Brian Dalpiaz still unbeaten as Meindl stays home
by John Dye
WAPPINGER FALLS NY 11/17/01 -Sayville jr Brian Dalpiaz
continued his season undefeated, but will have to wait until next
Saturday at the Foot Locker Northeast regional to face Orchard Park
sr Peter Meindl. The two won different divisions of last week's
NYSPHSAA championships and would normally have met in the Federation
meet. But Meindl decided to focus on next week's Foot Locker in
New York City.
"I'm sorry Meindl didn't come," said Dalpiaz,
"but I almost stayed home myself."
As the race played out, Dalpiaz was able to save
himself for next week even while winning. Content to run off the
pace for the first mile and half, Dalpiaz then decided to probe.
"I made a surge to see if anyone would go with me, and no one
did." So Dalpiaz cruised home under wraps in 15:45.37, second
fastest ever at Bowdoin (Charles Millieon, St Anthony's 15:39.7
2000) with a 10-second margin over Canton sr Jon Pierce.
Now, Dalpiaz hopes to learn from last year's race
at the Foot Locker regional. "I got a horrible start and was
buried in about 100th place." Then it took too much out of
him trying to move up in in the narrow trails in the woods at Van
Cortlandt Park.
Start: a charge of 250 boys across the Hudson River valley
plain
001 15:45.37 Brian Dalpiaz - 11 Sayville HS (2nd best all time
at Bowdoin)
002 15:55.28 Jon Pierce - 12 Canton HS (5th all time at Bowdoin
Dalpiaz
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Pierce
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003 15:56.31 Brendan Fennell - 11 Pearl River HS (7th all time
at Bowdoin)
004 16:02.02 Brendon Sullivan - 12 Port Jefferson HS (10th all time
at Bowdoin)
Fennell
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Sullivan
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Boys pictures: the top 25
NY Federation meet
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