01.31.07
the gigantic wall
i sell cds at gigantic.
after 11 miles
vondre does a few speedy stride outs.
dtl - 01/31/07
the sprinters had a hard one today. they did 2×600, 2×400 and 2×200.
40 Years of Arcadia Invitational
40 Years of Arcadia Invitational
Nation’s Best Come to Southern California
April 6th-7th, 2007
A Look Through 40 Years of Action!
2007 Meet Registration Opens Sunday, February 4th. Details being posted that day.
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1968 - First Competition
With the idea of a evening track meet for area schools, Arcadia High Track Coach Doug Smith held the first Arcadia Invitational for 23 schools and six track clubs. The meet featured a slate of events for the young ladies of the club variety, as this was contested in the pre-CIF female days. The list of officials included a number of great names in local history: Andy Bakjian, Fred Barton, Paul Risinger, Don Nordvold, and others, with coaches including Ed Austin of Mira Costa and Frank Chong of Glendora. Club coaches included Mihay Igloi (Santa Monica TC), Fred Jones (LA Mercurettes), Bob Seaman (Crown Cities TC), and Ron Allice (Long Beach Comets).
Andy Young (LB Jordan) took the Boys 440 at 48.7 (this was back in the days of yard distances), with Dave Whiteing (Mark Keppel, Alhambra) posting a 1:55.1 880, and Dave Gneere (Fontana) registering a 4:23.5 mile. Tony Baker (Mira Costa) started the Arcadia distance tradition with a 9:14.4 two-mile win over Chuck Smead (Santa Paula). Fontana swept the Boys’ relays, with 43.1 for the 440, 3:34.8 for the sprint medley, and 3:22.8 for the mile relay clockings. Luther Reagan (LB Jordan) was 6-06 in the Boys HJ, with Ernie Cathcart (Fontana) a winning 59-03 SP effort. Tracy Smith, a 1963 Arcadia grad and State Mile Champ while a prep, who would go on to place eleventh in the high-altitude Mexico City Olympics of 1968 at 10,000 meters, won a special Open 3000-meter run at 8:00.6.
Pernetta Glenn (LA Mercurettes) swept the Girls’ sprints at 11.2 (100y) and 25.4 (220), with her club a 49.3 440-yard relay winner.
Price: School-boundary panel failed to hear parents
Price: School-boundary panel failed to hear parents
BY ROBERT PRICE, Californian columnist | Tuesday, Jan 30 2007 11:50 PM
Last Updated: Tuesday, Jan 30 2007 11:57 PM
Public outrage gets results. Elected officials pay attention, as well they should, when people start lining up at the microphone to speak. When almost all of them are saying the same thing, the decision becomes almost inevitable.
People certainly spoke with one adamant voice at the packed school-boundary hearings hosted by the Kern High School District. The most contentious issue at those meetings, held in November and December, was placement of the border between Bakersfield High School and West High School.
Bakersfield High parents attended the hearings in droves. West High parents stayed home in droves. The BHS side — and I have to include myself here, in part because I’ve got two kids headed that way — wanted no part of a plan to take four middle- and upper-middle-class neighborhoods out of the ethnically and economically diverse BHS enrollment area. The West High side, represented by a comparative few (including, to their credit, a couple of West High teachers), liked the idea.
But these school-boundary deliberations were in the hands of a volunteer committee of 50 parents, administrators and assorted others — none of them, it’s important to note, answerable to voters.
Well, get this: The committee’s final recommendation is in, and the concerns of the hundreds of parents who showed up at those hearings to make their feelings known have been deemed irrelevant.
Those four neighborhoods are one step closer to moving into the West High enrollment area, against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of engaged parents.
Did the committee give more weight to the feelings of all those West High parents who chose to stay home and watch “Sports Center”? We don’t know, because, with precious few exceptions, we don’t know how those parents truly felt.
Unlike vast numbers of BHS parents, who cared enough to understand the issues, take time out of their schedules, overcome their fear of public speaking, and get involved in the process precisely the way their obligation as parents demanded.
All for nothing.
At least that’s where it stands now. The boundary committee — created, ostensibly, to filltwo new high schools, the district’s 17th and 18th — has forwarded its recommendation to KHSD Superintendent Don Carter. He may accept the committee’s proposed boundary as is or make changes of his own. He will then forward his recommendation to the board of trustees, which will make the final decision in March.
The school district will first hold one more public hearing, probably in February.
But why bother? The boundary committee already held two public hearings. The public-opinion needle pointed decisively toward keeping Bakersfield High’s laudable socioeconomic diversity intact.
If the committee was just going to ignore all those people, what were the hearings for? Theater?
West High needs a boost, no question. The school, which once dominated the district academically the way Stockdale, Liberty, Centennial and BHS do now, is a shadow of its former self — largely because of gradual middle-class flight (and the loss of active, vocal parents) from West’s stagnating older neighborhoods.
But the boundary committee only considered one strategy that could meaningfully fortify the school — one that takes from BHS. Neighborhoods with desirable demographics in the Stockdale High and Liberty High enrollment areas are relatively close to West High, too. But a more equitable plan that restores West by appropriating from those and other relatively new schools never made it past the talking stage.
Instead, the committee opted for the pendulum approach, moving the same neighborhoods from West High to BHS and back again, hurting each school in turn.
Now it’s apparently Bakersfield High’s turn — to the detriment of the city’s central business corridor, which benefits from the presence of a strong, vibrant high school.
Everyone appreciates the need to fortify West High, but a demographic guillotine, in light of those one-sided public hearings, is patently unfair.
Government teachers: This might make a lively topic for classroom discussion. Turn your students loose and see how they feel.
At least then we can say some good came of what has been, to this point, a bewildering process.
Robert Price’s column appears Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Reach him at 395-7399 or rprice@bakersfield.com.
Hartnett brings wealth of experience to Highland
Hartnett brings wealth of experience to Highland
Former Bakersfield and Golden Valley coach adds Van Horne, Press to Scots’ football staff
BY BRAD RIDDELL , Californian staff writer
e-mail: briddell@bakersfield.com | Tuesday, Jan 30 2007 11:05 PM
Last Updated: Tuesday, Jan 30 2007 11:10 PM
The biggest surprise at Highland High on Tuesday wasn’t that Tim Hartnett would spend his 34th season in coaching walking the Scots’ sideline. Rumors of his move from Golden Valley High closer to his home in Northeast Bakersfield had run rampant since November.
Photos:
Photo by Dan Ocampo / The Californian
Highland High introduces former BHS and Golden Valley coach Tim Hartnett as its new varsity football coach during a press conference Tuesday.
Hartnett announcing that he would bring in former East and Liberty head coach Rick Van Horne as well as former Frazier Mountain head coach Paul Press as assistants made the biggest splash.
“I have a solid group coming on board,” Hartnett said at a press conference in Highland’s library. “You need a good staff to help you be successful.”
Press is an English teacher at Chipman Junior High, just outside Highland’s football stadium. He’s familiar with the school, the area and he never lost the desire to coach after spending time at Delano, Frazier Mountain and Stockdale. Press also coached under Van Horne for the Bakersfield Blitz before moving into the team’s front office.
