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Boys
FMR Track Club (Klein Oak, Texas) Comes From Behind - Twice
The FMR Track Club used a 58-second last 400 from Steve Magness
and come-from-behind efforts from its whole squad to narrowly win
the Greta R. Bernard Memorial 4 x 1 Mile Relay (boys).
Magness' kick enabled the boys from Klein Oak to post an 18:18.31,
1.13 seconds ahead of homestate favorite Kearney HS (Neb.). His
4:24 leg appeared to be the fastest of the day, just ahead of Kearney's
Drew Tonniges. He was preceded by Frankie Flores (4:44), Paulo Sosa
(4:37) and Gabe Gonzales (4:32).
FMR was only 5th after the first leg, with Kearney's Cory Wroblewski
leading at 4:32. But Sosa moved the squad up to 2nd, then Gonzales
used a vicious kick to take the lead in the final 150 of his leg.
After a 63 start, Magness slowed down as Tonniges shadowed him then
took the lead with 400 left. But Magness quickly retook the advantage
while still saving something for the DMR later in the day.
"I was real happy with how everyone did," said Magness.
"I didn't know if we could get the lead before the baton got
to me."
"I started off about 50 meters behind," said 3rd-leg
hero Gonzalez. "I was inching closer, then I decided to pick
it up with 400 to go. Then with 150 to go, I really gunned it."
Sosa, who caught everyone but Kearney on his second leg, said the
team would have something in the tank for later. "We want to
take the national lead (10:31) in the DMR," he said.
. Boys 4x1760 Yard Relay
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National H.S: H 17:29.60 1974 North Vigo, Terre Haute, IN, Terre Haute,
School Finals
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1 Fmr Track Club 'A' 18:18.31
1) Flores, Frankie 2) Sosa, Paulo
3) Gonzalez, Gabe 4) Magness, Steve
2 Kearney High School 'A' 18:19.44
1) Wroblewski, Cory 2) Wissel, Colby
3) Sickler, Vince 4) Tonniges, Drew 02
3 Don A. Lugo H.S. 'A' 18:55.24
1) Asafo-Agyei, Raphael 02 2) Benavidez, Alex 03
3) Wolack, Nathan 04 4) Maldonado, Erick 03
4 Landmark Christian School 'A' 19:12.13
1) Rivers, John 02 2) Fertitta, Blake 03
3) Best, Johnathan 03 4) Summer, Eric 02
5 Fremont H.S. 'A' 19:19.95
1) Dickmeyer, Bryce 03 2) Walker, Seth 04
3) Ernesti, David 03 4) Hoppes, Mitchell 02
6 Denver West 'A' 19:23.15
1) Trusillo, Danny 2) Romero, Jesse
3) Gonzales, Tobby 04 4) Medina, Frank
7 Seward H.S. 'A' 19:40.21
1) Martin, Zac 2) Morgan, Craig
3) Unger, Tom 4) Villabos, Jason
8 Woodrow Wilson H.S. 'A' 20:21.68
1) Gold, Ben 2) Loza, Giovanni
3) Lopez, Alan 4) Aguilar, Josa
9 Millard North H.S. 'A' 20:34.58
1) Peratt, Cody 2) Hohnstein, Ben
3) Brown, Ross 4) Deremer, Cam
Girls
North Kent TC (Rockford, Mich.) Teams Go 1-2
In their first big competition since a recent controversy (see
Page 1 DyeStat special stories), the North Kent Track club (girls
from Rockford, Mich. HS) dominated the Leanto Sparrows 4 x 1 Mile
Relay, the first running event of the meet. The squad's winning
time was 21:39.78.
North Kent trailed Marquette by five seconds after the first 5:34.5
leg of Kristi Powers (an 800 standout), but No. 2 runner Kelsey
Toedebusch gradually made up the deficit. Her 5:19.5 gave No. 3
Michelle Harrold a comfortable margin to work with. (All splits
are unofficial).
Harrold hit 5:32.0 for her leg, then passed to anchor Nikki Bohnsack.
Overcoming recent ailments and mindful of two other races to come,
she strode a 5:13.8 to cap the effort.
Meanwhile, the NKTC 'B' team pulled into second and stayed there,
their 21:58.26 holding almost five seconds over Marquette. Lindsey
Stebbins, the No. 2 leg, was the key with a fine 5:19.2. She was
joined by Brittney Odgen (5:37.8), Amy Markham (5:34.4) and Laura
Nelson (5:25.5).
Regarding the motivation of the NKTC girls in light of medication/vitamin
dispensing accusations against the coach that has become a difficult
situation for the West Michigan school, Toedebusch said, "It
made us want to run harder, to show what we could do without 'anything.'"
A team philosophy of letting their feet "do the talking"
has been "in effect even more," said Bohnsack, who has
been overcoming challenges of her own with various illnesses the
last few weeks. "(The infection) moved up to my nose,"
she said, "then I woke up Thursday morning with an ear infection.
But it hasn't bothered my running too much."
West H.S., in fourth, was paced by anchor Jeni Frudden's 5:12.6,
likely the fastest split of the day.
. Girls 4x1760 Yard Relay
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National H.S: H 20:23.24 2000 Rockford, Michigan
School Finals
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1 Rockford 'A' 21:39.78
1) Bohnsack, Nikki 04 2) Toedebusch, Kelsey
3) Powers, Kristi 04 4) Ogden, Brittinie
2 Rockford 'B' 21:58.26
1) Nelson, Laura 2) Stebbins, Lindsey
3) Markham, Amy 4) Harrold, Michelle
3 Marquette 'A' 22:03.15
1) Piper, Laura 2) Bundy, Katy
3) Hendrix, Lauren 4) McKinney, Nicole
4 West H. S. 'A' 22:20.58
1) Frudden, Jeni 02 2) Stern, Shirley 03
3) Adam, Robdu 03 4) Frudden, Julia 05
5 Teekay Track Club 'B' 22:20.88
1) Coechlo, Marina 03 2) Criz, Vanessa 03
3) Morales, Fabiola 04 4) Mota, Lucia 02
6 Lee's Summit 'A' 22:46.60
1) Denny, Kelli 04 2) Merrigan, Megan 03
3) Stetzler, Amy 03 4) Graham, Nicole
7 Fariview H.S. 'A' 23:21.42
1) Huffman, Lucy 2) MacInnis, Henna
3) Rice, Nina 4) Rice, Whitney
-- Teekay Track Club 'A' DQ
1) Scott, Glennis 03 2) Mota, Casie 04
3) Voltmer, Iliana 03 4) Voltmer, Amanda 04
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