CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK STRONG EVEN WITHOUT STAR.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Jynnifer Wright, Desert Christian High's top girls' cross country runner, might be lost for the season, but it was hard to tell at the Bell-Jeff Invitational at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. last Saturday. Desert Christian handily hand·i·ly adv. 1. In an easy manner. 2. In a convenient manner. Adv. 1. handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" conveniently 2. won the Division V team race for its third consecutive team title, 42-122 over Bell-Jeff, in the 27th annual meet. This despite the absence of the Wright, who had hernia surgery the previous day. Wright, who finished 10th in the 1999 state Division V final in leading the Knights to fourth overall, will not be able to return until November at the earliest. A 10th consecutive league title does not appear in jeopardy without Wright, but the Knights' bid for state-meet berth for the fourth year in a row depends heavily on the her status. Desert Christian's team time of 104:01 at the Bell-Jeff Invitational was more than 11 minutes faster than runner-up Bell-Jeff (1:55:53). The cumulative time for the Knights' five scoring runners, however, was more than six minutes slower than the team's 1999 time of 1:38:10, despite cooler temperatures. ``We have a deep team, but we're not quite as strong,'' Desert Christian coach Dean Spoelstra said. ``We don't want to put any undue pressure on her and want her to get back to health. It is the end of the season where we'll need her, even if she is not at 100 percent.'' Wright, who ran in Desert Christian's first two races in the Seaside Invitational and the High Desert Invitational, began experiencing lower- abdominal pain Abdominal pain can be one of the symptoms associated with transient disorders or serious disease. Making a definitive diagnosis of the cause of abdominal pain can be difficult, because many diseases can result in this symptom. Abdominal pain is a common problem. that was later diagnosed as a hernia. Doctors speculate the cause might have been heavy coughing during a recent illness, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Spoelstra. Sophomore Claytonia Tarazi has picked up the slack for Wright, moving into the No. 1 spot for the last two races. At Bell-Jeff, Tarazi was fourth in 19:58 over the 2.8-mile course. Desert Christian, which travels to Lucerne Lucerne (l  sûrn`), Ger. Luzern (ltsĕrn`), canton (1993 pop. Valley for its first
Desert Mountain League meet today, had four runners among the top 10.
Seniors Bethany Spoelstra (20:18) and Deann Matteson (20:59) were
seventh and ninth and Melissa Barnes in 10th in 21:17.
--Miller time: Desert Christian's boys repeated as Division V team champion at Bell-Jeff with the runner-up finish Noun 1. runner-up finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) second-place 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 of Daniel Miller People called Daniel Miller include:
Miller, a senior, broke the previous record of 15:48 set by Zach Schroeder in the 1999 meet and ran 59 seconds faster than his junior season. Seth Avery and Kevin Scott were sixth and seventh in 16:48 and 16:57 to help the Knights edge Webb 38-47 for the team title. --Streaking: Nick Zoetewey continued one streak and brought an end to another with the Canyon senior's victory in Foothill League meet No. 1 at Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² on Thursday. Zoetewey, the 1999 Foothill League champion, won his third consecutive league meet in leading Canyon to a sweep of the first four places with juniors Luke Llamas and Jameson Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. and sophomore Ryan Morgan. --Fresh start: Canyon took a step toward its eighth girls' league title in nine years by taking the first four places in the first Foothill League meet. The Cowboys had three freshmen among its top five in the girls' race in Foothill League meet No. 1 with winner Leanne Riggin. |
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