Alumni at College

1999   Lauren Fleshman     Stanford / Nike           5000m (2004 Stanford Grad runs for NIKE)
2004   Max Bellissimo        UCSanta Barbara,      400m
2004   Kris Shirley              UCSanta Barbara,      400m
2004   Jace Getskow           CSUSan Marcos        Distance
2004   Alysia Johnson         Cal Berkeley              800
2004   Landen Llamas          CSUNorthridge         Sprints
2004   Louis Montano         Cal Lutheran              Sprints
2004   Leanne Riggin          Westmont                  Distance
2004   Alisha Thompson     Toledo,                      Heptathlon
2004   Lauren Walker          Harvard                     3000m
2005   Adam McDonald     So. Utah                     1500m
2005   Kelly Corbett           Point Loma Nazarene 1500
2006   Brenda  Cohen         Harvard                      3000m
2006   Andi Behring           Sacramento State        Shot Put, Weight Throw
2006   Kellie Parkinson       Westmont                  Distance

If you know of any former Canyon Cowboys in the news, email Coach
Broneer at paulbroneer@me.com

       
    Kelly Parkinson   Leanne Riggin    Lauren Fleshman

     
Max Bellissimo   Brenda Cohen      Lauren Walker  

     
  Kris Shirley         Kelly Corbett      Landen Llamas

Alumni Updates:

April 7, 2007:  at the Stanford/Cal meet, star junior Alysia Johnson set the only
Big Meet record,  clocking 2:03.43 to win the 800 by six seconds. She eclipsed a
24-year-old mark  held by Cal's Louise Romo, whose school record Johnson also
is chasing. "She's  a beast," Cal coach Chris Huffins said affectionately. Story

April 7, 2007: Kris Shirley 48.32 (400m)and 22.11(200m) and Max Bellissimo 48.57 (400m) ran well in this weekend for UCSB in the BIG WEST
CHALLENGE CUP TRACK & FIELD MEET  Results

Andi Behring's having a good year at Sacramanto State.  Marks

April 10. 2007: I was nice to see Drake Morgan today!  Some of you may remember
that he is our school record holder in the Pole Vault and the older brother
of  Ryan Morgan (a top 10 list 3200 runner).  But I will always remember
him as the only Canyon athlete to be banned by Mt SAC for "pushing"
an official who told him he couldn't cheer on his little brother the way he
was at the time. The official was an 70 year old man wearing a red coat.
But, Drake has matured a bit since then. He will be working as a "Banker"
in The Banking District in Manhatten New York soon, while he finishes
his Masters Degree.

March 28, 2007 Salim Benmohamed at C.O.C.
Hey coach, I ran a 1:54.16 at Cal Relays. Im working towards my goal
of 1:51 or faster. Hopefully i'll get that mark at the UCLA invite.
My splits were 56.6 57.5
Take Care, Salim

Feb 21, 2007 Lauren Fleshman has a blog here

Feb 12, 2007 Cory Cunningham
I found these results interesting, and thought maybe you would too. Now, this is a different study than the core temperature one. It will have something to do with running with some special shoes on a submerged treadmill or something. Anyway, my account of this follows: VO2 Max test. It started out walking for a couple minutes after they put the whole apparatus/mask on me. Then, they put it up to 7.5 mph, or 8:00 mile pace. I did this for a couple of minutes, during which they told me that when I had only about a minute left of energy in me, to raise up one finger and I would just go until I couldn't anymore. Every minute after that, they increased the incline by 1.5 increments. Even though it was at a fairly slow pace, it was hard because it was like running a race up a progressively steeper hill. I got to about 14:30 total. I couldn't run anymore. My quads, calves, shoulders, and lungs were burning. I got good results, though. A "well above average" VO2 Max for my agre group is a 52 according to the chart they showed me, and I got a 65.1, which stands for mL Oxygen/kg body weight/ minute. My heart rate got above 200 bpm by the time I ended. I supposedly tied for the highest VO2 Max tested in the study. So even though it was a VERY difficult effort, an all-out race effort, I felt good afterward. I was satisfied. Even now, though, a day later, I'm still feeling the effects of it.

