12.31.06
Posted in Training, Mr. Noise Challenge, The Colonel, Lydiard at 2:30 pm by Administrator
what a nice day for a long run. today christopher and i went up to the circle k hills to run. it was super sunny and warm. plus you could see all the mountains.
i started running in the hills past highland back in 1979 and have been running in them ever since. of course, now a lot of the trails are fenced up or worse.
we run from the circle k on fairfax and hwy 178. i use to have a group of runners who meet there every sunday morning for years but that group fell apart. now it is just christopher.
today he ran about ten miles with some big hills thrown in. hopefully you did a long run too.
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Posted in Back in the Day, Runner of the Year at 11:04 am by Administrator
2006 California All-State Junior Boys Cross-Country Squad
three teams ten deep - listed alphabetically within those teams
Riley Sullivan (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS)
As a key “brother” part of Coach Liam Ryan’s State Division I Champion team this past November, Riley Sullivan helped lead his squad to the team win in Fresno with a 15:21 for seventh Division I. He put together a super local season in the Southern Section, with a 15:04 for fifth place in the very competitive Div I finals there. With three from Trabuco on the teams mentioned below we do not expect Riley or his squad to slow down much for 2007!!
The Group: A solid group from a number of good programs grace the rest of the junior level squad, with a great senior class leaving to open the gates for the next group of California stars! There are some big shoes to fill so it is hoped that the group below is interested in doing some serious work between now and next Fall’s harrier campaign.
(Teams are listed alphabetically)
First Team
Mohamed Abdalla (Willow Glen, San Jose-CCS)
Jeremy Acosta (Highland, Palmdale-SS)
Gambileg Bor (Jefferson, Daly City-CCS)
Scott Blair (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS)
Bret Hasvold (Fallbrook-SD)
German Fernandez (Riverbank-SJ)
Chris Romo (Woodcreek, Roseville-SJ)
Riley Sullivan (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS)
James Tracy (Del Campo, Fair Oaks-SJ)
Brett Walters (Sultana, Hesperia-SS)
Second Team
Jose Alcantar (Hueneme, Oxnard-SS)
Greg Drosky (Las Lomas, Walnut Creek-NCS)
Matt Duffy (St. Mary’s, Berkeley-NCS)
Diego Estrada (Alisal, Salinas-CCS)
Talal Khan (Valencia, Placentia-SS)
Alex Routh (Royal, Simi Valley-SS)
Alberto Solis (Big Bear-SS)
Javier Sanchez (Madera-CE)
Brad Surh (Carlmont, Belmont-CCS)
Aric Van Halen (Oakwood, North Hollywood-SS)
Third Team
Tyler Alvarez (Dana Hills, Dana Point-SS)
Mike Barnes (Ventura-SS)
Alex Bryant (Ventura-SS)
Kenny Durell (Davis-SJ)
James Hendra (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS)
Scott Landry (Santa Cruz-CCS)
Walter Mayeda (Aptos-CCS)
Jeremy Riley (San Luis Obispo-SS)
Anthony Solis (Barstow-SS)
Jared Threw (Vista-SD)
Choices for these teams were made with preferences to late-season championship efforts, with some listed above not participating in the state meet competition while performing super at their grade level along the way.
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12.30.06
Posted in Running 101 at 7:16 pm by Administrator
The 10 Best Moments for U.S. Distance Running in 2006
By Ryan Lamppa, Running USA wire
December 28, 2006
As 2006 closes, it is time to recognize and celebrate the “Best Moments” in U.S. distance running, and this year, there were plenty of exciting and historic individual and collective moments (and some disappointments). 2005 was a good year for the sport and 2006 was even better as the Top 10 moments below attest.
#10
U.S. Women Strike First Ever U.S. Gold at World Mountain Running Trophy
In Bursa, Turkey last September, the Teva U.S. Women’s Mountain Running Team won this country’s first gold medal in the 22-year history of the World Mountain Running Trophy. With 35 points, Team USA turned back challenges from the Czech Republic and Italy, 37 and 39 points respectively. First-time team members Nicole Hunt (9th) and Rachael Dobbs (10th) and Chris Lundy (16th) led the U.S. history-making contingent.
#9
Kastor’s Four U.S. Records at Berlin
At the Vattenfall Berlin Half-Marathon on April 2, Deena Kastor finished second in 1:07:34 to Edith Masai’s 1:07:16 and in the process, the Team Running USA athlete broke her U.S. record by 19 seconds. Additionally en route, the two-time Olympian set three more U.S. road records: 12K in 38:24, 10 miles in 51:31 and 20K in 64:07.
#8
Jurek Wins Spartathlon Ultra in Greece
At the end of September, Scott Jurek, 7-time winner of the Western States 100 Mile Mountain Race and two-time winner of the Badwater 136 mile race from Death Valley to the base of Mt. Whitney, became the first American man ever to win the Spartathlon Ultra from Athens to Sparta, a 245.3 kilometer trek or a bit over 150 miles. His time of 22 hours, 52 minutes, 18 seconds is now #2 behind only ultra great Yiannis Kouros on the all-time course performance list.
