Daily Pilot Athlete of the Week
Name: Mike Casillas
Born: Nov. 16, 1984
Hometown: Costa Mesa
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 155
Sport: Track and field
Events: 1,600, 3,200, relays
Coach: Charlie Appell
Favorite food: Spaghetti
Favorite movie: “The Matrix”
Best athletic moment: “Winning the senior cross country race at the
Laguna Hills Invitational (last fall), when I was sick and had a fever.”
Athlete of the Week XIII: He won the 1,600 meters, the 3,200 and was
third in the 800 to help the Eagles defeat Corona del Mar in a PCL dual
meet March 28, then ran a personal-best 9:53 at the Trabuco Hills
Invitational March 30.
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