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Seeded Girls
- the finish
by John Dye
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1.
Ari Lambie
Bromfield Harvard MA sr
Last year, Lambie concentrated on team goals, anchoring Bromfield's
strong relay teams (4x800 champion of the Nike Indoor Classic).
This year, she pasted individual goals on the wall -- primarily
Foot Locker national finals.
"I'm thrilled it came true," Lambie said.
How does it feel to be a favorite in San Diego, after beating one
of the top favorites, Nicole Blood?
"I'm nervous, but I'm having fun." |
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2.
Nicole Blood
Saratoga NY freshman
After her first loss of the season (other than the DNF in the New
York PSHSAA meet when she took a wrong turn and went a mile off
course), Blood still had her perky smile.
"I'm real excited to go to San Diego," she said. Her
expectations coming in today? "Do the best I can." Her
expectations for San Diego? "Do the best job I can."
Blood had a cold this week, but she refused to use that as an alibi
for her uncharacteristic failure to cover Ari Lambie's big surge
in the second mile. "Ari was just very strong today,"
she said.
Asked if she has a shot to win the national finals, Blood said,
"Yeah, but a lot of girls have a shot." |
the rest of
the qualifiers
near misses
9.
Angie Saterstad
Hershey PA sr
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10.
Jesse Mizzone
Passaic Valley NJ sr
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11.
Amanda Trotter
Red Bank NJ sr
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12.
Amanda Bodette
Middlebury VT jr
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Saterstad told Don Rich, publisher of PennTrackXC
[Saterstad was kept off her high school team this year because
she missed the first pre-season practice.]
I had a lot of support from my family and they
all believed in me, and it helped motivate me.
My strategy was to go out and be in the top 30 at the first turn
and by the second turn, have the top eight right in sight, and
then work the downhills. The start wasn't what I expected it to
be. I got out a little slow. And around the first turn I got caught
inside and it was like a walk. Then I picked it up and picked
off people. I had an idea I was 10th or 11th. I passed two or
three on the stretch. But I went for it , and I'm proud of what
I did.
I missed competing for a high school this year,
especially at States, I really wanted to be out running with them.
I would have really liked to run my senior cross country season.
It's kind of a shame being a senior and not being able to run
cross country for a fourth year. I could have been a four-time
district champ and had a shot at a state championship.
I'm happy with what I did this year, and I proved
to myself what I could do.
All the PA girls who ran with me today are really
nice
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13.
Elizabeth Maloy
Loudonville NY sr
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14.
Kate Papenberg
Red Lion PA jr
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