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NTN Regional Rankings Oct 8
four new regional #1 teams this week
The Oct 8 weekly update of the Nike Team Nationals regional rankings has four new regional leaders: Los Alamos NM girls (joining the Los Alamos boys on top of the Southwest), St. Paul's Mobile AL girls (SE - unbeaten winner of Jesse Owens Classic), Tucker Richmond VA boys (SE - surprise runner-up at Great American ROC), and Flathead Kalispell MT girls (NW - unbeaten winner of the Sunfair over ranked teams). The top two teams in each region at the end of the season will be invited to the new Nike Team Nationals in Portland OR Dec 4. Four national at large teams will also be invited. NTN RANKINGS
| "DyeStat grads" star on Great American college night |
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| left, Shadrack Kiptoo and Josh McDougal, high school stars just 4 months ago, duelled throughout the Men's ROC. Josh won. For more, see Vic's Pix - Vic Sailer's Great American college night photo album |
Super 25 national rankings
The first update of The Harrier editor Marc Bloom's Super 25 national cross country team rankings for the 2004 season has been released. Saratoga Springs NY girls and York Elmhurst IL boys retain the US#1 ranking, but early season results shook up the rest of the lists. Six new teams moved into the boys top 10 -- Fayetteville-Manlius NY, Mountain View UT, Jesuit Tampa FL, Marshall MN, Milford MI, and Cedar Cliff PA. The girls rankings were more steady, with three new teams in the top 10 -- Fountain Valley CA, West Plains MO, and Kingwood TX. Super 25 as of Sept. 20. Next update:Oct 11.
NTN REGIONAL TOP 4
Oct 8 based on results through Oct 2
(Oct 1 ranking in parenthesis)
Click on Region to see complete rankings. |
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1 Fayetteville-Manlius NY (1)
2 Cedar Cliff PA (2)
3 Christian Brothers NJ (3)
4 Cherokee NJ (9) |
1 Saratoga Springs NY (1)
2 Bay Shore NY (2)
3 Bethlehem NY (3)
4 Champlain Valley VT (4) |
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1 Tucker Richmond VA (8)
2 Winter Park FL (4)
3 Hoover AL (2)
4 Houston Germantown TN (3) |
1 St. Paul's Mobile AL (2)
2 Oakton VA (NR)
3 Scottsboro AL (4)
4 Lourdes FL (5) |
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1 The Woodlands TX (1)
2 Flower Mound TX (2)
3 Cedar Park TX (4)
4 Kingwood TX (3) |
1 Kingwood TX (1)
2 Carroll Southlake TX (3)
3 Cedar Park TX (5)
4 Highland Park TX (2) |
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1 York Elmhurst IL (1)
2 Milford MI (2)
3 Palatine IL (4)
4 Hamilton Southeastern IN (3) |
1 Clarkston MI (1)
2 Bowling Green OH (2)
3 Naperville North IL (3)
4 Waukesha West WI (4) |
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1 Liberty MO (1)
2 West Plains MO (2)
3 Marshall MN (3)
4 Lakeville (4) |
1 West Plains MO (1)
2 Yankton SD (2)
3 Iowa City West IA (3)
4 Lakeville MN (4) |
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1 Los Alamos NM (1)
2 Mountain View UT (2)
3 Albuquerque Academy NM (3)
4 Page AZ (4) |
1 Los Alamos NM (2)
2 Smoky Hill Aurora CO (1)
3 Fremont Plain City UT (3)
4 Reno NV (4) |
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1 Jesuit Portland OR (1)
2 Mead Spokane WA (2)
3 Central Catholic OR (4)
4 Eisenhower Yakima WA (3) |
1 Flathead Kalispell MT (2)
2 Bellarmine Tacoma WA (1)
3 Jesuit Portland OR (3)
4 Snohomish WA (4) |
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1 Royal Simi Valley (1)
2 Don Lugo Chino (2)
3 Dana Hills (3)
4 Murrieta Valley (4) |
1 Ventura (1)
2 Fountain Valley (2)
3 Murrieta Valley (3)
4 Maria Carrilo (4) |
adidas Outdoor Championships move
The adidas Outdoor Championships, held in Raleigh for the past 11 years, will move to Greensboro NC this year (June 17-18) to the track facility of North Carolina A&T
LAST WEEK
results and other news posted through Oct 7 |
