Pat Patten Invitational
9/1/06 Fort Collins High School, Fort Collins CO

FCHS Girls Beat SW#1 Fairview

results

Course and conditions: Cool, cloudy, upper 60s. Course 3.1 miles, 80% grass, 20% sidewalk, hilly and challenging. 15 girls teams competed. 16 boys teams competed.

Girls Varsity race: 5:20pm. This race featured the top team in the Southwest Region, SW#1 Fairview. By running the best pack time of the meet (33 seconds), Fort Collins High School was able to upset Fairview by a margin of six points! Fort Collins was led by Sophomore Miranda Benzel (7th), Junior Kelsey Follett (8th), and Freshman Rachel Viger (9th). Katelyn Vanatta of Ralston Valley took individual honors with an amazing time of 17:33, more than a full minute ahead of runner-up Sarah Cocco of Fairview in 18:43. Also finishing for Fort Collins were Tati Ogan (11th), Katelyn Keating (12th), and Kirsten Follett (13th).

Runners Roost Panther Invitational
8/31/06 at El Pomar Sports Complex, Colorado Springs CO

Big surprises by Wheat Ridge boys and Cherry Creek girls

by Aron Taylor

In a showdown of Southwest NTN ranked teams there were a few surprises at the annual Panther Invitational. Namely unranked, and unknown Wheat Ridge High out of Colorado Springs upsetting SW#2 Cherry Creek, SW#6 Dakota Ridge, SW#10 Liberty, and a slew of other top teams in impressive fashion. In 2005 Wheat Ridge placed 18th at the Colorado 5A State Championships, no one really pictured them as contendars for 2006. What is clear now is that the SW is wide open and perhaps Wheat Ridge will show even more in meets to come just how much of a surprise they are this year.

On the girls side, SW#10 Cherry Creek upset SW#7 Rocky Mountain and SW#3 Dakota Ridge. From 2005 State results these three teams are used to finishing consecutively but Cherry Creek posted a superior performance on the site for the 2006 State Championships, placing (5) runners in the top 16. The individual award went to Rocky Mountain's Ellie Rastall who paced the course in 18:30, slightly faster than her 2005 State runner-up performance.

Detailed Results
Div 1 Boys - Div 1 Girls - Div 2 Boys - Div 2 Girls - Div 3 Boys - Div 3 Girls

BOYS’ Division 1
Team results
1. Wheat Ridge 92, 2. Cherry Creek 112, 3. Grand Junction 121, 4. Dakota Ridge 122, 5. Rocky Mountain 123, 6. Chaparral 152, 7. Air Academy 157, 8. ThunderRidge 274, 9. Evergreen 288, 10. Pomona 296, 11. Pine Creek 327, 12. Durango 341, 13. Lewis-Palmer 344, 14. Sand Creek 347, 15. Ranum 41, 16. Liberty 444, 17. Doherty 446, 18. Palmer 452, 19. Arvada 535, 20. Fruita Monument 550, 21. Mitchell 555, 22. Gateway 559.
Individual results
1. Appel (DR) 16:03.74, 2. Weeks (ARV) 16:18.34, 3. Medina (GJ) 16:37.19, 4. Long (RM) 16:44.94, 5. Elliott (DUR) 16:47.79, 6. Busch (CHA) 16:50.09, 7. M. Medina (GJ) 16:57.94, 8. Cichowitz (PAL) 16:58.09, 9. Franzen (CC) 17:00.49, 10. Schafer (CC) 17:05.39, 11. McGee (RM) 17:10.74, 12. Cowhick (WR) 17:11.79, 13. Smith (AA) 17:12.59, 14. Kraft (GJ) 17:15.19, 15. Fauble (WR) 17:15.64, 16. McNeil (DR) 17:23.94, 17. Sickafoose (PC) 17:25.39, 18. Nelson (WR) 17:26.79, 19. Goforth (RM) 17:27.54, 20. Hamilton (LIB) 17:29.39.

GIRLS’ Division 1
Team results
1. Cherry Creek 40, 2. Rocky Mountain 70, 3. Dakota Ridge 107, 4. Chaparral 138, 5. Palmer 170, 6. Sand Creek 174, 7. Evergreen 224, 8. Durango 229, 9. Doherty 255, 10. Wheat Ridge 274, 11. Lewis-Palmer 277, 12. Liberty 299, 13. ThunderRidge 309, 14. Air Academy 326, 15. Pine Creek 372, 16. Kennedy 433, 17. Fruita Monument 484, 18. Thornton 495, 19. Grand Junction 507, 20. Pomona 549, 21. Gateway 566, 22. Ranum 605, 23. Mitchell 652.
Individual results
1. Rastall (RM) 18:30.20, 2. Johnstone (CC) 19:20.40, 3. Thweatt (DUR) 19:24.60, 4. Brenser (SC) 19:25.30, 5. Schmidt (SC) 19:29.80, 6. Gallagher (CC) 19:47.00, 7. Johnson (CC) 19:49.25, 8. Rogers (DR) 19:51.45, 9. Solow-Niederman (CC) 19:56.20, 10. Lillo (DR) 20:03.90, 11. Macy (PAL) 20:05.60, 12. Berendzen (EVE) 20:05.70, 13. Popps (RM) 20:16.00, 14. Pavlich (CHA) 20:40.10, 15. Rogers (DR) 20:41.80, 16. Berman (CC) 20:42.25, 17. Casey (DUR) 20:45.80, 18. Willard (RM) 20:48.80, 19. Slack (LIB) 20:48.85, 20. Kress (LIB) 20:49.20.

