CROSS COUNTRY: HEARTENED BY BEATING HART : FLESHMAN PLANS NOT TO MAKE BIG EFFORT IN PRELIMS.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The Canyon High girls' cross country team had already clinched a share of its seventh league title in eight years before toeing the starting line starting line n. Sports The point or line at which a race begins. Noun 1. starting line - a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game scratch line, scratch, start of the Foothill League finals 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. last Thursday. The Cowboys, though, had plenty of incentive to defeat rival Hart High. ``They ruin everything by winning league in everything,'' Canyon's Lauren Fleshman said. ``We're the only fall sport to consistently beat them. There was a lot of expectations and pressure to beat Hart. We wanted to leave no doubt that we were the best team in 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. .'' Fleshman and Canyon lived up to those expectations. Fleshman, won her third title in a row in 19:56 over the hilly, 3-mile course to lead a 1-2 Cowboys finish along with freshman Jazmin Treadway (20:08). Canyon placed five runners among the top 10 for a 27-43 triumph over Hart. Barrie Truex, Erin White Erin White (born October 27, 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian softball first baseman. She is a graduate of Iowa State University. She was a part of the Canadian Softball team who finished 5th at the 2004 Summer Olympics. and Vicky Duffy rounded out Canyon's scoring in sixth, eighth and 10th. Sophomore Whitney Phillips finished third for Hart, which came within a point of upsetting Canyon in the first Foothill League meet. Janetta Iwanicki and Jamie Orlich also posted top 10 finishes in seventh and ninth for the Indians. The top three teams in the Foothill League finals qualified for Saturday's Southern Section preliminaries 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. . In the Mt. SAC Invitational Oct. 24, Fleshman timed 17:19 to become the eighth-fastest performer on the revered course's all-time list. Fleshman, the 1997 state and Southern Section Division I runner-up, however, doesn't figure to approach that mark in the preliminaries. ``I want to take it as easy as possible,'' Fleshman said. ``I'll try to do what it takes to win, but I am saving the big stuff for the big races.'' All for one: The Saugus boys, 1997 Southern Section Division II champions, are not planning to hold anything back in the Southern Section preliminaries after being elevated from Division II to Division I this fall. The Centurions, fifth in the state Division I rankings, are tapering for the meet and will take Thursday off to rest completely for the preliminaries. Saugus' prospects figure to weigh heavily on the time gap between the Centurions No. 1 and 2 runners Daniel Klawer and Jacob Boeding and Nick Zoetewey, Jon Mahar and Steve Wade Steve Wade (died 22nd December 1956) was one of the United Kingdom's executioners from 1940 to 1955. He died in Doncaster Royal Infirmary from carcinoma of the stomach. . ``We're going to have an excellent result if they can be 10 to 20 seconds behind us,'' Klawer said. ``If we can do that, we'll be an awesome challenger.'' Saugus, boosted by the 1-2 finish of Klawer and Boeding, tuned up for Saturday's preliminaries with a runaway victory in the Foothill League finals. Klawer defended his league title in 16:12 for a five-second victory over Boeding. Zoetewey, Mahar and Wade were fourth, seventh and 10th for the Centurions, who posted a 24-58 triumph over Canyon for its first back-to-back league titles since 1985. ``We all knew we had to work after last year's result and moving up,'' Klawer said. ``I think this just shows we still have quite a crew left here.'' Welcome back: The Hart boys, buoyed by Eric Peatman's third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) 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 winner is the team with the , was third in the team standings to earn a berth in the Southern Section preliminaries after a two-year absence. Hart won 13 consecutive league championships but failed to qualify after finishing fourth in 1996 and 1997. ``We're really excited to be back and end the drought,'' Hart coach Larry David said. ``The last two years was not a matter of not having the talent but having five guys put it together at the same time.'' Still going strong: Julie Harris Julie Harris (born December 2, 1925) is a distinguished American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards and three Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. , a former Canyon High standout competing for Glendale College, finished fourth 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, junior college finals at Mt. San Antonio College to help her team earn fifth in the team competition, as the Vaqueros earned a berth in the state championships 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 Nov. 21. The previous week, Harris, who transferred to Glendale from the University of Idaho The university was formed by the territorial legislature of Idaho on January 30, 1889, and opened its doors on October 3, 1892 with an initial class of 40 students. The first graduating class in 1896 contained two men and two women. this fall, won the Western State Conference title to lead Glendale to its second consecutive conference title. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Saugus High's Dan Klawer rounds a bend in the boys' team sweepstakes race at the Mt. San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. Invitational. The team ranks fifth in state Division I. (2) Canyon's Lauren Fleshman, the leader here, won't go all out in the Southern Section prelims at Mt. SAC. She wants to save her energy. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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