CROSS COUNTRY: PEDERSEN RUNS AGAIN : ROYAL JUNIOR STAR OVERCOMES STRESS FRACTURE.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Jaclyn Pedersen's cross country season will not be a complete write-off. The Royal High junior, who has run in only one race and been sidelined for the past five weeks because of a stress fracture stress fracture n. A fatigue fracture of bone caused by repeated application of a heavy load, such as the constant pounding on a surface by runners, gymnasts, and dancers. in her left shin, will make her return in the 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. finals at Agoura on Nov. 4. On Monday, the defending Marmonte League and Ventura County champion received clearance from her physician to begin running. Pedersen said she is not ready to run in Friday's Ventura County championships and wanted to get at least a week of running under her belt before competing. Last season, Royal finished second in the league championship to earn its first postseason berth. The Highlanders are currently in third in the league standings after finishing 3-3 in league dual meets without Pedersen. ``I know it is not in my best interest to run this fall, but I am so anxious to go out and prove myself,'' Pedersen said. ``Even if I am not No. 1, I think I can score points running on adrenaline adrenaline (ədrĕn`əlĭn, –lēn): see epinephrine. and help the team pull through. They have done so awesome without me.'' There has been nothing but disappointment for Pedersen thus far this season. She missed the Highlanders' first race of the season because of the flu. In the next race, the Ojai 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. , Pedersen was slowed by a severe cramp. That was followed by a stress fracture. For the past month, Pedersen has been working out in the pool and lifting weights for her upper body in anticipation of a possible return. A bone scan Bone scan An x-ray study in which patients are given an intravenous injection of a small amount of a radioactive material that travels in the blood. When it reaches the bones, it can be detected by x ray to make a picture of their internal structure. on her upper tibia tibia: see leg. on Monday revealed the break had completely healed. Pedersen jogged on grass after returning from the doctor's office and said there was no discomfort. How well Pedersen will respond to the rigors of racing has yet to be determined. ``I keep telling myself I won't be able to go as far as I want to,'' Pedersen said. ``Running is what I love to do and I want to see what I can do. I think I can do a lot better than I probably should by putting my mind over my body and being mentally tough.'' Royal family: The Royal girls team includes twins Karielle and Danielle Saario, both juniors, as well as Stacy Youngblood, a junior, and her freshman sister, Courtney. The Highlanders have another set of twins with the junior brother-sister combination of Blake and Ashley Tindall. Other family ties include Pedersen and freshman brother Andrew Anne van der Bijl (born 11 May 1928), known in English-speaking countries as Brother Andrew, is a Christian missionary famous for his exploits smuggling Bibles to communist countries in the height of the Cold War, a feat that has earned him the nickname "God's smuggler". , sophomore Erin Weesner and freshman brother Robbie, and senior Tim Ramirez and ninth-grade brother Tony. The Ramirez brothers were preceded by Royal cross country alumni Chris Ramirez, the 1996 Marmonte League cross country champion, and Laurie Ramirez, who ran for the Highlanders as a senior last fall. Tongue twisters: Agoura coach Bill Duley encourages his team to run as a pack, but cheering becomes especially difficult with a team which includes Laura Jakosky, Laura Christopher, Laurel Laurel, cities, United States Laurel. 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. Casey and Lauren Robertson. ``I have enough trouble with slipped names so often,'' Duley said. ``Now that they are closing in on each other I become flustered flus·ter tr. & intr.v. flus·tered, flus·ter·ing, flus·ters To make or become nervous or upset. n. A state of agitation, confusion, or excitement. and it becomes la, la, la, la.'' The Chargers were fifth in the Marmonte League last fall but are tied for second at 4-2 with five-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre 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. heading into the league finals next Thursday. Agoura made a strong showing 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 on Saturday, placing fifth in the girls' team sweepstakes race. Jakosky, the defending Southern Section Division II champion who has paced the Chargers all season, was sixth in 18:11 and Casey was 32nd in 20:15. The improvement of Christopher, who was only four seconds behind Casey in 35th, and of Agoura's 4-5 runners, Helaina Bernstein and Christine Harrison, has made the Chargers a much-improved team since an early-season loss to Thousand Oaks. Newbury Park was 11th and Thousand Oaks, which ran the majority of its varsity in the frosh-soph division, was 12th in the team sweepstakes race with a team times more than four minutes slower than Agoura. Running scared: The Westlake girls, who finished 6-0 in league dual meets, posted the area's fastest team time to place ninth in the team sweepstakes race. It was the first large-magnitude race for the Warriors, a team composed primarily of underclassmen. It was also a harsh introduction to what Westlake could face in next month's Southern Section and state championships. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Jaclyn Pedersen will return for the Nov. 4 Marmonte League finals. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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