11/9/02 at Sunken Meadow State Park

| Team Qualifiers | 1 wrong turn, 2 views - debate over Blood's mistake
| story and photos by Michael Roth

Cummings, Maloy, Devries, Lomong,
Dalpiaz, Saratoga, Shenendehowa win -
Nicole Blood DNF!

Laura Cummings 18:28 5k wins Class A as previously undefeated Saratoga freshman Nicole Blood makes a wrong turn coming off Sunken Meadows' Cardiac Hill while leading by 15 meters and does not finish. Even without Blood, US#1 Saratoga 40 wins by 52 points. US#14 Shenendehowa 40 wins boys team title, with John Jay jr Hakon Devries 16:03 the individual winner. Sayville jr Brian Dalpiaz 16:12 wins Class B. In Class C, Brendan Fennell 16:13 runs third to Tully's Sudanese pair, Lopez Lomong 16:08 and Dominick Luka 16:11.

• Class A
  • Boys - US#14 Shenendehowa 40. John Jay East Fishkill jr Hakon Devries 16:03
  • Girls - US#1 Saratoga Springs 40. Bayshore soph Laura Cummings 18:28
• Class B
  • Boys - Horace Greeley 76. Sayville sr Brian Dalpiaz 16:12.
  • Girls - Honeoye Falls-Lima 59. Holy Names sr Elizabeth Maloy 18:39.
• Class C
  • Boys - Sauquoit Valley 38. Tully jr Lopez Lomong 16:08.
  • Girls - Bayport 60. Rhinebeck jr Laura Dewitt 19:40
• Class D
  • Boys - Salmon River 79. East Rochester sr Andrew Whitbeck 16:44.
  • Girls - Argyle 33. Beaver River jr Lauren Moser 19:08.

   

  Brian Dalpiaz

  Laura Cummings, coach Steve Borbet photos by Michael Roth

  by Michael Roth

  The weather was beautiful, low 60's and sunny, making for a perfect day. The Meet doubled as a going
  away party for longtime Sunken Meadow course manager and official, Bill Shelly, who is retiring.

  3 races of note:

  Girls Class A: Major upset, maybe the biggest of the year nationally,
  as local favorite Laura Cummings (Bayshore) 18:28 5k beats Nicole Blood. Blood
  had a 15m lead going into the famous Cardiac hill, but wasn't seen
  again, being a DNF. Unsubstantiated rumor has it that there was
  "sabotage" with course barricades causing her to run off course at the
  top of the hill.

  Boys Class B: Brian Dalpiaz blew away the field in 16:12..
  No one was even close after 800m.

  Boys Class A: 3 guys under 16:10 and about 25 under 17:00. Easily the
  best race of the day. The finish chutes were really congested with the
  top finishers and it was nice to see such quality instead of the typical
  3 top people running away with it. Hakon Devries 16:03 wins, followed by Mark Alizzi 16:07 and Kevin Tschirhart 16:08.
  

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