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HEADLINES
Megan Kaltenbach breaks meet record
at Northglenn in Colorado
MA Natasha Roetter, David Burnham (left)
win Tufts Columbus Day.
Shannon Rowbury breaks Sara Bei's meet
record at Artichoke Inv in CA
Wesley Smith, Maggie Infeld set course
records at Strongsville OH
8th grader Nicole Blood breaks Baldwinsville
NY meet record as Saratoga sweeps
Bobby Lockhart blisters Virginia state meet
course
Sally Meyerhoff is a 61-second winner in Arizona
McNeil Invitational brings out the best in
Texas: McKinstry, The Woodlands, Stewart
Portage Inv - Nikki Bohnsack and Rockford
girls win big in Michigan.
Ritz sets record in first race at Colorado University.
PA teams dominate on rugged Salesianum DE Inv
course
Pat Bailey 15:26 3m sets course record in
Maryland
GA Alexander winners: Thorne, Brookwood,
Mullen, Harrison
NC Hagan Stone - Laura Stanley, South Lakes,
and South View shine
Mike Poe, Emily Eskin win at Central
Park, Huntington Beach CA
William & Mary Inv - Matt Keally, Jefferson
Forest VA win
Casey Burchill 14:51 3m blisters Madera
CA course in 100 degrees
Amy Hastings, Matt Noonan still unbeaten in
Kansas
Bobby Curtis wins at Lexington KY in 14:58
5k.
Erika Odlaug crushes another meet
record in Illinois.
Wendy's Inv - US#3 North Mecklenburg boys,
Matt Debole, Julia Lucas roll in Charlotte
Cedar Cliff PA boys cement top ranking in
Pennsylvania with win in Steel City Inv
Clovis CA Invitational - stunning results
feature Amber Trotter, McFarland, and Billy Nelson.
Old Bridge boys, Marc Pelerin, Jesse Mizzone
star at Shore Coaches meet in New Jersey
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Best runners in Texas?
They looked like it at Round Rock, the state meet course,
in the McNeil Invitational
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- AL Jesse
Owens Inv - Starkville MS sr Julia Cathcart 17:59
and Homewood AL sr Tyler Stanfield 15:06. Details
and picture
- AR Bryant Inv
- Russellville boys just missed a perfect score with a
1-2-3-4-6 showing. Mt. St. Mary's girls 49 edged the host
Bryant 51 and Russellville 53. Details
- AZ Doug
Conley Inv - Mountain Pointe sr Sally Meyerhoff
17:15 5k is a 61-second winner leading team to 65-89 win over
Xavier. Shadow Mountain 86 wins boys race. Details
- CA Clovis
Invitational - biggest meet of season in Cali brings
stunning results: tiny McFarland (pop. 8,000) knocks off
all the big boys -- Canyon, Rubidoux, LB Poly, and Jesuit (146,
150, 151, 162). Ukiah sr Amber Trotter 16:55 is staggering:
28 seconds better than Sara Bei's meet record, 100 seconds ahead
of runner-up Ruth Graham, and #2 on the all-time WoodWard Park
(State Meet site) list, only 12 seconds behind Julia Stamps and
ahead of such stars as Anita Siraki, Kristen Gordon, Marnie Mason,
and Deena Drossin. Taft CA sr Billy Nelson 15:10 to beat
Gotcher, Llamas, Davis, Maldonado, and Burchill. Details
and list of 47 national XC Leader List performances
- CA Central
Park Inv - Etiwanda jr Mike Poe wins Division
1 in 15:10 3m. Santa Valley 171 (Upland 178). Emily Eskin,
18:25 (Hadas Moser, University 18:26) leads Green Valley girls
to 100 point win (Centennial 121). Complete
results and Bill Leung photo collage
- CA Coyote
Inv - Buchanan sr Casey Burchill 14:51 3m blisters
Madera course on 100 degree day.
- CA Belle Vista Bronco
Inv - Maria Carrillo sr Jenny Aldridge 18:41
5k and Liberty Christian jr Tim Nelson 16:24 win.