“When I left the Blitz, the fire was burning to get back into coaching,” Press said.
Hartnett said Press will coach either wide receivers of defensive backs. With 20 years coaching in Kern County, Press was drawn to the job by the close network of Bakersfield coaches.
“The coaching community in Bakersfield is very tight knit,” Press said.
Press has never coached with or against Hartnett, but he has plenty of experience with Van Horne, who spent time on the Bakersfield High staff with Hartnett in the 1980s, including a stretch of 39 consecutive wins from 1988-1990.
Now it’s time to work the same magic at Highland High, a school that hasn’t boasted a winning record since 1996 — the Scots finished 8-3.
“I know first-hand they have some great football players,” Hartnett said. “I feel like Highland has the core to have a great football program.”
While the Scots limped to an 0-10 finish in 2006, Hartnett emphasized that he isn’t coming in to rebuild the program. He feels like Highland can start winning next season.
“I have a vision of having some football players on this campus that are true leaders,” Hartnett said. “I have a vision for a tough, hard-nosed defense and an offense that can score at any time from anywhere on the field.”
Hartnett spent 1997-2001 as the head coach at Bakersfield High, winning the Central Section championship in his final season. After working with the BHS junior varsity, he went to Golden Valley to start the Bulldogs’ program in 2003. He built them into one of the best teams in the Southeast Yosemite League.
The significance of bringing in someone with Hartnett’s record is not lost on those at Highland.
“Just the name alone brings such tradition and such pride, and that’s what we need,” Highland athletic director Kym Campbell said.
“We had big-name coaches coming to you and saying you’re nuts if you don’t hire this guy,” said Highland principal Bob Schneider.
“I’m just glad we have a new start,” said Highland junior Justin Owens, who plays center and defensive tackle. “It’s time to get in the weight room and work toward earning the league’s respect.”
Even Highland parents were so excited about the thought of having Hartnett coach the Scots that they took matters into their own hands.
“I had the unique situation,” Hartnett said, “of parents coming to my door and asking if I would entertain the idea.”
In the end it was an easy decision for Highland to offer Hartnett the job, and an easy decision for him to accept. He’ll be closer to his family, he’ll face shorter commutes to work and he’ll have the opportunity to revive a program full of kids from his own neighborhood.
“It comes down to this: I need to represent my ‘hood,” Hartnett said. “I’ve lived for 25 years in this neighborhood. I’m in the last chapter of my career, and I thought, What better way to end it?”
01.30.07
As a general rule we do not deliver items.
As a general rule we do not deliver items. You can understand the disruptions to the school educational atmosphere if we had just less than 10% of our students forgetting items 270 students. However we generally never have a problem on a case by case basis. We try to be user friendly.
From: andy noise [mailto:andy_noise@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tue 1/30/2007 9:04 AM
To: David Reese
Subject: BHS policy?
Mr. Reese,
My name is Paul Anderson and my son is Christopher (freshman). I had a
question about BHS policy. My son forgets stuff (like most teenagers), today
he forgot his gym clothes and I told him I would drop them off at school
later.
That is when I ran into the extremely rude woman at the counselor’s office
(a middle age black lady). I have been treated rudely by this woman almost
everytime I have have dealt with her by the way. Anyways, I explained what
happen and she said it was BHS policy not to deliver items to students.
Now I took time out of my day to run this errand and all I get is attitude.
Sure not suiting out for PE is not end of the world (it is shameful how many
dont suit out everyday by the way) but Christopher and I try to follow the
rules and be an example to other students and parents.
So my question is, if a student forgets to bring an assignment, gym clothes,
lunch money, etc. Is he is out of luck and a parent is wasting their time
bringing the item to school.
Today, I got lucky. After getting a lot of attitude, she finally said “I
will do it this time only.” She took the bag and dumped on her desk. I asked
if she had his name, because I only said it once and she just glared out me
and snapped back “YES”.
If you claify this matter, it would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Paul Anderson
dotw - 01/30/07
david and andrew ran their first half marathons and ran really good times too. so they are my co-drillers of the week!
6 132 David Van Matre 16 Bakersfield CA 1:32:15
7 136 Andrew Ariey 15 Bakersfield CA 1:33:17
Alex Kosinski (Oak Ridge) on Boston Indoor
Alex Kosinski (Oak Ridge) on Boston Indoor
Reggie Lewis Center - Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Joe Hartman photo
Video of Girls Contest
American Track & Field Girls’ Invitational Mile
1 Danielle Tauro Manahawkin, NJ 4:52.20
2 Jillian Smith Manahawkin, NJ 4:53.58
3 Alex Kosinski El Dorado Hills, CA 4:54.05
4 Lindsey Carson Ontario, Canada 4:55.00
5 Catherine White Roanoke, VA 4:55.38
6 Brittany Sheffey Bellport, NY 4:56.30
7 Ashley Higginson Marlboro, NJ 4:57.77
8 Colleen Wetherbee Yarmouth, MA 5:00.14
9 Jillian Rosen Dallas, TX 5:00.50
10 Christine Babcock Irvine, CA 5:01.13
11 Tori Pennings Warwick, NY 5:01.40
12 Keely Maguire Georgetown, MA 5:05.88
13 Siobhan Breagy Exeter, RI 5:16.09
- Caitlin Lane Greenwich, NY DNF
Alex Kosinski (Unat/Oak Ridge HS, El Dorado Hills) had a chance to go back to New England this past weekend to run in the very popular Boston Indoor Games in a national level Girls High School Mile Field. As you can see up above she performed very nicely, coming in third against a super group. Teammates Danielle Tauro and Jillian Smith from New Jersey, who have had a number of indoor contests under their belts this winter, were the only to defeat Alex, with Tauro a sub-4:40 miler last June and Smith an outstanding frosh athlete. After very careful care of an injury situation this fall that had Alex miss most of the season, this first indoor effort is very pleasing as one looks ahead to the 2007 spring season for the University of Oregon bound star.
1) How did you feel about your training going into the race at Boston?
Going into the race I was pretty confident that I was ready to race. I had done a couple of speed workouts and I was feeling pretty good.
2) How was the weather there–indoor meet but weather affect any other part of the trip?
The weather was really really cold so I didn’t really go outside that much. I did all of my running inside and on the treadmill days leading up to the race.
3) Did they do anything special for you with the Reebok association with the meet and all?
The Reebok people treated us very nice. We all got to go to Reebok headquarters and have a tour and that was pretty exciting. They also gave us a lot of really nice running clothes and gear.
4) Big field, looked like cross-country on the video at the start - how did the early running go and feel?
At the beginning of the race I didn’t get a very good start at all. There was a lot of people and since the pace was so slow at the beginning the whole group was all together. I felt like I got really boxed and then had to run in lane 3 to stay out of the box, but it was still a really good indoor experience.
5) When Tauro upped the pace after the 2:32 880 how did you feel and react and how did the race go after that point?
When Tauro upped the pace I felt good but was still kind of trapped. The field began to separate and I felt better with more room.
