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4xMile
Relays
Davidson Hilliard
boys 17:30.45
Saratoga Springs NY girls 20:42.74
steveu's Distance
Report
by Stephen (steveu) Underwood
Seven places and about 10 seconds were too much for Steve Magness to
overcome. But one spot and a few ticks was the winning recipe for Christian
Nichols.
Thus, what many thought would be the record-setting party for FMR (Plano/Spring,
Texas) in the men’s 4 x 1 Mile race Saturday morning wound being
a near-meet-record for a Hilliard-Davidson, Ohio squad which had each
of its members run personal bests. Nichols’ anchor of 4:11.3 closed
out a 17:30.45, nearly 7 seconds up on FMR’s 17:37.03 (Magness 4:09).
Meanwhile, the girls of Saratoga Springs (Kinetic Track Club) had to
prove they could win “Blood-lessly” – and they did,
their 3rd-leg giving them the lead for good in a 20:42.74 effort, over
13 seconds up on fellow New Yorkers Elmira Southside.
Boys Details
FMR seemed to be the big story, but there was an all-senior Ohio team
that knew if they could get their anchor in good position, they’d
have a great chance. But Hilliard-Davidson could have succumbed to disaster
right away. When the field was called back twice because of falls, H-D’s
Alan Burkitt suffered the most. “The kid that fell first chafed
my leg, then I fell the second time,” he said.
But while he could have resorted to the old comic punchline, “That’s
gonna leave a mark (and he wound up with two spike marks),” he actually
used it to his advantage. “It helped, I think, because I got a lot
of nervousness out,” he said. “And then I was happy because
one of the kids that was from Ohio, LaSalle, was here and I knew I could
run with him.”
Burkitt, a 4:20 1600 runner, went 4:21.9 to wind up 4th, with LaSalle’s
Eric Mayhaus leading in 4:19.9 and FMR well back in about 4:37.
H-D No. 2 man Alex Bailey’s strategy was to not do too much too
soon. “My approach was just to catch the people in front of me and
hand off in the best position,” he said. “I ended up handing
off in second, so I was happy with that. I wasn’t going to go out
in 60 and try and pick them off. I’m more of an acceleration (and
2-mile) type of guy.”
Bailey ran 4:28.7, but LaSalle still led with a 4:28 from Dan Mink. The
3rd leg then featured a 3rd-lap surge by Jim Wyner of Mainland Regional
(NJ), but LaSalle’s Kyle Dragan grabbed the lead back on the final
lap. But meanwhile, H-D’s Ryan Spellman (4:28.1) was staying awake
and covering moves. “I tried to stay right with the LaSalle kid;
I had run against him before and felt like if I could stay up with him
I could give our anchor guy a chance,” he said. “Then I was
able to pass him to stay up with the kid in the green (Mainland).
“We just had our state meet last week,” he added, “so
it gave us a little bit of an advantage, instead of having to wait 3 or
4 weeks. I went out slower and tried to hang on at the end, which worked
pretty good.”
Then came 4:09 1600 man Nichols, more than satisfied with his baton-taking
position. “It made me happy that Magness wasn’t so close,
as I knew he’d be closing in,” he said. “(But) I didn’t
really think about people coming up from behind. I didn’t want to
go out too fast, my main concern was to just slowly catch up.”
Going out in 2:05 and taking the lead before halfway, he did just that.
Meanwhile, Magness (following Paulo Sosa and Gabe Gonzalez) had moved
into 3rd with a 57.5 first lap, but he gained little if any ground on
Nichols after that and had to settle for passing LaSalle’s Jason
Beck into 2nd and running 4:09.
Despite the hype, H-D had its sights set on records and winning themselves.
“That was one of our goals (meet record) ... also we were going
for the Ohio State record and I think we got that,” he said. “We
were hoping to win ... we really weren’t going to worry about anything
else; we definitely thought we had a chance.”
