BELTRAN HAS ENOUGH IN END FORMER MONROE HIGH, MOORPARK COLLEGE RUNNER TOP AREA FINISHER.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer Sabino Beltran is more than six years removed from his collegiate running career. But to hear him tell it, his competitive juices are still flowing. Beltran, a former Monroe High of North Hills and Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. cross-country standout, said sheer determination were about all he had left the last two miles of Sunday's L.A. Marathon. Beltran, 29, who ran his fourth L.A. Marathon, was the top area finisher, placing 45th overall in the men's circuit with a 2:43.07 performance. ``The hardest part was the last two miles,'' he said. ``I was doing well, but then I felt like I hit a wall. I could see the guy behind me and I thought he was going to catch me and that made me push a little bit harder.'' Burbank resident Anicento Espinoza-Chavez, 35, placed 49th with a 2:43.32 finish, more than 30 seconds faster than his 2:44.11 performance last year, when he was the area's top finisher. Newbury Park resident Stephen Smith, 45, placed 48th with a 2:43.25 time. Westlake Village's Rossana Robinson, 43, finished 40th in the women's circuit with a 3:25.49 finish. Beltran shaved shave v. shaved, shaved or shav·en , shav·ing, shaves v.tr. 1. a. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: about nine minutes from last year 2:52 time, and came within a minute of his personal best 2:42 run in 2004. He ran his first L.A. Marathon as a Monroe senior in 3:03 in 1995. ``I knew I had to pace myself,'' he said. ``Last year, I went too hard in the beginning and I just wore down at the end. ``I think you get better as you get older.'' Beltran ran on Monroe's 1994 cross-country team that finished third in the City championships. He believes that team would have won the title that year if not for an injury to one of its runners. Beltran also was on Moorpark College's 1996 state cross-country championship team and went on to compete for University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. on a cross-country scholarship. He is now a College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. cross-country assistant coach. Beltran graduated from Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
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``This was for the guys, that's what motivated me,'' Beltran said. ``They all said I couldn't do it, and I wanted to show them that you can do anything if you set your mind to it.'' Gideon Rubin, (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: About 25,000 runners participated in the 21st annual LA marathon. Gene Blevins/Daily News 
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