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Ari
Lambie 4:39.05
Already the third fastest US high school miler ever off her 4:37.23
win in the Massachusetts state meet, Stanford-bound Ari Lambie of
Harvard MA humbled one of the strongest girls mile fields ever assembled.
Impatient with a 37 second pace in the first 220 yards, Lambie went
to the lead herself and ran away from everyone with metronomic 34-point
intervals the rest of the way. Her time was the fifth fastest ever
run by a US high school girl. Her times are now mixed in Jack Shepard's
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK all
time list with those of 1982 legends Polly Plumer (4:35.24) and
Kim Gallagher (4:36.94).
photo by Victah Sailer, PhotoRun |
Anatomy of the Race
Lap 1 - 72.7 seconds - Lambie, Sarah Bowman, Megan Kaltenbach
Lap 2 - 68.2 and 2:20.9 - Lambie, Kaltenbach, Maggie
Infeld
Lap 3 - 68.9 and
3:29.8 Lambie is all alone. |
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Lap 4 - 69.2 and 4:39.05 - Lambie wins by 10 seconds
with a smile on her face.
Infeld challenged Kaltenbach on backstretch, but Kaltenbach held her
off for second.
Afterwards, one of the runners asked Ari to autograph her bib number.
SteveU's Distance Report
by Stephen (steveu) Underwood
It took all of about 250 meters to make the race her own. From then on
out, the girls mile was the Ari Lambie show, the Harvard, MA senior receiving
her expected coronation as the year’s best 4-lapper. While her 4:39.05
was just under two seconds off the amazing 4:37.23 of her state meet,
it still crushed the meet record and left defending champ Megan Kaltenbach
and 8 others over 10 seconds back.
With other PRs of 2:06/10:11 for 800/2-Mile, as well as her win in the
Foot Locker cross country Northeast regional, Lambie was easily the best
and most versatile distance runner for 2003. After Nikki Bohnsack (Rockford,
MI) took the field out in 37 for the first 200, Lambie scooted in front
and ran 68-70 pace the rest of the way, hitting 72.7, 2:20.9 (68.2) and
3:29.8 (68.9), then used 69.2 to finish.
Basically, as soon as Lambie knew it was a little slow, she took off.
“I knew if I took it out at a fast pace, I was going to lose girls
right away,” she said. “So I needed to make it past then;
get the fast pace underway. I wasn’t really going for the (national)
record, but I really wanted my first national title. So I was racing the
other competitors today, not the clock.”
When the assembled media laughed, basically saying, You could have fooled
us, she laughed. “No, I didn’t know how close they were; I
heard them cheering Megan right behind me, so I just kicked it as hard
as I could. The heat was hard; I felt kind of tired before halfway, and
I got a little worried, but I thought to myself that the others girls
are just as tired.”
With that warmth and next week’s junior nationals ahead of her,
Lambie really didn’t think about pushing for a real fast last lap
and the record. “No, I mean, I was like, Oh my God, another lap?”
But she was also lifted by the fans. “I’ve never heard a crowd
this loud; they were screaming. And I knew a lot of it was for me, so
I used that energy.”
Lambie also admitted the title was sweet vindication for last fall, when
she won Foot Locker NE, but was hampered by health problems at nationals.
Kaltenbach gamely gave chase in defense of her title, really the only
competitor that did. But as the gap finally yawned to nearly a straightaway,
the “pack,” led by Maggie Infeld (University Heights, OH),
started to close on her. But Megan bore down the final straightaway and
wound up with a 2.58 margin on the junior (4:49.28-4:51.86).
“That’s the one thing I was happy about,” the Aurora,
CO standout said, regarding her finish. “But Ari ran really good
and I couldn’t catch her.”
In truth, though, Kaltenbach’s inability to stay closer mystified
her. “I don’t know; I think it’s just the (lack of)
sharpness; I mean me, my sister and Brent (Vaughn), all of our legs hurt
really bad for some reason. I think it was maybe having state a month
ago and not any races. Maybe I’m not in the shape that I thought.
“After state I was training really well, but I just couldn’t
respond today,” she added. “I was telling myself to go, like
three times, and I just couldn’t respond. Last year just felt so
easy. Kaltenbach will be running the 3k at junior nationals next week,
an event which she thinks she’s in better shape for.
