Samuel Vazquez

You’ve trained hard, had pasta for dinner the night before, drunk lots of milk and gone to bed at 9:00 reminiscing about your recent, random acts of kindness. This race is your reward. With racing flats that seem to have sprouted little wings, you’re way out in front of 699 other runners, including a few that certainly had you worried on the starting line. Flying past the mile in 5:25, you even lengthen your commanding lead by the (mile and a half) turnaround and like the prodigal son, start your journey home--to the finish line, your family and friends, the applause, the overall trophy, and some well-deserved turkey. You imagine yourself on the bow of the Titanic.

Another fantastic piece of journalism by Ralph Epifanio!   You can almost feel the enthusiasm of being at the race!

Former FPC miler Sam Vasquez had some adapting to do: going from winning every race to just being one in a crowd of top milers at the University of Arkansas. But now he\'s back on his way toward the top.

Not only is he the fastest 1500-meter high school runner in the nation, but Flagler Palm Coast Bulldog Sam Vazquez has another reason for his national counter parts to envy him. Vazquez has offically signed a letter of intent to attend the prestigious University of Arkansas.

Photos from the 1,500 at FSU Relays.

The pace was fast and hard, and we put you there with Matt Paulk's interviews with some of the state's finest distance stars from the Bolles Classic. Episcopal alumn and state 5K record holder, Kara Scanlin was also there and said a few word about her first year at Virginia.

As always, Mike Leary took fantastic photos. He provides us with a few shots that he took of the great distance battles at the Bulldog Classic.

The four day relay meet was filled with great high school and college races. We were on site Saturday afternoon to capture some of the action including the High School Invitational races.