TRACK: RIO MESA'S REID SOARS HIGH IN SPARTAN RELAYS.Byline: Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News OXNARD - Rio Mesa of Oxnard jumper Lauren Reid had a hard time walking - let alone jumping - at last year's Spartan Relays. Twelve months and one reconstructed knee later, she soared. The senior long jumper, who sat out all of last season after tearing her left ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. , jumped an area-best 19 feet, 3 inches Saturday afternoon to lead the Rio Mesa girls' track and field team to a first-place finish Noun 1. first-place finish - a finish in first place (as in a race) win - a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win" in the 20th annual Spartan Relays at Rio Mesa High. Rio Mesa also won on the boys' side, defeating a 24-team field to avenge a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. last year's 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 to St. Bonaventure of Ventura. Reid, whose injury has forced her jump off of her right foot this season as opposed to her more natural left, set her personal record in the event as a sophomore with a jump of 19-4. ``I'm pleased with the result,'' said Reid, whose Spartans placed first in the long jump relay with a mark of 49-0. ``My goal this year is to compete in the State Meet (scheduled for June 2-3 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. ).'' The Rio Mesa girls, ranked No. 6 by the Daily News, won eight of 14 events, including the discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci [L.] disk. dis·cus n. pl. dis·ci A flat circular surface; a disk. discus pl. disci [L.] 1. (325-3) and shot put (101-11). Kaitlin Gardiner led all individuals in both events with a 143-6 in the discus and 35-5 in the shot, while Reid's triple jump of 34-8 was the top mark for the girls. The Spartans boys, ranked No. 2 by the Daily News, won five events, including a 42.7 in the 4 x 100 by the team of George Hernandez, Malachi Lewis, Josh Harrison and Jerell Thomas. The same combination of runners also catapulted Rio Mesa to a first-place finish in the sprint medley med·ley n. pl. med·leys 1. An often jumbled assortment; a mixture: "That night he dreamed he was traveling in a foreign country, only it seemed to be a medley of all the countries he'd ever been to and with a time of 1:35.7. The top individual performance from the boys came from North Hollywood senior Kevin Lashley, who led the Huskies to victories in the long jump (63-8 1/2), high jump (18-2), and 4 x 400 (3:33.8). Lashley, whose mark of 47-9 in the triple jump is tops in the area this season, long jumped 21-2 1/2, high jumped 6-6, and ran the third leg of the 4x400. ``Competing in a relay format gave me some extra drive today because you're jumping for the team and not just yourself,'' said Lashley, who also cleared 44 feet in the triple jump. ``But competing in four events in the same day really affects the body. I'm tired.'' The North Hollywood boys, ranked No. 8 by the Daily News, finished 20 points behind Rio Mesa and for second, while the Lowell girls placed second despite finishing 53 points behind the Spartans. Kevin Connelly (818) 713-3607 kevin.connelly(at)dailynews.com |
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