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| McNeil
Invitational October 1st, 2005 McNeil High School - Austin, TX |
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Photos and Story by John Sullivan, South Region Editor Girls Recap w/ Photos - Boys Recap w/ Photos As usual this meet drew many of the best teams in Texas as it offers an opportunity to run at the state meet site. This deep field included 4 US and 12 South ranked teams. The 5000m course used for the boys & girls elite Gold Division races was in good condition and is the same course used for the Boys state meet. The Girls state meet course is only 3200m, but uses the same 1st mile and most the 3rd mile as this course. The weather was 77 degrees and cloudy. Top Teams: 1. 51 Kingwood SO#2/US#9 2. 67 The Woodlands SO#3/US#12 3. 102 Keller SO#4 4. 109 Marcus SO#5 5. 146 Clear Lake unranked 6. 169 Cedar Park SO#6 Top Individuals: 1. 18:03 Carlene Mayfield, Keller (Foot Locker finalist) 2. 18:12 Loren Hodges, Paradise 3. 18:21 Katie Weise, Cedar Park 4. 18:22 Cheryl Spring, The Woodlands 5. 18:24 Danielle Selner, Kingwood Keller sr Carlene Mayfield took the early
lead followed by Marcus sr
Cynthia Santaella and Woodlands sr Cheryl
Spring. Mayfield continued
to press the pace through the mile in 5:30 with Paradise sr Loren
Hodges in 2nd followed in order by Cedar Park sr Katie
Weise, Spring, Santaella
and Kingwood sr Danielle Selner. Kingwood
was leading the team race with girls at 5-10-12-13. Not much
changed up front through 2 miles and coming off the dam Mayfield had
a comfortable lead and there were gaps between the next seven of Hodges,
Weise, Spring, Selner, Keller soph Laleh Mojtabaeezamani,
Woodlands jr
Adrienne DiRaddo and Santaella. Carlene
Mayfield cruised to the finish in 18:03 ahead of Lauren Hodges (state
2A 2nd) in 18:12 to avenge a loss at Marcus I earlier this season. Katie
Weise in 18:21 held off a late charge by Cheryl Spring in 18:22 to capture
3rd. Danielle Selner was 5th in 18:24, Laleh Mojtabaeezamani was
all alone for 6th in 18:36, Adrienne DiRaddo was 7th in 18:48 and Kingwood
sr Lauren Brady closed well to nab 8th in 18:58. Selner and Brady led their SO#2/US#9 Kingwood squad to the team title. Kingwood
scored 51 (4-7-12-13-15) with a 19:08 average and a 1:14 split. SO#3/US#12
The Woodlands, tied with Kingwood through the 1st three girls, took silver
with 67 (3-6-14-17-27) with a 19:12 average and a 1:30 split. SO#4
Keller with individual champ Mayfield was 3rd with 102 and a 19:23 average. SO#5
Marcus was a close 4th with 109 (19:37 average), unranked Clear Lake 5th with
146 (19:56 ave.) and SO#6 Cedar Park was 6th with 169 (19:57 ave.). Top Teams: 1. 107 Corpus Christi King SO#2/US#20 2. 116 Flower Mound SO#1/US#14 3. 167 Cedar Park SO#6 4. 193 Cinco Ranch SO#3 5. 238 A&M Consolidated SO#5 6. 310 Marcus SO#8 Top Individuals: 1. 15:28 Habben Berhane, Lake Highlands 2. 15:35 Brandon Birdsong, Lubbock Monterey 3. 15:44 Travis Fort, Vista Ridge 4. 15:48 J B Lagos, Flower Mound 5. 15:48 Jared McNeil, Boswell The early lead pack included Flower Mound sr J B Lagos and
Lake Highlands sr Habben Berhane. As they
passed the mile in 4:43 Berhane had a step on Lagos while SO#2
Corpus Christi King appeared to be in good position teamwise
with their pack around 20th. Up the incline to the far corner of the
course Berhane opened a 10m gap on Lagos while Monterey sr Brandon
Birdsong had moved up. Coming back down the incline Birdsong broke
free of the chase pack of Lagos, Vista Ridge jr Travis
Fort and Boswell sr
Jared McNeil and he closed on Berhane. Berhane
and Birdsong were side-by-side through 2 miles in about 9:55 (unmarked) while
A&M jr Duncan
Phillips had moved into 7th and looked strong. King sr Ari
Perez was
also up there and his team continued to be locked in a tight battle with SO#1
Flower Mound. In
the last 400m Habben Berhane began to pull away from Brandon Birdsong and he
continued on to a 15:28 to 15:35 victory. Travis Fort also finished well
for 3rd in 15:44 with J B Lagos 4th in 15:48 to nip Jared McNeil in the same
time. Plano’s Brian Lind was 6th in 15:51 and Ari Perez 7th in
15:53. The much anticipated team battle turned out to be a good one. SO#2/US#9
King prevailed with 107 points (6-10-28-30-33) with a 16:14 average and a :34
1-5 split. SO#1/US#14 Flower Mound was a close 2nd with 116 with a very
strong top 4 (3-16-17-18-62), a 16:16 average and a 1:05 split. SO#6
Cedar Park ran well for 3rd with 167 (19-21-27-32-68) and a 16:27 average,
SO#3 Cinco Ranch was 4th with 193 (16:33 ave.), SO#5
A&M Consolidated took
5th with 238 (16:39 ave.) and SO#8 Marcus finished 6th with 310 (16:49 ave). |
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