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2002 USATF Cross Country
Junior Olympics
Site: Carrollton City Schools Complex, Carrollton, GA (about 50 miles
west
of Atlanta) -
Joe Hartman
Atlanta Shopping prior to the Meet - some chilly but inspiring opening
ceremonies (Jee Hartman photos)
Below - Intermediate Girls in their box before the start - (right) -
Girls with medals won during the weekend!!
More Pictures - Page
One - Page
Two - Complete Nat'l JO
Results
Date: December 14, 2002
Races: 10 Cross Country Races in 5 different age groups (oldest age groups
ran 5K distance)
Weather: Chill factor below freezing. Subsiding drizzle, but 25 mph winds
and temperatures in the low 40's.
Buffalo Chips Intermediate Girls Roster
Kim Crouch, Placer HS
Katie Hartman, St Francis HS
Mariya Townswick, St Francis HS
Erin Wachter, Cordova HS
Megan Alexander, St Francis HS
Amanda Burkhardt, Ponderosa HS
Diana Farris, Vacaville HS
Injured, unable to attend: Natalie White, Oak Ridge HS, Karlyn Nieland,
Tokay HS, Allison Steinkamp, Roseville HS
The Buffalo Chips Intermediate Girls team defeated 12 other teams from
around the country to become the first-ever youth team from the Buffalo
Chips (and probably the first-ever youth team from the Sacramento area)
to
win a team USATF National XC Championship. (In 2000 in Reno, Caitlin Chock
became the youth team? first ever individual National Champion.) USATF
designates the Top 25 in each Junior Olympic races as All-Americans. The
Buffalo Chips placed 4 in the Top 25 and 5 in the Top 27 to crush the
Cornhusker Flyers of Nebraska 41-124. Finishing in order for the Buffalo
Babes were 5th- Kim Crouch (Div III section champion), 10th- Katie Hartman
(of state champion St. Francis), 17th- Mariya Townswick (of Metro League
champion and D1 section runner-up Woodland HS), 24th- Erin Wachter (first
state XC qualifier ever from Cordova HS), and 27th- Megan Alexander (of
St.
Francis). The Buffalo Chips did not miss the services of one of their
heavy
hitters Natalie White of Oak Ridge, who was unable to attend. Winner
Collier Lawrence of Reno HS was the Nevada state 4A champion and her sister
Marie was the winner of the Junior Olympic Youth Girls division (born
in
88-89).
Buffalo Chips Young Women
Dallon Williams, Turlock HS
Sarah Krtil, St. Francis HS
Megan Cearley, Woodland HS
Christina Sanchez, St. Francis HS
Caitlin Morgan, Union Mine HS
Tina Firouz, Benicia HS
Janis Cannon, Rocklin HS
The Buffalo Chips Young Women's Team ( finished in 2nd place, just
getting edged 27-33 by the Indiana All-Stars. The Chips had 5 of the Top
21
in the race but could not overcome a team which consisted of 3 of Indiana's
Top 10 runners (from Indiana HS State Meet results). In order of finish
for
the all-senior Buffalo Babes YW team and earning USATF All-American status
were 7th- Dallon Williams (Division I runner-up from Turlock HS and 7th
at
the state meet), 8th- Sarah Krtil (Division III runner-up and state team
champion from St. Francis), 13th- Megan Cearley (Metro League Champion
from
Woodland HS), 20th- Christina Sanchez (#1 runner at the state meet for
St.
Francis), and 21st- Caitlin Morgan of Union Mine (who ran 19:19 at state).
Tina Firouz of Benicia HS just missed the Top 25 at #27.
The times in all races were exceeding slow due to the wicked wind, soft
surface, numerous sharp turns, and repeated hills. Very important to get
a
good warm-up or the runners would tie up due to the biting cold.
Results
5 km Run CC Intermediate Girls 146 runners total
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Name Year Team Finals Points
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1 Collier Lawrence 1438 Silver State 18:55.25
2 Danielle Jordan 1337 So Oreg 19:22.50 1
3 Britney Almaguer 14 Godspeed Wings 19:35.54
4 Cassia Roth 1438 Silver St 19:38.48
5 Kim Crouch 14 Buffalo Chips 19:38.99 2
10 Katie Hartman 14 Buffalo Chips 20:14.46 4
17 Mariya Townswick 14 Buffalo Chips 20:30.88 9
24 Erin Wachter 14 Buffalo Chips 20:50.59 12
27 Megan Alexander 14 Buffalo Chips 20:58.84 14
50 Amanda Burkhardt 14 Buffalo Chips 21:38.85 28
118 Diana Farris 14 Buffalo Chips 24:15.88 65
1 14 Buffalo Chips 41 2 4 9 12 14 28 65
Total Time: 1:42:13.76
Average: 20:26.76
2 08 Cornhusker Flyers TC 124 3 8 19 45 49 51 55
Total Time: 1:46:23.50
Average: 21:16.70
5 km Run CC Young Women 73 runners total
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Name Year Team Finals Points
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1 Elizabeth Carlson 0102 Sentinl 19:06.82
2 Julie Eckerly 0716 Iasa 19:17.72 1
3 Angela Taylor UT 10 Sojourners 19:18.20
4 Magin Kebert 0716 Iasa 19:18.55 2
5 Jessica Neal 03 DC Red Wings 19:38.27
7 Dallon Williams 14 Buffalo Chips 20:00.57 4
8 Sarah Krtil 14 Buffalo Chips 20:04.59 5
13 Megan Cearley 14 Buffalo Chips 20:22.77 7
20 Christina Sanchez 14 Buffalo Chips 20:42.82 8
21 Caitlin Morgan 14 Buffalo Chips 20:46.19 9
27 Tina Firouz 14 Buffalo Chips 21:05.03 12
45 Janis Cannon 14 Buffalo Chips 22:38.51 19
1 07 Indiana All Star-A 27 1 2 3 6 15
Total Time: 1:40:50.45
Average: 20:10.09
2 14 Buffalo Chips 33 4 5 7 8 9 12 19
Total Time: 1:41:56.94
Average: 20:23.39
They had a great time during the brief time they were in Atlanta and
raced
very, very hard. The girls and their HS coaches deserve all the credit.
Coach Jim Wachter (Cordova HS XC Coach) was the coach during this period.
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