ROYAL RALLIES AT MT. SAC HIGHLAND'S CRAFT WINS AT END.Byline: Lauren Gustus Staff Writer WALNUT walnut, common name for some members of the Juglandaceae, a family of chiefly deciduous, resinous trees characterized by large and aromatic compound leaves. Species of the walnut family are indigenous mostly to the north temperate zone, but also range from Central - 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. and Don Lugo of Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. lined up shoulder to shoulder at the start of the boys Div. I and II team sweepstakes race at 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. early Saturday morning. But at the finish - after waiting nearly 30 minutes for official results - Royal was alone in first, establishing itself as the team to beat heading into the biggest month of the prep cross country season. Don Lugo, the defending state champion and the defending Mt. SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 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. champ, ran a distant fourth. ``It all came together at the end,'' said Royal's Jason Pedersen, who finished in 15 minutes, 41 seconds, which was 15 seconds behind teammate - and top Highlanders finisher - Dylan Jaedtke. The win didn't come easy, or simply. The Highlanders, ranked No. 1 in Div. I, set a conservative pace at the start of the troublesome 2.91-mile course and fell behind Don Lugo and Dana Hills Dana Lynne Goetz (May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress and voice actor who was best known for her raspy voice and child-like appearance. The surname of her stage name of Dana Hill was in fact her mother's maiden name. of Dana Point (second place, 29 seconds behind Royal) midway through. ``For most of us,'' Pedersen said, ''especially on this course, where you have three huge hills, you've got to stay in control at the start or you're going to lose it.'' Jaedtke thought he started out too fast, trying to keep pace with a couple of frontrunners from El Camino of Oceanside, and the rest of the Highlanders discovered they had ground to make up over the second half of the run. They made it up over two large hills and in the final stretch, all in the last mile. ``They really charged ahead at the end of the race,'' Royal coach Ryan Luce said. ``Each of them passed five to six guys. Royal received significant contributions from sophomore Hudson Andrews, who improved his time over last year by roughly 45 seconds, and from sophomore Danny Benson. Unlike most of his teammates, Benson had not run the difficult course before Saturday, and he didn't get to walk it before the race. He finished as the Royals' fifth runner, in 15:52. ``He doesn't think,'' Luce said. ``He just runs.'' In girls competition, Highland of Palmdale standout Alyssa Craft took first place in the team sweeps race with the best finish-line moment of the meet. Craft surprised Lauren Saylor of Buchanan of Clovis a foot before both runners crossed, coming in at 17:41. Saylor finished in 17:42 and at first was told she was the winner. But Craft's extra effort earned victory for the junior, who led the first 1 1/2 miles, after she trailed Saylor and Peninsula of Rolling Hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. Estates' Brittany Morreale. The photo finish was new for Craft, whose time was nearly a minute better than what she ran last year. ``I've never done that before,'' Craft said. ``This time last year I would've settled for third.'' Highland finished 12th overall in the team sweepstakes. Canyon of Canyon Country finished third, behind Murrieta Valley and Ayala of Chino Hills. The Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. were led by freshman Brittany Jones, who finished in 18:48. Loyola of Los Angeles' Mark Matusak finished second in the boys individual sweepstakes, to El Toro El To·ro An unincorporated community of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Founded in the 1890s, it is mainly residential. Population: 62,685. of Lake Forest's Brandon Bethke. Bethke's time - 14:30 - was three seconds faster than Matusak's winning time in 2003. Matusak, whose 14:43 tied El Toro's Fitsum Tesfa for the second-fastest time of the day, said he just didn't have it on Saturday, despite the second-place finish Noun 1. second-place finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) runner-up finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the . ``Im wiped out,'' Matusak said. ``Coming down the hill, I was a little bit out of control. In the girls individual sweepstakes, sophomore Shannon Murakami of Saugus made a late push to finish fourth, in 17:38. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Dylan Jaedtke, center, used a fast start to finish 10th and lead Royal of Simi Valley to the title in the boys' Div. I and II team sweepstakes race at Mt. SAC. (2) Highland of Palmdale's Alyssa Craft surged ahead at the finish to win the girls' team sweepstakes race at the Mt. SAC Invitational Saturday. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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