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By second time this week. over (the bar). Right now it still school day.of rested a while dtu-
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�HACA — Ithaca High ee black belt — But Basilius did do it — on ing classes to kind of like relax"
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won the women's open division her first attempt at 5-6 — and IHS Bhful
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up with the perfect — albeit at the Seido Karate World made a believer out of
unorthodox — warm-up rou- Championships in Florence, girls' coach Rich Bernstein. trying to get my mind pre-
tine for the high jump Thurs- P "When I saw her first start pared."
Italy, beating 4-8 The high jump was particu-
day at the Section IV State five oppo- dumping she came in at 4-6,
Qualifiers for track and field at nents in a and she looked dead," Bern- larly kind to area athletes as
Bredtx:nner Field. round-robin stein said. three qualified for the State
Large doses of jet-lag, vir- ,tournament "I was like, `Oh, just survive Meet.
tuall no sleep and plenty of today.' She looked at me and Defending Class C girls'
Y P p �' for thc, title. Y• g
ice for the legs led Basilius to B a s i 1 i u s said, `I'm not going to survive, state champion Beth McHale
a school and Southern Tier returned via a , I'm going to break the school of Trumansburg recorded a 5-
Athletic Conference record airplane to record.' I knew she was serious 2 finishing third overall, and
leap of 5-feet, 6-inches, which Ithaca at 5 1 but I didn't believe her. fellow Blue Raider John Reed x
gave her a first-place finish a.m. Thurs- BBSIIIIIS "She's got an amazing perse- cleared 6-0 to place third and t
and a spot in the Class A day morning verance and an inner strength qualify in the Class C boys' '
State Meet next weekend in and took in a full day of school that's just absolutely amazing competition.
Kingston. before competing in the State because she hasn't slept, she's McHale, making a come-
Basilius, a sophomore who is Qualifiers weak, she's dehydrated, but back from an elbow injury at
undefeated in the event this "I wasn't really going for (the she's going to do what she had the start of the season, neared
season, surpassed the 5-51A school record because I was to do."
lea 1994 graduate Joanna „ ) � her season-best of 5-3, which
P by g tired and I really didn't feel like The latter part of Bernstein's she cleared at the Interscholjj�-
Riley and also tied a STAC I was going to do it today," statement applied to Basilius' tic Athletic Conference Lane
record set in 1992. Basilius said after receiving her off-track preparation prior to School Champ ic�nhi �s �•
And with her winning jump, medal at the Award stand. "I - . • p l .itlter
the meet. That entailed a c,ou- this month.
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