COC NOTEBOOK: COC TRACK TEAMS SEEK SO. CALIFORNIA SUCCESS.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News The best season in the 11-year history of College of the Canyons' track and field program continues Friday and Saturday as 17 Cougars will compete in the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, prelims at Saddleback College Academics Saddleback College offers a wide range of programs in Advanced Technology and Applied Sciences, including courses in Aviation, Marine Science, Computer Science and Fashion Design. The academics are closely linked to Irvine Valley College, also part of the SOCCCD. in Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. . Following a second-place finish Noun 1. second-place finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) runner-up finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the by the women's team and a third-place effort by the men at last Saturday's Western State Conference finals in Bakersfield, several Canyons athletes will attempt to do enough to advance to the May 7 Southern California finals - also at Saddleback Saddleback see Wessex saddleback. - and then qualify for the state championships in Sacramento. Canyons' women's team, which finished with 121 points Saturday, three behind conference champion Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , had seven athletes qualify for the prelims. The Cougars' men's team, which scored 89 1/2 points - champion Moorpark had 199 1/2 - qualified 10 in individual events or as part of relays. Danielle Stinnette, Michelle Stinnette and Dana Rattler qualified in three individual events for Canyons. The Stinnette sisters are also on the Cougars' 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams. Jessica Gomez qualified in the 800 and 1,500, Cat Asaije advanced in the 400 and high jump, Sara Soltani will compete in the 800 and 52-year-old freshman Linda Cohn is among the favorites in the javelin. Cohn, Rattler and Dan Kaafi will be the only Canyons athletes competing Friday because the javelin competition is held separate from the other events. Other field events begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and the track events start at noon. For the men, Ryan Davis continues to be Canyons' best hope to reach the state meet. He is the top seed in the shot put and will also compete in the discus and hammer throw. The Cougars could have a lot of athletes advance in field events with Ralph Butler entered in the high and long jumps, Brian Belue and Gerrell Cain in the long and triple jumps and Kaafi in the triple jump. On the track, Canyons' 400 and 1,600 relay teams qualified, as did Justin Tyron in the 200 and 400 and Carey Raschel in the 400. --Only the strong:-- It's been a good week for Gomez, who, along with David Stanton and Breanna Trudeau, was recently recognized as an All- American Athlete of the Year Athlete of the Year
The three athletes were among 251 recipients from 100 colleges across the nation. Gomez, an all-state and All-American runner for Canyons' cross-country and track teams, is the holder of nearly all of the school's distance records. She is considered by assistant strength coach Matt Durant as the best female cross-country runner in program history. Stanton, a defensive lineman on the state and national championship football team last fall, has signed with Michigan State. Trudeau, who has signed with Cal State Fullerton, is a two-time All- WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) outside hitter in volleyball. She led the Cougars to consecutive Southern California regional playoff appearances, and is considered by Canyons strength and conditioning coach Robert dos Remedios as ``the most physically dominant athlete we have ever had at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. .'' --In the swim of things: Canyons' men's and women's swim teams will be competing in the WSC finals, taking place today through Saturday at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. .
Freshmen Kalie Boggio and Christa Elias are the Cougars' best hopes for individual titles. Ventura is the heavy favorite to win the team competition. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com |
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