MT. SAC INVITATIONAL: WINNER SHOWS NO SIGN OF RUST LAYOFF NO PROBLEM FOR H.-W.'S FARIAS-EISNER.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News WALNUT - There's no argument that Anna Farias-Eisner's first love is cross country. The Harvard-Westlake High of Studio City senior proved she isn't too bad in the sport, either, on Friday. Farias-Eisner won the girls' Div. III sweepstakes race at the 57th 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. after taking a two-year break from the sport. She timed 18 minutes, 1 second over the challenging 2.91-mile layout to drop 56 seconds off her Mt. SAC personal best, which was set her freshman season in 2001. Farias-Eisner showed promise as a freshman by finishing second in the 2001 Mission League finals to teammate Lindsay Flacks, a 2003 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 finalist now competing for Stanford. Farias-Eisner, however, developed two stress fractures 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. in her foot in cross country that sidelined her for the majority of the track season as a freshman. She decided not to run cross country as a sophomore and junior to concentrate on track, where she was the Southern Section Div. III runner-up in the 1,600 meters last spring. This fall, the need for endurance training Endurance training is the deliberate act of exercising to increase stamina and endurance. Exercises for endurance tends to be aerobic in nature versus anaerobic movements. Aerobic exercise develops slow twitch muscles. for track and to attract college scholarship interest led Farias-Eisner back to cross country. ``I didn't want to risk running cross country because I wanted to do well in track,'' Farias-Eisner said. ``I need a strength base for track. I am so into track that I needed to suck it Suck It is the first episode of the second season of Robot Chicken. List of skits Renewal of Robot Chicken by [adult swim] Seth Green thanks Adult Swim for the renewal of the new season of Robot Chicken. up and come back.'' Harvard-Westlake coach Kim Hieatt has asked Farias-Eisner to return to cross country each of the last three seasons but didn't want to put too much pressure on her. ``Track is her love,'' Hieatt said. ``Cross country is training for track.'' |
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