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photo by John
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first DyeStat
Featured Meet
of the 2002-2003 school year
Midwest
Meet of Champions |
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| HILLIARD OH -- In
its second year, the Midwest Meet of Champions September 7 again
features top teams from OH, MI, and IN. Six teams are ranked
in The Harrier pre-season
poll, led by host Hilliard Davidson's boys,
ranked #3 in the country. Davidson will try to unseat defending
champion Midwest #10 Milford MI, and Midwest
#6 LaSalle Cincinnati OH will have a say also.
US#8 Rockford MI is the highest rated girls
team, but they will have to beat defending champion Carmel
IN and US#10 Turpin Cincinnati OH.
Lawrence North IN sr Nef Araia, last year's
MMOC champion and a Foot Locker national finalist, returns.
He will be challenged by Hudson OH sr Wesley Smith (runner-up
here last year and 5th in the AOC Raleigh 2-mile last June in
9:03.61) and Middletown OH soph Jeff See (who
set a new national record for indoor mile by a freshman, 4:22.62
at the Nike Indoor Classic last March and ran 4:15 outdoors).
In the girls race, Rockford MI jr Nikki Bohnsack,
who won the inaugural MMOC last year, will not defend her title
because an injury which was aggravated at last week's Benzie
Central Invitational will sideline her for 3 weeks.
The girls favorites thus become Beaumont Cleveland
Heights jr Maggie Infeld (2:11.24 and 4:53.09
last year and anchor of Beaumont's sprint medley winner at AOC
Raleigh), Carmel IN jr Katie Harrington (4:56.04
and 10:48.50 last year and 7th in the Golden West mile), and
Turpin jr Carolyn Rauen (4:58.54 Mile and 10:53.81
2Mile last year). MMOC
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Cross
Country gets going
- early results and rankings
- CO 8/29 Pat
Patton Memorial - Megan and Katelyn
Kaltenbach finished 1-2 to lead Smoky Hill girls at Boulder.
Brent Vaughn made it an individual sweep for
Smoky Hill by winning the boys race.
- CA Danny Luna 15:15 3m wins
at Huntington
Beach as all comers come to a close and the real season looms.
Rubidoux
boys time trial indicates they are ready for Great American.
Much more California news on DyeStatCal.
- PA Pennsylvania
Preview by Don Rich - Can Jessica Cickay
win that elusive state championship and get back to FootLockers?
Will Jesi Christiansen three-peat? Will the great
Henderson program re-assert itself? Will Ryan
Blood put it all together? Don't know. But guessing is
fun!
- MD Pre-Season
Team Rankings - C.M. Wright boys and Bryn
Mawr girls are #1 on MD Running, Donnie Mickey's new
Maryland web site.
- NY Pre-Season
Boys Team Rankings - Shenendehowa claims
#1 in Tom Cuffe's poll.
- NE Pre-Season
Coaches Poll - by Craig Christians. Boys leaders are Omaha
Benson and Colby Wissel of Kearney.
Girls leaders are Omaha Burke and Kym
Bennett of Bellevue West.
- OK Pre-Season
Coaches Poll - Jenks boys and girls are rated
best in Oklahoma. Tyler Schmiedeberg of Edmond
Memorial and Brianna McLeod of Jenks are top
ranked invididuals.
- TN 8/22 KIL
All Comers - Oak Ridge and West Knoxville
trade wins. Oak Ridge boys win 27-50, and West Knoxville girls
win 33-34.
- Pennsylvania news from PennTrackXC
- (1) Council Rock splits into 2 schools, with
the power supposedly going to South, but last
year's JV runners backed up ace Jessica Cickay
to give North the win in a dual meet between
former teammates. (2) Angie Saterstad is locked
out of the Hershey HS team and will run as an independent. (3)
State cross country championship course at Hershey may be revamped
to make it more athlete-friendly and fan-friendly.
- Texas
Coaches poll has The Woodlands and Kingwood
1-2, with a head to head battle looming this Saturday 8/31 at
The Woodlands Invitational. Kingwood tops 5A
girls list.
