Newhall’s Herazo Sets World Record in Walk

Victoria Herazo of Newhall set a world record in the women’s one-hour walk in The Athletics Congress championships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Sunday.

Herazo covered 12,771 meters to break the previous best of 12,664 meters set by Giuliana Salde of Italy in 1986.

“The weather helped tremendously,” said Herazo, 32. “Originally, I was just going to go for the (U. S.) record, but when I saw how nice and cool it was in the morning, I decided to go for the world record.”

Herazo, who set the previous U. S. record of 12,464 meters last December, finished 27th in the 20K walk in the world track and field championships in August.

A Northwest Valley Conference football game between Chatsworth and San Fernando highs has been rescheduled for Friday at 7:30 p.m. at San Fernando. The game was moved up 30 minutes to minimize the chance of violence.

Chatsworth (4-2) and San Fernando (6-0) are in first place in the North Valley and West Valley leagues, respectively.

Cal State Northridge defensive tackle Alo Sila has been named Western Football Conference defensive player of the week for his performance in the Matadors’ 45-27 win over Santa Clara.

Sila had seven solo tackles and three assisted tackles.

The senior from San Jose also recovered a fumble, sacked the quarterback for a nine-yard loss and recorded two quarterback hurries.

Moorpark College wide receiver Curtis Marsh and Pierce tailback LaShante Parker have been honored as Western State Conference co-offensive players of the week.

Moorpark defensive back Kenyon Lewis was selected as a co-defensive player of the week.

Marsh, a sophomore from Simi Valley High, had seven receptions for 116 yards and two touchdowns in Moorpark’s 39-10 victory over Bakersfield on Saturday.

Parker, a sophomore from Palmdale High, gained 176 yards in 18 carries and scored four touchdowns in Pierce’s 34-23 victory over Glendale.

Lewis intercepted two passes against Bakersfield and returned the second 68 yards for a touchdown. The freshman from Oxnard High also had three unassisted tackles, two assisted tackles and broke up a pass.

Mark Zalin, the former boys’ volleyball coach at Harvard-Westlake High, has been hired as an assistant at California. He joined Dave Nichols’ staff two weeks ago and has been reunited with former Harvard players Matt Clark and Bob Concha.

Zalin, 35, resigned from Harvard in August after nine seasons to take a job with the Kentfield School District in Marin County, north of San Francisco. Zalin transformed a moribund program into a Southern Section power, and his tenure was capped by a 3-A Division championship in the spring. Harvard won 68 consecutive league matches and six consecutive league championships in Zalin’s final six seasons. Zalin had a 116-28 record.

The Santa Paula/Fillmore Tennis Club Halloween tournament will be held Sunday at 2 p.m.

Information: 805-525-2663 or 805-525-1155.

Natasha Pospich of Woodland Hills and Dexter MacBride of Calabasas reached the mixed doubles final of the 105th Southern California Sectional tennis championships Sunday before falling to Stephanie Rehe and Lee Herzog of Los Angeles.

In the class championships, Sherman Oaks’ Brahna Pastorini won the title in the 3.5 division.

College of the Canyons women’s basketball Coach Jeff Dunlap has accepted a position as a men’s assistant at Quincy College in Quincy, Ill.

Dunlap coached at Canyons for the past two seasons and compiled a 44-20 record.

He will be responsible for scouting and recruiting at Quincy.

Amber Schultz, 17, of Ventura High, and Steve Robinson, 15, of Hueneme High, have been selected to compete for the U.S. Karate Federation junior team that will be challenging for the Mikulas Cup in Budapest on Dec. 7.