PREP TRACK NOTEBOOK: SHE HAS NO TIME TO GET BORED HIGHLAND'S JACKSON FILLS ROSTER OF EVENTS.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Many top athletes compete in four events at postseason meets, but few do it like Lizelle Jackson Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. . The Highland senior doesn't enter events that are over after one short race. She gets most of her running going back and forth among the pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. , high jump and shot put. Jackson won the pole vault and high jump at the Golden League finals Friday and qualified for the Southern Section Div. I prelims in all three events. She also was part of the 400 relay team that did not qualify. ``Running back and forth and trying not to get scratched is the hardest part,'' Jackson said. The pole vault and high jump are Jackson's main events. She expected to win those but was surprised to qualify in the shot put, which she has been doing for only one year. It's going to be another busy day for Jackson on Friday at the Southern Section Division I prelims. She plans to remain in all three events. ``I get bored with things,'' Jackson said. ``I can't just concentrate on one thing. I like to do a lot of different things. It gives me more energy. I'm already hyped up hyped up Adjective Old-fashioned slang stimulated or excited by or as if by drugs for the next jump.'' --Sophomore sensation: Alexis Crimes said she even astonished a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. herself. In her second year on the Highland track team, she won three events at the Golden League finals. ``My goal was just to do my best,'' she said. ``And three gold medals gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize came out of it.'' Crimes won the 100 and 300 hurdles along with the 100 meters. She might have been able to win 200 meters, too. However, she had to run it two minutes after completing the 300 hurdles and finished third with a nonqualifying time. As a freshman, Crimes won the 100 hurdles. She thinks her best chance to advance past the Southern Section prelims is in the 300 hurdles, which is ironic because it is the event she enjoys the least. Crimes thinks she will be able to improve her times this round and advance. ``In the Golden League finals, it was really windy and conditions were not all that great,'' she said. ``I think I have a better chance in the Southern Section prelims and that my time will go down drastically dras·tic adj. 1. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution. 2. .'' --No petition: Larry Cotton was well on his way to winning the 200 meters at the Golden League finals before pulling up in the last 15 meters when he re-injured his hamstring hamstring /ham·string/ (ham´string) one of the tendons bounding the popliteal space laterally and medially. inner hamstring the tendons of gracilis, sartorius, and two other muscles of the leg. . Cotton first strained his hamstring in Tennessee during a meet April 19. He continued to run in league meets and didn't think it would be a problem. Now Cotton, who was undefeated in both the 100 and 200 entering the league finals, might not be able to compete in the Southern Section prelims Friday. He qualified in the 400 relay and the 100 meters, despite finishing second to teammate Jerry Williams
Highland coaches were talking about petitioning to include Cotton in the 200 but have backed off because of his health. Coach Martin Prince said it won't be known until Thursday or Friday if Cotton is healthy enough to run the 100 and relay. SOUTHERN SECTION PRELIMS Division I Teams: Highland, Lancaster, Littlerock, Palmdale, Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill When: Friday, 3:30 p.m. Where: Long Beach City College Division II Team: Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley When: Friday, 3:30 p.m. Where: 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. Division IV Team: Paraclete When: Saturday, Noon Where: Mt. San Antonio College CAPTION} Photo: A pulled hamstring might keep Larry Cotton of Highland out of this weekend's Southern Section prelimaries on Friday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: SOUTHERN SECTION PRELIMS (see text) CAPTION(S): photo, box |
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