CROSS COUNTRY: OAK PARK SET FOR MT. SAC : TOP TEAMS TO MEET IN WHAT COULD BE PLAYOFF PREVIEW.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The playing field will be leveled when the Oak Park High boys face defending-state-champion Nordhoff in the Division IV team-sweepstakes race on the hilly hill·y adj. hill·i·er, hill·i·est 1. Having many hills. 2. Similar to a hill; steep. hill , 3-mile course in the 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. 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. on Friday. It will be the first meeting between the teams since the Ojai Invitational in September. Although no team scores were kept, Oak Park would have defeated Nordhoff on both team and dual-meet scoring in the small-schools race. Nordhoff, however, was without one its top five runners and typically peaks toward the Southern Section and state championships in November. ``From the get-go, we knew we could be pretty competitive,'' Oak Park senior Erik Wackenstedt said. ``A lot of us are looking forward to Nordhoff. I think racing them will improve times on both sides.'' The 5:35 p.m. race figures to be much more than just a dual meet between Oak Park and Nordhoff, the State's Nos. 3 and 5 teams. Top-ranked McFarland along with No. 7 Corona Corona, city, United States Corona (kərō`nə), city (1990 pop. 76,095), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The city developed as a primary citrus fruit producer and shipping center. There is also light manufacturing. del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
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 will be the third high-quality meet in the last month. The Eagles won the Clovis Invitational on Oct. 9 on the state-championship course 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 and were second in the Stanford Invitational. ``Our philosophy is to understand is that you are not going to be at your best through all these meets week after week,'' Oak Park coach Kevin Smith said. ``Every year one or two schools have been written in to go the state meet but blow up. Learning to get through all these meets with mental toughness will be fundamental to our success.'' So will junior Mark Nevers. Nevers, who will be among the favorites for the individual title at Mt. SAC, has posted victories in the Ojai, Stanford, and Oak Park invitationals this season. Nevers said competing in big meets week after week has been draining but said the experience of racing at Mt. SAC, the site of the Southern Section championships, will pay dividends in November ``It would be nice to take a week off, but I think you can only become the best when you race against the best,'' Nevers said.'' Wackenstedt and juniors Mark Nevers and Ben Saxey have been a solid top three for Oak Park. Sophomore Chase Ferrell has been a surprise No. 4 runner for the Eagles. What will be critical for Oak Park at the Mt. SAC Invitational and the championship meets in November, however, will be closing the time gap between the Eagles' fourth and fifth 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. Smith. At the Stanford Invitational, Oak Park lost numerous points when sophomore Taylor Hermes fell during the crowded start. ``It might have been a good thing,'' Wackenstedt said. ``I think a lot of people are going to be shocked at our capability with him right up there. This meet ranks right up there with Stanford. It is going to prepare us for the championships and a sense of what the championships are going to be like.'' Names and numbers: More than 10,000 runners from 400 schools will compete in the two-day Mt. SAC Invitational, highlighted by the Division I and II sweepstakes races on Saturday. The girls' individual sweepstakes race will feature Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. rivals Laura Jakosky of Agoura, Kelley Hess of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. and Jennifer Turk of Newbury Park. Jakosky, the defending Southern Section Division II champion, is undefeated this season. The Westlake and Royal girls and the Newbury Park boys are among the entrants in the Saturday's team sweepstakes competition. The Agoura boys, led by Jeremy Law, Tim Perram and Mike Berns, and Thousand Oaks, paced by defending Marmonte League champion Seth Neumuller, will compete in the individual sweepstakes. Who's in first? The Agoura boys began the season as the State's top-ranked team in Division II. Thousand Oaks is the two-time defending Marmonte League champion. Newbury Park (4-0), however, which finished only third in the Marmonte League last season, is the lone undefeated boys' team heading into the Panthers' final league dual meet today against Thousand Oaks (3-1) and Royal (2-2) at Waverly Park in Thousand Oaks. Last week, Newbury Park shocked Agoura (5-1), 26-29, to take a step toward its first league title since 1996. The Panthers return five runners, senior Chris Kahler, juniors Warren Livingston, Brandon Nakagawa and sophomore Randy Smith Randy Smith can refer to any of the following people:
Mike Stewart (1963 - ) is a nine time World Champion bodyboarder, one of the early pioneers of the bodyboarding sport, a pioneer of big-wave tow-in . AT A GLANCE What: Mt. San Antonio College cross country invitational Where: Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut walnut, common name for some members of the Juglandaceae, a family of chiefly deciduous, resinous trees characterized by large and aromatic compound leaves. Species of the walnut family are indigenous mostly to the north temperate zone, but also range from Central When: Friday and Saturday The scoop: More than 10,000 runners from 400 schools will compete in the two-day meet, featuring the Divisions I and II sweepstakes races on Saturday. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (Color) Jennifer Turk is among the best local runners scheduled to participate in the Mt. SAC Invitational. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News Box: AT A GLANCE (See text) |
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