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Babcock sets National Federation record in the 1,600 : Varsity Times Insider : Los Angeles TimesPublished by
What superlatives are yet to be written about Woodbridge runner Christine Babcock? In the Southern Section-Toyota Masters meet Friday night at Cerritos College, Babcock was ...
The Washington-bound runner ran the 1,600 meters in 4 minutes 36.57 seconds, the National Federation State High School Assn., record. The old standard was 4:38.15 by Alex Kosinski of El Dorado Hills Oak Ridge set last year. Babcock's time is the second-fastest ever by a California schoolgirl. Polly Plumer from Irvine University was faster in 1982, but it was a converted time; she ran the mile, not the 1,600, and she did it in an open meet at UCLA, not a high school-only meet. Plumer ran a 4:35.24 in the mile. Read the full article at: latimesblogs.latimes.com
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