BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY: CYBULSKI'S WIN QUIETS CRITICS BUT HIS ROYAL TEAM TAKES 2ND.Byline: KEVIN CONNELLY Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News FRESNO -- It's hard to believe one of the most accomplished distance runners in area history could enter a race still having something to prove, but there stood a stone-faced Michael Cybulski. It was minutes before the Royal High of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. standout was scheduled to compete in the Div.I state boys' cross country finals, and Cybulski -- the two-time defending state 3,200-meter track champion -- faced the harsh reality Harsh Reality are a little-known, proto-prog band born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire out of the remnants of the Freightliner Blues Band (formerly the Revolution) in the early sixties. of finishing his career without a state individual title in cross country. The UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX recruit responded with an inspired performance Saturday, outsprinting Trabuco Hills of Mission Viejo's J.T. Sullivan in the final 50 meters to finish with a meet-best clocking of 15minutes, 4 seconds on the 5,000-meter 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. course. The time was one second faster than Sullivan's, and validation of a career that included a third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the in the state Div.I meet last season. ``I've heard people say before that I'm just a track and field runner Field Runners are mainly responsible for coordinating the transportation and equipment for field agents. Transportation is usually procured (stolen) from an area of operation and abandoned afterwards. Field Runners are responsible for maintaining an operative's equipment and munitions. ,'' said Cybulski, who took his first lead at the 3,200-meter mark before holding off the late push from Sullivan. ``I wanted to come out today and shut those people up. Hopefully, this race did that. ``It was kind of funny because I got the feeling that Sullivan and (Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
``I haven't run that hard to finish a race since, I think, my sophomore year.'' Cybulski won despite becoming nauseous nauseous /nau·seous/ (naw´shus) pertaining to or producing nausea. nau·seous adj. 1. Causing nausea. 2. Affected with nausea. Saturday morning after eating ``gunky eggs,'' and throwing up before the race. His clocking tied for the 10th-fastest time in state Div.I history. But while Cybulski took the individual honors, his Highlanders were upset by Trabuco Hills in the Div.I team race. The Highlanders, the top-ranked team in the state, had defeated No.2 Trabuco Hills twice earlier this season, but they lost valuable time as starter Danny Benson struggled after missing the past five weeks with a hip injury. Trabuco Hills (71 points, 77:55) ran the second-fastest time in course history and the best clocking among California teams. Royal (82, 78:12) ran the fifth-fastest time in course history, but it finished two seconds off its state-title mark from last season. Royal was looking to become only the second team to win three consecutive state Div.I titles. Hart of Newhall achieved the three-peat in 1990-92. ``Winning three in a row was the goal all season, but we came up a little short,'' Cybulski said. ``We're disappointed, of course, but we still ran a really fast time. We trained 24/7 for this race, and we ran hard today.'' Royal's starting five included Cybulski, Hudson Andrews (sixth, 15:28), Jun Reichl (11th, 15:37), Alex Routh (20th, 15:51) and Benson (44th, 16:12). Four Trabuco Hills runners finished in the top 16, while its No.5 runner placed 39th. Highland of Palmdale junior Jeremy Acosta (15th, 15:36) was the only other local runner to finish in the top 20 in the Div.Irace. In other boys' races: Agoura's Chris Baird
Christopher Patrick "Chris" Baird (b. February 25 1982, Rasharkin, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays as a defender for Fulham. (15:48) placed 13th in Div.II. Milken Community of LosAngeles' Adam Cunningham (16:04) placed 11th in Div.IV, while Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks' Charles Maginnis (15th, 16:23) and Oaks Christian of Westlake Village's Charlie Petrie (18th, 16:24) both placed in the top 20. Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge (85:54) placed third in the Div.V team race, extending its state record to 10consecutive top-three finishes. Oakwood of North Hollywood's Aric Van Halen (15:58) finished fourth individually. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Michael Cybulski of Royal, left, sprints past J.T. Sullivan of Trabuco Hills to win the Div.I race. Associated Press |
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