Top 10 Scoreboard

Boys

#1 Los Alamos NM

Established their dominance at Red Rock State Park, site of the New Mexico State cross country Championships at the Curtis Williams Invite

Team Scores:
1 (SW #1) Los Alamos 37
2 (SW #3) Albuquerque Academy 42
3 Gallup 109
(33 teams)

SW #1 Los Alamos
1- Matt Gilna-jr 15:51
2- 2- Ryan Mc Niff-jr 16:00
8- Ben Willms-sr 16:30
11- Nathan Romero-so 16:35
15- Finn Yarbourgh-sr 16:47
57- Zig Hampel-sr 18;01
102- Alex Wouters-jr 18:54

#2 Mountain View UT

3rd at Great American, Sat. Oct 2nd.

Total Time: 1:22:21.14
Average: 16:28.

Complete Great American results

#3 Albuquerque Academy NM

2nd behind SW #1 Los Alamos at Curtis Williams Inv.
3- Cody Harper-sr 16:06
4- Mitch Bible-sr 16:14
5- Dustin Martin-so 16:18
10- Keith Blumenfeld-sr 16:35
20- Ben Johnson-fr 16:59
26- Mike Doran-fr 17:14
30- Calvin Armerding-jr 17:18

#4 Page AZ

Continued their unbeaten season at the prestigious Doug Conley Invitational
Page
5 Lomeland 16:21
12 Derrick Williams 16:48
15 Nathen Lee 16:58
19 Donova Tsinnijinne 17:02
25 Antonio Smith 17:10
Total time: 1:24:19
Average: 16:51

#5 Denver South CO

Won the Sweetheart Invitational.
Quotes from one of Denver South's coaches: "The course was hell.  It rained Thursday and Friday (when the meet was supposed to go).  However, due to the water and mud it had to be delayed.  When we arrived on Saturday, it was still a pigs dream.  The meet director did his best to clean up the course with hay laid on it to follow, though the footing was terrible, not just for 200 meters here and there, the whole way.  This coming Friday is when we finally get to go head to head with Fort Collins the boys are biting at the bit on this one.  We still have not stepped on the track once yet and last Monday was our first interval workout in the park."

#6 Fort Collins CO (7)

Victorious at the Battle Mountain Invitational
2- Noah Shannon 17:38
5- Michale Haas 18:15
6- Paul Ringenberg 18:16
8- Andy Mauk 18:30
9- Tyler Abbey 18:36

#7 Desert Vista AZ

A bit of an upset for the Thunderbolts boys, finishing 9th at the Doug
Conley Invitational, the premier meet in Arizona.
...9 ((SW #7) Desert Vista 10, 45, 56, 64, 78 -- 253

#8 American Fork UT

Unknown

#9 Cherry Creek CO

Second place at the Sweetheart Invitational in Loveland, behind winner
SW #6 Ft. Collins but in front of SW #6 Denver South.
1. (SW #6) Ft. Collins
2. (SW #9) Cherry Creek -- 9, 15, 19, 20, 41 -- 104
3. (SW #5) Denver South

#10 Jordan UT

Finishing in the number five position behind SW #9 Cherry Creek CO, but also many unranked teams in the Orem Invitational.
1 Judge Memorial Catholic HS (1A-3A) 1, 10, 21, 27, 39 -- 98
2 SW #9 Cherry Creek-CO (5A) 9, 15, 19, 20, 41 -- 104
3 Davis HS (5A) 3, 11, 13, 38, 45 -- 110
4 Rock Springs HS-WY (5A) 14, 22, 25, 31, 36 -- 128
5 SW #10 Jordan HS (5A) 4, 8, 26, 46, 54 -- 138

Girls

#1 Smoky Hill CO

SW#1 US#2 Smoky Hill CO, without injured ace Katelyn Kaltenbach, was third with 181 (4 5 39 61 72) at the Great American.
Most likely with Kaltenbach Smoky Hill might have scored 105, according to coach Greg Weich. Keara Sammons had a strong meet for the team.
Next meet: Northglenn Invite Friday. Not running most of the Varsity girls.

3 Smoky Hill HS 181 4 5 39 61 72 86
Total Time: 1:37:02.90

#2 Los Alamos NM

Ran away from the competition at the Curtis Williams Invite in Gallup, NM.
1 (SW #2) Los Alamos 64
2 Gallup 110
3. Albuquerque Academy 122
(33 teams)

SW #2 Los Alamos
1 Kristen Hemphill-sr 18:43
10 Marisa Sandoval-sr 19:36
15- Anna Miller-sr 19:47
16 Megan Stockton-fr 20:00
22 Analisa Sandoval-jr 20:13
25 Lahni Epperson-sr 20:42
7th man DNF

#3 Fremont Plain City UT

Huge win at the Orem Invitational over SW #6 Cherry Creek CO
1 SW #3 Fremont HS (5A) 3, 5, 12, 13, 15  -- 48
2 SW #6 Cherry Creek-CO (5A) 4, 8, 11, 21, 23  -- 67
3 Orem HS (4A) 2, 7, 27, 40, 44  -- 120

#4 Reno

No Results

#5 South Lake Tahoe CA

(Ranked in Southwest because they compete in the Nevada state meet.)