- Nevada
Pre-Season Rankings - Centennial boys and
Green Valley girls are picked #1 by Nevada Track
Stats coaches poll.
- 8/29 Idaho
preview by Brett Hill - Defending champs all look strong:
5A Meridian, 4A Bishop Kelley,
3A Preston, 2A Firth boys and
Malad girls. Hillcrest dropping
from 5A to 4A affects both divisions.
- 8/27 Illinois
Coaches Poll #1 - York boys and Wheeling
girls take top spots in first poll of the season by ITCCCA.
- 8/27 New
Mexico preview - Gallup favored to sweep
5A titles. It would be 7th straight for the girls and 14th in
20 years for the boys (but the first in 3 years). In 4A, the favorites
are the Albuquerque Academy boys and Los
Alamos girls -- by Adam Kedge.
- 8/27 Florida individual
top 20 rankings - Ryan Deak and Elly
Kabboord still #1. (Ricky Quintana, runflorida.com)
- 8/26 Florida team rankings (Ricky Quintana, runflorida.com)
- Boys
- Flagler Palm Coast Bunnell unseats Deak-less
Chiles Tallahassee as #1.
- Girls
- Our Lady of Lourdes Miami is still #1.
- Illinois
PreSeason Rankings - IllinoisRunner.com picks
the team and individual favorites in both classes. Will the boys
of York return to the throne room, or will Glenbard
South's four super sophs of 2001 defend their title?
Who will step into the void left by Erika Odlaug
and Maria Cicero?
- Georgia
rankings 8/26 - Pope sr Sean Reilly moves
to #1. Brookwood boys, Christy Brewer
and Marist girls stay #1.
- California
pre-season rankings - Doug Speck calls top 10 teams and individuals
in each division
- Sunset
in the Park - Erick Maldonado beats Michael
Haddan in 2.8 miler at Huntington Beach CA
- 8/24 OH
Celina Invitational - LaSalle Cincinnati romps with 22 points.
- 8/24 2
Ohio meets - St. Xavier wins Henry Jacquez
Inv and Sycamore wins Brian Plasman Inv.
- GA 8/24 North
Gwinnett-Walton Stage Races - Parkview boys
11 and Collins Hill girls 14
MI -
Rockford sweeps Benzie Central Inv
Rockford warms up in big early Michigan meet, US#8
ranked girls 31 and boys 34. Matt Wish of Rockford
15:56 3.1m wins individual honors. Nicole Bush
of Kelloggsville 18:31 is girls winner. Complete
Results
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| DyeStat
hears . . . |
| Katya Kostetskaya, the diminutive
Russian exchange student who ran so well as a freshman at Jonesboro
AR last year, went home to Russia for the summer and is having
visa problems that delay her return to the US. Her aunt and
coach, Tatiana Bell (sister in law of pole vaulter Earl Bell),
is working on the problem. Tatiana reports that Katya ran well
this summer: a 2:10.49 800m at the International Youth Games
in Moscow and a 59.69 400H in St. Petersburg June 29. |
| Smoky Hill CO star Megan
Kaltenbach tells the Denver Post why she wins by such
big margins: "I hate people on my heels." Her coach,
Greg Weich, advises anyone wanting to beat Megan: "I hope
you're ready to deal with a lot of pain." Fort Collins
coach Craig Luckasen said, "Melody (Fairchild) was the
best I've seen, and (Kaltenbach) is close, if not better."
Denver
Post season preview. |
| A "sprint summit"
is on the drawing boards in conjunction with the 2003
Nike Indoor Classic to be held at Landover MD next
March 15-16. Modelled roughly after the Pole Vault summit in
Nevada, the event would involve elite and high school athletes
and coaches and would include instruction, demonstration, and
competition. |
| Two nationally ranked girl distance runners
who won't run for their high school teams because of differences
with coaches will face each other at the Great American Cross
Country Festival in Charlotte. Chaska MN fr Bria Wetsch
and Hershey PA sr Angie Saterstad are entered
unattached in the College Open race Friday night September 27.
