Blood wins
Millrose Mile
Saratoga NY freshman Nicole Blood 4:52.02 outkicks seniors Ari Lambie
MA 4:53.14 and Katy Trotter NJ 4:53.17.
| photo by Vinny Dusovic, PhotoRun
After Laura Cummings broke
on top, Blood took the lead on the second of 11 laps, only to give way
to Lambie and Trotter in the middle stages. On the next to last lap, Blood
spurted to the front and opened up daylight the rest of the way. She finished
with the second fastest Millrose mile winner since they started running
girls races in 1984, but the third fastest time. Sarah Schwald set the
meet record of 4:49.94 in 1989 with Saratoga's Cheri Goddard second in
4:50.33.
ESPN2 showed the entire race and Dwight Stone interviewed Blood after
the race on camera. "It was one of the best races of my life,"
Blood said.
Walt Murphy's
Report
The high school girls mile may have been the
highlight of the meet for most of the 11,000 specators in attendance.
The field, put together by Jim Spier, was one of the strongest ever, and
included the event’s first set of twins, Katy and Amanda Trotter
of Red Bank
Regional(NJ).
Nicole Blood, the precocious 14-year old frosh from Saratoga Springs(NY),
immediately went to the lead after the gun and led the field through the
first 1/4-mile in about 73.4. Ari Lambie, who has been battling various
illnesses ever since winning the
Foot Locker Northeast Regional X-C title last November, soon moved into
2nd
place, followed by Katy Trotter. Those three had a small gap on the rest
of
the field as they went through the 1/2-mile in 2:26.
Lambie, who attends The Bromfield School in Harvard,MA, (the alma mater
of
the great Lynn Jennings), took the lead a lap later as they passed the
3/4-mile split in 3:40. Blood moved back into 2nd on the backstretch,
then,
with less than 2-laps to go, passed Lambie on the turn and maded her run
for
home.
The race was still a 3-way battle until Blood, who became a crowd favorite
when it was announced that she was only a frosh, started pulling away
on the
final backstretch, going on to win in 4:52.00, the 3rd fastest time in
the
20-year history of the event. The two fastest times came in the1989 race,
which was won by Sarah Schwald(4:49.94) over Cheri Goddard-Kenah(4:50.33),
who also attended Saratoga Springs. Lambie(4:53.14) held off Katy
Trotter(4:53.17) for 2nd, as both cracked the
Millrose all-time top-ten performance list.
Results by Flash
Results
Flash Results, Inc.
Verizon Millrose Games - 2/7/2003
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Event 21 Girls 1 Mile Run High School
===============================================================
Amer Record: A 4:38.50
Meet Record: M 4:49.94
Name Year Team Final
===============================================================
Final
1 Nicole Blood Saratoga Springs 4:52.00
2 Ari Lambie Bromfield School 4:53.14
3 Kathleen Trotter Red Bank Regional 4:53.17
4 Meghan Owen Killingly HS, CT 5:00.01
5 Elizabeth Maloy Aca. Holy Names 5:00.33
6 Jennifer Boyd Hickory HS, VA 5:00.63
7 Jessica Flinn Timberland HS, NH 5:02.13
8 Amanda Trotter Red Bank Regional 5:02.15
9 Laura Cummings Bay Shore HS 5:07.42
10 Catha Mullen Bronxville HS,NY 5:18.33
Prior
Winners
1984 ..... Shola Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 4:53.39
1985 ..... Kathy Franey (Massapequa, N.Y.), 4:58.15
1986 ..... Shola Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 4:53.6
1987 ..... Jasmin Jones (Hackensack), 4:59.12
1988 ..... Chris Gentile (Babylon, N.Y.), 4:54.90
1989 ..... Sarah Schwald (Mead, Wash.), 4:49.94mr
1990 ..... Cathy Feeney (Wayne Valley), 4:56.24
1991 ..... Staci Snider (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), 5:00.07
1992 ..... Kim Fisher (Sun Valley, Pa.), 4:53.61
1993 ..... Karen Godlock (Polk County, N.C.), 4:57.50
1994 ..... Sally Glynn (Walter Johnson, Md.), 4:52.27
1995 ..... Sally Glynn (Walter Johnson, Md.), 4:52.20
1996 ..... Courtney Adams (Breubuf Prep, Ind.), 4:53.29
1997 ..... Katie Peterson (Tottenville, N.Y.), 5:03.11
1998 ..... Lindsay Hyatt (Placer, Calif.), 4:57.55
1999 ..... Katie Hotchkiss (Mission, Calif.), 4:59.69
2000 ..... Shalane Flanagan (Marblehead, Mass.), 4:54.84
2001 ..... Sara Bei (Santa Rosa, Calif.), 4:57.10
2002 ..... Melissa Donais (Phillips Academy, Mass.), 4:53.90
from Reuben Frank
Entries
Jim Spier, chairman of the girls selection committee, announces:
-JENNIFER BOYD, Hickory, Chesapeake, VA
***NICOLE BLOOD, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, NY
**LAURA CUMMINGS, Bay Shore, NY
-JESSICA FLINN, Timberlane, Plaistow, NH
-ARI LAMBIE, The Bromfield School, Harvard, MA
-ELIZABETH MALOY, Holy Names, Albany, NY
-CATHA MULLEN, Bronxville, NY
-MEGHAN OWEN, Killingly, Danielson, CT
-AMANDA TROTTER, Red Bank Regional, Little Silver, NJ
-KATHLEEN TROTTER, Red Bank Regional, Little Silver, NJ
Millrose Games
|