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10/3/01

 

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Great Weekend Action
THIS WEEK report.- Maryland - Tenke Zoltani goes sub-19 on killer Hereford course - Ohio - US#21 St. Xavier Cincinnati routs Ohio Catholic championship - New York - US#16 Bronxville NY girls win Suffolk Coaches. - California - US#10 Dana Hills CA girls squeak by Woodbridge in own invitational. Barre beats Haddan. - California - US#15 Jesuit CA boys win Cowchip; Ghebray breaks course record. - Montana - 3rd straight course record for Kalispell freshman Zoe Nelson. - Illinois - invading Davidson Hilliard OH grabs both team trophies at Palatine Inv - Indiana - US#2 Carmel IN girls win again at Culver; ditto Rafferty and Araia - Michigan - US#5 Rockford MI girls beat Colerain OH - Washington - Ray Rogers wins by 71 seconds - Hawaii - Amber Trotter romps in Iolani Invitational...

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: Erik Palmer's great photos, up close and personal:
G-ROC - B-ROC - G-INV - B-Open2 - B-InvSeed - G-Open1 - G-small - B-small - College

Big HS winners are Bobby Curtis, Ryan Deak, Alison Tubbs, Kingwood TX boys, and Saratoga NY girls, and Alan Webb sizzles in college debut.
ROC Team Trophy pictures -
50 action pictures - DONNA ON THE SIDE
59 Leader List performances at Great American

