CITY TRACK : SANTIN HURDLES TO WIN.Byline: Danny Schumacher Daily News Staff Writer Frances Santin moved into elite company Thursday night and won the first City Section track title of her young career. Santin, a sophomore, came from behind to beat Dorsey's Khameel Fleming Flem·ing , Sir Alexander 1881-1955. British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for this achievement. , winning the 300 hurdles in a personal best of 43.47 seconds during the City Section track and field championships at Birmingham High. After several weeks of chopping chop 1 v. chopped, chop·ping, chops v.tr. 1. a. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax: chop wood. b. her steps before the hurdles, Santin ran her best race of the season, improving on her previous personal best by a second and moving into No. 8 on the area's all-time list. ``Last week I saw (Fleming) get out fast and she dies,'' Santin said. ``(My plan was) to cruise the turn and bring it in at the end. I knew what I was doing. I knew I was fast.'' Cleveland's Satin Lewis, who didn't compete for most of the season because she was ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. , was third in the 300 hurdles in 45.31. 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 and Rickisha Herron and Kennedy's Jennifer Capehart also won individual titles. Burgess won the 1,600-meter run in 5:16.02 and was fourth in the 800 (2:25.24) and Herron won the triple jump (36 feet, 0 inches). Capehart won the 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. with a City record of 8-6. Santin (15.31) was also third in the 100 hurdles behind Fleming (14.97) and Westchester's Jonae Hunt. However, her efforts and solid performances from sprinter Eboni Grayson weren't enough to help the Toreadors unseat Dorsey for the girls' team title. Dorsey (80 points) won easily with Westchester (51) taking second. Taft (48), which was hurt early when Monia Calhoun failed to place in the shot put was third. Birmingham was fourth with 44 points. Calhoun went into the meet with the third best qualifying throw and with the second best overall mark this season in the City. She was seventh with a throw of 34-1/2. Grayson, however, did help Taft recover from its early stumble. She was third in the 100-meter dash (12.30), took fourth-place finishes in the 200 (25.40) and long jump (16-5-3/4) and also anchored Taft to a fourth-place finish in the 400 relay (48.75). Dorsey, led by Clarence Scott Clarence Scott (born 1949) is a former American football defensive back who played thirteen seasons in the NFL from 1971 to 1983 for the Cleveland Browns. Scott played college football at Kansas State University, where he was named an All-American following the 1970 season. , won the boys' team title. Scott, the national leader in the long jump, won that event (24-3-1/4) and also won the 100-meter dash (10.68) and the 200 (21.36). The top three finishers on Thursday advanced to next week's State 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. . Monroe's Ali BenMohamed finished second in both the 1,600 (4:21.79) and 3,200 (9:43.48). Monroe's Ted Peszynski was third in the 800 (1:55.57). Top local qualifiers included Chatsworth's Scott Lurth (high jump), El Camino Real's Jeff Macrea (shot put) and Kidefu Evans (triple jump) and Brandi Page of Granada Hills (3,200). CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Chatsworth's Scott Lurth caught a foot on the ba r on this jump, but qualified for the state meet. David Crane David Crane may refer to:
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