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Midwest Meet of Champions

9/7/02 at Hilliard OH - 5K

the story:
Varsity Girls


Carolyn Rauen juggles soccer and running

Turpin Cincinnati jr Carolyn Rauen (593) and
Beaumont Cleveland Heights OH jr Maggie Infeld after the race

 

the start - Infeld sprints out ahead of gold and black Beaumont team

 

800 meters - Rauen, Infeld and Jessica Schmidt (blue) of Davidson are side by side.

 

1600 meters 5:36 - Columbus North IN jr Julie Eckerly takes the lead, with Concordia Fort Wayne IN pair of Allissa McKaig (281) and Adele Mitchell joining the first group.

 

3200 meters 11:28 - Rauen takes charge.

 

the finish - Rauen digs hard

 

2. Maggie Infeld
3. Julie Eckerly
4. Katie Harrington
5. Corey Randall
6. Alissa McKaig
7. Adele Mitchell

by John Dye

"I've got to go," were Carolyn Rauen's first words after her impressive win in 17:55. The Turpin Cincinnati junior had to get back to Cincinnati for a soccer game and couldn't stay to pick up her trophy.

Rauen took charge of this race after 3200 meters in 11:28. "I was just trying to push for a good time," Rauen said. Her goals for the season are to help Turpin defend its 2001 state championship, make a good showing at the Great American Cross Country Festival in Charlotte September 28, and do better in Foot Locker (she was 41st in the Midwest regional last year).

A week ago, Rauen had lost by 20 seconds to freshman Angela Bizzari of Mason Cincinnati, who finished 3rd and 2nd at 1500 and 3000 meters in the Youth division (age 13-14) of the USATF Junior Olympics in Omaha in July.

"That gave me extra motivation today," Rauen said. "Angela's good."

Maggie Infeld, sub-2:10 anchor of Beaumont Cleveland Heights' national champion sprint medley relay team at AOC Raleigh in June, was with Rauen early, dropped back, and then rallied for second place in 18:03, eight seconds behind Rauen.

"I was happy with my time, but not my performance," Infeld said. "I was not really into it today. I felt really bad when Carolyn broke away. I tried to pick it up at the end, but she did too."

Rockford MI jr Nikki Bohnsack, who won this race last year in 17:52, was an unhappy spectator today because of injury. "I was tingling because I wanted to run so bad," she said.

Bohnsack wants to run so bad that she tried to run through a hip injury suffered when she jumped off the pier of her lakeside home in early August and hit a rock. Nikki ran a 5-mile road race later in August and the 5K Benzie Invitational last Saturday before the pain drove her to see a doctor. He found a hairline fracture of the hip. Nikki is training in the pool and hopes to be on the course again in 3-4 weeks.

 

 

Midwest Meet of Champions

 


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