6) What was your reaction to your third place finish and 4:54.05 clocking? (Tauro 4:46 previous weekend, 4:53 two weeks ago, so these folks had done a lot of indoor racing recently already)
Before the race took off I thought that it was going to be a very fast race, but after seeing the first 800 split I knew it was going to be more of a tactical race. I was happy getting 3rd in a field of experienced indoor runners, however I do wish that I could have run faster.
7) Where does this put you as you look forward to the outdoor season?
That race has gotten me really excited for the track season. I am ready to train hard for the upcoming outdoor season, and I look forward to racing some of those girls again.
Thank you Alex - Best of Luck!!
01.29.07
Wrestling
Bakersfield wins 52-team event
California Invitational Tournament
At Morro Bay
(Saturday’s result)
Team scores–1. Bakersfield 259.5; 2. Temecula 252.5; Lemoore 192.5; Clovis West 173.5; Sante Fe 171.0.
Bakersfield results: 112–1. Demison; 119–1. Lomas; 125–6. Morgan; 135–3. Cruz; 140–5. Ramirez; 145–1. Rasmussen; 152–2. Jaime Rodriguez; 160–7. Arriaga; 171–4. Carls; 189–6. Schoene; 215–5. Daniel.
Abdi Abdirahman Eyes American Record at 10k, Olympic Marathon Team in 2007
Abdi Abdirahman Eyes American Record at 10k, Olympic Marathon Team in 2007
January 25, 2007
by: LetsRun.com
2006 was a great year for Abdi Abdirahman. Abdi had the top time in America at 10k (27:22, the #3 time ever by an American), the half-marathon (1:01:07, at the time it was the #2 time ever by an American - now it’s #3), and finished 4th at the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon (2:08:56, #2 time in America behind Khalid Khannouchi, also making him #2 American ever on a non-aided course). His accomplishments did not receive a lot of fanfare, but for performances spanning the 10k, half and full marathon, he had the most impressive year ever by an American.
Abdirahman has already turned his attention to the new year and accomplishing even bigger things in 2007. Priorities include trying to break the American record at 10k (27:13.98) and making the US Olympic Team in the Marathon at the Olympic Trials in NY in November.
“The focus this year is the track and the Olympic Marathon Trials,” said Abdirahman over the phone from his training base in Tucson, Arizona. “I’m more focused on the track season this year (than last). I’m going to put more emphasis on it. I want to run a good fast 10k. Hopefully I’ll try and get the American record. I felt like I was capable last year (of breaking the record) but I wanted to run a good marathon, and it (the 10k record) just didn’t fit in my schedule,” said Abdirahman who passed up a shot at the American 10k record in the Brussels 10k, to run the inaugural New York City Half Marathon (where he finished third in 1:01:34).
World Cross Country in Mombasa a Homecoming of Sorts
Before Abdirahman turns his attention to the track, he will first focus on the cross-country season. This year cross country is extra special for Abdi because the World Cross Country Championships are in Mombasa, Kenya, the city where Abdirahman spent his childhood from the age of 3 to the age of 12.
Abdirahman was born in Somalia, but his father worked for an oil company in Mombasa, so Abdi spent his formative years on the coast of Kenya instead of in Somalia. At the age of 12 in 1989, Abdi moved to the United States.
Abdi is excited about possibly being back to Mombasa for the first time since he left, this time as a member of the United States world cross country team., “It will be a great experience for me to go back where I grew up, where I still have friends.”
Abdi not only wants to see his boyhood friends and family, but wants to expose his American teammates to the African continent. He believes his fellow Americans will learn a lot by going to Africa.
“It (Africa) will be eye opening (to many members of the team). A lot of people have misconceptions of Africa. There are a lot of good places in Africa, just like in other countries,” Abdi said as he noted many Americans only think of poverty when they think of Africa.
At the same time, Abdi realizes there is tremendous poverty in Africa, on a scale that Americans have a hard time conceptualizing. “In America, we don’t (all) appreciate life. Some of us do, but a lot of us (often) don’t appreciate what we have. In America, if you work hard, you will be rewarded. In Africa you can work hard and be in the same situation, 20 or 30 years later… In America we take for granted the basic necessities (that we have)…. heaters, refrigerators, hot water, air conditioning…. In Africa there are plenty of people without refrigerators, without clothes, (even) without food, but some of them still have a good life, just living every day to the fullest being happy with what they have… In America we have these necessities (and take them for granted), but at the same time, once you have them, you want more.”
Abdi believes the lack of any other economic opportunities in the cash economy is one of the reasons African runners are so successful on the international circuit. Running represents for many Africans the only substantial chance to gain access to cash while for Americans running is not an end all be all financially:
African Runners Have Stronger Financial Incentives to Be the Best
Abdirahman said, “Most of us (American runners) are college graduates. Even if you make really good money (while running), it’s just a part of your life, a stage of your life you’re going through, and after running ,we know we have to get a job. But for the African runners for most of them, that’s their life… When he’s done running, he doesn’t have any other (opportunity for) income so he tries to make the most money he can at that one point…They work harder because they know what they come form. They appreciate it when they get their paycheck and have more incentive to go for that record… because that will change the rest of their life…Just to get to Europe (to race), its going to cost them $1500, $1600. That’s a lot of money for them (per capita consumption was estimated to be $215 in Kenya in 2001 by the World Bank, per capita GDP $1200) so they’re there to maximize their chance. They don’t want to just show up and just run a race to make an appearance. They always go for it (the win, the record), and have a different mentality than we do.”
While Abdi hopes Kenya is an educational experience for his teammates, world cross country has always been a learning experience for himself. Abdi has had some success the World Cross Country Champs (15th place and part of the bronze medal team in 2001, and 11th place in 2002 (the highest American finish in the long course since Todd Williams impressive 9th in 1995), but says worlds always puts him in his place.
“Running with Meb (Keflezighi) and Bob (Kennedy) at Worlds, it humbled me.. But it showed what we need to do to get better… I’d come home, and it always made me work harder.”
US Runners Pushing Each Other to New Levels
American distance running is definitely on the upswing and Abdi thinks things for the US team will only continue to get better. “I think we have a good chance to do great things for US running as a team (at worlds)…We’re up there right now (as one of the top teams). The next couple of years, the next 3 or 4 years, I’m not sure about the Kenyans, but we but we might be able to beat them,” said the optimistic Abdirahman.
Abdirahman hopes all the Americans who qualify for Worlds will go and run because he believes the US could have a very strong team this year. Abdi said, “If you’re not going to go to World Cross Country what is the reason of even running the US champs? If you make worlds, go to worlds. World Cross Country opens our eyes”.
Before Abdi books his ticket back to his childhood home, he knows he’ll have to finish in the top 9 of the strong field assembled at the US championships in Boulder this year. This year the US champs return to just being 1 race (instead of having a short course and long course xc champs), so for the first time in a decade, nearly all of America’s distance stars will meet together in one race.
From Meb’s Olympic silver medal in the marathon, to World Marathon Major top 5 finishes by Meb, Abdi, Alan Culpepper, and Brian Sell, to the incredible 59:43 half marathon by Ryan Hall earlier this month, Americans are starting to turn some heads on the world stage.