No Results

#6 Cherry Creek CO

Finished second in the Orem (UT) Invitational.
1 SW #3 Fremont HS (5A) 3, 5, 12, 13, 15  -- 48
2 SW #6 Cherry Creek-CO (5A) 4, 8, 11, 21, 23  -- 67
3 Orem HS (4A) 2, 7, 27, 40, 44  -- 120

#7 Ganado AZ

Had a huge meet at the Doug Conley Invitational by finishing 3rd. Although unranked Flowing Well won the overall title, the girls from Ganado had a great showing, averaging 21:01.
1 Flowing Wells 5, 6, 10, 14, 37 -- 72
2 (SW #10) Mountain Pointe 1, 19, 26, 29, 56 -- 131
3 (SW #7) Ganado 11, 17, 31, 38, 55 -- 152
4 Sandra Day O'Conner 2, 12, 15, 51, 81 -- 161
5 (SW #4) Desert Vista 3, 25, 33, 45, 57 -- 163

#8 Desert Vista AZ

A bit of an upset at the Doug Conley Invitational.

#9 Park City UT

No results at this time.

#10 Mountain Pointe AZ

Although upset by unranked Flowing Wells at the Doug Conley Invitational, Mountain Pointe in turn upset
SW #4 Desert Vista and #7 Ganado, so ended up having an excellent day.
#1 runner Kirsten Phillips had a great race winning the individual honors in an excellent time of 19:23 in very warm conditions.

1 Flowing Wells 5, 6, 10, 14, 37 -- 72
2 (SW #10) Mountain Pointe 1, 19, 26, 29, 56 -- 131
3 (SW #7) Ganado 11, 17, 31, 38, 55 -- 152
4 Sandra Day O'Conner 2, 12, 15, 51, 81 -- 161
5 (SW #4) Desert Vista 3, 25, 33, 45, 57 -- 163

Preview

The Southwest Friday Report for the Weekend of October 2nd 2004

Lots of big regional meets including the Dyestat feature -- The Doug Conley -- being run in Tempe, AZ. Over in Gallup, New Mexico the Curtis Williams Invitational , which just might be the biggest meet in the state, will see many ranked schools compete at Red Rock State Park. The Orem Invitational , in Utah, will also see head to head competition against some regionally ranked teams, as well as other top-notched programs in that state. In Nevada, the big meet there is the Angel Park Invitational . Even though its officially fall, the competition in the Southwest Region is really heating up!

The Doug Conley Invitational , Kiwanis Park, Tempe, Arizona
Teams competing:
Boys
SW#4 Page (AZ), SW#7 Desert Vista (AZ)
Girls
SW#7 Ganado (AZ), SW#8 Desert Vista (AZ), SW#10 Mountain Pointe (AZ)

Orem Invitational , Orem, Utah
SW#3 Fremont Plain City (UT) girls will see competition, as well as SW#10 Jordan (UT) boys.

Curtis Williams Invitational , Red Rock State Park, Gallup, New Mexico
Location of the New Mexico State Championships will see 33-36 school in competition, including many of the Regionally ranked teams as well as many excellent teams at the state level. The course is almost entirely on sand, but it can be packed at times depending upon recent moisture. On the boys side, it will be the 3rd of 5 evenly-matched showdowns between SW#3 Albuquerque Academy (NM) and SW#1 Los Alamos (NM). The SW#2 Los Alamos girls will be there as well as the unranked (previously SW#9) Albuquerque Academy (NM) girls. Gallup should be well represented and strong on their home course. Another top contender includes St. Michael's (NM). La Cueva, who has been next in line in NM will not be there as they host their own meet this weekend. 

Another aspect of this meet is the travelling trophy, which goes to the school with the best combined scores in boys and girls varsity, as well as its best JV.  Amazingly, the past two years have ended in ties, with the tiebreaker going to Albuquerque Academy in '02 and to Los Alamos in '03. Tomorrow should see an amazingly tight race between these two schools!

Fort Collins Varsity Boys and Girls are running at the Battle Mountain Invitational in Vail CO.

Katie Follett is running at the Great American Festival.