Northeast Regionals

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 17:52:51 -0500

From: Walt Murphy <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: NE Footlocker Qualifiers



Here are the Foot Locker qualifiers (top-8) from the Northeast Regional

race, held today at Van Cortlandt Park on a beautiful day for running:



Boys:



  Unless he falls or is sick at the Foot Locker Final, I don't see anyone=



touching Mohamud, the defending champion. He won easily and appeared to

have plenty in reserve.

  Murad Campbell backed up his cocky pre-race talk by taking 2nd place. A=



couple of qualifiers barely held on. Steve Slattery, 9th at last year's

Final, was leading at 2-miles (according to him) when he started feeling

poorly--"I thought I was having a heart attack". He hung on for 7th place=

,

but needed a long time after the race to recover.

  I was standing about 20 yards in front of the finish when I saw Andy

Powell go by in 7th place. It wasn't until a few minutes later that I

learned that he had fallen twice after he passed me before falling again

across the finish line, just edging Eric Meehan for the final qualifying

spot. A review of the videotape confirmed that Powell had crossed the lin=

e

under his own power.



1.Abdirizak Mohamud     Boston English,Ma-Sr    15:18.5(#6-AT Course)

2.Murad Campbell        Overbrook,NJ-Jr         15:27.7

3.Louie Luchini         Ellsworth,Me-Jr         15:30.1

4.Ian Hahn              Manchester Twp,NJ-Sr    15:37.5

5.Todd Swenson          Londonderry,NH-Sr       15:41.6

6.Eric Reese            Sullivan County,Pa-Sr   15:42.0

7.Steve Slattery        Mt.Olive,NJ-Sr          15:48.3

8.Andy Powell           Oliver Ames,Ma-Jr       15:52.7



9.Eric Meehan           Chariho,RI-Sr           15:53.3

10.Matt Giofre          Ridgefield Prep,Ct      15:53.9



Girls:

  Erin Sullivan never gave anyone else a chance. She took off from the gu=

n

and never looked back. =



1.Erin Sullivan         Mount Mansfield,Vt-Jr   17:31.5

2.Tara Chaplin          Union-32,Vt-Sr          17:46.1

3.Erica Palmer          Monadnock,NH-Sr         17:54.8

4.Jillian Mastroianni   Sayville,NY-So          17:55.4

5.Peggy Melonic         East Aurora,NY-So       17:55.9

6.Laura Turner          Portsmouth,RI-Sr        18:03.6

7.Danielle Jelley       Clarke,NY-So            18:12.7

8.Sheela Agrawal        Case,Ma-Jr              18:16.1



9.Celeste Sedo          Ridgewood,NJ-Sr         18:23.5

10.Adeline Azrack       ?,Lincoln,Ma-Sr         18:23.9



Walt Murphy, X-Country X-Press

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