 | Great American
Cross Country Festival
Veterans Park, Hoover AL - Saturday, October 13, 2007
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Boys Nike Race of Champions
Sean Keveren gets it done; rising stars close the gap; Oak Ridge steps it up Story by SteveU - Photos by Pat Davey Results Below
| Past the mile mark, Sean Keveren (center) had the company of Joe Bosshard (left) and Kyle Cook (right)..
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Life has changed for Sean Keveren since he won his section of the NON 2-mile last spring in 8:55.16. It wasn’t even the fast, seeded section. That someone could run that fast outside of the championship race was mind-boggling, and a definitive part of the incredible distance running that took place during the unseasonably cool North Carolina weekend. It also made Keveren the fastest non-senior of the year in the 2M and, subsequently, heavy mention as a Foot Locker Finals favorite – though he was “just” 20th at the FL South race last year.
The Brentwood TN sr shakes his head and laughs, thinking about this after winning Saturday’s boys Nike Race of Champions during the 9th Great American XC Festival.
“It’s been different,” he said. “It’s amazing how much one race can change everything. But I’ve enjoyed it. I’ve met a lot of cool people and I like having the expectations.”
Keveren has a knack of doing what it takes to win. He knew the field at Great American would be strong, if not quite national class, and he ran relatively conservatively early. He was part of a large, shifting pack, and they hit the mile in just 5:00. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to run fast. In fact, he had a little wager with his coach (Dave Milner) that he could get Ben Hubers’ course record. It’s just that he wasn’t going to kill himself early to do it.
Running with plenty of patience, Keveren continued to work the pack during the 2nd mile, slowly applying enough pressure to drop most of the other contenders into a chase pack. Only Crested Butte Academy CO sr Joe Bosshard went right with him, but the pack stayed close. Those top two passed 2M at 10:04, then at Rig Hill (4k), Keveren pushed hard and began to get a working margin. Out of the woods, he continued to drive to the finish, extending the lead to seven seconds while others battled behind him.
“I was going to run just a good, conservative pace, run even splits, and run with the pack as long as possible,” he said. “I wanted to really use the hill at 4k.
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Behind Keveren, the finish was revelatory to the next two placers. Knoxville West jr Matthew Sonnenfeldt was 38 seconds behind Keveren at the McCallie meet, 25 in Memphis a week ago, and just eight seconds back this time with his runner-up 15:45. Now he can think seriously about racing for a Foot Locker Finals berth. He used a strong last half-mile to break away from a chase pack and secure the silver.
Baylor School jr Bill Matthews, meanwhile, is the talented high-profile transfer who left Mountain Brook AL, where he was a 2-time state XC champ, for Chattanooga. He met Coach Val Townsend at last year’s Great American. He was so encouraged by what he felt would be an increased emphasis on aerobic development that he ventured northeast to the out-of-state boarding school
Matthews has been a big part of Baylor’s success in moving up the SE rankings, running as #2 to Waldo du Plessis. But what outsiders didn’t know is that he has been struggling with Rocky Mountain Fever much of the fall, the result of a tick bite. With his 15:46 in 3rd, he appears to have surpassed anything he’s done in previous years and is ready to join du Plessis in leading the squad.
But Baylor couldn’t quite do it as a team. The day belonged to Oak Ridge TN.
The Wildcats still don’t have sr Chris Cole at full strength (36th in team scoring), but they got a good 1-2 from Maclean O’Donnell and Phil Riemer in 6th and 7th (16:13 and 16:14) and had more depth than anyone with Emerson Peacock (22nd, 16:37), Chris Ostrouchov (30th, 16:51), and Cole finishing out the top five. It was a solid 46-second spread.
“This was a meet where the boys really decided to do it themselves,” said Oak Ridge coach Allen Etheridge, whose team had lost to Baylor, Hoover, and Parkview at the McCallie Invite. “McCallie was really our first race. Today, they were all good.”
Outside of Matthews, the rest of the Baylor team had something of an off day. Du Plessis was 7th overall and said he felt he should have been 2nd, but was struggling with congestion in his chest. They were missing Brandon Lord, who was reported in a swimming competition, and wound up suffering a big 1:40 gap between their 1st and 5th man, unable to summon up the depth on this day.
 |  |  | Patrick McGregor of Hoover, Eric Larson of BT Washington, and Waldo du Plessis of Baylor finish 4-6-7.
