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2009 EAL Track & Field Championships Photos |
Friday, May 15, @ Paradise High School |
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Photos by Tom Cushman/Hay Bale AC |
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| Teams line up in advance of Varsity girls 4 X 400 Relay
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| Pleasant Valley, in lane 3, appears to have the lead after the 1st leg
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| Red Bluff and Chico pass PV in leg 2
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| Chico's Ann Kurniski takes and loses the lead on leg 3 but know close is good enough with the fastest runner in the section waiting for the baton
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| "Kody, I love you" exclaims Amanda Costa after Atkins fine anchor gives Chico the 1600 relay win
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| Chico's Phil Graber closes the gap to 4 X 400 race leader Pleasant Valley by the end of lap two.
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| Pleasant Valley loses the lead to Chico on leg three
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| Coach Girt reviews tactics and goals with his 3200 runners, Naas, Arreguin and Nava.
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| Enterprise's Jerri Spence all alone in third in the 3200.
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| The field in the varsity girls 3200 cruise down the back stretch for the first time
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| The battle for fourth with Nava, Naas & Blee
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| 1600 winner Julie Walker leads Leah Arreguin early in thee 3200 as the two make an early break from the field
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| Arreguin makes her move with two laps to go
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| Enterprise's Dalanne Bartlett closes in on but does not catch PV freshman Gabrielle Finley in the varsity girls 100
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| Nick Sloggy isn't quite able to catch the 3 front runners in the boy's 100
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| Paradise's Grant Reed takes the early lead in the boys 3200.
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| The end of lap two, Reed still leads, although the race favorite Kaylor looms just a few strides behind.
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| One lap later, the lead is relinguished to Kaylor while Pv's Gibbs holds tough in third
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| Zach Kaylor opens up a big lead and is never again challanged for the lead
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| Dan Parker holds point over teammate Graber and Paradise's John Kettel
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| Parker rebuffs Enterprise's Trevor Hope challange to win the varsity boys 800.
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| A hard first lap pays dividends for Erynn Rebol, gaping Kody Atkins.
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| Chico senior Anna Kurnizki opens up a sizeable gap coming off the turn and holds on to win girls 300 hurdles.
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| Chico's Lorena Reed set a pace no one else can match in the JV girls 3200
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| Enterprise's John Collins (Chico coach Robert Quist's nephew) surges into the lead in the JV 3200 in front of eventual winner Tony Meredith & 4th place finisher from Chico Sam Branksy.
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| In case you missed it the first time
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| Chico sophomore Audrey Silliman leads teammate Jessica Maynes and Shasta's Shannon Woodfill halfway through JV 800.
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| Chico's Emily Naas takes 6th in the varsity 3200
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| The boys 800 pack bunches up rounding the pentultimate turn
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| Lorena Reed masters the field and the warm weather to win the JV 3200
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| The Golden Gate on a sunny day
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