The resurgence of American distance running, only inspires Abdirahman to perform even better, “I’m glad to see everyone running well, but Ryan (Hall) especially. 59:43 that is a world class time, especially running solo (nearly the entire race). If you want to be competitive in the US, you have to step your game up… If I want to compete against Meb, Abdi, Ryan, Dathan (Ritzenhein), Matt (Tegenkamp), I’ve got to step my game up. Everyone is training harder. And everyone wants to be the best. The competition brings out the best in US distance running and more people are running fast.”
Abdi will have his hands full at US Cross because he readily acknowledges he will not be in top shape in Boulder. “Cross-country is important but they way Coach (Dave) Murray structures my training, I’m not in peak shape in February. We’re slowly building. I’ll run the cross country and know I’ll run well, but at the same time I won’t be in the best shape of my life.”
US XC in Boulder: A Race the Fans Won’t Forget
On the Boulder race he says,”I think its going to be a great race… great for the sport… The best US distance runners from the 1990s and 2000s competing in once race.. It’s going to be great and exciting and I encourage all the fans to come out.. It’ll be something they’ll remember for the rest of their lives.”
Abdi is hopeful US cross-country will be the first race of a memorable 2007 that culminates with him making the Olympic team at the marathon trials in NY. This is the first year the Olympic Trials have been in the fall the year before the Olympics, but Abdi says the fall date will not affect him from going after his goals on the track which include running the World Champs on the track at 10k.
“I don’t think it (the fall marathon date) will affect it (my track training) that much. My 10k training and my marathon training are almost similar… The main point is to be strong.”
Abdirahman has unfinished business in the marathon. Each marathon he has run he has improved, and each marathon has been a learning experience. In his debut he blew up the last few miles and ran 2:17:09 for 14th in New York, the next year he came back to finish 5th at the ING NYC Marathon in 2:11:24, and then this past year finished 4th at the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon in a personal best of 2:08:56.
Still Learning Each Time Out in the Marathon
Abdi says of his marathons, “Every single race I’ve run in the past couple years has been a learning experience for me. Chicago was a race where I learned a lot. At mile 16, I took the lead, I was the one who broke it open… I don’t know about Haile (Gebrselassie), but (Chicago and Boston champ) Robert Cheruiyot may be the best championship marathoner in the world right now… (2nd placer finisher) Daniel Njenga, the guy has heart (so perhaps it is understandable Abdi fell off in the final miles)… I was inexperienced at the end of the race.”
Abdi believes he made a tactical mistake at the last water stop when the other runners accelerated while he was drinking his water, but admits to struggling the final couple of miles. “The last 2 miles are harder than first 24. That’s how it feels. To be honest (the last miles in Chicago), I wasn’t thinking anything positive. There’s a point when your body feels terrible. If someone tells you they ran the marathon and it felt so easy, they’re lying.”
Abdirahman who turned 30 this month, hopes his experience at the top of the sport propels him to an even higher level in 2007. “I look at age as just a number… (but) if I told you I felt the same (now) as when I was 23 or 21 I would be lying to you. But I’m more experienced and still learning. I ran my best times ever last year and hope to do even better his year.”
If Abdirahman does better in 2007 than 2006, his accomplishments garner more of the running public’s attention. However, external recognition is now why motivates Abdirahman to compete, “It’s not about getting attention. It’s about personal satification, focussing on my own running, and (improving) my own times. But I long as I achieve, and reach the time time goal’s I have out there, people will notice.”
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Other thoughts from Abdirahman:
On whether he was surprised by Ryan Hall’s 59:43 half-marathon:: “I wasn’t shocked. I was surprised. I knew he had the talent. I knew he was focusing on the time. At the same time, it’s a real fast time. I was like ‘Man that’s a fast time.’ It just motivated me. It’s a great thing for US distance running.”
On the conflict in his native Somalia: Abdi pointed out that nearly everyone in Somalia is Muslim and 99% of the them speak the same language, “yet at the same time, they can’t get along.”
Of the recent overthrow of the Islamic Courts government: “I think its heading in the right direction. But it’s not going to get better overnight.”
Abdi’s optimistic that things will get better the next few years in Somalia and is “glad to see the US is there.”
Abdirahman is from the same clan in Somalia as British 5000m runner and Euroepan XC champ, Mo Farah, 1987 1500m World Champ Abdi Bile, and Mohamed Suleiman, who now runs for Qatar but won the 1500m bronze medal at the Olympics in 1992 for Somalia.
the first day of practice will be on January 30.
Do you want to be faster, stronger, jump higher, or be better looking if so you should join the 2007 Driller Track & Field Teams, and all of your wildest dreams will come true? Conditioning has started and the first day of practice will be on January 30.
Change is only constant at KHSD
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Change is only constant at KHSD
City’s growth mixes up high school boundaries
BY LISA SCHENCKER, Californian staff writer
e-mail: lschencker@bakersfield.com | Sunday, Jan 28 2007 9:45 PM
Last Updated: Sunday, Jan 28 2007 9:48 PM
Parent Lisa Kostner has lived in the same home in southwest Bakersfield for 17 years.
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In that time, Bakersfield’s population has boomed and the invisible school boundary lines around her house have danced into all sorts of new shapes. Since 1990, her neighborhood of Silver Creek has changed high schools several times: from Bakersfield High to Ridgeview High to Stockdale High and then back to Ridgeview. In 2008, the lines will change again and students from her neighborhood will likely go to the new Independence High.
Kostner’s family definitely won’t be the only one in Bakersfield changing high schools — again. Whenever the Kern High School District opens a new school to accommodate the city’s growing population, the boundaries change. The district has altered its schools’ attendance boundaries nine times in the past 27 years.
But how does the district decide where the boundaries go? Over the years, a number of factors have shaped the boundaries and will shape the way they will look when two new high schools open in 2008.
Kostner, for one, takes it all in stride. She said her youngest son, who is in seventh grade, is excited to go to Independence High as a freshman in 2008.
“In these days we can’t all be guaranteed we’ll all go to the same school time and time again,” Kostner said.”We knew this was a new growth area, so we expected some changes.”
A history of change
01.28.07
Brain Man
Brain Man
Jan. 28, 2007
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(CBS) Twenty-four years ago, 60 Minutes introduced viewers to George Finn, whose talent was immortalized in the movie “Rainman.” George has a condition known as savant syndrome, a mysterious disorder of the brain where someone has a spectacular skill, even genius, in a mind that is otherwise extremely limited.
Morley Safer met another savant, Daniel Tammet, who is called “Brain Man” in Britain. But unlike most savants, he has no obvious mental disability, and most important to scientists, he can describe his own thought process. He may very well be a scientific Rosetta stone, a key to understanding the brain.
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Back in 1983, George Finn, blessed or obsessed with calendar calculation, could give you the day if you gave him the date.
“What day of the week was August 13th, 1911?” Safer quizzed Finn.
“A Sunday,” Finn replied.
“What day of the week was May 20th, 1921?” Safer asked.
“Friday,” Finn answered.
