Sylvia Mosqueda
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Representing the United States | ||
World Cross Country Championships
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1992 Boston | Women's team |
Sylvia Mosqueda (born April 8, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an American long distance runner notable for hard front running over an extended career at an elite level.
Early Success
First as a high school athlete at
Next, Mosqueda went to
Olympic Trials
Qualified by her L.A. Marathon run, she ran in the 1988 Olympic Marathon trials, darting to a minute and a half lead in the early stages. She paid the price for the early pace, being swallowed by the pack and dropping out exhausted at 18 miles.
Road Racing
Sylvia has found her best success at the
Cross Country
She was on the US squad for the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing 42nd in the "Long Race" and taking a team silver medal.[21] In 1997 she set the still standing course record on the difficult Twilight's Last Gleaming Cross Country Challenge.[22]
Masters career
In 2006, she joined the all female See Jane Run team, which has won numerous open national championships with a senior group of elite women.[23]
In 2007, she was named head coach of the Los Angeles City College Track and Cross Country teams[3] That same year she was named "W40 Masters Age Division Runner of the Year"[24] following Masters wins at the Cooper River Bridge Run and the Gate River Run and a second place showing at the Peachtree Road Race.[20]
In 2009, she won the Masters Division of the prestigious Carlsbad 5000[25]
According to a
She is of Mexican American descent.[27]
Took time away from running Masters: On June 10, 2016 at the Jim Bush Invite Mosqueda set an American Record 1500m 4:49.91.
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing the United States | ||||
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France
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— | DNF
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- 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Bristol London 1:14.04 36th overall team 8th overall[30][31] for men's team,[32][33]
- 1992 Cross Country World Championships Boston USA Team 2nd Overall Team Silver Medal[34]
References
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- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ a b c http://www.lacitycollege.edu/athletics/trackandfield/news081407.html LACC Press Release
- ^ The Fresno Bee [dead link]
- ^ https://articles.latimes.com/1986-03-13/news/ga-19524_1_sylvia-mosqueda Sylvia Mosqueda], Los Angeles Times, March 13, 1986.
- ^ Mosqueda No Longer a Mystery Woman, Los Angeles Times, Jerry Crowe, March 24, 1987. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ http://www.lamarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/LAM10-racebook_final3-31410b-complete.pdf?q=universal-sports-to-broadcast-coverage-of-2009-world-marathon LA Marathon results
- ^ "California Collegiate Athletic Association - CCAA Male and Female Athletes of the Year Announced". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19880602&id=AwQPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VIQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5128,571354 Deseret News June 2, 1988
- ^ Sharon Lokedi Wins NCAA 10,000m as Six Women Break 30-Year-Old Meet Record, LetsRun.com, June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "5-30 WTF alltime top 10" (PDF).
- ^ http://www.dyestatcal.com/news/tr2007/March/12%20CSLA%20Hall%20Fame/Summary.htm CSLA Hall of Fame
- ^ https://articles.latimes.com/1988-05-02/sports/sp-1491_1_u-s-women-marathon/2 LA Times May 2, 1988
- ^ http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&thread=724967&id=725798 1988 Olympic Trials
- ^ http://prolinesportsnutrition.com/puresport-athletes Proline Sports Nutrition
- ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/news/results/wot96.asp 1996 Olympic Trials results
- ^ http://www.dyestatcal.com/results/trk2004/7-July/08OlyTrials/CalWom.htm Olympic Trials Qualifiers
- ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/news/showRelease.asp?article=/news/releases/2004-03-29-2.xml Marathon Olympic Trials Press Release
- ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2003/Mosqueda_Sylvia.asp USATF Bio
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Janofsky, Michael (22 March 1992). "CROSS-COUNTRY; Jennings, in Her Own Backyard, Finds Winning as Easy as 1-2-3". The New York Times.
- ^ "Twilight's Last Gleaming Course Records".
- ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2006_12_06_14_40_22 USATF Press Release December 6, 2006
- ^ "USATF - News".
- ^ http://racingnews.runnersworld.com/2009/04/april-7-sylvia-mosqueda-is-top-master-at-carlsbad-5000-famiglietti-tries-finding-the-balance-to-kim-smith-world-cross-country-was-more-of-a-mountain-race-son-in-u-s-and-dad-in-iraq.html Runners World April 7, 2009
- ^ "USA Track & Field".
- ^ Fernando Dominguez, Los Angeles Times, "Sports Talk: Cal State Latina Track Star Aims Beyond Finish Line" ( May 4, 1989)
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