SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: RECOVERING TO FINISH FELIX FALTERS AT START, WINS 100; TIME 2ND BEST.Byline: Matthew Matthew one of the twelve disciples. [N.T.: Matthew] See : Evangelism Kredell Staff Writer NORWALK - Even for the fastest woman in the world, one false step can end a season. 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 stumbled out of the blocks during the 100 meters Saturday at the Southern Section Divisional Championships at Cerritos College Cerritos College is a public comprehensive community college founded in 1955 located in Norwalk, California. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a ranch that served prominently in the region in the 19th century. . Though she righted herself to win the Div. IV title with a time of 11.37, the experience showed nothing is guaranteed. ``I got out really bad,'' said Felix, from L.A. Baptist of North Hills. ``I stumbled, and I thought I was actually going to fall. But I recovered OK. I'm just happy I made it through the race.'' If she fell and didn't run a qualifying time, Felix would have been eliminated from the 100 for the remainder of the postseason. Or, worse, she could have been injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Last month, Felix ran the fastest 200 meters by any woman in the world this year with a 22.11, also the junior world record. She is the favorite to win the U.S. Nationals in June. The 11.37 was her best wind-legal time of the season - and also a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . IV record - besting her mark of 11.39 from last week. However, it placed her as only the second seed heading into Masters. In Div. I, Shalonda Solomon ran a 11.35. The top nine times or distances in the four divisions combined advanced to Friday's Masters meet, also at Cerritos College. Felix also placed first in the 200 with a time of 22.88. After Felix withdrew from the 400 meters last week, Treani Swain from Oakwood of North Hollywood won the Div. IV title with a 54.48. However, the time placed her only third heading into Masters. Two Div. I girls set out a challenge for Swain. Jasmine Lee Jasmine Lee is the top Australian competitive Rubik's Cube speedcuber,[1] and one of the highest ranked female competitors in the world. She was the top Australian competitor in the 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championships in Toronto, Canada, placing in the top five of Long Beach Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. led the way, running a 52.85. ``Last week I didn't get out strong enough, and this week I didn't start well enough,'' said Swain, who also qualified in the 800. ``But I was really proud of the way I finished. If I put them together I will have the perfect race.'' Kerry Gamble from Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks surprised even herself in the 400. She knocked more than a second and a half off her personal record to post a 55.67 in winning Div. III and grabbing the fifth seed. As a freshman, Gamble made it to the divisional championships and finished fourth. Last year, she was third. Now a junior, she said she would have been happy to move up one more spot and progress to first next year. She was the second seed in the division entering the event. ``At the beginning of the season, I didn't think I had a chance to make it to Masters,'' Gamble said. ``I'm really excited about it. I'm pumped up. It was my dream to do this since my freshman year.'' Phillip Reid from Rio Mesa of Oxnard placed first in the 1,600 (4:10.76) and 3,200 (9:10.49). Reid, who finished second in the 1,600 at state last year, said he likely would do both events at state for the first time. ``I think it's a good year to try it, as a senior,'' Reid said. ``I'm feeling strong enough to do it.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) L.A. Baptist's Allyson Felix, right, heads for the 100-meter finish line ahead of Louisville's Elizabeth Olear. (2) Jeff Stewart Jeff Stewart can either refer to:
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