Results
Saturday
Junior Women 6k - Erika Odlaug 17th, 1:10 behind repeat
champion Viola Kibiwot; USA 5th
Men 4k - Jorge Torres 11th, USA 5th; Kenya and Ethiopia
dominate.
Women 8k - Deena Drossin and USA
are 2nd
Sunday
Junior Men 6k - USA 7th with
Rod Koborsi 30th, Billy Nelson 33, Bobby Lockhart 39, and Yong-Sung
Leal 41 (Tim Moore 54, Zachary Sabatino 81).
Women 4k - Suzy Favor-Hamilton 5th
Men 12k - Abdi, Meb, and Ritz in
top 25; USA 5th
Stories: the Odlaug diary - Fast
conditions await US runners -
Walt Murphy's reports - Bento Leal's
report -
the Odlaug diary - The
Odlaugs of Illinois have an international flavor. Erika Odlaug,
a member of the US junior team at Dublin, competed in England and
Scotland with the US junior team last summer after winning the USA
Junior Nationals 3000 meters. Erika's dad Theron works for a Japanese
company and will arrive in Dublin on an around the world trip via
his company's home office in Japan. Erika's mother (nee Pat Brennan)
has Irish blood in her veins. They wrote down their thoughts in
their trip to Dublin for the World Cross.
Bento Leal's report - Yong-Sung
Leal of San Lorenzo CA was the only high school junior on the USA
junior men's team at Dublin. After the race, his father, Bento Leal,
called.
Dublin
Album
World XC Championship Photos
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by Paul Merca
Junior Women
Erika Odlaug, best finish by US junior
woman in 10 years.
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by John Nepolitan
Junior Men
Billy Nelson,
best US prep
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Schedule - US Team Roster
- USATF
web site - IAAF
web site - Dublin
web site -
Course Map - US
Winter Nationals - 2001
World Cross on DyeStat -
Walt Murphy's Reports
Senior Women-Long Course(7,974m)
It was a great day for the U.S. women, who finished 2nd, only 10
points
behind Ethiopia (28-38). Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe pulled
away late in
the race to win her 2nd straight long-course title, but Deena Drossin
held on
for 2nd, while Colleen DeReuck moved all the way up to 3rd to enable
the U.S.
to finish ahead of Kenya(41). Jen Rhines finished 12th and Milena
Glusac 23rd
to finish out the U.S. scoring. Elva Dryer and Amy Rudolph gave
strong backup
in 28th and 31st places, respectively.
Junior Women (4,982m)
Kenya's Viola Kibiwot defended her title with a narrow win over
Ethiopia's
Tirunesh Dibaba, who was 5th last year. Colorado-bound Erika Odlaug,
a senior
at Deerfield(IL) H.S. was the top American finisher(17th), while
the U.S.
women finished a respectable 5th in the team standings.
Senior Men--Short Course(4,228m)
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the 2001 Junior Champion, who also finished
2nd
in last year's senior short course race, won easily over Kenya's
Luke
Kipkosgei. Colorado's Jorge Torres was an impressive 11th, with
Matt Lane not
far behind in 18th. The U.S. team finished 5th, a slot below last
year.
High School stars well represented on US teams
Last year it was Dathan Ritzenhein, shocking everyone by finishing
3rd in the Junior Men's 8k race in the mud and cold at Ostend, Belgium.
This year's high school runners will have a hard time matching Ritz'
achievement, but six outstanding preps will give it a try. In the
US Winter Nationals at Vancouver
WA last month, four high school boys and two girls finished in the
top 6 to earn a spot on the US junior teams (top 6 at Winter Nationals).
HS Boys: Foot Locker national cross country champion Tim
Moore, Novi MI senior, leads the US team after winning at Vancouver.
Three more Foot Locker finalists also made the team: Taft CA sr
Billy Nelson, 3rd, and Winchester VA sr Bobby Lockhart
and Arroyo CA jr Yong-Sung Leal tying for 5th. Lockhart
showed his fitness by running away with the 2-mile title at the
Nike Indoor Classic earlier this month in a time of 8:58.04. Billy
Nelson was 7th in the same race in 9:09.77. The others skipped indoor
meets to concentrate exclusively on training for the 8k race in
Ireland.
US Junior Men qualifiers at Vancouver:
1 Moore, Timothy 24:48.0
2 Koborsi, Rod 24:55.0
3 Nelson, William 25:04.0
4 Sabatino, Zach 25:16.0
5 Lockhart, Robert 25:18.0
5 Leal, Yong-Sung 25:18.0
HS Girls: Deerfield IL sr Erika Odlaug 2nd and Allen
TX sr Valerie Lauver 5th. US Junior Women qualifiers at Vancouver:
1 Cicero, Maria 21:05.0 2 Odlaug, Erika 21:19.0 3 Bei, Sara 21:26.0 4 Lee, Nicole 21:33.0 5 Lauver, Valerie 21:40.0 6 Andersen, Kathryn 21:41.0
Schedule
Saturday, March 23
11:05 Junior Women's 6K
11:45 Open Men's 4K
12:15 Open Women's 8K
Sunday, March 24
12:30 Junior Men's 8K
1:20 Senior Women's 4K
2:00 Senior Men's 12K
US Team Roster
Junior Men
Rod Koborsi |
8K |
Yong-Sung Leal |
8K |
Bobby Lockhart |
8K |
Timothy Moore |
8K |
William Nelson |
8K |
Zachary Sabatino |
8K |
Senior Men
Abdi Abdirahman |
12K |
Matthew Downin |
12K |
Greg Jimmerson |
12K |
Meb Keflezighi |
12K |
Dathan Ritzenhein |
12K |
Clint Wells |
12K |
Jared Cordes |
4K |
Tony Cosey |
4K |
Dave Davis |
4K |
Matthew Lane |
4K |
Jonathon Riley |
4K |
Jorge Torres |
4K |
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Junior Women
Kathryn Andersen |
6K |
Sara Bei |
6K |
Maria Cicero |
6K |
Valerie Lauver |
6K |
Nicole Lee |
6K |
Erika Odlaug |
6K |
Senior Women
Colleen De Reuck |
8K |
Deena Drossin |
8K |
Elva Dryer |
8K |
Milena Glusac |
8K |
Jennifer Rhines |
8K |
Amy Rudolph |
8K |
Suzy Favor Hamilton |
4K |
Sarah Hann |
4K |
Mary Jayne Harrelson |
4K |
Sarah Toland |
4K |
Carrie Tollefson |
4K |
Janet Trujillo |
4K |
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Course Map
DyeStat US
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