Mira Costa High School runner Dalia Frias’ miracle month
Dalia Frias on her way to setting a Mira Costa school record in the 3,200 meter race, on May 8, during the Arcadia Invitational. Photo courtesy of Dalia Frias by Erin Waldner On April 17, at the Laguna Beach Distance Carnival, Mira Costa junior Dalia Frias broke her school’s 1600 meter record, with a time of 4:48.75. The previous record was 4:50.05, set by Lynn Dixon in 2000. One week later at the Meet of Champions at Arcadia High School, Frias broke her school’s 37-year-old 800 meter record, with a time of 2:10.44. The previous record was 2:16.10, set by Laura Cattivera, in 1984. On May 8, Frias set her third school record, by running the 3,200 meters in 10:16.61 at the Arcadia Invitational. The previous record was 10:19:16, set by Melia Chittenden. Finally, on May 15, less than a month after setting her first school record, Frias set her fourth school record with a 4:47.71 mile at the Sound Running track meet in Irvine. The previous record was set 45 years ago, by Lynn Maltinski, who ran a 4:56.4 in 1976. In the course of breaking the mile record, Frias passed the 1600 meter mark in 4:45, eclipsing her record time on April 17, by nearly four seconds. But because she did it…
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