(Left) Saratoga Springs NY girls


(Above) Kingwood TX boys

photos by John Dye

THIS WEEK
week ending 9/26/01 - alphabetical order by state

  • AL Azalea City Classic - Tara Lenn 20:14 leads St. Paul's Episcopal girls 54 (Murphy 66). Ryan Lenaghen 17:17 leads McGill-Toolen boys 33.
  • AR Panther Inv - Rogers sweeps team titles; boys get 5 in top 11 headed by 1-2 Jake Conley 16:20 5k and Tony Chambers 16:52. Jessie Barnes, Bentonville 15:47 (4k). Complete Results
  • AZ Page Inv - John Scott 16:27 led host Page 48 to a 1-poihnt win over Coconino. Tuba City girls 41.
  • CA Dana Hills Inv - Emily Vince, Peninsula 16:55. Abadir Barre, Mt. Carmel 14:44 (Michael Haddan, Woodbridge 14:49). US#10 Dana Hills girls 127 (Woodbridge 130). El Toro boys 97, second straight invitational win for El Toro.
  • CA Cowchip Classic - Giliat Ghebray, Logan Union City 15:14 (3m), beating old course record by 5 seconds and Jason Carwile by 13. US#15 Jesuit CA boys 44. Shannon Rowbury, Sacred Heart Cathedral SF 18:06. Montgomery girls 53, led by Kim Conley 18:33 in 3rd.
  • CA Mt. Whitney Inv - McFarland boys 38, Buchanan 107, with Casey Burchill 15:17 5k individual winner. Heather Hansen 18:14 and Madera girls 55 (McFarland 66, Buchanan 77).
  • FL Raider Classic - Daniel Parker, Boone sr 14:52 3m for 18 second win over Sean Burris. Elly Kabbord, Cocoa Beach 18:28. Details
  • FL Florida State Inv - Lee Yaracs 14:50 3m led Ridgeview boys 61 (1-3-6-14-37). Zita Magloire, Chiles sr 18:07. Estero girls 83. Details
  • HI Iolani Inv - Amber Trotter, impressive winner of the Great Race of the Great Bay 2 weeks ago, had an enjoyable weekend in Hawaii, winning by 78 seconds in 17:01. An observor wrote: "She had a big smile on her face as she came down the stretch. It was truly a dominating performance from a truly amazing athlete." Trotter's time would have placed her 4th in the boys race.
  • IL Palatine Inv - Invading Davidson Hilliard OH swept the team titles a week after hosting the Meet of Champions. Davidson Boys 48 (3-6-8-14-17) and Girls 45 (4-5-8-10-18). Sam Romanoski, Lake Zurich IL jr 15:06 3m, Jean Marinangeli, Buffalo Grove IL sr 15:06 2.5m.
  • IN Culver Academy Inv - Michelle Rafferty and Nef Ariai, winners of the Meet of Champions at Hilliard OH last week, repeated at the Culver meet. Rafferty, Carmel, 14:!5 4k outkicked Tiffany Redlarczyk, Lake Central by 5 seconds. Ariai, Lawrence North 15:41 (distance unknown) was 21 seconds better than Nick Kruse, Lake Central. Carmel swept the team titles, with the girls team (46 pts) beating previous Indiana 2nd and 1st ranked teams Chesterton 97 and Valparaiso 101.
  • KS Weekly Report by Tony Bozarth - David Williams, Wichita West 16:34 edges Matt Swedlund, Topeka Washburn Rural, by a half second. Erin Mortimer, Riley County, beats Trish Nickoley, Shawnee Heights.
  • MD Bull Run Inv - Runners cope with hot day and the killer Hereford HS hills. In one of the rare sub-19 tours over Hereford's 3-mile course, Tenke Zoltani (left) 18:53 led Dulaney MD 110 to victory in the elite division. Zoltani missed Karen Pulliam's course record by only one second. C. Milton Wright MD 68 won the boys elite team title with ease, while, Ryan Blood, E. Pennsboro PA 16:14 ran the fastest time of the day. Blood won a see-saw battle with pre-race favorite Pat Bailey of CMW (16:15) in the last strides, with Shane Stroup 4th. Complete Results
  • MI Spartan Inv - Rockford MI girls 55, trouncing Colerain Cincinnati OH 117, Stevenson MI 118, and Clarkston MI 120. Nikki Bohnsack's 2nd place finish in 18:20 paced Rockford, with Shannon Stanley, Adams Rochester winning in 18:18. Big Rapids 98 edged Grand Ledge by 3 points in Division 1, while Andrew Bauer, Lahser Bloomfield Hills MI had the fastest time of the day, 15:47, running in Divisions 2-3-4.
  • MN Eagle Inv - soph Shannon Bergstedt 14:33 (distance unknown) leads Hopkins to team victory. Boys race cancelled due to storm.
  • MT Mountain West Classic - Biggest meet in Montana. Kalispell freshman star Zoe Nelson broke a course record for the third straight week, running 17:52 3m at the U. of Montana golf course. That was a second faster than the old record of Canadian star Emily Kroshus. US#2 Mead WA boys 44 (Kalispell 81), led by Jesse Fayant 15:03 in 2nd place. Kurt Michels gave Kalispell a sweep of individual honors by winning the boys race in 14:47. North Central WA girls 60 (Kalispell MT 67).
  • NH Bobcat Inv - Dover NH sr Tony Truax 15:55 5k, Bishop Guertin boys 75 (Salem 80), Rachel Umberger 19:14, Pinkerton girls 57
  • NY Suffolk Coaches Inv - Christian Brothers Academy NJ 23 (2-3-5-7-8) dominated Varsity B, with Brian Dalpiaz, Sayville 16:11 5k winning individual honors on a very hot, humid day. US#16 Bronxville NY girls won Varsity C with 40 points, and Northeast #6 Pearl River NY won Varsity B girls with 37 points.
  • OH Ohio Catholic Championships - US#21 St. Xavier Cincinnati 26 dominated with 5 of the top 11 and 7 out of 21, led by 1-2 Kyle Kowalski 16:35 and Ben Wietmarshen 16:38. Beaumont 92 won the girls race by 2 points over St. Joseph Academy.
  • OH Van Wert Inv - Angela Homan, Spencerville OH 18:16 5k for big 45-second win over Sunni Olding, Minster OH.
  • PA NorthEast Inv - Christopher Spooner, Lewisburg 16:44, Tricia Learn, Mansfield 19:49. Allentown Central girls 48. Shikellamy boys 116.
  • PA Carlisle Inv - North Allegheny girls 145 (Wyomissing 152). Angie Saterstad 18:20 5k (Debbie Huss 19:03). Cumberland Valley boys. Dorian McDonald, Liberty 16:01.
  • SC Schlotzsky's Inv - Elizabeth Couch 19:07 on tough 5k course leads Spartanburg girls, Wade Hampton boys, Tommy Hunt, Spartanburg 16:17.
  • WA Bellevue Inv - Seattle Prep sr Ray Rogers ran off with a 71-second win in 17:35 over a flat 5k course. Mike Sayank, Sammamish 15:32 won the boys race. Eisenhower swept the team titles.
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Charlotte NC September 21-22
Complete Results and Action Pictures - Team Pictures -
Big Winners are CURTIS - TUBBS - DEAK -
KINGWOOD TX - SARATOGA NY

