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New Saratoga Springs dynasty looms
The Great American combined scoring lists offer food for thought for the HS girls cross country scene.  Not only did  the Saratoga Springs NY girls win either way, the Race of Champions or the combined unofficial tally, but their Junior Varsity team would have have scored well against highly rated varsity teams in Charlotte!  The three freshmen and two sophs on the Saratoga Springs JV team scored a perfect 15 in the JV race with times ranging from 19:17 to 20:32.  Plotting those times against the combined varsity results would give the JV team 47-133-143-148-154 for a total of 625 points (without displacing anyone).  That score is better than Brookwood GA 717, Oak Ridge TN 1022 and SE Raleigh NC 1166.   It is within 100 points of such teams as Esperanza CA 621, Colonie NY 583, Lake Braddock VA 550, and Honeoye Falls Lima NY 545.

DyeStat XC Leader Lists 10/4
Now 489 times from 118 meets!!!
Boys 5k - Dathan Ritzenhein 14:31
Boys 3 Mile - Alan Webb 14:25
Girls 5k - Alicia Craig 17:30
Girls 3 Mile - Anita Siraki 16:44
DyeStat Leader Lists 10/4 

Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
What does it take?

• to win a region
• to qualify for the national finals (8th in region)
• to win the nationals
• to make All-American (15th in nationals)

see stats for last 3 years of national finals and regionals

Great American Combined Scoring - Doug Padilla, the computer expert  who scored the meet, likes to do things like this because he is a former world class runner himself.  Here is the scoring as if all 4 classes - 1500 runners -- had been in a single division. Some of the team rankings change.  BOYS - GIRLS

NM Gallup Inv - US#8 Gallup NM boys 60, US#13 Albuquerque NM Academy 107;  Gallup NM girls, still without Felicia Guliford (hip injury), edge Los Alamos NM 81-91.  Guliford is expected to return for NM state meet and Foot Locker.   Highlights

KS USATF Inv - battle of the best of MO, KS, AR.  Adam Perkins 15:45 5k, Lee's Summit 70 wins close boys race. (Midwest #8 Shawnee Mission NW 6th). Lawrence Free State girls topple Shawnee Mission NW 40-49.  Details

HI Iolani Inv - Montgomery CA sweeps easily on hot, muggy day in paradise.  Complete results.

WA Sunfair Inv - US#5 Flathead MT boys 14 beat US#9 Mt. Spokane WA 24 and US#22 University WA in unusual format (all Number One's in one race, Number Two's in another race, and so on through Number 7.)  Fastest times:  Michael Kiter 15:18 and Jodee Adams-Moore 17:58 (8th best ever in this meet)  Highlights

FL Gator Inv - Jefferson twins (Sean 15:52.66 and John  15:53.05) lead US#14 Delray Beach Atlantic 41 to 191 point margin in Open Division.  Fastest times of meet are in Invitational Division, with Mike Swope 15:38 edging Rolf Steier by 1 second.  Swope's Winter Park 121 wins Invitational title.  Christa Benton continues her fine campaign with a 17:59 Girls Invitational tour, 51 seconds ahead of team champion Boyd Anderson's #1 Andrea Austin.  Complete Results

UT Orem Kiwanis Inv - Mountain View UT sweeps.  US#2 boys 32 behind Dustin Bybee 15:53 5k and Chandler Goodwin 16:02; Girls beat Bingham UT on 6th place tie breaker after both teams score 41 points.   Amber Harper, Orem, 19:00 leads seven girls ahead of Zeigle twins, with freshman Heidi Magill's 2nd place 19:06 leading Mountain View.  Details

CA Stanford Inv - monster meet draws 275 HS teams from West Coast to Palo Alto CA - San Lorenzo Valley CA girls 159 win big, Buchanan CA boys 278 edge Don Bosco CA by 10 (US#7 Mead WA 496 is 6th) - sr Anita Siraki, Hoover Glendale CA 18:12 5k is fastest girl overall - Canadian sr Marcel Hewamudalige 15:54 shades Arroyo CA so Yong Sung Leal by 1 second for top boys time.  Ryan Hall 16:08.   Pearl River NY girls make long trip worthwhile by winning Division 4. 
Complete Results all 5 divisions and composite scores

