John's
Diary
John Nepolitan, coach of the Don Bosco HS team in New Jersey, is
going to his third straight World Cross. This time, he is taking
a diary along with his camera to record thoughts as well as images.
Part
1 - Why I Love
Cross Country
Part 2 - Off to Lausanne and a peek at
the course - "simply difficult"
Part 3 - Day 1 racing: US women get bronze
Part 4 - Day 2 - more Kenya and Ethiopia
Part 5 - Home again
USA
Women Bronze Medal team (long course)
photo by Ryan Lavander
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Deena
Drossin
going in and out
of one of the 10 ditches
runners must go through
per 1990m lap. |
one of the many
hills
Schedule
2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Schedule of Events
March 29, 2003 March 30, 2003 1:30 p.m. Junior Women’s 6
km 1:30 p.m. Junior Men’s 8 km 2:20 p.m. Senior Men’s
4 km 2:20 p.m. Senior Women’s 4 km 3:00 p.m. Senior Women’s
8 km 3:00 p.m. Senior Men’s 12 km
Team
USA
Members of the the US team were selected based on their performance
at the USA Championships in Houston February 15-16
2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships USA Team Roster (Alphabetical
by event)
Senior Men 12 km Place at U.S. Champs Affiliation Residence Abdi
Abdirahman 5th - 39:36 Nike Tucson, Ariz. David Cullum 7th –
39:44 Nike Farm Team Cupertino, Calif. Chad Johnson 6th –
39:43 Nike Portland, Ore. Meb Keflezighi 2nd – 38:34 Nike
Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Nick Rogers 4th – 39:31 Nike Eugene,
Ore. Edwardo Torres 3rd – 39:04 Univ. of Colorado Boulder,
Colo.
Senior Men 4 km Dan Browne 6th – 12:59 Nike Portland, Ore.
Ian Connor 9th – 13:05 Nike Columbus, Ohio Sandu Rebenciuc
4th – 12:58 U.S. Army Lafayette, Colo. Karl Savage 5th –
12:58 Unattached Lenoir, N.C. Luke Watson 3rd – 12:57 Univ.
of Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. Dan Wilson 2nd – 12:57 Asics
Lenoir, N.C.
Junior Men 8 km Brett Goucher 4th – 27:25 Stanford University
Palo Alto, Calif. James Hower 6th – 27:31 Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. Tim Moore 5th – 27:29 Univ. of Notre Dame
South Bend, Ind. Bill Nelson 1st – 27:08 Univ. of Colorado
Boulder, Colo. Bret Schoolmeester 2nd – 27:17 Univ. of Colorado
Boulder, Colo. Andrew Weilacher 3rd – 27:19 Northern Arizona
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Senior Women 8 km Colleen De Reuck 2nd – 29:42 Nike Boulder,
Colo. Deena Drossin 1st – 29:06 Asics Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
Elva Dryer 8th – 31:19 Nike Albuquerque, N.M. Milena Glusac
3rd – 30:17 adidas Fallbrook, Calif. Kathryn McGregor 4th
– 30:27 adidas Minneapolis, Minn. Sara Wells 6th – 30:29
Asics Edina, Minn.
Senior Women 4 km Molly Austin 6th – 15:34 Unattached Boulder,
Colo. Ann Marie Brooks 3rd – 15:22 Team New Balance Boulder,
Colo. Collette Liss 2nd – 15:19 Nike Indianapolis, Ind. Amy
Rudolph 4th – 15:23 adidas Providence, R.I. Heather Sagan
7th – 15:36 adidas Lynchburg, Va. Sarah Toland 5th –
15:27 Nike Boulder, Colo.
Junior Women 6 km Amy Hastings 3rd – 24:19 Arizona State
Univ. Tempe, Ariz. Laura Hodgson 2nd – 24:10 Univ. of Washington
Seattle, Wash. Angela Homan 6th – 24:39 Auburn University
Auburn, Ala. Clara Horowitz 1st – 23:34 Duke University Durham,
N.C. Julia Lucas 5th – 24:25 North Carolina State Raleigh,
N.C. Rebecca Walter 4th – 24:21 Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor,
Mich.
DyeStat US
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