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Flash Results, Inc. Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
Great American Cross Country Festival - 10/13/2007
Veterans Park at Valleydale Road, Hoover, AL
Last Completed Event
Event 6 Boys 5k Run CC Nike ROC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Sean Keveren 08 Brentwood HS, Brent 15:37.0
2 Matthew Sonnenfeldt 09 Knoxville West H, K 15:44.6
3 Bill Matthews 09 Baylor School, Chat 15:45.8 1
4 Patrick McGregor 09 Hoover HS, Hoover, 15:52.5 2
5 Joe Bosshard 08 Crested Butte Ac, M 15:54.4
6 Eric Larson 08 BT Washington HS, P 16:03.0
7 Waldo du Plessis 08 Baylor School, Chat 16:07.1 3
8 Thomas Elnick 08 Kellenberg Memor, U 16:09.4 4
9 Taylor Lord 09 Chapel Hill HS, Dou 16:11.7 5
10 Maclean O'Donnell 08 Oak Ridge HS, Oak R 16:13.3 6
11 Phil Riemer 08 Oak Ridge HS, Oak R 16:14.0 7
12 Austin Duckworth 08 Vestavia Hills H, V 16:14.7 8
13 Rob Manning 08 Collins Hill HS, Su 16:15.6 9
14 Josh Pinson 08 Parkview Hs-Boys, L 16:17.4 10
15 John Harwell 10 Asheville HS, Ashev 16:17.6 11
16 Howard Graves 09 Auburn Hs-Boys, Aub 16:19.8 12
17 Marshall Dalessandro 08 Vestavia Hills H, V 16:20.1 13
18 Philip O'Brien 08 Collins Hill HS, Su 16:21.3 14
19 Matthew Boughton 08 Desert Vista HS, Ph 16:21.5 15
20 Tucker Hartley 08 The Westminster, At 16:21.6 16
21 Nick Perkins 09 Hoover HS, Hoover, 16:22.0 17
22 Jake Brooks 08 Fort Myers HS, Ft. 16:22.1
23 Kyle Cooke 08 Holy Trinity Aca, M 16:26.6 18
24 Josh Helton 09 Independence HS, Th 16:27.2
25 Matt Clay 08 Alexander HS, Dougl 16:27.8 19
26 Brett Richardson 08 Parkview Hs-Boys, L 16:29.9 20
27 Derek Wehunt 09 Sickles Hs-Boys, Ta 16:33.8 21
28 Emerson Peacock 08 Oak Ridge HS, Oak R 16:36.3 22
29 Jarryd Wallace 08 Oconee County HS, W 16:38.1
30 Brian Detweiler 09 Parkview Hs-Boys, L 16:38.4 23
31 Miles Svoboda 08 Pope HS, Marietta, 16:40.3
32 Bret Butler 09 Holy Trinity Aca, M 16:42.3 24
33 Ciprian Mejia 08 Sickles Hs-Boys, Ta 16:43.6 25
34 Mike Meadows 09 Baylor School, Chat 16:45.7 26
35 Michael Elnick 08 Kellenberg Memor, U 16:47.6 27
36 Chris Duvall 10 Wesleyan School, No 16:50.5 28
36 William Posch 09 Kellenberg Memor, U 16:50.5 29
38 Chris Ostrouchov 09 Oak Ridge HS, Oak R 16:51.0 30
39 Justin Rogers 08 Hoover HS, Hoover, 16:53.6 31
40 Charlie Alvarez 09 Martin Luther Ki, R 16:54.9 32
41 Skylar Townsend 09 Baylor School, Chat 16:56.3 33
42 Chris Conway 08 Desert Vista HS, Ph 16:58.3 34
43 Ryan Schmidt 08 Alexander HS, Dougl 16:58.7 35
44 Chris Cole 08 Oak Ridge HS, Oak R 16:59.7 36
45 Nick Hayes 08 Hoover HS, Hoover, 17:00.2 37
46 Jake Fulton 08 Chapel Hill HS, Dou 17:01.3 38
46 Danny Cook 09 Collins Hill HS, Su 17:01.3 39
48 John Sharpe 10 Oak Ridge HS, Oak R x17:04.7 40
49 Brandon Ramsey 10 Wesleyan School, No 17:05.0 41
50 Isaac Presson 08 Asheville HS, Ashev 17:05.2 42
51 Sean Barr 08 Desert Vista HS, Ph 17:05.4 44
51 Gregory Moss 08 Kellenberg Memor, U 17:05.4 43
53 Michael Cook 09 Kellenberg Memor, U 17:06.2 45
54 Evan Marbury 08 Parkview Hs-Boys, L 17:08.1 46
55 Patrick Gomez 09 Auburn Hs-Boys, Aub 17:08.9 47
