Click on Eastbay - Purchases go to support DyeStatCal Los Angeles Indoor Meet (Saturday - February 15th - LA Sports Arena) PAGE TWO A press conference was held at the USC Track facility Monday, January 20th, 2003 as part of preparation for the 43rd Annual LA Indoor Track and Field Meet, at the LA Sports Arena. USC has done some great improvements to its track and field facility, including a great area where the coaches offices and a large team meeting room were utilized for the conference by Al and Don Franken as they presented some of the top athletes in the 2/15/03 affair!! Ashlee Brown (North, Riverside) Nation's Top 300 Hurdler (41.67) - headed for Penn State University - "Each year I have come on very fast right near the end of the season. No one expects me to win the State Meet, but I always do!" On the choice of Penn State for herself and teammate Lena Bettis (below) "We liked the facilities, the coaches, and the athletes when we visited, and it has super academics!" (Coach Jeff McAuley (So Cal connection Penn State Asst) - Penn State Recuitng Release on Fall 2002 Signees
Lena Bettis (North, Riverside) - State LJ Champ - "My goal this year is to get out over 20 feet in the Long Jump." Charles Leathers (North, Riverside) 2002 Girls State Champs!!! One of the nation's top programs Robert Attical (North, Riverside) the jumps coach!! Mal Whitfield 1948 and 1952 Olympic 800 Champ - U.S. Foreign Diplomat for a career - spoke of importance of academics in young people's careers!!
Mal Whitfield's book - after the running what do you do - he talks about it in this book about his life!!
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