Mainland was 3rd in 17:40.02, North Canton Hoover (OH) 4th in 17:44.56,
and LaSalle 5th in 17:45.19.
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adidas Outdoor Track and Field Championships - 6/13/2003 to 6/14/2003
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Results
Event 45 Boys 4x1 Mile Relay
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Fast section first; next sections after fast "slow" section
National: ! 17:06.6h 5/7/1976 South Eugene, Eugene, OR
Meet: @ 17:20.92 2001 Novi, Novi, MI
School Finals
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Section 1
1 Hilliard Davidson-OH 'A' 17:30.45
1) Alan Burkitt 03 2) Alex Bailey 03
3) Ryan Spellman 03 4) Christian Nichols 03
2 Fmr Tc-Tx 'A' 17:37.03
1) Travis Albers 03 2) Paulo Sosa 03
3) Gabe Gonzalez 03 4) Steve Magness 03
3 Mainland Regional-NJ 'A' 17:40.02
1) Greg Hughes 04 2) Spenser Popeson 04
3) Jim Wyner 04 4) Brian Gertzen 03
4 North Canton Hoover-OH 'A' 17:44.56
1) Glenn Collins 03 2) David Blend 04
3) Tommy Noyes 03 4) Alex Ramsey 04
5 LaSalle-OH 'A' 17:45.19
1) Jason Beck 03 2) Kyle Dragan 04
3) Bill Keckeis 04 4) Eric Mayhaus 03
6 Shenendehowa-NY 'A' 17:45.50
1) Philip Roach 04 2) Scott Mindel 04
3) Jacob Gurzler 04 4) Stephan Wiersbitzky 03
7 Hunterdon Central-NJ 'A' 17:47.85
1) Jonathan Fox 03 2) Will Rowland 04
3) Greg Lane 04 4) Christopher Pannone 04
8 Toms River North-NJ 'A' 18:09.11
1) Daniel Bingham 04 2) Chris Pisano 05
3) Patrick Lesniak 04 4) Pete Hess 03
9 Arlington-NY 'A' 18:12.12
1) Scott Senkier 03 2) Brandon Cartica 04
3) Tom Williams 03 4) Bill Ceriello 04
10 Red Bank-NJ 'A' 18:14.91
1) Joe Kingsberry 04 2) Michael Siciliano 04
3) Rob Dennis 04 4) Steve Waite 04
11 Red Bank Catholic-NJ 'A' 18:22.91
1) James McCarthy 03 2) Joe Berardi 05
3) Matt Piccarello 03 4) Conrad Laskowski 04
12 Lockhart-TX 'A' 18:32.43
1) Jose Moctezuma 03 2) Joseph Gonzales 03
3) Seth James 03 4) Christopher West 05
13 Midlothian-VA 'A' 18:33.08
1) Billy Berlin 04 2) Brandon Miles 03
3) Andrew Baker 03 4) Ryan Witt 04
14 Don Lugo-CA 'A' 18:33.66
1) Ruben Ramirez 04 2) Alex Benavidez 03
3) Nathan Wolack 04 4) Erick Maldonado 03
Section 2
1 Thomas Jefferson S&T-Va 'A' 18:06.82
1) Christopher Landry 04 2) Keith Bechtol 03
3) Chris Mocko 04 4) Brian Hanak 03
2 Lakewood-OH 'A' 18:16.39
1) Jason King 03 2) Edward Summers 04
3) Aaron Johnston-Peck 03 4) Richard Weisheimer 04
....Event 45 Boys 4x1 Mile Relay
3 Novi-MI 'A' 18:23.53
1) Mark Moore 05 2) Brian Gilchrist 03
3) Amol Huprikar 05 4) Michael Allie 03
4 Don Bosco Prep-NJ 'A' 18:27.33
1) Brent Napolean 05 2) Greg Wyka 04
3) Sean Swift 03 4) Pete Gerboth 03
5 Colonie-NY 'A' 18:31.08
1) Kyle Audi 04 2) Joseph Choiniere 04
3) Gregory Mariano 03 4) Brian Murphy 05
