MATUSAK, FLACKS EACH WINS 3RD TITLE IN A ROW.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer LA CRESCENTA - Mark Matusak and Lindsay Flacks continued their domination domination the relationship between animals and humans in which little consideration is given to the rights of the animals. The prevailing sentiment is one of proprietary domination. of the Mission League cross country championships Wednesday, each winning a third consecutive individual title at Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. Park's 2.9-mile course. Flacks, a senior at Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, won the girls' race in 18 minutes, 5 seconds to finish well more than a minute ahead of runner-up and teammate Bridget Ballard (19:26). The smooth-striding Flacks came within a second of equaling the 10th- fastest time ever run on the course, where Harvard-Westlake placed four runners among the top five finishers in winning a third consecutive league team title. Matusak, the Loyola of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. junior who has won titles at the Bosco Tech, Bell-Jeff, Mt. Carmel, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and Mt. SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. invitationals this season, won the boys' title with a time of 16:15 in a race that was big for him even with important postseason competition starting next week. His victory, by a margin of 9.6 seconds over runner-up and teammate Mark Takata, kept Matusak in contention to become the first runner to win four consecutive Mission League titles. ``It was big to win three in a row,'' he said, ``but I'm looking ahead to the bigger races at the (Southern Section Div. II) final, and state and regionals. ... I feel strong and in shape, so now we are going to start to lay back on some of the workouts and start to taper off Verb 1. taper off - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" fizzle, fizzle out, peter out discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" 2. .'' The postseason push for Matusak begins Nov. 15 at the section prelims. He has reached the section final twice and finished third in state last year in his first appearance. Loyola coach Lalo Diaz fully expects his junior All-American to qualify for state again. ``We compare him with (former Belmont of Los Angeles runner) Roman Gomez, who was the last double state-meet champion,'' Diaz said of Matusak, who ran a 4:11 mile as a sophomore. ``He has all the tools and I think more speed, and I think that's what separates Mark from a lot of really good past distance runners distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. .'' Loyola, which won the league final by 50 points to lock up a fifth consecutive team title, advances to postseason with 2-3 league finishers Harvard-Westlake and St. Francis of La Canada. Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. and Louisville of Woodland Hills finished 2-3 in league to join Harvard-Westlake in the Nov. 15 girls' section prelims. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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