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Ritz chooses Colorado - With "a huge weight off my shoulder" now he can really fly. steveu interviews Dathan Ritzenhein
State meet results rolling in - new Harrier Poll
now 1,027 marks from 226 meets as of 10/27 - Dathan Ritzenhein 14:31 5k; Alan Webb 13:57 3mi; Julia Pudlin 17:14 5k; Anita Siraki 16:38 3mi.
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Latest Cross Country Highlights
This Weekend - State Meets
PA on DyeStatPA; GA
start
lists; OH, MI, MN, and more.
VA Alan Webb cruises a minute slower than last week but still wins Northern Virginia AAA regional by 10 seconds in 14:56. Runnerup Matt Maline leads Oakton to team title. Kelley Otstott 17:38 (verbally committed to Georgetown) leads Jefferson girls to 1-point win over Robinson. Story and results by Pearl Watts
MN Nick Schneider injured, but still running - Minnesota star (2nd in 2-mile and 4th in 1-mile at Foot Locker Outdoors last June) was hobbled with achilles tendon injuries earlier in the season and now he has a stress fracture of the fibula. He still ran in his MN district meet with a brace (and won!). Now he is reported planning to run in the MN State Meet Saturday 11/4.
KY Regionals - Fastest of all are soph Bobby Curtis, St. Xavier 15:02 5k, and jr Elizabeth Campbell, North Hardin 18:45. Complete Combined Results
PA Julia Pudlin has been breaking course records all season and she did it again 11/2 at the Devon campus of Episcopal Academy in the Girls Inter-Academic League Championships She toured the hilly 3.1 mile course in 17:51, breaking her previous best time of 18:57, for her fourth straight league title, which she first won in 8th grade.
WI State Meet - Stevens Point soph Chris Solinsky 15:32 5k beat favored Waukesha West sr Matt Esche by 7 seconds. US#21 Waukesha West girls 79 led by Serena Ramsey's runnerup finish to Kaukauna sr Brook Novak 14:11 4k. Complete Results
CA Seaview League - Newport Harbor sr Amber Steen 17:45 and Woodbridge fr Michael Hadden 15:24 won over the 3-mile Woodbridge Invitational course.
CA Ryan Hall 14:52 3mi in DeAnza League championship 10/31 at Yucaipa HS. Hall leads Big Bear 29 to title with 7 of top 13 finishers. A few days earlier (10/27), the 2000 national Foot Locker mile champion signalled he was rounding into shape by winning an all comers 2-mile at Azusa Pacific U. in 8:58.6. He beat former NAIA indoor mile champion Ricky Etheridge by 5 seconds. Afterward, Hall told SoCal track writer Rich Gonzales on CalTrack that he was lethargic earlier in the season because of side effects of taking the prescription drug acutane to treat a facial blemish problem.
IA Iowa City West girls win 3A state meet as Jeni Frudden 10:59 2mi leads a 1-3-5-8-14 effort by the US#6 squad. Ben Glaser, W. DesMoines Dowling, 15:22 won the boys title, with Chris Jones 15:39 second. Both Frudden and Glaser were undefeated this year. Complete Results
CA Buena Vista Inv - McFarland sr Andres Gomez reversed the result in a rerun of his great duel with Taft jr Billy Nelson at Mt SAC. Gomez 15:44 won this time by 4 seconds with a surge in the last mile, both breaking the record on Taft's home 3.1 mile course.