56 Richard Murray 09 Mountain Brook H, B 17:09.7 48
57 Patrick Murphy 10 St. Anthonys HS, So 17:10.0 49
58 Layton Dorsett 10 Mountain Brook H, B 17:10.9 50
59 Matt Gossett 08 Wesleyan School, No 17:12.2 51
60 Patrick Gonzalez 08 Martin Luther Ki, R 17:13.8 52
61 Todd Sather 09 St. Anthonys HS, So 17:14.7 53
62 Robert Cherkis 09 St. Anthonys HS, So 17:14.9 54
63 Knox Sutterfield 08 The Westminster, At 17:15.4 55
64 Chris Dunker 08 Desert Vista HS, Ph 17:16.0 56
65 Austin Hunt 09 Collins Hill HS, Su 17:16.3 57
66 Conrad Taylor 08 Mountain Brook H, B 17:17.3 58
67 Trent Blumenthal 10 Vestavia Hills H, V 17:17.5 59
68 Kevin Corrigan 08 St. Anthonys HS, So 17:17.8 60
69 Joe Sokohl 09 Collins Hill HS, Su 17:18.4 61
70 Max Dutcher 08 The Westminster, At 17:18.9 62
71 Alex Kerry 08 Chapel Hill HS, Dou 17:19.8 63
71 Kenneth Walshak 10 St. Anthonys HS, So 17:19.8 64
73 Andrew Stowe 08 The Westminster, At 17:20.2 65
74 Randyn Williams 08 Collins Hill HS, Su x17:21.6 66
75 Alec Hamm 08 Hoover HS, Hoover, 17:22.0 67
76 Matt Hanlon 08 Wesleyan School, No 17:22.8 68
77 Matt Smith 09 Auburn Hs-Boys, Aub 17:23.1 69
78 Jon Serfilippi 09 Desert Vista HS, Ph 17:23.2 70
79 Neely Boston 12 Auburn Hs-Boys, Aub 17:23.3 71
80 Josh Hulsey 08 Alexander HS, Dougl 17:24.7 72
81 Colton Popp 08 Baylor School, Chat 17:25.6 73
82 Nick Williams 12 Parkview Hs-Boys, L 17:27.6 74
83 James Graham 10 Vestavia Hills H, V 17:28.6 75
84 Jack Morgan 12 Mountain Brook H, B 17:29.1 76
85 Ethan McGroom 08 Oak Ridge HS, Oak R x17:30.0 77
86 David Dyck 08 Collins Hill HS, Su x17:30.5 78
87 Wilkerson Given 09 Mountain Brook H, B 17:34.5 79
88 Dan Wehunt 09 Sickles Hs-Boys, Ta 17:36.5 80
89 Mac Stormont 09 The Westminster, At 17:37.2 81
90 Cody Allen 10 Parkview Hs-Boys, L x17:38.2 82
91 Ryan Matherly 08 Wesleyan School, No 17:39.6 83
92 Kyle Buckley 10 Wesleyan School, No x17:41.5 84
93 David Kilgore 12 Holy Trinity Aca, M 17:42.1 85
94 Blair O'Bryant 09 Chapel Hill HS, Dou 17:44.3 86
95 Will Taylor 09 Wesleyan School, No x17:44.9 87
96 Matthew Bryant 08 Hoover HS, Hoover, x17:45.6 88
97 David Kenney 09 St. Anthonys HS, So x17:47.7 89
98 Taylor Dix 10 Baylor School, Chat x17:48.3 90
99 Sonny Cunningham 08 Alexander HS, Dougl 17:49.1 91
100 Mike Johnson 09 Desert Vista HS, Ph x17:49.8 92
101 Jason Miller 10 Auburn Hs-Boys, Aub 17:50.8 93
102 Alex Truitt 08 Chapel Hill HS, Dou 17:52.1 94
103 Derek Nelson 10 Martin Luther Ki, R 17:53.0 95
104 Andrew Huscher 09 Martin Luther Ki, R 17:55.2 96
105 George Fryhofer 08 The Westminster, At x17:57.1 97
106 James Lee 09 Chapel Hill HS, Dou x18:00.0 98
107 Cameron Reid 09 Alexander HS, Dougl 18:03.3 99
108 Peter Brennan 08 St. Anthonys HS, So x18:07.1 100
109 William Barber 10 The Westminster, At x18:08.6 101
110 Jason Schupp 09 Martin Luther Ki, R 18:11.2 102
111 Evan Kendrick 08 Mountain Brook H, B x18:11.8 103
112 Mike Merrell 08 Desert Vista HS, Ph x18:12.6 104
113 Josh Rudisill 08 Alexander HS, Dougl x18:14.5 105
114 Thomas Eischeid 08 Baylor School, Chat x18:16.8 106
115 Luke L'Hoste 09 Alexander HS, Dougl x18:17.1 107
116 Logan Tarleton 08 Asheville HS, Ashev 18:25.0 108
