GIRLS' TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW: INJURIES HURT CLEVELAND'S SHOT AT CITY TITLE : BIRMINGHAM, NOTRE DAME AND CAMARILLO ARE TEAMS TO WATCH.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News This may be one of the most rewarding seasons for Cleveland High coach Bill Paden. It might also be one of the most disappointing. The Cavaliers, who were fourth in the 1998 City Section championships, were expected to improve upon their highest finish ever. Until basketball season came along. Juniors Malinda Malone and Jessica Cosby suffered knee injuries playing for the Cleveland basketball team. Then sophomore Schquay Brignac was declared academically ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. . Now, the status of the three City individual track champions is unknown. ``Everybody hopes I don't run,'' Malone said. ``Everybody thinks we're through. My goal is still the same. I want to win the City title.'' If the three return, it would improve Cleveland's chance of winning the City Section team title. Malone won the City 400-meter title as a freshman in 1997. Cosby, a transfer from Granada Hills, is the two-time defending City shot put champion. Brignac, who cleared 5 feet, 10 inches in the high jump as an eighth-grader, won the City title and was fourth in the state meet. Malone and Cosby are awaiting MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. results as a precaution before returning to competition. Brignac could return in mid-April if her grades improve. ``I feel for the team, but ultimately I could care less,'' Paden said. ``I could put them in a few meets to score points. Jessica could probably stand in the ring and win by five feet. But my ultimate concern is their well-being.'' If all goes well, Malone, Cosby, Brignac - along with freshman Michelle Stinnette - could score points in the City championships in the 400-meter relay. Stinnette also adds depth in the 100 and 200. Another freshman, Brynne Steward, has shown potential in the hurdles. In addition, R'Shunda Bryant (fifth in the shot put) and senior Jamie Jones (sixth in the 3,200 meters) return after scoring points in last year's City finals. ``You can't live off potential,'' Paden said. ``You have to deal with what's real and not what could have been. We're going to move on and do the best we can.'' Other teams to watch: Birmingham: The Patriots, led by three-time City 1,600-meter champion Tiffany Tiffany, Tiffanie (UK) a semi-longhaired version of the Burmese cat. It has a fine, silky coat in many colors. Burgess, have the area's most balanced team. Birmingham returns athletes who scored 44 of its 56 points from last year's team that was second in the City championships. Multitalented Keisha Mierez is back at Birmingham for her senior season after attending Castle Park High in Chula Vista Chula Vista (ch  `lə), city (1990 pop. 135,163), San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1911. in south San
Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County last season. She attended Birmingham as a freshman and
sophomore.
Last season, Mierez was a state qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. in the 100 meters, which she has run in 12.3 and, as a sophomore, qualified in the long jump, where she has leapt leapt v. A past tense and a past participle of leap. 17-8. Mierez has also gone 5-2 in the high jump and run 57.3 in the 400. Gigi Mendola, who has the school's 400 record (58.1), junior Shakela Wilson, Mierez and Burgess give the Birmingham 1,600 relay four runners who are capable of finishing in the 58-second range. Ofa Mailangi, sixth in the shot put in last year's City finals, also returns. Birmingham is loaded in the distances with Burgess, seniors Erika Dolezal and Dina Melendez and sophomore Melissa Astete - members of Birmingham's City champion cross country team. The pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. , however, might be the key to Birmingham's first City track title. Astete, who set a City championship record of 8-6 last season, and junior Nickie Kohlieber already have cleared 10-0 this season. Freshman Michelle Rivera has vaulted 8-0. Camarillo: Junior Lisa Wygant and senior Jeanene Gerry should carry the Scorpions to the inaugural Pacific View League title. Wygant, the defending Southern Section Division I high jump champion, is also a standout in the triple jump and hurdles. Gerry won the league cross country title in the fall and placed seventh in the Southern Section Division I final. Canyon: The Cowboys are seeking their fifth consecutive Foothill League title behind a strong distance corps led by senior Lauren Fleshman, the state Division I cross country champion. Junior Erin White Erin White (born October 27, 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian softball first baseman. She is a graduate of Iowa State University. She was a part of the Canadian Softball team who finished 5th at the 2004 Summer Olympics. , freshmen Jazmin Treadway and Barrie Truex were members of Canyon's Southern Section finalist cross country team. Emma Barker is a multi-event standout in the long jump, triple jump and high jump, and Danielle Wenz is the defending league pole vault champion. Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame : The Knights are favored to regain the Mission League title after finishing second to Harvard-Westlake last year. Sophomore Sierra Hauser-Price was sixth in the 200 and eighth in the 100 in last year's state championships. Price will be complemented by freshman Tracy Johnson, who won the Junior Olympic Region 15 title in the 100-meter hurdles in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. last July. Sophomore Gina Rogers won the Mission League cross country title this fall. Palmdale: Seniors Kaysie Burnett (100 and 200) and Danielle Blair (discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci [L.] disk. dis·cus n. pl. dis·ci A flat circular surface; a disk. discus pl. disci [L.] 1. ) and junior Desiree Withers withers the region over the backline where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapulae lie just below the skin. fistulous withers see fistulous withers. (triple jump) each were Golden League individual champions and helped the Falcons go undefeated in league dual meets last season. Versatile senior Brandy Smith adds depth in the high jump and hurdles. Taft: Junior Deneeka Torrey and senior Tiffany Smith, members of Taft's City champion 400- and 1,600-meter relays, helped lead the Toreadors to their first City team title with a record 112 points last season. Torrey was also third in the 300-meter low hurdles, and Smith was fourth in the 400. Smith also shows promise as a triple jumper. Transfers will boost Taft in the relays with junior Trisha Bratford, who was third in the City championships in the high jump at Cleveland last season, and Erin Reed, a junior sprinter from Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern . 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. : The Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. are covered in the sprints and distances in their bid for a fifth 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. title in six years. T.O. will be led by junior Erin Brzezinski (100, 200 and long jump), UC Irvine-bound senior Amanda Armstrong (800 and 1,600) and sophomore Kelley Hess (3,200). INDIVIDUALS TO WATCH Name School Yr. Event(s) Tiffany Burgess Birmingham Sr. 1,600 meters Three-time City champion. Lauren Fleshman Canyon Sr. 3,200 meters 1998 state Division I cross country champion. Sara Foster Valencia Jr. high jump 1997 Southern Section Div. I high jump champion. Sierra Hauser-Price Notre Dame So. 100, 200 1998 state finalist in both sprints. Bridget Pearson Hoover Sr. pole vault 1997 state champion. Becky Rauth Harvard-Westlake Sr. hurdles Area's top returner at 44.01. Anita Siraki Hoover So. 3,200 meters Fourth in 1998 state Div. I cross country final. Jameka Taylor Littlerock Sr. triple jump Diminutive di·min·u·tive adj. 1. Extremely small in size; tiny. See Synonyms at small. 2. Grammar Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or point guard has 40-foot potential. Annmarie Turpin 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. Sr. high jump Has cleared 5-8 this season. Alexis Weatherspoon Grant So. 100, 200 Contender for City sprint titles. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box PHOTO (1) Cleveland High junior Malinda Malone won the 1997 City 400-meter title as a freshman, but she's coming back from a knee injury. (2) Sophomore Schquay Brignac won the 1998 City Section high jump title for Cleveland. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News BOX: INDIVIDUALS TO WATCH (see text) |
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