OH the story of Northbend Rd - Cincinnati rivals St. Xavier and LaSalle are only 5 miles apart and both are nationally ranked - they will meet again for the third time this year in the OH State Meet 11/4. Preview
XCtrack.com Poll - Brad Herbster's committee has Mountain View UT boys and Saratoga NY girls number 1, with Rockford girls 3rd behind Campbell County WY. Details
MO Districts - Adam Perkins 15:37 5k; Lee's Summit sweeps 4A team titles; Raytown soph Courtney Cockerell 18:40. Details
FL Bay Conference - Course records by both Rolf Steier 14:53 3mi and Christa Benton 17:13, each winning by more than a minute. Details
ID State Meet - Best times of the day on slow, sandy surface were by soph Matt Knoff, Highland 16:38 5k and fr Karley Meikle, Hillcrest 19:53. Meridian, Vallivue, and Preston sweep. Complete Results
OH Regionals - US#20 St. Xavier Cincinnati 49, US#24 LaSalle Cincinnati 62 in Southwest region. LaSalle's Allen Bader wins in 15:26 5k. Details
CO State Meet - Smoky Hill soph Megan Kaltenbach 18:42 5k wins second straight state meet; announces she will run in Foot Locker this year (last year she skipped it for a soccer tournament). Bret Schoolmeester 15:53 is fastest boy of the day. Details
Ritz will run with the Buffaloes
The Grand Rapids MI Press reported 10/29 that Rockford MI
star Dathan Ritzenhein has verbally committed to attend Colorado
over Michigan and Oregon. With this
off his chest, Ritzenhein said now he could just concentrate on
"running my best." So he went out and won his regional
meet in 14:18, leading his team to a 19-point score. The US#1t Rockford
girls were nearly perfect with 16 points. Their big three of
Lindsey Blaisdell, Kalin Toedebusch, and Nicki Bohnsack tied for first
at 18:00, with Kelsey Toedebusch and Aimee Keenan 4-6.. Rockford
regional results
VA District Roundup - Bryce Ruiz 15:26, 2nd fastest ever at Newport News park (Seneca Lassiter, 15:15). Matt Kealy, Ocean Lakes 15:46 CR. Dustin Sweeney 16:53 CR. Western Albemarle sweep. Bobby Lockhart 15:14. Jorge Ruiz 15:08
KS State Meet - Shawnee Mission NW boys 42 win 7th straight 6A title; girls 62 win too. Scott Loftin 15:53 5k. Matt and Megan Noonan win 4A titles. Erin Mortimer wins 6th straight 3A crown for Mortimer family. Details
IL Sectionals - last step before state meet. Tony Rakaric 14:46 3.05 mi. Dan Glaz, Stagg 14:40 3mi edges Adam Roche, York by 3 seconds. York boys 48, girls 43, both win. Paul Jellema 14:55 3mi. Details
CT Class Championships - Danbury boys win Class LL with 37 points resting No. 1 and No. 2. Best times of day: Brian McGovern 15:40 5k, Chelsea Lenge 15:08. Complete Results
State Rankings all over the place - Arkansas - New Jersey - Massachusetts - Georgia - New York Girls - New York Boys - Virginia -
PA Districts - West Allegheny's Lauren Shaffer failed to qualify in District 7, the area around Pittsburgh. She had moved up the AAA this year, after winning the AA State Championship in 1999 in a time that was the second fastest in the state. Lauren Bricker wins the D7 title. Mount Lebanon junior Shawn Cavanaugh makes up for two recent losses to Baldwin junior Dan Mazzacco, winning the District 7 title. CB East's Karl Dusen led his team to the District One title wiht a 15:25. Katie Ewart, coached by PA legend Paul Vandergrift, makes it two wins in a row over Wissahickon senior Paige Miller. More on PA Districts on Don Rich's DyeStatPA
SD State Meet - Rapid City Stevens sweeps AA team titles behind Erik Gumstrup 16:19 5k and Steph Richardson 15:43 4k in 30 mph winds. State record holder and 3-time champion Jessica Fox is slowed by a foot injury and settles for 6th. Eighth grader Patrick Grass 16:57 leads Pine Ridge boys to upset over #1 ranked Madison, 42-45, in Class A. Highlights and Detailed Results
the Webbmaster smashes VA record 13.57! - South Lakes VA sr Alan Webb won the Virginia Concorde District championship in 13:57 on the hilly 2.98-mile Burke Lake Park course, 22 seconds under the old record (Sharif Karie 14:19, 1996). It was only the fourth time under 14:30 in 27 years on this configuration at the busy Burke Lake course. Pearl Watts' complete report with detailed splits - Also, report on Patriot & National Districts
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DyeStat Elite - 2000 outdoor rankings - updated to include all state championships and major summer meets - 5600 performances from 900 meets! - Final rankings coming soon.
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the NAIA option - Part 5 of Donna Dye's series tells of opportunities at the smaller schools. Also Recruiting Tips
Latest information on big upcoming meets:
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)
OR BorderClash
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The 2nd running of the Washington-Oregon post season tussle will be
November 11 at Nike World Headquarters in Portland. Here
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KY Regionals
VA Northern
Region
VT State
Meet - jr Mint Henk 15:56 3.15mi leads U-32
boys 26
SC Independent
Schools (SCISA) Ch.
