Peter Meindl
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Molly Huddle
photos by
Marc R. Grosso PhD (Dr. Track)
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The 37th McQuaid Invitational at Rochester NY
produced this week's Nike Athlete of the Week selections.
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by John Dye
BALTIMORE MD 10/5/01 -- DyeStat announces Peter Meindl,
Orchard Park NY senior, and Molly Huddle, Notre Dame Elmira
NY senior, as winners of the Nike Athlete
of the Week award for the fourth week of the 2001 cross country
season.
Peter Meindl can get his hair cut now. Peter and his coach
agreed not to cut their hair until he "had a good race."
He definitely had a good race at McQuaid last Saturday. Running
on a soggy 3-mile course with a new layout that was said to be 10-15
seconds slower than previous McQuaid's, Meindl won in 14:48, just
off his own course record set last year. Meindl pulled away late
from a good Canadian runner, Adam Hortian, and won by 10 seconds.
Meindl was the 8th and last Northeast region qualifier for the
Foot Locker finals last year and finished 21st in Orlando. He is
looking like he may move up this year.
Molly Huddle burst on to the national scene at Raleigh last
June in the adidas Outdoor Championships mile. Although she was
a 1500/3000 double winner at the New York State Meet the week before,
she was unheralded in a crowd of established national headliners
like Anita Siraki, Erin Donohue, Alicia Craig, and Brooke Novak.
So what does Huddle do in her first national race, the 2-mile on
Friday night? She goes to the lead and holds it for five laps. "That's
the way Pre would do it," she said afterward. Huddle was passed
in the end by Siraki and Erika Odlaug, but she held on for third
ahead of Alison Tubbs, Maria Cicero, and Natasha Roetter. The next
day, Huddle got another third in the mile behind Erin Donohue and
Alicia Craig and ahead of Brooke Novak, even though she was the
only one doubling.
At McQuaid, Huddle ran away from a pair of 2000 Foot Locker finalists
-- Laurel Burdick NY and Michelle Sikes OH -- in a time of 17:04.4,
the third fastest 3-mile time in the country this year.
The Nike Athlete of the Week award is presented each Friday to
the boy and girl who had the most outstanding achievement of the
previous week. Winners receive a long-sleeved Nike dry-fit running
shirt and Chris Lear's award winning book, Running with the Buffaloes,
which can be purchased online at ShopDyeStat.
Honorable Mention Week ending October 4
Girls
- Episcopal Jacksonville FL sr Kara Scanlin
- 17:41 3m, fastest girl of day in big flrunners.com Invitational
in Florida.
- Flathead Kalispell MT fr Zoe
Nelson MT - freshman sensation undefeated
by winning the big Sunfair Invitational in Washington in 18:10
3m.
- Bingham UT sr Laura
Zeigle UT - 18:29 5k, best of the great
Utah crowd in the Orem Kiwanis Invitational.
- Montwood El Paso TX jr Monique Ortega
- 11:09 2 mile, wins a dual of two of Texas' best by 37 seconds
over Coronado Lubbock sr Mindy Sullivan.
- Wautauga NC sr Kristen Stroupe - 18:39
3m to win the Bristol Cross in Tennessee.
- Council Rock PA soph Jessica Cickay -
17:39 5k at Council Rock Invitational, continues to dominate the
Quaker State.
- Jenks OK jr Brianna McLeod - 10:58 2-mile
at Oklahoma State's Cowboy Jamboree, breaking the course record
set by Plainview OK sr Jessie Gordon 11:11 just 45 minutes
earlier..
- Spencerville OH sr Angela Homan - 18:30
5k, fastest of day on very hilly Lancaster Invitational course.
- Homer NY sr Tracey Brauksieck - 18:25.2
5k, crushing the Tully Invitational field by 100 seconds.
- Michelle Rorke -
14:55 2.5 mile winner of Nazareth Invitational, leading a Bronxville
NY 1-2-3 sweep at Van Cortlandt Park, NYC.
