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BorderClash
the best of WA v. the best of OR
November 23, 2003 at Nike world headquarters, Beaverton OR 4.5k

Girls
Washington 102, Oregon 111
Katie Leary 16:01

| Results | Story by Leo Collins | Photo Album |

Leary finishes

Leary and O'Reilly lead in the Japanese garden

Katie Leary breaks away late

by Leo Collins

The Nike Campus in Beaverton , Oregon was the sight of the 5 th annual Border Clash between the boys and girls from the states of Oregon and Washington . The girls' race, which started first, appeared to be a wide-open event with Washington 4A state champion Brie Felnagle given the nod as a slight favorite. The race is unique in that, rather than a mass start with opposing runners lining up together, representatives from each state face each other lining up on opposite sides of a soccer field in the middle of the Nike campus. The race then starts with the blast of a canon, which is placed in between the opposing lines. With the blast of the canon the girls raced towards each other over a distance of around 50 meters before turning at the field's mid-point and racing off the field to the outside boundary of Nikeland.

In the little time that it took to race half the soccer field Oregon runners had shown that they were quite serious as three of their girls assumed the lead. Katie Leary, the Oregon 4A champion, (along with Danielle Jordan and Briana Anderson-Gregg) was probably the key as she appeared to be controlling the pace. The race continued as such for the first ½ mile but Washington's Felnagle made a move shortly thereafter and assumed a share the lead about 10 meters in front of the chase pack. By the time the runners had reached the pond and near the mile mark Megan O'Reilly of Washington moved up to challenge for the lead.

The leaders made their way through the midst of the campus and then out to the perimeter of the compound without much change: sometimes one or the other might take a slight lead but it was quickly covered. It remained thus until around the 2 mile mark�the only change at all being an increase in the lead over the chase pack to around 20 meters.

Tracing the perimeter of the campus the 3 reached a slight rise at about the 10 minute mark where Klamath Falls ' Leary made a modest surge to take a clear lead of about 3 meters. Washington 's Felnagle and O-Reilly gamely held on afterwards as Oregon 's Leary, who appears to be fast improving with each race, continued to push the pace while the Washington pair attempted to remain in contact.

Returning to the soccer field Katie Leary continued to push and increased the lead, which she had slowly built and then somewhat stunningly pulled away. By race's end the Oregon runner had almost a ½ minute cushion over Brie Felnagle in 2 nd . Meghan Armstrong, who at one time trailed far behind, threaded her way through the pack to finish 3 rd ahead of Washington 's O'Reilly.

The evenly matched teams allowed much speculation over the final team result as Danielle Jordan of Oregon gained 5 th ahead of Stephanie Lenihan of Washington . Oregon runners placed 7 and 8 th thanks to the effort of Holli Dieu and Briana Anderson-Gregg but Washington runners led by Isley Gonzalez took places 9-12 to seal a 102-111 victory.

The winner Katie Leary seemed to still have a good deal left in reserve. It bodes well for the Footlocker meet as at least three or four of the chase runners could qualify for the national meet in San Diego .

Results

Team Score Places
Washington 102 -2-4-6-9-10-11-12-15-16-17-
Oregon 111 -1-3-5-7-8-13-14-19-20-21-

 