Boys Race of Champions
Soph Ryan Deak FL 15:12 rallies late over Kyle Perry UT 15:18, Chris Solinsky WI 15:18, Brett Gotcher CA 15:19, Chris Lukezic WA 15:21, and Allen Bader OH 15:24.
Kingwood TX 162 (13-17-27-36-69) emerges victorious from super balanced team battle. LaSalle OH 183, Canyon CA 202, North Mecklenburg N C 213, Farragut TN 216, plus six more teams under 300.
Girls Race of Champions
Allison Tubbs crushes field from start to finish; 16:55 time beats college women's time;
Saratoga NY girls 77 (5-8-20-21-23) put down Utah (Mountain View 105, Bingham 109)
CURTIS 15:09 is fastest of day
Boys seeded Invitational race was as good as BROC at the top, with Bobby Curtis KY and Joe Thorne GA going at it stride for stride. As he usually does, Curtis pulled away late to win by 6 seconds in 15:09, fastest boys time of the long day.
Girls Inv-Seeded: Jenny Aldridge CA 18:17, Shaker 123 over Columbis NY 126.
Donna on the Side - the faces in the crowd

Alan Webb wins first college race!
NC State sweeps team titles!

College Men - College Women


Webb has moved on to college, but he is still Number One
photo by John Dye

Nike brings Bob Kennedy and new cross country "service stations" to the Great American. Nike announcement

 

XC Leader List update 9/21
Now 340 cross country performances from 98 meets as received by DyeStat through September 21
XC Leader List explained - Sept 21lists - How to get listed

Nike Athlete of the Week
presented by DyeStat
September 21
Erika Odlaug
Nef Araia
Second weekly Nike AOW selections

 

Life after Ritz - What's it like for the Rockford MI boys now that Dathan Ritzenhein has gone to college? Two Rockford boys write to DyeStat

Electronic Connections - Bend OR track mom writes about the pendulum of emotions from September 8 to September 11 as she follows events in San Francisco and New York electronically.

Harrier Rankings shaken up by first 2 weeks of action - LaSalle Cincinnati OH boys take over #1, as Poly Long Beach CA falls to 10th; Carmel IN girls claim #2 behind Saratoga Springs NY - Sept 17 Harrier rankings

NEW TRAGEDY: 8 U. of Wyoming track athletes killed in van accident - one of the victims, Morgan McLeland, was a Wyoming state champion in cross country and led Campbell County WY to the US#4 ranking in 1998. Police say the other driver was drunk and charged him with vehicular homicide.

OLYMPIAN PAUL CUMMINGS DIES IN FISHING ACCIDENT - Paul Cummings, a 1984 US Olympian at 10,000 meters and a noted distance runner from the mile to marathon, drowned in Strawberry Reservoir, Utah, when high winds overturned his canoe while fishing Monday 9/17. Anders Arrhenius, father of HS discus record holder Nik Arrhenius, was a BYU classmate of Cummings. Anders writes: "One of the few distance runners that bonded with us throwers. A great friend and a great man.

Short Takes

  • Amber Trotter, Ukiah CA winner of the Great Race of the Great Bay, is off to Hawaii this weekend (9/22) for the Iolani Invitational.
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.Last Week
week ending 9/19/01

High School runners show how to cope after September 11
Carmel girls beat Rockford in Hilliard OH
Kingwood boys beat The Woodlands in Texas
Lawrence KS coaches salvage meet at Rim Rock Farm
sophs Haddan, Peterson rule Woodbridge in CA

