SISTERS ON THE RUN DANIELLE, CASSIE RAMIREZ SET FAST PACE AT HIGHLAND.Byline: Kirby Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:
Lee Special to the Daily News PALMDALE - If one Ramirez on the Highland High cross country team was not enough for its Golden League opponents to handle, now there are two. Junior Danielle Ramirez has joined her sister Cassie, a senior, for her first year of cross country. The sisters have been the Bulldogs' top two runners this season. Cassie, the 1999 Golden League champion, has been well known in the 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 for the past three seasons as Highland's top runner. Danielle has made her name as a tennis player at Highland. The third- year player has moved into the Bulldogs' No. 1 singles spot this fall. She started running the 1,600 meters during track season to get into shape for tennis and continued through the summer. She was sold on it after attending Highland's cross country training camp at Mammoth mammoth, name for several large prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus, which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. . ``I never thought about getting into cross country,'' said Danielle, who competes in both sports simultaneously. ``I was just using it as training for tennis. Then I started liking running. With my sister pushing me and always going the extra mile, I feel like I can do it.'' The most daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin thing for Ramirez, who was ninth in the first Golden League cross country meet last Wednesday, has been handling the demands of competing in both sports. Fortunately, there are no conflicts between tennis and cross country competitions. Thus, Ramirez must only alternate her workouts. Often, she goes running for a few miles after tennis practice. ``The hardest part is that I want to go running with the cross country team and I'm at tennis practice,'' Ramirez said. ``It's hard to be at two places at one time. I know if I spend more time with one sport, I can be way better than I am. I am making a sacrifice for both, but I'll see how it turns out.'' Cross country coach John Johnston
``The sports are totally dissimilar,'' Johnston said. ``I support it and know that it is working. I am not trying to analyze it. I'm just glad to have her. It's not easy. My hats go off to her. The only thing that is going to stop her is confidence in her abilities.'' Cassie is also impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with her sister's fortitude Fortitude See also Bravery. Fratricide (See MURDER.) Asia despite torture, refuses to deny Moses. [Islam: Walsh Classical, 35] Calantha fulfills wifely and queenly duties despite losses. [Br. Lit. . She had been trying for years to get Danielle into running. Cassie figured that it would be her youngest sister, Sara, an eighth-grader who has competing in age-group track and cross country competitions, not Danielle, who would be the next family member to run for Highland. ``If I asked her a year ago if she wanted to go running, she would always say, 'I'll stay on the couch On the Couch is an Australian television program formally broadcast on the Fox Footy Channel and it focuses on the current issues in the AFL. This is now broadcast on Fox Sports after the closure of Fox Footy Channel. The show airs on Monday night and is hosted by Gerard Healy. ,' '' Cassie said. ``I knew that she could be a good runner when I finally got her going. Once she got it into her head, there was no stopping her. She is such a strong girl for doing tennis and cross country at the same time. I admire her for doing that.'' Cassie, who has raced to victories in the Seaside Seaside. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,901), Monterey co., W Calif., on Monterey Bay, in a fruit region; founded 1887, inc. 1954. Its economy is based largely upon tourism. California State Univ. Monterey Bay is there, on the former site of Fort Ord. and High Desert invitationals this fall, has served as the biggest inspiration for Danielle. She said watching her older sister's dedication and success has motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo her to train harder. ``I see how hard she works and I am so proud of her,'' Danielle said. ``If she can do it, there is some hope for me.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Sisters Danielle (with tennis racket) and Cassie Ramirez have been the leading runners for the Highland cross country team this year. Photo of Danielle by Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Photo of Cassie by Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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