MOORPARK TRACK IS WEIGHTY ISSUE THROWERS LEAD RAIDERS' WSC DYNASTY.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. men's track and field team has carried its weight in the Western State Conference. The four-time defending conference champion has won 77 consecutive dual meets and the 2003 state title, largely because of its throws program coached by Bob MacKay. Moorpark finished sixth at last year's state meet with all 31 of its points coming from the hammer, discus and shot put. A Moorpark athlete has won the state title in the discus each of the past five years. Moorpark, which has built a 10-0 record in three meets, two of them on the new all-weather, on-campus facility at Griffin Stadium, is strong in the weight events again this season. Sophomore Colin Veldman, a transfer from Utah State, won the hammer and discus at the Cerritos Invitational in Norwalk, with most of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, schools in attendance. The Raiders took three of the top four spots in the hammer, with Veldman and sophomores Tommy Sugishita and Kyle Sherry. Freshman Robert Hogan Robert Hogan can refer to:
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. and the long and triple jumps also are expected to be Moorpark strengths. Freshman pole-vaulter Josh Lubeck, from Royal High, finished second at last year's state high school championships with a career-best 16 feet. Freshmen Kevin Galley and Corey Gosser have cleared 14 feet this season. Sophomore Jason Napoleon, a running back on the football team competing in college track for the first time, could give Moorpark points in the long and triple jumps. Moorpark has dominated its WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) meets this season. The Raiders improved to 10-0 Friday, scoring 168 1/2 points to 40 by Ventura and 33 by Oxnard. They received credit for two victories. The Raiders opened the season Feb. 10 by scoring 89 1/2 points, beating College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. (60), Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. City (39.5) and West LA. (8). In a meet Feb. 18 at Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Moorpark (100) beat Santa Barbara (36), Santa Monica (34) and Glendale (16), winning easily although there was no hammer competition because of a lack of facilities. ``You can't really think about the streak, or you would go crazy,'' Moorpark coach Doni Green said. Green will be studying the dope sheets before Moorpark's April 1 home meet against Bakersfield, Cuesta cuesta (kwĕs`tə), asymmetric ridge characterized by a short, steep escarpment on one side, and a long, gentle slope on the other. The steep side exposes the edge of erosion-resistant rock layers that form the cuestas. and Oxnard. Bakersfield, the 2004 WSC runner-up, likely will be Moorpark's top conference challenger this season. The Moorpark women finished fourth in conference last season after finishing second in 2002 and 2003. The Raiders are led by freshman Tai Battle, who won the hammer and discus at the Cerritos Invitational. Moorpark has been without sophomore Caren Sperry, a Simi Valley High graduate, because of injury. Sperry was fourth at 1,500 meters at the 2004 state meet, and she finished fourth at the state cross country championships last fall. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Moorpark's track and field team is led by throwers Colin Veldman, Kyle Sherry, Tommy Sugishita and Robert Hogan. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News (2) Caren Sperry, who finished fourth last year in the 1,500 at the state finals, is injured. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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