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Results - Leo Collins story -
Junior Men 8k
Galen Rupp 25:13.9
photos by Brian Myers / PhotoRun
No surprises except for the weather
by Leo Collins
Runners were greeted with surprisingly sunny sky as the rains stayed away but it was still a duck kind of day, as Oregon runners claimed three of the six positions on the US team that will head to the World Championships in France. Galen Rupp, the current 5K US high school record-holder, rolled to an easy victory at the USATF Junior Cross Country Championship.
There were no surprises except for the weather as the runners eased their way at the start of the race. Everyone seemed determined to hold back & after 300 yards there were no clear leaders.
 Group of five
By the time they reached the ½ point of the first lap there was a group of five, which shared the lead: Rupp, Stuart Eagon, a Portland area native who runs for the University of Wisconsin, Hakon DeVries of Stanford, Christopher Landry of William & Mary & Ryan Vail, another local product who runs for Oklahoma State. The pace was still not brisk & even the trailing runners could still dream of victory as everyone seemed intent to remain relaxed. As such the leaders remained together through the first lap. In fact it was so crowded, as they rounded the corner just prior to the long hill, there was a bit of shoving in order to protect position. It was no big deal & rather typical of cross country as runners attempt to run inside when they round corners.
Rupp, Eagon, DeVries move ahead
There would be no change at the front as they began the second lap at the same rather relaxed pace, but some movement began while they cruised down the long hill at the far end of the course. By the time that they rounded the turn at the short hill Rupp had forged a slight lead with Eagon taking 2 nd & DeVries 3 rd . Galen Rupp was still not in high gear as he ran up the long hill with a trail of runners not far behind. Moving along the race remained the same with only a slight increase in pace throughout . Running along during the 3 rd lap still seemed to find almost everyone performing in protect mode although a bit more of a gap was found to separate the various positions.
Rupp makes move
Rupp made his less than surprising move (�I thought he'd move at that time� commented Eagon after the race) mid way into the third lap & increased his lead, yet there was still little change behind him - just a bit of increase in the gapping of runners with Eagon taking a slightly larger lead over DeVries. After cresting the hill, Rupp began to surge to an ever increasing lead, which continued as he cruised along in the final lap. While handling the short hill DeVries briefly took second but Eagon regained his former position on the downhill.
Flying down the hill Rupp left no doubt that he would be the eventual winner. His fellow Oregonian meanwhile was hard at work in cementing his position, yet Rupp still was increasing his lead to around 45 meters. Rolling up the hill Eagon opened up a large lead in second place but he was still losing ground in the �race' for first.
Unlike the Junior Girls on the previous day there would be no mad dash at the end to secure major positional changes. Rupp put in a workman-like effort to secure an 8 second victory & Eagon finished off his impressive race with a 5 second gap ahead of DeVries. Following those three were Landry of William & Mary, Jeremy Mineau of the University of Washington & Ryan Vail of Oklahoma State. Just missing the last qualifying spot was Bradley Harkrader of the University of Colorado & Dave Mock, another William & Mary runner, placed 8 th .
