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James (J.K.) Withers, former Cardinal Newman standout now running for Oregon. Withers just ran the third fastest Mile ever by a Redwood Empire athlete. His 4:05.67 indoor mark at the Mountain Pacific Championships in Seattle moved him closer to Dan Aldridge's 3:58.2 from 1981. Dan Held a 1990 SRHS grad has second best from the meet listed at bottom. Mountain Pacific Championships (gohuskies.cstv.com) Withers's Top Oregon Performances. 800 Meters - Outdoors UNAT. = 1:53.39, 6th, Cardinal Invite, Stanford, Calif., May 1, 2005 UNAT. = 1:55.61, 2nd, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore., March 19, 2005 1,500 Meters - Outdoors UNAT. = 3:58.53, 11th, (3:58.53-p, 11th-p) USA Junior Champs, Carson, Calif., June 25, 2005 UNAT. = 4:03.11, 34th, Oregon Invitational, Eugene, Ore., April 23, 2005 Mile - Indoors 4:05.67, 7th, Mountain Pacific Championships, Seattle, Wash., February 24, 2007 4:10.06, 8th, Mountain Pacific Championships, Seattle, February 25, 2006 Mile - Outdoors UNAT. = 4:11.41, 6th, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., May 5, 2005 3,000 Meters - Outdoors UNAT. = 8:31.05, 1st, Pepsi Team Invite Mini-Meet, Eugene, Ore., April 9, 2005 DATE: Sunday, April 30, 1995 RYAN INVITE BACKS UP ITS BILLING Built up to be the feature races of the second annual Pat Ryan Invitational, the women's 5,000 meters and the men's invitational mile didn't leave fans disappointed. Santa Rosa High sophomore Julia Stamps, chasing the national high school 5,000 meter record of 16 minutes, 13.6 seconds set by Mary Shea in 1979, was pushed by a cheering crowd the entire race but fell just short. Stamps' time was 16:31.2, easily an Empire record. The fastest previous time was set by Megan Reeder, also of Santa Rosa High, who posted a time of 18:26.7 in 1992. ``It's hard to run that fast when your by yourself,'' said Stamps, who might give the record one more shot at a meet in Eugene, Oregon May 13. ``If someone is in front of you you have something to look at and that helps a lot. ``It's nice to have the support (of the fans), but being by yourself makes it hard to concentrate. But it feels nice to have people cheering for you.'' Jamey Harris, the defending men's mile champ, held off a late-charging Dan Held to win in a time of 4 minutes, 3.3 seconds, just .5 seconds ahead of Held. ``I wanted to get out front (at the start),'' said Harris, whose wife Shannon won the women's mile in 4:52.0. ``But I got elbowed off the starting line and was about eighth.'' Harris slowly made his way through the front-runners and was seconds behind Held with 300 meters left. ``I usually go all out at that point,'' said Harris , who could have earned $250 if his time had been under 4 minutes. ``I was looking to go under 60 seconds (per lap) and about 1:58 through 800 meters.'' The first lap was on Harris' pace with the leaders crossing the startfinish line at exactly 60 seconds, but the second was a little slower. The lead pack crossed the line at 2:02. At the end of the third lap, Held, Harris and Ernie Freer crossed the line 1-2-3 at 3:05. Held was in the lead by about 10 meters before Harris made a move.
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