34th Arcadia Invitational

Girls 3200 meters

April 14, 2001 at Arcadia CA High School

Megan Kaltenbach is
no longer Colorado's Secret

by John Dye

As a freshman last year, Megan Kaltenbach was Colorado's secret. She won the state cross country championship with one of the best times ever on her way to a soccer game. She skipped the Foot Locker cross country championships in favor of a soccer tournament. In the spring of 2000, she was Colorado state champion at 3200 meters, but did not journey to Sacramento for the Golden West or Raleigh for the Foot Locker Outdoor championships to get national acclaim.

Kaltenbach's first exposure to national elite class running was the Great American Cross Country Festival in Charlotte last October. The Smoky Hill Aurora soph startled observors with a second place finish in the Race of Champions, staying with winner Alicia Craig for half the race. This set off a debate over priorities as Megan, who was then only practicing running 3 days a week because of her soccer schedule, listened to her mother and coaches plead the potential of running.

This year, running is moving up to first priority, and the results are gratifying. Last month Kaltenbach won the Nike Indoor Classic 2 mile in 10:32.89. And here, she ran away from a high octane field that included Hoover Glendale CA sr Anita Siraki, defending Raleigh 2-mile champion; Bingham UT jr Laura Zeigle, national junior women's cross country champion; and Baldwin PA jr Julia Pudlin, a Pennsylvania champion and national Foot Locker finalist.

Kaltenbach won by 5 seconds in 10:11.97 with impressive negative splits of 5:11 and 5:00. Afterward, Siraki asked Kaltenbach, "Are you really only a sophomore?" Siraki rallied for second, obviously feeling the effects of running anchor for Hoover's distance medley relay team in the sunny afternoon Open Division. But she was still pleased that she ran a PR 4:46 for 1600 meters in the DMR. There was a method to her madness as she and her coach are evaluating whether to try to double at 1600 and 3200 meters in the California State Meet. "This tells me where I am," Siraki said, but she didn't say what that was. Siraki was uncharacteristically back in the pack for much of the 3200. "I had to fight so hard to catch up; I was in lane 2 most of the way."

Watching the starter: (from left) Kaleena Lee, Rancho Bernardo CA;
Laura Zeigle, Bingham UT; Phoebe Ko, E. Salt Lake City UT; Anita Siraki,
Hoover Glendale CA; and Heidi Bouwhuis, Fremont Plain City UT

Start (from left): Maryann Pinchon, Edison Huntington Beach CA; Kaltenbach;
Allison Tubbs, Enumclaw WA (head); Pudlin; Caitlin Chock, Granite Bay CA;
and Ashley Dere, Mt. Carmel San Diego CA.

End lap 1 in 75 seconds - no dominance

Still a big lead pack after 800 meters in 2:35

End of lap 3 in 3:53, leaders start to establish themselves.
From right, Tubbs, Zeigle, Kaltenbach (red), and Siraki (white)

At 1600 meters in 5:11, it is Tubbs, Zeigle, and Kaltenbach on top with Pudlin 4th
and Kelli Vandenberg CA 5th, followed by Siraki.

There was no change after 5 laps in 6:27, but on the sixth lap Kaltenbach moved to the lead;
after 6 laps in 7:44 it was Kaltenbach, Zeigle, and Tubbs, with Siraki moving up to 4th in front of Pudlin.