117 Guy Murolo 09 Kellenberg Memor, U x18:26.3 109
118 JJ van Tonder 08 Parkview Hs-Boys, L x18:27.9 110
119 Elliott Mills 08 Asheville HS, Ashev 18:29.4 111
120 Michael Nicoletti 09 Kellenberg Memor, U x18:31.7 112
121 Mark McDonald 10 Auburn Hs-Boys, Aub x18:37.0 113
122 Brett Wilson 08 Sickles Hs-Boys, Ta 18:37.8 114
123 Owen Sheeler 09 Asheville HS, Ashev 18:39.7 115
124 Morgan Bettcher 10 Auburn Hs-Boys, Aub x18:40.9 116
125 Jarod Nocella 10 Martin Luther Ki, R x18:42.7 117
126 Adam Cooke 12 Holy Trinity Aca, M 18:43.8 118
127 Joey Castagnaro 13 Holy Trinity Aca, M 18:54.3 119
128 Steven Geraci 08 Sickles Hs-Boys, Ta 19:04.6 120
129 Conner Robinson 10 Asheville HS, Ashev x19:06.7 121
130 Owen Parrish 10 Vestavia Hills H, V 19:07.9 122
131 Parker Smith 10 Vestavia Hills H, V x19:09.5 123
132 Ethan Park 08 Martin Luther Ki, R x19:13.5 124
133 Romone Schoeber 08 Asheville HS, Ashev x19:29.2 125
134 Sean Kelly 12 Sickles Hs-Boys, Ta x19:33.0 126
135 Wade Voyles 12 Chapel Hill HS, Dou x19:40.8 127
136 Blake Hament 09 Holy Trinity Aca, M x19:48.4 128
137 Stefan D'Angelo 10 Sickles Hs-Boys, Ta x20:15.3 129
138 Joseph Jackson 10 Vestavia Hills H, V x20:49.9 130
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Oak Ridge HS, Oak Ridge, 101 6 7 22 30 36 40 77
Total Time: 1:22:54.30
Average: 16:34.86
2 Baylor School, Chattanoog 136 1 3 26 33 73 90 106
Total Time: 1:23:00.50
Average: 16:36.10
3 Kellenberg Memorial HS, U 148 4 27 29 43 45 109 112
Total Time: 1:23:59.10
Average: 16:47.82
4 Hoover HS, Hoover, AL 154 2 17 31 37 67 88
Total Time: 1:23:30.30
Average: 16:42.06
5 Parkview Hs-Boys, Lilburn 173 10 20 23 46 74 82 110
Total Time: 1:24:01.40
Average: 16:48.28
6 Collins Hill HS, Suwanee, 180 9 14 39 57 61 66 78
Total Time: 1:24:12.90
Average: 16:50.58
7 Desert Vista HS, Phoenix, 219 15 34 44 56 70 92 104
Total Time: 1:25:04.40
Average: 17:00.88
8 Wesleyan School, Norcross 271 28 41 51 68 83 84 87
Total Time: 1:26:10.10
Average: 17:14.02
9 Vestavia Hills HS, Vestav 277 8 13 59 75 122 123 130
Total Time: 1:26:28.80
Average: 17:17.76
10 The Westminster Schools, 279 16 55 62 65 81 97 101
Total Time: 1:25:53.30
Average: 17:10.66
11 St. Anthonys HS, South Hu 280 49 53 54 60 64 89 100
Total Time: 1:26:17.20
Average: 17:15.44
12 Chapel Hill HS, Douglasvi 286 5 38 63 86 94 98 127
Total Time: 1:26:09.20
Average: 17:13.84
13 Auburn Hs-Boys, Auburn, A 292 12 47 69 71 93 113 116
Total Time: 1:26:05.90
Average: 17:13.18
14 Mountain Brook HS, Birmin 311 48 50 58 76 79 103
Total Time: 1:26:41.50
Average: 17:20.30
15 Alexander HS, Douglasvill 316 19 35 72 91 99 105 107
Total Time: 1:26:43.60
Average: 17:20.72
16 Sickles Hs-Boys, Tampa, F 360 21 25 80 114 120 126 129
Total Time: 1:28:36.30
Average: 17:43.26
17 Holy Trinity Academy, Mel 364 18 24 85 118 119 128
Total Time: 1:28:29.10
Average: 17:41.82
18 Martin Luther King HS, Ri 377 32 52 95 96 102 117 124
Total Time: 1:28:08.11
Average: 17:37.62
19 Asheville HS, Asheville, 387 11 42 108 111 115 121 125
Total Time: 1:28:56.90
Average: 17:47.38
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