- CA Artichoke
Inv - Sacred Heart sr Shannon Rowbury breaks
Sara Bei's meet record. Photos
by Keith Conning
- CO Northglenn
Inv - Meet record for Smoky Hill CO jr Megan Kaltenbach
17:46; Campbell County WY boys 59 win easily ; Mullen girls 89
(Arapahoe 89); Brent Vaughn 15:33 (Tony Bachman 15:34) gives Smoky
Hill another gold medal. Details
- DE
Salesianum Inv - Pennsylvania teams dominate, winning
5 of 6 races. Fastest of day on rugged 5k course were Mark
Alizzi, Syossett NY16:39, the only sub-17 of the day, and
Lake Braddock VA jr Kelly Swain 19:44. Details
- GA Alexander-Asics
Inv - Harrison GA girls,
4th in the South in The Harrier's latest rankings, edged South
#6 Marist GA, 49-50, as their 5th finished 19th by a split second
while Marist had to wait for 29th to complete their scorers. Lakeside
sr Joe Thorne won the boys race by 45 seconds in 14:42
5k, but US#16 Brookwood GA poured in the next three runners
and won easily with 30 points. Lakeside soph Rebecca Mullen
was the girls winner in 18:15. Details
- GA Westover Inv
- Lassiter sr Andy Gray 15:58 5k. Pope boys 237
(Dacula 237 - Pope's 6th was 85th vs. 159). Collins Hill
girls 115. Pope sr Lisa Green 19:03. Details
- IL 31st
Patrick Savage Inv - Deerfield sr Erika Odlaug's
season-long tear continued unabated with another course record,
13:53 (2.55 miles) at Niles West HS. Odlaug was 93 seconds in
front of the runnerup and 22 seconds better than the old record
(Katie Hartman 1999). Details
- KS Weekly
Roundup - Matt Noonan 15:51 5k crushes Sabetha
Inv field and leads Baldwin to 20 point win with 1-2-3 sweep.
Amy Hastings still unbeaten after 11:37 score at Shawnee
Mission West Inv. Details
- KY Lexington
Catholic Championships - St. Xavier Louisville jr Bobby
Curtis and S. Oldham KY sr Isaac Lafond went 1-2 for
the third time this season, with Curtis 14:58 5k winning by 30
seconds. S. Oldham sr Alli Sauer won the girls race in
18:54. Details
- LA St. Joseph's Academy
Inv - Grace Ann Nathanson, Bishop Sullivan,
set a course record at Highland Road Park in Baton Rouge by winning
the 2-mile girls race in 11:33. Defending Louisiana 5A champion
Daniel Sayko, West Monroe won the 3-mile boys race in
15:16. Parkview 41 won the girls team title, placing 4
in the top 10.
- MA Klim Poll #4
- boys rankings
as of October 6 by Jake Klim
- MA Tufts
Columbus Day Inv - Lexington MA sr Natasha Roetter,
Northeast Region Foot Locker Cross Country champion a year ago,
set a course record of 18:04 with a 33-second victory margin.
Amherst sweeps team titles; Mohawk Trail MA sr David
Burnham rose up from Division 2 to beat Amherst sr Owen
Washburn, #1 in Mass Division 1 in The
Klim Poll this week, 15:47 to 15:53. Details
- MD Harford
Inv - C. Milton Wright jr Pat Bailey, rapidly
establishing himself as Maryland's leading runner, set a course
record of 15:26 3m, leading CMW 40 to the team title. Hebron
60 (North Hagerstown 69) won the girls race.
- MI Portage
Inv - Rockford MI soph Nikki Bohnsack 17:34
5k led her US#5 team to an easy win with 33 points, 79 ahead of
runnerup Saline. Mona Shores Muskegon sr Lance Vanderberg
15:42. Portage Northern boys 101 (Bedford 104). Details
- MI Oakland County Championships
- Novi sr Tim Moore 15:37 to win by 35 seconds in one of
the toughest county meets in the country, but host Milford
67 was a 65-point winner over Novi in team scoring. Adams Rochester
jr Shannon Stanley 19:06 and Clarkston 63 won the
girls race.
- MT Weekly
Roundup - Flathead Kalispell fr Zoe Nelson and
CMR Great Falls sr Heidi Lane continue on collision course
toward State Meet October 20, Nelson 17:48 3m and Lane 18:05 in
different divisions of Helena Preview Meet on the state meet course.
Nelson's time was only 3 seconds off the course record. Flathead
sr Kurt Michels 14:51 is 48 second winner in fastest time
of day. Details
- NC Wendy's
Inv - Mt. Tabor NC jr Matt Debole 15:12 5k,
3 and 10 seconds ahead of North Mecklenburg's top two of Kalib
Wilkinson and Jeff Gosselin, but North Mecklenburg easily
won the Invitational team title over Chapel Hill, 51-101, averaging
15:49. Marikon VA sr Fleet Hower ran 15:28 in division
3A. Myers Park NC sr Julia Lucas 17:53 was 9 seconds ahead
of Watauga NC sr Kristen Stroupe. Results from McAlpine Park.
Details
- NC Hagan
Stone Classic - Carolina Day sr Laura Stanley 18:14
5k, third fastest ever at tough Hagan Stone course. 8South
View boys 95 in nail biter over South Lakes VA and Ragsdale,
both 98. Steven Anderson, Ragsdale 16:08 to win by 3 seconds
over Richard Smith, South Lakes. South Lakes VA girls 54.
Details
- NH Hillcat Inv -
Hillsboro-Deering jr Zach Emerson set a new course of 16:17
5k.
- NJ Shore
Coaches Inv - Cherokee sr Marc Pelerin and Passaic
Valley jr Jesse Mizzone are head and shoulders above the
rest. Pelerin ran 16:00 5k (21 seconds better than anyone else)
and Mizzone won in 18:28 (61 seconds ahead in her race and 53
seconds better overall in 6 division). NJ #1 boys Old Bridge,
now 17th in the US in the latest
Harrier rankings, dominate A race with 47-78 win over Hunterdon
Central and 16:45 average time on tough Holmdel Park course. Details
and pictures
- NY PAL Inv -
Port Jefferson NY sr Brendan Sullivan won by 41 seconds
in 15:19 5k.