6 Ridgewood-NJ 'A' 18:34.62
1) Ari Zamir 04 2) Rodolfo Crispir 03
3) Erik Nygaard 04 4) Kyre Engelker 04
7 Dulaney-MD 'A' 18:38.92
1) Andy Carmer 03 2) Emil Bojanov 03
3) Patrick Duffy 05 4) Jason Jura 04
8 Fairfield-CT 'A' 18:39.90
1) Tim Loh 03 2) Eric Reilly 03
3) Kyle Astle 03 4) John Weselcouch 03
9 Warwick Valley-NY 'A' 18:52.32
1) William Velasquez 04 2) Nick Connolly 03
3) Ed Mangum 03 4) Pat Hayes 04
10 North Monterey Co - CA 'A' 19:27.67
1) Danny Tapia 04 2) Eric Padilla 04
3) Jose Garcia 04 4) Keli Parker 05
Event 45 Boys 4x1 Mile Relay
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School Finals
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Finals
1 Hilliard Davidson-OH 'A' 17:30.45
1) Alan Burkitt 03 2) Alex Bailey 03
3) Ryan Spellman 03 4) Christian Nichols 03
2 Fmr Tc-Tx 'A' 17:37.03
1) Travis Albers 03 2) Paulo Sosa 03
3) Gabe Gonzalez 03 4) Steve Magness 03
3 Mainland Regional-NJ 'A' 17:40.02
1) Greg Hughes 04 2) Spenser Popeson 04
3) Jim Wyner 04 4) Brian Gertzen 03
4 North Canton Hoover-OH 'A' 17:44.56
1) Glenn Collins 03 2) David Blend 04
3) Tommy Noyes 03 4) Alex Ramsey 04
5 LaSalle-OH 'A' 17:45.19
1) Jason Beck 03 2) Kyle Dragan 04
3) Bill Keckeis 04 4) Eric Mayhaus 03
6 Shenendehowa-NY 'A' 17:45.50
1) Philip Roach 04 2) Scott Mindel 04
3) Jacob Gurzler 04 4) Stephan Wiersbitzky 03
7 Hunterdon Central-NJ 'A' 17:47.85
1) Jonathan Fox 03 2) Will Rowland 04
3) Greg Lane 04 4) Christopher Pannone 04
8 Thomas Jefferson S&T-Va 'A' 18:06.82
1) Christopher Landry 04 2) Keith Bechtol 03
3) Chris Mocko 04 4) Brian Hanak 03
9 Toms River North-NJ 'A' 18:09.11
....Event 45 Boys 4x1 Mile Relay
1) Daniel Bingham 04 2) Chris Pisano 05
3) Patrick Lesniak 04 4) Pete Hess 03
10 Arlington-NY 'A' 18:12.12
1) Scott Senkier 03 2) Brandon Cartica 04
3) Tom Williams 03 4) Bill Ceriello 04
11 Red Bank-NJ 'A' 18:14.91
1) Joe Kingsberry 04 2) Michael Siciliano 04
3) Rob Dennis 04 4) Steve Waite 04
12 Lakewood-OH 'A' 18:16.39
1) Jason King 03 2) Edward Summers 04
3) Aaron Johnston-Peck 03 4) Richard Weisheimer 04
13 Red Bank Catholic-NJ 'A' 18:22.91
1) James McCarthy 03 2) Joe Berardi 05
3) Matt Piccarello 03 4) Conrad Laskowski 04
14 Novi-MI 'A' 18:23.53
1) Mark Moore 05 2) Brian Gilchrist 03
3) Amol Huprikar 05 4) Michael Allie 03
15 Don Bosco Prep-NJ 'A' 18:27.33
1) Brent Napolean 05 2) Greg Wyka 04
3) Sean Swift 03 4) Pete Gerboth 03
16 Colonie-NY 'A' 18:31.08
1) Kyle Audi 04 2) Joseph Choiniere 04
3) Gregory Mariano 03 4) Brian Murphy 05
17 Lockhart-TX 'A' 18:32.43
1) Jose Moctezuma 03 2) Joseph Gonzales 03
3) Seth James 03 4) Christopher West 05
18 Midlothian-VA 'A' 18:33.08
1) Billy Berlin 04 2) Brandon Miles 03
3) Andrew Baker 03 4) Ryan Witt 04
