La Voz

Issue date: 5/21/07 Section: Athletics

Teygan Mason, nicknamed "slinky" for his stilts-like legs, was fighting all season to get his marks in his events. Those fears were blown away at Stanislaus State on March 3 when Mason jumped a 21.2 ft. and ran 11.6 seconds for 100-meters.

Mason's season would have come to a halt, when he rolled his ankle on the curb on his way to eat, but the team captain knew he had to step up and play through the pain, because he was the only returning track runner on this season's team. Mason used his pain as fuel to drive himself up the Nor Cal rankings.

At the Coast Conference Championships held in San Mateo on April 28, Mason was ranked seventh on our coast, and needed to jump 21.5 feet to move on to the Nor Cal trials. His final jump was ranked tenth, and his track career looked bleak, but on his final he jumped 21.6 and that placed him second in the meet, qualifying him for the Nor Cal trials. At the trials, Mason saved the best for last, jumping a 21.8 to win his seat at the Nor Cal Championships at American River.

The next time you are walking around campus this week and you see Teygan Mason or Chester O'Neal, please congratulate them on making it to the Championships.

Note: Darren Rous is on the De Anza Track and Field Team.

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