TRACK NOTEBOOK: COACH: MOSLEY GAVE UP CHANCE.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Shaquina Mosley, one of the few Antelope Valley-area athletes with the chance to advance to the state finals in track and field, had a chance to return to the team for the Golden League finals. All she had to do was ask, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 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 coaches. Mosley reportedly asked to leave early from practice a few weeks ago. But assistant coach Rob Hucke didn't know she had made the request. Mosley was leaving when Hucke called to her. According to Hucke, she turned and looked but continued walking. Hucke went to the weight room after practice and found Mosley there waiting for her ride. Hucke said he questioned why it was so urgent to leave if she was still around, causing Mosley to blow up at him. Mosley was kicked off the team for her outburst. ``She just flipped Flipped (2002) is a young adult novel by Wendelin Van Draanen. It is a stand-alone teen romance in a he-said she-said style with the two protagonists alternately presenting their perspective on a shared set of events. out and called me a liar like five times,'' Hucke said. ``She stepped up on me. I'm disappointed because coach (Kristen) Connell had brought her along so nicely, kept her head in and kept her 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 . At times, she worked harder than anyone we had.'' Mosley, a standout on the basketball team, had started track seasons in the past but never finished. Her natural talent was immediately apparent, especially in the triple jump. In fact, it was track and not basketball that got her noticed by the college she will attend in the fall. At a meet in Arizona, she impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: the Central Arizona track coach. The track coach told the basketball coach about her and she was later signed to a basketball scholarship. Mosley apologized to Hucke two weeks after the incident but did not ask to return to the team. ``She just had to apologize a·pol·o·gize intr.v. a·pol·o·gized, a·pol·o·giz·ing, a·pol·o·giz·es 1. To make excuse for or regretful acknowledgment of a fault or offense. 2. To make a formal defense or justification in speech or writing. and ask to come back,'' Connell said. ``But I think there were just some other things she wanted to do. I thought she would come back, but I thought wrong. She didn't.'' --Walker out: For the second consecutive year, Johnny Walker missed the Golden League track and field finals to end a promising season. The Antelope Valley athlete pulled a hamstring hamstring /ham·string/ (ham´string) one of the tendons bounding the popliteal space laterally and medially. inner hamstring the tendons of gracilis, sartorius, and two other muscles of the leg. in practice Monday, making him unable to compete in the triple jump Tuesday. He had four days to recuperate re·cu·per·ate v. To return to health or strength; recover. before the hurdles races Friday. Walker was undefeated and the league favorite, but he decided it wasn't worth risking further injury because of his football potential. Walker has a scholarship to Colorado State. Walker showed up as the team was preparing to board the bus Friday, leaving coaches to think he would participate. But he said he already had decided not to run, and was there to support his teammates. In any event, Walker did not attend the meet as he got a phone call from his mother and notified coaches that she needed his assistance. ``I don't want to go to Colorado State with a bunch of minor injuries,'' Walker said. ``I want to go there healthy so I made the decision, which I thought was right, which was not to run.'' Walker missed the league prelims last year to attend his cousin's college graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. in Utah. He admits that track isn't a priority. ``I care but it doesn't disappoint dis·ap·point v. dis·ap·point·ed, dis·ap·point·ing, dis·ap·points v.tr. 1. To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of. 2. me because football is my sport,'' Walker said. ``I just run track to stay in shape and have fun. It's not really a big deal that I won't get to advance.'' SOUTHERN SECTION PRELIMS Division I Saturday, Noon, at Long Beach City College Teams: Highland, Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Lancaster, Littlerock Division II Friday, 3:30 p.m., 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. Team: Antelope Valley CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Antelope Valley's Johnny Walker missed the Golden League track and field finals after pulling a hamstring in practice Monday, making him unable to compete in the triple jump Tuesday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: SOUTHERN SECTION PRELIMS (see text) |
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