CROSS COUNTRY: CANYON HIGH'S FLESHMAN SECOND IN NATIONAL FINALS.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Lauren Fleshman could not have asked for a better way to close out her high school cross country career. The Canyon High senior finished second in the Foot Locker Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) is a major American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”). national finals Saturday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Fleshman covered the 5,000-meter course at Oak Trail Golf Course at Shades of Green Shades of Green is a United States Department of Defense-owned resort located at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is an Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) resort and therefore a part of the military's Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program (MWR). in 17 minutes, 42.4 seconds. Erin Sullivan of Mt. Mansfield Union High of Jericho, Vt., won in 17:35.7. Sara Bei of Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. Montgomery High, the only California runner to beat Fleshman this fall, finished third, a second back. The previously undefeated Bei came from behind to beat Fleshman last Saturday to win the West Region championships 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. and in the Mt. SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. in October. On Saturday, Bei pulled even with Fleshman with a half mile to go. But Fleshman - spurred by Canyon coach Dave DeLong, assistant Tracy McCauley and her mother Joyce, who also made the trip to Florida - outsprinted her nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. at the finish. ``Mentally, I didn't think I would be able to beat her at all,'' Fleshman said. ``This was my last chance and I wanted to end my cross country season with a lot of willpower. It meant so much to me because this was the last straightaway straight·a·way adj. 1. Extending in a straight line or course without a curve or turn. 2. Unhesitating; immediate: a straightaway denial. n. ever in cross country. I wanted to get second really badly.'' Fleshman's performance made up for the disappointment of a 14th-place finish after falling at the 1997 national meet, and capped a stellar season this fall when she won Canyon's first-ever Southern Section and State Division I individual titles. Fleshman's finish Saturday was the highest finish by a runner from the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. - boy or girl. Dave Hartman of Canyon, who was third in 1990, are the only two Santa Clarita Valley runners to advance to the national meet. ``Deep down inside, I thought I could finish in the top five, but I didn't want to admit it,'' Fleshman said. ``Once you expose yourself, you set yourself up for failure. There are so many great athletes and you never know who is going to have a phenomenal race. I took this year's race a lot more seriously. Last year everybody was having so much fun, the race was something I just wanted to get over with.'' Sullivan won for the second year in a row, but the West team - lifted by the 2-3-4 finish of Fleshman, Bei and Felicia Guliford of Gallup, N.M. - won the team title with 25 points for the second-lowest point total in the meet's 20-year history. The Northeast and Midwest were second and third with 45 and 55 points. Josh Torres of Wheeling, Ill., the first boy to qualify for the national meet in four consecutive years, won the boys' race in 15:16.4 after finishing second in 1997. Josh Spiker of Ventura was the top Californian, finishing 14th in 15:50.9. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: LAUREN FLESHMAN The senior finished the 5,000-meter course in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., in 17 minutes, 42.4 seconds. |
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