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Top 10 performers born 1987 or later (eligible for World Juniors at Beijing in 2006) - by Jim Spier and John Blackburn


Training logs of Bob Kennedy's US record year, and Ari Lambie's 4:37 mile. Plus Central Catholic OR 2005 XC preparation, Daniel Gerber of SO#6 The Woodlands, and from Tyson's Army (Mead WA), Taylor Nepon.



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Mt. SAC
58th running of the biggest high school cross country meet in the nation
Oct 21-22 - Walnut CA
DyeStat on-site with Rich Gonzalez, Doug Speck, John & Donna Dye, and Marc Davis
COMPLETE COVERAGE ON DYESTAT and DYESTATCAL
Video of all 10 sweepstakes races - Donna on the Side

John Dye action albums from Mt. SAC
49 Boys - Ben Sitler --- 50 Boys - Diego Mercado, Royal Simi Valley
51 Girls - Marie Lawrence, Buchanan --- 52 Girls - Jordan Hasay
Diego Mercado finishes his course record tour to wild applause along the finish chute. Fans engulfed him afterwards. Race 50

Course records for Diego Mercado 14:24 and Royal Simi Valley boys 76:22 - #2 all time for Marie Lawrence 16:29 - Jordan Hasay makes up for Stanford - Anne St. Geme leads US#1 Corona del Mar - Cabrillo Lompoc CA boys beat US#11 Page AZ - Ben Sitler and Buchanan girls win.

DONNA ON THE SIDE - 120 photos of Mt. SAC sideline scenes

the Lawrence twins of Reno - Marie and John

 

U. Oregon collecting early choices
With former Stanford coach Vin Lananna on board, the Ducks have verbal commitments by Nicole Blood NY, Bria Wetsch MN, Isaac Stoutenburgh OR, and Kenny Klotz OR, each of them Foot Locker contenders. Early signing period is Nov. 9-16.

After running in the Mayor's Cup race in Boston, Saratoga NY sr Nicole Blood told reporters she is leaning toward attending the University of Oregon next year. Blood later told DyeStat, "UO is my top choice and I plan to make a commitment and sign during the early signing period in November." Blood made campus visits to North Carolina, Oregon, Providence and Villanova. Blood was 18th in 18:18 5k in the women's 5k race won by Kim Smith in 16:35. Blood has been training on her own since leaving the Saratoga team last spring, but she will be eligible to run in the Foot Locker cross country Northeast regional, which she has won the last two years.

Central Catholic Coach Dave Frank released the following statement, "Last week Kenny Klotz gave a verbal commitment to join his former Central Catholic mates Galen Rupp, Scott Wall, and Stephen Oliver at the University of Oregon next year."

Nicole Blood Kenny Klotz

Other HS runners in the Mayor's Cup were Blood's former Saratoga teammate Caitlin Lane (below right), 23rd in the women's 5k in 18:27, and Cushing Academy MA soph Sintayehu Taye, 21st in the men's 8k in 25:39.

photos by PhotoRun - Klotz photo by Bill Leung
 
 

Foot Locker-NTN qualifying issue still up in the air
Oct 7 -- Last year, with the Nike Team Nationals and the Foot Locker West regional running on the same day, a procedure was worked out whereby the top two individuals at NTN from each Foot Locker region would qualify for the Foot Locker national finals the following week. This increased the Foot Locker fields from eight per region to 10. Whether this procedure will be in place again this year is unknown. DyeStat talked to both Foot Locker and Nike and confirmed that the issue is being discussed, but neither company would disclose the options that are on the table.
Oct 20 -- Still no word from Foot Locker.

