PREP TRACK AND FIELD: HELPING CROSS A HURDLE ATHLETES FROM OTHER SPORTS GIVE SAUGUS SOME HOPE.Byline: Matthew Matthew one of the twelve disciples. [N.T.: Matthew] See : Evangelism Kredell Staff Writer SAUGUS - Saugus struggled in track the past few years. Now athletes from other sports are trying to help. An influx of talent from other sports is expected to give the Centurions a lift this season. The girls' track team was winless the past two years, and the boys were winless in two of the past three seasons. Two new assistant coaches, Paul Schilling and Angel Martinez from football, started the trend by bringing over some football players, including standout receiver Kevin Estes. Also running track are the best male (Marc Holmquist) and female (Ann-Marie Summerhays) basketball players Saugus has. ``I think there should be a natural bridge between (football and track),'' co-coach Christian Standley said. ``If we don't see a boost this year, hopefully we will next year. A lot of the football players coming out are freshmen and sophomores.'' These additions especially should improve the sprints, where Saugus has been the weakest. ``I think they will give us a lift because they have speed that most of our guys who just run track don't have,'' senior distance runner distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. Tyler Galloway Galloway, district, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. The Rhinns, or Rinns, of Galloway is a rocky double peninsula that juts into the North Channel of the Irish Sea; its southern extremity is called the Mull of Galloway and is the southernmost point in Scotland. said. The arrival of athletes from other sports isn't the only reason to expect improvement from Saugus. Many of the returnees, sick of losing, have been practicing harder than ever before. ``Losing makes you want to try harder and practice longer,'' junior distance runner Jessica Gomez said. ``I think we have a lot of athletes with a lot of talent. If we try, we can do this. It's the strongest team I've seen since I've been here.'' The lack of depth on the Saugus varsity team In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of last season was somewhat misleading, especially in girls. Steve Jolliffe and Standley, in their first year as co-coaches, kept many promising freshmen and sophomores in junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. even though it meant varsity couldn't always fill every spot for competition. One such girl was Jessica Bercovici, now a junior, who gained confidence by placing in most meets against junior varsity competition in the 100. ``I think they just wanted us to grow as a team, learn to work together and them move us up all at once,'' Bercovici said. ``I understood why there were doing it. It probably helped me gain confidence because there wasn't too much competition.'' It is doubtful Saugus can wrestle a high finish in league away from Canyon, Valencia, Hart and Burroughs of Burbank. But the youthful Centurions might be able to make a move in a year. ``I'm not going to say I want Saugus to win every meet we compete in,'' Bercovici said. ``But I want to at least win a few and send a few individuals to CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). because I know we are capable of that.'' AT A GLANCE Team: Saugus track and field Co-coaches: Steve Jolliffe and Christian Standley, first year Last season: Boys last, girls last in Foothill League Key returnees: Tyler Galloway, Sr., distance; Victor Jalapan, Sr., thrower; Pat Dietz, Sr., sprinter; Michael Ocampo, Sr., thrower; Jessica Gomez, Jr., distance; Lavender lavender, common name for any plant of the genus Lavandula, herbs or shrubby plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), most of which are native to the Mediterranean region but naturalized elsewhere. The true lavender (L. Orr, So., jumper The simplest form of an on/off switch. It is just a tiny, plastic-covered metal block, which is pushed onto two pins to close that circuit. It is used to select a myriad of functions on a printed circuit board or on a peripheral device. Top newcomers: Kevin Estes, Sr., sprinter; Marc Holmquist, Sr., sprinter; Ryan Davis, Sr., thrower; Ann-Marie Summerhays, Sr., distance; Jessica Bercovici, Jr., sprinter; Madison Moore Moore, city (1990 pop. 40,761), Cleveland co., central Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City; inc. 1887. Its manufactures include lightning- and surge-protection equipment, packaging for foods, and auto parts. , Fr., sprinter CAPTION(S): box Box: AT A GLANCE (see text) |
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