CROSS COUNTRY: ONLY HIGHS FOR HIGHLAND T.O., SAUGUS GIRLS QUALIFY, TOO.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer WALNUT - There were no one-point losses this year, no reason for the Highland High of Palmdale girls' cross country team to leave 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 tears. A year after being edged out of advancing to the Southern Section Div. I finals by a single point, Highland exacted its revenge. Sophomore Alyssa Craft took fourth and the Bulldogs claimed the fourth and final qualifying spot out of their heat. ``I guess our hard work paid off,'' said junior Shannon Vastine, one of three holdovers from last year's team. ``We sort of expected it, but now that we have it, it's just great.'' The Highland girls advanced to next Saturday's finals for the first time since 1996 - and did so with a team featuring no seniors. Their counterparts on the boys' team, meanwhile, qualified for the first time in their history, also taking the fourth spot out of their heat. Senior Andres Aguinaga took fourth in the boys' race in 15 minutes, 42 seconds and was the Bulldogs' top finisher. Highland qualified over Marina of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. on the boys' side and over Upland on the girls'. Both were by 20 points or more. The area's top three juniors - Loyola of Los Angeles' Mark Matusak, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley of Lancaster's Jose Melena melena /me·le·na/ (me-le´nah) the passage of dark stools stained with altered blood. me·le·na n. and Royal of Simi Valley's Dylan Jaedtke - all won their respective heats. Matusak's time of 15:11 tied for the day's fastest. After a season marked by injuries and illness, the 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. girls continued their remarkable November run. Despite resting junior Kathleen Vance and senior Chelsea Plyler, the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. took second in their Div. I heat. Thousand Oaks also beat Marmonte League rival Royal for the second consecutive week. The biggest surprise were the Saugus girls, who qualified in Div. I on the strength of freshman Shannon Murakami's second-place finish in 17:56. Murakami ran only nine seconds behind Murrieta Valley star senior Liza Pasciuto. After founding its program three years ago with just seven runners, the Oaks Christian of Westlake Village boys became the school's first team to qualify for finals in Div. IV. The Oak Park boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. , meanwhile, served notice of their intention to repeat as Div. IV champions. The boys posted the division's fastest team time by 2:32 and the girls did likewise by 4:45. Hart of Newhall freshman Brooke Russell won her Div. I heat, as did Canyon senior Lauren Walker. Village Christian of Sun Valley senior Lauren Dvoracek won in Div. IV and Desert of Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. senior Kam Neises did so in boys Div. V. Ross Siler, (818)713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com |
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