SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION IV TRACK: FELIX FLIES LIKE WIND IN PRELIMS L.A. BAPTIST SPRINTER TOPS IN 100 AND 200.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer WALNUT - Allyson Felix Allyson Felix (born November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States in the 200 meters. Felix, born and raised in southern California, is also a devout Christian and is the daughter of an ordained , one of the country's top girls' high school sprinters, easily won her 100-meter heat Saturday, but even she couldn't control the wind. Felix, a senior at L.A. Baptist of North Hills, crossed the line in 11.48 seconds, which would have broken the Division IV record by almost a half-second, but the wind reading of 2.5 meters per second exceeded the limit, so Felix was denied the record at the Southern Section preliminary meet 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. . Felix also won the 200 in 24.07, just one-hundredth of a second off her own division record, and she ran into a head wind of 2.2 meters per second. Felix didn't get any individual records but anchored L.A. Baptist's division-record-setting 400 relay and put herself in great position for the finals next Saturday. ``I definitely feel like I'm right on track,'' Felix said. ``I think I'm ready I'm Ready is the double platinum second release from R&B singer Tevin Campbell. I'm Ready yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career the #1 R&B smash "Can We Talk", and produce 3 more successful hits in "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". for next week. I think the 200 is definitely my better race, but I feel pretty confident in both right now. I feel good, and it's just good to get qualifying over with and go on to next week.'' Felix anchored L.A. Baptist's record-setting 400 relay (47.64) and ran the third leg on the 1,600-relay team (4:03.50), which qualified first. Her time in the 100 was 0.89 ahead of second-place qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. Lindsay Fletcher, a freshman from Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge. Erica Fleming of L.A. Baptist qualified sixth in the 100 at 12.56. The unofficial title of fastest male athlete at the preliminary meet also went to a local, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village freshman Aaron Ware, who won the 100 in 10.90 seconds, one-hundredth of a second ahead of Harvey Thomas of Paraclete of Lancaster. Thomas edged Ware in their 200 heat and qualified first in 22.19. Ware was fifth overall in 22.24. Ware, also a standout tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction on the Lions football team, is expected to be the fastest freshman in the state as he advances to tougher competitions. ``I wanted to get 10.84 (in the 100), but I didn't get out very well,'' Ware said. ``Today, I just didn't feel it, and the timer timer, n radiographic timing device that functions as an automatic exposure timer and a switch to control the current to the high-tension transformer and filament transformer. The face of the timer is calibrated in seconds and fractions of seconds. held that (starting) gun for a long time. I just wanted to get the experience, as a freshman, and see what this meet is all about.'' Oaks Christian's Cherhara Shields has competed in the high jump for less than two months but jumped 4 feet, 10 inches to tie for the best mark with five other girls. Shields, a junior, made the preliminary jump of 5-8 on her second attempt but needed a third jump to reach 4-10 and earn an automatic spot in the regional finals. ``I play basketball and I can jump pretty well, so the coaches said, `Why not try the high jump?' '' Shields said. ``I didn't think I could do it at first, but then I practiced hard and I started making some jumps.'' L.A. Baptist senior Erik Amdisen finished with the second-best time in the 3,200 (10:00.27) and the sixth-best time in the 1,600 (4:31.91) despite recovering from a severe case of bronchitis bronchitis (brŏnkī`tĭs), inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes. It can be caused by viral or bacterial infections or by allergic reactions to irritants such as tobacco smoke. that forces him to use an inhaler inhaler /in·hal·er/ (in-hal´er) 1. an apparatus for administering vapor or volatilized medications by inhalation. 2. ventilator (2). in·hal·er n. throughout his training and competition. ``I might be about 85 percent right now,'' Amdisen said after the 1,600. ``I had a good workout Workout Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors. workout 1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms. and I thought I was in good shape, but my legs just felt dead out there.'' Amdisen, also a standout cross country runner, seemed more comfortable in the 3,200, when he ran with an easy stride and led the field for half of the race and eventually finished second. |
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