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High
School runners show how to cope after September 11
Carmel girls beat Rockford in Hilliard OH
Kingwood boys beat The Woodlands in Texas
Lawrence KS coaches salvage meet at Rim Rock Farm
sophs Haddan, Peterson rule Woodbridge in
CA
- OH Meet
of Champions
Carmel IN girls upset
Rockford MI; Milford MI boys, Nef Araia, Nikki
Bohnsack win inaugural 3-state meet.
- TN Tennessee Classic at Knoxville was
won in course record time by DyeStat
Foot Locker Favorite (FLV) Scott Fuqua in 14:58, followed
by a hard closing Andy Baksa (15:05) Farragut dominated
both AAA races. Details
- WA Weekly
Highlights - Chris Lukezic, Auburn sr, 14:45 (3m), Allison
Tubbs, 15:22 (2.9m).
- MA Jake
Klim's Poll #2 - Owen Washburn, Amherst; St. John's Prep;
Drew Wiechnicki, Monument Mountain; and East Bridgewater top Division
1 and 2 lists.
- GA gatfxc.com
rankings Sep 19 - Harrison girls, Brookwood boys,
Kathleen Turchin, and Joe Thorne are #1
- NJ Boys
Top 10 by Conrad - Old Bridge still Number 1, but things
haven't shaken down yet.
- UT Murray
Inv - Orem sweeps; Orem jr Amber Harper 17:48
(3 mi); Hurricane jr Tony Jones 15:10.
- SC Coaches
Classic - Steve Boyd, Summerville 15:48 (3.1m), Angelina
Blackmon, Northwestern 18:34, Summervile girls 124, Byrnes
boys 125.
- KS Weekly
Roundup - Heroic efforts by Lawrence area coaches salvaged
a high school meet at Rim Rock Farm 24 hours after the U. of Kansas
cancelled the KU Invitational. There were only 20 teams instead
of 150, but the coaches were rewarded by a summit meeting of KS
distance runners: Matt Noonan and Amy Hastings each
made late moves to shake top rivals Adam Perkins and Erin
Mortimer.
- TX Andy Wells Inv
- host Kingwood TX swept this meet, with their US#7
boys team beating US#9 The Woodlands, 37-58. The two teams
carry their Texas argument to Charlotte this week in the Great
American Championship. Brian McKinstry
- CA Woodbridge
Inv - Sophomores rule -- Michael Haddan 14:55 (3mi)
won a big invitational for the second straight week, and Nikki
Peterson, Faith Lutheran Las Vegas NV, 17:17 was 5 seconds
better than Maryann Pynchon. Pre-season US#1 Poly Long Beach boys
were again unimpressive as El Toro won the boys team scoring.
US#8 Murrieta Valley girls won behind Liza Pasciuto.
- PA Briarwood
Inv - sophomore sensation Jessica Cickay ran 18:26
(3.1 miles) the first sub-18:30 ever by a girl at fabled Belmont
Plateau in Philadelphia, eclipsing such prior stars as Donna Fidler,
Jackie Kelly, Sheila Klick, and Julia Pudlin. PA
Weekend Roundup
- OH Meet
of Champions - Carmel IN girls upset Rockford MI despite
Nikki Bohnsack. Nef Araia IN and Milford MI
win boys. Results
- CO Liberty
Bell Inv - Smoky Hill Aurora jr Megan Kaltenbach 17:49
(5k), with freshman sister Katelyn Kaltenbach 19:04 making
her debut on the DyeStat XC
Leader List. Boys winners were Payton Batliner, Highlands
Ranch CO 15:34, cousin of former Colorado University star Adam
Batliner, and Campbell County WY 96 (Cherry Creek 114,
Fairview 134)
- DE Lake
Forest Inv - US#20 Good Counsel MD boys 54. Meet record
18:52 by Meredith Lambert, Tatnall DE sr.
- AR Coaches
Poll #2 - Team Rankings - Russellville boys, Fayetteville
girls top big schools. Berryville sweeps small school
lists.
- ID Tiger-Grizz Inv - Shaun Kelley
leads invading Box Elder UT to boys victory with 16:37
time, best of the day over hills, sand, and turns. Freshman Rilee
Buttars, Skyline, won the girls race in 20:51.
- MO Missouri
Southern Stampede - Ashley Sanders, Clinton MO, 18:28
(5k) beat Jamie Owensby, Bentonville AR, by 17 seconds. Brian
Gosnel, Tahlequah, 15:37 won the boys race by 5 seconds over
Chase Feltner, Russellville AR.