DIVISION 2 RACES: SW#9 Colorado Springs Christian was crushed by the Falcons. The Falcons are another unknown team that placed 17th in the 2005 4A State Championships has come tot eh surface as a team to be reckoned with. The Falcons also upstaged 2005 State 6th place finishing team Cheyenne Mountain. What a surprise!

GIRLS: Greeley West a 3A team who didn't even qualify for the 2005 State Championships defeated a slew of top ranked teams! Including 2005 4A State Champion Battle Mountain, 2005 3A State Champion Classical Academy as well as top ranked teams. Who is this team? How will they fair throughout the rest of the season? and how will they fair against other top ranked teams?

BOYS Division 2
Team results
1. Falcon 110, 2. Cheyenne Mountain 155, 3. Colorado Springs Christian School 156, 4. D’Evelyn 164, 5. The Classical Academy 185, 6. Montrose 211, 7. Harrison 212, 8. Windsor 215, 9. Battle Mountain 223, 10. Moffat County 249, 11. Woodland Park 271, 12. Sierra 326, 13. Greeley West 330, 14. Pueblo Central 364, 15. Pueblo South 391, 16. Canon City 420, 17. Pueblo West 465, 18. Widefield 471, 19. Sterling 485, 20. Northridge 493, 21. Silver Creek 538, 22. Fountain-Fort Carson 544, 23. Mesa Ridge 551, 24. Alamosa 585, 25. Kiowa 597, 26. Pueblo County 674, 27. Berthoud 686, 28. Pueblo Centennial 751
Individual result
1. Williams (DEV) 15:58.54, 2. Carter (GW) 16:47.24, 3. White (FAL) 17:01.39, 4. Hay (MON) 17:04.49, 5. Reed (CSCS) 17:06.14, 6. Waliszewski (TCA) 17:08.44, 7. Bird (MC) 17:18.29, 8. Reschke (MV) 17:20.54, 9. Chace (CM) 17:22.84, 10. Miller (MC) 17:25.44, 11. Rickman (FAL) 17:27.79, 12. Blackburn (WP) 17:28.44, 13. Garcia (SIE) 17:28.94, 14. Whiteman (HAR) 17:31.44, 15. Schmidt (PW) 17:31.59, 16. Owen (MV) 17:34.09, 17. Johnson (FAL) 17:41.09, 18. Williams (CSCS) 17:41.89, 19. Brohmer (CSCS) 17:45.49, 20. Hurley (MV) 17:47.09.

GIRLS Division 2
Team results
1. Greeley West 82, 2. Cheyenne Mountain 93, 3. The Classical Academy 135, 4. Pueblo Centennial 168, 5. Silver Creek 202, 6. Moffat County 206, 7. Pueblo West 229, 8. Woodland Park 234, 9. D’Evelyn 236, 10. Pueblo South 262, 11. Battle Mountain 282, 12. Falcon 351, 13. Alamosa 357, 14. Sierra 384, 15. Harrison 390, 16. Colorado Springs Christian School 394, 17. Fountain-Fort Carson 422, 18. Northridge 463, 19. Berthoud 468, 20. Sterling 480, 21. Windsor 507, 22. Pueblo County 560, 23. Canon City 570
Individual results
1. Marshall (PW) 19:43.32, 2. Spitz (PCENT) 19:50.67, 3. Gerk (GW) 20:05.07, 4. Lauren (CM) 10:16.27, 5. Sowards (ALA) 10:16.57, 6. King (SC) 20:23.07, 7. Nelson (MC) 20:39.72, 8. Hanenburg (TCA) 20:57.07, 9. Bowers (WIN) 21:04.72, 10. Welch (WP) 21:11.02, 11. Thompson (SIE) 21:15.47, 12. Smalley (GW) 21:18.32, 13. Brunko (DEV) 21:25.87, 14. O’Hare (CM) 21:32.67, 15. Johnston (PW) 21:38.42, 16. Huffman (CSCS) 21:39.62, 17. Hinchcliffe (GW) 21:41.32, 18. Larson (GW) 21:42.42, 19. Glynn (DEV) 21:44.77, 20. Bellendir (STE) 21:47.02