1999 Foot Locker Midwest
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The Race of the Day: Donald Sage and Dathan Ritzenhein
by John Molvar
11/23/99 -- The race of the day.
All season fans have wanted to know who is better,
Sage or Ritzenhein. Dathan was 7th in
last's year's Final and he followed it up with
a win in the 2 mile at the NSO as a 10th grader. He
has won every Michigan XC race by a large margin.
Only Sage can stop him. Sage has never run
Footlocker, but there is a little known fact that Sage
gave George Torres his toughest race last year. At
the Illinois state meet Sage ran stride for stride
with Torres for 2.5 miles before breaking. No one in
the Footlocker Final was able to stay with George past
2 miles. In last year's state meet, Sage hung on for
second, ahead of Ed Torres who went on to finish 6th
in the Final. Since then, Sage ran a 4.09 mile and
put in the biggest summer of training by a high school
runner since Gerry Lindgren in 1964. He went as high
as 19 miles per day. This season he has won every
race by a country mile. This battle between Dathan
and Don will be a sight to remember for those lucky
enough to see it. I give Sage the slight edge.
Several runners have a shot at 3rd including Turner
who has run 4.09 in the mile, Jake Flynn who was a
Finalist last year, and surprising Colorado state
champion Troy Hernandez who came out of nowhere.
Others who figure prominently include, MO champ
Tegnkamp and OH champ Padgett. Schnieder and Fisher
also have good chances at qualifying.
Notes:
FF-place in last year's Footlocker Final
M,NE,S,W-place in last years Footlocker Region
all times have been converted to 800,mile and 2 mile
times plus or minus 1 second *-Junior **-Soph
***-fresh
Banned-runs in a state in which they are not allowed
to run in the Footlocker Meets. Note that seniors
from PA probably will run the Footlocker since they
will be banned but since their HS XC career is over
the ban is meaningless.
1 Don Sage, IL (9.06,4.09)
2 *Dathan Ritzenhein, MI (7FF,3M,9.02,4.16)
3 Brian Turner, NE (28M,4.09,1.53,9.25,48r)
4 Jake Flynn, MI (26FF,7M,4.26,9.36)
5 Troy Hernandez, CO
6 Matt Tegenkamp, MO (19M,9.17,4.19)
7 Steve Padgett OH, (14M)
8 Jared Scott, CO (10M)
9 *Nick Schnieder, MN (44M,4.21,9.27)
10 *Aaron Fisher, IN (20M,4.18)
11 Chad Huggenberger, CO
12 Ryan Cole, MI (17M,9.50)
13 Kurt George, IN (15M,9.26)
14 Aucencio Martinez, CO
15 Chris Acs, OH (4.17,9.28)
16 Todd Mobley, MI
17 Justin Perez, MI
18 Grant Shaddon, IA
19 Mason Ward, OH (58M,4.13)
20 Kurt Marlowe, MI (4.17, 1.57, 9.47)
21 Todd Dill, CO
22 Ben Orozco, KS
23 Jerry Claunch, OH (25M,4.17,9.25,1.56))
24 Trent Graham, IA
25 Tim Keller, IL (9.19)
26 Jon Severy, CO (16M)
27 Eric Rasmussen, NE (39M,9.32,4.26)
28 Travis Bussey, CO
29 Jim Sjostrom, OH (4.24,9.44)
30 Mike Taylor, IN (40M,1.52)
31 Dave Albers, OH (27M,9.26)
32 Justin Rempel, KS (1.54,4.18)
33 Chris Williams, KS (4.26, 9.34)
34 Erik Goff, IA (4.18,1.54)
35 Dan Trainor, IL
36 Brendan Gaffney, IL
37 Adam Palumbo, IL
38 Pete Cioni, IL (4.22,9.26)
39 Jordan Emmery MI
40 Tim Moore, MI
41 John Leroy, WI, (9.24)
42 Brad Barker, NE (4.19,9.39)
43 Andy Carlson, ND (35M,9.34,4.26)
44 Chris Hardaway, IN
45 ** Micah Vandenend, IL
46 Carlos Arizon, AR (9.43)
47 Ben Lloyd, IA
48 Ryan Teising, IL (9.34)
49 Tom Greenless, MI
50 Jordan Millam, MO
51 Mike Hutsel, MO (1.54)
52 *Luke Garringer, NE
53 Jon Allen, AR (4.24,9.54)
54 *Eric Gross, AR (4.22,9.50)
55 *Erik Grumstrup, SD (4.26,9.43)
56 Tyler Williams, ID (9.33,4.21,1.56)
57 Steve Sundell, ND (4.27,9.42)
58 Jim Sanfort, MO
59 Adam Roache, IL
60 *Charlie Koeppen, IN (61M, 9.48)
61 Brady Schneidelberg, OK
62 Joe McNair, AR
63 Jason Stover, MI
64 Grant Shaddon, IA (4.26,9.26)
65 Carlos Mendoza, IL
66 Justin Amason, IL (4.18)
67 Nick Roberts, IA
68 Ryan Hampton, MO (4.18,9.42)
69 John Summer, KS (9.34)
70 Dustan Franekey, IL
71 *Pete Stasiulis, IL
72 Trent Graham, IA (4.26,9.32)
73 *Scott Loftin, KS (4.22,9.39)
74 Ryan Black, NE
75 Jermal Hampton, KS (4.24, 1.56)
76 Craig Swisher, OH (9.38)
77 John Hughes, MI (4.12,1.58)
78 *Matt Penza, OH (9.47, 4.34)
79 *Tony Rakaric, IL
80 Chris Bassinger, OH (4.22,9.36)
81 Andy Marsh, MI
82 Nate Peffley, IN (4.18)
83 Ed Umansky, IL (9.25)
Good Luck to all. Run hard.
John Molvar
[email protected]
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