PALMDALE READIES TO DEFEND CROWN\Key players return to champion Golden League track squad.Byline: Danny Schumacher Daily News Staff Writer Now that basketball season is over, the Palmdale girls track team might be able to show its true self. The Falcons are the defending Golden League champs and heavy favorites to defend their crown. But they have shown just a glimpse of their talent early on because several key members were still playing for the basketball team, which was eliminated from the State Division I playoffs last week. Palmdale is led by sprinters Kadrina Coffee and Tranisha Holmes. But there appears to be an abundance of talent everywhere else. Coach Steve Wilson Steve Wilson can refer to:
"I think the kids got a lot out of it," Wilson said. "It's kind of (a) strange meet to go to because everybody is at the end of their season. They run a pretty big indoor season out there." Even though Palmdale's indoor season was brief, the opportunity to run against some of the nation's top powerhouses - Muir, Long Beach Wilson and Long Beach Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. - was invaluable. Palmdale could very easily be right up there with those schools by the end of the season. Here's an overview of the Golden League. Sprints:In this area the girls could be among the best leagues in 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, , but many outstanding sprinters will unfortunately be overshadowed by Palmdale's talented corps. The Falcons are led by Coffee who is strongest at 400 meters - she had a personal best of 53.96 last summer in finishing second this summer at the Junior National Championships - but she will also compete in the 800, 200 and both relays. Coffee is just one of many talented sprinters at the school. Coffee, Holmes, Edniesha Curry, Monique Nolan and Natasha Robinson could establish themselves as one of the best sprint tandems in area history. Distances:The league boasts two of the state's top distance runners distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. in Andrea Neipp of Highland and Danielle Day of Quartz Hill. Neipp blossomed during cross country season, turning in a breakthrough race at the prestigious 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. . Day has been one of the area's most consistent performers for the past two seasons. Hurdles:The league's best hurdler, Michelle Perry Michelle Perry (born 1 May 1979 in Granada Hills, California) is an American athlete. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in the heptathlon competition. Later, at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she was awarded a gold medal in the 100 m hurdles with a of Quartz Hill, is still learning the event. But with some refinement in technique, she could be dangerous when the off-season rolls around. Perry, a junior, was the area's top returning sprinter last year and is still among the best in the state. But she is a powerful runner who might be best suited for hurdling hurdling Track-and-field event, a footrace over a series of obstacles called hurdles. Runners must remain in assigned lanes throughout a race, and, though they may knock hurdles down while running over them, they may do so only with a leg or foot, not a hand. events. Field events:Kristi Rose, fresh off helping lead Palmdale into the state girls basketball playoffs, returns as the area's top discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci [L.] disk. dis·cus n. pl. dis·ci A flat circular surface; a disk. discus pl. disci [L.] 1. thrower. Littlerock's Cheree Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. is the area's top shot putter and is among only 13 locals to ever throw more than 40 feet. In the jumps, Perry is solid in the long jump and Coffee had tremendous success in the triple jump despite being a novice to the event last year. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Palmdale relayers, from left, Kadrina Coffee, Monique Nolan, Tranisha Holmes, Natasha Robinson and Edniesha Curry may be the area's best. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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