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SCHOOL RECORDS FALL AT THE LONG BEACH INVITATIONAL!
Long Beach Invitational - Saturday, September 10th @ Heartwell Park (Long Beach) - 3 miles
"Stephanie Felix throws down 18:14 in her first race ever, taking down Anita Siraki's soph grade record of 18:41 --- and Anita was #2 in Nationals as Senior! Nice start Stephanie!" (Dyestatcal Link)
The Matadores scored big this Saturday at the Long Beach Invitational at Heartwell Park in Long Beach. Of the twenty-one athletes who participated, eighteen earned a PR and many earned medals at the first invitational of the 2005 season. But the big story was the number of school cross country records that were set at the meet.
Every boy who raced today earned a new PR. Andrew Diaz (Sr) set the tone with a PR of 16:07 that places him 4th on the all time elite list of La Mirada runners and Andrew Bueno (17:03) raced to 9th place on the all-time Junior list. The trio of Dennis Ly, Mark Gillaspy, and Michael Palmer ran fast enough to earn themselves a varsity uniform. Matthew Cordova dropped 5 minutes from his time at last week's time trail and Matt Campbell broke 20 for the first time in his young career!
Sophomore girls celebrate their 3rd place finish!
The girls had big goals for the day . . . and one by one each girl met them. Destinie Martin raced to her fastest time since her sophomore year and entered the senior elite list in the #10 spot. The sophomore team of Stephanie Felix, Karina Gonzalez, Sarah Jeon, Clarissa Negrete, Lillian Mignella, Krystal Gomez and Erica Campos, finished in 3rd place in the Sophomore race. The Lady Mats were led by Karina and Stephanie, who both broke the old sophomore record set by Amanda Stephens in 2001. Stephanie Felix was the overall fastest girl of the day and set a new La Mirada school record while breaking Anita Siraki's course record for sophomores at the Invitational with a time of 18:14. In the process of meeting their many goals, the top 7 girls (Felix, Gonzalez, Martin, Mata, Pasillas, Jeon & Negrete) set a new school record for fastest team time!
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