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DyeStat Cross Country 2000
Ostend 2001 29th IAAF World CCC
Junior Men:
Ritz 3rd, Teg 5th, USA 4th!
Entries - Results - Lap1
- Lap2 - Lap3 - Finish
- Quotes -
American Ritzenhein Creates Surprise - IAAF feature story by Laura Arcoleo
It was a muddy day in Belgium on the
Duke of Wellington's old playground (IAAF photo)
by John Dye
Rockford MI sr Dathan Ritzenhein, stung by his loss to Matt Tegenkamp at the US Winter XC Nationals last month, skipped the rest of indoor season to concentrate on the World CC Championships. It paid off splendidly today as Ritz soared to a 3rd place at Ostend, Belgium in 25:46. Tekenkamp finished 5th nine seconds further back. They were the only non-Africans in the top 13.
Despite his US exploits (2-time Foot Locker Cross Country national champion, 2-time 2-mile national champion, unbeaten in a high school race in two years), Ritzenhein was unknown on the world stage. An IAAF preview on the junior men's race at Ostend listed 12 "names to watch" and Ritzenhein was not mentioned.
Ritzenhein was the first American to medal since Keith Brantley was third in 1981. The Michigan runner surged past early leader Nicholas Kemboi of Kenya in the last kilometer when he realized he had a chance to get on the award podium. Writing on the IAAF web site, Phil Minshull asked Ritzenhein for his feelings about running with the Africans:
"I came into this race joking about the fact that we had little experience facing the Africans, and were just hoping to beat one of them," the Michigan schoolboy laughed. "I just didn't know what to expect coming into this race so I thought I would just commit myself and go out hard".
Lap results published by the IAAF only went down to Ritzenhein. After lap 1, Ritz was 8th in a lead pack that was separated by only one second. Ritz finished lap 2 moving up to fifth in 13:38 , as the eventual 2-1 runners Duncan Lebo of Kenya and Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia (13:29 and 13:30) pulled ahead. After lap 3 there was more spacing as eventual winner Bekele 19:17 took a 14-second lead over Lebo and Ritzenhein was fourth at 19:42. At the finish Bekele 25:04 had 33 seconds on Lebo and 42 on Ritzenhein.
Tegenkamp's Wisconsin freshman teammate Josh Spiker was 24th in 27:02, with Ian Dobson 39th in 27:34, Fernando Cabada 71st in 28:16, and Oakton VA sr Matt Maline 93rd in 28:42.
USA was fourth in the team scoring (top four) with 71 points. Kenya 24 (2-4-6-12) edged Ethiopia 25 (1-7-8-9), followed by Uganda 68.
Results
2:30 pm Belgium time, Sunday March 25
1st Lap 1 315 Kemboi Nicholas KEN 7:35
2nd Lap 1 323 Lebo Duncan KEN 13:29
3rd Lap 1 182 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 19:17
Pos Bib Atlhete Country Mark Difference
1 182 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 25:04
2 323 Lebo Duncan KEN 25:37 0:33
3 534 Ritzenhein Dathan USA 25:46 0:42
4 315 Kemboi Nicholas KEN 25:52 0:48
5 Tegenkamp Mattew USA 25:55 0:51
6 317 Kipchumba Robert KEN 26:00 0:56
7 191 Tedla Alemayehu ETH 26:02 0:58
8 193 Zewdie Maregu ETH 26:14 1:10
9 184 Debrework Beruk ETH 26:15 1:11
10 510 Wakou Paul UGA 26:17 1:13
11 437 Simukeka Jean Baptiste RWA 26:22 1:18
12 319 Koech Edwin KEN 26:37 1:33
13 310 Chelal Wilson KEN 26:43 1:39
14 303 Otsu Takashi JPN 26:43 1:39
