Great American Cross Country Festival
Sept. 23, 2006 Spain Park, Hoover AL
a DyeStat Featured Meet with on-site coverage by John & Donna Dye, John Nepolitan, Doug Speck and Brandon Miles

Nike Race of Champions
ROC Boys - ROC Girls

SEEDED INVITATIONAL - G
SEEDED INVITATIONAL - B
SMALL SCHOOL - G
SMALL SCHOOL - B
RED INVITATIONAL - G
RED INVITATIONAL - B
WHITE INVITATIONAL - G
WHITE INVITATIONAL - B
BLUE INVITATIONAL - G
BLUE INVITATIONAL - B
JUNIOR VARSITY - G
JUNIOR VARSITY - B
FRESHMEN - G
FRESHMEN - B
COLLEGE - Men
COLLEGE - Women
HS 5k Combined - G
HS 5k Combined - B

Rich Gonzalez preview

COVERAGE LOG
BOX Assignments
HS Boys - HS Girls - College

ENTRIES:BOYS - GIRLS
SCHEDULE
PRIOR YEARS
MEET'S OWN SITE

2006 Great American SE#3 Episcopal Jacksonville FL girls, NE#2 Collegiate NY boys make a case for higher ranking. Ben Hubers GA and Kathy Kroeger TN win impressively.

GROC - Florida shows well with team champion and three of top four individuals - results, story, pix and race sequence photo album, with 50 photos, including top 39 finishers.
BROC - Top NE and SE teams vindicate their NTN rankings - results, story, pix and race sequence photo album. with 50 photos, including top 30 finishers.

Doug Speck Video - See Boys and Girls Races of Champions, interviews with individual winners Ben Hubers and Kathy Kroeger, interviews with Collegiate NY coach George Calano and Episcopal FL coach Michelle Krueger, a tour of the new course, and an interview with NSSF. Doug Speck video

The Road to Hoover - Story by Brandon Miles about two rival Virginia schools making their Alabama invasion together.

DONNA ON THE SIDE

120 photos by Donna Dye from the sidelines at Great Am. Donna

Friday at the new Great American course

Birmingham Birmingham
The greatest city in Alabam'
You can travel 'cross this entire land
But there's no place like Birmingham
Birmingham, by Randy Newman

ROC photo sequence albums - by John Dye and John Nepolitan
Boys ROC photo album - 50 photos, including top 30 finishers

Collegiate NY's fourth man Dwayne Alexis (1521) loses 20th position at the finish to Willie Ahearn of Danbury CT (red) and Rob Ellis of Tupelo MS, but Alexis helps Collegiate to big win in Boys Race of Champions.

Girls ROC photo album - 50 photos, including top 38 finishers

Lead pack was established early in the first mile. From right, Emile Amalie, Cory McGee, Ashley Brasovan and eventual winner Kathy Kroeger at the 1400 meter mark.

photos by John Dye

 

BROC - Collegiate NY,
Ben Hubers GA
NE#2 US#11 Collegiate NY 59 ran away with the team title, followed by NE#4 US21 Shenendehowa NY 93 and SE#1 US#15 Midlothian VA 123. Individually, Ben Hubers GA 15:39 made a big move in the woods to win handily), followed by Shen's Steve Murdoch 15:50.

photos by John Dye

GROC - Episcopal FL,
Kathy Kroeger TN
SE#3 US#20 Episcopal FL 99 edged SE#2 US#11 Midlothian VA 114.

Individually, Kathy Kroeger TN 17:29 won handily over Ashley Brasovan FL 17:49, Emilie Amaro 18:25 and Kayla Hale 18:39.

 
Collegiate NY boys

Episcopal Jacksonville FL girls

photos by Open Photo

Friday at the Course - photos by Donna Dye

Runners pose in front of the new Nike truck.

Coverage Log

  • 9/22/06 Doug Speck video - tour of the course, Races of Champions, and interviews.
  • 9/22/06 Friday at the course - Teams register and check out the new course - photos by Donna Dye
  • 9/22/06 New Course - Brand new course at Spain Park, Hoover AL. Doug Speck video takes you through the lake loop, the forest loop and through the tunnel for a 400-meter sprint to the finish.
  • 9/21/06 Box Assignments - HS Boys - HS Girls - College
  • 9/19/06 The Road to Hoover - Story by Brandon Miles about two rival Virginia schools making planning their Alabama invasion.

  • 9/16/06 Revised seeds - 25 states represented
    BOYS - GIRLS - COLLEGE -

    Rich Gonzalez preview on DyeStatCal.

  • 9/7/06 Revised entries and seeds. BOYS - GIRLS

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