HART IS ON TRACK; SPORT ATTRACTS 200 PARTICIPANTS.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Hart High is known for being strong in several sports, including football, baseball and basketball. Track and field isn't among the strongest, but it's the sport with the largest number of participants. This year, 120 boys and 90 girls will compete. Boys' coach Larry David considers that amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. when he considers the proliferation of club sports and new sports like snowboarding. ``Track's not where it used to be,'' David said. ``Kids who don't have anything else to do now do track. Twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. ago, there was no snowboarding.'' Track presents a viable option for athletes who have been cut from other sports. ``We don't cut. We stress participation and personal success,'' David said. ``I've got kids cut from baseball and volleyball come out for track.'' These athletes won't challenge regional powers like Muir anytime soon, but it's enough for the Indians to compete for Foothill Leaguetitles. Since the cross country program is well established, the Indians figure to score plenty in the distance events. Seniors Trevon Wilson and Chris Davis Chris Davis is the name of a couple of people:
Davis and Eric Peatman were often 1-2 in the mile and could do well in the two-mile if asked to run. Freshman Whitney Phillips will be the top runner on the girls' side. She can run any of the three distances. ``You're going to be hearing her name for the next four years,'' girls' coach Jeff Gilkey said. The girls will be stronger in the mile and two-mile, with junior Tessa Barnett, senior Nancy Moulton and junior Amaris Weistzman competing. Senior Yvonne Curtis will handle some 800 duties. Hart also will fare well in the sprints, provided the runners stay healthy. Senior Dimi Watson has a sore hip flexor flexor /flex·or/ (flek´ser) 1. causing flexion. 2. a muscle that flexes a joint. flexor retina´culum see entries under retinaculum. , and sophomore Emily Herrick injured her thigh during last year's New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). state meet. If Watson's up to it, he will likely hold off a challenge from Saugus transfer Shane Lavoie, last year league champion in the frosh-soph 100. Chris James
Seniors Edwina Vaiaoga and Randy Killian are top sprint returners. They will be joined on the sprint relay by Lisa Murphy. The 400 meters is becoming too much of a specialized event, Gilkey said, so some sprinters will move up and some distance runners will drop. One likely 400 runner is freshman Mandy Mansfield, fresh from the soccer team. Nader Adawiya will be among the patchwork group David plans to use. The hurdles will be an all-junior affair, with Brian Terry (third in league last year) and Matt Wilson handling the high hurdles. Wilson and James likely will dominate the intermediate hurdles like last year, when they traded off finishing 1-2. Murphy and Emily Curd curd the proteinaceous part of milk precipitated by rennin. Usually contains some fat when whole milk is used. , also juniors, are the top girls Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It depicts the life of Marlene, a hard-bitten career woman who is employed at the 'Top Girls' employment agency, and her interactions with her family she left behind. . The field events will be Hart's weakest link, but that doesn't mean the throwers and jumpers won't score points. Brent Benaway can throw a 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. 140 feet, and John Thorn John Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a noted sports historian. Thorn was born in Stuttgart, West Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1949. He graduated from Beloit College in 1968. is a consistent 10-6 pole vaulter. Adawiya can vault 11-6, but he doesn't vault every meet. Barkam can long jump 20 feet and Dan Griffiths can go 37 feet in the triple jump and 5-10 in the high jump. Senior Leigh Carlson could score points in all four jump events. Gilkey said she pole vaults 9-6, high jumps 5-0 and triple jumps 30 feet. Her long jump is her weakest link. ``She probably won't win a league championship in any event, but she'll battle everyone,'' Gilkey said. Carlson will be the only full-time varsity vaulter, but four sophomores (Frankie Claus, Chelsea Hasler, Lauren Resler and Nicollette Shaw) will see varying amounts of varsity competition. Gilkey said it will depend on the meet and the strength of competition. The girls' shot put will be stronger than the discus. Channette Ingram can throw the shot put 30 feet. Also, watch for former softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' catcher Dani Socha and junior Ilcian Lemus. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Freshman Whitney Phillips can run the 800 meters, mile and two-mile. John McCoy/Daily News |
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