| Saratoga NY, Cedar Cliff PA, Aislinn Ryan and Robert Bedsole win at Great American. Ramsay Kavan sets course record in SD. Council Rock North PA boys lose at Steel City. NE#1 US#5 Fayetteville-Manlius NY boys nearly perfect at McQuaid. Heartland report - HL#1 Liberty MO boys win narrowly over HL#5 Shawnee Mission Northwest. Southeast report - Tucker Richmond VA boys, Andrew Bumbalough, and St. Paul's Mobile AL girls run strong. Flathead MT girls, Auburn-Riverside WA boys, Brie Felnagle and Jordan McNamara win Sunfair. Texas is a trap for SE#1 Lourdes FL girls - SO#1 Kingwood TX girls 38 and three more Texas teams finish ahead of Lourdes at McNeil Inv in TX. Unranked Emporia KS boys and SO#8 The Woodlands TX girls win at Cowboy Jamboree in OK. Southwest: Los Alamos NM, Page AZ, Fremont UT, Denver South CO and Cherry Creek CO are big winners. Northeast: Northeast's big 3 boys powerhouses -- NE#1 US#5 Fayetteville-Manlius NY, NE#2 US#10 Cedar Cliff PA, and NE#3 US#13 Christian Brothers Academy NJ -- polish their briefs for top ranking arguments, with a Fayetteville-CBA showdown looming at the Manhattan Invitational 10/2. Northwest: Sunfair lights up the Northwest as Brie Felnagle wins the battle over Zoe Nelson, but Zoe's NW#2 Flathead MT team wins the war over Brie's NW#1 Bellarmine WA team. Midwest - US#1 York IL boys 25 roll at Peoria. MW#1 US#3 Clarkston MI girls take the week off. MW#2 Bowling Green OH girls dominate again. MW#4 Waukesha West WI girls win Wisconsin showdown over MW#9 Arrowhead WI. |
1 Northeast CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
- Northeast Week Oct. 2 - Northeast's big 3 boys powerhouses -- NE#1 US#5 Fayetteville-Manlius NY, NE#2 US#10 Cedar Cliff PA, and NE#3 US#13 Christian Brothers Academy NJ -- polish their briefs for top ranking arguments, with a Fayetteville-CBA showdown looming at the Manhattan Invitational 10/2. US#1 Saratoga NY girls overpower Great American
- NY McQuaid Inv - NE#1 US#5 Fayetteville-Manlius NY boys rout NE#6 Lockport NY and SE#5 Parkview GA with near perfect 19 (1 2 4 5 7). Fayetteville-Manlius is "the real deal," says meet director Peter Glavin. NE#2 US#7 Bay Shore NY girls 44 (Hilton 60, Morgantown WV 96). Jared Burdick 15:12 and Laura Cummings 17:13 on soggy 3-mile course pace the team winners.
- NJ Ed Grant's New Jersey Week - Big winner at Shore Coaches meet, Christian Brothers Academy faces challenge of Fayetteville-Manlius NY at Manhattan
- PA Steel City Inv - NE#4 ranked Council Rock North boys, missing their #3 and #6 runners, were beaten by the meet hosts from Coatesville, 113-121. North's John Mahoney won the race in 16:20. Kyle Murray, Central Bucks South, was 2nd in 16:24. In the girls race, NE#9 Parkland held off a challenge from Chambersburg, 102-124. Chambersburg's Sarah Morrison won in 19:29.
2 Southeast AL, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, KY, TN, VA, WV, DC, PR
- Southeast Week Oct 2 - SE#8 Tucker Richmond VA boys stake big claim for higher ranking at Great American. Andrew Bumbalough 15:21 at Jesse Owens. SE#1 Lourdes FL girls finish behind four Texas teams at McNeil. SE#3 St. Paul's Mobile AL girls beat ranked teams at Jesse Owens. SE#9 Eleanor Roosevelt MD girls slip at William and Mary.
- AL Jesse Owens Classic - Oakville Indian Mounds Park.
- NC Great American Cross Country Festival - Cary - biggest matchup of ranked teams of the season until the new Nike Team Nationals in December.
3 South AR, LA, MS, OK, TX
- South Week Oct 2 - Top ranked The Woodlands TX boys and Kingwood TX girls roll on.
- OK Cowboy Jamboree - Unranked Emporia KS boys 97 (7 9 18 26 37) beat SO#9 Jenks OK 129. Cheryl Spring 11:09 3200m leads SO#8 The Woodlands TX girls 66. Mustang's Kevin Schwab 15:36 5k wins boys race.
TX McNeil Inv - SO#1 Kingwood TX girls 38 and three more Texas teams beat SE#1 Lourdes FL. SO#4 Cedar Park TX boys 118, Scott MacPherson 15:25 5k and Jocelyn Gardner 18:21 also win. |
4 Midwest IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
- Midwest Week Oct 2 - US#1 York IL boys 25 roll at Peoria. MW#1 US#3 Clarkston MI girls take the week off. MW#2 Bowling Green OH girls dominate again. MW#4 Waukesha West WI girls win Wisconsin showdown over MW#9 Arrowhead WI.
