CAN SHE DO IT AGAIN? WYGANT AIMS FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN HIGH JUMP.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Lisa Wygant did not expect to win the high jump in the 1998 Southern Section Division I track and field finals. The Camarillo High junior has similar feelings about today's championships at Cerritos College Cerritos College is a public comprehensive community college founded in 1955 located in Norwalk, California. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a ranch that served prominently in the region in the 19th century. . Still, it will be hard to count the defending Division I champion out. Wygant cleared a personal-best 5 feet, 6 inches - her first and only time - to win the competition. For the second year in a row, Wygant will enter the Southern Section championships with a 5-4 season-best looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a breakthrough performance. Wygant will be joined by Camarillo teammate Chad Smith For other persons named Chad Smith, see Chad Smith (disambiguation). Chad Smith (born 25 October 1961, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.) the drummer of the American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. , who has qualified in the boys' high jump. Saturday's girls' field will includes UCLA-bound Julie Stevenson of Diamond Bar, the state co-leader with Annmarie Turpin 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. at 5-10, as well as freshmen Bianca Ziemann of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. Edison and Chaunte Howard Chaunte Howard (born January 12, 1984 in Templeton, California) is an American athlete competing in the high jump. In August 2005 she won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with a new PB of two meters. of Riverside North who have cleared 5-8 and 5-7. ``It has been a concern of mine to live up to last year but I don't think I am the favorite,'' Wygant said. ``There is a lot more competition and my marks are not as good. I still think I have it in me. You never know. I could pull something off.'' On Saturday, Wygant will compete in only one event for the first time this season. Wygant has competed in four events in all her previous meets. In the Pacific View League finals, Wygant won the high jump, triple jump, 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles to help the Scorpions capture the team title. Wygant has bounded 35-9-1/2 in the triple jump to break the school record by more than a foot. She has also clocked 15.5 and 46.9 in the 100 and 300 hurdles. The high jump, however remains foremost for Wygant. ``The high jump is my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. because it the one I have gone farthest in,'' Wygant said. ``But it would be kind of weird doing only one event. I would feel kind of lazy.'' It will be a busy day in the Division II championships for Simi Valley's Turpin, who will compete in three events. Turpin, who will attend UC Irvine, will compete in the high jump, 400 and 300 hurdles. Turpin, who posted a school-record 57.38 to win the 400 in the Marmonte League championships, lowered her school 300 hurdle record to 45.09 in the Division II preliminaries at 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. last Saturday. Juniors Oliver Jackson of Royal and Erin Brzezinski of Thousand Oaks will compete in two events each in the Division II championships. Jackson, the defending Southern Section Masters Meet long jump champion, leads the nation in the long jump at 24-4-3/4. He will also run in the 300 intermediate hurdles. Brzezinski will run in the 100 and 200. Two-time Ventura County champion Tim Adrian of Moorpark is the leading qualifier in the discus at 178-10. Dan Albino albino (ălbī`nō) [Port.,=white], animal or plant lacking normal pigmentation. The absence of pigment is observed in the body covering (skin, hair, and feathers) and in the iris of the eye. of Thousand Oaks will compete in the 3,200 meters and teammates Jason Park and Makisi Haleck are qualifiers in the pole vault. Amanda Armstrong and Kevin Kane have advanced in the 800 meters for the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. . Kareem Lacy of Simi Valley in the boys' 400 and Will Svitek of Newbury Park in the shot put. Westlake will be represented by Michala Brook and Meredith Perry in the girls' 1,600 and pole vault, respectively, and Paul Yun in the 200. Laura Jakosky of Agoura has advanced in the 3,200 meters Ebony Haggans and Laurie Ramirez of Royal will run in the 200 and 400, respectively. In Division IV, Viewpoint sophomore Tom Kubler, who finished second in the State Division V cross country finals last November, is among the favorites in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters. Troy Becker is seeking Malibu's first Southern Section track title in the pole vault. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Lisa Wygant will need to better her season-best jump of 5-4 if she's to win the high jump. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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