Girls track and field: Allen breaks two meet records

Corona del Mar High senior Julie Allen ran with her hardest effort

for the first time this season, and it showed as she broke two meet

records in the Trabuco Hills Track and Field Invitational Saturday.

Allen, who recently recovered from a viscous bout with the flu,

completed a 4:59.83 time in the 1,600 to become the meet’s reigning

record holder, then she smashed the 3,200 meet record by nine seconds

with a 10:46.48, CdM Coach Bill Sumner said.

“She won by about 150 yards,” Sumner said. “A girl like her, the

season’s long, so we knew her time would drop a little. It’s the first

time I let her run. Every race before, I just wanted her running to win.

She ran two laps with the group and then took off for the lead. She ran

hard as opposed to running to win.”

CdM junior Becky Cummins finished seventh in the 1,600 (5:18.6).