THIS WEEK
news posted through Oct. 27 - by region
1 NORTHEAST - CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
2 SOUTHEAST - AL, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, KY, TN, VA, WV, DC, PR
3 SOUTH - AR, LA, MS, OK, TX
4 MIDWEST - IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
  • Midwest Report #7 - By Regional Editor Scott Bush
  • IN -- Semi-States - Hoosier state's finest gather at four locations to determine state qualifiers, but the Franklin Central locale is where seven NTN MW-ranked teams clash. MW#2 Warren Central boys and MW#3 Carmel girls hold form, while Brock Hagerman shows he's all the way back, beating De'Sean Turner, 15:03-15:07. Special report from Dave Luce.
  • MI -- Michigan UP State Meet
  • OH -- Ohio districts- All four NTN MW-ranked teams advance to next week's regionals: MW#7 Cincy LaSalle boys, MW#7 Massillon Jackson, MW#8 Bowling Green and MW#9 Mason girls.
  • WI -- Wisconsin sectionals - MW#2 Waukesha West girls and MW#5 Whitefish Bay boys lead qualifiers into state finals.
5 HEARTLAND - IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD
6 SOUTHWEST - AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT, WY
7 NORTHWEST - AK, HI, ID, MT, OR, WA
8 CALIFORNIA - CA

DyeStat Elite
First performances lists of season have 1,142 performances. Girls lists have 4k and 3200m distances for first time. Oct 21 lists.

NTN regional rankings - Week 6
Sixth in-season update, based on results through Oct 15. Rankings are updated weekly.
Teams are shown as clubs because the runners at NTN will compete as clubs rather than schools.
Northeast | Southeast | South | Midwest |
Heartland | Southwest | Northwest | California |
How the rankings process works. - NTN home page
Top two teams in each region are shown below. If the season ended today, these teams would be invited to run at Nike Team Nationals in Portland Dec. 3. Four at large teams are also invited, making fields of 20 boys teams and 20 girls.
There was only one change in the top 2 this week - Greenbelt XC Club MD girls (runners from Eleanor Roosevelt high school) moved into the #2 slot in the Southeast.

BOYS GIRLS
NE 1 Manlius XC Club Manlius NY
NE 2 Brothers XC Club Lincroft NJ
NE 1 Saratoga XC Club Saratoga Springs
NE 2 Hilton XC Club Hilton NY
SE 1 Chapel Hill XC Club Chapel Hill NC
SE 2 St. X XC Club Louisville KY
SE 1 Episcopal XC Club Jacksonville FL
SE 2 Greenbelt XC Club Greenbelt MD *
SO 1 King XC Club Corpus Christi TX
SO 2 Flower Mound XC Club TX
SO 1 Carroll XC Club Southlake TX
SO 2 Kingwood XC Club Kingwood TX
MW 1 Elmhurst XC Club Elmhurst IL
MW 2 Warren XC Club Indianapolis IN
MW 1 Clarkston XC Club Clarkston MI
MW 2 Waukesha XC Club Waukesha WI
HL 1 Liberty XC Club Liberty MO
HL 2 Yankton XC Club Yankton SD
HL 1 Yankton XC Club Yankton SD
HL 2 Lakeville XC Club Lakeville MN
SW 1 Fort Collins XC Club Fort Collins CO
SW 2 Mountain View XC Club Orem UT
SW 1 Plain City XC Club Plain City UT
SW 2 Rocky Mountain XC Club Fort Collins
NW 1 Mead XC Club Spokane WA
NW 2 Catholic XC Club Portland OR
NW 1 Harbor XC Club Gig Harbor WA
NW 2 Boise XC Club Boise ID
CA 1 Simi Valley XC Club
CA 2 Carmichael XC Club
CA 1 Newport XC Club Newport Beach
CA 2 Central Valley XC Club Clovis
* = new ranking this week

FOOT LOCKER
27th running of national cross country individual championship
Dec 10 - Balboa Park - San Diego
Schedules, returning runners, prior years.
steveu's Foot locker - analysis of the top contenders in the regionals and national finals by senior editor Steve Underwood.
  BOYS GIRLS
A.J. Acosta CA, Sandy Roberts NC and Craig Miller PA top the favorites list Last year's 1-2 are back and still on top -- Aislinn Ryan NY and Marie Lawrence NV.
Mohamud Ige CO stands out Elizabeth Yetzer MN and Keara Sammons CO lead the favorites list, but it is a long one.
Craig Miller PA and Taye brothers of ME Aislinn Ryan is dominating, but Nicole Blood will be back on the starting line at Van Cortlandt Park.
Sandy Roberts NC, Justin Harbor FL and Jack Bolas NC Florida freshman Ashley Brasovan upstages returning FL finalists Aurora Scott VA and Kate Niehaus SC
A. J. Acosta CA, Diego Mercado CA, Isaac Stoutenburg OR, Kenny Klotz OR Defending regional champion Marie Lawrence NV leads four returning finalists, but new faces are also crowding in.



