TRACK NOTEBOOK: INVITATIONAL IS HER STARTING BLOCK FELIX ON QUEST FOR NATIONAL 200 MARK.Byline: Matthew Matthew one of the twelve disciples. [N.T.: Matthew] See : Evangelism Kredell Staff Writer All eyes will be on 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 of L.A. Baptist Baptist Member of a group of Protestant Christians who hold that only adult believers should be baptized and that it must be done by immersion. During the 17th century two groups of Baptists emerged in England: General Baptists, who held that Christ's atonement applied to of North Hills when she steps into the blocks to start the 200-meter dash today in the Arcadia Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . This is Felix's first major outdoor meet in her quest to break Marion Jones' national high school record in the event. Jones' Arcadia record of 22.87 seconds could be the first to fall since Felix ran 23.08 to win last year and went on to win the state title in 22.83. Felix is only one of many elite athletes elite athlete Sports medicine An athlete with potential for competing in the Olympics or as a professional athlete; EAs are at ↑ risk for injuries, given the amount of training, for psychological abuse by coaches and parents, and self abuse. scheduled to take part in the meet, which has produced 79 U.S. Olympians. Nineteen national records have been set in the meet, with open events scheduled during the day and invitational, or elite, races in the evening, when conditions are optimum for fast times. --Sister act: Magda and Ola Besser have long talked about finishing first and second in a track meet. That it actually has happened is less surprising than the fact they go to different schools. Ola, a senior at Alemany of Mission Hills, won the long jump a spot ahead of Magda, a freshman at Chaminade of West Hills. Ola also won the high jump, and her 400-relay team beat Magda's squad. However, Magda won the 100 and her team won the meet 66-60. ``We both wanted our teams to win, but I think we secretly we're both rooting for each other to do well individually,'' Ola said. ``We were both really excited for the meet. We kept talking about it and about how well we thought we were going to do.'' The sisters both attended Chaminade Middle School, but Ola decided to go to Alemany while Magda, when her turn came, opted to remain with her friends. They compete in track to maintain conditioning for their principal passion, soccer. Magda's team also beat Ola in soccer this season. ``I don't want to beat her at anything because I feel bad,'' Magda said. ``But it's fun to face each other because usually she doesn't get to see me play. It felt good to have my sister there rooting for me even though we're not on the same team.'' --Joining elite: Last season, Monroe of North Hills' Manuel Ruiz Manuel Ruiz Pérez (born December 3, 1962 in Jerez de la Frontera) is a Spanish football coach and former player. During his football career, he played for several clubs including his childhood club Xerez CD, UD Melilla and Sanluqueño. easily was the best distance runner distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. in the City Section but could not compete with the top 3,200 runners in the state. He won the City title with a time of 9:25 when the best run around nine minutes flat. However, Ruiz showed this season in the Pasadena Games he is ready to challenge the elite. He led for the first six laps and finished with a personal best of 9:05. ``That's what I am going to try to see,'' Ruiz said. ``I want to see if I can stay with (the elite). I think I need to work a little bit harder, but I believe I am able to compete with them.'' ARCADIA INVITATIONAL When: Today; open events, 11 a.m.; invitational events, 4 p.m. Where: Arcadia High What: First highly competitive meet of the outdoor track season Ones to watch: (Invitational) Allyson Felix, L.A. Baptist, 100 and 200; Katie Gose, La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. , 3,200; Eghosa Isa, 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 , 100 H; Alysia Johnson, Canyon, 800; Justin Johnson, Rio Mesa, 110 H and HJ; Mike Pratt, Taft, 400; Paul Pratt, Taft, 400; Phillip Reid, Rio Mesa, 1,600; Abraham Williams, Littlerock, TJ CAPTION(S): box Box: ARCADIA INVITATIONAL (see text) |
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