the road to Portland

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.

• Oct 13 - 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 at the end of the season. Story by Ben Ackerly, Southeast regional editor.

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