  • OH Meet of Champions
    Carmel IN girls upset Rockford MI; Milford MI boys, Nef Araia, Nikki Bohnsack win inaugural 3-state meet.
  • TN Tennessee Classic at Knoxville was won in course record time by DyeStat Foot Locker Favorite (FLV) Scott Fuqua in 14:58, followed by a hard closing Andy Baksa (15:05) Farragut dominated both AAA races.
  • WA Weekly Highlights - Chris Lukezic, Auburn sr, 14:45 (3m), Allison Tubbs, 15:22 (2.9m).
  • MA Jake Klim's Poll #2 - Owen Washburn, Amherst; St. John's Prep; Drew Wiechnicki, Monument Mountain; and East Bridgewater top Division 1 and 2 lists.
  • GA gatfxc.com rankings Sep 19 - Harrison girls, Brookwood boys, Kathleen Turchin, and Joe Thorne are #1
  • NJ Boys Top 10 by Conrad - Old Bridge still Number 1, but things haven't shaken down yet.
  • UT Murray Inv - Orem sweeps; Orem jr Amber Harper 17:48 (3 mi); Hurricane jr Tony Jones 15:10.
  • SC Coaches Classic - Steve Boyd, Summerville 15:48 (3.1m), Angelina Blackmon, Northwestern 18:34, Summervile girls 124, Byrnes boys 125.
  • KS Weekly Roundup - Heroic efforts by Lawrence area coaches salvaged a high school meet at Rim Rock Farm 24 hours after the U. of Kansas cancelled the KU Invitational. There were only 20 teams instead of 150, but the coaches were rewarded by a summit meeting of KS distance runners: Matt Noonan and Amy Hastings each made late moves to shake top rivals Adam Perkins and Erin Mortimer.
  • TX Andy Wells Inv - host Kingwood TX swept this meet, with their US#7 boys team beating US#9 The Woodlands, 37-58. The two teams carry their Texas argument to Charlotte this week in the Great American Championship. Brian McKinstry
  • CA Woodbridge Inv - Sophomores rule -- Michael Haddan 14:55 (3mi) won a big invitational for the second straight week, and Nikki Peterson, Faith Lutheran Las Vegas NV, 17:17 was 5 seconds better than Maryann Pynchon. Pre-season US#1 Poly Long Beach boys were again unimpressive as El Toro won the boys team scoring. US#8 Murrieta Valley girls won behind Liza Pasciuto.
  • PA Briarwood Inv - sophomore sensation Jessica Cickay ran 18:26 (3.1 miles) the first sub-18:30 ever by a girl at fabled Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia, eclipsing such prior stars as Donna Fidler, Jackie Kelly, Sheila Klick, and Julia Pudlin. PA Weekend Roundup
  • OH Meet of Champions - Carmel IN girls upset Rockford MI despite Nikki Bohnsack. Nef Araia IN and Milford MI win boys. Results
  • CO Liberty Bell Inv - Smoky Hill Aurora jr Megan Kaltenbach 17:49 (5k), with freshman sister Katelyn Kaltenbach 19:04 making her debut on the DyeStat XC Leader List. Boys winners were Payton Batliner, Highlands Ranch CO 15:34, cousin of former Colorado University star Adam Batliner, and Campbell County WY 96 (Cherry Creek 114, Fairview 134)
  • DE Lake Forest Inv - US#20 Good Counsel MD boys 54. Meet record 18:52 by Meredith Lambert, Tatnall DE sr.
  • AR Coaches Poll #2 - Team Rankings - Russellville boys, Fayetteville girls top big schools. Berryville sweeps small school lists.
  • ID Tiger-Grizz Inv - Shaun Kelley leads invading Box Elder UT to boys victory with 16:37 time, best of the day over hills, sand, and turns. Freshman Rilee Buttars, Skyline, won the girls race in 20:51.
  • MO Missouri Southern Stampede - Ashley Sanders, Clinton MO, 18:28 (5k) beat Jamie Owensby, Bentonville AR, by 17 seconds. Brian Gosnel, Tahlequah, 15:37 won the boys race by 5 seconds over Chase Feltner, Russellville AR.
  • NC Cougar Inv - In a meet taken over by the NC State University Club after ACC rules prevented the university from hosting it, Mt. Tabor jr Matt Debole 15:54 and Jordan soph Katherine Merrill 18:55 ran away with wins over a hilly twisting 5,038 meter course. Chapel Hill swept the team competition with Mt. Tabor second in each race.
  • NH Sanborn Inv - Pelham sweeps. Zach Emerson, Hillsboro-Deering jr, sets 16:20 course record.
  • IL Richard Spring Inv - Erika Odlaug, Deerfield IL sr, humbled another course with a 13:30 (2.5 miles) on the Illinois state meet course in Peoria. That was 19 seconds faster than Maria Cicero's state meet record set last year and 58 seconds faster than Odlaug's own time last year. Micah VanDenend was the boys winner in 14:29 (3 miles).
  • KY Trinity Inv - St. Xavier Louisville KY jr Bobby Curtis (left) and South Oldham KY sr Isaac LaFond continued their 1-2 season duel with Curtis winning 14:44 5k to 15:06. St. Xavier Cincinnati OH was a strong team winner with six runners in the top 25 and five scorers spanning 15:47 to 16:21.
  • CT Wilton Inv - US#14 Danbury boys 29, with all seven under 16 minutes on flat 3-mile course, led by sr Andre Laboy 14:54, who was 3rd. Ahead of Laboy were Steve Mucchetti, Ridgefield sr, and Alex Bloom, Guilford sr, both timed in 14:41. Danbury JV showed team depth with perfect 15 and 7 of top 8. Ridgefield girls 39.
  • NC Greensoro 8-mile relay (5x2500)- Course records were broken by both winners: North Mecklenburg NC boys 39:34 and Meyers Park girls 50:15.
  • MT Great Falls double tri - Flathead freshman Zoe Nelson continued to impress with a course record 18:58 on the all hills 3-mile Great Falls course that coaches judge to be a minute slower than other MT courses. She won by 73 seconds and was 23 seconds faster than Heidi Lane in a different race. Flathead sr Kurt Michels was a 47-second winner in 16:08. Montana weekend report
  • TN UT Chattanooga - Milton GA boys 51, Brentwood TN girls 41 (G.P.S 42)
  • CO Cherry Creek Inv - Bret Schoolmeester, Denver Christian, who was shut out of the Liberty Bell Friday when Denver Metro schools withdrew to observe the national day of prayer, won Saturday in 15:18 5k.
  • AL Great Muddy Classic - hometown McGill-Toolen sweeps.

