CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK: SAUGUS' WADE ON TRACK : AFTER A BREAK FROM RACING, CENTURIONS' ACE RETURNS.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Steve Wade Steve Wade (died 22nd December 1956) was one of the United Kingdom's executioners from 1940 to 1955. He died in Doncaster Royal Infirmary from carcinoma of the stomach. is back, but it was hard to tell he was gone. After helping the Saugus High boys' cross country team reach the State meet for the first time last year, Wade didn't run a step for the next eight months. And he relished every moment of it. It was the first break from running for the Saugus senior since he began at age 9. ``It was an unknown aspect but it was nice, absolutely,'' Wade said. With Wade back on the roads again this fall, he has been an integral component in Saugus' bid for a return visit to the State meet. The Centurions, who have been elevated from Division II to Division I this season, are fourth in the latest State rankings. Saugus will get its biggest test of the season in the 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. 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. on Saturday. The Centurions will face top-ranked Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. and defending state champion Long Beach Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. in the boys' team sweepstakes sweepstakes, contest or race, usually a horse race, on which a lottery is run. Prizes are awarded to the holders of winning tickets. In the case of a horse race, the draw is made from the names of all the horses entered in the race and vast numbers of blanks. race. ``He is good and still good,'' said senior teammate Daniel Klawer, a former age-group competitor of Wade. ``It's up to him in his heart and his mind. He can be anywhere on this team he wants to be. He is going to be the sealer sealer, n a substance used to fill the space around silver or gutta-percha points in a pulp canal. Most contain some combination of zinc, barium, and bismuth salts and eugenol, Canadian balsam, and eucalyptol. whether we contend for the State championship.'' Wade's decision to stop running was virtually sealed at the start of last season when he first started thinking about a break. By the time the State meet rolled around in November, Wade had made up his mind to not run track in the spring. ``Somewhere along the way, I gradually moved more and more to deciding,'' Wade said. ``I plan on running a long time. It's part of my life. I had reached my potential. I wanted to come back my senior year and do something better.'' Saugus coach Pam Thompson, who also began running at an early age, was supportive of Wade's decision. Thompson, a Saugus High graduate who won the 1984 Southern Section 3-A Division 3,200-meter title as a senior, took two years off between seventh grade and high school after competing in youth track meets as a sprinter. ``It's pretty much a risk when you take a year off, but I understand what he was going through when you have run so many years of your life,'' Thompson said. ``In cross country, you have the team atmosphere to unite. In track, it's more individual. He would have been training against the best runners in CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). every day. That really doesn't sound like too much fun.'' Wade found contentment Contentment Aglaos poor peasant said by the Delphic oracle to be happier than the king because he was contented. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 15] lifting weights instead of running during track season, ``bulking up'' 10 pounds to 152 pounds. The extent of running was limited to 800 meters twice a week with his body conditioning class. Since he resumed running, Wade has returned to his racing weight of 142. ``I knew he eventually had to take a break . . . he couldn't keep on running forever, but I expected it would have been after high school,'' senior Jacob Boeding said. ``He has more drive as a result of taking a break. He really wants to go out with a bang his senior year.'' Last year, Wade helped Saugus capture the Southern Section Division II and Foothill League titles - the first league and State titles since 1985. He was also the Centurions' No. 3 runner in the State meet, placing 32nd to lift Saugus to seventh in the Division II team competition. Although still not in peak condition and making the transition to racing, Wade has been consistently in the Centurions' top five this season with fellow seniors Klawer and Boeding, junior Jon Mahar and sophomore Nick Zoetewey. Two weeks ago in the Clovis Invitational, Wade ran 16 minutes, 47 seconds on the 5,000-meter course 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. used for the State championships - only seven seconds slower than his State meet performance. ``It is tough getting back to running,'' Wade said. ``I am getting the feel for running and spreading my energy out during a race. I am looking forward to seeing improvement. Cross country is something that I am enjoying, it is different than last year.'' THEY'RE RUNNING What: Mt. San Antonio College Invitational When: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. The facts: The Saugus boys, fourth in the State Division I rankings, will run in the team-sweepstakes race, featuring top-ranked Santa Ana, defending state champion Long Beach Poly, and No. 3 Yucaipa. Lauren Fleshman of Canyon, the 1997 state Division I runner-up and undefeated this season, is among the favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. in the girls' individual-sweepstakes race at 10:10 a.m. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Saugus cross country runner Steve Wade is getting his racing legs back after an eight-month layoff Layoff 1. When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees' performance. 2. A risk reduction, made by investment bankers, that minimizes the potential downside associated with a commitment to purchase and sell a stock issue unsubscribed by stockholders holding , which is good news for the Centurions. Tom Mendoza/Daily News BOX: THEY'RE RUNNING (See text) |
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