BOYS' TRACK NOTEBOOK: WAYNE HURDLES TOP OPPOSITION.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Jensen Wayne received running tips from outgoing senior Jonathan Williams For people called John Williams, see John Williams (disambiguation) The name Jonathan Williams can refer to a number of people:
As a result, everything has clicked for Wayne at the beginning of his senior season at Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks. He ran a 38.87 to win the 300-meter hurdles at the CSUN/Alemany Relays last weekend, the second-best time in the state this season. ``He taught me how to run the race a little better,'' Wayne said of Williams, now at 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 . ``I've been using them and obviously it's working. I just wish he would have told me earlier.'' Wayne's best time in the event last year was 39.6, and he stumbled over a hurdle during the Southern Section prelims. ``My season was cut short last year and I want to do better,'' Wayne said. ``It's pretty cool being second in the state. I've worked really hard over the offseason trying to get where I am now, and it's finally paying off.'' Colleges are taking notice. Wayne has visited USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , spoken to the track coach at Brown and also is thinking about Stanford. --Young grasshopper grasshopper, name applied to almost 9,000 different species of singing, jumping insects in two families of the order Orthoptera. Grasshoppers are long, slender, winged insects with powerful hind legs and strong mandibles, or mouthparts, adapted for chewing. : A month ago, Jose Jimenez Jose Jimenez is the name of:
Now six feet is no problem. He's jumped 6-2 and clears six feet regularly. The next step? He's shooting for the Crespi of Encino freshman record of 6-4. And in the next four years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Celts' all-time record of 6-8 could be in danger. ``He's already the best high jumper we have,'' coach Kate Cerruti said. ``He might get that record by his senior year if he keeps this going.'' Jimenez is a natural jumper. He's been high jumping since fourth grade, when he joined his grammar school track team. But he hadn't jumped higher than 5-10 before the season began last month. ``I stayed after practice and finally got 5-11,'' Jimenez said. ``There was only one guy left watching, and I asked him if the bar was shaking. He said, no, I cleared it by an inch. The next meet I cleared 6-2. It still seems like a lot whenever I look up at the bar.'' --20-gun salute: Mike Sundberg, a distance runner distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. at Valencia, was offered a presidential scholarship by Long Beach State. The academic scholarship covers tuition and room and board for four years. Sundberg, who won the Golden League championship in the 800 last year, is juggling five advanced-placement classes with track this season. He would like to continue the sport in college. He's waiting to hear back from a few more colleges before making his final decision. ``I'm really happy,'' Sundberg said. ``They treat you really good as a presidential scholarship.'' |
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