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Katherine Ward
Happy Valley PA's other fall success story
In the past six years, only four high school girls have covered the Penn State Blue Course 5k faster than State College PA junior Katherine Ward did this year. Three of those names are: Nicole Blood, Laura Cummings, and Frances Koons. This year's Spiked Shoe was the 2nd of her four wins so far this season, which included the Steel City Invitational. She prepped for PA's hilly courses by running the 13.3 mile Pike's Peak Ascent in August. It is obviously paying off, as Don Rich's story tells..

 

the road to Portland - first in a series
Teams all over the US are striving for an invitation to the 2nd Nike Team Nationals in Portland OR December 3, 2005. DyeStat looks in on some of these teams to describe the quest. First, Oakton High School, Vienna VA.


Oakton VA girls have unfinished business
- atoning for last year's "disaster" at state meet that cost them a trip to NTN. They have an Olympic training partner (Alan Webb) because Oakton coach Scott Raczko still coaches his former high school star. Raczko juggles world travel for Webb with responsibilities to the Oakton girls because he still loves coaching high school. Raczko doesn't like the girls to think about NTN yet because "It's still early," but he thinks the team will be very strong by the end of the season. Story by Ben Ackerly, SE regional editor.

 

LAST WEEK
news posted through Oct. 20 - by region
1 NORTHEAST - CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
  • Northeast Report #6 - By Regional Editor Don Rich
  • NJ -- New Jersey Roundup - By Ed Grant
  • NJ -- Ridgewood Invitational - Both NE#5, the Warwick Valley NY boys and girls teams win easily, the girls resting Aislinn Ryan and the boys running their 'B' team.
  • NY -- Eastern States Boys Championship - Van Cortlandt Park, NYC - Formerly SE-ranked Oakton VA boys topped a field that included SE#3 Jefferson VA and NE#9 Cardinal O'Hara PA , while Georgetown Prep's Steve Duplinsky had an impressive win. Unranked Pope John NJ won the Fordham Eastern States girls A race over SE#2 Oakton, 59-82.

RI -- Brown University Invitational -

E#2/US#5 Christian Brothers NJ boys (70) over NE#5 Saratoga Springs NY (132). NE#1/US#2 Saratoga Springs NY girls (43) win over NE#9 Bay Shore NY (119). Near dead heat between Steve Murdock, Saratoga 15:53.4 and Kevin Gill, Brockton MA 15:54. Lindsey Ferguson 18:14 and Hannah Davidson 18:41 lead Saratoga to 1-2-6-12-22 finish.

Murdock and Gill battle through the puddles and mud as the East endures a week long deluge.
photo by Garrett Meade / TrakShots

2 SOUTHEAST - AL, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, KY, TN, VA, WV, DC, PR
  • Southeast Report #6 - By Regional Editor Ben Ackerly
  • AL -- Husky Challenge - Three ranked Alabama girls teams clashed with SE#8 Mountain Brook (34) taking SE#6 Scottsboro (51) and SE#7 Hoover (61). Scottsboro's Lacey Wright (18:13) is first overall. SE#8 Hoover AL boys nip formerly ranked Smiths Station AL 44-46 with Bill Matthews of Mountain Brook the fastest at 15:41.
  • FL -- Holy Trinity Classic - Decisive wins for SE#1 Episcopal FL girls and the SE#5 host Trinity boys. Freshman phenom Ashley Brasovan continues to dominate in 17:37..
  • GA -- Coach Wood Invitational - Gainesville, GA - Big winners are formerly ranked Parkview GA boys and Abby Self of Grayson in the girls race despite a fall.
  • SC -- Tri-County Classic - Anderson
3 SOUTH - AR, LA, MS, OK, TX
  • South Roundup #8 - by Regional Editor John Sullivan.
  • AR -- Chili Pepper Festival - HL#5 Potosi MO boys (76) over SO#6 The Woodlands TX (111). Daniel Gerber 15:21 (5k) of The Woodlands beats Josh Mathis, Potosi and Dan Roberts, Crested Butte by 9 seconds. Cheryl Spring 18:15 (5k) leads SO#3 The Woodlands TX girls (52) over SO#9 Tupelo MS (90). Recap by John Sullivan - FULL RESULTS
    The Woodlands' Daniel Gerber
    The Woodlands' Cheryl Spring
    Photos Courtesy of John Sullivan