#7
Goucher 6th at World Cross
In the final edition of the World Cross Country 4K Championship, Adam Goucher worked his way thru the stellar short course field to finish 6th in Fukuoka, Japan last April. Goucher’s finish was the highest U.S. Senior men’s placing since Pat Porter took the same place in the 1986 long course (12K) race.
#6
U.S. Men’s Performances at The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
Led by personal records from Abdi Abdirahman (2:08:56, 4th) and Brian Sell (2:10:47, 6th), at Chicago last October, U.S. men had their best sub-2:20 marathon mass finish (20) - excluding the Olympic Marathon Trials - in 15 years. Abdirahman, a two-time Olympian, became the fifth U.S. man under 2:09, while the Sell-fronted Hansons-Brooks Distance Project had 6 members under 2:16.
#5
Tegenkamp’s 13:04.90 5000 Meters in Europe
Matt Tegenkamp, 24, served notice that he is part of the American distance running resurgence with his stellar 2006 track season. At Stockholm on July 25, the Wisconsin grad became the fourth fastest American at 5000 meters with his 13:04.90 (only Olympians Bob Kennedy, Bernard Lagat and Sydney Maree are faster). He also set PRs this year at 1500m (3:35.96), 1 mile (3:56.38), 2 miles (8:16.50) and 3000m (7:34.98).
#4
U.S. Men 3-4-5 at Venerable Boston
Led by 2004 Olympic Marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi, U.S. men made a statement at the 110th Boston Marathon in April. In his Boston debut, Keflezighi, a Team Running USA athlete, went for the win and placed third in 2:09:56, followed by Brian Sell (2:10:55, PR) and Alan Culpepper (2:11:02). In addition, Peter Gilmore (2:12:45, PR) and Clint Verran (2:14:12, PR) also finished in the top 10, 7th and 10th respectively. The U.S. also put 11 men in the top 20 - its best Boston showing in the prize money era (first year 1986) and its best showing overall since 1983.
#3
New York City and Boston to Host 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials America’s two flagship marathons - ING New York City and BAA Boston - were selected by USA Track & Field to host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
Both events - New York (men) and Boston (women) - will be run on multi-loop courses in the heart of each city with $250,000 in prize money and trips to Beijing on the line. The men’s Trials will be Saturday, November 3, 2007 - the day before the 38th ING New York City Marathon and the women’s Trials Sunday, April 20, 2008 - the day before the 112th BAA Boston Marathon. Mark your calendars.
#2
Lincoln Breaks Long-Standing U.S. Steeplechase Record In a fine display of running, 2004 Olympian Daniel Lincoln broke the U.S. 3000 meter steeplechase record with his 8:08.82 on July 14 in Rome (the med student at Arkansas was 5th overall). In the 1990s, Mark Croghan took numerous shots at Henry Marsh’s mark (8:09.17 from August 1985) and just missed, but Lincoln, the doctor-to-be, had the right prescription.
#1
Deena Does It! Sub-2:20 Win at London
On April 23, Kastor impressively won the Flora London Marathon in a sterling 2:19:36, which broke her 2003 U.S. record (2:21:16) and made the 2004 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist the 4th fastest woman all-time and the 8th woman to break 2:20 (and first American woman). The Team Running USA athlete maintained a metronomic 5:20 pace throughout and split each half in 1:09:48. Brava, Deena.
Honorable mention:
Khalid Khannouchi’s 2:07:04 at London; Abdirahman’s 1:01:07 half-marathon (#2 U.S.) at Philadelphia and his 27:22.81 10,000m (#3 U.S) at Hengelo; Dathan Ritzenhein’s 1:01:25 half-marathon at the Great North Run; Ryan Hall’s U.S. 20K record (57:54) at the World Road Running Championships in Hungary; Jen Rhine’s 14:55.18 (#3 U.S.) at Van Damme 5000m; Kara Goucher’s 31:17.12 10,000m (#3 U.S.) at Helsinki; Webb (debut), Ritzenhein and Famiglietti (debut) sub-27:40 10,000m at Stanford; U.S. men’s repeat bronze medal at Chiba Ekiden road relay; Sara Slattery’s win at BolderBOULDER 10K and Ian Dobson’s Manchester Road Race victory.
Since the “dark age” of 2000, U.S. distance running has made great strides - from the 2004 Olympic medals by Keflezighi and Kastor to the achievements above. The credit for this improvement mainly goes to the dedicated athletes and coaches as well as the training groups such as Team Running USA, Team USA Minnesota, Hansons-Brooks Distance Project and Nike Oregon Project and those entities - New York Road Runners, Chevron Houston Marathon, Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, Atlanta Track Club, Town of Mammoth Lakes, Running USA and others - who directly support them.
This country does not yet have the relative distance depth of the 1980s, but the current crop of U.S. athletes is also competing against a deeper world scene, particularly with distance powers Kenya and Ethiopia, compared to the 70s and 80s, and moreover, this American distance running resurgence continues to raise the bar and to motivate and push the athletes to new heights. More success lies ahead, particularly if more funding and resources are secured.
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Posted in Back in the Day, Athletes at 5:51 pm by Administrator
Foot Locker Retrospective
by Ceci Hopp St. Geme
1980 Foot Locker champion Ceci St. Geme is the mother of Anne and Christine St. Geme, who run on this year’s Corona del Mar CA team which won the California D3 state championship and was ranked US#1. Anne is a runner in this year’s Foot Locker finals.