George Finn is a savant. In more politically incorrect times he would have been called an “idiot savant” – a mentally handicapped or autistic person whose brain somehow possesses an island of brilliance.
Asked if he knew how he does it, Finn told Safer, “I don’t know, but it’s just that, that’s fantastic I can do that.”
If this all seems familiar, there’s a reason: five years after the 60 Minutes broadcast, Dustin Hoffman immortalized savants like George in the movie “Rainman.””
Which brings us to that other savant we mentioned: Daniel Tammet. He is an Englishman, who is a 27-year-old math and memory wizard.
“I was born November 8th, 1931,” Safer remarks.
“Uh-huh. That’s a prime number. 1931. And you were born on a Sunday. And this year, your birthday will be on a Wednesday. And you’ll be 75,” Tammet tells Safer.
It is estimated there are only 50 true savants living in the world today, and yet none are like Daniel. He is articulate, self-sufficient, blessed with all of the spectacular ability of a savant, but with very little of the disability. Take his math skill, for example.
Asked to multiply 31 by 31 by 31 by 31, Tammet quickly – and accurately – responded with “923,521.”
And it’s not just calculating. His gift of memory is stunning. Briefly show him a long numerical sequence and he’ll recite it right back to you. And he can do it backwards, to boot.
That feat is just a warm-up for Daniel Tammet. He first made headlines at Oxford, when he publicly recited the endless sequence of numbers embodied by the Greek letter “Pi.” Pi, the numbers we use to calculate the dimensions of a circle, are usually rounded off to 3.14. but its numbers actually go on to infinity.
Daniel studied the sequence – a thousand numbers to a page.
“And I would sit and I would gorge on them. And I would just absorb hundreds and hundreds at a time,” he tells Safer.
It took him several weeks to prepare and then Daniel headed to Oxford, where with number crunchers checking every digit, he opened the floodgates of his extraordinary memory.
Tammet says he was able to recite, in a proper order, 22,514 numbers. It took him over five hours and he did it without a single mistake.
Scientists say a memory feat like this is truly extraordinary. Dr. V.S. Ramachandran and his team at the California Center for Brain Study tested Daniel extensively after his Pi achievement.
What did he make of him?
“I was surprised at how articulate and intelligent he was, and was able to interact socially and introspect on his own—abilities,” says Dr. Ramachandran.
And while that introspection is extremely rare among savants, Daniel’s ability to describe how his mind works could be invaluable to scientists studying the brain, our least understood organ.
“Even how you and I do 17 minus nine is a big mystery. You know, how are these little wisps of jelly in your brain doing that computation? We don’t know that,” Dr. Ramachandran explains.
It may seem to defy logic, but Ramachandran believes that a savant’s genius could actually result from brain injury. “One possibility is that many other parts of the brain are functioning abnormally or sub-normally. And this allows the patient to allocate all his attentional resources to the one remaining part,” he explains. “And there’s a lot of clinical evidence for this. Some patients have a stroke and suddenly, their artistic skills improve.”
That theory fits well with Daniel. At the age of four, he suffered a massive epileptic seizure. He believes that seizure contributed to his condition. Numbers were no longer simply numbers and he had developed a rare crossing of the senses known as synesthesia.
“I see numbers in my head as colors and shapes and textures. So when I see a long sequence, the sequence forms landscapes in my mind,” Tammet explains. “Every number up to 10,000, I can visualize in this way, has it’s own color, has it’s own shape, has it’s own texture.”
For example, when Daniel says he sees Pi, he does those instant computations, he is not calculating, but says the answer simply appears to him as a landscape of colorful shapes.
“The shapes aren’t static. They’re full of color. They’re full of texture. In a sense, they’re full of life,” he says.
Asked if they’re beautiful, Tammet says, “Not all of them. Some of them are ugly. 289 is an ugly number. I don’t like it very much. Whereas 333, for example, is beautiful to me. It’s round. It’s….”
“Chubby,” Safer remarks.
‘It’s—yes. It’s chubby,’ Tammet agrees.
Yet even with the development of these extraordinary abilities as a child, nobody sensed that Daniel was a prodigy, including his mother, Jennifer. But he was different.
“He was constantly counting things,” Jennifer remembers. “I think, what first attracted him to books, was the actual numbers on each page. And he just loved counting.”
Asked if she thinks there’s a connection between his epilepsy and his rare talent, she tells Safer, “He was always different from—when he was really a few weeks old, I noticed he was different. So I’m not sure that it’s entirely that, but I think it might have escalated it.”
Daniel was also diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome—a mild form of autism. It made for a painful childhood.
“I would flap my hands sometimes when I was excited, or pull at my fingers, and pull at my lips,” Tammet remembers. “And of course, the children saw these things and would repeat them back to me, and tease me about them. And I would put my fingers in my ears and count very quickly in powers of two. Two, four, eight, 16, 32, 64.”
“Numbers were my friends. And they never changed. So, they were reliable. I could trust them,” he says.
And yet, Daniel did not retreat fully into that mysterious prison of autism, as many savants do. He believes his large family may have actually forced him to adapt.
“Because my parents, having nine children, had so much to do, so much to cope with, I realized I had to do for myself,” he says.
He now runs his own online educational business. He and his partner Neil try to keep a low profile, despite his growing fame.
Yet the limits of his autism are always there. “I find it difficult to walk in the street sometimes if there are lots of people around me. If there’s lots of noise, I put my fingers in my ears to block it out,’ he says.
That anxiety keeps him close to home. He can’t drive, rarely goes shopping, and finds the beach a difficult place because of his compulsion to count the grains of sand. And it manifests itself in other ways, like making a very precise measurement of his cereal each morning: it must be exactly 45 grams of porridge, no more, no less.
Daniel was recently profiled in a British documentary called “Brainman.” The producers posed a challenge that he could not pass up: Learn a foreign language in a week – and not just any foreign language, but Icelandic, considered to be one of the most difficult languages to learn.
In Iceland, he studied and practiced with a tutor. When the moment of truth came and he appeared on TV live with a host, the host said, “I was amazed. He was responding to our questions. He did understand them very well and I thought that his grammar was very good. We are very proud of our language and that someone is able to speak it after only one week, that’s just great.”
“Do you think that Daniel, in a certain way, represents a real pathway to further understanding the brain?” Safer asks Dr. Ramachandran.
“I think one could say that time and again in science, something that looks like a curiosity initially often leads to a completely new direction of research,” Ramachandran replies. “Sometimes, they provide the golden key. Doesn’t always happen. Sometimes it’s just mumbo-jumbo. But that may well be true with savants.”
Daniel continues to volunteer for scientists who want to understand his amazing brain. But he is reluctant to become what he calls “a performing seal” and has refused most offers to cash in on his remarkable skills.
“People all the time asking me to choose numbers for the lottery. Or to invent a time machine. Or to come up with some great discovery,” he explains. “But my abilities are not those that mean that I can do at everything.”
But he has written a book about his experiences, entitled “Born on a Blue Day.”
He also does motivational speeches for parents of autistic children—yet one more gift of his remarkable brain.
But at the end of the day—genius or not—that brain does work a little differently.
