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PA District 3 Cedar Cliff sweeps, with NE#2 US#7 boys
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Craig Miller led from the gun, and ran 15:58 for 1st, 16 seconds ahead of twin brother Brad. |
Cedar Cliff's Corey Creek, a junior, has been a 'pleasant surprise' this season, stepping up as the key 5th man that has locked up each win. He finished 15th in 17:01, 41 seconds behind team #1 Pat Caulfield. |
Cedar Cliff boysThis team has been focused on winning every meet they enter, big and small, with the goal of winning States. They won at Great American. And now they've won the District 3 title with an incredible display of team depth. That depth easily overcame the one-two punch of Craig and Brad Miller of Manheim Township, who ran 15:58 and 16:14. But Caulfield was in at 16:20, followed by Tim Johnson in 8th, Justin Keller in 9th, Mike Fulton in 15th and Corey Creek in 16th. Their 41-second spread on the soggy, slow, hilly course with a 16:48 scoring average set the stage for what they hope will be their best race of the season. Cedar Cliff didn't back off this week. They ran a 3xmile workout on Tuesday with the top group nailing 4:49 pace, followed by a hill workout on Thursday. It was all designed to help them stay focused on running their best race at States. Coach Ken Roseberry said that in 2003 their effort at Districts cost them a week later. "Last year we had a battle plan for Districts, and we built up to it and they just exploded. The kids wanted us to work them hard last week because they didn't want to run fast today. I wanted it fast, personally, I don't like to go into a race and know their minds were on next week. But it worked." Cedar Cliff girlsThe Cedar Cliff girls, while not quite as dominant, were 29-point winners over 2nd place Cumberland Valley. Senior Janelle Young led the Colts with a 2nd place 19:29. Sophomore Sarah Morrison led Chambersburg, pulling away over the final half mile to win in the fastest time of the day, 19:08. "I wanted to stay with the lead pack, and once I was with Janelle, to stay with her. When I thought I could go for it, I tried pushing it a bit more and used all that I had left." |
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