A Connecticut girl showed the California girls her pushup routine and then became a California girl herself
“I am having the time of my life sharing my love of running with these young ladies, and hope they continue to dream big dreams. I still do.”
“I have had the most success when running has fit into my life, not when my life has revolved around running. Balance is key in everything you do.”
For the past three years I have driven our daughters Anne and Christine, as well as some of their teammates, down to Balboa Park from our home in Newport Beach to watch the Footlocker Cross Country Championships. I did this with the hope that they could learn something for their own local racing as well as be inspired to dream and work to reach the elite level of high school running. I wanted them to see that these athletes were just regular high school kids who put their spikes on the same way as they did, ran strides like they did, and were really tired at the end of their races too.
Well, I guess it worked because Anne and Christine are now members of the Corona del Mar Cross Country team coached by the amazing Bill Sumner, which is now one of the top cross country teams in the United States. Experts are saying CDM could possibly be one of the best teams of all time, breaking both the Woodward Park and Mount SAC team course records this season.
As I watch Annie prepare for the Nike Team Nationals with the hopes of qualifying for Footlocker, so many memories flood back to me from 1980. I was a senior at Greenwich High School coming off of stress fractures my junior year, and very hungry to run fast. I was a big fish in a small Connecticut pond, but had the goal of winning the national championship from the beginning of the season. I always dreamed big.
After winning the Connecticut State Cross Country Championships, then sliding down a snowy hillside on my rear end in Maine to win the TAC/AAU regionals, my high school coach Bill Mongovan encouraged me to run in the new Kinney Cross Country Regionals in Van Cortlandt Park (where I had watched my dad play his New York Rugby Club rugby matches). I was always a frontrunner, and ended up running away from Lynn Strauss of Pennsylvania.
Lynn and I became fast friends and lead the Eastern girls to sunny California with hopes of running fast and getting a sun tan. My roommate at the beautiful Hotel del Coronado was freshman Christa Curtin from New Jersey, future Footlocker Champion and my future teammate at Stanford University. The California girls were very intimidating to us - they had to have an advantage training in summer conditions year round, and beautiful, long legged Vicki Cook was the race favorite.
One memory I have told the CDM girls is of my pre-race push-up routine that I used to do on the starting line of my big races. After slipping at the start, I sprinted to the front and once again ran away from the field to win the Footlocker (Kinney) Cross Country Championships in 17:15 - Lynn was second and Vicki third. Vicki came up to me after the race and told me she thought I was crazy doing push ups right before the race, but now understood why.
After the race, we quickly changed into our bathing suits and hit the beach to tan- we didn’t care that it was partly cloudy and 60 degrees - it was balmy to us! I was very disappointed when a Kinney spokesperson came looking for me on the beach and I had to go in to meet with the press.
The Footlocker Cross Country Championships changed my life - I met the great Brooks Johnson after the race who convinced me to go to Stanford, bringing me to the West Coast where I eventually met my husband of 20 years, Ed St. Geme. How I love California!
It brought tears to my eyes as I watched my daughters and their teammates drop down together for twenty at the start of the Clovis Invitational in October. I am having the time of my life sharing my love of running with these young ladies, and hope they continue to dream big dreams. I still do.
Some last words of wisdom from someone who has enjoyed running as a lifelong sport and has won nationals on the high school, college, open, and now masters level: I have had the most success when running has fit into my life, not when my life has revolved around running. Balance is key in everything you do.
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Posted in Training, Road Races, BHS, High School, Upcoming, The Colonel, Lydiard at 3:25 pm by Administrator
well today christopher did a solo time trial. we wanted to run on a track but i believe they are all locked up. so we ran to yokuts park instead.
if you run the small loop it is 0.8 miles and one bench to the other is 0.2 miles. there is some grass and a slight hill but it a pretty good time trail course (hopefully yokuts will be bhs’s home course next year).
well he ran a solo 5:46 mile, off of zero speed work. he has been following the Lydiard Program only. sure 5:46 isnt going to win any races but it is a start. this summer he barely broke 8 minutes the first couple times he did the distance.
i really think he has a shot at breaking 5 minutes in the mile this year if we follow da plan.
christopher’s next race is the fog run 10 km where i hope he can run sub seven minute pace. a 5:46 mile predicts out to a 41:14 10 km.
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Posted in Yada Yada, History at 12:22 pm by Administrator
Israeli soldiers fire artillery into Lebanon in support of ground operations hours before the Cabinet in Jerusalem voted to accept the United Nations resolution outlining a cease-fire.
(Damon Winter / LAT)
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Posted in Yada Yada, Sports at 12:20 pm by Administrator
A bodyboarder goes airborne Tuesday at the Wedge in Newport Beach, where surfers rode waves that reached as high as 20 feet. Other south-facing beaches in the area saw waves up to 12 feet.
(Allen J. Schaben / LAT)
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Posted in Profiles, Athletes, The Colonel, Drillers at 7:40 am by Administrator
from my family to your family!
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Posted in Track Meets, Upcoming at 7:37 am by Administrator
cant wait for the season to start!
