2008 Woodie Awards
Track and Field Brief
Two Cougars Represent School Well at the Surf City Half Marathon
Andrew Garai
Issue date: 2/12/08 Section: Sports
At 3:00pm at the Mangrum Track athletes can be seen preparing for upcoming competitions by hurling discs, jumping over hurdles, sprinting laps around the track, and running, running, running. Two athletes who could run all day are Juan Mejia and Leo Elorza.
Steve Scott exclaimed on a team meeting that the track and field team is seeing improvements over previous years. "We can now be looking to be a top 15 team this year at nationals. We got a great start with Juan's and Leo's half marathon performance."
At the Surf City Half Marathon, Juan Majia and Leo Elorza ran in pouring rain and high winds to come away with outstanding times of 1:08.48 and 1:12.38 to make the A standard to qualify for the NAIA national championships. "They ran times that I was hoping they'd run in great weather," said head coach Steve Scott.
With all track and field athletes working hard every day Majia and Elorza's run will not be the only outstanding performances this upcoming season.
Steve Scott exclaimed on a team meeting that the track and field team is seeing improvements over previous years. "We can now be looking to be a top 15 team this year at nationals. We got a great start with Juan's and Leo's half marathon performance."
At the Surf City Half Marathon, Juan Majia and Leo Elorza ran in pouring rain and high winds to come away with outstanding times of 1:08.48 and 1:12.38 to make the A standard to qualify for the NAIA national championships. "They ran times that I was hoping they'd run in great weather," said head coach Steve Scott.
With all track and field athletes working hard every day Majia and Elorza's run will not be the only outstanding performances this upcoming season.
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