CROSS COUNTRY: GLENDALE LOOKS STRONG.Byline: Kirby Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:
Lee Special to the Daily News The Glendale Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. College men's cross country team looks like a lock for its 11th conference title in 14 years in the Western State Conference championships on Tuesday Tuesday: see week. . The defending state champions have coasted to runaway team victories over Bakersfield Bakersfield, city (1990 pop. 174,820), seat of Kern co., S central Calif., at the southern end of the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1898. It is an oil, mining, and agricultural center and one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities. in the first two conference meets. The Vaqueros, however, will have plenty of incentive in the championships at Arroyo Verde Park in Ventura. Glendale coach Eddie Lopez is using the conference finals to determine the squad for 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 Nov. 5 in Bakersfield. The Vaqueros have 10 runners battling for the seven-man team for the regional meet, the qualifying meet for the state finals. ``They are fighting to make the top seven and going to have to run hard,'' Lopez said. ``I don't have to make any choices. They're going to determine who's going. That's the way it should be.'' Glendale's Eduardo Diaz and Jorge Lopez, returnees from the 1998 championship squad, are expected to battle for the individual title with College of the Canyons' Brian Spangenberg, a 35-year-old freshman who began running four years ago to train for the L.A. Marathon. |
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