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Posted in Yada Yada, Photos at 7:36 am by Administrator
michael, christopher and nicholas.
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Posted in Yada Yada, Sports, Drillers at 7:32 am by Administrator
once a driller, always a driller!
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Posted in Track Meets, Upcoming at 7:25 am by Administrator
because she is better to look at then saddam
St. Geme’s mom, Ceci, who won here in 1980 (she was then known as Ceci Hopp) and went on to have a successful professional career, talks to her daughter before the race.
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Posted in Yada Yada, Politics, History, Religion at 7:23 am by Administrator
Hussein executed — and Iraq braces
The deposed tyrant declines to wear a hood and shows no remorse in the death chamber. Violent reprisals by Sunnis are expected.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Solomon Moore
Times Staff Writers
December 30, 2006
BAGHDAD — A defiant Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn today in a secret concrete death chamber here as the Muslim call to prayer echoed over the capital.
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12.29.06
Posted in Yada Yada, Friends, Giveaways at 9:35 pm by Administrator
be the first to name this movie and i will give you a cd of your choice from gigantic vintage.
leave your answer in the comment section. if you are right, you get a free cd from gigantic vintage!
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Posted in Yada Yada, Music at 9:18 pm by Administrator
In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected
and steppin’ out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It’s a death trap, it’s a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we’re young
‘Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs ’round these velvet rims
and strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We’ll run till we drop, baby we’ll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
‘Cause baby I’m just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
girl I want to know if love is real
Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss
The highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody’s out on the run tonight
but there’s no place left to hide
Together Wendy we’ll live with the sadness
I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don’t know when
we’re gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we’ll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run
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Posted in Invitationals, Profiles, Athletes, Info, The Colonel, Drillers at 8:26 pm by Administrator
christopher finishing at laguna hills 2006
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Posted in Invitationals, Back in the Day, Mr. Noise at 8:23 pm by Administrator
christopher’s aunt and dad (aka mr. noise) waiting for him to finish at the laguna hills race.
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Posted in Profiles, Athletes at 4:06 pm by Administrator
Runner Hall won national race
T.J. Berka, Staff Writer
Inside SOCAL
Article Launched:12/29/2006 12:36:20 AM PST
There is an old adage that states there is no such thing as being perfect. After his 2006 season, Big Bear senior cross country runner Chad Hall might beg to differ.
Things were ideal for Hall, The Sun’s 2006 Athlete of the Year, as the senior won his first CIF cross country state championship at Fresno in November - helping lead the Bears to the Division IV state championship in the process - and won the Foot Locker National Championship at Balboa Park in San Diego in December.
Quite frankly, Chad Hall’s father Mickey - the head cross country coach at Big Bear - couldn’t have envisioned a better scenario for his son.
“Everything went as planned this year,” Mickey Hall said. “It seems like everything that we tried to do this year succeeded. Rarely do you plan a course of action and everything goes exactly the way you want it to. It just happened to go that way this year.”
It was a ride that started when Chad set the course record at Woodbridge in Irvine in September by running the course in 14 minutes flat.
It ended just three weeks ago at Balboa Park, as Chad outraced Steven Murdock of Clifton Park, N.Y., to claim the national crown.
It’s been a heck of a ride for Chad, who is starting to comprehend how good his year really was.
“I just really went back and started thinking about it,” Chad said. “It was definitely the coolest thing that I’ve been through. There was so much hard work involved that it feels good to have all this happen.
“I really wanted to win state because I hadn’t won it before and I felt that if I ran my best I’d have a shot to do well at nationals.
“But to win both races is just an awesome feeling.”
Chad’s success this year came from a modified training regimen.
Before the season, Chad and Mickey consulted with Chad’s older brother Ryan, a former Big Bear standout and the 5,000-meter national champion at Stanford in 2005.
Instead of training at a specific mileage, as Chad had done in the past, Mickey, at Ryan’s prodding, had Chad run for a specific amount of time per day instead.
That switch in philosophy allowed Chad to maximize his mileage when he felt good and prevented him from pressing, and tiring out, on days where he wasn’t at his best.
“I felt fresher throughout the year,” Chad said. “I had never finished a year very well and maybe it was because I was tired. But I felt good this year and I think it really showed.”
Chad felt so good that he might have had one regret, albeit minor, during his dream year. That regret came at the CIF state championship meet at Woodward Park in Fresno, as Chad had a decision to make go all out to clinch his first-ever state championship or hang back and exert his full energy at nationals.
Turns out that Chad didn’t need to go all out, as he ran the three-mile course in 15:06, pulling away from the pack and taking the state title without much wear and tear.
With the national victory coming a few weeks later, Chad and Mickey play devil’s advocate every so often, even if it’s for a split second.
“With the way Chad ran at state when he was holding back, I’m wondering how well he would have done if we had just pushed him a little harder,” Mickey said. “If there’s anything we did slightly wrong, it was that. But it’s hard to really be that disappointed with it because we accomplished what we set out to accomplish.”
With the races, championships and competitors bested now behind him, Chad now is going full-throttle toward finding a college destination.
The first month of 2007 will be a crazy one for Chad, who will going on a national college tour. He is going to Liberty Christian in Virginia in two weeks and has visits to Oregon, Michigan and Wisconsin on the docket during the next month.
