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The first weekend of
the Collegiate Cross-Country season features current and graduate of Buchanan
HS (Clovis) - Grad Burchill at University of Colorado and Kyle Alcorn
(competing unattached) at Fresno State Watermelon run star!!!
Competing as a first year Collegian with the program at the University
of Colorado, Casey Burchill shocked with a win
in the Time Trial race for the #1 Ranked Collegiate program in the nation!!!
Buchill sprinted in just ahead of Jorge Torres (2nd in last year's NCAA
Division I Finals!!!). Casey raced 26:26 for the 8k race (which is a 5:14
1600 pace for five times that distance) at Boulder's altitude. It is obvious
that Torres and others have and can run the distance faster, but the win
in the #1 Ranked in the nation Buffalo program is a stunner!!! Casey was
14th in State last year Division I Cross-Country at the California prep
level, with a 16th in the State Track Meet over 3200m. He was 9:16.36
for the 8 lap distance. Coach Mark Wetmore, obviously one of the nation's
guru's was quoted, "I knew he looked good in training,
but he looked even better than he had all summer." Billy Nelson (graduate
Taft HS Central Section) was 14th at 27:46 (5:33 per 1600 for five of
them back to back at altitude). Dathan Ritznehein did not run in the trial,
resting an IT (knee) problem, with Brent Schoolmasters (sub 8:50 in the
Arcadia 3200 last year for a Denver private high school) was 7th, a second
behind the winning Burchill.
Competing "unattached"
at the Cal State Fresno Watermelon run just before the start of school,
current Buchanan HS athlete, Kyle Alcorn, blazed 19:51 for four miles
in chasing former Buchanan star Fernando Cabada, now a transfer from the
University of Arkansas to CS Fresno, who won the annual time-trial race
at 19:30. This 4:57-8 pace per 1600 for four full miles for Kyle certainly
shows a level of conditioning that is very, very high, and bodes for some
good things this Fall harrier season. Kyle closed out track with a huge
kick that won the State 3200m last June at 9:00.46.
On the Women's side in the University of Colorado trial,
frosh Christine Bolf (Notre Dame Academy, Los Angeles)
impressed with her third place as the Buffalo Women's group, running together,
allowed the front pack to finish in grade order (Zeigle twins who were
from Bingham HS in Utah went 1-2).
Meanwhile, over at the Air Force Academy, Lindsey
Grose (former Trabuco Hills of Mission Viejo star) battles for a spot
in the AFA Top seven with a sixth place finish in the Air Force Open Meet.
Other Californians dot the roster there, with Travis
Patterson (Royal, Simi Valley) 25th in the Men's race
Casey Burchill (former
Buchanan HS of Clovis star) wins Univ of Colorado (#1 Ranked team in nation)
time trial!!!
Cross Rosters Finalized At Time Trial
Freshmen Win Both Races
Aug. 31, 2002
Boulder - The defending national champion Colorado men's cross country
team started, and finished, in a pack, as did the Buff women in CU's Open/Alumni/Time
Trial, but with 25 meters to run, the women broke down into age order,
with the freshmen in front, thereby allowing freshmen twins Laura and
Jackie Zeigle (both running unattached) to finish first and second, respectively,
at the Buffalo Ranch on CU's South Campus here Saturday morning.
Both finished the women's 5,800-m race in 22:42,
while in the men's race, freshman Casey Burchill (also running
unattached) sprinted to the finish, just ahead of two-time All-American
Jorge Torres, both crossing the finish of the men's 8k in a relaxed 26:26.
"It was a really good race," said Laura Zeigle (just 15 minutes
younger than Jackie). "We stayed close together and worked together,
and Mark (Wetmore) told us to follow Molly (Austin) and Sara (Gorton),
then right before the finish we decided to finish youngest to oldest."
So the women finished with the Zeigles, Christine
Bolf, Natalie Florence and Sara Gorton (all in 22:43), Tera Moody
and Molly Austin (both in 22:44), the predicted top seven. One second
behind Burchill and Torres were Steve Slattery, Jared Scott and Ed Torres
in 26:27, Payton Batliner (26:39), Brett Schoolmeester (26:59) and Andy
Knutsen (27:00) to round out the top eight finishers. Sophomore Jon Severy
finished 11th in 27:16, Austin Baillie (12th/27:44), Billy Nelson (14th/27:46)
, Matt McCue and Bryan Dillon in 18th and 19th, respectively, finishing
in 28:13 and 28:20.
With 66 runners between both races finishing, this morning's annual "rite
of passage" marked the official end of preseason workouts, and the
beginning of the 2002 season. With the varsity squads identified, walk-on
hopefuls accepted and the '02 rosters nearly finalized, the season will
begin with the Buffs' "B" teams competing Sept. 14 at the Colorado
State Invitational in Fort Collins, and the both the varsity and "B"
teams running Homecoming weekend, Oct. 5, at CU's Rocky Mountain Shootout."
