CITY SECTION TRACK: BIRMINGHAM RUNNER SURPRISES IN PRELIMS.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Jennifer Hernandez knows she can hold her own against her younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
Hernandez was a surprise heat winner in the City preliminaries, clocking 18 minutes, 35 seconds for the 2.9-mile 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. course in a Birmingham sweep of the top three places to lead the Patriots to a heat victory. Senior Marina Santana was second (18:42) and junior Emma Hartel was third (18:43) for Birmingham, which posted a 22-83 victory over Garfield of East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. . The top five teams advanced to the finals Nov. 22 at Pierce. In the boys' competition, Birmingham senior Mehdi Taieb-Brahim had the day's fastest time of 15:26 to help the Patriots to second in their heat. Monroe of North Hills, led by the 1-3 finish of sophomore Gabriel Guzman and junior Salim Benmohamed, was a 39-52 heat winner over Belmont. The emergence of Hernandez might be the boost the Birmingham girls need to defeat two-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre San Pedro. San Pedro won the other heat 17-69 over Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. with the 1-2 finish of sophomore twins Kirsten and Megan Adams in 18:33 and 18:44. Hernandez won the City frosh-soph 3,200-meter title in track last spring but has been slowed by shin splints Shin Splints Definition Shin splints refer to the sharp pains that occur down the front of the lower leg. They are a common complaint, particularly among runners and other athletes. and an ankle sprain ankle sprain Orthopedics A stretching of the ankle ligaments and/or muscles with swelling suffered while wrestling with her 12-year-old brother, Willie. Hernandez had not run under 20 minutes at Pierce until finishing second to Hartel in the West Valley League finals in 18:59 last Thursday. Hernandez said she has learned to cope with her shin condition, but the discomfort from her ankle still persists. Hernandez sprained her ankle when she stood up awkwardly after pinning her brother in a friendly sibling wrestling match. ``I really didn't know what to expect from myself,'' Hernandez said. ``Today, I was really nervous to see whether I could do what I did last week.'' A similar performance by Hernandez, Hartel and Santana would put the Patriots in contention for their first section girls' title since 1998. Santana, who finished third in last year's City final, had been the Patriots' top runner until Hartel's victory last week in the league finals. ``We weren't expecting it from her,'' Santana said of Hernandez. ``We were thinking maybe she could run in the 19s, not the 18s. She is just focusing better. We have a young team but they are very mature for their ages, so I knew we could improve a lot.'' |
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