“It will be pretty crazy,” Chad said. “I’m just looking for a place that will be comfortable and that has a great coach and a great group of guys, just like I did here at Big Bear.”
When Hall looks back, he’ll remember the Big Bear group that he won a state championship with. And he thinks that Big Bear’s run of state titles might just be beginning.
“I think they will only get better,” Chad said. “We have a lot of good young guys who are just going to be better. I think this was just the start.”
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Posted in College, Signings at 8:33 am by Administrator
ALPHABETICALLY, BY ATHLETE LAST NAME
Anderson, Romesha (Stockdale, Bakersfield-CE) sprints to Southern Mississippi
Anthony, Tori (Castilleja-CCS) pole vault to UCLA
Baird, Christopher (Agoura-SS) distances to Pennsylvania
Barthel, Natasha (St. Francis, Mountain View-CCS) pole vault to Stanford
Barton, Chris (Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks-SS) sprints to Iowa
Blausey, David (Canyon, Anaheim-SS) distances to San Jose State
Buscho, David (San Rafael-NCS) distances to UC Davis
Campfield, Lauren (Great Oak-SS) mid-distances/xc to Dartmouth College
Cattern, Chris (Chino Hills-SS) distances to Cal State Fullerton
Cocco, Sarah (Fairview, Colorado) mid-distances to USC
Consiglio, Stephanie (El Camino, Oceanside-SD) distances to Chico State
Cummings, Sarah (Corona del Mar, Newport Beach-SS) distances to Princeton
Cybulski, Michael (Royal, Simi Valley-SS) distances to UCLA
DeGlymes, Christian (Del Oro, Loomis-SJ) distances to Cal State Long Beach
Dennis, Carmen (South Plains JC & Sheldon HS-SJS) sprints to Southern Mississippi
Dixon, Kayla (Cleveland, Reseda) sprints to UC Berkeley
Doebel-Hickok, Kristabel (Palisades, Pacific Palisades-LA) distances to Vanderbilt
Doering, Brad (Yuba City-SJ) distances to University of Nebraska
Dugall, Stella (Mt. Pleasant, San Jose-CCS) triple jump to Cal State Northridge
Eaton, Joy (St. Lucy’s Priory, Glendora-SS) sprints to UCLA
Eiremo, Jenni (El Camino-SJS) to Iona College
Erdmann, Tara (Flowing Wells, Tucson, Az) distances to Loyola Marymount
Fraser, Hilary (El Toro, Lake Forest-SS) throws to Colorado State
Fuller, Jake (West Valley, Cottonwood-NO) weights to UC Davis
Garrett, Cherrelle (Mt. Eden-NCS) sprints to UC Berkeley
Gonzales, Grace (Ayala, Chino Hills-SS) distances to Cal State Fullerton
Graham, Irene (Gunn, Palo Alto-CCS) distances to Humboldt State
Griffith, Erin (Capistrano Valley, San Juan Capistrano) distances to Cal State Fullerton
Guerrieri, Lauren (Davis) throws to University of Southern California
Gutierrez, Nevin (JW North, Riverside-SS) sprints to UCLA
Hill, Dayna (Edison, Fresno-CE) sprints/long jump/triple jump
Holden LaTisha (Barstow-SS) hurdles to Arizona
Hudson, Dantia (Skyline, Oakland-OAL) sprints/hurdles/jumps to UC Berkeley
Huxtable, Hayley (Scotts Valley-CCS) sprints to UC Berkeley
Imhof, Andrea (University-NCS) xc/mid-distances to Dartmouth
Jackson, Dominique (Fairfield-SJS) distances to University of North Carolina
Kirkpatrick, Daniel (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS) high jump to UCLA
Knorr, Robbie (Valley Christian, Dublin-CCS) distances to Baylor
Kosinski, Alex (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills-SJS) distances to Oregon
Kraychir, Trevor (Twentynine Palms-SS) weights to Boise State
Lawrence, Haley (Aliso Niguel-SS) mid-distances to Northern Arizona
Lee, Amanda (Newbury Park - SS) hurdles/high jump/heptathlon to UCSB
Liehr, Whitney (Palos Verdes-SS) multis to Stanford
Mackay, Jeff (Chino Hills-SS) distances to Cal State Fullerton
May, Hilary (Corona del Mar, Newport Beach) mid-distances to Harvard University
Menzies, Ashley (Beverly Hills-SS) long sprints to Stanford University
Morikawa, Kent (Torrance-SS) distances to UCLA
Murakami, Shannon (Saugus-SS) distances to UCLA
Nellum, Bryshon (Poly, Long Beach-SS) sprints to University of Southern California
Peabody, Andy (College Park, Pleasant Hill-NCS) distances to UC Davis
Peterson, Jonathan (Clovis-CE) distances to UC Davis
Pierce, Kaneesha (Oakland Tech-OAL) mid-distances to Grambling
Prentice, Terry (Diamond Ranch, Pomona-SS) hurdles/jumps to USC
