3. Satisfying near record runJantzen Oshier had just finished running the fastest 1,600-meter time of the season nationally and was still breathing hard when came the inevitable question's
Cal-bound Jantzen Oshier wasn't upset
that he just missed out on a state-meet
record or breaking 4 minutes.
File photo by Louis Lopez
"Since you got so close, don't you wish you'd broken 4-minutes?" the 6-foot-3 runner from Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo, Calif.) was asked. Oshier was unruffled, just as he was during the California State Track Championships at Buchanan High in Clovis where he roared to a time of 4-minutes, 00.83-seconds.
He smiled and calmly explained why he was more than a little pleased with the time which is second in state meet history only to the 4:00.29 run by German Fernandez of Riverbank (Riverbank, Calif.) in 2008.
"I started the year thinking I'd be happy if I ran a 4:07," said the University of California-bound senior. "I had to quickly change that to 4:05. I'm not worried about running 4:00 today, but I don't know how I'll feel tomorrow."
- Steve Brand
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