CITY SECTION CROSS COUNTRY : BENMOHAMED, BURGESS WIN; ECR TAKES GIRLS' TITLE.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Monroe's Ali Benmohamed and Birmingham's Tiffany Tiffany, Tiffanie (UK) a semi-longhaired version of the Burmese cat. It has a fine, silky coat in many colors. Burgess BURGESS. A magistrate of a borough; generally, the chief officer of the corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which a mayor does in a city. In England, the word is sometimes applied to all the inhabitants of a borough, who are called burgesses sometimes it overcame the odds to post victories in the City Section cross country championships Saturday at Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. . But good fortune was not with the Birmingham girls in the team competition, as the defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Braves were unseated by El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Led by senior Tamar Gamliel and freshman Daquita Bailey, who finished second and third in 19:17 and 19:25 over the rain-slicked three-mile course, the Conquistadores totaled 68 points to win their first City cross country title boys' or girls' division. Bell and Birmingham tied with 87 points, but Bell finished second to claim the final berth in the state meet on the basis of a faster sixth runner. Birmingham beat El Camino Real in a Northwest Valley Conference dual meet and in the conference final, but the Conquistadores turned the tables on the Braves to win their heat in the City preliminaries Nov. 14. ``We thought they were playing some kind of game so we were kind of worried,'' Gamliel said. ``We didn't want to say anything about winning because we were being real superstitious su·per·sti·tious adj. 1. Inclined to believe in superstition. 2. Of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition. su . We didn't want to jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. it. All we were thinking today was if you see blue shorts, go faster.'' El Camino Real's Jamie Newman was just hoping to finish. Newman, who won the City title as a freshman, has been sidelined for much of the year with a knee injury. A torn meniscus meniscus /me·nis·cus/ (me-nis´kus) pl. menis´ci [L.] something of crescent shape, as the concave or convex surface of a column of liquid in a pipet or buret, or a crescent-shaped cartilage in the knee joint. that will require surgery at the end of the season caused her to miss the first two races and drop out of two others. The sophomore, however, was the Conquistadores' No. 4 runner Saturday, placing 27th in 20:36. Jennifer Brown (20:14) and Jessica Cruz (21:02) were El Camino's other scorers in 21st and 38th. ``The pain was the worst it was all season,'' Newman said. ``It was tempting to stop, but I wanted to do this for the team. We have a good team and I wanted to be a part of it.'' In the girls' race, favorite Bree Akesson of Kennedy and Burgess rocketed to an early lead before Burgess moved ahead shortly before the halfway point and cruised to victory in 19:03. Akesson, a senior transfer from Alemany who was unbeaten against City competition this season, was in sixth with a half mile to go before fading fading fading skin coloring. See Arabian fading syndrome (below). Declining in body condition, general health, activity and productivity. Arabian fading syndrome general health is unimpaired. to 23rd. Cleveland's Jaime Jones finished third but was later disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. for cutting the course. In the boys' race, Benmohamed led from the start and pulled away from North Hollywood's Paul Muite and Belmont's Manuel Lopez with a mile to go to win in 15:28. Lopez finished second in 15:42 and Bell's Michael Martinez was third in 15:59. Muite had posted the fastest qualifying time in the City preliminaries of 15:14 but finished 15th in 16:35 before collapsing in the finish chute. For Benmohamed, a senior who became Monroe's first City champion since 1980, the victory helped erase bad memories of last year's 17th-place finish. ``All the focus was on Muite and Lopez,'' Benmohamed said. ``Either one of us could have won. I was the underdog. I guess it was just fate. I tried to block everybody out and didn't focus on the people behind me. If it's your day, it's your day.'' The defending champion Belmont boys won their 12th title in 15 years with 65 points. Birmingham, buoyed by seventh- and eighth-place finishes by Jose Lorenzo (16:22) and Rene Acevedo (16:23), was second with 82 points. North Hollywood and Garfield were third and fourth with 87 and 104 points. The top two teams and the top five individuals among the top 12 not on a qualifying team qualified for the state championships Nov. 30 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. in Fresno. Other boys' qualifiers included Taft's David Friedman and North Hollywood's Raul Correa and Antonio Gavino. North Hollywood's Marie Herrera and Princess Acacio of Reseda were among the girls' qualifiers. |
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