Nurani Sheikh of Utah (photo
by Victah Sailor)
Gallery
of Finalists with pix of 64 introductions and Nike team captains
added
Hawaii Connection - Amber
Trotter's victory Saturday continues an interesting string: she
is the third straight Foot Locker girls champion to have won the
3-year-old Iolani Invitational during the season. In 1999, Hawaii
native Victoria Chang won the inaugural Iolani meet and then came
to the mainland to win the Foot Locker national finals. Last year,
Sara Bei of California took the trip to Hawaii, won the Iolani Inv
and went on to an "upset" victory in Orlando. This year,
Trotter ventured to the Iolani meet September 22 at Kualoa Ranch
(site of filming of Jurassic Park) and signalled she was ready for
Foot Locker glory by beating Bei's 2000 time by 22 seconds. The
Aloha charm worked again. Is anyone thinking Hawaii for next September?
FOOT LOCKER
CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL FINALS
- Finals home page
- FLCCC overall home page
- PIX PAGES: Boys
Race - Girls
Race. -
All American Boys finishes - All
American Girls finishes - Awards
Banquet - Awards:
All American boys - Awards:
All American girls - Victah Sailor's Finals: Boys
- Girls
- After
the races: meeting the media - Gallery
of Finalists: now pix of the 64 introductions
- DONNA
ON THE SIDE at the finals
- Foot Locker
notes and quotes - steveu empties his Orlando
notebook
- Complete Results: Boys
- Girls
- TV
Coverage: FoxSportsNet
December 12-23 listings
- BOYS RACE: A
Battle for the Ages: Moore Nips Lockhart
Tim Moore MI 14:50.4 - Exactly as expected, 10-12
boys had a shot at the title through 2 tightly contested miles
in 9:32. Moore and Bobby Lockhart moved into the stretch as a
team with first one, then the other getting the call, and Moore
getting the last call by 1.1 second, closest Foot Locker finish
ever. Another 1.4 second back was fast finishing Chris Solinsky
WI. Then came three more runners under 15:00 -- Nurani Sheikh
UT 14:56.5, Tim Ross MI 14:57.9, and Milos Mitric NC 14:59.2.
The Midwest team edged the West 38-42 with South 52 and Northeast
87. Complete Boys
Results
- GIRLS RACE: Queen
Amber Reigns Supreme
Amber Trotter CA 16:24 - Any hopes Amber Trotter
would get a challenge were dashed quickly as the Ukiah CA senior
made this just like every other race in her storybook year. Out
on top in the first strides, first mile in 5:04 with a 20 second
lead that lengthened to 30 seconds after 2 miles and an incredible
40 seconds at the finish. She took 31 seconds off the OakTrails
course record set by Sara Bei last year, 15 seconds off Melody
Fairchild's meet record (1990 in San Diego), and the second largest
margin in meet history. The Fox TV lead cart let her go in the
first mile and moved back to the chase pack so that someone other
than Trotter would appear in the race film. The stretch battle
was for second, as Erika Odlaug IL just caught Natasha Roetter
MA after a long hard drive, 17:04.3 to 17:05.1. The West girls
won again in a rout with 33 points, Northeast 61, Midwest 71,
and South 73. Complete
Girls Results
- GALLERY
OF FINALISTS - photos, quotes, and past performances for all
80 finalists and alternates.
Junior Olympics
Cross Country
national championship results
- USATF
- James Snellen, Mason Dixon club 15:50.80 edged Bryce Peterson,
Provo Track by 3 seconds in Young Men. Lindsay Hattendorf IN 18:37.7
was a 27-second winner in Young Women. Intermediate winners were
Jonathan Cardenas, Silver State 16:04.8 and Alison Coren IL 19:02.3.
- AAU
- Midwestern club teammates (Brocaw Blazers) Matt Noonan KS
15:38.2 and Adam Perkins MO 15:39.9 finish 1-2 in Young Boys.
Ryan Deak FL 15:40.2 wins Intermediate Boys. Brocaw Blazers also
got the Young Girls title with Allison Smith MO 18:34.2. In Intermediate
Girls, Mallory Champa KS 18:37 was 3 seconds ahead of Heather
Iatauro NY.
2002 Indoor - it's here!
BALTIMORE MD 12/6/01 - We've been trying to ignore
it, but indoor season is knocking at the door. The first major meet
of the season, the Bishop Loughlin Games, is December 15 at the
New York Armory, just one week after cross country ends with the
Foot Locker finals in Florida. More
College
Choices 2002 now 192 names
New signings:
Ben Stern MD - Princeton
Jordan Wagenseller KY - Princeton
Ashley Kaufman PA - Akron
Dawn Harper IL - UCLA
Steve Mucchetti CT - Dartmouth
Justin Nelson CA - UCLA
Alyssa Harty CO - Kansas State
Bret Schoolmeester CO - Colorado
Kierra Foster FL - Maryland
Jessica Hellender FL - South Florida
Sara Jane Baker MI - Nebraska
Skyler Green LA - Louisiana State
One-week early signing period ended Nov
21. DyeStat now has
192 choices listed. Send information on college choices to John
Dye at [email protected]
with your name, your relationship to the information, and a way
to verify the information.
USATF Convention notes (Mobile
11/30)
Scott Raczko honored - South
Lakes Reston VA coach Scott Raczko, most known for coaching Alan
Webb, was named the Nike Youth Coach of the Year at the USATF convention
in Mobile last week.
Jr Nationals moved
The conflict of dates between the adidas Outdoor
Championships and the USATF Junior Nationals was removed today at
the USATF convention. AOC will be held June 14-15 at Raleigh and
Jr Nationals will be held June 21-22 at Stanford University. The
two meets were held on the same weekend last June.
FL finalist in auto accident
Northeast region Foot Locker finalist Andy Weilacher of PA
was seriously injured in an auto accident Thursday 11/29 near his
home, along with teammate Matthew Allenson. Weilacher apparently
has damage to two vertebrae, but no spinal cord damage. He also
sustained a head bruise. Weilacher has begun physical therapy, and
is hoping for a full recovery. Allenson has sustained a spinal cord
injury, but the extent of that injury has not been released. Foot
Locker announced that Weilacher will not be able to run in the finals
at Disney World Dec. 8, and Brendan Sullivan NY will take his place.
Details on PennTrackXC
About
those fast times in the South - The top
8 boys in the Foot Locker South regional all beat the pre-Webb record
at McAlpine and 11 girls were under 18 minutes, the most ever in
this regional. The South regional produced 8 of the top 12 times
in the US for the entire season on the DyeStat
XC Leader List. Was the course short? Has the South risen again?
Three expert observors -- Rick Hill, Doug Speck, and Stephen (steveu)
Underwood - give their
views
3,030
leading cross country times in DyeStat XC Leader List
updated through the November 24 Foot Locker regionals and the California
State Meet. There are 1,715 boys times and 1,315 girls times from
559 meets across the country.
DyeStat XC Leader List as of Nov. 29: Boys
- Girls
XC
Leader List explained - How
to get listed
Harrier
Rankings Nov 19
Kingwood TX boys,
Saratoga NY girls still #1
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