CROSS COUNTRY: A HAIRY SITUATION LA CANADA COACH SHAVES HEAD AFTER REACHING STATE.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
WALNUT - La Canada High boys' cross country coach Tony Haynes was awfully happy for a man about to lose his hair. He promised to shave his head if the Spartans ran well enough at last Saturday's Southern Section finals to qualify for the state meet. La Canada's fifth-place finish in the Div. III race at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. doomed Haynes' curly locks. The top seven teams in each division advanced to this Saturday's state meet 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. La Canada last qualified for state in 1998. There has been a runner named Zentmyer and Facer fac·er n. 1. One that faces, especially a device used in smoothing or dressing a surface. 2. An unexpected, stunning blow or defeat. on each team. Brian Zentmyer captained the 1998 team and is an assistant coach this year; his brother, Will Zentmyer, was La Canada's top finisher last Saturday. Jon Facer also ran in 1998; Austin Facer, who finished one spot behind Will Zentmyer, is his brother. --Uphill battle: Oak Park was proud of its finish in Saturday's Southern Section Div. III final, but it's hard to come close to victory when running alongside the nation's top team. Oak Park had three finishers - Courtney Lightfoot, Breeann Strenkowski and Marissa Diehl - in the top seven, but finished 25 points and three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. behind Corona del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
``It pushes us knowing we're running against the best team in the nation,'' said Lightfoot, who finished third in the race with a time of 18 minutes, 4 seconds over the 2.91-mile course. ``We did exactly what we wanted. We ran amazing.'' --Gutsy performance: Anna Sperry didn't have her usual confident look before the Southern Section Div. II girls' final. The Simi Valley runner wasn't feeling well; she got sick minutes before the race. She still finished fourth in 17:43 to qualify for the state meet as an individual. ``She had to dig down to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. See also: Dig deep today,'' Simi Valley coach Roger Evans said. --One more week: The Saugus girls' team had a lengthy celebration after finishing third in the Div. I final to advance to state for the first time in school history. After the excitement died down, one runner halfheartedly said, ``Here's to training another week,'' as the team posed for another picture.'' Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: TOP 10 |
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