Bobby Lockhart of the Shenandoah Valley  Handley Winchester VA junior stays in the valley in western Virginia until it is national HS running prime time.  His ridiculously easy win at Fort Frederick State Park MD 9/30 showed he is ready to come out again.  DyeStat Feature on Bobby Lockhart 

NH 26th Manchester Inv - 1999 Foot Locker Northeast champion Melissa Donais, Phillips Andover MA jr, won the Elite Division in 18:54, nine seconds ahead of Emily Hampson.  Next were Liz Gesel and Sarah Girard, who led US#9 Manchester Central girls 42 to the Elite title.  Mohawk MA sr Neal Graves, running in the Small School division, posted the fastest boys time of the day at 15:56.  
Complete Results

TX Aldine Inv - Klein Oak soph Steve Magness wins in 15:06 3mi, and then comes the flood of six straight The Woodlands runners, all meeting the DyeStat Cross Country Leader List cutoff.  Details

NY 36th McQuaid Inv - Peter Meindl 14:55 3 mi and Michelle Skiles 17:30 have fastest times of the day.  Highlights

MD Fort Frederick - Bobby Lockhart 15:22 5k wins in a breeze by 53 seconds.  Handley VA sweeps with freshman Kristin Novara 20:08 leading girls team. Complete Results and pictures.

Frostburg Invitational - Baldwin-Wallace sweeps college meet, women for 7th straight year, at Fort Frederick MD. Complete Results and Pictures

CROSS COUNTRY
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NY Girls Rankings - Week 3
ID Bob Firman Inv - State meet preview in Boise
GA Rankings 10/3 - Coaches give top ranking to Brookwood girls, Shannon Womack, Alexander boys and Joe Thome.
KS USATF Inv and Weekend Roundup - Adam Perkins 15:45 5k, Lee's Summit 70 (Midwest #8 Shawnee Mission NW 6th). Lawrence Free State girls
AZ Mingus Inv -  Chinle boys 90,  Flagstaff girls 59.
HI Iolani Inv - Montgomery CA sweeps easily on hot, muggy day in paradise.
FL Gator Inv - Jefferson twins, Mike Swope, Christa Benton, Boyd Anderson
NH Manchester Inv - Melissa Donais, Manchester Central, Neil Graves
VA Boys Rankings 10/1- Brandon Miles' lists have Alan Webb and Midlothian atop AAA.
NY Boys Rankings - Week 3
RI Woonsocket Call Inv
TN Bristol Cross
PA 9/30 Weekend by Don Rich
NY McQuaid Invitational
UT 13th Davis Clipper Inv - host Davis sweeps. Emily King lowers own course record to 17:08 2.75 mi.
UT Orem Kiwanis Inv - Mountain View boys 48; Bingham girls 56 (Mtn View 57)
CA Stanford Invitational - Buchanan boys, San Lorenzo Valley girls win overall team titles.  Anita Siraki 18:12 5k.
MD Fort Frederick - Frostburg Inv (college) and Queen City Inv (HS); Bobby Lockhart 15:22 5k by 53 seconds.
KS Roundup 9/23-9/29 - Free State Lawrence girls win battle of top teams.
CT Wilton Invitational - US#12 Danbury boys 26; Guilford girls 37
KS Rim Rock Inv
LA Jeff Davis Bank Inv - Jackie John wins in meet record 12:07 2 mi; Barbe Bucs boys, Bell City girls.
AR Coaches Poll Week 4 - Mtn Home boys, Bentonville girls are #1. 
Prior Weeks Ticker Tapes
Last Week's Headlines

Latest information on big upcoming meets: 
Steel City Invitational - biggest PA meet before state meet - 125 teams entered at Coatesville PA - see Don Rich's Steel City page on DyeStatPA.
Portage Invitational - Dan Wytko's preview - meet grows to 220 teams in 3rd year.  Most of Michigan's best teams, including Rockford (US#1 girls, US#4 boys), will be there.  Nikki Reckman, 53rd in the World Junior Cross last season, invades from Canada. 10/7 at Portage MI.  
Mt. SAC - Biggest meet of the season, with 90 races starting 8 minutes apart over a day and a half - Entries postmarked after 9/29 require a $40 late fee.  see DyeStat Mt. SAC home page - 10/21 at Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut CA
Foot Locker Championships - Regional entry deadlines are looming for the post-season meet that crowns the king and queen of high school cross country at Disney World in December.  see DyeStat Foot Locker 2000 home page for information and prior year results.  Also see separate region pages: Northeast - South - Midwest - West Regional meets are 11/25 except the West (12/2)
Georgetown Prep - Schedule revised because of PSAT test day. 10/21 at Rockville MD 

DyeStat Elite 
4,800 athletes ranked for 2000 outdoor season.  Update with all state meets and J.O. championships will be published 9/30.

