroe, lifted by the 1-2 finish of Ruiz and senior Juan Guzman, gave Belmont a scare in placing second to the Sentinels 38-45 Saturday in the Division I race at the 28th annual Bell-Jeff Invitational at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. . Ruiz timed 14 minutes, 41 seconds for the meet's fastest time, running unchallenged over the 2.9-mile course that started and finished by the Greek Theater and traversed dirt equestrian trails. Ruiz's mark moved him into a tie for 20th fastest on the all-time course list despite competing in temperatures that rose into the 90s. In the process, Ruiz also won handily hand·i·ly adv. 1. In an easy manner. 2. In a convenient manner. Adv. 1. handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" conveniently 2. over defending City champion Marlon Ruiz of Belmont, who was 11th in 16:11. Manuel Ruiz's potential seems unlimited. He was born and raised in Toluca, Mexico, at an altitude of more than 7,000 feet. Ruiz moved to North Hills a year and a half ago with his brother, Aleph 1. (language) ALEPH - A Language Encouraging Program Hierarchy. 2. (tool) ALEPH - A system for formal semantics written by Peter Henderson ca. 1970. [CACM 15(11):967-973 (Nov 1972)]. 3. , 25, to see California. He decided to stay for good. Ruiz placed seventh in the City cross country final and moved into the role of City Section cross country favorite by winning the 3,200 meters during track season. ``I just came to do my best,'' Ruiz said. ``I didn't know how we would do as a team. If everybody does their best, then maybe we might beat Belmont.'' Monroe could not have asked for more from its top three. Guzman was second in 14:59 and senior Daniel Guido was fourth in 15:26. Junior Armando Bonilla (16:18) and senior Davie Carranza (16:43) rounded out the scoring in 13th and 25th, respectively. The Vikings' team time of 1:18.09 for its five scoring runners was more than a minute faster than Belmont (1:19:13), but the Sentinels pulled out the victory with five runners among the top 11. ``We're going to have a shot at being in the top two,'' 36th-year Monroe coach Dean Balzarett said. ``Who knows by the end of the year? We may be the best? I would say off this race, we're really going to be good.'' Monroe's success might be linked to the development of first-year runners Guido, Bonilla and Carranza. Jhordane Acosta, who is projected to be among the top five, did not run Saturday because of a knee injury. By the City championships, Balzarett is optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op about breaking two consecutive runner-up finishes to Belmont. ``I kind of thought that we could have beat them last year,'' Guzman said. ``This year, I think we have a chance. We just wanted to run a good time today. That's what matters to us. The guys work hard at it and like we did today. We have a chance to beat them.'' La Canada and Desert Christian of Lancaster swept boys' and girls' team titles in Divisions III and V, respectively. La Canada swept the first four places with Emily Farr, Stephanie Lee, Katie Barry and Jessica Moore to outdistance out·dis·tance tr.v. out·dis·tanced, out·dis·tanc·ing, out·dis·tanc·es 1. To outrun, especially in a long-distance race. 2. North Bakersfield 18-48. La Canada's boys edged Workman 68-69 with fourth- and eighth-place finishes by Taylor Fram and Michael Collins Michael Collins is the name of:
Desert Christian captured its third consecutive girls' team title, buoyed by individual winner Jynnifer Wright, with a 39-72 triumph over Pasadena Poly. The Desert Christian boys were led by Tim Smith Tim Smith is a common name. Notable people with the name Tim Smith include:
CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Jynnifer Wright (655) and Claytonia Tarazi lead Desert Christian to its third consecutive Division V girls' team title. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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