CROSS COUNTRY: STATE MEET IS FIRST FOR SAUGUS GIRLS' TEAM.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
FRESNO - Chelsea Johnstone usually has no trouble staying focused in class. The Saugus High girls' cross-country runner is a good student - she was a state finalist for the Wendy's High School Heisman, an award based heavily on academic performance. But the senior has been daydreaming this week. She's been looking forward to today, when she and her teammates will become the first girls in school history to run at the state meet. ``I'm so excited,'' said Johnstone, the team's only senior. ``I've been looking forward to this for four years.'' Johnstone also carried her trusty water bottle around campus this week, making sure she'd be hydrated hy·drat·ed adj. Chemically combined with water, especially existing in the form of a hydrate. Adj. 1. hydrated - containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate) hydrous for today's race. Classmates Classmates can refer to either:
Shannon Murakami is the only current Centurion with state-meet experience. The junior competed as an individual two years ago. All but two of her varsity teammates have run 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. , site of today's race, though. The Centurions stopped in Fresno on their way to the Stanford Invitational earlier this season, jogging the course in anticipation of today. The course features rolling hills, a reprieve from the steep climbsat 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. , where the Centurions finished third in the Southern Section Div. I final last week. The weather was cold and drizzly when they arrived at the course Friday afternoon, similar to anticipated conditions for the team's race this afternoon. The team was in high spirits Adj. 1. in high spirits - happy and excited and energetic high elated - exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited" , calling the weather ideal, as they jogged part of the course and ran sprints alongside dozens of other teams. Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com |
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