CROSS COUNTRY : LOCALS RUN AWAY WITH DREAM TITLES NEIPP, ELLIS WIN AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.Byline: Danny Schumacher Daily News Staff Writer For Highland High School's Andrea Neipp, winning a state title at the start of the cross country season was a ``dream goal.'' But it wasn't unthinkable. For La Canada's Sarah Ellis Sarah Stickney Ellis (1812-1872) was an English author who wrote under the name Mrs Ellis. Bibliography
adj. 1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless. 2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid. 3. Insensate; unconscious. ? So while negotiating a course that was wet, slippery and in some parts pure slush slush n. 1. Partially melted snow or ice. 2. Soft mud; slop; mire. 3. Nautical Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley. 4. A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery. on a frigid frig·id adj. 1. Extremely cold. 2. Persistently averse to sexual intercourse. day in Fresno, both seniors picked up the biggest victories of their careers during Saturday's state championships 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 dominating fashion Neipp, who finished third in Division I the year before, powered away from University's Allyson Marquand over the final mile to win the Division II title and Ellis, who was 26th last year in Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. , pulled off what might have been the biggest upset of the day in taking the Division IV championship. ``I would have never thought it was possible,'' said Neipp, who covered the 5,000-meter course in 17 minutes, 33 seconds. ``I didn't have the goal to be state champ or (Southern Section) champ. My coach (Don Johnston For other persons of the same name, see Donald Johnston. Donald James Johnston, PC (born June 26 1936) is a former Canadian politician, lawyer, and was Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1996 to 2006. ) had us write a letter with our goals in it. Winning state was my dream goal.'' Neipp surpassed her greatest expectations on Saturday, beating Marquand, who lost for just the second time this season. Marquand, who took second in the Southern Section Division II race last week to Neipp, clung clung v. Past tense and past participle of cling. clung Verb the past of cling clung cling to Neipp's shoulder for the first two miles of the race. But Neipp pulled away steadily over the final mile. Ellis had an even more formidable opponent in Nordhoff's Elaine Canchola, who was the Division III champion last year. But Ellis, who was well aware of Canchola's powerful finishing kick, found the crucial acceleration needed over the final mile to gain crucial distance from her rival. Ellis finished in 18:01, an improvement of a minute and a half from her time at last year's state meet. Canchola finished in 18:24. ``All of a sudden I thought, oh man, I've got a chance,'' Ellis said. ``I just kept going. She's got a good kick. I knew that. I knew I had to get farther ahead.'' She did just that and in the process nearly led La Canada to an improbable team victory. The Spartans, competing in their first-ever state meet, made the most of their appearance by pushing perennial perennial, any plant that under natural conditions lives for several to many growing seasons, as contrasted to an annual or a biennial. Botanically, the term perennial power Nordhoff to the brink of defeat. La Canada placed two other runners - Kim Garnic (fourth, 18:33) and Sheila Maude (14th, 19:05) - among the top 16 finishers and was narrowly held off by the Rangers Rapidly deployable airborne light infantry organized and trained to conduct highly complex joint direct action operations in coordination with or in support of other special operations units of all Services. 49-65. Nordhoff won its second consecutive girls' title and has now won a combined eight boys' and girls' titles since 1991. In the boys' meet, Hoover's David Lopez was the top local finisher. Lopez, winner of last week's Southern Section Division I title, finished second in 15:20 behind Fresno's Michael Kasahun (15:16). Santa Rosa's Julia Stamps won the third Division I title of her career and in doing so broke her own meet record. Stamps, who is the only prep athlete to run under 17 minutes on the course, finished in 16:43, improving on her previous record of 16:45. She also became just the second girl to win three state titles, joining Deena Drossin, who won titles for Agoura in 1987, '89, and '90. Other top local finishers Saturday included Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill's Danielle Day, Palmdale's Jacob Geyer and Canyon's Lauren Fleshman. Day finished sixth in Division I (18:27), Fleshman was sixth in Division II (18:18) and Geyer was 10th in Division II (15:50). Emili Lawson (18:20) of Clovis West was fifth in Division I. Lawson, a senior, is the youngest sister of former area stars Craig (Granada Hills) and Sheri Lawson (Kennedy). CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1,2) Sarah Ellis (936, above) of La Canada won the girls' Division IV race in the state cross country championships. La Canada's Kim Garnic (937) was fourth. Hoover's David Lopez (124, at right) finished second to Fresno's Michael Kasahun (107) in the Division I boys' race. Kirby Lee / Special to the Daily News |
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