Announcement
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We had 3 updates to the Top 10 lists at today’s Nike Invitational at Newhall Park. On the girls’ side, Juliette Fletcher debuted on the list at #8 running a time of 19:06. Her time was good enough for 13th in the race.
On the boys’ side, Aidan Boyle ran 16:09 on the day to debut in the #8 spot on the list. Jack Gray ran 16:12 to debut on the list at #10. No longer qualifying for the list Is Kellen Cole and Ryan Freeman, who each ran 16:14 at the Newhall Park. Kellen did so at the Nike Invite in 2008 and when Ryan did so it was called the Adidas Invite and it was in 1995. Ryan was best known as an 800m runner and a very tough runner. At one time, when Amador needed some points in a dual meet in track, he volunteered to run the 300m hurdles because he thought he could do well. He not only temporarily grabbed a few points, but also won the race. but also ran an all-time mark. I say temporarily because after finishing, he turned around in his lane, and after winning screamed, “That was the easiest thing I’ve ever done.” Except when he said it, there were a few choice words involved. He was never allowed to run the 300m hurdles again, or at least that is the story I have heard. In addition to those too, James Raynel was also eliminated from the top 10 list. He ran a time of 16:13 at the Nike Invite in 2008. James was an elite triathlete who tried to run cross country a few times. Unfortunately for him and us, it never worked out great, because he was peaking for triathlon in August and we could never figure out a good way for him to peak again in November. But in 2008, he ran some really good races for us in September.
The document Nike.pdf was attached to this post.