15 352 Gtaib Issam MAR 26:43 1:39
16 509 Okello Tonny UGA 26:44 1:40
17 465 Ramadhani Samson TAN 26:44 1:40
18 340 Agebli Atif MAR 26:46 1:42
19 508 Musani Francis UGA 26:54 1:50
20 192 Yenew Tibebu ETH 26:54 1:50
21 327 Muneria Kiplimo KEN 26:56 1:52
22 349 El Bannouri Adil MAR 26:57 1:53
23 507 Mpanga Moses UGA 26:58 1:54
24 537 Spiker Josh USA 27:02 1:58
25 511 Yiga Francis UGA 27:04 2:00
26 453 Andrew Daniel TAN 27:06 2:02
27 105 Hayden Ryan CAN 27:07 2:03
28 98 Brannen Nathan CAN 27:08 2:04
29 461 John Rogart TAN 27:08 2:04
30 95 Bairu Simon CAN 27:15 2:11
31 6 Habib Salah ALG 27:16 2:12
32 141 Abdalla Ali ERI 27:18 2:14
33 185 Gemeda Fekadu ETH 27:24 2:20
34 145 Kifletsion Habtai ERI 27:25 2:21
35 416 Bogdan Mircea ROM 27:30 2:26
36 205 Tingaud Keving FRA 27:31 2:27
37 51 Desmet Pieter BEL 27:32 2:28
38 412 Saramago Bruno POR 27:33 2:29
39 522 Dobson Ian USA 27:34 2:30
40 355 Saji Bouazza MAR 27:37 2:33
41 557 Juaim Esam Saleh Musleh YEM 27:38 2:34
42 9 Meguellati Hani ALG 27:43 2:39
43 260 Guidera Patrick IRL 27:48 2:44
44 118 Melo Francis CHI 27:50 2:46
45 151 Casado Arturo ESP 27:52 2:48
46 568 Nyasango Cutbert ZIM 27:52 2:48
47 362 Barrios Juan Luis MEX 27:53 2:49
48 63 Verleyen Philippe BEL 27:54 2:50
49 342 Assila Anouar MAR 27:54 2:50
50 283 Gull� Valerio ITA 27:56 2:52
51 69 Checha Uladzimir BLR 27:58 2:54
52 297 Fujii Shuichi JPN 27:59 2:55
53 27 Hornabrook Ian AUS 28:00 2:56
54 146 Weldegaber Teshome ERI 28:00 2:56
55 48 Collot J�r�me BEL 28:03 2:59
56 12 Zerrouak Nabil ALG 28:04 3:00
57 357 Khanje Francis MAW 28:05 3:01
58 91 Fernandes Fernando Alex BRA 28:05 3:01
59 218 Farah Mohammed GBR 28:06 3:02
60 503 Matpay Muhammet TUR 28:06 3:02
61 286 Massimino Luca ITA 28:06 3:02
62 198 Demailly Aurelien FRA 28:07 3:03
63 164 Ram�rez Alberto ESP 28:08 3:04
64 445 Nystrom Henrik SWE 28:10 3:06
65 261 Harty William IRL 28:12 3:08
66 290 Pellecchia Liberato ITA 28:12 3:08
67 413 Silva Carlos POR 28:14 3:10
68 274 Caliandro Cosimo ITA 28:15 3:11
69 47 Barbier Benjamin BEL 28:15 3:11
70 143 Habtegiorgis Nebai ERI 28:16 3:12
71 520 Cabada Jr Fernando USA 28:16 3:12
72 162 Lagares Antonio ESP 28:17 3:13
73 57 Stessens Tim BEL 28:17 3:13
74 422 Miya Abram RSA 28:18 3:14
75 90 de Almeida Franck Caldeira BRA 28:18 3:14
76 258 Fagan Martin IRL 28:19 3:15
77 2 Bakhtache Abdelkader ALG 28:22 3:18
78 152 Cutillas Noel ESP 28:22 3:18
79 504 Sel�uk Selahattin TUR 28:24 3:20
80 212 Baddeley Andrew GBR 28:27 3:23
81 347 Chemlal Abdelatif MAR 28:30 3:26
82 201 Mokhtari Hakim FRA 28:30 3:26
83 169 Sanchez Sergio ESP 28:31 3:27
84 421 Maans Friedel RSA 28:32 3:28
85 306 Shiraishi Kenichi JPN 28:32 3:28
86 102 Dionne Joseph CAN 28:33 3:29
87 420 Lembetha Sandile RSA 28:34 3:30
88 28 Jeremiah Richard AUS 28:35 3:31
89 158 Guerra Javier ESP 28:37 3:33
90 281 Gaeta Cristian ITA 28:37 3:33
91 307 Tatsuta Yoshiyuki JPN 28:39 3:35
92 122 Sanchez German CHI 28:40 3:36
93 532 Maline Matthew USA 28:42 3:38
94 257 Connolly Sean IRL 28:45 3:41
95 215 Bowden Adam GBR 28:45 3:41
96 284 La Bella Luigi ITA 28:47 3:43
97 555 Saleh Abdulaziz Ali Ahmed YEM 28:48 3:44
98 224 Shaw Paul GBR 28:49 3:45
99 196 Chahib Hicham FRA 28:50 3:46
100 56 Sollier Pieter BEL 28:50 3:46
101 501 Durer Serdar TUR 28:51 3:47
102 375 Okken Arnoud NED 28:58 3:54
103 32 Taylor Luke AUS 29:01 3:57
