CROSS COUNTRY: SPERRY MAKES MARK SIMI VALLEY SENIOR RUNS FOURTH FASTEST TIME IN MEET HISTORY.Byline: KEVIN CONNELLY Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- More than 3,200 cross country runners from 102 schools gathered Saturday for the 33rd annual Bell-Jeff 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. at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. , where Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. High senior Anna Sperry and a host of other local runners added fine performances to their already impressive resumes. Sperry, a fifth-place finisher last week in the Woodbridge Invitational girls' sweepstakes race in Irvine, dropped 29 seconds off her 2005 meet-best clocking of 17 minutes, 17 seconds on the hilly 2.9-mile layout, but wound up finishing second in the girls' Div. I race. Sperry's mark of 16:48 was the fourth-best time in meet history, 17 seconds off the record set in 2000 by North Hollywood's Natalie Stein. Oakwood of North Hollywood junior Aric Van Halen (15:18) won the boys' Div. V race. Highland of Palmdale junior Jeremy Acosta (14:39) placed second in Div. I. Highland's girls' team, led by Caitlin Fitzgerald (17:48), won the Div. I championship and Simi Valley took second. Bell-Jeff won the Div. V girls' team title, with Gabrielle Gonzalez (19:14) capturing the individual crown. Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks' Charles Maginnis (15:06) was second in the Div. IV boys' race. kevin.connelly@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Over 3,000 runners representing 102 schools competed at the 33rd Annual Bell-Jeff Invitational. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News Box: LOCAL HEROES |
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