BOYS' TRACK PREVIEW: CANYON'S LLAMAS MAY GO FAR, HIGH THIS SEASON.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Luke Llamas helped boost Canyon High to its first league cross country title since 1991 in the fall. The sophomore's contributions in the distances are expected to have an impact on the Cowboys' defense of the Foothill League track and field title. Llamas did not compete in track as a freshman after a stellar cross country season in his ninth-grade year. He concedes his future lies in distance running, but for the moment he is not prepared to curtail cur·tail tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten. [Middle English curtailen, to restrict year-round participation in club soccer or snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon . During track, Llamas also plans to dabble dab·ble v. dab·bled, dab·bling, dab·bles v.tr. To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid: "The moon hung over the harbor dabbling the waves with gold" with the pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. . ``I have more potential for college in running,'' Llamas said. ``Soccer is just fun. I have been doing it forever.'' Cross country is where Llamas has had his greatest success. Last fall, he finished second in the Foothill League championships, leading the Cowboys to the title. He placed 18th in the Southern Section Division I finals to help Canyon to a 10th-place team finish. As a freshman, Llamas posted one of the top 25 times of all-time by a ninth-grader on Mt. San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. College's renowned 3-mile course. ``He is running on natural talent,'' Canyon coach Dave DeLong said. Seniors Aaron Hope and Drake Morgan are returning Foothill League champions in the 800 meters and pole vault, respectively. As a junior, Hope placed sixth in the 800 in the Southern Section Division II finals with a lifetime-best 1 minute, 58.02 seconds. Morgan is seeking his third consecutive league title in the pole vault. At the L.A. Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. , he vaulted 14 feet, 6 inches to break his school record set as a junior. Senior Michael Summe has shown great improvement over the last year. He broke 16 minutes at Mt. SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. in the Southern Section cross country finals and is expected to be among the league's top 1,600- and 3,200- meter runners this spring. --Hart: Senior Tamir Barkan and sophomore Tim Gregory are the defending league champions in the long jump and 200 meters, respectively. Gregory also ran on Hart's victorious 400-meter relay in the 1999 league finals. --Saugus: The Centurions will be strong in the distances with junior Nick Zoetewey. In the fall, Zoetewey won the Foothill League cross country title to extend the Centurions' string of individual league-meet victories to nine over the last three years. --Valencia: Manuel White Manuel White (born July 2, 1982) is an American football running back. , who rushed for a region-record 6,745 yards - No. 4 in state history - to lead the Vikings to the Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. football final in the fall, is the defending league 100 champion. Junior B.J. Suini, the league triple jump champion, also returns. INDIVIDUALS TO WATCH Tim Gregory, Hart, So., 100, 200. Running back for SS Div. III champion football team. Aaron Hope, Canyon, Sr., 800. Contender for SS Division II title. Luke Llamas, Canyon, So., Distances. Impressive in cross country, untested in track. Drake Morgan, Canyon, Sr., PV. Two-time Foothill League champion. Nick Zoetewey, Saugus, Jr., Distances. Foothill League cross country champion. Manuel White, Valencia, Sr., 100, 200. UCLA-bound running back. CAPTION(S): box Box: INDIVIDUALS TO WATCH (see text) |
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