CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK: RUNNER'S AGGRESSIVENESS PAYS OFF.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
Hart High's Katie Kuykendall won her first race of the season, the Sept. 30 College Park 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. in Oxnard, thanks to a pep talk from Indians coach Larry David. ``It was a good race for her,'' David said. ``She did what we'd been talking about, trying to get her a little more aggressive and more confident. She responded to that challenge. She moved away in the first mile and built on her lead from there.'' Kuykendall covered the three-mile course in 19 minutes, 20 seconds. She won by only five seconds, but the victory was never really in doubt. The second-place finisher made a late charge, but Kuykendall, who finished 15th at the first Foothill League meet the previous week, had built an insurmountable early lead. David called David Cal Figueroa (born October 10, 1982 in Cangas, Galicia, is a Galician flatwater canoer. He specialises in the Canadian canoe C1 event. Cal was a junior world championship bronze medallist in Zagreb in 1999 (C1 1000m). Kuykendall's first Foothill race, in which she ran 21:49, ``flat.'' ``I think she felt she could be higher up in league than that,'' David said. ``This was a good race for her to be more aggressive, because she had nothing to lose, and if she did well, it would be a confidence boost.'' Hart's girls' team won the team title. Its final three scorers - Francine Jaramillo, Christine Jaramillo and Jessica Humphrey - finished 13th through 15th and only four seconds apart. Hart's boys won the first Foothill League meet Sept. 22, placing five runners in the top 10. Alfredo Coronado won the three-mile race in 15:44. --Schedule change: Wednesday's Foothill League meet at Central Park has been moved to 2 p.m., with varsity races starting at 3 p.m. The race will start an hour earlier to finish before sunset, in accordance with Yom Kippur Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness for sins committed during the year. . --Canyon wins in Goleta: Canyon's girls won Friday's Dos Pueblos of Goleta Invitational, using strong performances by its seniors, juniors and sophomores to claim the title. Brittany Jones finished second in the sophomore race, completing the 3-mile course in 19:43. The Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. held on despite the disqualification dis·qual·i·fi·ca·tion n. 1. The act of disqualifying or the condition of having been disqualified. 2. Something that disqualifies: illness as a disqualification for enlistment in the army. of seniors Kaelyn English and 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 built a significant lead, then ran off the poorly marked course. Three Canyon runners finished in the top five in the sophomore race, Saugus' girls, with Shannon Murakami winning the junior race and Katie Dunn the sophomore race, finished third. Canyon's boys were second, led by Stephen Kent Stephen Kent may refer to:
Each team's top three finishers in three of four races - one for each grade - counted in the point totals, with the worst mark thrown out. Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com |
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