COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS NOTEBOOK: COC QUALIFIES FOUR RUNNERS FOR STATE MEET.Byline: Nathan Brown Nathan Brown may refer to:
Four runners from College of the Canyons' cross country teams - two women, two men - qualified for the California State Championships to be held Nov. 19 at Woodward Park Woodward Park (34 acres) is a public park, botanical garden, and arboretum located between 21st Street and 24th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is open to the public daily. in Fresno. All-Western State Conference sophomore Jessica Gomez qualified with her time of 19 minutes, 57 seconds last Friday 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, Championships on the five-mile course located at UC San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Gomez, who finished 20th last year as a freshmen, improved seven places to 13th overall in the field of 188 women runners. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. coach Belinda Kane, Gomez has run with the top 10 Southern California runners in the past, and with the proper training, could get into the top 10. ``We're really trying to prepare her for the state meet,'' Kane said. ``She's got a lot more in her.'' Teammate and freshman Jana Peterova finished 57th overall in the Southern California finals, despite having a flu, and qualified for state with a time of 21:08 - just a few seconds off of her 21:04 mark in the 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) championship meet and a personal best for the course. The men's top runner, Salim Benmohammed, will also move on to the state meet for the first time with his mark of 22:34 at the Southern California Championship race. He finished 54th in a field of 195 runners. Kane believes Benmohammed could move into the top-20 elite if he sheds his track tendencies and paces himself on the four-mile course. ``He was way back in the first mile,'' Kane said of his Southern California Championship race. ``He had to work his way back up front, but if he controls himself early and paces well, he'll get back to where he needs to be.'' Freshmen Jose Flores was the second men's runner to qualify last Friday with a time of 23:06 but the surprise was sophomore J.J. Getskow's 137th-place finish which eliminated him from State contention. Getskow, who was a WSC honorable mention after finishing with better times than both Benmohammed and Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , was eliminated with his time of 24:12 last Friday. Kane stated simply, ``He just didn't have a good race.'' --Defensive specialist: Although the COC See chip on chip. football team gets a lot of attention on the offensive side of the ball behind standout quarterback Marcel Marquez, linebacker Joey La Rocque has been shutting down opposing offenses all season. La Rocque leads the team in unassisted tackles (48), assisted tackles (26) and sacks (10), and has two interceptions and two fumble recoveries with three touchdowns. Nate Brown, (818) 713-3607 |
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