MT. SAC INVITATIONAL: SIRAKI PLAYING IT COOL NATION'S LARGEST PREP CROSS COUNTRY MEET STARTS FRIDAY.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Anita Siraki isn't gunning for the course record at prep cross country's premier midseason meet on Saturday. But that doesn't mean the Hoover High senior won't take advantage of the opportunity if it presents itself at 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. . ``I going to run to win,'' said Siraki, whose time of 16 minutes, 58 seconds on the same hilly hill·y adj. hill·i·er, hill·i·est 1. Having many hills. 2. Similar to a hill; steep. hill , 2.95-mile course at last year's Southern Section Division I final was the third-fastest ever. ``I don't want the pressure on me,'' Siraki said. ``I am not going to put a lot of emphasis on time.'' Maybe so, but the the defending state champion says she's in better shape than last year. Weather figures to play a pivotal role. A fast time could be negated by warm and smoggy conditions; cool weather could lead to brisk times. Siraki ran her Mt. SAC mark last year under overcast skies. Two weeks ago, Siraki, who has narrowed her college choices to 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 and UC Irvine, broke a course record at the Kenny Staub Invitational with good weather, eclipsing the mark set by Agoura's Amy Skieresz, a seven- time NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association cross country and track champion at Arizona. ``I wasn't worried about a record at Kenny Staub. I was just running,'' said Siraki, who will depart for an official visit to Stanford on Saturday night. ``When people try for records, it messes up racing strategy.'' Saturday's individual sweepstakes race could be a preview of 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 final in December with Siraki and Wyoming's Alicia Craig, a decisive winner in the Great American Cross Country Festival. Craig and Siraki finished third and fourth in the 1999 national championships. The field also includes Natalie Stein of North Hollywood and 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. rivals Laura Jakosky of Agoura, Kelley Hess of Thousand Oaksand and Jaclyn Pedersen of Royal. All are seniors. Stein, the 1997 City champion, broke an 18-year-old record to win the Division I race at the Bell-Jeff Invitational. Jakosky is the defending Marmonte League and Ventura County champion. The two-day meet, the largest in the nation with nearly 10,000 runners, begins on Friday at 2 p.m., highlighted by the girls' and boys' sweepstakes races in Divisions III, IV and V at 4:45 p.m. Competition resumes Saturday at 7:15 a.m., with combined Division I and II team and individual sweepstakes at 9 a.m. The boys' team sweepstakes on Saturday feature a matchup between Long Beach Poly and Canyon, the state's top teams in Division I and II, respectively. Canyon finished second to Poly, the nation's No. 2 team, in the Woodbridge Invitational in September but has risen to ninth in the national rankings behind the foursome of senior Nick Zoetewey, juniors Jameson Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. and Luke Llamas, and sophomore Ryan Morgan. Canyon and Quartz Hill, each boosted by a strong freshman class, are among the entrants in a girls' sweepstakes that features nationally ranked Peninsula and San Lorenzo Valley The San Lorenzo Valley is a region of Santa Cruz County, California, colloquially known as "SLV". It contains the towns Ben Lomond, Felton, Brookdale and Boulder Creek, though which run Highway 9 and the San Lorenzo River, down through the Santa Cruz Mountains into the city of . Canyon - featuring ninth-graders Lauren Walker, Leanne Riggin and Alysia Johnson - is third in state Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. . Quartz Hill is sixth in Division I with freshmen Lacey lac·ey adj. Variant of lacy. Troth, Amanda O'Neal and Amanda Morgan. AT A GLANCE What: Mt. San Antonio College Invitational Where: Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut When: Friday and Saturday The nation's largest high school meet will be highlighted by the Division III, IV and V sweepstakes races on Friday and the Division I and II individual and team sweepstakes on Saturday. Competition begins Friday at 2 p.m.; sweepstakes competition starts at 4:45. Saturday's races start at 7:15 a.m.; sweepstakes races begin at 9 a.m. Admission is $4. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Hoover High's Anita Siraki says she's focused on winning. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News Box: AT A GLANCE (see text) |
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