ROYAL CLAIMS CROWN HIGHLANDERS WIN BOYS' SWEEPSTAKES AT MT. SAC.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
WALNUT - The Royal High of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. boys' cross country team didn't let the absence of its team captain keep it from shattering the course record 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. . They used it as motivation. The Highlanders won the boys' Div. I/II team sweepstakes race in 76 minutes, 22 seconds. That's 37 seconds faster than the record set by Canyon High of Canyon Country in 2001. Royal, the defending Div. I state champ that also set a record at the Woodbridge Invitational this year, was without team captain Jason Pedersen because of injury. ``Jason's been the force behind this team,'' said Royal coach Ryan Luce. ``We came here knowing we'd do well, but we wanted the record for him.'' Michael Cybulski, the defending state 3,200-meter champion, ran 14:53 on the 2.91-mile course, the 10th-best Mt. SAC time in area history. Royal's first four runners all placed in the top 20. It was a stellar performance by the nation's third-ranked team, but hardly the only one Saturday. West Covina's Diego Mercado won the team sweepstakes in 14:24, breaking the course record by eight seconds. Nine of the 21 fastest girls' times in course history were run this week; four of the top 20 boys' times also were achieved. Saugus' Shannon Murakami finished third in the girls' Div. I/II individual sweepstakes with a time of 17:08. That time makes her the second-fastest runner in area history at Mt. SAC, which also hosts the Southern Section prelims and finals. Murakami, who started the season as the second-ranked Div. I runner statewide, had struggled recently. She finished second to teammate Katie Dunn in a Foothill League meet last week, a loss Murakami said inspired her entering this meet. Murakami finished behind freshman phenom phe·nom n. Slang A phenomenon, especially a remarkable or outstanding person. Jordan Hasay  This article or section may contain a proseline.Please help [ convert this timeline] into prose or, if necessary, a . from Mission Prep of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. . Hasay, who owns several national age-group
records, won the race in 16:48, bettering the freshman course record by
18 seconds. Fellow competitors hounded Hasay for autographs after the
race.
Highland of Palmdale's Caitlin Fitzgerald ran 17:44 to finish fifth in the girls' Div. I/II team sweepstakes race. Reno's Marie Lawrence ran the second-best time in Mt. SAC history, 16:29, to win that race. Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. of La Crescenta's Nathan Sellers finished fifth in the Div. I/II team sweepstakes in 15:00. Camarillo's Ted Price, the two-time defending Ventura County champion, overcame a groin injury to finish 10th in the Div. I/II individual sweepstakes. Highland's Josh Housinger won his team's Div. I varsity race in 15:19. Canyon, ranked No. 2 by the Daily News, won a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . I varsity girls' race in dominating fashion despite missing one of its top runners. All five Cowboy scorers finished in the top 10 for a team total of 29. Kalyn English, one of the top age-group triathletes in the country, was competing in an event in Maui, Hawaii. The Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. had strong showings in several races. No. 1 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. won its Div. I varsity girls' race despite the absence of Lynne Fletcher, its top runner. Simi Valley's Anna Sperry won her team's Div. II race with a time of 17:33. Westlake's Cory Primm, who won the Div. II junior boys' race earlier this year at Woodbridge, won Saturday with a time of 15:32. --Erik Boal contributed Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Royal High pulled together to win without captain Jason Pedersen. (2) Saugus' Shannon Murakami finished third in the girls' Div. I/II individual sweepstakes in 17:08. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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