TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK: GOLDEN MEET PROVIDES SURPRISES.Byline: Gerry Ger·ry , Elbridge 1744-1814. American politician. A signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and a delegate to the Continental Congress (1787), he served as governor of Massachusetts (1810-1811) and as Vice President of the United States Gittelson Staff Writer It was a track meet full of surprises. Unfortunately, none of them were good. Many of the athletes expected to have big days at the Golden League high school track and field championships faltered Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant at Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill High. The biggest shock was Littlerock's Marcus Raines finishing third in the 300-meter hurdles, his first league loss in his three-year career. The performance barely qualified him for Friday's Southern Section Division I prelims, which are at 3 p.m. at Long Beach City College. The top three finishers from each event qualify. ``I was sick the day before, and I just maxed out,'' Raines said. ``My chest got tight. I wasn't really 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. - my body just gave out on me. I kind of expected it to happen, sick as I was. To me, it's no big deal. Track goes that way sometimes. But I still qualified. I'll be better next week.'' Raines, whose time of 40.0 seconds was well behind winner Justin Wyatt Justin Wyatt (born January 27, 1984) is an american football cornerback who was expected to be drafted in the 2006 NFL Draft but went undrafted. Professional Career The National Football League Arizona Cardinals picked him up as a free agent. (38.4) and Anton Porter (39.0) of Highland, was healthy enough to win the 110 hurdles in 14.2, almost a full second ahead of the nearest competitor. Littlerock's Rodney Woods, Highland's Seth Amoo and Quartz Hill's Kellie Cox also disappointed. Woods, who won the league title in the triple jump and long jump four days earlier, was favored slightly in the 100 meters, an event that figured to be the most exciting of the afternoon because so many had a legitimate shot. But Woods finished fourth, three-tenths of a second behind winner Travis Morse of Palmdale, the league's defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre . Strangely, Woods said he purposely pur·pose·ly adv. With specific purpose. purposely Adverb on purpose USAGE: See at purposeful. Adv. 1. lost. ``I didn't even try because I didn't want to run the 100,'' he said. ``I could have beaten every one in that race except for maybe (Morse).'' At any rate, Woods can now focus on the jumping events. He's the top returning triple-jumper in the state (with a best of 47 feet, 10 inches last year and 47-9 this year), and he long-jumped 22-1 last week, which is good enough to beat most league champions. He believes he can qualify for the state finals in both events. His first order is to eclipse Lafayette Bailey's school record in the long jump (23-0, 1995). He also wants to triple jump ``at least 49 feet'' - a stretch considering he's never done 48. Amoo, a strong favorite in the 200, also figured to challenge in the 100 after winning his league prelim heat the week before. However, he didn't participate because of a thigh thigh (thi) femur; the portion of the leg above the knee. thigh n. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee. Also called femur. injury. ``We didn't make that decision until the day of the meet,'' coach Martin Prince said. ``Seth didn't like it, but the doctors thought it was best for him to lay out and rest it. He's got a limp LIMP - ["Messages in Typed Languages", J. Hunt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 14(1):27-45 (Jan 1979)]. , and we didn't want to chance it.'' Cox had never finished worse than second in the girls' 100 and 200 in any league meet, but on Friday she placed fifth in the 100 and sixth in the 200. ``That was not too good,'' she said. ``I was disappointed because I didn't expect to do that bad.'' Cox, whose first priority this spring is softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' , said it was difficult juggling her schedule. ``I only really trained for track twice all season,'' she said. ``I'm gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. run track next year, so maybe I'll be able to figure out a way to do both a little better. I tried to plan things out, but there just wasn't enough time.'' --And now the good news: Palmdale's Jerrick Holmes and Lancaster's Rosanna Kirkendall both won three events. Holmes won the 200 (22.6), 400 (48.9) and high jump (6-0). For the second consecutive season, Kirkendall captured the 800, 1,600 and 3,200. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Littlerock's Marcus Raines won the 110-meter hurdles and finished third in the 300 hurdles in the Golden League meet. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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