"We got out of this what we came here for, " said Wetmore. "We
identified the varsity roster and identified the total roster. There are
always pleasant surprises, and one or two disappointments in this race.
Today was no different."
"The freshmen girls looked good with three (the Zeigles and walk-on
Christine Bolf) in the top seven," he said. Wetmore's
surprise of the day was Burchill's performance. A walk-on freshman from
Clovis, Calif., "I knew he looked good in training, but he looked
even better than he had all summer."
Sophomore Dathan Ritzenhein (who finished fourth at the NCAA Championships
a year ago) was held out of this morning's race with an iliotibial band
(IT) injury, as was freshman Erika Odlaug, with a posterior tibialis tendonitis
injury. Both are expected to be in uniform Oct. 5 and were held out this
morning for precaution.
With one position to fill on the men's team, the following are the rosters
for the 2002 Colorado cross country season:
2002 University of Colorado Cross Country Rosters
Colorado Women Ht Yr Exp. Hometown (High School/College)
Molly Austin 5-10 Sr. 2L Littleton, Colo. (Mullen)
Christine Bolf 5-2 Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Notre Dame Academy)
Natalie Florence 5-3 Jr. 1L Lawrenceville, Ga. (Collins Hill)
Sara Gorton 5-8 So. 1L Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Point)
Kendall Grgas-Wheeler 5-11 So. VR Duluth, Minn. (Duluth East)
Ashley Jackson 5-7 Jr. VR Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Catholic)
Katie Kissane 5-6 So. HS Essex, Vt. (Essex)
Martha Langager 5-7 Fr. HS Duluth, Minn. (Marshall)
Amanda Manatt 5-7 Jr. VR Newton, Iowa (Newton)
Sarah Moody 5-6 Fr. HS Bailey, Colo. (Platte Canyon)
Tera Moody 5-8 Sr. 3L St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles)
Erika Odlaug 5-6 Fr. HS Bannockburn, Ill. (Deerfield)
Jamie Rosenquist 5-11 Jr. VR Spokane, Wash. (Lewis and Clark)
Sara Verschoor 5-8 Fr. HS Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield)
Wendy Vining 5-3 Jr. HS Westminster, Colo. (Northglenn)
Shannon Yessak 5-7 Fr. HS Frisco, Colo. (Summitt County)
Jackie Zeigle 5-7 Fr. HS South Jordan, Utah (Bingham)
Laura Zeigle 5-6 Fr. HS South Jordan, Utah (Bingham)
Colorado Men Ht. Yr Exp. Hometown (High School/College)
Austin Baillie 5-4 Fr. HS Portland, Ore. (Westview)
Payton Batliner 6-1 Fr. HS Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch)
Casey Burchill 5-10 Fr. HS Clovis, Calif. (Buchanan)
Bryan Dillon 5-7 Fr. RS Sterling, Colo. (Sterling)
Henry Hagenbuch 5-10 Fr. HS San Francisco, Calif. (The Cate School)
Andy Knutsen 6-0 Jr. HS Huntington Beach, Calif. (Edison)
Travis Macy 5-11 So. VR Evergreen, Colo. (Evergreen)
Matt McCue 5-7 So. VR Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa City Regina)
Billy Nelson 5-6 Fr. HS Bakersfield, Calif. (Taft Union)
Dathan Ritzenhein 5-7 So. 1L Rockford, Mich. (Rockford)
Brett Schoolmeester 5-10 Fr. HS Sedalia, Colo. (Denver Christian)
Jared Scott 5-11 So. 1L Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer)
Jonathan Severy 5-10 So. 1L Aspen, Colo. (Aspen)
Steve Slattery 5-11 Sr. 3L Flanders, N.J. (Mount Olive)
Edwardo Torres 5-7 Sr. 3L Wheeling, Ill. (Wheeling)
Jorge Torres 5-7 Sr. 3L Wheeling, Ill. (Wheeling)
Falcons Sweep Air Force Open
The men and women's cross country team out distanced the teams from Denver
University
Aug. 30, 2002
The Air Force men and women's cross country teams swept their own Air
Force Open, Aug. 30 at Jack's Valley. Both teams scored 15 points each
to out distance the men (50 points) and women's (49 points) teams from
Denver University.
With excellent weather conditions prevailing, the Air Force men finished
in the top 25 with only one unattached runner (Knut Nystad) finishing
12th among 24 Falcons. Ben Payne was the Falcons' first-place leader with
a time of 22 minutes, 12 seconds. Abe Wengel (22:12), Lalib Wilkinson
(22:30), Mark Walter (22:34), Brian Dumm (22:45), Nick Wilson (22:50)
and Jeff Gosselin (22:54) followed in the next top six positions.
