CITY SECTION PRELIMINARIES: SPEED REED-ING TAFT SENIOR QUALIFIES IN FOUR EVENTS.Byline: Kirby Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:
Lee Special to the Daily News Last season, Erin Erin (ĕr`ĭn, ēr`–), ancient and poetic name of Ireland. Reed was a sprinter. This season, the Taft High senior had grown accustomed to the 400 meters. But now, Reed is not quite sure which is her best event. On Thursday night, the Washington State-bound state-bound, adj continuous or powerful novel memories synchronously encoded in the limbic system with the emotions and behavior becoming inseparable. Reed's performance in the City Section preliminaries at Birmingham High only complicated matters. Reed turned in the top qualifying marks with heat victories in the 100 in 12.05 seconds, the 200 in a wind-aided 23.98 and the 400 in 56.19. She also anchored the Toreadors' 1,600 relay of Schquay Brignac, Zoiah Koushki and Deneeka Torrey to a heat victory in 4:00.03. The versatility of Reed, Torrey - the defending 100 high hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. and 300 low hurdle champion - and Brignac will be pivotal in the Toreadors' prospects of a third consecutive team title. Taft staked its claim as the team to beat, qualifying individuals in 10 of 15 events. Torrey clocked a school-record 42.79 for the state's No. 2 mark, nearly second faster than her lifetime best of 43.74 run last season. She was also the top qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. in the 100 high hurdles in 14.67 and advanced in the 100 in 12.59. Brignac, a two-time City high jump champion, advanced in her specialties, the triple jump and long jump. To improve her chances in the state meet, Reed dropped the 100 earlier this season to concentrate on the 400, an event in which she has run 55.30 this season for the best mark in the City by over a second. Reed returned to the 100 after the Toreadors' scratched their 400 relay in last week's West Valley League finals to pick up more points in individual events for the City championships. ``I like the 400 relay but we all knew it would be a better decision,'' Reed said. ``We figured it would give us a better chance all around.'' Birmingham, Carson and Cleveland could be in the mix for the girls' title if Taft falters. Birmingham junior Melissa Astete, two-time defending girls' 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. champion, broke her City meet record with a clearance of 11 feet, 2 1/4 inches. Sisters Vincetta (100, 200) and Gigi Mendola (200, 400) powered the Patriots' 400 relay to the fastest qualifying mark at 47.86 and a heat victory in the 1,600 relay in 3:57.62. Cleveland should score well with three-time City champion Jessica Cosby, the No. 1 qualifier at 45-6, and sophomore Michelle Stinnette, a qualifier in the 100 (12.27) and 200 (24.98) and freshman Brynne Steward, who advanced in the 100 high hurdles (15.57) and 300 low hurdles (46.55). The Taft boys are strong favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. for their first title since 1988 behind senior Fred Williams Frederick Ronald (Fred) Williams is an is an Australian painter and printmaker. He was born in 1927 in Melbourne, Australia. He was one of Australia’s most important artists, and one the twentieth century’s major painters of the landscape. and junior Chris Morgan Chris Morgan is the name of:
Williams, who has signed a letter of intent to attend Cal State Northridge, posted the top qualifier in the 100 in 10.84 and in the 200 in a career-best 21.13. His 200 mark equaled the state's No. 2 mark and moved him into fourth on the area's all-time list. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Rhuben Williams of Eagle Rock throws the shot in the City preliminaries. Eric Grigorian/Staff Photographer |
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