CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK: CANYON TO GO WITHOUT COHEN.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer The Canyon High girls' cross-country team will be without top freshman Brenda Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , who will be sidelined for more than a month with a hip flexor flexor /flex·or/ (flek´ser) 1. causing flexion. 2. a muscle that flexes a joint. flexor retina´culum see entries under retinaculum. injury, when it begins the postseason with Saturday's Southern Section Division I 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. . Canyon coach Dave DeLong said Cohen's injury has not responded favorably to treatment over the past two weeks. Even if she doesn't race Saturday, Cohen is eligible to compete later in the postseason if her hip improves and Canyon advances. ``This is really a first for us,'' DeLong said. ``It's the first time we've ever had a kid with a serious injury that didn't go where we wanted it to go. Usually, they're out two days and right back running.'' DeLong said the one positive about Cohen's injury is it has allowed other girls on Canyon's squad to step up and make a contribution to help fill the void. As a result, Canyon will be taking as many as 11 runners to the preliminaries, more than the seven racers and two alternates it has in the past. One of the runners Saturday will be freshman Jessi Locke, a former national champion in youth competition who has recovered from a preseason ankle injury. Locke won the freshman/sophomore race at the Foothill League finals last week in what turned out to be the fourth-best time on the team. Fellow freshman Kalynn English - one of four freshmen among Canyon's top eight girls - also is nursing a hip injury, leaving DeLong unsure of who his seven runners will be. Canyon will need to finish in the top four of its heat, which also features sixth-ranked Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, city (1990 pop. 53,691), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. Chiefly residential, Fountain Valley also has diverse manufactures, including apparel, computer equipment, semiconductors, and medical equipment. A U.S. navy helicopter facility is there. , to advance to next week's Southern Section finals. On the boys' side, DeLong is facing a similar dilemma about which boys will run Saturday. Senior Mark Bingham Mark Kendall Bingham (May 22, 1970 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA– September 11, 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, USA) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. is bothered by bronchitis bronchitis (brŏnkī`tĭs), inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes. It can be caused by viral or bacterial infections or by allergic reactions to irritants such as tobacco smoke. he caught in the middle of the season. DeLong, however, was ecstatic with the performance of sophomore Brian Moore Brian Moore may be:
Despite running sophomore races for much of the season, Moore was able to take second on the team and earn all-league honors in the finals. And Moore will run Saturday, DeLong said. Junior Jessie Cisneros and freshman Chris Dickinson also could compete. ``It's a nice place to be in that we're not that concerned when a kid gets injured or sick as far as it hurting the team,'' DeLong said. ``We've been getting great results from our younger kids, which helps in terms of this year and looking down the road to next year.'' Canyon's boys are entered in the fourth Division I heat along with No. 5 Murrietta Valley and local rival 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. . Canyon is the defending boys' state champion and currently is ranked No. 4 in the section. --Hart's heat: The Hart boys' team got no favors from the draw after qualifying for preliminaries with a third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the at the league finals. The Indians will run against top-ranked and state-championship-favorite Long Beach Poly in the first heat of the boys' Division I races. In addition, Temecula Valley and Don Lugo, both ranked in the Southern Section top 10, also are entered in the same 13-team heat as Hart. ``There are some teams in there that we've beaten in various invitationals this year,'' coach Larry David said. ``Our guys are pretty eager to get out there and run.'' Junior Aurelio Rodriguez, who finished eighth in the league finals, is Hart's top runner. David said Jose Flores Jose Carlos Flores (born on June 28 1973 in New York, New York) is a baseball player who briefly appeared in 7 games for the Oakland Athletics in 2002 and 9 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2004. External links
--Singular performance: With her second-place finish Noun 1. second-place finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) runner-up finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the at the league finals, Saugus freshman Chelsea Johnstone qualified to run in the preliminaries even though the Centurions did not. As a result, Johnstone is entered as an individual in the second girls' Division I heat. But Saugus coach Steve Jolliffe said the position suits Johnstone just fine. She was unable to run in the Mt. SAC 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. last month due to a knee injury and will be running the course for the first time. ``She's one of those kids that you don't need to train very much,'' Jolliffe said. ``She's very much a self-motivator. Our role is just to fine- tune some things. We're not putting any pressure on her, and she's just excited to get out there.'' Jolliffe added Johnstone is eager to resume playing club soccer, which she will begin as soon as her cross country season ends. The Saugus girls finished second in the freshman/sophomore race at the league finals, a fact that bodes well for Johnstone returning to the section preliminaries next year with a full team. --Russell running solo: Johnstone will not be the only area runner entered as an individual Saturday. Hart senior Whitney Russell Whitney Russell Harris-Crane was a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Passions. Her birth year is 1982. She was played by Brook Kerr since the series' debut in July 1999 and last aired in September 2007 when Whitney moved to New Orleans. will be the lone individual racer in the first girls' Division I heat and will need a top-10 finish to move on to the finals. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Canyon boys' cross country runner Ryan Morgan and the rest of the Cowboys will compete in the Southern Section Division I prelims Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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