Place Score AthleteNo Athlete State Time
1 1 104 Katie Leary Oregon 16:00.65
2 2 36 Brie Felnagle Washington 16:26.65
3 3 139 Meghan Armstong Oregon 16:29.33
4 4 138 Megan O'Reilly Washington 16:29.57
5 5 51 Danielle Jordan Oregon 16:33.98
6 6 181 Stephanie Lenihan Washington 16:36.51
7 7 72 Holli Dieu Oregon 16:39.29
8 8 35 Briana Anderson-Gregg Oregon 16:45.31
9 9 75 Isley Gonzalez Washington 16:46.85
10 10 29 Becca Noble Washington 16:47.81
11 11 12 Amie Dahnke Washington 16:55.63
12 12 32 Bevin Peters Washington 16:56.62
13 13 21 Annaliese Chapa Oregon 16:57.21
14 14 69 Hayley Oveson Oregon 17:02.52
15 15 106 Katrina Drennen Washington 17:02.73
16 16 9 Amber Nickelson Washington 17:08.00
17 17 157 Rachel Belt Washington 17:12.83
18 0 5 Alison Ritchie Washington 17:13.19
19 19 45 Claire Michel Oregon 17:14.42
20 20 197 Zoe Roy Oregon 17:14.74
21 21 155 Olivia Bender Oregon 17:14.96
22 0 78 Jane Larson Washington 17:15.54
23 0 20 Anna Stumbo Oregon 17:16.28
24 0 65 Harmony Teitsworth Oregon 17:17.02
25 0 133 Lucy Miller Washington 17:17.29
26 0 39 Casey Masterson Oregon 17:17.54
27 0 92 Jolee Van Leuven Oregon 17:18.92
28 0 131 Linsie Michels Oregon 17:20.16
29 0 8 Alyssa Modrell Washington 17:20.41
30 0 113 Kendel Nelson Oregon 17:21.72
31 0 149 Molly Cole Washington 17:22.99
32 0 127 Lacy Looney Oregon 17:28.10
33 0 171 Sarah Smith Washington 17:28.70
34 0 98 Kaitlin Poggi Oregon 17:31.94
35 0 126 Kysa Cronrath Washington 17:32.57
36 0 70 Heather Fitz-Gustafson Oregon 17:33.64
37 0 176 Selene Isaacson Washington 17:33.87
38 0 100 Karin Rohde Washington 17:37.16
39 0 120 Kirah Aldinger-Gibson Oregon 17:38.40
40 0 134 Marsha Lampi Oregon 17:39.23
41 0 19 Anna Layman Washington 17:42.34
42 0 105 Katie Sullivan Oregon 17:42.90
43 0 151 Natalie Todd-Zebell Oregon 17:47.22
44 0 99 Kara Sporrong Washington 17:47.62
45 0 14 Ana Casillas Washington 17:48.68
46 0 191 Traci Newton Oregon 17:48.98
47 0 167 Sara Thon Washington 17:49.26
48 0 188 Tess Grannemann Washington 17:50.86
49 0 142 Melissa Trahin Oregon 17:52.05
50 0 22 Anne Murphy-Hagan Oregon 17:52.44
51 0 85 Jennifer Macias Oregon 17:52.79
52 0 71 Hilorie Hildebrandt Washington 17:53.61
53 0 11 Amanda Stopa Washington 17:56.70
54 0 57 Emily Morehouse Oregon 17:58.23
55 0 177 Shannon McKenzie Oregon 18:00.02
56 0 52 Danielle Schuster Washington 18:01.51
57 0 166 Samone Brockett Oregon 18:01.97
58 0 168 Sarah Benson Washington 18:03.30
59 0 107 KayeLynn Joachims Washington 18:10.37
60 0 24 Ashley Meyer Washington 18:11.60
61 0 26 Audra McNally Washington 18:14.37
62 0 41 Chelsea VanDeBrake Washington 18:19.68
63 0 93 Jolene Boogaard Washington 18:19.91
64 0 103 Katie Campbell Washington 18:20.16
65 0 7 Allison Gibson Washington 18:25.75
66 0 80 Jasmine Klauder Oregon 18:28.91
67 0 118 Kindra Buys Oregon 18:29.68
68 0 101 Kat Ellis Washington 18:30.34
69 0 6 Allegra Fety Oregon 18:35.47
70 0 37 Brittnee Sanchez Washington 18:57.99
71 0 141 Meghan Mulligan Oregon 19:03.09
72 0 13 Amy Scott Washington 19:08.27
73 0 25 Ashley Sol Oregon 19:08.83
74 0 153 Noelle Harer Oregon 20:07.52

 

 

 

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