Blood wins Millrose Mile
Saratoga NY freshman Nicole Blood 4:52.02 outkicks seniors Ari Lambie MA 4:53.14 and Katy Trotter NJ 4:53.17.

| photo by Vinny Dusovic, PhotoRun

After Laura Cummings broke on top, Blood took the lead on the second of 11 laps, only to give way to Lambie and Trotter in the middle stages. On the next to last lap, Blood spurted to the front and opened up daylight the rest of the way. She finished with the second fastest Millrose mile winner since they started running girls races in 1984, but the third fastest time. Sarah Schwald set the meet record of 4:49.94 in 1989 with Saratoga's Cheri Goddard second in 4:50.33.
ESPN2 showed the entire race and Dwight Stone interviewed Blood after the race on camera. "It was one of the best races of my life," Blood said.

Walt Murphy's Report

The high school girls mile may have been the
highlight of the meet for most of the 11,000 specators in attendance.
The field, put together by Jim Spier, was one of the strongest ever, and
included the event’s first set of twins, Katy and Amanda Trotter of Red Bank
Regional(NJ).

Nicole Blood, the precocious 14-year old frosh from Saratoga Springs(NY),
immediately went to the lead after the gun and led the field through the
first 1/4-mile in about 73.4. Ari Lambie, who has been battling various illnesses ever since winning the
Foot Locker Northeast Regional X-C title last November, soon moved into 2nd
place, followed by Katy Trotter. Those three had a small gap on the rest of
the field as they went through the 1/2-mile in 2:26.

Lambie, who attends The Bromfield School in Harvard,MA, (the alma mater of
the great Lynn Jennings), took the lead a lap later as they passed the
3/4-mile split in 3:40. Blood moved back into 2nd on the backstretch, then,
with less than 2-laps to go, passed Lambie on the turn and maded her run for
home.

The race was still a 3-way battle until Blood, who became a crowd favorite
when it was announced that she was only a frosh, started pulling away on the
final backstretch, going on to win in 4:52.00, the 3rd fastest time in the
20-year history of the event. The two fastest times came in the1989 race,
which was won by Sarah Schwald(4:49.94) over Cheri Goddard-Kenah(4:50.33),
who also attended Saratoga Springs. Lambie(4:53.14) held off Katy
Trotter(4:53.17) for 2nd, as both cracked the
Millrose all-time top-ten performance list.

Results by Flash Results

 Flash Results, Inc. 
               Verizon Millrose Games - 2/7/2003               
                     Madison Square Garden                     
                         New York City     


 
Event 21  Girls 1 Mile Run High School
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 Amer Record: A 4:38.50                                        
 Meet Record: M 4:49.94                                        
    Name                    Year Team                     Final
===============================================================
Final                                                          
  1 Nicole Blood                 Saratoga Springs       4:52.00
  2 Ari Lambie                   Bromfield School       4:53.14
  3 Kathleen Trotter             Red Bank Regional      4:53.17
  4 Meghan Owen                  Killingly HS, CT       5:00.01
  5 Elizabeth Maloy              Aca. Holy Names        5:00.33
  6 Jennifer Boyd                Hickory HS, VA         5:00.63
  7 Jessica Flinn                Timberland HS, NH      5:02.13
  8 Amanda Trotter               Red Bank Regional      5:02.15
  9 Laura Cummings               Bay Shore HS           5:07.42
 10 Catha Mullen                 Bronxville HS,NY       5:18.33
                   
 

Prior Winners

1984 ..... Shola Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 4:53.39
1985 ..... Kathy Franey (Massapequa, N.Y.), 4:58.15
1986 ..... Shola Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 4:53.6
1987 ..... Jasmin Jones (Hackensack), 4:59.12
1988 ..... Chris Gentile (Babylon, N.Y.), 4:54.90
1989 ..... Sarah Schwald (Mead, Wash.), 4:49.94mr
1990 ..... Cathy Feeney (Wayne Valley), 4:56.24
1991 ..... Staci Snider (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), 5:00.07
1992 ..... Kim Fisher (Sun Valley, Pa.), 4:53.61
1993 ..... Karen Godlock (Polk County, N.C.), 4:57.50
1994 ..... Sally Glynn (Walter Johnson, Md.), 4:52.27
1995 ..... Sally Glynn (Walter Johnson, Md.), 4:52.20
1996 ..... Courtney Adams (Breubuf Prep, Ind.), 4:53.29
1997 ..... Katie Peterson (Tottenville, N.Y.), 5:03.11
1998 ..... Lindsay Hyatt (Placer, Calif.), 4:57.55
1999 ..... Katie Hotchkiss (Mission, Calif.), 4:59.69
2000 ..... Shalane Flanagan (Marblehead, Mass.), 4:54.84
2001 ..... Sara Bei (Santa Rosa, Calif.), 4:57.10
2002 ..... Melissa Donais (Phillips Academy, Mass.), 4:53.90

from Reuben Frank

Entries

Jim Spier, chairman of the girls selection committee, announces:

-JENNIFER BOYD, Hickory, Chesapeake, VA

***NICOLE BLOOD, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, NY

**LAURA CUMMINGS, Bay Shore, NY

-JESSICA FLINN, Timberlane, Plaistow, NH

-ARI LAMBIE, The Bromfield School, Harvard, MA

-ELIZABETH MALOY, Holy Names, Albany, NY

-CATHA MULLEN, Bronxville, NY

-MEGHAN OWEN, Killingly, Danielson, CT

-AMANDA TROTTER, Red Bank Regional, Little Silver, NJ

-KATHLEEN TROTTER, Red Bank Regional, Little Silver, NJ

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