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Nike Team Nationals
Saturday, December 4, 2004
At Portland Meadows & Nike World Headquarters
View & customize an interactive replay of the race!
Boys Race Stats Girls Race Stats

Ernie's Army places 4th at NTN! (from Royal HS)
Nike Team Nationals recap story!
Coverage area

FootLocker West Regionals

Photo by Bill Leung
Arizona's Kenny Cormier guns the throttle while nat'l
Marie "Mel" Lawrence tops Montana' Zoe Nelson!
Recap - New - Dave Casper Photo Album #2 of FL West

New - Foot Locker Nationals: Top 80 to San Diego Sat!
Weather Forecast for Sat - 75 degrees mostly sunny!!

New - New Zealand's Arthur Lydiard coming to CA!

New - Josephson December Sportsmanship Newsletter
12/11 All-Comers moved Serra to Cerritos
12/18 All-Comers Santa Monica HS (SS)
Winter Clinics Page - 1/15/05 CS Stanislaus added

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Saturday December 4th, Portland, Oregon

Ernie's Army of Simi Valley places 4th to lead CA clubs;
Kinetic Racing Club (Saratoga Springs, NY) win girls;
Kroy Cross Country (Elmhurst, Il) claim boys title.
Boys Race results - Girls Race results - Coverage Area
NEW - Erik Pedersen Great "Ernie's Army" Photo Album

Boys' race runner-up Brandon Bethke led "The Beach Dudes" XC Club
and Kinetic Racing Club (Saratoga Springs, NY) claimed the girls' team title!

Dylan Jaedtke led Ernie's Army XC Team via his Top 10 individual finish;
NTN founder/director Josh Rowe of Nike is pumped during the races!

Crystal Reed (Fountain Family - blue) makes Foot Locker Nat'ls off her 9th place!
Brandon Bethke made it as one of the top 2 Western Boys to San Diego!

Kirby Lee's Picture of the "Roller Coaster" Hills - More Photos in Album

Crystal Reed (Fountain Family Racing Club) placed 9th individually;
Dylan Jaedtke (Ernie's Army) was 10th and Brandon Bethke (Beach Dudes) was 2nd.
Awards Night photo album

Saratoga Springs - Yes, the Greatest Team Ever!
Nike Team Nationals Meet Preview Story!

FootLocker West Regional
Saturday, December 4, 2004 @ Mt. SAC
Girls Seeded - Boys Seeded - Rest of Results
Erik Boal's race recap!

Photo by Bill Leung
Top Californians at FootLocker West: Alma Escobar and Yosef Ghebray

Photo by Dave Casper
Boys Seeded race action after the first loop.
Dave Casper's Photo Album - Dave Casper Album #2

Qualifiers from the West Regional

Winners: Nevada's Marie "Mel" Lawrence and Arizona's Kenny Cormier
Marie took second at last year's FL Nationals and aims for the top spot in 2004!
Cormier won the State 5A crown, the AZ/NV/NM Border War and has run 9:21.51 for 3200.

GIRLS QUALIFIERS
1. Marie Lawrence (Reno HS, Nev.) 17:56
2. Zoe Nelson (Flathead HS, Mont.) 18:14
3. Alma Escobar (Corona HS) 18:16
4. Brooke Lademan (Peninsula HS) 18:20
5. Lauren Saylor (Buchanan HS) 18:21
6. Kauren Tarver (Serrano HS) 18:27
7. Natasha LeBeaud (Folsom HS) 18:32
8. Tori Tyler (Gunn HS) 18:42

BOYS QUALIFIERS
1. Kenny Cormier (Ariz) 15:39
2. Yosef Ghebray (Logan HS) 15:44
3. Diego Mercado (West Covina HS) 15:48
4. MarkMatusak (Loyola HS) 15:49
5. A.J. Acosta (El Camino HS) 15:50
6. Kenny Klotz (Central Catholic HS, Ore.) 15:52
7. Riley Booker (Unisersity City HS) 15:53
8. Jake Schmitt (Redwood HS) 15:56

2004 WESTERN REGIONAL INDEX PAGE
Boys Foot Locker West "Hot 100"
Girls FootLocker West "Hot 100"

Foot Locker CC Championships
Saturday, December 11, 2004 @ Balboa Park's Morley Field, San Diego

The 80 Qualifiers, with notes!
Weather Link - 75 and mostly sunny Saturday!!
Breaking down the Morley Field Course (Dan Nelson)

Which school has the most Foot Locker finals appearances? With the final roster set for the 2004 finals Saturday in San Diego, The Woodlands TX boys and Saratoga Springs NY girls are the all time leaders. -- By John Sullivan, TX
Boys 11 The Woodlands, TX (formerly called McCullough) by 8 athletes 9 Kingwood, TX by 4 athletes 8 Mead, WA 7 by athletes 7 Jesuit, CA 5 by athletes 7 Wheeling, IL 2 by athletes 5 North Hunterdon, NJ by 4 athletes 5 Mt Tabor, NC by 3 athletes 5 Madison Memorial, WI by 3 athletes 5 Lyman, FL by 2 athletes	Girls 12 Saratoga Springs, NY by 7 athletes 10 Lake Braddock, VA by 7 athletes 8 Smoky Hill, CO by 4 athletes 7 Robinson, VA by 2 athletes 6 North Hunterdon, NJ by 3 athletes 6 Centreville, VA by 3 athletes

USATF Nat'l JO's - Schaumburg, Illinois - December 10-11, 2004
Link to Index Page for Coverage

18th CIF-State Cross-Country
Team Championships!
Saturday, November 27, 2004 @ Woodward Park, Fresno - 5k

College Signees page - send us more

Tesfa and Jaedtke to Long Beach State - Link to Release
Whitney Hampton (El Toro) to Tulane University - Uni release
Laura Arnold (Arroyo Grande weights) - to Sacramento State Univ
Daniel Schaerer (Bishops, La Jolla weights) - to Stanford Univ

UC Berkeley has 10 signees - UCLA Women Top Group - Oregon Ducks fine crew
Pacific Association Age-Group CC Champs - So Cal/So Nev JO Regional Results

Arthur Lydiard - famed New Zealand Coach comes to California in December
Above with Peter Snell Olympic Champ and World Record Holder under Lydiard!
Hear Lydiard Speak around State in a week!

December - Michael Josephson Institute Commentary on important subjects in today's world!