“One hour after we leave today, and I will not remember what you look like. And I will find it difficult to recognize you, if I see you again. I will remember your handkerchief. And I will remember you have four buttons on your sleeve. And I’ll remember the type of tie you’re wearing. It’s the details that I remember,” Tammet tells Safer.
And it’s the details that make us all so different. One man may see numbers as a tedious necessity of modern life, another sees them as the essence of life.
“Pi is one of the most beautiful things in all the world and if I can share that joy in numbers, if I can share that in some small measure with the world through my writing and through my speaking, then I feel that I will have done something useful,” he says.
Produced By Deirdre Naphin
© MMVII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Boston Indoor Games
Boston Indoor Games
Boston, Mass - Saturday, January 27th, 2006
American Track & Field Boys’ Invitational Mile
1 Duncan Phillips College Station, TX 4:09.20
2 Matthew Centrowitz Arnold, MD 4:10.85
3 Mark Amirault Walope, MA 4:11.26
4 Girma Mecheso Lawrenceville, GA 4:11.67
5 Evan Jager Algonquin, IL 4:12.59
6 Sintayehu Taye Ashburnham, MA 4:13.77
7 Craig Forys Howell, NJ 4:16.92
8 Michael Chinchar KEN 4:17.68
9 Steve Murdock Clifton Park, NY 4:21.06
10 Brandon Burns North Kingstown, RI 4:21.99
11 Brian Rhodes-Devey Slingerlands, NY 4:29.00
American Track & Field Girls’ Invitational Mile
1 Danielle Tauro Manahawkin, NJ 4:52.20
2 Jillian Smith Manahawkin, NJ 4:53.58
3 Alex Kosinski El Dorado Hills, CA 4:54.05
4 Lindsey Carson Ontario, Canada 4:55.00
5 Catherine White Roanoke, VA 4:55.38
6 Brittany Sheffey Bellport, NY 4:56.30
7 Ashley Higginson Marlboro, NJ 4:57.77
8 Colleen Wetherbee Yarmouth, MA 5:00.14
9 Jillian Rosen Dallas, TX 5:00.50
10 Christine Babcock Irvine, CA 5:01.13
11 Tori Pennings Warwick, NY 5:01.40
12 Keely Maguire Georgetown, MA 5:05.88
13 Siobhan Breagy Exeter, RI 5:16.09
- Caitlin Lane Greenwich, NY DNF
the cone is gone
resting after a long run.
Verdict same: Stockdale on top
Verdict same: Stockdale on top
Team wins for 11th straight year, advances to state event
BY LOUIS MEDINA , Californian staff writer
e-mail: lmedina@bakersfield.com | Sunday, Jan 28 2007 2:30 AM
Last Updated: Saturday, Jan 27 2007 9:48 PM
For the 11th year in a row, the Stockdale High School team won the Kern County Mock Trial competition known as “Super Saturday.”
Photos:
Photo by Casey Christie
Kern County Mock Trial competitors wait their respective turns in the standing room only Superior Court during the annual event, Saturday.
Photo by Casey Christie
Centennial High’s Meaghan Lingo states her side of the case in the Kern County Superior Court during the annual Mock Trial competition’s pretrial arguments Saturday.
This despite the fact that the Kern County High School District forbade Sunday practices last fall.
“I’ve got the hardest-working 18 kids you’ve ever seen,” said an emotional Roni Cline, the government and psychology teacher who has led the school’s team for the past three years.
“We started in October and practiced two or three times a week, two hours each time — lunches, anytime we were together,” said senior Natalie Lacey, who played the role of a detective/witness in the mock trial.
Stockdale High’s team will represent Kern at the California Mock Trial in Oakland on March 23 to 25.
Team members shrieked, screamed, hugged each other, cried and phoned — or forgot to phone — their parents in the excitement.
Eighteen competing high school teams had to argue a difficult courtroom case as either defense or prosecution:
* What would happen if an imaginary student, Casey Campbell, in the imaginary Park Lane High School, was charged with placing a bomb on campus in an attempt to use it against a specific person?
* What if the charge was based in part on Casey’s expression of harm against that person, which was posted on an imaginary Web site called R-Place?
* What if Casey was also in possession of a violent video game that violated a school statute that in turn appeared to be in violation of Casey’s First Amendment right of free speech?
The arguments got heated at times.
“We don’t want another Columbine to happen in our schools,” said Marilyn Lopez of Arvin High School’s team, which represented the prosecution in a courtroom on the third floor of the Kern County Superior Court building downtown.
“But you never liked Casey, did you?” Frontier High School sophomore Zack Witherow, representing the defense, shot the question at the prosecution witness he was cross-examining in a basement courtroom.
Both Lopez and Witherow received honors for their performance throughout the four months of the competition that culminated in an actual courtroom setting. The entire building with its many courtrooms was like a beehive of activity. And like a beehive, it was hot.
Venue coordinator Julie Zisk, who has participated in the mock trial since its beginnings 25 years ago, was apologetic as she called for a recess so participants could drink the bottled water she was distributing.
Some judges — most of the presiding judges in the contest are actual sitting judges, Zisk said — allowed the professional-looking “attorneys” to take off their blazers.
“The judges tell us they really like the competition,” Zisk said. “These students aren’t the ones they usually see in their courtrooms.”
The event is sponsored by county educational, legal, judicial and law enforcement organizations and is designed to help students better understand how the U.S. Constitution, laws and courts work.
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so happy!
“i am not a morning person!”
“why do these things start so early!”
just some of the colonel’s quotes on the morning of the btc half.
i was going to walk the race but had to get certified to coach today. david and andrew ran good races at around 7 minute pace.
christopher ran sub 8 minute pace for 10 miles but then slowed down and walked a little the last 3 miles but still ran 1:49. not bad considering he started running last june and took over a half hour to run a 5 km.
i found out later that he limped through the whole race. he had hurt his leg and i thought it was better. turns out it wasnt.