- Michigan Week Oct 2 - by Dave Swarts
5 Heartland IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD
- Heartland Week Oct 2 - HL#1 Liberty MO boys win narrowly over HL#5 Shawnee Mission Northwest at Baldwin. HL#9 Fremont boys take HL#8 Kearney at Columbus NE. West Plains MO sweeps Memphis meet.
6 Southwest AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT
- Southwest Week Oct 2 - A sweep for Los Alamos NM (boys are SW#1 and girls are SW#2 US#4) on NM state meet course at Curtis Williams. SW#4 Page AZ boys and unranked Flowing Wells girls win at Doug Conley in AZ. SW#2 Mountain View UT boys and SW#1 US#2 Smoky Hill CO girls are both 3rd at Great American. SW#5 Denver South CO boys win weather-plagued Sweetheart Inv. SW#9 Cherry Creek CO boys 72 (Davis UT 77) and SW#3 Fremont UT girls 31 (Cherry Creek CO 43) win 5A at Orem Inv, but 1A-3A champ Judge Memorial Catholic UT boys win combined all-class scoring. Samantha Gaffney 18:44 follows up Stanford win with fastest girls time of day. Fastest boys are Brian McKenna and Pat Smyth, both at 15:50.
7 Northwest AK, HI, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
- Northwest Week Oct 2 - Sunfair lights up the weekend.
- WA Sunfair Invitational - Flathead MT girls, Auburn-Riverside WA boys, Brie Felnagle and Jordan McNamara win. Brie Felnagle catches Zoe Nelson, both breaking Sarah Schwald's meet record, but Zoe's NW#2 Flathead MT team beats Brie's NW#1 Bellarmine WA team. Unranked Auburn-Riverside WA boys top host Eisenhower Yakima WA, which was ranked 3rd in the Northeast last week.
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Brie Felnagle finishes her brilliant victory over Zoe Nelson at the Sunfair Invitational in Yakima WA with Zoe still up the stretch (off her right arm in photo). Two of the nation's best runners, they both broke Sarah Schwald's course record, finishing in 17:11 and 17:22. (the finish clock apparently malfunctioned). Nelson set a swift pace but could not shake Felnagle, who came on to win in the last mile. Nelson's NW#2 Flathead MT team beat Felnagle's NW#1 Bellarmine WA 22-27 in 7-flight team scoring. |
8 California
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Great American
Oct 1-2, 2004 Cary NC
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a DyeStat featured meet |
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"The girls were so pumped. They felt good about being there and taking on bigger challenges." -- NE#7 Monsignor Donovan NJ coach Joe Gomulka after returning home from Great American, where his girls were 7th in ROC. |
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Cardinal Gibbons NC girls celebrate victory in small school race. |
100 girls of Great American - a collage by Mike Leary
John Dye's ROC albums - 60 photos: Girls - Boys
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Saratoga NY girls, Cedar Cliff PA boys, Aislinn Ryan, Robert Bedsole win ROC |
| Girls ROC - US#1 Saratoga NY 26 (2 3 6 7 8) crushed the field to leave no doubt that they are the best team in the country this year and, perhaps, any year. Saratoga had their five scorers in the first 14 finishers overall, led by Nicole Blood in 3rd. NE#3 Bethlehem NY 154 (12 18 20 41 63) finished second and SW#1 US#2 Smoky Hill CO, without injured ace Katelyn Kaltenbach, was third with 181 (4 5 39 61 72). |
| Girls ROC - Warwick Valley NY jr Aislinn Ryan 16:57 broke away from Summit Frisco CO sr Whitney Anderson 17:24 late to win convincingly. Blood 17:31 ran behind the leaders most of the way. |
| Boys ROC - NE#2 US#10 Cedar Cliff PA 149 (11 19 25 46 48) achieved a balanced win in a wide open race. SE#8 Tucker Richmond VA 173 (3 8 16 33 113) edged SW#2 US#6 Mountain View UT 176 (9 21 41 43 62) for second. |
| Boys ROC - Hoover AL sr Robert Bedsole 15:14 was an impressive winner, surging in front after the first mile and leading the rest of the way, a winner by 4 seconds over Middletown OH sr Jeff See 15:18. Tucker sr Michael Chapa 15:23 was third. All three were faster than last year's fastest boy, Ryan Deak 15:26. |
| Boys Seeded Invitational - D'Evelyn CO sr John McGuire 15:24 was a 24-second winner. NE#9 Cherokee NJ 98 was the team winner, followed by LaSalle Cincinnati OH 133, McLaughlin CVI of Canada 136, NE#7 Msgr Farrell NY 142, Warwick Valley NY 152, and Syosset NY 165. |
| Girls Seeded Invitational - Columbia NY 60 (4 5 13 18 20) was a clear winner, followed by Henderson PA 104 and five more teams only 20-points apart. Individual winner was Cooper City FL sr Jacy Kruzel 18:43. |
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photo by Ross Dettman |
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