- NY Baldwinsville
Inv - Saratoga boys and girls dominate. Girls
take 7 of top 10 spots. Saratoga 8th grader Nicole
Blood 16:50 sets course record by 11 seconds (Danielle Coon,
Saratoga 2000). Fayetteville-Manlius sr Laurel Burdick 16:56,
only runner to break up the Saratoga front four, also beat the
old record. Details
- OH Lion's Inv
- Minster soph Sunni Olding 17:59 5k, winning by 5 seconds
over Celina sr Kris Roth, Ohio 2001 outdoor Division 1 3200 meter
champion.
- OH Eisenhart Inv
- LaSalle Cincinnati boys 30 (1-2-3-7-17) won easily led
by Allen Bader 15:17.7. Details
- OH Hamilton Twp Open
- Davidson Hilliard continued hot with another
team sweep, boys 31 and girls 18 at Scioto Downs, site of the
Ohio state meet. Myers and Fiegelist were 1-2 for the Hilliard
girls. Brunswick sr Steve Vilt 15:57 was the individual
boys winner. Details
- OH Strongsville
Mustang Inv - Hudson sr Wesley Smith 15:43 CR
leads host team to 45-84 win over Massillon Perry. Beaumont soph
Maggie Infeld 18:16 also sets a course record in a 3-second
win over Lakewood jr Michelle Sikes. Girls team winner
is St. Joseph Academy 86. Details
- OR Weekly
Roundup
- PA Council Rock-North
Penn dual - Southeast PA's top two girls teams collide
-- Northeast #5 Council Rock beats North Penn 24-31, led
by Jessica Cickay, who continues to roll with a 18:18 5K
win. North Penn had defeated Northeast #8 Cardinal O'Hara at last
Saturday's Bulldog Invitational.
- PA Weekly
Roundup by Don Rich - Cedar Cliff lives up to
billing as PA's top boys team with 68 point win in Steel City
Inv, 51 ahead of O'Hara. Host Coatesville runners Rob Robertson
16:09 5k and Kelly O'Connell 18:45 (Jessie Yester 19:17) won
individual honors. Details
- TN Knoxville Interscholastic
League - Andy Baksa 14:47 3m led US#5 Farragut
to a 31 point victory (1-3-5-9-13-16-17). Farragut girls 20 were
even more dominant.
- TX McNeil
Inv - Brian McKinstry, Dobie Pasadena, and A&M
jr Brooke Stewart were big winners in Texas' biggest meet.
McKinstry won by 18 seconds in 15:17 5k (Andrew Middleton, A&M
15:35; Kyle Miller, Cinco Ranch 15:36, and Brian Sullivan, The
Woodlands 15:40). Stewart 11:05 (2 miles) won by 18 seconds. US#9
The Woodlands TX boys 128. Highland Park TX girls
79. Details and XC
Leader List performances from all races
- UT Region 2 Championships
- both course records fell: Bingham sr Laura Zeigle 17:54
5k took 49 seconds off her own record from 1999 (twin Jackie Zeigle
18:22 also beat the old record), and Alta sr Kyle Perry
15:54 was 2 seconds better than the old record by Ryan Bullock
in 1995.
- VA Octoberfest
- Handley Winchester VA sr Bobby Lockhart 14:42 5k at Great
Meadows, site of the Virginia state meet, and he was 55 seconds
ahead of the field.
- VA William
& Mary Inv - Ocean Lakes VA sr Matt Kealy
14:44 was 16 seconds better than Jamestown VA sr Bryce Ruiz. Thomas
Jefferson Alexandria VA 128. US#9 girls Jefferson Forest
VA 86 (James Robinson VA 120). Nelly Anderson, Cordillera
Academy NC 18:05 (Tri Valley NY soph Heather Iatauro 18:07). Details
- WA Weekly
Roundup
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| Ritz' first
college race is an easy success
as he and Jorge Torres (above) run together and finish
tied in 24:47 8k in the Rocky Mountain Shootout at Colorado
U. It was a Colorado freshman record and the third fastest
time ever on CU's tough Buffalo Ranch course, but Torres and
Ritzenhein both said they agreed to run the race in tandem
and "not kill ourselves" because they have big races
coming up. Afterwards, Dathan Ritzenhein hung out with some
fellow freshmen. (below) Details
at CU site |
From left: Bryan
Dillon, CU freshman, formerly Sterling CO; Jeremy Thompson,
Wyoming freshman, formerly of Smoky Hill Aurora CO; Dathan
Ritzenhein; and Matthew Hudson, Wyoming freshman, formerly
Chattanooga TN. It was Wyoming's first meet since the tragic
highway collision killed 8 Wyoming runners. Photos by
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