drillers at the btc half
Bakersfield Track Club Half Marathon and 5K
January 27, 2007
Half Marathon
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19
1 106 Alfredo Coronado 18 1:12:15
2 114 Oscar Fuentes 16 1:22:21
3 116 Giovanni Guzman 17 Stevenson Ranch CA 1:22:38
4 117 Gerardo Alcala 16 1:23:34
5 121 Francisco Nava 13 1:25:44
6 132 David Van Matre 16 Bakersfield CA 1:32:15
7 136 Andrew Ariey 15 Bakersfield CA 1:33:17
8 159 Oscar Miranda 14 1:40:12
9 188 Eric Wolf 18 Bakersfield CA 1:48:03
10 193 Chris Anderson 14 Bakersfield CA 1:49:42
11 262 Ryan Pitcher 16 Bakersfield CA 2:05:43
Bakersfield Track Club 5K - 2007
Bakersfield Track Club Half Marathon and 5K
January 27, 2007
Five Kilometer Results
Place Name Time Pace Div/Tot Sex/Tot Div
1 Jesus Gomez 16:45 5:25 1/13 1/57 M1319
2 Ryan Lucker 16:46 5:25 2/13 2/57 M1319
3 Jose Gomez 16:55 5:28 3/13 3/57 M1319
4 Andres Gomez 16:57 5:29 1/5 4/57 M2024
5 Alfonso Cisneres 17:14 5:34 4/13 5/57 M1319
6 Ben Lopez 17:30 5:39 2/5 6/57 M2024
7 Jaime Bravo 17:36 5:41 5/13 7/57 M1319
8 Steven Gonzales 18:54 6:06 6/13 8/57 M1319
9 Brian Solis 19:06 6:10 7/13 9/57 M1319
10 Bob Haugen 19:14 6:13 1/5 10/57 M5054
11 Bryan Calvo 19:15 6:13 8/13 11/57 M1319
12 Cregg Weinmann 19:24 6:16 2/5 12/57 M5054
13 Ronald Ryan 20:17 6:33 1/1 13/57 M3539
14 Erica Silva 20:20 6:34 1/2 1/50 F2024
15 Mark Wood 20:24 6:35 1/6 14/57 M4044
16 RANDY MILLER 20:48 6:43 1/7 15/57 M4549
17 Abram Ayon 21:11 6:50 1/8 16/57 M0112
18 Tommy Valles 21:27 6:56 2/8 17/57 M0112
19 Maurice Martinez 21:35 6:58 1/3 2/50 F1319
20 Paul Wolffer 21:52 7:04 3/5 18/57 M2024
21 Daniel Belter 21:59 7:06 4/5 19/57 M2024
22 Jacob Scott 22:00 7:06 9/13 20/57 M1319
23 Cruise Adams 22:08 7:09 3/8 21/57 M0112
24 Kevin Ross 22:09 7:09 1/3 22/57 M3034
25 T J Moffit 22:14 7:11 4/8 23/57 M0112
26 Patrick Johns 22:56 7:24 5/5 24/57 M2024
27 stephen wight 23:06 7:28 10/13 25/57 M1319
28 Adrian Reynoso 23:28 7:35 11/13 26/57 M1319
29 Marcos Rosales 23:30 7:35 1/4 27/57 M2529
30 Greg Walker 23:36 7:37 2/6 28/57 M4044
31 Jeremy Salcido 24:00 7:45 2/4 29/57 M2529
32 Neil Carmody 24:20 7:51 3/6 30/57 M4044
33 Hayley J. Tobin 24:28 7:54 1/9 3/50 F3539
34 Raymond Rodriguez 24:49 8:01 4/6 31/57 M4044
35 Kam Butler 25:20 8:11 2/9 4/50 F3539
36 Greg Tesch 25:33 8:15 5/6 32/57 M4044
37 Aaron Stephens 25:50 8:20 12/13 33/57 M1319
38 Pedro Sectura 25:55 8:22 3/5 34/57 M5054
39 Tayler Obenshain 26:07 8:26 2/3 5/50 F1319
40 Steve Adams 26:11 8:27 2/7 35/57 M4549
41 John Wilson 26:17 8:29 1/3 36/57 M6064
42 Brooke Witt-Jones 26:19 8:30 1/9 6/50 F2529
43 Scott Michaelson 26:27 8:32 3/4 37/57 M2529
44 Marc Obenshain 26:30 8:33 6/6 38/57 M4044
45 joey saldana 26:39 8:36 13/13 39/57 M1319
46 Brad Pollard 26:47 8:39 2/3 40/57 M3034
47 joe saldana 26:48 8:39 4/5 41/57 M5054
48 Gina Sedenko 26:51 8:40 3/9 7/50 F3539
49 Elizabeth O’Neill 26:52 8:40 1/10 8/50 F3034
50 Tom Jones 27:02 8:44 1/1 42/57 M6569
Bakersfield Track Club Half Marathon and 5K
January 27, 2007
Five Kilometer Results
Place Name Time Pace Div/Tot Sex/Tot Div
51 Jayme Melton 27:15 8:48 2/9 9/50 F2529
52 Charlotte Hagen 27:41 8:56 1/7 10/50 F4549
53 Don White 27:47 8:58 2/3 43/57 M6064
54 Scott Van Matre 27:17 8:49 5/8 44/57 M0112
55 Dylan Imels 27:40 8:56 6/8 45/57 M0112
56 Desiree Adams 28:40 9:15 2/7 11/50 F4549
57 Jeanine Sharp 29:08 9:24 1/5 12/50 F4044
58 Amy Eberly 29:19 9:28 3/9 13/50 F2529
59 Kimber Vollmer 29:27 9:30 2/10 14/50 F3034
60 Jacqlyn Bynum 29:40 9:35 4/9 15/50 F2529
61 Sharie Holmes 29:45 9:36 3/7 16/50 F4549
62 Jennifer Brucker 30:06 9:43 3/10 17/50 F3034
63 Mary Huff 30:07 9:43 4/10 18/50 F3034
64 Wyatt Ihmels 30:37 9:53 7/8 46/57 M0112
65 Michael O’dohert 30:41 9:54 5/5 47/57 M5054
66 George Sill 31:33 10:11 3/7 48/57 M4549
67 Chela Brehmer 31:58 10:19 4/9 19/50 F3539
68 Sally Gonzalez 31:59 10:20 5/10 20/50 F3034
69 Brandon Martin 32:09 10:23 4/4 49/57 M2529
70 Brett Lane 32:21 10:27 4/7 50/57 M4549
71 Cindy Hopkins 32:29 10:29 4/7 21/50 F4549
72 Jaime Michaelson 32:39 10:32 5/9 22/50 F2529
73 Alicia Edwards 32:53 10:37 6/9 23/50 F2529
74 Cindy Valencia 33:01 10:40 5/9 24/50 F3539
75 LAUREN CAGLE 33:08 10:42 6/10 25/50 F3034
76 Jeanette Cain 33:09 10:42 6/9 26/50 F3539
77 Natalie Menge 33:18 10:45 7/10 27/50 F3034
78 Jim O’Toole 33:56 10:57 3/3 51/57 M6064
79 Ryan Valencia 34:47 11:14 3/3 52/57 M3034
80 Lisa Weinmann 35:14 11:22 2/2 28/50 F2024
81 Cheryl Scott 35:34 11:29 2/5 29/50 F4044
82 Melanie Reed 35:52 11:35 7/9 30/50 F3539
83 Emma C. Williams 36:27 11:46 1/1 31/50 F6569
84 Heather Wight 37:56 12:15 7/9 32/50 F2529
85 Dianna Penrose 38:21 12:23 5/7 33/50 F4549