Short Takes

  • DyeStat Foot Locker Favorite (FLV) Dawn Morgan, McKay OR sr, opened her season with an 18:54 victory in a 3-way meet.
  • FLV Jesse Mizzone, Passaic Valley NJ jr, ran an 18:10 5k, second fastest ever at Darlington Park, Mahwah NJ. She won by 2 minutes, 17 seconds.
  • FLV Molly Huddle, Notre Dame NY sr, shattered the course record by 17 seconds in the Corning Hawks Classic with a time of 18:42.
  • Sacred Heart San Francisco sr Shannon Rowbury edged Granite Bay CA soph Caitlin Chock 16:41 to 16:46 in a duel of DyeStat FLV's at the Lowell Invitational in San Francisco.
  • FLV Tim Nelson, Liberty Christian CA jr, won the Nevada Union Inv in 16:01 (distance unknown), but soph John Wihtol and sr Nick DeFelice were not far behind to lead Jesuit 37 to the team victory. Reno 26 was the girls team winner.
  • FLV Giliat Ghebray, Logan CA sr, pulled away after 2k to win the Carondelet-DeLaSalle Inv, Concord CA, by 36 seconds in 15:36 (4.83 k)
  • Niskayuna NY soph Caitlin McTague 17:45 (3.02 m) ran off with the Shaker Invitational by 51 seconds. The host Shaker boys beat Shenendehowa 41-44 but the Shaker girls lost to Colonie 41-53.
  • Tim Moore, Novi MI sr, won the Walled Lake Western Invite at Gilbert Willis Park in Wixom, MI, running 15:45 on one of the toughest courses in MI, just 5 seconds off the 1988 course record held by Brian Grosso, the 1988 Foot Locker (nee Kinney) Cross Country champion.
  • Bulgarian exchange student Milos Mitric, Asheville NC, won the Spartanburg SC Eye Opener recently in 15:50 (5k). Mitric reportedly had a 3000/5000 double in the Balkan National Championships with PRs of 8:26 and 14:40 to go with a PR of 3:55 at 1500 meters. Next: the Race of Champions at the Great American Championships in Charlotte 9/22.
  • At Pine Grove NY, Homer sr Tracey Brauksieck upset FLV Laurel Burdick, Fayetteville-Manlius sr, 18:47-19:13 (distance unknown).

 

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