19 Don Lugo-CA 'A' 18:33.66
1) Ruben Ramirez 04 2) Alex Benavidez 03
3) Nathan Wolack 04 4) Erick Maldonado 03
20 Ridgewood-NJ 'A' 18:34.62
1) Ari Zamir 04 2) Rodolfo Crispir 03
3) Erik Nygaard 04 4) Kyre Engelker 04
21 Dulaney-MD 'A' 18:38.92
1) Andy Carmer 03 2) Emil Bojanov 03
3) Patrick Duffy 05 4) Jason Jura 04
22 Fairfield-CT 'A' 18:39.90
1) Tim Loh 03 2) Eric Reilly 03
3) Kyle Astle 03 4) John Weselcouch 03
23 Warwick Valley-NY 'A' 18:52.32
1) William Velasquez 04 2) Nick Connolly 03
3) Ed Mangum 03 4) Pat Hayes 04
24 North Monterey Co - CA 'A' 19:27.67
1) Danny Tapia 04 2) Eric Padilla 04
3) Jose Garcia 04 4) Keli Parker 05
Girls Details
Saratoga Springs displayed its familiar depth, winning without its star
with a solid, consistent and come-from-behind effort. Nicole Blood is
sitting out the meet with a minor hamstring injury, but her teammates
still won by a big margin.
But the race wasn’t theirs right away. Turpin (OH) held the lead
through the first 2-1/4 legs, before Saratoga’s Lindsey Ferguson
finally took over and built a big gap for the winners. On the opener,
Melanie Price of Turpin led a group of 5 contenders through in 5:09.2
to 5:09.6 for ’Toga’s Kirsten Horbach (a senior, their only
upperclassman). Harvard-Westlake (CA), Clarkston (MI) and Iowa City (IA)
were right there, but defending champion Bronxville was 8 seconds back.
“I felt pretty good ... the first few laps,” said Horbach.
“I tried to pick it up the last lap.”
The second leg saw H-L slip back and Bronxville make a charge towards
the lead. Early in the final lap they were in 2nd, but Elmira’s
Lindzie Foster took over that spot by the end of the leg. Meanwhile, Saratoga’s
Cameron Vahanian (a freshman 3k runner who hadn’t run a 1500 all
year) was the replacement for Blood, holding onto 5th with a PR 5:16.9.
On the penultimate leg, the freshman Ferguson wasted little time, moving
into 2nd with a 72, then taking the lead over Turpin’s girl with
a 2:31 first half. “I just wanted to get out fast and try and do
my best,” she said, adding that she felt good enough that she wasn’t
too concerned about being caught despite that start. She would up at 5:10.2,
and several seconds ahead of Elmira.
That left it for sophomore Ruby Soloman to finish off the 20:42.74 –
which she did in 5:05.0, continuing to build what became a 13-second gap.
“I expected it to be a lot closer, but it was nice to have the lead
and try for a good time,” she said. “(With Blood out) We were
a little bit more nervous about the time we were trying to get, but we
just wanted to try our best and see what we could do.”
Elmira’s Sara Rice went 5:07 to hold onto 2nd, ahead of Turpin
and Olivia Jaworek (20:56.11-20:56.79). Bronxville was 4th in 21:02.15.