Feb 1, 2007 Cory Cunningham
writes: I hope you are all doing well back in old Canyon Country. I thought you would be interested in something I'm participating in right now. For a little background first, I am one of the 3 or 4 stalwart members of the Running Club, showing up every day to run. The regulars are me and a few guys who either used to be on the BYU team or have tried out for it--something I am considering doing once I get back from my mission. Anyway, one of the staff here, Iain Hunter, is a biomechanist for USATF, and the coach here, Ed Eyestone, is still very involved with Nike. They have been doing some research the last couple years on body temperature and warming up. They have been testing out some "ice vests," which are basically vests with a whole bunch of pockets for ice packs. The idea behind them is that if you wear them about an hour before the race and as you warm up, your core body temperature will stay lower and have more capacity to rise as you run, thus yielding higher performance. So for some more test subjects, they were looking for some experienced, pretty quick runners who had tried out for the team before--probably to make sure they were getting the quality of runner they desired. I was let in also since the leader of our running club said that I could handle it and that theyd probably like another person anyway. So this morning, I woke up at 5 AM to swallow a pill as the first part of the testing. The pill is a thermometer that transmits its reading to be read by an outside device. So I went back to sleep, then woke up to be down at the lab at 8:00. I took off my shirt, so it wouldn't slow the cooling process, and put on the ice vest after a first temperature reading was taken. I sat with it on until I was ready to warm up for a treadmill speed session to be held at 9. Iain would take readings every 10 minutes and record the results. I warmed up on the treadmill while still wearing the vest, then took it off and began. It was a 15 minute session at slightly slower than lactic threshold pace, which right now is only about 6:15. So I did that while he took readings of my core temperature and heart rate. I go back on Tuesday to do a session without the ice vest, and sometime in the near future to get a bone density scan so they can figure out my body fat. It has been cool to be a part of so far. One of the things I found interesting about it is how my heart rate acted. It was only 86 BPM when I finished my warmup and was stretching before the threshold run. As soon as I started, though, it jumped up to 168 BPM. It slowly rose from there, minute by minute, until I was at about 188 BPM for the last 5 or 6. It still felt pretty good, though, and I didn't feel especially tired like a race effort.
Anyway, I again hope you are all doing well. I just thought I'd share this cool running-related activity with you all. Good luck and good hunting this track season.

-Cory Cunningham

WOMEN  5th Avenue Mile Sep 30, 2006 Results
1) Sara Hall, USA / CA, 4:28, $4000
2) Kim Smith, New Zealand, 4:31, $2500
3) Erin Donohue, USA / NJ, 4:32, $1500
4) Carrie Tollefson, USA / MN, 4:33, $1250
5) Roisin McGettigan, Ireland, 4:34, $750
6) Lauren Fleshman, USA / CA, 4:36
7) Janelle Deatherage, USA / MN, 4:37
8) Marina Muncan, Serbia, 4:37
9) Claudia Camargo, Argentina, 4:43
10) Megan Metcalfe, Canada, 4:44

Kelly Parkinson and Leanne Riggin run in Oregon for Westmont

Stephanie Hoffman (2nd from right) runs for Chaminade U of Honolulu
She met up with Kelly and Leanne and sent these pictures.

The Signal has an article by Bob Dickson on Alysia Johnson.

Alysia Johnson '04 placed 4th in the USA Outdoor Championships with
a life time best 2:01.80!  Article
Alysia Johnson (Canyon Country, Calif.), a soon-to-be junior
at Berkeley, brought home the gold in the women's 800 meters
winning in a meet-record 2:03.87. This was in the under 23
championships in the Dominican Republic. story

Lauren Fleshman WON the 5,000 meters in 15:12.37
at the AT&T US Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Link
Lauren's JOURNAL
Articles on her victory. one two

Dave Hartman (Class of '92)
USTFCCA District Assistant Coach of the Year - Women's Distance
East - Dave Hartman, Georgia (Canyon School Record holder 3200m)
Mideast - Mike McGuire, Michigan
Midwest - Randy Hasenback, Wichita State
West - Louie Quintana, Arizona State (national winner)


Leanne Riggin '04:  came to practice this morning, and told me the
news that she placed 8th in the NAIA Marathon with a life-time best
3:08:24!  Her team mate at Westmont, Jessica Goulder, won in a Meet
record tying time of 2:49:14.  Congratulations Leanne!  Results
For you beginning runners, Leanne's time is equivalent to running almost 9
3-mile races each one in about 21:30 minutes. (or 26 miles at about 7:10
per mile)