Results
results from USATF web site
TEAM
ID# PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME TEAM
50 1 Galen Rupp, 18, Portland, OR 25:13.9
446 2 Stuart Eagon, 18, Madison, WI 25:22.0
441 3 Hakon DeVries, 18, Stanford, CA 25:27.7
494 4 Christopher Landry, 18, Falls Church, VA 25:33.2
519 5 Jeremy Mineau, 19, Seattle, WA 25:40.0
230 6 Ryan Vail, 18, Gresham, OR 25:42.2 Oklahoma State
174 7 Bradley Harkrader, 18, Boulder, CO 25:46.6 Univ of Colorado
520 8 Dave Mock, 18, Johnstown, PA 25:59.8
555 9 Stephan Shay, 19, East Jordan, MI 26:03.7
512 10 Timothy McLeod, 18, Tucson, AZ 26:06.0
176 11 Christopher Pannone, 18, Whitehouse Statio, NJ
26:07.8 Univ of Colorado
517 12 Alexander Miletich, 18, Tallahassee, FL 26:14.0
476 13 Jon Harding, 18, Seattle, WA 26:17.2
553 14 Drew Shackleton, 19, Belmont, CA 26:18.5
535 15 Joshua Perrin, 19, Hillsdale, MI 26:21.6
570 16 Jonathon Thomas, 18, Des Moines, IA 26:24.0
49 17 Brandon Bethke, 18, Lake Forest, CA 26:29.6
593 18 James Wilson, 18, Seattle, WA 26:33.9
457 19 Evan Garber, 18, New Rochelle, NY 26:37.8
578 20 Kiel Uhl, 17, Prole, IA 26:38.5
554 21 Kyle Shackleton, 19, Belmont, CA 26:40.3
522 22 Adam Moitoso, 19, Warwick, RI 26:46.0
479 23 Jeffrey Helmer, 17, Snohomish, WA 26:47.4
419 24 Scott Bauhs, 18, Danville, CA 26:49.0
537 25 Chase Pizzonia, 18, Medfield, MA 26:50.2
586 26 Scott Wall, 19, Portland, OR 26:56.0
568 27 Isaac Stoutenburgh, 16, Central Point, OR 26:58.9
205 28 Daniel Nunn, 18, Washington, DC 27:04.4 Georgetown University
521 29 Christopher Mocko, 18, McLean, VA 27:08.0
482 30 Nate Huerta, 17, Prunedale, CA 27:10.4
531 31 Stuart Patterson, 17, Hesperia, CA 27:12.6
453 32 Richard Furseth, 18, Stillwater, MN 27:16.7
524 33 Neal Naughton, 19, Walled Lake, MI 27:17.8
540 34 Edward Quinn, 18, University Park, PA 27:29.5
497 35 Colin Longmuir, 18, Woodinville, WA 27:31.0
206 36 Shane Young, 18, Reston, VA 27:52.6 Georgetown University
100 37 Austin Fritzke, 16, Weed, CA 28:00.7 Aggie Running Club
478 38 Darin Hasley, 16, Boulder, CO 28:06.5
437 39 Alex Crabill, 16, Lakewood, WA 28:08.3
417 40 Chris Baker, 18, East Lansing, MI 28:09.6
499 41 Gary Lorance, 16, Selah, WA 28:12.1
481 42 Karch Hickman, 18, Longmont, CO 28:15.5
204 43 Scott Bastek, 18, Saddle River, NJ 28:16.7 Georgetown University
387 44 1 Philbert Brown, 15, Gamerco, NM 28:17.0 Wings of America/ECF
395 45 2 Tommy Jo Strange Owl, 18, Santa Fe, NM 28:17.6 Wings of America/ECF
458 46 Mikias Gelagle, 16, Washington, DC 28:33.8
523 47 David Morgan, 18, Ashland, OR 28:34.2
585 48 Wesley Walker, 16, El Paso, TX 28:35.4
396 49 3 Donovan Tsinnijinnie, 17, Santa Fe, NM 28:58.4 Wings of America/ECF
391 50 4 Kempton Jackson, 18, Gallup, NM 29:04.3 Wings of America/ECF
397 51 5 Derrick Williams, 18, Santa Fe, NM 29:05.7 Wings of America/ECF
591 52 Ryan Wilbur, 18, Columbus, OH 29:23.0
411 53 Daniel Alvarez, 17, Newberg, OR 29:28.8
393 54 6 Nathan Lee, 17, Santa Fe, NM 29:55.8 Wings of America/ECF
406 55 Andrew Abdella, 18, Elbert, CO 30:27.7
530 56 Alexander Patananan, 17, Palmdale, CA 30:29.8
559 57 Alex Smyth, 17, Sequim, WA 30:31.0
442 58 Shane Dinius, 15, Sequim, WA 35:22.7
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