104 111 Young Brandon CAN 29:02 3:58
105 369 Santos Jos� Luis MEX 29:03 3:59
106 26 Dyson Bradley AUS 29:09 4:05
107 359 Mkupatira George MAW 29:11 4:07
108 502 Kara Abdurrahman TUR 29:12 4:08
109 66 Anisimau Andrei BLR 29:12 4:08
110 259 Grant Diarmuid IRL 29:13 4:09
111 364 Merced Arturo MEX 29:13 4:09
112 358 Magobo Watson MAW 29:15 4:11
113 4 Bouchicha Abdelmoumene ALG 29:18 4:14
114 253 Yadav Muresh Kumar IND 29:18 4:14
115 418 Faku Moses RSA 29:20 4:16
116 360 Mteketa Date MAW 29:20 4:16
117 558 Al-Nehmi Mohammed Ateik Abdo YEM 29:22 4:18
118 211 Ablitt Steven GBR 29:24 4:20
119 70 Daronin Ihar BLR 29:25 4:21
120 114 Gamin Luis CHI 29:34 4:30
121 298 Kato Naoto JPN 29:35 4:31
122 305 Shibata Naoki JPN 29:47 4:43
123 424 Selebalo Punankop Jacob RSA 29:51 4:47
124 219 Jackson Edward GBR 29:54 4:50
125 248 Kumar Dharmender IND 29:56 4:52
126 73 Somich Pavel BLR 30:06 5:02
127 239 Sanchez Michael GIB 30:07 5:03
128 121 Pino Sebasti�n CHI 30:15 5:11
129 87 da Cruz Claudio Sebasti�o BRA 30:15 5:11
130 206 Valat Jeremy FRA 30:21 5:17
131 556 Al-Ragami Ahmed Nasr Ali YEM 30:24 5:20
132 247 Kumar Azeet IND 30:38 5:34
133 553 Tolibjonov Jahongir UZB 30:43 5:39
134 487 Kereguliev Meretdurdy TKM 30:47 5:43
135 474 Irmatov Nozimjon TJK 30:57 5:53
136 128 Otarola Kenneth CRC 31:03 5:59
137 475 Irmatov Nurridin TJK 31:06 6:02
138 551 Saydaliev Rasuljon UZB 31:28 6:24
139 476 Irmatov Rustam TJK 31:48 6:44
140 334 Abdou Khodor LIB 31:55 6:51
141 488 Kurbanov Ruslan TKM 31:56 6:52
142 472 Fakhritdinov Kamoliddin TJK 32:06 7:02
143 545 Bezyanov Vadim UZB 32:23 7:19
144 486 Jumakuliev Suleyman TKM 32:35 7:31
145 338 Francis Jacques LIB 32:49 7:45
146 493 Yangibaev Salimjan TKM 32:54 7:50
147 235 Carroll Dominic GIB 34:34 9:30
148 542 Akhmatov Sarvar UZB 35:47 10:43
149 240 Taylor Lee GIB 35:47 10:43
86 Aguiar Cleyton Luiz BRA DNF
1 Athamna Noureddine ALG DNF
245 Jadav Suresh Kumar IND DNF
110 Wray Nigel CAN DNS
454 Baha Phaustin TAN DNS
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 182 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 19:17
2 323 Lebo Duncan KEN 19:31
3 315 Kemboi Nicholas KEN 19:39
4 534 Ritzenhein Dathan USA 19:42
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 323 Lebo Duncan KEN 13:29
2 182 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 13:30
3 315 Kemboi Nicholas KEN 13:37
4 193 Zewdie Maregu ETH 13:37
5 534 Ritzenhein Dathan USA 13:38
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 315 Kemboi Nicholas KEN 7:35
2 191 Tedla Alemayehu ETH 7:35
3 323 Lebo Duncan KEN 7:35
4 317 Kipchumba Robert KEN 7:35
5 184 Debrework Beruk ETH 7:35
6 193 Zewdie Maregu ETH 7:35
7 327 Muneria Kiplimo KEN 7:35
8 534 Ritzenhein Dathan USA 7:36
Quotes
Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford, Mich.): "I had no idea
what to expect because I had never been in a competition like this before. I
thought I'd go out with the lead
pack and if I died, I died - but I didn't. Matt (Tegenkamp) and I worked
very well together. Every time the Kenyan would break away, either Matt or I
would run up
and catch him and the other would follow close behind. The cold wasn't bad at
all, but this is the muddiest conditions I've ever seen. This feels great, I
knew I was in
great shape, and I'm so glad that Matt was able to do awesome too."