- NC Cougar
Inv - In a meet taken over by the NC State University
Club after ACC rules prevented the university from hosting it,
Mt. Tabor jr Matt Debole 15:54 and Jordan soph Katherine
Merrill 18:55 ran away with wins over a hilly twisting 5,038
meter course. Chapel Hill swept the team competition with
Mt. Tabor second in each race.
- NH Sanborn
Inv - Pelham sweeps. Zach Emerson, Hillsboro-Deering
jr, sets 16:20 course record.
- IL Richard
Spring Inv - Erika Odlaug, Deerfield IL sr, humbled
another course with a 13:30 (2.5 miles) on the Illinois state
meet course in Peoria. That was 19 seconds faster than Maria Cicero's
state meet record set last year and 58 seconds faster than Odlaug's
own time last year. Micah VanDenend was the boys winner
in 14:29 (3 miles).
- KY Trinity
Inv - St. Xavier Louisville KY jr Bobby Curtis (left)
and South Oldham KY sr Isaac LaFond continued their 1-2
season duel with Curtis winning 14:44 5k to 15:06. St. Xavier
Cincinnati OH was a strong team winner with six runners in
the top 25 and five scorers spanning 15:47 to 16:21.
- CT Wilton
Inv - US#14 Danbury boys 29, with all seven under 16
minutes on flat 3-mile course, led by sr Andre Laboy 14:54, who
was 3rd. Ahead of Laboy were Steve Mucchetti, Ridgefield
sr, and Alex Bloom, Guilford sr, both timed in 14:41. Danbury
JV showed team depth with perfect 15 and 7 of top 8. Ridgefield
girls 39.
- NC Greensoro
8-mile relay (5x2500)- Course records were broken by both
winners: North Mecklenburg NC boys 39:34 and Meyers
Park girls 50:15.
- MT Great Falls double tri - Flathead freshman
Zoe Nelson continued to impress with a course record 18:58
on the all hills 3-mile Great Falls course that coaches judge
to be a minute slower than other MT courses. She won by 73 seconds
and was 23 seconds faster than Heidi Lane in a different race.
Flathead sr Kurt Michels was a 47-second winner in 16:08.
Montana weekend
report
- TN UT
Chattanooga - Milton GA boys 51, Brentwood TN girls 41 (G.P.S
42)
- CO Cherry Creek Inv - Bret Schoolmeester,
Denver Christian, who was shut out of the Liberty Bell Friday
when Denver Metro schools withdrew to observe the national day
of prayer, won Saturday in 15:18 5k.
- AL Great
Muddy Classic - hometown McGill-Toolen sweeps.
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Short Takes
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- FLV Jesse Mizzone, Passaic Valley NJ jr,
ran an 18:10 5k, second fastest ever at Darlington Park, Mahwah
NJ. She won by 2 minutes, 17 seconds.
- FLV Molly Huddle, Notre Dame NY sr, shattered
the course record by 17 seconds in the Corning Hawks Classic with
a time of 18:42.
- Sacred Heart San Francisco sr Shannon Rowbury
edged Granite Bay CA soph Caitlin Chock 16:41 to 16:46
in a duel of DyeStat FLV's at the Lowell Invitational in San Francisco.
- FLV Tim Nelson, Liberty Christian CA jr,
won the Nevada Union Inv in 16:01 (distance unknown), but soph
John Wihtol and sr Nick DeFelice were not far behind to lead Jesuit
37 to the team victory. Reno 26 was the girls team winner.
- FLV Giliat Ghebray, Logan CA sr, pulled
away after 2k to win the Carondelet-DeLaSalle Inv, Concord CA,
by 36 seconds in 15:36 (4.83 k)
- Niskayuna NY soph Caitlin McTague 17:45
(3.02 m) ran off with the Shaker Invitational by 51 seconds. The
host Shaker boys beat Shenendehowa 41-44 but the Shaker
girls lost to Colonie 41-53.
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Tim Moore, Novi MI sr,
won the Walled Lake Western Invite at Gilbert Willis Park in
Wixom, MI, running 15:45 on one of the toughest courses in MI,
just 5 seconds off the 1988 course record held by Brian Grosso,
the 1988 Foot Locker (nee Kinney) Cross Country champion.
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Bulgarian exchange student Milos
Mitric, Asheville NC, won the Spartanburg SC Eye Opener
recently in 15:50 (5k). Mitric reportedly had a 3000/5000 double
in the Balkan National Championships with PRs of 8:26 and 14:40
to go with a PR of 3:55 at 1500 meters. Next: the Race of Champions
at the Great American Championships in Charlotte 9/22.
- At Pine Grove NY, Homer sr Tracey Brauksieck
upset FLV Laurel Burdick, Fayetteville-Manlius sr, 18:47-19:13
(distance unknown).
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