Kaltenbach stretches lead after 7 laps in 8:56, followed by Zeigle and Siraki

Kaltenbach is alone in the stretch

                        Event 88 Women's 3,200 Meter Run                       
                                                                               
                      Finals - Results  - Saturday 04/14/01                    
                                                                               
      PLACE ATHLETE NAME              YR SCHOOL                    TIME        
      ===== ========================= == ========================= ========    
          1 Kaltenbach, Megan         10 SMOKY HILL,AURORA,COLORAD 10:11.97    
          2 Siraki, Anita             12 HOOVER,GLENDALE,CA        10:16.79    
          3 Zeigle, Laura             11 BINGHAM,S.JORDAN,UTAH     10:20.55    
          4 Pudlin, Julia             11 THE BALDWIN SCHOOL,BRYN m 10:27.51    
          5 Tubbs, Alison             11 ENUMCLAW HIGH,ENUMCLAW WA 10:29.04    
          6 Jakosky, Laura            12 AGOURA, AGOURA, CA        10:40.34    
          7 Bouwhuis, Heidi           12 FREMONT,PLAIN CITY,UTAH   10:43.54    
          8 Harper, Amber             10 OREM HIGH,OREM,UTAH       10:44.71    
          9 Allen, Julie              11 CORONA DEL MAR,NEWPORT BE 10:47.63    
         10 Chock, Caitlin             9 GRANITE BAY,              10:48.75    
         11 Vince, Emily              11 PENINSULA, ROLLING HILLS  10:54.07    
         12 Lyon, Amanda              12 DESERT VISTA,PHOENIX,AZ   10:54.96    
         13 Vanderburg, Kelli         12 BUCHANAN,CLOVIS,CA        10:55.58    
         14 Pynchon, Maryann          10 EDISON, HUNTINGTON BEACH  10:56.18    
         15 Lee, Nicole               12 PENINSULA, ROLLING HILLS  11:00.08    
         16 Ko, Phebe                 12 EAST SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH  11:02.29    
         17 Stein, Natalie            12 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, NORTH HO 11:03.18    
         18 Kilmer, Loretta              RAMONA, RAMONA, CA        11:04.23    
         19 Muller, Laura             11 WOODLAND,WOODLAND,CA      11:08.09    
         20 Nebeker, Ashliegh         12 MILPITAS, MILPITAS, CA    11:10.76    
         21 Dere, Ashley              12 MT. CARMEL, SAN DIEGO, CA 11:17.46    
         22 Yee, Kaleena              12 RANCHO BERNARDO,SAN DIEGO 11:51.12    




                                                                               
                        Event 33 Women's 3,200 Meter Run                       
                                                                               
                      Finals - Results  - Saturday 04/14/01                    
                                                                               
      PLACE ATHLETE NAME              YR SCHOOL                    TIME        
      ===== ========================= == ========================= ========    
          1 Nickless, Bethany         10 FOUNTAIN VALLEY,FOUNTAIN  11:07.79    
          2 Kelly, Vanessa            12 MARINA, HUNTINGTON BEACH, 11:13.02    
          3 Marquez, Jasmine          12 EL CAPITAN,LAKESIDE,CA    11:17.20    
          4 Root, Holly               11 MISSION SAN JOSE, FREMONT 11:18.97    
          5 Baird, Stephanie          11 HELIX,LA MESA,CA          11:24.04    
          6 McGregor, Valerie         10 MOUNTAIN VIEW,TUCSON,ARIZ 11:26.98    
          7 McGregor, Emily           10 MOUNTAIN VIEW,TUCSON,ARIZ 11:27.57    
          8 Flacks, Lindsay            9 HARVARD-WESTLAKE,NO.HOLLY 11:30.73    
          9 Scott, Glennis            10 WILSON, LONG BEACH, CA    11:31.01    
         10 Galloway, Abigail         11 IRVINGTON HIGH,FREMONT,CA 11:33.13    
         11 Valdez, Monica            12 TEMESCAL CANYON, LAKE ELS 11:33.68    
         12 Kline, Alli               10 BELLA VISTA,FAIR OAKS,CA  11:34.55    
         13 Cortez, Maggie            11 DOWNEY,DOWNEY,CA          11:40.31    
         14 Blanchard, Phyliss         9 RANCHO COTATE, ROHNERT PK 11:42.80    
         15 Stalker, Lindsay          12 CORONA,CORONA,CA          11:43.77    
         16 Lewis, Jenny              10 SAN LORENZO VALLEY HIGH   11:48.50    
         17 Cherry, Becky             10 PENINSULA, ROLLING HILLS  11:50.98    
         18 Gjesdal, Ana                 CRESCENTA VALLEY,LA CRESC 11:51.83    
         19 Ambos, Jayme              10 RIALTO, RIALTO, CA        11:52.56    
         20 Hansen, Heather           11 MADERA, MADERA, CA        11:54.86    
         21 Meservey, Spason          11 CORONA DEL MAR,NEWPORT BE 11:57.78    
         22 Snell, Meagan              9 ARROYO GRANDE,ARROYO GRAN 12:06.99    
         23 Downey, Tina              10 PENINSULA, ROLLING HILLS  12:10.23    
         24 Sleeth, Kelly             11 TORRANCE, TORRANCE, CA    12:13.48    
         25 Moulton, Heather           9 ARCADIA,ARCADIA,CA        12:16.36    
         26 Beritzhoff, Michelle      11 LOS GATOS,LOS GATOS,CA    12:16.43    

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