Matt Tegenkamp (Madison, Wisc.): "Dathan (Ritzenhein) and I got a great
start and ended up out front and we weren't going to let each other go, and it
worked
really well for both of us. He ran awesome - he ran so tough. It was a good
race. I was hoping to finish in the top-20 today so this is very nice. I
couldn't get into a
rhythm and my legs got really tired from running in the mud. The mud dried up a
little today so it's very sticky and that made it tough for everyone."
Josh Spiker (Madison, Wisc.): "This was fun. I love the mud and the
cold conditions, so I was happy - it was a blast. Today's conditions are a
perfect example
of what cross country is about, and everyone had to deal with the same
conditions. My goal was to get out quickly and push hard for as long as I
could."
Matt Maline (Herndon, Va.): "I got out a little slow, about 10 meters
behind the pack. A little later I started drifting a little further behind the
pack. It was fun for
about the first two laps, then after that it just hurt a lot. Every time I hit
the mud it felt like I lost a place or two, but that was my fault. It really
threw me off."
Ian Dobson (Palo Alto, Calif.): "It went alright. I wanted to get into
the top-30 but I didn't quite make it. I pretty much keyed off of one
Moroccoan the whole
time because I knew they had a good team and I did a good job of working with
him. It was a tough race for me. These were the worse conditions I've ever
faced. I
couldn't find any rhythm at all."
Fernando Cabada Jr. (Fayetteville, Ark.): "I got off to a nice start,
but the mud was just too thick for me and I just couldn't move fast. I
expected to finish in the
top 30 and I started out with them, but I was just too weak to run in this type
of course. The cold didn't bother, but the mud was just too tough."
Entries
ALG - ALGERIA
Bib Athlete
1 Athamna Nourredine
2 Bakhtache Abdelkader
4 Bouchicha Abdelmoumene
6 Habib Salah
9 Meguelati Hani
12 Zerrouak Nabil
AUS - AUSTRALIA
Bib Athlete
26 Dyson Bradley
27 Hornabrook Ian
28 Jeremiah Richard
32 Taylor Luke
BEL - BELGIUM
Bib Athlete
47 Barbier Benjamin
48 Collot J�r�me
51 Desmet Pieter
56 Sollier Pieter
57 Stessens Tim
63 Verleyen Philippe
BLR - BELARUS
Bib Athlete
66 Anisimau Andrei
69 Checha Uladzimir
70 Daronin Ihar
73 Somich Pavel
BRA - BRAZIL
Bib Athlete
86 Aguiar Cleyton Luiz
87 da Cruz Claudio Sebasti�o
90 de Almeida Franck Caldeira
91 Fernandes Fernando Alex
CAN - CANADA
Bib Athlete
95 Bairu Simon
98 Brannen Nathan
102 Dionne Joseph
105 Hayden Ryan
110 Wray Nigel
111 Young Brandon
CHI - CHILE
Bib Athlete
114 Gamin Luis
118 Melo Francis
121 Pino Sebasti�n
122 Sanchez German
CRC - COSTA RICA
Bib Athlete
128 Otarola Kenneth
ERI - ERITREA
Bib Athlete
141 Abdalla Ali
143 Habtegiorgis Nebai
145 Kifletsion Habtai
146 Weldegaber Teshome
ESP - SPAIN
Bib Athlete
151 Casado Arturo
152 Cutillas Noel
158 Guerra Javier
162 Lagares Antonio
164 Ram�rez Alberto
169 Sanchez Sergio
ETH - ETHIOPIA
Bib Athlete
182 Bekele Kenenisa
184 Debrework Beruk
185 Gemeda Fekadu
191 Tedla Alemayehu
192 Yenew Tibebu
193 Zewdie Maregu
FRA - FRANCE
Bib Athlete
196 Chahib Hicham
198 Demailly Aurelien
201 Mokhtari Hakim
205 Tingaud Keving
206 Valat Jeremy
GBR - GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.
