TRACK NOTEBOOK: THIS SPRINTER HAS LOFTY GOALS STATE MEET NEXT FOR LEOPOLD.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Danny Leopold doesn't seem like a guy just happy to be there, even though he is the first Highland athlete to make the state meet in four years. Leopold was actually disappointed with running a personal record 37.73 to finish fourth in the 300 hurdles at Masters and advance to the state prelims Friday. ``I had larger aspirations aspirations npl → aspiraciones fpl (= ambition); ambición f aspirations npl (= hopes, ambition) → aspirations fpl ,'' Leopold said. ``I wanted to get sub 37.5.'' Despite not reaching that goal, Leopold has already set another for this weekend, to break into 36 seconds. Leopold will benefit at the state meet from the 300 hurdles being a highly competitive event in the Southern Section. All nine runners at the Masters meet advanced to state by beating the state qualifying mark of 38.70. ``I started slow at Masters and a lot of people got a little too far ahead,'' Leopold said. ``I finished decent, but I need to start better.'' --Leaper: Andre Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] of 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 seems stuck after long jumping 23 feet the past two weeks to barely qualifying for the state prelims. Although he would like to beat the 23-8 1/2 of six weeks ago that is still sixth best in the state this year, just making the state meet is an accomplishment - and valuable experience - for a sophomore. ``I'm working hard in practice this week to get back to where I was,'' Crenshaw said. ``I've been working more on getting up high in the jump and my technique rather than the running. For me to get to the high 23s or maybe even 24 at the end of my sophomore year would be big for me.'' Crenshaw plans to take advantage of his first trip to Sacramento, bringing his mother and father along to see the state capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. . --Love starts slow: A week of working on getting out of the blocks more quickly paid no dividends for Kelvin kelvin, abbr. K, official name in the International System of Units (SI) for the degree of temperature as measured on the Kelvin temperature scale. A unit of measurement of temperature. Love last week. The Lancaster sprinter again suffered slow starts despite qualifying for the state prelims by finishing second at Masters in the 200 meters and fifth in the 100. ``I worked on it all week and it did no good,'' Love said. ``In my league, the start isn't that important because of my speed. But at this stage, everything has to be perfect. The start is what may break me.'' On the positive side, with Lionel Larry from Dominguez of Compton out because of a pulled 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. , the state favorite is Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Jones from Long Beach Poly. Love has confidence against Jones, who he beat earlier in the season. In the 200 meters at Masters, Love was making a move on Jones before stumbling stumbling an abnormal gait in which the animal does not fully extend the limb, the plantar surface is not properly placed with respect to the ground surface at the time of impact so that the limb is likely to collapse and the animal to fall. . Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com STATE MEET Where: Sacramento City College Sacramento City College (SCC) is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California, USA (). SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had enrollment of 21,729 for the Fall 2004 semester. . Prelims: Friday, Field events 2 p.m., Running events 5 p.m. Finals: Saturday, Field events 3 p.m., Running events 5 p.m. Who: Kurt Boehm, PV, Paraclete; Andre Crenshaw, LJ, Antelope Valley; Ali Erdman, HJ, Quartz Hill; Danny Leopold, 300H, Highland; Kelvin Love, 100 and 200, Lancaster. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Andre Crenshaw of Antelope Valley will make his first trip to Sacramento after qualifying for the state prelims, where he will compete in the long jump. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: STATE MEET (see text) |
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