GIRLS' TRACK PREVIEW: ON THE RUN : FLESHMAN BACK ON TRACK WITH INDIVIDUAL TITLES.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Lauren Fleshman would be hard-pressed to top her cross country season last fall. The Canyon High senior won her school's first Southern Section and State Division individual titles, culminating her campaign with a 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 in the Foot Locker Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) is a major American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”). national finals. Fleshman, though, was unsatisfied with her showing after being slowed by illness as a junior in track last spring, despite a fourth-place finish in the State 3,200-meter final. ``Nothing really came together,'' Fleshman said. ``I never had the opportunity to run to my potential.'' Still, it was hardly a disaster for Fleshman, who was undefeated up to the State championships. In the Southern Section Division I finals, Fleshman won the 1,600 and 3,200 meters for the first Southern Section titles of her career. In the 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. Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. last April, Fleshman ran a sizzling siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. 2 minutes, 11.87 seconds for 800 meters. She also ran a personal-best 4:58.64 in the 1,600 and 10:38.65 in the 3,200, despite an illness that limited her training to 15 miles a week the last six weeks of the season. Coach Dave DeLong believed her 800-meter performance last year was a premonition for much faster times in the 1,600 and 3,200. He predicts Fleshman, who has taken recruiting trips to Arizona, Stanford, 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 , Colorado and Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. , is capable of running close to 4:45 in the 1,600 and 10:20 in the 3,200 this spring. DeLong plans to seek out the State's distance runners to push Fleshman to quality marks in several out-of-the-area competitions. Fleshman will likely go head-to-head with the State 1,600- and 3,200-meter champion Sara Bei of Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. Montgomery in the Oakland and Stanford Invitationals. ``Lauren was winning so easily even though she was sick, no one really noticed she was losing her fitness last season,'' DeLong said. ``She never really got a chance to lay it on the line until the State meet. My worry is to be able to find her the competition to (run) five or six good races.'' Led by Fleshman, the Canyon girls are favored to repeat as Foothill League champions. Jasmine Cetrone (800 meters), Kirsten Ricks (200 meters), Emma Barker (triple jump) and Danielle Wenz (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. ) are other returning league champions for the Cowboys. Canyon has also been bolstered in the distances by freshman Jasmine Treadway and Barrie Truex, who were members of the Cowboys' league champion and Southern Section Division I-finalist cross country team. The Canyon boys' field could be the key to repeating as league champion with returning league triple jump champion Derwin Maxwell and pole vault champion Drake Morgan. In cross-country, Luke Llamas posted one of the top 25 times ever by a ninth-grader on the hilly hill·y adj. hill·i·er, hill·i·est 1. Having many hills. 2. Similar to a hill; steep. hill , 3-mile course at Mt. San Antonio College. Other schools: Hart: Sophomore Whitney Phillips finished second to Fleshman in the 1,600 in last year's league finals. Senior Shaun Lavoie is the league's top returnee re·turn·ee n. 1. One who returns, as from a journey or to school after a long absence. 2. A person returning from military duty overseas. See Usage Note at -ee1. in the boys' 100 meters and junior Tamir Barkan is the defending league boys' long jump champion. Lavoie and Barkan also teamed on the Indians' victorious 400-meter relay. Valencia: Sara Foster won the 1995 Southern Section high jump title as a freshman and finished third last season. Foster, a junior who has a best of 5-8 in the high jump, had a hand in four victories in last year's league finals, winning the high jump, long jump and running on the Vikings' 400- and 1,600-meter relays. Saugus: Seniors Dan Klawer and Jacob Boeding finished seventh and 11th in the State Division I cross country championships in November. The Centurions finished third by two points in the closest finish in State-meet history. Klawer is the defending 3,200-meter champion and Boeding won the 1,600 in last year's league finals. AT A GLANCE Individuals to watch Jacob Boeding, Saugus, Sr. Led Centurions to third in State Division I cross country final Lauren Fleshman, Canyon, Sr. Hopes to add 3,200 meters to list of State titles Sara Foster, Valencia, Jr. Won Southern Section high-jump title as freshman Dan Klawer, Saugus, Sr. Finished seventh in State Division I cross country final Eric Peatman, Hart, Sr. Capable of breaking up Saugus' distance domination Whitney Phillips, Hart, So. Indians' top distance runner as freshman Jasmine Treadway, Canyon, Fr. Cowboys' future distance standout CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
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