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An
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exclusive report for Dyestat -
Detailed
Results: Invitational
- Open
Jamie
Owensby leads Bentonville AR girls;
Russellville AR (Edmond OK),
Daniel Sayko LA (Tyler Schmiedeberg OK) win boys
race
Weather:� 60�, heavy overcast, very humid, 10mph breeze
from SW
Course:��� Wet grass, slippery on inclines, no major
hills
Some
990 junior high and senior high runners finished the Boys 5K and
Girls 4K courses at Agri Park today in Fayetteville, Arkansas at
the Chile Pepper Cross-Country Festival.�
In
the Girls High School Invitational, Senior Jamie Owensby
of Bentonville, AR (1st, 15:36) cruised to an easy
victory over sophomore teammate Jessi Barnes (2nd,
15:44) as the two Lady Tigers finshed the 4K course.� Owensby took the lead att he 400m mark
and never surrended. Crossing the One Mile Mark in 5:53, Owensby
had opened a nice lead over Barnes at 6:02. Close behind
Barnes was Ashley Williams of Little Rock, AR Mount St.
Mary’s (3rd, 15:54) , Kelly O’Toole
of Joplin, MO (4th, 15:56) , Alicia Owensby of
Bentonville, AR (9th, 16:11) and 800m specialist
Tiffany Dodson of Harrison, AR (17th, 16:26).�
Barnes made a valiant effort to close the gap
and got it down to only 5 seconds at the 2800m mark but Owensby
hung on to a 10:02 to 10:07 lead and would widen her final margin
slightly down the last 400m as Barnes opened up a 10 seconds
lead over Williams who had dropped back to 4th
at 2800m but outkicked O’Toole over the last 600m as
they ran nearly stride for stride.� Laura Insell of Batesville, AR running unattached made a
hard charge over the last 1000m to move into 5th at 16:01.
The
Lady Tigers, defending Arkansas Class 5A champions coached by former
World Class and sub-3:49 miler Joe Falcon, literally ran away from
the field. Besides their top three, Erin Turrentine grabbed
24th and Kristy Parker took 30th. Overall
the Lady Tigers easily won 57-117-152 over Class 5A rivals
Fayetteville, AR and Mountain Home, AR.� The Lady Tigers won with a 74 second spread
for their Top 5 while Fayetteville, led by Nikki Williams
in 8th at 16:10, clocked a 58 second spread and Mt. Home
led by Julia Massotto in 11th for a 94 second
spread.
The
Boys Invitational 5K was no surprise as Arkansas No. 1 ranked
Class 5A Russellville, AR (3-5-8-10-24) claimed a narrow
victory in the 30-team field winning 50-56-118 over Edmond (OK)
Memorial (2-7-9-17-21) and Salpulpa, OK (4-14-15-19-66).�
The
first mile saw a lead group made up of eventual winner Daniel
Sayko of West Monroe, LA (1st, 15:38), Tyler Schmiedeberg
of Edmond (OK) Memorial (2nd, 15:39), Andrew Beard
of Joplin, MO (3rd, 15:46) and Jake Conley of
Rogers, AR (8th, 16:01) pass in 4:59.� Coming from 25m back at One Mile to lead at
Two Mile were juniors Chase Feltner of Russellville, AR (5th,
15:49) and twin brother Travis Feltner (10th,
16:07) who led the group at 10:25 with the chase pack 30-40m back.� Schmiedeberg surged at about 2.5 miles with Sayko
close behind to pass the Feltners and take over the race.
Schmiedeberg and Sayko ran together gradually increasing
their lead as they passed the Three Mile Mark in about 15:10 and
put on a brilliant finishing kick down the home stretch. Sayko
just edged Schmiedeberg for a less than one second win.�
Not far behind Beard of Joplin was having his own
sprint-to-the-finish photo op as Kenneth Bowling of Republic,
MO (4th, 15:47) challenged with Chase Feltner
of Russellville, AR in hot pursuit 10m back.� Daniel Ellis of Sapulpa, OK (6th,
15:56) led the next pack as senior Erick Brock of Russellville
(7th, 16:00) nipped Conley of Rogers in a photo-finish.
Marc Shumate of Edmond (OK) Memorial took 9th
in 16:02.
The
Cyclones won with a 71 second spread for their Top 5 while
Edmond finished at a 67 second spread and Sapulpa
hung on with a 98 second spread.
Highlights
of other races:
Keith
Henry of Edmond (OK) Memorial
took the Boys Open 5k in 17:21 while Rogers, AR JV
won the team title 32-34 in a nail-biter over Edmond Memorial.
Rogers was led by sophomore Caleb Gordon (2nd,
17:22).
Candice
Stewart of Arlington Heights, TX took the Girls Open 4K in 16:48 as Arlington Heights
easily claimed the team title 52-91 over Eureka Springs, AR.� Eureka was led by Becca Wallis (2nd,
16:53).
Ninth-grader
Luis Flores of Elmwood Junior High in Rogers, AR took the
Junior High 5K title in 16:55 followed by teammate Stefan
Mueller in 17:04. Elmwood scored a perfect 15 to easily
out run Woodland Junior High of Fayetteville, AR which tallied
51.
Eighth-grader
Staci Papageorge of Rogers , AR Elmwood won the title in
the Girls Junior High 4K crossing the line in 16:37 while
leading the Lady Raiders to a 55-71 team title over Harrison,
AR.� Kazaman Bailey
of Vilonia, AR grabbed 2nd in 16:45.
In
the University Men’s Division the Arkansas Razorbacks
won 45-97-101 in the 28-team field over Portland State (OR)
and Abilene Christian College (TX).� Daniel Lincoln led the Hogs to victory
with a 29:52 (estimated mile splits of 4:32-5:03-4:55-4:45 thru
4 miles and a 9:37 for miles 5-6) individual win. In the University
Women’s Division, the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks (2-5-9-10-18)
took command early and cruised to a 44-94-157 over Oklahoma State
University and University California-Davis.�
May Mortimer of Kansas State took overall honors while
the LadyBacks Andreinna Byrd took 2nd. Byrd
led the pack through One Mile at 5:22 while Gladys Keitany
(4th) took the lead at Two Miles in 11:07 with Byrd
and Mortimer close behind.�
Race results courtesy of Glen’s Racing Service of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Invitational
Open
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