Results
C.F.P.I. Timing & Data MANAGER 6:22 PM 6/14/2003 Page 1
adidas Outdoor Track and Field Championships - 6/13/2003 to 6/14/2003
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Results
Event 10 Girls 1 Mile Run
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Fastest 2 sections Sat at 6:35pm; all others Sat at 4:15pm
National: ! 4:35.24 5/16/1982 Polly Plummer, University,
Meet: @ 4:42.96 6/16/2001 Erin Donohue, Haddenfield,
Freshman: # 4:42.0h 1973 Mary Decker, Portola Jr, Or
Sophomore: $ 4:42.5h 1978 Deanna Coleman, Issaquah, W
Junior: % 4:41.8h 1981 Vicki Cook, Alemany, Missio
Senior: * 4:35.24 5/16/1982 Polly Plummer, University,
Name Year School Finals
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Section 1
1 Amber Smith 04 Ishpeming, MI 4:55.39
2 Lauren Centrowitz 04 Annapolis, MD 4:56.70
3 Julia Emanuel 03 Tenafly, NJ 4:58.82
4 Alissa McKaig 04 New Haven, IN 5:01.09
5 Frances Koons 04 Allentown, NJ 5:08.87
6 Andrea Rovegno 03 Wyckoff, NJ 5:16.51
7 Maureen Kuhta 04 Clarkstown, MI 5:19.79
8 Jessica Leitsch 05 Wilmington, DE 5:28.95
-- Joy Griffith 03 Tuscaloosa, AL DNS
-- Anna Farias-Eisner 05 Calabasas, CA DNS
-- Kristin Farley 05 Staten Islnd, NY DNS
-- Heather Iatauro 04 Grahamsville, NY DNS
Section 2
1 Ellen Dougherty 05 Wading River, NY 4:53.74
2 Lindsay Donaldson 04 Lincoln, MA 4:54.83
3 Jenny Morgan 06 Barnesville, OH 4:57.23
4 Cassie Peller 04 Valparaiso, IN 4:58.90
5 Jessica Fanning 04 Charlottesville, VA 4:59.34
6 Jessica Flinn 03 Sandown, NH 4:59.83
7 Kelley Taylor 03 Virginia Beach, VA 5:03.25
8 Magon Kebert 04 W Lafayette, IN 5:03.98
9 Lindsey Scherf 04 Scarsdale, NY 5:04.48
10 Jennifer Boyd 03 Chesapeake, VA 5:08.13
11 Kasey Kimball 04 Eureka, MO 5:09.66
12 Casey Nelson 04 Flemington, NJ 5:18.03
-- Sunni Olding 04 Minister, OH DNS
Section 3
1 Ari Lambie 03 Harvard, MA 4:39.05%
2 Megan Kaltenbach 03 Aurora, CO 4:49.28
3 Maggie Infeld 04 University Hghts, O 4:51.86
4 Elizabeth Maloy 03 Loudonville, NY 4:52.15
5 Meghan Owen 03 Danielson, CT 4:53.90
6 Elizabeth Lange 04 Lincoln, NE 4:55.00
7 Katie Harrington 04 Carmel, IN 4:56.40
8 Sarah Bowman 05 Warrenton, VA 4:59.56
9 Nikki Bohnsack 04 Rockford, MI 4:59.72
Event 10 Girls 1 Mile Run
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Ari Lambie 03 Harvard, MA 4:39.05%
2 Megan Kaltenbach 03 Aurora, CO 4:49.28
3 Maggie Infeld 04 University Hghts, O 4:51.86
4 Elizabeth Maloy 03 Loudonville, NY 4:52.15
5 Ellen Dougherty 05 Wading River, NY 4:53.74
6 Meghan Owen 03 Danielson, CT 4:53.90
7 Lindsay Donaldson 04 Lincoln, MA 4:54.83
8 Elizabeth Lange 04 Lincoln, NE 4:55.00
9 Amber Smith 04 Ishpeming, MI 4:55.39
10 Katie Harrington 04 Carmel, IN 4:56.40
11 Lauren Centrowitz 04 Annapolis, MD 4:56.70
12 Jenny Morgan 06 Barnesville, OH 4:57.23
13 Julia Emanuel 03 Tenafly, NJ 4:58.82
14 Cassie Peller 04 Valparaiso, IN 4:58.90
15 Jessica Fanning 04 Charlottesville, VA 4:59.34
16 Sarah Bowman 05 Warrenton, VA 4:59.56
17 Nikki Bohnsack 04 Rockford, MI 4:59.72
18 Jessica Flinn 03 Sandown, NH 4:59.83
19 Alissa McKaig 04 New Haven, IN 5:01.09
20 Kelley Taylor 03 Virginia Beach, VA 5:03.25
21 Magon Kebert 04 W Lafayette, IN 5:03.98
22 Lindsey Scherf 04 Scarsdale, NY 5:04.48
23 Jennifer Boyd 03 Chesapeake, VA 5:08.13
24 Frances Koons 04 Allentown, NJ 5:08.87
25 Kasey Kimball 04 Eureka, MO 5:09.66
26 Andrea Rovegno 03 Wyckoff, NJ 5:16.51
27 Casey Nelson 04 Flemington, NJ 5:18.03
28 Maureen Kuhta 04 Clarkstown, MI 5:19.79
29 Jessica Leitsch 05 Wilmington, DE 5:28.95
-- Anna Farias-Eisner 05 Calabasas, CA DNS
-- Sunni Olding 04 Minister, OH DNS
-- Kristin Farley 05 Staten Islnd, NY DNS
-- Joy Griffith 03 Tuscaloosa, AL DNS
-- Heather Iatauro 04 Grahamsville, NY DNS
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