Foot Locker cross country championships - DyeStat high school track

Foot Locker West stories, pix and analysis

On-site West region coverage on both DyeStat and DyeStatCal, with hundreds of photos...

Results, analysis, photo sequence

Boys - From regionals chess game to nationals checkmate?
- Kiptoo...much too smooth.
- Mo'.... did not 'go'.
- Rupp... did not step up.
- 'Tuz... chose to cruise.
Girls - Drama Queens - Zoe endures stiff challenge, sibling courtesies test Lawrence sisters, and Californians fall at start and finish, but all are among the eight to advance!

West Region Photo Albums

Awards - by John Dye
Action Images - by Victah Sailer, PhotoRun
Introductions - BOYS - GIRLS - before they get sweaty, by John Dye.

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Shadrack and Zoe win close races

BOYS

Shadrack Kiptoo took the lead for good in the last 400 meters of a see saw race that saw the top four runners all leading at one point or another. After a pedestrian 4:45 first mile with no separation, the first eight runners started to break away in the second mile and traded the lead from there to the finish. It was an unusual double for Kiptoo's coach Eddie Hellebuyck, a leading US marathoner who won the Coach/Parent/Supporter race early in the day in 15:51.

1. Shadrack Kiptoo NM 15:32
2. Mohamed Trafeh CA 15:35
3. Galen Rupp OR 15:37
4. Stuart Eagon OR 15:38
5. Evan Garber WA 15:42
6. Mark Matusak CA 15:44
7. Alex Dunn CA 15:45
8. Tom Wyatt WA 15:46
9. Steve Strickland UT 15:49
10. Charles Hampton AZ 15:56

GIRLS

Zoe Nelson led most of the way but didn't shake the field. Entering the stadium, she was in a fight with surprising Lindsay Flacks. Nelson then outkicked Flacks in the last 300 meters on the track. California sent five girls to national finals in San Diego next Saturday, along with three boys.

1. Zoe Nelson MT 18:07
2. Lindsay Flacks CA 18:09
3. Collier Lawrence NV 18:18
4. Marie Lawrence NV 18:19
5. Melissa Grellii CA 18:19
6. Liza Pasciuto CA 18:24
7. Clair Rethmeier CA 18:27
8. Rachel Bryan CA 18:29
9. Lindsay Allen CA 18:36
10. Heidi Magill UT 18:38

Shadrack Kiptoo

photos by John Dye

Zoe Nelson

1200 meters to go, starting up Reservoir Hill -- Leader Galen Rupp looks back to check the opposition: Mohamed Trafeh, Shadrack Kiptoo and Stuart Eagon.

Half Mile -- Zoe Nelson leads Collier and Marie Lawrence.

Downhill at Mt. SAC - collage by Bill Leung

Previews
Boys - by Rich Gonzalez. Top three favorites are 2002 finalists Galen Rupp and Mohamed Trafeh, plus Kenyan import Shadrack Kiptoo, but many more runners will contend in the "most wide open West regional in ages." Other top contenders to qualify for San Diego are California and Mt. SAC champion Mark Matusak, David Kinsella WA, Charles Hampton AZ, Troy Swier CA, Stuart Eagon OR, and Mead WA stars Evan Garber and Laef Barnes. DyeStat visitors on the TrackTalk California message board are giving strongest and almost equal support to Mohamed Trafeh, Shadrack Kiptoo, Galen Rupp, and Mark Matusak.
Girls - by Mike Kennedy. Defending national champion Zoe (the zephyr) Nelson of Montana is back and undefeated again, but it is not an open and shut case with the late season emergence of California state meet sensation Caitlin Chock, the Lawrence sisters of Reno, and others such as Katie Leary OR, Rachel Bryan CA, Los Alamos stars Heather Wood and Kristen Hemphill, Utah champion Kit Zeigle, 2002 finalist Heidi Magill, and undefeated Wyoming state champion Sarah Balfour WY. DyeStat visitors on the TrackTalk California message board are giving strongest support to Zoe Nelson, Caitlin Chock, the Lawrence sisters, Rachel Bryan, and Liza Pasciuto. Zoe Nelson's Flathead Kalispell MT high school is sending 16 runners to the West regional. Coach Paul Jorgensen tells local newspaper, that Zoe Nelson is "in as good shape as she's ever been."

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Shadrack and Zoe win close races

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