Question of the Week Summary
Results of all the weekly questions on the DyeStat front page this year.  See how well you predicted big meets.

DyeStat Guide to the Recruiting Game, a series by Donna Dye - rules of the game - how to reach your goals - how to be eligible. Latest installment - Title IX & Gender Equity - how they affect track scholarships

Karen's Diary
All-American shot putter Karen Freberg of California is keeping a diary of her recruiting year - Part 3: First College Visit

Texas reported near Girls PV
Perhaps inspired by Stacy Dragila's gold at Sydney, the Texas UIL is reported to be ready to vote for girls pole vault at its October 15 meeting (David Butler) 

The Meteoric Rise of San Lorenzo Valley  How a new coach and a new attitude made national champions of the girls from the mountain forests above Santa Cruz CA.  What are their new "impossible dreams" on the eve of the GAXC in Charlotte?  DyeStat Feature

Molvar's List
First of John Molvar's top 100 boys rankings and Foot Locker preview for the 2000 season - can Ryan Hall or Alan Webb keep Dathan Ritzenhein from all-time No. 1 ranking? 
see Molvar's List

THE HARRIER Rankings
Great American had 12 of top 20 teams:
Early meets shake up Marc Bloom's lists, but the 1-2 teams remain the same: The Woodlands TX and Mountain View UT boys and Rockford MI and San Lorenzo Valley CA girls.  The rankings set up an historic Great American Cross Country Festival this Saturday in Charlotte, as 5 of the top 10 boys teams (1-2-3-5-7) and 7 of the top 10 girls teams (2-3-4-5-6-9-10) collided head on in the Race of Champions in Charlotte.  The results foretell a sheakup in the next rankings.  The Harrier rankings

Great American 
Cross Country Festival

On a day that started with a flood that caused a 7-hour delay, two runners -- Alan Webb and Alicia Craig -- parted the competitive waters with ease, while the entire 8-race high school schedule was featured by fierce team competition when the flood waters receded and the sun came out.  
Complete results and pictures from Charlotte - 
Top GAXC Marks: 70 runners make DyeStat Leader List - 
Donna on the Side  - 
Great American home page  
100 photos !

NY 9/23 Weekend by George Febles - 13 meets

PA 9/23 Weekend by Don Rich - US#23 O'Hara boys put 5 in top 20 with 1:02 spread.  Baldwin's Dan Mazzocco beats PA preseason favorite Shawn Cavanaugh for the first time.  Details

MN Roy Griak Invitational - US#19 Colerain Cincinnati OH girls journey north for a victory. Home state Wayzata MN, US#16, wins boys race..  - Complete Results

MD Bull Run Invitational - US#16 Middletown MD Girls and US#25 Good Counsel MD boys won their third straight meets of the season (Interstate Classic MD and Spiked Shoe PA).  Individual bests of the day were Dulaney MD jr Tenke Zoltani and Eastern NJ sr Mike Myers. Complete Results

College Choices 2000
Lists now have 1,532 names as the late signing season ends and the class reports to college.  This update includes Erin Price GA - the 6'2" athlete signed a volleyball scholarship at Alabama, but will also high jump (5-9 PR).

First Class of 2001 choice is Kendra Wecker, of Marysville KS, the US#1 javelin thrower (169-5), who will go to Kansas State.  The 5'11" Wecker will sign a basketball scholarship (she is the No. 1 rated player in Kansas) but will also compete in track. Full story on Rivals' goPowerCat.

Send college choices information to John Dye at dye@dyestat.com, giving name of athlete, home state, college choice, phone numbers, and relationship of sender to the athlete.

 DyeStat XC Leader List 

DyeStat brings you national listings of cross country performances for the 2000 season.  These are not rankings - cross country times are inherently not comparable.  But the fastest runners in the country should be recognized.  DyeStat is compiling the national leaders meeting cutoffs at 3 miles and 5k, with updates at least weekly.

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