CSUN TRACK: SANTIN SHOWS VERSATILITY.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer Frances Santin, Cal State Northridge's 400-meter hurdle specialist, has won plenty of races this year. What's noteworthy is that none of those victories have come in the hurdles. Santin ran the 800 meters - for the first time in her collegiate col·le·giate adj. 1. Of, relating to, or held to resemble a college. 2. Of, for, or typical of college students. 3. Of or relating to a collegiate church. career - in the indoor season and earned All-America honors. She ran the 200 - for just the second time - and 400 meters in the Northridge Open on Saturday and won both. The 200 was supposed to serve as a workout Workout Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors. workout 1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms. for her. Some workout. She won in 24.7 seconds, edging teammate Georgia Wilkins over the final 50 meters. ``It felt good,'' Santin said. ``I was doing it for speed training. I could use a lot of work on my start. I think the only reason I finished first was the strength. I really don't have that much speed right now. It was that 400 hurdles strength that got me through it.'' Santin made the 400 hurdle semifinals in the Olympic Trials last summer and posted a personal record of 56.67 in the first round. She's reminded of that accomplishment daily since she has her credential credential verb To determine or verify titles, qualifications, documents, completion of required training, and continuing education, in those persons who function in a professional or official capacity–eg, ER physician, neurosurgeon, etc. Cf Credentials. from the trials on her bathroom mirror. She scratched from the 400 hurdles Saturday, setting up a showdown for next weekend's triangular meet against Nebraska and UCLA's talented sprinting contingent at Drake Stadium Drake Stadium is a stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. It is primarily used for the Drake Relays, and is the home field of the Drake University Bulldogs. It opened in 1925 and currently holds 14,557 people. A large scale renovation of the stadium was completed in 2006. . ``This will be her first 400-meter hurdles race (this season) and there will be a lot of good runners there,'' CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge sprint coach Jeff McAuley said. ``(UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ) has three national class 400-meter hurdlers.'' In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , she's using other events as a training mechanism. Her times Saturday weren't bad, especially considering it rained in the morning and there was constant wind in the afternoon, forcing many Northridge sprinters to scratch normal events. Santin finished the 400 in 55.17 but didn't run the 800. ``I had a good indoor season,'' Santin said. ``It really boosted my confidence.'' |
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