MT. SAC RELAYS: NOBODY KEEPS UP WITH JONES SHE DOMINATES FIELD TO WIN 400.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News WALNUT - The 400 meters looms as the obvious choice for Marion Jones' next conquest after she crushed the field 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. Relays on Sunday. Jones timed 49.59 seconds to become the fourth-fastest American of all-time to kick off her bid to win an unprecedented five Olympic gold Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear. medals. But for the moment, the two-time defending world 100 champion has no plans to take aim at Valerie Brisco's 1984 American record of 48.83 or add the 400 to her staple events of the 100, 200, long jump and 400-meter relay. ``Once Sydney is done and I celebrate that, then maybe I'll reassess my goals,'' Jones said. ``I am not saying I am going to come to Mt. SAC next year to break that record, but before my career is over and if I continue to get faster, then it will be another challenge out there that I think is attainable.'' Jones, 24, was untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. on Sunday in her first race since crumpling to the track because of back spasm in the 200 meters in the world championships in Seville, Spain, in August. The nine-time state champion from 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. and Rio Mesa highs made up the stagger on the field by the halfway mark to win 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. over training partner Latasha Colander-Richardson and Donna Fraser Donna Fraser (born November 7, 1972) is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. An exceptional junior, she won six English Schools 200m titles before turning to the 400m in 1991 and becoming European Junior Champion at the distance the same year. of Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , who finished second and third in 51.16 and 51.62, respectively. The anticipated showdown between Inger Miller Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica. , who finished second to Jones in the 100 in the world championships and won the 200 in Seville in Jones' absence never materialized. Miller was never in contention and faded badly down the stretch to finish eighth in 55.21. ``I think it is a wonderful rivalry that everybody plays up,'' Jones said. ``My goal coming here was to run sub-50. If Inger was in the race that's great. I was not sending a message to Inger or any other athlete. I was sending a message to my brain that I am back and I am ready to run fast.'' Despite a brisk head wind on the backstretch back·stretch n. The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch. , Jones smashed her meet record of 50.36 set in 1998 as well as Jamaican Grace Jackson's stadium record of 50.12 set in 1988 but do not expect to see Jones in another quarter until the Olympics in the 1,600-meter relay. Jones, who opened her season for the third consecutive year in the 400 at Mt. SAC, said she had trouble sleeping for the past two weeks, agonizing over Sunday's race. ``I just want to say its not my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. event,'' Jones said. ``I pretty much don't like it. I don't like the feeling when I am done, but it's something that challenges me to look inside myself: `Marion, what do you really have?' '' Jones' husband C.J. Hunter, the 1999 world shot put champion, produced the world's best mark of the year - 71-4 - to win by more than four feet over 1995 and 1997 world champion John Godina (67-1). Anjanette Kirkland and Mike Marsh were winners in the women's 100 hurdles and men's 100 in the 42nd annual meet. Kirkland set a meet record of 12.63 to become the fourth-fastest American of all-time. In the final Mt. SAC appearance of his career, Marsh, 32, the 1992 Olympic 200 gold medalist, won the 100 for the seventh time to edge Bryan Howard in a wind-aided 9.90. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Marion Jones ran 49.59 - the fourth fastest time ever by an American - to easily win the 400 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press |
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