C.F.P.I. Timing & Data MANAGER 9:08 AM 6/14/2003 Page 1
adidas Outdoor Track and Field Championships - 6/13/2003 to 6/14/2003
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Results
Event 46 Girls 4x1 Mile Relay
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Fast section first; next sections after boys' fast section
National: ! 20:11.56 6/15/2002 Bronxville, Brnoxville, NY
Meet: @ 20:11.56 6/15/2002 Bronxville, Bronxville, NY
School Finals
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Section 1
1 Saratoga Springs-NY 'A' 20:42.74
1) Lindsey Ferguson 06 2) Kirsten Hornbach 03
3) Ruby Solomon 05 4) Nicole Blood 06
2 Elmira Southside-NY 'A' 20:56.11
1) Melissa Wida 03 2) Lindzie Foster 03
3) Shannon Semski 04 4) Sara Rice 04
3 Turpin-OH 'A' 20:56.79
1) Melanie Price 03 2) Carolyn Rauen 04
3) Corey Randall 03 4) Olivia Jaworek 05
4 Bronxville-NY 'A' 21:02.15
1) Helen Millson 04 2) Beth Butler 04
3) Caroline Mullen 4) Catha Mullen 03
5 Harvard-Westlake-CA 'A' 21:05.34
1) Lindsay Flacks 04 2) Bridget Ballard 06
3) Katie DeWitt 03 4) Anna Farias-Eisner 05
6 Clarkston-MI 'A' 21:09.83
1) Maureen Kuhta 04 2) Gillian Nordquist 05
3) Anne Oltman 05 4) Lyndsay Smith 06
7 Marquette-MO 'A' 21:19.57
1) Laura Piper 04 2) Nichole McKinney 04
3) Olivia Coulou 03 4) Mallory Hicks 04
8 Canyon-CA 'A' 21:27.61
1) Alysia Johnson 04 2) Brenda Cohen 06
3) Brenda Stevens 03 4) Courtney Granger 06
9 Iowa City-IA 'A' 21:28.50
1) Nelle Trefz 04 2) Jennie Funk 04
3) Meggan Reed 04 4) Maggie Leyendecker 05
10 Rockford-MI 'A' 21:36.67
1) Lindsay Stebbins 04 2) Amy Markham 05
3) Nikki Bohnsack 04 4) Rachel Wittum 07
11 Walter Johnson-MD 'A' 22:22.09
1) Shawnra Truelove 03 2) Anna Chavis 04
3) Rachel Saperstein 4) Ashley St Denis
Section 2
1 Brighton-MI 'A' 21:33.13
1) Rachel Ward 03 2) Rachel Bumann 03
3) Amanda Kinneer 03 4) Susie Rivard 04
2 Harrison - NY 'A' 21:45.54
1) Erica Planamento 06 2) Maya Yamato 03
3) Raquel Abrams 03 4) Julie Hinchey 06
3 Saratoga Springs-NY 'B' 21:50.66
1) Jenn Adams 04 2) Karyn Delay 05
3) Heidi Parish 04 4) Catherine Rossi 07
4 Stevens Point-WI 'A' 22:09.96
1) Jackie Kropp 03 2) Kara Tauchman 05
3) Emma Tauchman 05 4) Zoe Browne 05
5 Highland Regional-NJ 'A' 22:17.67
1) Kathleen Galan 03 2) Arianna McKinney 05
3) Brittany Caserta 05 4) Ashley Thornton 05
....Event 46 Girls 4x1 Mile Relay
6 Ocean City-NJ 'A' 22:21.67
1) Allie Moreland 05 2) Brittany Sedberry 06
3) Brenda Briney 04 4) Brittany Downham 04
7 Iowa City-IA 'B' 22:26.62
1) Abby Hall 04 2) Monica Mims 03
3) Drew Foreman 06 4) Emily Funk 06
8 Newton-MA 'A' 22:43.45
1) Elizabeth Bacon 05 2) Janet Ruttenberg 05