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Brian Dalpiaz
has appendectomy
Sayville NY star undergoes emergency surgery Monday 8/26 for a burst appendix.
Sayville coach Glenn Drago said Brian may be ready to run again in 4-6
weeks, but the recovery period could be as long as 12 weeks. Dalpiaz was
entering his senior year as one of the leading distance runners in the
country. He was the Penn Relays champion last April at 3000 meters.
Georgia girl
dies after cross country race
Cedar Grove jr Shai Lauren Owens collapsed after completing a 3.1 mile
race at Shamrock in Dekalb County and died at 8 pm at Dekalb Medical Center.
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution story.
The
Harrier pre-season rankings
Marc Bloom tabs The Woodlands TX boys and Saratoga
Springs NY girls as US#1 in first Super 25 rankings of the 2002
cross country season. Kingwood TX boys, #1 last year,
start out this year at #7. Dana Hills CA and Mountain
View UT bid for top school honors with each in top 10 of both
boys and girls rankings. Top 10 lists are loaded with new faces: Boys
- 3. Davidson Hilliard OH, 5. Davis UT, 6. West Plains MO, 8. Russellville
AR, 9. Salesianum DE, and 10. Jefferson Alexandria VA. Girls
- 2. Valparaiso, 3. San Pasqual CA, 9. Hopkins MN, and 10. Turpin Cincinnati
OH.
The Harrier top 10 national and
top 5 regional teams
| Natasha
Roetter Says No
to running at Duke
2-time Foot Locker Northeast champion opts for marching
band and intramural basketball instead
8/26/02 -- Natasha Roetter (Lexington, Ma), who finished 4th (2000)
and 3rd(2001) at the last two Foot Locker Cross Country Championships,
walked into Duke coach Jan Ogilvie's office yesterday with her parents
(a day before classes started), and announced that she didn't want
to compete at the collegiate level at this time.
Walt Murphy's X-Country
story |
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"The best coach on the planet is Scott Raczko"
says Alan Webb in USATF
teleconference.
National Coaches
of the Year
The National High School Coaches Association
selected these coaches for the 2001-2002 school year:
Cross
Country -- Girls: Jeff Arbogast, Bingham
UT. Boys: Rich Trenoze, Bayonne NJ
Track
& Field -- Girls: Tom Knudson, Northrop
Fort Wayne IN. Boys: Lindy Remigino, Hartford
CT
DyeStatCal
a new California web site with an old familiar name
Doug Speck, the guru of high school track
in California and the nation, has joined DyeStat as editor of DyeStatCal,
our new California page at www.dyestatcal.com.
This page takes the place of our California state page in the States
section. It will have saturation coverage of the important Golden State
with all the latest news, results, rankings, and photos.
Speck has been covering the California and national prep
scene for many years. As announcer at most of the leading meets, he combines
his encyclopedic knowledge with a coach's observations to enliven every
race. Speck is a long time teacher at Arcadia CA high school, where he
built the Arcadia Invitational into the leading in-season prep meet in
the country and 2 years ago took over the duties of athletic director.
With the onset of the Internet, Speck was one of the web pioneers for
several years as editor of prep.CalTrack.com. We are delighted to welcome
Doug to the DyeStat team. [John Dye]
Check out DyeStatCal - opening
day featured Sunset
in the Park race at Central Park in Huntington Beach CA and California
pre-season rankings, team and individual by division. Talk about it
all on the California
TrackTalk message board
Sunset in the Park collage by Jason Watanabe
Athletes
to Watch in 2002-2003
Going into the 2003 class year, the athletes to watch will come from these
lists. Of course, many others will emerge during the year.
