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DyeStat Kansas
9/30/00 at Shawnee KS - 5k - gusty, warm
USATF Invitational
9/30 weekend roundup
From Anthony Bozarth
Lawrence Free State's girls (ranked #4 in 6A) defeated top-ranked SM Northwest 40-49 at the USATF Invitational, hosted by SM Northwest. The meet featured top teams from Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Free State's Jacki Dubois, Sarah Underwood and Mallory Richardson packed in at 4-5-6 to split Northwest's pack of Katie Greenwood (2nd), Katie Kroeger (7th) and Elaine Cobb (8th). The individual title went to West Plains (MO) Amanda Marcak (16:13) over Greenwood (16:20) and Mountain Home's (AR) Dawn Crawford 16:22 Adam Perkins (Liberty MO) outran Scott Loftin (Blue Valley North) 15:44 to 15:52 over the hilly 5k course in a battle of state favorites. Josh Davis (Liberty 15:54) and Eric Gross (Mountain Home AR) 15:59 also broke 16:00 In the boys team race, Lee's Summit outran Missouri rival West Plains 70-77. Mountain Home AR edged Liberty MO for third 89-91, while #2 KS Lawrence upended top-ranked SM Northwest 143-155.
GIRLS 4K 1. Amanda Marcak West Plains 16:13 2. Katie Greenwood SMNW 16:20 3. Dawn Crawford Mtn. Home 16:22 4. Jacke Dubois Free State 16:38 5. Sarah Underwood Free State 16:39 6. Mallory Richardson Free State 16:51 7. Katie Kroeger SMNW 16:56 8, Elaine Cobb SMNW 16:58 9. Lauren Davis Lawrence 17:00 10. Brianne Hobbs West Plains 17:01
Top Eight Teams 1. Lawrence Free State 40 2. SM Northwest 49 3. West Plains 80 4. SM East 112 5. Mountain Home 113 6. Lawrence 147 7. Lincoln (NE) NW 166 8. Blue Valley North 189
Boys Top Ten 5k 1. Adam Perkins Liberty 15:44 2, Scott Loftin BV North 15:52 3. Josh Davis Liberty 15:54 4. Eric Gross Mt. Home 15:59 5. Jason Sandfort W. Plains 16:06 6. Marc Tegenkamp L. Summit 16:11 7. Calvin Locklear SMNW 16:16 8. Dylan McClain Lawrence 16:20 9. Peter Marston Mt. Home 16:23 10. Logan Thomas Mt. Home 16:24
Top Eight Teams 1. Lee's Summit 70 2. West Plains 77 3. Mt. Home 89 4. Liberty 91 5. Lawerence 143 6. SMNW 155 7. Blue Springs 174 8. Carthage 205
More Weekend Roundup
Bishop Miege Invitational 9/30 @ Miege HS, SM KS: Olathe East's boys defeated Miege 42-70 to win their third straight Miege Invitational. Jared Wisner led East's boys, winning the individual title. Miege (ranked #2 5A) defeated Olathe East (#8 6A) 25-48 in the girls race. Pembroke Hill's Allison Smith ran to a 12:13 win over KC Metro Champ Sarah Glatt (Miege) 12:25, state 3200 runner-up Jackie Heap (Miege) 12:38, and state 400 champ Allison Bessler (Olathe East) 12:58.
Blue Valley Inivitational @ Blue Valley Nature Park, Stanley KS 9/30: Independence MO's Truman HS raced to a 20-74 win over Aquinas in the 5A-6A class, with Aquinas's Greg Brouillete placing first at 16:47 for 5k. Matt Noonan of Baldwin led his team to a 43 point win over St. Mary's in the 1A-4A division. Noonan had the fastest time of the day in 16:29 Missouri's Notre Dame de Sion (31) raced to a big win over KS state ranked Blue Valley (75), Aquinas (81) and Baldwin (86). Lisa Morrisey (Ottawa) ran 12:00 to defeat Megan Noonan (Baldwin) 12;10, Elle Pishney (Blue Valley) 12:20 and Sions's Jessica Eisenbrey 12:20
Hays Invitational @ Ft. Hays State U., Hays KS 9/30/00: 5A rivals Great Bend and Liberal (who've both been ranked #1 this year) hooked up again, with Great Bend winning by one point, 39-40. Last year Great Bend won the State Meet over Liberal on a tie-breaker. Hays (#7 5A) was third with 77 points. Liberal went 1-2 individually with Josh Madathill (16:40) and Justin Alexander (16:57) beating Great Bend's Jason Parr (17:03) Wakeeney's Erin Locke won the girls 2 mile in 12:45 over Salina South's Heather Rupp and Dodge City's Hannah Love. Great Bend (#3 5A) scored 32 to beat Salina South 68 (#7 5A).
Shawnee Height Invitational @ Lake Shawnee, Topeka 9/30 Leavenworth scored double indvidual victories with Luke Belford (16:45) and Amy Hastings (12:10) winning. Emporia (#4 6A) edged Leavenworth (#6 5A) 45-49 in the boys race.