Primm, Cory (Westlake, Westlake Village-SS) mid-distances to UCLA
Reilly, Cheslea (Davis-SJS) distances to UC Berkeley
Richardson, Ke’Nyia (Holy Names, Oakland-OAL) jumps/hurdles to UCLA
Robinson, Renisha (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose-CCS) mid-distances to Sacramento State
Roche, Casey (St. Francis, Mountain View-CCS) pole vault to Stanford
Rojas, Tiffany (Canyon Springs-SS) distances to UC Riverside
Ross, Amanda (Christian, El Cajon) sprints to Azusa Pacific
Russell, Brooke (Hart, Newhall-SS) distances to Princeton
Sanzari, Kristen (Maria Carrillo, Santa Rosa-NCS) distances to Cal Poly SLO
Saylor, Lauren (Buchanan, Clovis-CE) distances to Washington
Solis, Jesus (Allan Hancock JC) distances to Humboldt State
Stark, Aubree (Oak Park-SS) pole vault to UCLA
Stokke, Allison (Newport Harbor, Newport Beach-SS) pole vault to UC Berkeley
Sullivan, Andy (Rancho Bernardo-SD) pole pault to Cal State Fullerton
Tarmoh, Jeneba (Mt. Pleasant, San Jose-CCS) sprints to Tennessee
Turner, Jacqueline (Lutheran, Orange-SS) distances to San Jose State
Ward, Jason (South, Bakersfield-CE) sprints to UCLA
Watchempino, Evan (Jesuit, Carmichael-SJS) distances to UCLA
Wilson, Miranda (Bishop O’Dowd, Oakland-NCS) weights to Miami, Fl
Worsham, Lisa (Monta Vista, Cupertino-NCS) distances to San Jose State
Youngblood, Jamesha (Hercules-NCS) sprints/hurdles/jumps to Oregon
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Posted in Yada Yada, Friends at 8:25 am by Administrator
Businessman leaves $510,000 to charities
BY RYAN SCHUSTER, Californian staff writer
e-mail: rschuster@bakersfield.com | Tuesday, Dec 26 2006 8:35 PM
Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec 26 2006 8:39 PM
Even after his death, longtime Bakersfield businessman James Saba is still giving back to the community.
Saba, who died in May at the age of 77 of pancreatic cancer, left four local charities $510,000.
The gifts were announced Tuesday at a press conference at Saba’s, his family’s menswear shop on Baker Street.
The Police Activities League received $250,000, Community Connection for Child Care was given $125,000 and Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault each received $67,500.
“He really emphasized that people shop locally and that money should stay local,” said Saba’s son, Steve. “This is definitely in keeping with what he wanted.”
Steve Saba said his father told the family before passing away that he wanted to donate a portion of his estate to local organizations that help families and children.
Steve Saba said the family decided which charities would receive donations.
The family shop has been in business for about 90 years and has been in its current location since 1934.
Bakersfield Police Chief Bill Rector remembers buying his first police uniform at Saba’s in 1982.
Rector said the donation to the activities league “gives us the ability to put some money away for the future. Not many nonprofits are able to do that. This will help sustain PAL’s operations for years to come.”
Steve Sanders, a division administrator for the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, which runs Community Connection for Child Care, said the donation will help fund a foundation to provide training for child care providers.
“We’ve always had a lot of projects we wanted to do,” Sanders said. “This will help with that.”
Colleen McGauley, executive director of CASA, said the donation will help pay for adding a supervisor to look after an additional 30 volunteers.
“Basically another 100 children are going to get court-appointed advocates,” she said.
McGauley also said the money will help fund an endowment “so there will always be advocates for abused kids in our county.”
Louis Gill, executive director of Bethany Services, which runs the Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault and the Bakersfield Homeless Center, said the donation to the alliance helped pay for repairing a leaky roof and will fund other capital improvements.
“It’s just wonderful when you see longstanding members of the community giving back,” Gill said. “This is a generous man giving one final big gift to the community.”
