CROSS COUNTRY ROUNDUP: CLASSIC DUAL DETERMINES FOOTHILL LEAGUE RUN.Byline: Daily News It was nearly impossible to chart the lead changes between Saugus High's Shannon Murakami and Hart of Newhall's Brooke Russell during the Foothill League girls' cross country final Thursday at Central Park. There were just too many. The pair, visible through much of the 2.9-mile run over the Saugus park's wide-open spaces, finally delivered the heavily hyped duel most league observers had been waiting all season for, one that had been put on hold because of injury and illness. In the end, it was Russell who pulled away with 400 yards to go, finishing in 16 minutes, 46 seconds. Murakami finished in 16:52. ``That last mile, it was on,'' Murakami said. Russell's thoughts were similar. ``This was the race I've been waiting for all season,'' she said. Canyon of Canyon Country, ranked No. 5 in Southern Section Div. I, claimed the team competition and advanced to the section 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. in Walnut. Saugus finished second and Burroughs of Burbank third to qualify for the Nov. 13 prelims. But this race belonged to Russell and Murakami. ``We race with each other, not against each other,'' Murakami said. In the boys' race, nothing could stop Canyon from a 1-2-3 finish and the team title, not even a bee sting bee sting injury caused by the venom of a honey bee (Apis mellifera). Multiple stings cause local swelling, pain and excitement, and may cause dyspnea if the head is affected. to Tommy Werner Tommy Werner (born March 31 1966) was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander. Clubs
Werner was leading Adam McDonald, the winner in 14:49, when he was stung stung v. Past tense and past participle of sting. stung Verb the past of sting Adj. 1. in the mouth. ```He started spitting,'' McDonald said. ``I figured out what happened when someone (on the race route) told me. I took the lead to try to let him hang off me.'' Salim Benmohammed finished second in 14:50, one second ahead of Werner. Hart and Burroughs of Burbank, which followed Canyon in the team standings, also qualified for the prelims. - Lauren Gustus MARMONTE LEAGUE The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. CHAMPIONSHIPS --An early lead was comfort enough for Simi Valley's Anna Sperry to finish first at Agoura High. Sperry ran a personal best of 17:52.34, less than two seconds off the course record and about two minutes off her time at the start of the season. ``I wanted this real bad,'' said Sperry, who earned a spot in the Southern Section prelims at Mt. SAC. ``If someone else wanted it more, they were gonna have to catch me.'' 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. won the team title. Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. placed six runners in the top 10 to win the boys' race as Dylan Jaedtke captured his second consecutive league title. Jaedtke also was less than two seconds shy of the course record, finishing in 15:09.5. ``I was a little disappointed I didn't get the (course) record,'' Jaedtke said. ``But I ran my hardest, and my team came through, too.'' Royal's, Thousand Oaks' and Westlake's boys' and girls' teams advanced to the section prelims. -Justin Frank CITY SECTION LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS --Defending City Section champion Emmaline Hartel held off Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). teammate Jennifer Hernandez to win the West Valley League girls' title with a season-best time of 18:05 on the 2.97-mile course at Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. . After struggling much of the season, Hartel seems to be peaking in time to defend her City Section title. Her biggest challenge is expected to come from Hernandez, who ran a season-best 18:30 and finished second. ``Having her on the team kind of makes it a competition every day in practice,'' said Hartel, who ran a personal-best 18:03 last season at Pierce to win the City title. ``This season, she's been catching me at about the same place on the course, the 2-mile mark, and this time I just decided I wasn't going to let that happen again.'' Hartel and Hernandez led a strong performance for Birmingham, which easily defeated El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Birmingham runners captured four of the top five spots. El Camino Real's Sabrina Grigarian broke up that elite group, finishing fourth in 19:04. The top three teams from each league advance to Wednesday's City Section preliminaries, also at Pierce. Any runner who finished in the top 10 but was not on one of the top three teams also advanced. In the boys' race, Monroe of North Hills' Gabriel Guzman ran the day's best time. Guzman finished in 15:54 to win the Valley Mission League title, but he fell short of his City Section-best 15:45, set last week. Jose Rodriguez The name José Rodríguez or Jose Rodriguez may refer to:
Rodriguez has lowered his times over the past few weeks and is peaking in time for the City Section preliminaries and championships. ``I just wanted to run nice and easy, stay behind the Birmingham guys, and then go hard the last mile,'' Rodriguez said. Rodriguez's run paced Taft to a surprising 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 behind Birmingham. Jose Alcala (16:09) and Brian Noriega (16:12) led the Patriots to the league title. El Camino Real was third. Poly of Sun Valley captured the boys' and girls' Sunset Six League titles. Monroe won the boys' and girls' Valley Mission League titles. Sandra Velarde of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. won the Valley Mission girls' individual title in 20:07, and Verdugo Hills of Tujunga's Stephanie Garcia won the Sunset Six girls' individual title in 19:25. - Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. |
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