Luke Llamas '02 (Big West Track & Field Athlete of the year) from Cal Poly-SLO
8:49.89 placed 13th in the Steeple Chase. story

ALUMNI UPDATE:  Salim Benmohamid and  Robert Jimenez teamed up to
win the SMR Friday Night for COC. Salim PR'd with a 1:53 800 split.  Max
Bellissimo ran a 1:56 open 800 last week for UCSB.  Brenda Stevens was
in town to watch Cheryl Stevens, Niki Leon, Andi Behring, and Britany
Thomas and the rest of the Cowboys beat Marina in Girls Basketball to
keep our Cinderella Season alive.  Way to go girls for making history! 
We are proud of you.  Brenda is now an ultimate frisbee star at UCSD. 
Lauren Fleshman finished 2nd in the Cross Country Championships two
weeks ago and will be running the 3K in the US Indoor Championships. 
This will be a rematch with Carrie Tollefson.  The meed will be on ESPN
tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:30. Results link.  Lauren did not run.

Women 800 Meter Run Alysia Johnson California 2:05.53  WOW!

LAUREN FLESHMAN Lauren Fleshman will run in New York this weekend for $50K prize.

Events: Middle distance
Height: 5-8
Weight: 120
PRs: 1,500 - 4:14.68 (2003), 3,000 – 8:59.93i (2005) 5,000 - 15:09.98 (2004)
Born: September 26, 1981
Current Residence: Stanford, Calif.
High School: Canyon HS (Canyon Country, Calif.) ‘99 College: Stanford ‘03
Coach: Vin Lananna
Agent: Ray Flynn
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 3-time NCAA 5,000m outdoor champion; collegiate record holder in 5,000m;
14-time NCAA All-American

Here are the entries for Thursday's (June 23, 2005)
2005 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
at the Home Depot Center.  Good Luck Lauren

Lauren Fleshman placed second in the 5,000 m at the
2005 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships last night and will
represent the US in Finland at the World Championships if she meets
the Qualifying time of 15:08.  She ran 15:16.80 last night. Results here.
The winner was Shalane Flanagan (Nike) 15:10.96.
Bob Dickson on Lauren Fleshman. and here Photos from Helsinki below!

Alysia Johnson of Cal finished third in the women's 800 meters in 2:07.20
in the USA Track & Field Junior Championships at Carson CA, 2005. The winner, Becca Noble, (pictured above) ran the fastest HS 800 time in 23 years
(2:03.73 and had a 59.5 last lap)  Alysia, by placing 3rd is an alternate to
go to the Pan Am Games in Winsor Canada next month. Alysia also won her 800m heat in 2:08.86 and moves on in the
2005 USA Outdoor Track & Field Junior Championships.  Results here.
She took 3rd in the finals at 2:07.2!!! Congratulations.
Alysia Johnson mentioned in Cal's Cross Country Preview
Daily News article on our girls team and Alysia Johnson.

Leanne Riggin is top Freshman finisher for Westmont College at the NAIA marathon in Louiville, Kentucky.  She placed 7th overall in a time of 3:10:10. Results here!   Congratulations Leanne!

Lauren Fleshman WON the 5000m in the Payton Jordan US Open Meet at Stanford last night!
(Sunday 9:00 pm). She ran a 15:15 which is the fastest by an American this year, but a little slower
than the 15:08 (automatic qualifying for the World Championships in Helsinki later this year.) time
she had hoped to run.  The meet will be televised May 30 from 10-11:30 p.m., on ESPN2.
Great article on Lauren in the Mercury News.
NY Times on Lauren .  Lauren Fleshman places 2nd in the 2006 USA Cross Country Championships. Results Interview. Photo

Adam McDonald watch:
He won his first race in Utah as a Mountain View runner. Link.
Adam won his second race (link). Adam won agian! (link)
Adam sets a course record! (Link)
Adam sets another course record at an invite in Boise Idaho. Link.

If you are (or know of) an alumni currently competing in track and field, please

email pjbroneer@yahoo.com with any current results.  Thankyou

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