3) Caitlin McDermott-Murph 05 4) Elise Garrity 05
9 Clarkston-MI 'B' 23:13.05
1) Elizabeth Hoekstra 06 2) Elle Kuhta 07
3) Anna Kerr 05 4) Liz Mengyan 05
Event 46 Girls 4x1 Mile Relay
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School Finals
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Finals
1 Saratoga Springs-NY 'A' 20:42.74
1) Lindsey Ferguson 06 2) Kirsten Hornbach 03
3) Ruby Solomon 05 4) Nicole Blood 06
2 Elmira Southside-NY 'A' 20:56.11
1) Melissa Wida 03 2) Lindzie Foster 03
3) Shannon Semski 04 4) Sara Rice 04
3 Turpin-OH 'A' 20:56.79
1) Melanie Price 03 2) Carolyn Rauen 04
3) Corey Randall 03 4) Olivia Jaworek 05
4 Bronxville-NY 'A' 21:02.15
1) Helen Millson 04 2) Beth Butler 04
3) Caroline Mullen 4) Catha Mullen 03
5 Harvard-Westlake-CA 'A' 21:05.34
1) Lindsay Flacks 04 2) Bridget Ballard 06
3) Katie DeWitt 03 4) Anna Farias-Eisner 05
6 Clarkston-MI 'A' 21:09.83
1) Maureen Kuhta 04 2) Gillian Nordquist 05
3) Anne Oltman 05 4) Lyndsay Smith 06
7 Marquette-MO 'A' 21:19.57
1) Laura Piper 04 2) Nichole McKinney 04
3) Olivia Coulou 03 4) Mallory Hicks 04
8 Canyon-CA 'A' 21:27.61
1) Alysia Johnson 04 2) Brenda Cohen 06
3) Brenda Stevens 03 4) Courtney Granger 06
9 Iowa City-IA 'A' 21:28.50
1) Nelle Trefz 04 2) Jennie Funk 04
3) Meggan Reed 04 4) Maggie Leyendecker 05
10 Brighton-MI 'A' 21:33.13
1) Rachel Ward 03 2) Rachel Bumann 03
3) Amanda Kinneer 03 4) Susie Rivard 04
11 Rockford-MI 'A' 21:36.67
1) Lindsay Stebbins 04 2) Amy Markham 05
3) Nikki Bohnsack 04 4) Rachel Wittum 07
12 Harrison - NY 'A' 21:45.54
1) Erica Planamento 06 2) Maya Yamato 03
3) Raquel Abrams 03 4) Julie Hinchey 06
13 Saratoga Springs-NY 'B' 21:50.66
....Event 46 Girls 4x1 Mile Relay
1) Jenn Adams 04 2) Karyn Delay 05
3) Heidi Parish 04 4) Catherine Rossi 07
14 Stevens Point-WI 'A' 22:09.96
1) Jackie Kropp 03 2) Kara Tauchman 05
3) Emma Tauchman 05 4) Zoe Browne 05
15 Highland Regional-NJ 'A' 22:17.67
1) Kathleen Galan 03 2) Arianna McKinney 05
3) Brittany Caserta 05 4) Ashley Thornton 05
16 Ocean City-NJ 'A' 22:21.67
1) Allie Moreland 05 2) Brittany Sedberry 06
3) Brenda Briney 04 4) Brittany Downham 04
17 Walter Johnson-MD 'A' 22:22.09
1) Shawnra Truelove 03 2) Anna Chavis 04
3) Rachel Saperstein 4) Ashley St Denis
18 Iowa City-IA 'B' 22:26.62
1) Abby Hall 04 2) Monica Mims 03
3) Drew Foreman 06 4) Emily Funk 06
19 Newton-MA 'A' 22:43.45
1) Elizabeth Bacon 05 2) Janet Ruttenberg 05
3) Caitlin McDermott-Murph 05 4) Elise Garrity 05
20 Clarkston-MI 'B' 23:13.05
1) Elizabeth Hoekstra 06 2) Elle Kuhta 07
3) Anna Kerr 05 4) Liz Mengyan 05
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