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DyeStat Cross Country 2000
DyeStat Cross Country
Leader List - Final
Final List: 2,387 marks from 360 meets
Boys 5k - Boys 3 Mile - Girls 5k - Girls 3 Mile
by John Dye
This is the 15th and final list of the season, and it includes the Foot Locker national finals. Notes on the final lists:
Boys 5k (1st: Dathan Ritzenhein MI 14:11 - 1,035 marks 16:05 or better) - The list reflects the 1-2-3 finish of the Foot Locker finals by the Big 3 runners of the year. Michigan superstar Dathan Ritzenhein turned in his 8th sub-15:00 performance in winning his second straight Foot Locker championship. This gave him the fastest 5 times of the season and 7 of the top 9. Foot Locker runnerup Alan Webb of VA, had the other two top-9 times and 4 sub-15:00 marks for the season. Ryan Hall of CA, had two sub-15:00 performances, including his third place finish at Orlando.
Girls 5k (1st: Sara Bei CA 16:56 - 691 marks 19:05 or better) - Hoover Glendale CA sr Anita Siraki and Montgomery Santa Rosa CA sr Sara Bei moved to the top of this list in the California State Meet, with Siraki's 16:59 the only sub-17:00 mark in the nation at that time. In the Foot Locker Finals at Orlando, the same two came down the stretch side by side to add two more sub-17:00 times to the list. Bei prevailed this time in 16:56, one second ahead of Siraki, winning both the Foot Locker championship and the Leader List #1 for the season.
Boys 3 Mile (1st: Alan Webb VA 13:57 - 396 marks 15:35 or better) - Alan Webb's 13:57 for a short, but hilly Virginia course retains Number One.
Girls 3 Mile (1st: Anita Siraki CA 16:38 - 265 marks 18:35 or better) - Siraki turned in the top 3 times in this list. Only two other girls ran sub-17:00 -- Julie Allen CA and Christa Benton FL.
