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June 3, 2015 Palisades News Page 27Track-and-Field:City FinalsSenior distance runner Marissa Wil -liams was the individual star of theday at the City Section finals on May28 at Cerritos College. The Palisades Highgirls team finished third (48) and the PaliHiboys placed 12th, with Carson capturingboth titles.Williams, who’s headed for Cal Berkeley,broke her own City records in both the 1600(4:47.88) and 3200 (10:28.30)—the fourthstraight year she has won both events. Thisprompted veteran L.A. Times prep sportswriter Eric Sondheimer to call her “the greatestgirls distance runner in City Section history.”In addition to Williams running in theState championships at Buchanan HighSchool in Fresno on June 5-6, senior MarcellusCole qualified after placing secondin the shot put with a toss of 45 feet.PaliHi will also send the girls 4 x 400relay team of Kendal Lake, Erica Agege, JessicaAgege and Nicole Figueroa, who won ina time of 4:00.12, and the boys 4 x 400 teamof Ranard Beckman, Doug McGee, KaelynnLamothe and Mahkai Husband. Theboys finished third in 3:24.55, but broke theschool record (3:29.38) set in 2012.In addition to her relay leg, freshmanJessica Agege finished second in the 400(59.31) and fourth in the 200 (25.90). Lakefinished sixth (26.10)1 and Erika Agegewas seventh (26.39).PPO 14191ACO 6002C10 899092ALARMSInteractive alarms are now standard and keep you incontrol. We install and maintain integrated alarmsystems to protect your home and family. 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We monitor andrespond to camera monitoring.Senior distance runner Marissa Williams.Photo: Craig WestonSophomore Nicole Figueroa finishedfourth in the 800 (2:23.89) and seniorsElizabeth Goodman and Hannah DeSilvafinished seventh (2:27.10) and ninth(2:30.03) respectively.Senior Natalie Marsh, sophomore ShannonLee and junior Emma Ulfvengrenplaced sixth, ninth and 15th in the 3200.Junior Whitney Yost tied for ninth in thehigh jump with a jump of 4 foot, 8 inches.In the boys 3200, senior Shane Brouwerfinished sixth (9:41.65) and freshman teammateBen Hamer finished 11th (9:56.47).PALISADES PATROL15332 Antioch Street, #117 • Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 • Fax: (310) 459-7773310.454.7741Gates Security Systems – Malibu Patrol – Conejo Valley Patrol – Brentwood PatrolWWW.GATESSECURITY.COMSteve Kerr TakesWarriors to FinalsHead coach Steve Kerr and his GoldenState Warriors will host the Cleveland Cavalierstomorrow night, June 4, as the NBAFinals get underway.Forty years ago, when the Warriors wontheir last NBA title, Steve Kerr was a 9-yearoldstar in basketball and baseball at thePalisades Recreation Center. He playedboth sports at Palisades High, then focusedon basketball at the University of Arizonaand had a 15-year career as a shootingguard in the NBA, winning five championshiprings.Last spring, Kerr rejected a coachingoffer from the New York Knicks and optedfor Golden State; the Knicks ended the seasonwith the league’s second-worst record,while the Warriors had the best. This givesthem home-court advantage (they are 46-3at home this year) against LeBron JamesledCleveland.Baseball: Out in First RoundThe Dolphins lost to second-seededChatsworth, 7-2, in the opening round of theCity Division I baseball playoffs on May 20.Pali jumped to a 2-0 lead in the top halfof the second inning. Jed Moscot led offwith a walk, Cameron Schiffer followedwith a single, and Brendan Ward reachedfirst on a bunt to load the bases. Joe FasanoBell 14th at IndyPacific Palisades resident Town -send Bell finished 14th at the Indianapolis500 on Sunday, May24. Juan Pablo Montoya, won the race.Bell started 23 in the 33-car fielddriving a car sponsored by the Dreyer& Reinbold-Kingdom racing team.This was Bell’s ninth Indy 500, and hisbest finish was fourth in 2009.Last year he was running second withonly 25 laps remaining in the 200-laprace. He ended up 25th after his car’sleft-rear suspension broke with only10 laps remaining.Bell, who is also Pacific Palisades’honorary sheriff, races in the TudorUnited SportsCar Championship Seriesand is an IndyCar analyst on televisionfor NBC Sports Network. Nextmonth, Bell plans to drive in the 24Hours of Le Mans endurance race.—SUE PASCOEhit into a double play, scoring Moscot fromthird, and Remi Meteigner singled up themiddle to score Schiffer.However, Chatsworth quickly respondedwith five runs in the bottom half of the inning,and Pali never recovered. 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