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Andrew Edquist - Cross Country Athlete Profile
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McFarland boys capture 16th straight title; Shafter girls win
BY JEFF EVANS , Californian staff writer
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Chris Schwartz - Track and Field Athlete Profile
2006 Outdoor Season - Freshman
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 5:15 pm by Administrator
Event 26 Men 800 Meter Run
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Luke Keny Graceland 1:58.74 10
2 Dustin Waite Cornell College 2:00.48 8
3 Karim Martin Graceland 2:00.74 6
4 Reid Leichty Simpson 2:01.67 5
5 Heath Brown Graceland 2:02.94 4
6 Zach Bales-Henry North Iowa Area 2:03.34 3
7 Andy Phillips Coe 2:05.12 2
8 Robby Marvin Coe 2:05.29 1
9 Casey Gray Graceland 2:05.60
10 Brent Oldag Coe 2:07.37
11 Mike Horrell Grinnell 2:08.32
12 Steve Anderson Mount Mercy 2:08.90
13 Pete Cueno Grinnell 2:09.11
14 Eric Osterhaus Simpson 2:09.20
15 Patrick Laine Grinnell 2:10.16
16 Andrew Zellweger North Iowa Area 2:10.46
17 Devin Sanders Mount Mercy 2:11.07
18 Tad Watson Simpson 2:15.07
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 5:11 pm by Administrator
Event 24 Men 500 Meter Dash
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Dustin Waite Cornell Coll 69.41
2 Bryon Kroger Cornell Coll 70.51
3 Bryan Jones Mount Mercy 70.95
4 Steve Anderson Mount Mercy 72.65
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 5:05 pm by Administrator
Event 30 Men 800 Meter Run
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Reg NCAA: # 1:50.62
Name Year Team Finals H#
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1 Hernandez, Jacob TCU 1:50.84 4
2 Langat, Jackson TCU 1:51.43 5
3 Cedertun, Jacob UTA 1:55.40 5
4 Tagi, Davis UTA 1:55.68 5
5 Cantu, Jesus NWD 1:57.74 4
6 Sanders, Mitch BU 1:57.74 5
7 McAllister, Cole ACU 2:00.28 3
8 Pate, Jeff TSU 2:01.63 4
9 Twitty, Dure’ll TAMC 2:02.29 3
10 Adamcik, Brad UNT 2:02.30 3
11 Bolin, Houston TCU 2:03.35 2
12 Barlow, Courtney PQ 2:03.48 4
13 Solis, David ASU 2:03.72 3
14 Rodriquez, Jessie TAMC 2:03.94 2
15 Gardziecher, Maurice UTA 2:04.30 3
16 Gerhard, Anthony TSU 2:05.82 1
17 Alanz, Omar TSU 2:06.27 2
18 Raines, Tim ASU 2:06.60 2
19 Robertson, John BU 2:06.87 5
20 Cox, Demery UTA 2:08.05 5
21 Wolf, Garrett TSU 2:11.08 2
22 Lang, Robert ACU 2:13.68 1
23 McChristian, Avery TSU 2:14.64 4
24 Anderson, Steve MMC 2:15.16 2
25 Blythe, Greg MMC 2:18.96 1
26 Clark, Brian TAMC 2:19.32 1
27 Hilby, Matt MMC 2:20.38 1
– Stephen, Taylor OU NT 4
– Garner, Hunter UTA NT 3
– Penland, Jason OU NT 4
– Dunn, Marcus ASU NT 3
– Awoleye, Olu TSU NT 5
– Bundren, Jonathan TCU NT 2
– Hamilton, Garrett PQ NT 1
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 5:01 pm by Administrator
Men 800 Meter Run
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Name Year School Finals
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1 David Honebrink Concordia Un 2:00.15
2 Josh Placke Uw-Plattevil 2:00.37
3 Taylor Reynolds Uw-Plattevil 2:00.70
4 Aron Kehoe Unattached 2:00.78
5 Steve Anderson Mount Mercy 2:01.91
6 Curt Hurd Augustana Colleg 2:01.92
7 David Evans St. Ambrose 2:02.85
8 Jack Susin Augustana Colleg 2:04.87
9 Jack Shaver Augustana Colleg 2:07.09
10 Kyle Udovich Uw-Plattevil 2:07.45
11 Nick Stirrett Augustana Colleg 2:08.66
12 Bryan Johnson Mount Mercy 2:08.97
13 Greg O’Brien St. Ambrose 2:11.27
14 Eric Bakkum Uw-Plattevil 2:11.54
15 Dustin Mallie Mount Mercy 2:13.59
16 Jason Fletchall Wisconsin Tr 2:15.22
17 Nate Hopp Mount Mercy 2:16.44
18 Tim Koepsell Wisconsin Lu 2:18.38
19 Kyle Duiser University o 2:19.58
20 Josh Feehan University o 2:26.17
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 4:59 pm by Administrator
Event 28 Men 600 Meter Run
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UNI DOME: D 1:17.73 2000 Eric Potter, UNI
UNI: U 1:16.85 1995 Joey Woody
Name Year School Finals H#
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1 Probst, Nathan SO Wisconsin 1:20.83 1
2 Maas, Nick SR Uni 1:22.59 1
3 Ogden, Jack FR Uni 1:23.39 1
4 Ries, Tom Iowa State 1:23.90 2
5 Whipple, Tanner Central Coll 1:23.91 1
6 Sauer, Travis JR William Penn 1:24.56 1
7 Zwilling, Dan JR Truman State 1:24.88 2
8 Cobler, DJ Central Coll 1:25.35 1
9 Anderson, Steve JR Mount Mercy 1:25.80 2
10 Chozen, Ben FR Buena Vista 1:26.70 2
11 McLaughlin, Danny JR Truman State 1:26.75 2
