CITY SECTION TRACK: MISTAKES COSTLY FOR TAFT AGAIN RELAY TEAM DQED, WON'T GO TO STATE.Byline: Matthew Kredell Daily News Staff Writer For most track and field teams, the City Section prelims are about opportunity. For Taft of Woodland Hills, the prelims are all about avoiding mistakes. Whatever the reason, the Toreadors seem incapable of escaping the qualifying meet without disappointment. On Thursday, Taft's state-contending 400-meter relay team was 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. at Birmingham High of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). because anchor-leg runner Elijah Wells lined up behind his mark and took the baton too early. Because of Wells' mistake, the relay team, which entered the meet with the third-fastest time in the state at 41.42, was denied an opportunity to advance to the state tournament. ``We had a bad day on my part,'' said Wells, who crossed the finish line first before learning of the disqualification dis·qual·i·fi·ca·tion n. 1. The act of disqualifying or the condition of having been disqualified. 2. Something that disqualifies: illness as a disqualification for enlistment in the army. . ``I'm not mad as much as disappointed because I know we had a chance to win state. But rules are rules.'' Taft's chances for a state title seemed to be better than ever after Long Beach Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. , the state leader, was disqualified last week at the Southern Section Div. I prelims. Those hopes were soon dashed dash 1 v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es v.tr. 1. To break or smash by striking violently. 2. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence. 3. when sprinter Brian Waldon, a favorite to advance in the 100-meter dash, was also disqualified after a false start. The 1,600-meter relay team was also declared ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. after winning its heat because of a uniform error when the team's first three runners wore black tights and the final runner, an alternate, wore white. City rules require all relay team members wear the same color uniforms. The disqualifications will be costly in Taft's quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the the overall City boys' title. Despite the setbacks, this year's meet did provide some highlights for the Toreadors as well. Sprinter Jamere Holland ran a wind-legal 10.38 in the 100-meter dash, bettering his own mark of 10.40 for best time in the nation this season. Holland set the previous mark in March at the Pasadena Games. Since then he'd struggled to crack the 10.5 barrier, but his performance Thursday helped re-established him as the favorite for state. Matthew Kredell, (818) 713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com |
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