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Liberty Bell Invitational

9/13/02 at Littleton CO

Smoky Hill dominates with Kaltenbach sisters and Brent Vaughn.  US#11 Albuquerque Academy NM boys beat Colorado #3 Denver West. Mountain View UT's US#2 boys and US#7 girls teams did not show. 95 teams did.


Boys - Girls

Boys

Smoky Hill's Brent Vaughn won in 15:16, a 17-second PR and just 11 seconds off of Adam Goucher's course record. Team title went to Albuquerque Academy, ranked #11 nationally by the Harrier. Second place was Colorado #3 Denver West, an inner city school with an all minority representation of 9 boys. Albuquerque Academy scored 71 to Denver West's 111.

Division I

1, Albuquerque (N.M.) Academy 71; 2, Denver West 111; 3, Cherry Creek 125; 4, Highlands Ranch 143; 5, Fort Collins 146; 6, Fairview 152; 7, Rocky Mountain 176; 8, Smoky Hill 204; 9, Boulder 213; 10, Columbine 220.

Individuals - 1, Brent Vaughn, Smoky Hill, 15:16; 2, Tim Zeckser, Fairview, 15:35.9; 3, Bradley Harkrader, Thornton, 15:38.3; 4, John Bunting, Albuquerque Academy, 15:47.3; 5, Andrew Urbina, Albuquerque Academy, 15:50.2; 6, Steve Curtis, Eaglecrest, 15:50.6; 7, Connor Wilson, Highlands Ranch, 15:50.9; 8, Clifton Oertli, Columbine, 15:52.3; 9, Greg Castro, Boulder, 15:56.4; 10, Wil Buchanan, Rocky Mountain, 15:58.4.

Division 2

1, Liberty 62; 2, Wheat Ridge 63; 3, Dakota Ridge 97; 4, Loveland 99; 5, Cheyenne Mountain 144; 6, Lewis-Palmer 178; 7, Wasson 215; 8, Pueblo South, 252; 9, Broomfield 262; 10, Regis 294.

Individuals - 1, Stephen Wills, Cheyenne Mountain, 15:42.7; 2, Alex Clayton, Liberty, 15:46.6; 3, Aaron Rubalacaba-Lopez, Pueblo South, 16:08.9; 4, Tyson Friedrichsen, Dakota Ridge, 16:12.6; 5, Austin Schwaderer, Wheat Ridge, 16:16.3; 6, Nick Mayhard, Wheat Ridge 16:17; 7, Joel Hamilton, Liberty, 16:17.6; 8, Brett Wilson, Loveland, 16:18.9; 9, Carlo Gonzales, Wheat Ridge, 16:24.9; 10, Paul Hamilton, Liberty, 16:29.8.

Division 3

1, Evergreen 87; 2, Conifer 100; 3, Mullen 120; 4, Scottsbluff (Neb). 127; 5, Moffat County 143; 6, Centaurus 170; 7, Falcon 193; 8, Woodland Park 216; 9, Laramie (Wyo.) 230; 10, Fountain-Fort Carson 291.

Individuals - 1, Nate Dern, Evergreen, 15:55.4; 2, Luke Crespin, Mullen, 15:58.9; 3, Eric Kramer, Conifer, 16:11.8; 4, Canaan Vallejos, Pueblo Centennial, 16:18.6; 5, Noce Nayighugu, Laramie, 16:24.7; 6, Austin Thompson, Evergreen, 16:26.5; 7, Jacob Dillon, Falcon, 16:30.1; 8, Brad Huddleston, conifer, 16:35.4; 9, Bryce Ellgen, Moffat County, 16:40.2; 10, Ben McSparren, Centaurus, 16:42.5.

Division 4

1, D'Evelyn 32; 2, Buena Vista 45; 3, Denver Christian 48; 4, Platte Canyon 79; 5, Colorado Springs Christian 132; 6, Evangelical Christian 137; 7, La Junta 144; 8, Holy Family 183; 9, Clear Creek 186; 10, Lake County  186.

Individuals - 1, John McGuire, D'Evelyn, 16:03.6; 2, Tad Schoedel, Buena Vista, 16:17.4; 3, Demoor, Buena Vista, 16:29.0; 4, Kevin Rooney, Denver Christian, 16:30.3; 5, Drew Bartels, Evangelical Christian, 16:31.2; 6, Bryan Pittman, Colorado Springs Christian, 16:32; 7, John Straubinger, D'Evelyn, 16:36.1; 8, Todd Schuster, Denver Christian, 16:40.6; 9, Galan Moody, Platte Canyon, 16:43.9; 10, John Tallerday, D'Evelyn, 16:47.