- Gallup NM sr Felicia Guliford - 19:41
for a 41 second victory on her home cours Gallup Invitational
in the mountains of New Mexico.
- Passaic Valley NJ jr Jesse Mizzone - wins
again in New Jersey in 18:14, fastest time of Maroon Inv..
- Manchester Central NH sr Liz Gesel- 18:23
5k to win the big Manchester Invitational in New Hampshire.
- Asheville NC sr Laura Stanley - 17:30
5k winner of the Brevard Inv in NC, one of fastest times in US
this year.
- Myers Park NC sr Julia Lucas - 17:52 5k
for new course record at tough Hagan Stone Park in Greensboro
NC.
- Great Falls MT sr Heidi Lane - 17:17 3m
winner of the Billings Invitational.
- Westwood Ishpeming MI soph Amber Smith
- 18:19 5k to win the Munising Inv by a ridiculous 1:41, showing
that the Upper Peninsula was not stripped of talent by the graduation
of the Anderson sisters.
- Rockford MI soph Nikki Bohnsack - 17:57
5k to lead her US#5 team to victory with 25 points in Carson City
Invitational
- Leavenworth KS sr Amy Hastings - still
undefeated after 11:53 win in Shawnee Heights Inv.
- Lake Central IN jr Tiffany Redlarczyk
- 14:54 4k course and meet record in Hammond Clark Inv.
- Katy Pryor, of New Castle IN - 13:44 4k
winner over Carmel's Michelle Rafferty at Manchester IN Inv.
- Madera CA sr Heather Hansen - 18:54 3.1m
for course record at Golden West Inv, Visalia CA.
- Corona del Mar sr Julie Allen - 18:06
5k, fastest of day at Stanford Inv.
- Marantaha CA jr Laura Meyers - 17:41,
fastest of day at Bell-Jeff Inv.
- Kris Smith, West HS Alaska - 18:21 5k
to dominate 4A girls in Alaska State Meet.
Boys
- Arroyo CA jr Yong-Sung Leal - 15:34 5k,
making his long awaited season debut to win the Stanford Inv.
- Aptos CA sr Brett Gotcher - 15:35 5k,
second fastest of day at Stanford (running in different division
than Leal).
- Vanguard Ocala FL jr Steve Hassen - 14:41
3m to edge Nike AOW #3 Ryan Deak by 1 second and Rolf Steier by
2 seconds in big flrunners.com Invitational in Florida.
- Stevens Point WI jr Chris Solinsky - keeps
a fine campaign going strong with 15:11 win over a hilly, 5.06k
course at the Fondy Invitational, finishing more than a minute
ahead of anyone else.
- Georgetown Day MD sr Ben Stern - 16:19
to break the Mercersburg PA Invitational course record by 10 seconds.
- Dover NH sr Tony Truax - 15:49 5k to win
the big Manchester Invitational in New Hampshire.
- Arroyo CA
- Oxford MS soph Cyrus Wakaba - 15:46 3m,
a 58-second winner in Oxford Charger Inv. Cyrus moved to Mississippi
from Kenya.
- Caledonia MI sr Tim Ross - 15:03 5k, fastest
of the day at the Carson City Inv.
- Novi MI sr Tim Moore - 15:36 5k, for a
47-second margin over powerful Milford MI team.
- Dekalb IN sr Kaleb Van Ort - 15:13 5k
for 13-second win over Sammy Shaw at Manchester IN Inv.
- Edwardsville IL jr Stephen Pifer - 14:44
3m to win Peoria Inv.
- Etiwanda CA jr Mike Poe - 15:20 3m in
100+ heat on hills of Yucaipa CA.
- Alta Loma CA sr Jordan Horn - 15:19, fastest
of day at Warren Stauffer In.
- Homewood AL sr Tyler Stanfield - .15:40
for course record in Mountain Brook Inv. in Alabama.
To nominate athletes, use the AOW Nomination
Form.
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