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Hagerman,
Lawrence sisters named Verizon Athletes of the Meet
12-16-2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USA Track & Field
INDIANAPOLIS - Verizon Athletes of the Meet Brock Hagerman and the Lawrence
sisters, Marie and Collier, won their respective individual Boy’s
and Girl’s
division titles Saturday at the 2002 National Junior Olympic Cross Country
Championships at the Carrollton Course in Carrollton, Ga.
Hagerman of Indiana All Star-A Racing Team won the Boy’s 4 km Youth
division
in 13 minutes, 16.21 seconds to lead his team to a first-place finish.
In
the Girl’s 4 km Open race, Marie Lawrence of the Silver State Striders/Team
USA Nevada won the Youth division title in 15 minutes, 10.97 seconds to
make
her and older sister Collier the first sister act to win their age division
in the same year.
Collier Lawrence of the Silver State Striders won the Girl’s Intermediate
division in 18:55.25. Danielle Jordan of the Southern Oregon Sizzle finished
second in 19:22.50 with third place finisher Britney Almaguer of the
Godspeed Wings completing the race in 19:35.54. The Buffalo Chips won
the
Girl’s team Intermediate division in 1:42:13.76, an average time
of
20:26.76.
Over 3,000 athletes participated in the championships over a hilly course
that has been used for many state and regional championship events.
Robert Papazian, who ran unattached, won the Boy’s Intermediate
5 km Run in
16:23.22. Patrick Swick of the Las Vegas Elite Runners Track Club finished
second in 16:30.22 with Jordan McDougal of the Troy Trailblazers Track
Club
was third in 16:36.70. The Trailhogs Track Club won the Boy’s team
Intermediate division in 1:26:19.15, an average time of 17:15.83. Kristen
Arnold of Front Running finished in second place with a time of 15:12.28.
Third-placer Angela Bizzarri led her winning Cincinnati Spirit Track Club
to
victory in 15:12.66. Emily Thompson of the Spirit was fourth with a time
of
15:24.23. The Cincinnati Spirit team had a total time of 1:19:40.12 seconds,
an average time of 15:56.03.
Shaun Boyte of the Silver State Striders finished second in 13:37.66,
with
Jared Rohatinsky of Team Provo finishing third in 13:48.97. The Indiana
All
Star-A Track Club won the Youth division with a total time of 1:09:55.88,
an
average time of 13: 59.18.
Trent Hoerr, who ran unattached, won the Young Men’s 5 km Run in
16:05.15.
Jonathan Cardenas of the Silver State Striders finished in second place
in
16:07.74, with Frank Tinney of the Detroit Cheetahs in third place in
16:39.54. Federal Way Track Club won the young men’s team 5 km Run
with a
total time of 1:26:37.45, an average time of 17:19.49.
Elizabeth Carlson of the Sentinl Track Club won the Young Women’s
5 km in
19:06.82. Julie Eckerly of the Indiana All Star-A finished in second place
in 19:17.72, to lead her team to the Young Women’s team 5 km title.
Third
place finisher Angela Taylor of the Sojourners clocked in at 19:18.20.
The
Indiana All Star-A Track Club had a total time of 1:40:50.45, an average
time of 20:10.9.
In the Boy’s 3 km, Colby Peters of TimeMac Track Club won the Midget
division in 11:05:09. The D.C. Red Wings won the team Midget division
with a
total time of 59:21.16 and an average time of 11:52.24.
In the Girl’s 3 km, Jillian King of the Argyle Lites Track Club
won the
Midget division in 11:26.63 to lead her team to the girl’s team
Midget
division title. Argyle Lites finished with a total time of 1:00:04.90,
an
average time of 12:00.98.
In the Boy’s 3 km, Andrew Bernarsky of the Transy East Track Club
won the
Bantom division in 11:36:10. The D.C. Red Wings won the team Bantom division
with a total time of 1:01:41:51, an average time of 12:20:31.
In the Girl’s 3 km Mari Littleton of the Nashua Pal Track Club
won the
Bantom division in 12:21.24 to lead her team to a girl’s 3 km title.
Nashua
Pal had a total time of 1:07:16.96, an average time of 13:27.40.
USATF’s Junior Olympic cross country program is made up of preliminary
meets
in many of the 57 local Associations, which lead to Association
Championships, and then to 16 Regional Championships. Thousands participate
and the group narrows to the “best of the best” at the National
Championships each December.
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