86 kelli Kelly 38:25 12:24 3/5 34/50 F4044
87 Sandy Foster 38:48 12:31 1/2 35/50 F5054
88 Staci Dirkse 38:53 12:33 8/9 36/50 F3539
89 Peg Baird 39:09 12:38 2/2 37/50 F5054
90 Trisha Olague 40:48 13:10 8/10 38/50 F3034
91 Kerri Ornelaz 40:58 13:13 4/5 39/50 F4044
92 Austin Lux 40:59 13:14 8/8 53/57 M0112
93 Betty Hallum 41:14 13:19 1/1 40/50 F6064
94 Sherre Johnson 42:34 13:44 9/10 41/50 F3034
95 Amber Reed 42:36 13:45 8/9 42/50 F2529
96 Mark Stephens 43:07 13:55 5/7 54/57 M4549
97 Angela Simpson 44:43 14:26 9/9 43/50 F3539
98 Leslie DeWitt 45:04 14:33 6/7 44/50 F4549
99 Jaden Adams 45:05 14:33 3/3 45/50 F1319
100 Brenda Phillips 46:27 15:00 1/1 46/50 F5559
Bakersfield Track Club Half Marathon and 5K
January 27, 2007
Five Kilometer Results
Place Name Time Pace Div/Tot Sex/Tot Div
101 Cheryl Stephens 46:28 15:00 7/7 47/50 F4549
102 John Johnston 46:38 15:03 1/1 55/57 M5559
103 Clay Farr 50:28 16:17 6/7 56/57 M4549
104 Elisa Villalobos 51:34 16:39 9/9 48/50 F2529
105 Heather Spreen 56:58 18:23 10/10 49/50 F3034
106 Stanley Newman 1:51:34 36:00 7/7 57/57 M4549
107 Terri Mays 3:08:24 60:47 5/5 50/50 F4044
Bakersfield Track Club Half Marathon - 2007
Bakersfield Track Club Half Marathon and 5K
January 27, 2007
Half Marathon
Place Name Time Pace Div/Tot Sex/Tot Div
1 Alfredo Coronado 1:12:15 5:31 1/11 1/148 M1319
2 Robert Hernandez 1:13:24 5:37 1/6 2/148 M2024
3 Robert Heugly 1:15:14 5:45 1/14 3/148 M3034
4 Galvin Gonzalez 1:15:48 5:48 1/12 4/148 M2529
5 Fermin Torres 1:16:07 5:49 2/14 5/148 M3034
6 Juan A. Lopez Hernande 1:20:13 6:08 1/26 6/148 M4044
7 Jordan Perry 1:21:41 6:15 2/12 7/148 M2529
8 Rudy Montoya 1:21:51 6:15 1/21 8/148 M3539
9 Oscar Fuentes 1:22:21 6:18 2/11 9/148 M1319
10 Eddy Lee 1:22:22 6:18 2/6 10/148 M2024
11 Giovanni Guzman 1:22:38 6:19 3/11 11/148 M1319
12 Gerardo Alcala 1:23:34 6:23 4/11 12/148 M1319
13 Anna Vanderstelt 1:24:05 6:26 1/2 1/105 F2024
14 Carl Northcutt 1:24:47 6:29 2/21 13/148 M3539
15 Andrew Mockett 1:25:00 6:30 3/14 14/148 M3034
16 Francisco Nava 1:25:44 6:33 5/11 15/148 M1319
17 Javier Cruz 1:25:45 6:33 2/26 16/148 M4044
18 Jeff Moffit 1:26:48 6:38 3/26 17/148 M4044
19 Ben Jones 1:26:54 6:39 3/12 18/148 M2529
20 Pam Boyles 1:27:00 6:39 1/22 2/105 F4044
21 Bruce Deeter 1:27:09 6:40 1/18 19/148 M5054
22 Keith Salcido 1:28:41 6:47 3/6 20/148 M2024
23 Michael Baumann 1:28:51 6:47 2/18 21/148 M5054
24 David G. Diaz 1:29:37 6:51 3/21 22/148 M3539
25 Doug Imels 1:30:34 6:55 4/26 23/148 M4044
26 Gary Hall 1:31:37 7:00 1/4 24/148 M6064
27 David Van Matre 1:32:15 7:03 6/11 25/148 M1319
28 Kaili Zink 1:32:54 7:06 1/6 3/105 F1319
29 Pat Moss 1:32:56 7:06 3/18 26/148 M5054
30 Carl Hatley 1:33:04 7:07 1/18 27/148 M4549
31 Andrew Ariey 1:33:17 7:08 7/11 28/148 M1319
32 Paul Gonzalez 1:33:53 7:10 1/12 29/148 M5559
33 Brian Chase 1:34:03 7:11 4/21 30/148 M3539
34 Jesus Villagrana 1:34:07 7:12 5/21 31/148 M3539
35 Mark Ogilvie 1:35:06 7:16 6/21 32/148 M3539
36 Glenn Champagne 1:35:08 7:16 2/18 33/148 M4549
37 Cheyenne Romanini 1:35:11 7:16 1/14 4/105 F3539
38 Michele Van Ornum 1:35:19 7:17 2/14 5/105 F3539
39 Scott Lokey 1:35:20 7:17 3/18 34/148 M4549
40 Ted Albertson 1:35:22 7:17 5/26 35/148 M4044
41 Joey Johnson 1:35:31 7:18 7/21 36/148 M3539
42 Daniels Burns 1:35:32 7:18 4/6 37/148 M2024
43 Gary Pollastrini 1:35:47 7:19 4/18 38/148 M4549
44 David Larson 1:35:55 7:20 6/26 39/148 M4044
45 Mike Gonzalez 1:35:57 7:20 7/26 40/148 M4044
46 Lina Nunez 1:36:17 7:21 2/6 6/105 F1319
47 SABINA Montoya 1:36:22 7:22 2/22 7/105 F4044
48 Tim Gentry 1:37:23 7:27 5/18 41/148 M4549
49 Thomas Valles 1:37:27 7:27 8/21 42/148 M3539
50 Yvonne Jessup 1:37:33 7:27 3/22 8/105 F4044
Bakersfield Track Club Half Marathon and 5K
January 27, 2007
Half Marathon
Place Name Time Pace Div/Tot Sex/Tot Div
51 Mike Toland 1:39:15 7:35 4/18 43/148 M5054
52 Steve Ruiz 1:39:31 7:36 8/26 44/148 M4044
53 Bill Nebe 1:40:08 7:39 2/12 45/148 M5559
54 Oscar Miranda 1:40:12 7:39 8/11 46/148 M1319
55 Michael Frey 1:40:28 7:41 9/26 47/148 M4044
56 Bob Smith 1:40:38 7:41 5/18 48/148 M5054
57 Suzan Sindelar 1:40:41 7:42 1/19 9/105 F4549
58 Charolette Cholometes 1:40:45 7:42 1/9 10/105 F2529
59 Victor Placencia 1:41:12 7:44 10/26 49/148 M4044
60 Raul Gonzalez 1:42:03 7:48 4/14 50/148 M3034
61 Phil Johnson 1:42:11 7:49 6/18 51/148 M4549
62 Graham Jones 1:42:14 7:49 5/14 52/148 M3034
63 Steve Dirkse 1:42:21 7:49 9/21 53/148 M3539
64 Rachel Amundsen 1:42:34 7:50 1/9 11/105 F3034
65 Sally Baker 1:42:48 7:51 2/19 12/105 F4549
66 Scott Sindelar 1:43:16 7:53 11/26 54/148 M4044
67 Kevin Reiser 1:43:34 7:55 12/26 55/148 M4044
68 Keith Jo