    Read Daniel Gerber's latest blogger entry,
    with highlights from his victory - CLICK HERE
4 MIDWEST - IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
  • Midwest Report #6 - By Regional Editor Scott Bush
  • MI -- Richard Invitational - MW#8 Dexter boys top formerly ranked Pinckney, 40-69.
  • IL -- Peoria Heights -- Detweiller - Katelyn Bastert, Carthage IL, blasts course record (3.0M) 16:32, beating Pauline Garcia's 16:48. See story here.
  • IL -- Illinois Conferences
5 HEARTLAND - IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD
6 SOUTHWEST - AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT, WY
7 NORTHWEST - AK, HI, ID, MT, OR, WA
  • Northwest Report #5 - by Regional Editor John Gillespie
  • ID -- Boise "City XC Championships - Bryant Denson leads NW#3 Boise ID to victory. And NW#2 Boise girls, despite illness on the team, also win.
  • OR -- Concordia Classic - Huge upset as West Valley AK comes into town and beats NW#3 Jesuit and NW#7 Snohomish girls.
8 CALIFORNIA - CA


Harrier Super 25 #2
Fayetteville-Manlius, Corona del Mar take over #1 ranking

Smashing victories at the Manhattan Invitational and the Clovis Invitational propelled Fayetteville-Manlius NY boys and Corona del Mar CA girls to US#1 ranking over York Elmhurst IL and Saratoga Springs NY in Super 25 #2 of the 2005 season. Seventeen new teams are ranked. The rankings are produced by Marc Bloom, now in his 30th year publishing The Harrier. Rankings are based on results through Oct. 8.

BOYS
GIRLS
1 Fayetteville Manlius NY
2 York Elmhurst IL
3 Royal Simi Valley CA
4 Mead Spokane WA
5 Christian Brothers Lincroft NJ
6 Fort Collins Fort Collins CO
7 Mountain View Orem UT
8 Morris Hills Rockaway NJ
9 Central Catholic Portland OR
10 Albuquerque Academy NM
1 Corona del Mar Newport Beach CA
2 Saratoga Springs NY
3 Fremont Plain City UT
4 Clarkston Clarkston MI
5 Rocky Mountain Fort Collins CO
6 Buchanan Clovis CA
7 Yankton Yankton SD
8 Hilton Hilton NY
9 Carroll Southlake TX
10 Eldorado Albuquerque NM

 

DyeStat Featured Meets
Meets featured on DyeStat with on-site coverage.
Great American Cross Country Festival - Sep 24 - Cary NC
Manhattan Invitational - Oct 8 - Van Cortlandt Park, NYC
Mt. SAC Invitational - Oct 21-22 - Walnut CA
Foot Locker Cross Country regionals Nov 26
Northeast - Van Cortlandt Park, New York City
South - McAlpine Park, Charlotte NC
Midwest - UW Parkside, Kenosha WI
Nike Team Nationals - December 3 - Portland OR
Foot Locker West regional - Dec 3 - Mt. SAC, Walnut CA
Foot Locker Cross Country Championships - December 10 - San Diego CA
Holiday Classic - December - New York Armory
Hispanic Games - January - New York Armory
New Balance Games - January - New York Armory
Millrose Games - February - Madison Square Garden
Armory Collegiate Games - February - New York Armory
Simplot Games - February - Pocatello ID
Nike Indoor Nationals - March - Landover MD

 

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