Bib Athlete
211 Ablitt Steven
212 Baddeley Andrew
215 Bowden Adam
218 Farah Mohammed
219 Jackson Edward
224 Shaw Paul
GIB - GIBRALTAR
Bib Athlete
235 Carroll Dominic
239 Sanchez Michael
240 Taylor Lee
IND - INDIA
Bib Athlete
245 Jadav Suresh Kumar
247 Kumar Azeet
248 Kumar Dharmender
253 Yadav Muresh Kumar
IRL - IRELAND
Bib Athlete
257 Connolly Sean
258 Fagan Martin
259 Grant Diarmuid
260 Guidera Patrick
261 Harty William
ITA - ITALY
Bib Athlete
274 Caliandro Cosimo
281 Gaeta Cristian
283 Gull� Valerio
284 La Bella Luigi
286 Massimino Luca
290 Pellecchia Liberato
JPN - JAPAN
Bib Athlete
297 Fujii Shuichi
298 Kato Naoto
303 Otsu Takashi
305 Shibata Naoki
306 Shiraishi Kenichi
307 Tatsuta Yoshiyuki
KEN - KENYA
Bib Athlete
310 Chelal Wilson
315 Kemboi Nicholas
317 Kipchumba Robert
319 Koech Edwin
323 Lebo Duncan
327 Muneria Kiplimo
LIB - LEBANON
Bib Athlete
334 Abdou Khodor
338 Francis Jacques
MAR - MOROCCO
Bib Athlete
340 Agebli Atif
342 Assila Anouar
347 Chemlal Abdelatif
349 El Bannouri Adil
352 Gtaib Issam
355 Saji Bouazza
MAW - MALAWI
Bib Athlete
357 Khanje Francis
358 Magobo Watson
359 Mkupatira George
360 Mteketa Date
MEX - MEXICO
Bib Athlete
362 Barrios Juan Luis
364 Merced Arturo
369 Santos Jos� Luis
NED - NETHERLANDS
Bib Athlete
375 Okken Arnoud
POR - PORTUGAL
Bib Athlete
412 Saramago Bruno
413 Silva Carlos
ROM - ROMANIA
Bib Athlete
416 Bogdan Mircea
RSA - SOUTH AFRICA
Bib Athlete
418 Faku Moses
420 Lembetha Sandile
421 Maans Friedel
422 Miya Abram
424 Selebalo Punankop Jacob
RWA - RWANDA
Bib Athlete
437 Simukeka Jean Baptiste
SWE - SWEDEN
Bib Athlete
445 Nystrom Henrik
TAN - TANZANIA
Bib Athlete
453 Andrew Daniel
454 Baha Phaustin
461 John Rogart
465 Ramadhani Samson
TJK - TAJIKISTAN
Bib Athlete
472 Fakhritdinov Kamoliddin
474 Irmatov Nozimjon
475 Irmatov Nurridin
476 Irmatov Rustam
TKM - TURKMENISTAN
Bib Athlete
486 Jumakuliev Suleyman
487 Kereguliev Meretdurdy
488 Kurbanov Ruslan
493 Yangibaev Salimjan
TUR - TURKEY
Bib Athlete
501 Durer Serdar
502 Kara Abdurrahman
503 Matpay Muhammet
504 Sel�uk Selahattin
UGA - UGANDA
Bib Athlete
507 Mpanga Moses
508 Musani Francis
509 Okello Tonny
510 Wakou Paul
511 Yiga Francis
USA - UNITED STATES
Bib Athlete
520 Cabada Jr Fernando
522 Dobson Ian
532 Maline Matthew
534 Ritzenhein Dathan
537 Spiker Josh
UZB - UZBEKISTAN
Bib Athlete
542 Akhmatov Sarvar
545 Bezyanov Vadim
551 Saydaliev Rasuljon
553 Tolibjonov Jahongir
YEM - YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
Bib Athlete
558 Al-Nehmi Mohammed Ateik Abdo
556 Al-Ragami Ahmed Nasr Ali
557 Juaim Esam Saleh Musleh
555 Saleh Abdulaziz Ali Ahmed
ZIM - ZIMBABWE
Bib Athlete
568 Nyasango Cutbert
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