12 Fleener, Kyle Central Coll 1:26.76 2
13 Bollard, Ben Central Coll 1:27.07 1
14 Wells, Jered Central Coll 1:28.79 2
15 Bader, Justin Loras Colleg 1:29.50 3
16 Bauder, Adam Loras Colleg 1:30.79 3
17 Pattarozzi, Luke Loras Colleg 1:31.15 3
18 Stone, Dave Loras Colleg 1:33.21 3
19 McBroom, Cody SR Cornell Coll 1:45.43 3
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 4:56 pm by Administrator
Men 800 Meter Run
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Winder, Dan Loras 2:01.77 10
2 Welty, Anthony Monmouth 2:02.78 8
3 Fleener, Kyle Central 2:03.00 6
4 Wells, Jered Central 2:03.24 5
5 Anderson, Steve Mt Mercy 2:04.82 4
6 Timmons, Andy Coe 2:05.40 3
7 Knewitz, Dan St Ambrose 2:05.91 2
8 Schierer, Kyle Monmouth 2:06.56 1
9 Eggers, Aaron Central 2:06.78
10 Carlson, Justin Dubuque 2:07.07
11 Ross, Adam Loras 2:07.27
12 Friedman, Jeff Loras 2:07.44
13 Van Hulle, Mike Grinnell 2:07.54
14 Jabaay, Robert Millikin 2:08.44
15 Diggins, Patrick Beloit 2:09.26
16 O’Brein, Greg St Ambrose 2:10.32
17 Hall, Ben St Ambrose 2:11.11
18 Weidner, Ross Coe 2:12.24
19 Blythe, Greg Mt Mercy 2:14.20
20 Nichols, Brennan Millikin 2:14.21
21 Knapp, Patrick Loras 2:14.72
22 Manion, Andrew Grinnell 2:15.93
23 Mallie, Dustin Mt Mercy 2:17.06
24 LaChapelle, Jace Carroll 2:17.99
25 Lyons, Tim Carroll 2:20.57
26 Linderwell, Dale Iowa Wes 2:25.12
27 Loin, Noah Coe 2:25.79
28 Feehan, Josh Dubuque 2:32.43
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 4:53 pm by Administrator
Men 800 Meter Run
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Small Center: # 1:53.25 1990 John Ondonde, Loras
NCAA Prov.: P 1:55.00
NCAA Auto.: Q 1:53.00
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Mitch Herz Grinnell 1:57.17 10
2 Dustin Waite Cornell 1:57.96 8
3 Luke Keny Graceland 1:59.13 6
4 Steve Anderson Mount Mercy 2:06.60 5
5 Mike VanHulle Grinnell 2:07.72 4
6 Bryan Johnson Mount Mercy 2:07.77 3
7 Andrew McElmeel Coe 2:08.26 2
8 Charlie Knuth Grinnell 2:08.40 1
9 Patrick Irwin Cornell 2:11.20
10 Brent Oldag Coe 2:20.34
Men 1500 Meter Run
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Small Center: # 3:54.27 1999 Jon Lindaman, Central
NCAA Prov.: P 3:57.70
NCAA Auto.: Q 3:52.30
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Tyler Fonseca Graceland 4:05.82 10
2 Demitrius Byrd William Penn 4:13.46 8
3 Luke Keny Graceland 4:13.80 6
4 Andy Phillips Coe 4:17.97 5
5 Chad Compton Cornell 4:18.27 4
6 Steve Anderson Mount Mercy 4:25.21 3
7 Craig Frericks Cornell 4:30.09 2
8 Brian Dooley Cornell 4:31.22 1
9 Matt Harbert Unattached 4:31.72
10 Mike VanHulle Grinnell 4:33.75
11 James Smith William Penn 4:38.22
12 Brian Berube Grinnell 4:39.70
13 Andrew Manion Grinnell 4:40.76
14 Matt Hilby Mount Mercy 4:52.88
15 Dustin Mallie Mount Mercy 4:58.59
16 Dale Linderwell Iowa Wesleyan 5:10.50
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 4:50 pm by Administrator
Event 18 Men 1500 Meter Run
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Andy Phillips Coe 4:17.00 9
2 Lance Harris Simpson 4:25.00 7
3 Patrick Irwin Cornell 4:28.00 6
4 Steve Anderson Mt Mercy 4:29.00 5
Event 28 Men 800 Meter Run
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Reid Leichty Simpson 2:02.46 9
2 Brian Groomes Simpson 2:03.30 7
3 Andy Timmons Coe 2:04.90 6
4 Steve Anderson Mt Mercy 2:07.17 5
5 Ross Weidner Coe 2:11.09 4
6 Andrew McElmeel Coe x2:13.57
7 Josh Lawrence Cornell 2:16.04 3
8 Andy Phillips Coe x2:18.91
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Posted in Back in the Day, Coach Anderson at 4:45 pm by Administrator
Men 1 Mile Run
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Record: # 4:10.24 1/30/2004 Ryan Kleimenhagen, UWP
Name Year School Finals
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1 Adam Condit Uw-Eau Clair 4:30.65
2 Kyle Stangel Uw-Plattevil 4:33.17
3 Erik Bartelson Uw-Plattevil 4:34.80
4 Tim Willcox Unattached 4:37.60
5 Eric Keen Uw-Whitewate 4:37.62
6 Dustin Waite Cornell Coll 4:42.45
7 Patrick Irwin Cornell Coll 4:48.30
8 Erik DeLapp Knox College 4:50.45
9 Ken Brotheridge Unattached 4:50.58
10 Casey Drengler Uw-Whitewate 4:55.97
11 Craig Frericks Cornell Coll 4:59.79
12 Marc Claas Unattached 5:01.06
13 Steve Anderson Mount Mercy 5:02.38
14 Peter Macky Uw-Eau Clair 5:11.20
15 Tim Hermanas Knox College 5:11.92
16 Scott Bendorf Milwaukee of 5:39.56
– Matt Rehberg Unattached DNF
– Aron Kehoe Unattached DQ
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