DIAZ LEADS GLENDALE TO A RUNAWAY.Byline: Kirby Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:
Lee Special to the Daily News The Glendale Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. College men were clear winners in the Western State Conference cross country championships Tuesday. The defending state champions, led by Eduardo Diaz's 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 , placed seven among the top 15 at Arroya Verde Park to run away with their 10th conference title in 13 years. The women's competition took a little bit longer to sort out. The Ventura women, who placed only third and sixth in the first two conference meets, were surprise winners with 59 points. Moorpark was second with 71 and Bakersfield was third with 76. Glendale, the two-time conference champion led by individual winner Kim Lorimer Lor´i`mer n. 1. A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler. , was fourth with 96. Bakersfield, however, claimed the overall conference title despite not winning any of the three meets outright. Glendale, Moorpark and Ventura finished in a three-way tie for second. The final standings are determined by 50 percent from Tuesday's finals and 25 percent each from the two conference meets. The Glendale men were runaway winners in the first two meets over Bakersfield and posted another landslide victory In politics, a landslide victory (or just a landslide) is the victory of a candidate or political party by an overwhelming majority in an election. Landslides can occur when one candidate or party is perceived as far superior to its opponents, through unfair with its five scoring runners in the top 11 to win with 40 points. Bakersfield was second with 79, followed by Citrus (141), Ventura (145) and Moorpark (156) in third, fourth and fifth. Diaz covered the mountainous moun·tain·ous adj. 1. Having many mountains. 2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves. mountainous Adjective 1. 4-mile course comprised of steep narrow and winding dirt trails in 21:29. Jorge Lopez (22:05), Alejandro Lemus (22:11), Henry Briseno (22:14) and Walter Navarro (22:23) rounded out the Glendale scoring in eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th. The Vaqueros' sixth and seventh runners, Marco Arriago and Miguel Ruiz Miguel Ruiz may be:
``We know we could win it easily if we all have a good race,'' said Lopez, a member of Glendale's state-champion team last season. ``We're a lot stronger than last year. We were always guessing who is going to be No. 5 last year. This year, we have seven guys who could be fifth in any race.'' Glendale's showing Tuesday was not unlike the previous conference championships under coach Eddie Lopez. The Vaqueros - who claimed one individual victory in the three meets, by Diaz in the first meet - got out quickly and held their position. ``The bottom line is attitude,'' Eddie Lopez said. ``We might not have the most talented athletes, but we have the athletes that want to put the work in. Those are the guys that have made our program. We don't have a dominant runner. We just try to be consistent and push each other in practice and races to help each other.'' Diaz, a sophomore from 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. High who had never run a cross country race until coming to Glendale last fall, gave winner Andre Young of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. all he could handle. Young, the 1999 City Section 800 and 1,600-meter champion from Marshall High, led from the start but had to work for a seven-second victory after Diaz pulled even with a mile to go. Brian Spangenberg of Canyons, a 35-year-old freshman who won the second conference meet and finished second to Diaz in the first meet, was sixth in 21:54. In the women's race, Lorimer, a freshman from Burbank, clocked 20:46 over the 5,000-meter course for a 15-second victory over Moorpark's Jeanene Gerry. Yadi Ramirez of Ventura and Melissa McBain of Moorpark were third and fourth in 21:11 and 21:47. For Lorimer, winner of two of the three conference meets, Tuesday's triumph avenged a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. a defeat to Gerry in the second meet after taking a wrong turn. Lorimer overtook o·ver·took v. Past tense of overtake. first-mile leader Ramirez to open a seven-second lead over Gerry at two miles and extended it to 16 seconds with a half mile to go. ``I felt a little weak and I thought they were coming back on me,'' said Lorimer, who took several glances back in the final mile. ``I really want to spread it out for first place after the last race.'' CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO Jorge Lopez finished eighth in a time of 22:05 to help Glendale College win the Western State Conference men's cross country title in Ventura. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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