Watching all of the girls compete this weekend was enjoyable for me.Highlighting the weekend was senior Kristin Arkin shattering her own school record in the 1600 meters, running 5:02.79, placing fourth in a stellar field. Kristin has earned a spot in the Invitational 3200 meters at next weekend's prestigious Arcadia Invitational, and we are awaiting confirmation of possible acceptance to the Invitational Mile Run, based on her recent improvement on Saturday. Kristin is the first female distance runner to earn a spot in an individual Saturday night race at Arcadia, and I commend her on this accompishment.
We will also run two 4X Mile Run relay teams on Friday night at Arcadia
High School. The "A" team will consist of Kristin Arkin, Ximena Cruz, Hayley
Niles, and Makenna Smith. The "B" team will include Lindsay Enright, Rebecca
Murillo, Sabrina Rathor, and Jessica Varela. Each team will compete in
separate races, with the "A" race a Who's Who of high school girls' distance
running, including: Saugus, Dana Hills, Crescenta Valley, and Fountain
Valley High Schools. Good luck to both teams...
While I do not coach the girls' distance runners, I could not help but
notice numerous personal records in the 1600 meters ran Friday night. Hayley
Niles(5:21), Makenna Smith(5:23), Rachel Moore(5:32), Danielle
Brabender(5:41), Kasie Dorr(5:42), Emilie No(5:42), Jessica Drews(5:51),
Hannah Giclas(5:53), Jennifer Dorame(5:56), Riley Logsdon (6:08), Tegan
Tingley(6:10), and Jenna Willey(6:16) are the ones that come to mind. If I
missed someone's significant PR, I apologize. Riley Logsdon has battled back
from Anemia, the fourth girls' distance runner to be afflicted with this
debilitating malady in the last eighteen months. Kudos to Riley.
---Have a Mustang kind of day...
