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DONNA ON THE SIDE IN ALBUQUERQUE
Great Southwest Classic
- Part 1
Breakfast in Albuquerque - Multi Events - Warming up for Saturday
by Donna Dye
In Albuquerque Warming up for
the Great Southwest Classic
Getting Breakfast
We took a short ride over to Nob Hill, just past the University of New
Mexico, to have coffee and breakfast at the Flying Star. We found it
last year and were looking forward to another visit. It's a low keyed
place where you can munch as you read or roam the internet on the free Wi-Fi wireless service. As you walk
in you see many tempting delights: bagels, rolls, muffins, pastries
of all sorts. You can also have a more robust dish and a glass of wine. After making your
selection, you can browse the many magazines and newspapers that are
for sale, but no one seems to mind if you read an article or two without payaing. It
was a good start to the day. We'll be back.
Multi Events--Decathlon and Heptathlon
The Winners
| Adam Fretwell-TX Adam won
impressively winning the first two events on Thursday and the
first four events on Friday to finish with a total score of 7260. |
Molly Kennedy-TN Molly
won the high jump at 5-7.75 and long jump at 18-1.75 and placed
high in the other events to lead from the second event to the finish. She won
with 4941 points. |
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| Robbie Marin-CO and Coach Neibauer.
Robbie
finished second in the hurdles, discus, and pole vault to finish
in 2nd place. |
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| Multi events are not generally included in most meets. So when
the opportunity arises, many athlete take advantage. This year the
Great Southwest has athletes from Tennessee participating in the
meet and enjoying New Mexico attractions. Here are three athletes
from Brentwood, TN: (from left) Molly Kennedy,
Phillipa Davies, and Lauren Stewart. While the girls are
all from Brentwood TN, they attend different high schools. |
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| Jeanine Dancy-AZ with her family: (from left)
Dad, Ed, Missy Bates, Jeanine, Mom, Linda and sister, Joyelle (front).
Jeanine finished 13th. |
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| Aubrie Stavig-NM with her friends Craig White and lauren Thompson. |
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| No, those aren't tears.....these folks are protecting
their eyes from the dust and sand being blown around by a front coming
through the area. It caused a 10 minute delay. |
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Practicing for Saturday
While the multi events were going on, the track was open to athletes
performing on Saturday. Many took advantage of the time and place to
practice.
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Skyline TX |
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Texas Attitude! |
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Texas Pride |
| Distance Runners: (from left) Tasha Larson-NV 800;
Kelly Fernandez-NV 1500; Nikki Peterson-WY 1500. Nikki is a DyeStat correspondent reporting on meets in Wyoming. |
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| Nevada Guys: (from left) Joshua Sillitoe-3200; Justin Procto-
first time in steeplechase and Chris Clark-steeplechase |
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| Shalina Clarke and Coach Fenton-IL. Shalina is currently ranked
2nd on the DyeStat Elite in the 300 hurdles. |
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| From Nevada: (from left) Jard Ware (100,200 4x400); Justin Wilson
(300 Hurdles and 4x100); Chad Monrreal (800 and 4x400). |
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| More from Nevada: (from top left) Vironica Banks, Austin Hill
(from bottom left) Trevor Peterson and Garrett Blizzard |
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