BOY'S CROSS COUNTRY: SIRAKI REPEAT JOINS ELITE HOOVER SENIOR WINS HER SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CROSS COUNTRY TITLE.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News FRESNO - Anita Siraki defended her state Division I cross country title and herself Saturday in a crowded field at 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. . The Hoover High senior worked herself out of an early jam in the largest field in meet history to win in 16 minutes, 58 seconds over the 5,000-meter layout. Although Siraki did not challenge the course record of 16:43 set by Julia Stamps of Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. in 1996, she joined former national champions Stamps of Santa Rosa and Kristen Gordon of Carondelet in a rare achievement. Those three are the only high school runners to run under 17 minutes on the storied course, which has been used as the state-meet course since the meet's inception as well as the 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”). West Regionals until 1998. Siraki broke Stamps' all-time course record in 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 in October, but Hoover coach Greg Switzer opted to run a controlled race to conserve energy for the Foot Locker West Regionals next Saturday at Mt. SAC and the national championships on Dec. 9 in Florida. ``Would a record have been nice? Yes,'' Switzer said. ``She would have really had to push to go for the record. You can leave it on the track with too many hard races. We wanted a stable race. From that platform of stability, you let the adrenalin build when the big races come along.'' Siraki ran 37 seconds faster than her winning mark in 1999 to notch a 42-second victory over Murrieta Valley freshman Liza Pasciuto. Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, city (1990 pop. 53,691), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. Chiefly residential, Fountain Valley also has diverse manufactures, including apparel, computer equipment, semiconductors, and medical equipment. A U.S. navy helicopter facility is there. junior Julia Allen, who had pushed Siraki up to the final 400 meters last year, was third in 17:53. City Section champiion Natalie Stein of North Hollywood was fifth in 18:07. ``Last year, I was battling the whole way. Heat was a factor. I guess I just was not focused,'' Siraki said. ``This year I was by myself.'' Siraki had plenty of company in the field that was expanded to nearly 200 runners and a record 24 teams with the addition of at-large berths for the first time. Siraki got boxed in Adj. 1. boxed in - enclosed in or as if in a box; "boxed cigars"; "a confining boxed-in space"; "felt boxed in by the traffic" boxed-in, boxed enclosed - closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check at the start and almost tripped twice before bolting to the lead just before the course narrowed into a two-meter path 600 meters into the race. ``The beginning was horrible. I got pushed way to the back and it was really bad,'' Siraki said. ``I guess I did not get out fast enough. I had to look for a way to get through. After I got the lead, it was just `Go.' I was so scared.'' Siraki, cheered on by teammates who made the trip to watch her run, opened an 11-second advantage at the mile mark, passed in 5:24. She was more than 20 seconds ahead of the field by two miles, reached in 10:58. Senior Efrain Olivares, who was covering the meet for the Hoover school Hoover Elementary School is an elementary school in the Palo Alto Unified School District. It currently holds kindergarten through fifth grade. newspaper, took photographs of Siraki's race and then placed 15th in the boys' Division I final in 15:47. ``I had no time goals, just run at the optimum pace,'' Siraki said. ``Nobody was around me at Southern Section finals. And no one was around me today.'' Peninsula edged Buchanan 95-97 to win an unprecedented fourth large school title. Quartz Hill finished fifth with 202 points, buoyed by freshman Amanda O'Neal (19:00), sophomore Tarah Novelli (19:13) and Jenny Yadon (19:15) in 31st, 38th and 42nd. At-large entrants and Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. rivals Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. and Royal were 10th and 11th with 265 and 289 points, respectively. Thousand Oaks was paced by senior Kelley Hess in 24th (18:48). Jaclyn Pedersen (19:24) finished as Royal's top runner in 51st. The Canyon, Oak Park and Flintridge Prep boys finished second in Division II, IV and V, respectively. Canyon, ranked No. 1 in Division II for most of the season, was edged 94-97 by Sacramento Jesuit. The Cowboys had three runners among the top 20, with senior Nick Zoetewey (15:44) in 10th and juniors Luke Llamas (15:49) and Jameson Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. (15:54) in 15th and 20th. As in past years, Oak Park stopped in McFarland on its way up to the state meet to sample the reputed magic water that makes that town's high school team run so fast. But the Eagles could not catch the Central Section power at Woodward Park, as McFarland won with a total of 69 to the runner-up Eagles' 125. Individually, Oak Park senior Mark Nevers finished second in 15:28 to Ryan Hall Ryan Hall can refer to:
CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Hoover's Anita Siraki won the state title with only the third sub-17-minute high school girls High School Girls (女子高生 Joshi Kōsei clocking ever recorded at Fresno's Woodward Park course. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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