MARMONTE LEAGUE: T.O. WINS WHEN IT COUNTS MOST : BOYS TAKE THIRD STRAIGHT TITLE; WESTLAKE GIRLS LEAGUE CHAMPS.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Don't write off the 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. High cross country teams yet. The T.O. boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. took their lumps during the dual-meet season for the second year in a row but came on strong again in the 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. championships Thursday at Agoura High. Senior Seth Neumuller successfully defended his three-mile title in 16 minutes, 1 second to lead 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. to their third consecutive league title. Neumuller beat Simi Valley's Richard Chetwynd by seven seconds. Thousand Oaks placed four runners among the top nine with Mike Krestyn, Jon Vella and Ryan Broms in third, sixth and ninth to total 36 points. Agoura and Newbury Park followed with 60 and 74, respectively. T.O. entered the meet in a three-way tie for first with Newbury Park and Agoura at 5-1 after the dual-meet season. The Thousand Oaks girls, paced by runner-up Kelley Hess and Ashley Patteson in sixth, edged undefeated league dual-meet champion Westlake 58-64. It was the Lancers' second victory over Westlake in six days after beating the Warriors
However, Westlake prevailed in the final standings for its first league title since 1983 because of Thousand Oaks' dual-meet losses to the Warriors and Agoura. Westlake's triumph ended a five-year championship reign for Thousand Oaks. In a tightly contested race, Westlake had four runners - Kristen Anderson (fifth), Katie London (ninth), Daniella Padilla (10th) and Jenny Walls (12th) - ahead of Thousand Oaks No. 3 runner Ginger ginger, common name for members of the Zingiberaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical perennial herbs, chiefly of Indomalaysia. The aromatic oils of many are used in making condiments, perfumes, and medicines, especially stimulants and preparations to ease Taylor (13th). ``We did not know if we would have enough,'' Walls said. ``T.O. is a good team. They're always good every year. We figured we have not won one since 1983. It was about time for the millennium.'' Royal, boosted by 1998 league champion Jaclyn Pedersen's seventh-place finish in her first race back from a stress fracture stress fracture n. A fatigue fracture of bone caused by repeated application of a heavy load, such as the constant pounding on a surface by runners, gymnasts, and dancers. , was third with 73. Agoura junior Laura Jakosky, the defending Southern Section Division II champion, won the girls' race in 18:12 to become the Chargers' first league champion since three-time champion Amy Skieresz (1992-1994). ``Without a doubt, every single one of our top runners peaked today,'' second-year Thousand Oaks coach Rob Radnoti said. ``The whole team has gotten into the concept that we are going to peak at the end of the season. We want to get that philosophy and understanding integrated into our program. It worked out well.'' That attitude was evident. The Lancers debuted T-shirts with the words ``Carpe Cursum,'' Latin for ``Seize the Race'' on the front and ``Peaker'' on the back. Neumuller said the team outcome was never in doubt after the Lancers handily hand·i·ly adv. 1. In an easy manner. 2. In a convenient manner. Adv. 1. handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" conveniently 2. defeated their league opponents en route to the large-schools title in the Ventura County championships. ``We felt that we should have beaten Agoura, so we had to go out and prove ourselves,'' Neumuller said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Agoura High's Laura Jakosky, right, takes the early lead in Thursday's Marmonte League race. It was a lead she would never come close to relinquishing re·lin·quish tr.v. re·lin·quished, re·lin·quish·ing, re·lin·quish·es 1. To retire from; give up or abandon. 2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended). 3. as she won the race by 31 seconds. (2) Senior Seth Neumulle led Thousand Oaks to its third league title in a row. |
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