IA State
Meet
KY Meet
of Champions - Bobby Curtis 15:17, Rachel
Sanford 18:59
WI State
Meet
NY Boys
Rankings by Cuffe - Week 7
NY Girls
Rankings by Doherty - Week 7
GA State
Rankings - last before state meet
OH State
Meet Preview - St. Xavier vs LaSalle, 3rd time
MA Klim
Poll 3 - MA boys
PA State
Meet Preview - by Don Rich
MO StateMeet
preview 1A-2A boys
MO Districts
NV Northern Nevada Regional - perfect
15 for Lowry
MI steveu
interviews Dathan Ritzenhein on Colorado choice
NJ State
Meet Preview by Conrad - Cherokee vs. CBA
NJ Boys
Rankings 10/30 by Conrad Haber
The Harrier - national
rankings 10/30
MI Top
25 Girls - Katie Anderson, Marquette, still #1
ID Idaho
State Meet
NC girl
stars Lucas and McGraw out with injuries
MI Regionals
- Rockford boys 19, Rockford girls 16
VA Boys
Rankings 10/29
VA District
Roundup
KS State
Meet
XCtrack.com national
team poll 10/28
IL Sectionals
CT Class
Championships
IN New Prairie Semistate
- Mike Taylor, Portage 15:40 5k; Nick
Kruse, Lake Central 15:45; Mike Haschel, Logansport 15:48
(1st loss of year)
PA Independent Schools Championship -
jr Julia Pudlin 18:10, 3rd straight title, CR by 40 seconds. Complete
Results
IN Culver Regional
- undefeated Logansport jr Mike Haschel 15:56
5k - 25-second margin is his closest race this year
FL Bay Conference
TX 5A District 15 - The
Woodlands 16, Chris Esselborn 15:43 5k, four Woodlands
runners under 16:00
IL Boys
Regional Qualifiers
GA Coaches
Rankings 10/24
NJ Boys
Rankings by Conrad 10/24
MA The
Klim Poll 10/24
VA Boys
Rankings 10/22
NY Girls
Rankings Week 6
NY Boys
Rankings Week 6
AR Coaches
Poll Week 8
NV Southern
Nevada Regional
SD State
Meet
GA Last
Chance Inv
NC Guilford
City-County
NH Junior High School state
meet
AL Auburn
Tiger Classic - Matt Tillman 16:07 5k and Smith's
Station 23
RI Boys
State Meet Qualifiers
NV Elko
Invitational
OR McKay
4-way - Jenna Goff edges Dawn Morgan by
2 seconds
CA Mariner
Invitational - Jesuit boys, Antioch girls, Shannon
Rowbury and Efeson Yosief
VA Patriot,
National districts
RI Brown
Invitational
KS 4A
Regionals
KS 6A
Regionals - Scott Loftin 15:30; Maize sweeps; "Magnificent
Seven" battle.
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
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
GA Last Chance Inv - Collins Hill boys 72, South #7 Marist girls 45. Details
RI Brown Invitational - US#12 Christian Brothers Academy invades from New Jersey with 4 of top 9. Unranked St. John's Prep MA beats out US#20 Hendricken RI for second. Natasha Roetter 17:28 wins by more than a minute. Highlights.
OH Cincinnati Districts - US#11 LaSalle and Ohio#1 St. Xavier win boys titles. US#12 Colerain girls win. Lindsay Zinn 17:39 beats defending state champion Chelsea Homan 18:03. Highlights
MT Flathead boys win 4th straight Montana title, 4th straight year with less than 30 points. Complete Results
WY Campbell County - Coach Orville Hess's teams swept the Wyoming State Meet. The US#3 girls 18 placed 6 in the top 10, led by Alicia Craig 18:20 5k at 5300 ft altitude. The boys bid for a national ranking themselves by trouncing US#17 Rock Springs, 26-66. Complete Results
MD Georgetown Prep Classic - a Good Counsel MD sweep - US#24 boys 125 beat W. Springfield VA 147 and Gaithersburg MD 180. Girls win a tight battle with 131 pts over Thomas Jefferson VA 143, T.C. Williams VA 163, and River Hill MD 163. Individual winners: Ben Stern, Georgetown Day, 15:43 5k. Thomas Jefferson jr Jeannie Addison 18:59. NEW: Complete Results now of all 11 races
UT State Meet - US#1 Mountain View boys and US#4 Bingham girls repeat; defending champs Laura Zeigle, Phoebe Ko lose to Amber Harper and Kassi Anderson. Details and pictures
MA One Month until Grafton - with the state meet a month away, Jake Klim sizes up Mass harriers and sees St. John's, Josh Palazola, Neil Graves, and Mohawk at the head of the 2000 class. Details
Mt. SAC - Complete Results, Stories, and 100 pictures added!
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J. J. Duke 14:56 - second straight bleached blond to have fastest time of the meet
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Best Times - 66 runners qualified for the DyeStat Leader List
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Poop Out Hill - how the deadly hill looks and feels
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The Scene - mountains, desert, and 14,000 runners
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Detailed Results of all 84 races: Sweepstakes races - Varsity Races - Jr Varsity -. Sophomore - Freshman
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.
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