Girls

Smoky Hill sr Megan Kaltenbach broke her course record with a time of 17:36 in leading Smoky's #15 nationally ranked team to the title. Megan's sophomore sister Katelyn finished second in 18:07, Nell Rojas of Boulder High was 3rd in 18:10, while Smoky's third girl, sophomore Morgan Schulz, finished sixth in 18:34. Smoky's girls scored 58 points and dominated a stellar field which included Albuq. Academy, second with 115, defending state champ Fairview, also at 115, and #2 ranked in Colorado, Cherry Creek, who had 123. Six of Smoky's seven varsity girls broke 20:00 and one of our junior varsity girls won the j.v. race in 19:40. Again, an anticipated matchup with #7 nationally ranked Mountain View did not materialize on the girls side either. I believe there were 95 teams present between the four varsity races. .

Division 1

I 1, Smoky Hill 58; 2, Albuquerque (N.M.) Academy 115; 3, Fairview 115; 4, Cherry Creek 123; 5, Eaglecrest 151; 6, Boulder 170; 7, Highlands Ranch 200; 8, Fort Collins 201; 9, Rocky Mountain 219; 10, Heritage 238.

Individuals - 1, Megan Kaltenbach, Smoky Hill, 17:36; 2, Katelyn Kaltenbach, Smoky Hill, 18:07.1; 3, Nell Rojas, Boulder, 18:10.9; 4, Leslie Lung, Albuquerque Academy, 18:31.2; 5, Kaite Follett, Fort Collins, 18:33.1; 6, Morgan Schulz, Smoky Hill, 18:35.5; 7, Maddie McKeever, Heritage, 18:45.2; 8, April Thomas, Eaglecrest, 19:00.6; 9, Meredith Grover, Cherry Creek, 19:08.7; 10, Kimberly Jacques, George Washington, 19:09.7.

Division 2

I 1, Lewis-Palmer 65; 2, Loveland 116; 3, Monarch 135; 4, Wheat Ridge 151; 5, Liberty 169; 6, Arvada West 174; 7, Longmont 185; 8, Pueblo South 216; 9, Thompson Valley 218; 10, Dakota Ridge 259.

Individuals - 1, Kirsten Anthony, Liberty, 18:55.9; 2, Annie Wilson, Wheat Ridge, 19:04; 3, Becca Munger, Lewis-Palmer, 19:06.5; 4, Abbie Crews, Monarch, 19:27.6; 5, Erin Marston, Chaparral, 19:28.3; 6, Maggie McManigab, Wasson, 19:29.3; 7, Jackie Lewis, Lewis-Palmer, 19:53.2; 8, Ashley Pland, Broomfield, 19:55.4; 9, Anderson, Loveland, 19:58.8; 10, Rene Opferman, Pueblo South, 20:04.1.

Division 3

I 1, Mullen 52; 2, Moffat County 73; 3, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Central 111; 4, Conifer 130; 5, Laramie (Wyo.) 153; 6, Evergreen 167; 7, Pueblo Centennial 194; 8, Faith Christian 232; 9, Woodland Park 286; 10, Centaurus 293.

Individuals - 1, Heather Loseke, Pueblo East, 18:40.6; 2, Casey Shea, Evergreen, 18:53.7; 3, Danielle Brown, Moffat county, 19:06.6; 4, Jennifer Jones, Mullen, 19:18.5; 5, Laurel Mortensen, Moffat County, 19:27.9; 6, Michelle Propst, Faith Christian, 19:29.9; 7, Jessica Driscoll, Pueblo Centennial, 19:31.5; 8, Sarah Stacie, Cheyenne Central, 19:35.6; 9, Elisa McCarthy, Mullen, 19:42.7; 10, Angela Potrykus, Conifer, 19:46.6.

Division 4

I 1, Denver Christian 48; 2, Alpine Christian 69; 3, Holy Family 73; 4, D'Evelyn 94; 5, Buena Vista 134; 6, St. Mary's Academy 156; 7, Clear Creek 161; 8, University 187; 9, Estes Park 189; 10, Colorado Academy 197.

Individuals - 1, Ashlee Velez, La Junta, 19:34.8; 2, Rachel Gioscia, Buena Vista, 19:43.9; 3, Kellie Papachek, Roosevelt, 20:17.8; 4, Ashley Eaton, Alpine Christian, 20:18.8; 5, March Thompson, Alpine Christian, 20:27.5; 6, Kelsey Carmichael, Denver Christian, 20:31.3; 7, Emily Berg, La Junta, 20:33.5; 8, Sarah Baker, Denver Christian, 20:47.1; 9, Meredith Donner, Estes Park, 20:55.3; 10, Christi Johnson, Holy Family, 21:15.8.

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