The Air Force women took the top 13 positions, with
only one DU runner Dru Weaver (19:58) finishing seventh among 12 Falcons.
Brandess Pardue was the first-place finisher for Air Force with a time
of 19:12. Elissa Ballas (19:13), Anne Chumlea (19:29), Kelly McPherson
(19:34), Nichole Graham (19:40) and Lindsay Grose (19:50)
followed in the top six positions.
This was the first race for the Falcons' freshmen group of Wilkinson,
Walter, Wilson, Gosselin, Graham and Grose.
"I'm very pleased with the freshmen," head coach Mark Stanforth
said. "Four of our freshmen men finished in the top seven and five
women finished in the top 11."
Andrea Pinchak from Gates Mills, Ohio finished eighth (20:02), Vivien
Aspden from Yucaipa, Calif., finished 10th (20:19) and Maija
Rohde from Fallbrook, Calif., finished 12th with a time of 20:31.
Wilkinson is from Huntersville, N.C., Walter is from League City, Texas,
and Wilson is from Jacksonville, Fla., while Gosselin hales from Cornelius,
N.S. and Graham and Grose are from Blue Springs, Mo., and Mission Viejo,
Calif., respectively.
AIR FORCE OPEN CROSS COUNTRY MEET RESULTS: WOMEN (3 Miles) Team Score:
Air Force Academy 15; Denver University 49
1. Brandess Pardue AFA 19:12.1; 2. Elissa Ballas AFA 19:13.9; 3. Anne
Chumlea AFA 19:29.7; 4. Kelly McPherson AFA 19:34.3; 5. Nicole Graham
AFA 19:40.4; 6. Lindsay Grose AFA 19:50.8; 7. Dru Weaver
DU 19:58.7; 8. Andrea Pinchak AFA 20:02.9; 9. Jean Taylor AFA 20:04.5;
10. Vivien Aspden AFA 20:19.4; 11. Stephanie Cornell
AFA 20:28.3; 12. Maija Rohde AFA 20:31.5; 13. Cindy Dawson
AFA 20:54.7; 14. Joslin Heyward DU 21:02.6; 15. Camilla Brinchmann unat
21:10.3; 16. Sarah Clapp AFA 21:17.3; 17. Irene Elder unat 21:44.6; 18.
Tara Hamilton DU 21:47.3; 19. Wendy Trimboli AFA 21:54.8; 20. Julie Raffety
DU 22:09.6; 21. Christa Sperling AFA 23:00.4; 22. Elizabeth Voss DU 23:09.7;
23. Ruth Kimball unat 23:54.5; 24. Erin Ekblad DU 24:00.4; 25. Caitlin
Barber DU 24:55.7; 26. Ashley Wells unat 26:02.2; 27. Anna Swift unat
26:53.7 .
AIR FORCE OPEN CROSS COUNTRY MEET RESULTS: MEN (4.1 Miles) Team Score:
Air Force Academy 15; Denver University 50
1. Ben Payne AFA 22:12.0; 2. Abe Wengel AFA 22:12.0; 3. Kalib Wilkinson
AFA 22:30.3; 4. Mark Walter AFA 22:34.0; 5. Brian Dumm AFA 22:45.1; 6.
Nick Wilson AFA 22:50.7; 7. Jeff Gosselin AFA 22:54.6; 8. Jim Blech AFA
23:13.2; 9. Nathan Franz AFA 23:17.5; 10. Kelly Church AFA 23:28.0; 11.
Derek Storbeck AFA 23:31.9; 12. Knut Nystad unat 23:44.9; 13. Bryant Bevan
AFA 23:52.3; 14. Kyle Davidson AFA 23:53.0; 15. Aaron Brady AFA 24:05.7;
16. Erik Goff AFA 24:08.1; 17. Michael Joanos AFA 24:15.5; 18. Anthony
D'Amato AFA 24:19.4; 19. Matt Hellier AFA 24:22.1;
20. Chris Acs AFA 24:26.1; 21. Thomas Kubler AFA 24:28.0; 22. Chris Gausepohl
AFA 24:36.4; 23. Eric Stahl AFA 24:44.9; 24. John Finke AFA 24:47.6; 25.
Travis Patterson AFA 24:54.1; 26. Kyrill Kretzschmar unat 24:59.3;
27. Ryan Green AFA 25:00.4; 28. Amund Hausen DU 25:15.0; 29. Martin Bartnes
DU 25:19.6; 30. Jason Sanders AFA 26:03.5; 31. Daniel Lupa DU 26:14.7;
32. Justin Rose DU 26:29.2; 33. August Teague DU 27:10.5; 34. Hennie Kashiwa
unat 27:18.7; 35. Dylan Prosser DU 27:35.9; 36. Ben Hebdon AFA 27:40.5;
37. Zach Hill DU 27:59.3.
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