Mesa Community College hosted the 2009 NJCAA Region I Track and Field Championship on May 12 and 14.

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Meet Results, Day 3 (Tuesday)

Meet Results, Day 4 (Thursday)

Justin Royer from Mesa Community College won the 10,000 meter run during Tuesday’s competition, and came back to win the 3,000 meter steeplechase on Thursday.

Kierre Beckles from Central Arizona College set a new meet record in the 100 meter hurdles and won the 400 meter hurdles during Thursday’s competition.

For its 2009 edition, organizers of the adidas Track Classic shifted the competition schedule from mid-afternoon to early evening, in order to take advantage of more favorable weather in the Los Angeles area for distance running, while retaining fast conditions for sprint events. The format change was a success, with impressive early season results in both the sprint and distance events.

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2008 U.S. Olympic Trials champion Anna Willard ran the fastest women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase on American soil.

2008 Olympic 400 meter champion LaShawn Merritt stepped down half a lap to the 200 meters for the adidias Track Classic, and emerged with a convincing victory.

Mardi Gras Marathon weekend at the end of January 2009 gave me an opportunity to visit New Orleans. It was my second time in the city, and first extended visit. In 1859, Mark Twain wrote, “It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he as seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.” After more than a century, Twain’s observation still resonates…

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The Saint Louis Cathedral was established in 1720, and overlooks Jackson Square and the French Quarter.