- 8/26/02 Outdoor
Returnees to 2003 - undergrads in 2002 outdoor who made the DyeStat
Elite rankings
- 8/26/02 Indoor Returnees to 2003 - undergrads in 2002
indoor who made the DyeStat Elite rankings
- 8/26/02 Cross Country Returnees to 2003 - undergrads
in 2001 cross country who made DyeStat XC Leader Lists
- 8/26/02 New
Faces of 2002 - freshmen and younger who made the DyeStat Elite
national rankings
Welcome
to the 2003 version of DyeStat
We have redesigned the navigation links
(Site Map) and sponsor section, with a standard position on all new pages
added to DyeStat. Please email John Dye
if any links don't work. You can use the old
Page 1 to reach all content prior to August 20, 2002.
Iolani Update
Here are some early confirmed teams for the 4th
Iolani Invitational in Hawaii September 21: Poly Long Beach CA girls,
Gunn CA, Auburn Riverside WA, Rotorua Girls (New Zealand), Eisenhower
WA, Crescent Valley OR, Montgomery Santa Rosa CA, Clovis East CA, Milikan
CA, Valley Christian CA, Orange CA, Deer Valley CA, Chino CA, and Bingham
UT.
55
teams named
for Great
American
Race of Champions
CHARLOTTE NC 8/6/02 -- Great American founder Rick Hill today named
55 teams (27 boys and 28 girls) to run in the Race of Champions, the most
prestigious pair of the 22 races to be run at the 4th Great American Cross
Country Festival at Ballantyne Resort September 27 and 28. Defending champion
Kingwood TX boys and Saratoga NY girls return. Bobby Curtis KY, who won
the Seeded Invitational race last year, will be in the ROC this year.
Other top runners include Foot Locker national finalists Liza Pasciuto
CA and Amber Harper UT, Saratoga NY freshman ace Nicole Blood, and Amanda
and Katy Trotter of Red Bank NJ.. The Trotter twins are running cross
country for the first time after leading Red Bank's distance medley team
to a national indoor record (NSIC New York) and AOC Raleigh championship.
Details
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Featured Meets
Meets that will be covered in depth by DyeStat
in 2002-2003
* = DyeStat on-site meet
- CROSS COUNTRY 2002
- * Sep 7 - Midwest Meet of Champions, Hilliard
OH
- * Sep 21 - Iolani
Invitational, Kualoa HI
- * Sep 27-28 - Great
American Cross Country Festival, Charlotte NC
- * Oct 5 - Portage Invitational - Portage MI
- * Oct 12 - Manhattan Invitational, Van Cortlandt
Park, NYC
- * Oct 25-26 - Mt. SAC Invitational, Walnut CA
- * Nov 17 - OR-WA BorderClash, Nike World Headquarters,
Beaverton OR
- * Nov 30 - Foot Locker Cross Country regionals
- Northeast, Van Cortlandt Park, NYC
- South, Charlotte NC
- Midwest, Kenosha WI
- * Dec 7 - Foot Locker West Regional, Mt. SAC
CA
- * Dec 14 - Foot Locker National Finals - San
Diego CA
- INDOOR 2003
- * Dec 21 - Bishop Loughlin Games - New York Armory
- * Dec 27 - Holiday Classic - New York Armory
- * Jan 11 - Hispanic Games - New York Armory
- * Jan 25 - New Balance Games - New York Armory
- * Feb 7 - Millrose Games - Madison Square Garden
NYC
- * Feb 8 - Colgate Women's Games - Madison Square
Garden NYC
- * Feb 13-15 - Simplot Games - Pocatello ID
- * Mar 15-16 - Nike Indoor Classic - Landover
MD
- OUTDOOR 2003
- * Mar 28-29 - Sugar Bowl Classic - New Orleans
LA
- * Apr 4-5 - Mobile Challenge of Champions - Mobile
AL
- * Apr 11-12 - Arcadia Invitational - Arcadia
CA
- * Apr 24-26 - Penn Relays - Philadelphia PA
- * June 13-14 - adidas Outdoor Championships -
Raleigh NC
- * June 19-22 - USATF Nationals - Palo Alto CA
- June 28-29 - 1st National Decathlon/Heptathlon
Ch. - Albuquerque NM
- July - USATF Junior Olympics
- August - AAU Junior Olympics
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