6th Great American
Cross Country Festival

Oct 1-2, 2004 at Cary NC
Managed by NSSF, presented by Nike

Vic's Pix - Vic Sailer PhotoRun album
College

Freshmen Kiptoo and McDougall star in Friday night college races

Recent high school stars -- we call them "DyeStat graduates" -- were prominent in the Friday night college races. Vic Sailer's camera caught them in portrait quality action photos. See Vic's Pix Photo Album for large size images of 14 photos from the six races below.

Shadrack Kiptoo and Josh McDougal, now college freshmen at the University of New Mexico and Liberty University, in the Men's Race of Champions.

 

 

photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun


Men's Race of Champions
A year ago they were running in elite high school meets; now, they duelled stride for stride until Josh McDougal (Peru NY home schooled 2004) pulled away from Shadrack Kiptoo (La Cueva NM 2004).
Event 8  Men 8k Run CC Nike ROC
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    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
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  1 Josh McDougal             99 Liberty U.              4:49.9   24:00.91    1   
  2 Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott    99 New Mexico              4:52.2   24:12.48    2   
  3 Nate Brannen              99 Michigan                4:54.9   24:25.89    3   
  4 Bobby Mack                99 NC State                4:55.0   24:26.21    4   
 
Women's Race of Champions
In an ACC battle on the course instead of the basketball court, Shannon Rowbury (Sacred Heart San Francisco 2002) of Duke was a 16-second winner over Carol Henry of UNC and Erin Donohue.
Event 7  Women 6k Run CC Nike ROC
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    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
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  1 Shannon Rowbury           99 Duke University         4:29.0   16:42.64    1   
  2 Carol Henry               99 North Carolina          4:33.1   16:58.12    2   
  3 Erin Donohue              99 North Carolina          4:33.5   16:59.41    3   
  4 Laura Turner              99 Brigham Young U.        4:34.8   17:04.55    4    
Seeded University Men
Josphat Waweru of Jacksonville State won by 36 seconds.
Event 4  Men 8k Run CC Seeded Univ
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    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
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  1 Josphat Waweru            99 Jacksonville Sta        5:02.3   25:02.38    1   
  2 Kevin Pool                99 Allegheny College       5:09.4   25:38.06    2   
  3 Matt Hanlon               99 East Carolina U.        5:09.7   25:39.49    3   
  4 Mike Earle                99 Campbell U.             5:10.6   25:43.89    4   
 
Seeded University Women
High Point's Jemissa Hess won a close race with Johanna Allen of East Carolina.
Event 3  Women 6k Run CC Seeded Univ
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    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
==================================================================================
  1 Jemissa Hess              99 High Point U.           4:52.2   18:09.38    1   
  2 Johanna Allen             99 East Carolina U.        4:53.4   18:13.88    2   
  3 Alyssa Lotmore            99 University at Al        4:59.6   18:36.76    3   
 
Small College Men
Larry Marshall of St. Augustine was a big winner by 46 seconds.
 Event 2  Men 8k Run CC Small Coll
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    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
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  1 Larry Marshall            99 Saint Augustine'        5:16.2   26:11.55    1   
  2 Daruis Shade              99 Livingstone College     5:25.5   26:57.98    2   
  3 Brian Batliner            99 Johnson County CC       5:27.7   27:08.65    3   
Small College Women
Johnson County's Cassie Blankenship was a 27-second winner.
 Event 1  Women 6k Run CC Small Coll
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    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
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  1 Cassie Blankenship        99 Johnson County CC       5:05.8   18:59.99    1   
  2 Ruth Mick                 99 Lipscomb University     5:13.0   19:26.71    2   
  3 Nicole Porter             99 Johnson County CC       5:20.7   19:55.32    3   
  4 Kristin Novara            99 Longwood University     5:21.3   19:57.66    4   

 

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