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| Syracuse City
Schools Invitational
(Oct 6, 2001): LeMoyne
College was the host site for the Syracuse Cities Invitational ...
13 varsity teams competed on the 3.05 mile course ... the weather was
rainy & breezy (temperatures 50 deg). [I
have posted preliminary Results] ... [Photos]
Boys Varsity ...
Section 4 power Ithaca beat CNS & Tully by a score of 41-67-70
... Ithaca runners finished 3rd, 4th and 5th which gave them a big
advantage over the Section 3 teams. The individual winner was Tully's Lopez
Lomong
(16:08.3) ... Lopez has won every race he's been
in since finishing 3rd at the early season ESM Invitational ... in
this race, Lopez was in command after a mile and half and maintained
a comfortable lead all the way to the finish ... Byran Buchanan
(CNS, 16:19.4) ran another excellent race to out-finish three Ithaca
runners. Tully's Sean Rienhardt (16:42.0) finished 6th with
another good effort.
Girls Varsity ...
A very good CNS girl's team outscored Ithaca and Tully (30-34-60)
... CNS earned the victory by placing four runners in the top six
spots (Taryn Menard, 2nd, 19:33; Marie Parks, 4th,
19:38; Laura Ewald, 5th, 19:46; and Caitlin Wlodarski,
6th, 19:58). Ithaca's Robyn Ellerbrook was the
individual race winner (19:27) ... Tully's Jessica Portmess
finished 7th (20:17) with a good effort.
[Click Here for some Photos
of the Syracuse Cities Invitational]
Baldwinsville Invitational
(Oct 6, 2001): The
Baldwinsville Invitational was run on Baldwinsville's 3.0 mile
course ... six varsity races were contested (Boys & Girls A, B
& C/D) ... [Complete
Results will be posted on the Coach Foster's Baldwinsville Web-Site] ...
[Photos]
Girls Varsity A ...
This was a very interesting race ... some top Section 3 teams (Skaneateles,
Beaver River & FM) challenged powerful Saratoga
(the top girl's team in the nation) ... not surprisingly, Saratoga
won convincingly by placing 7 runners in the top 10 places (21
points), with Nicole Blood the individual winner and fastest
girl's time of the day (16:50) ... Skaneateles finished 2nd (76),
Beaver River 3rd (97) and FM 4th (107) ... all three Section 3 teams
ran very well !!!
FM's Laurel Burdick took the
lead early in the race, but was followed closely by Nicole Blood ...
Blood took a short lead with a just over a mile to go, and finished
strongly to best runner-up Burdick (16:56) by only 6 seconds ...
Skaneateles's Lia Cross finished 6th (18:02) ... Beaver
River's Lauren Moser was a fast-closing 7th-place finisher
(18:05) with Julie Emery finishing 11th (18:29).
Girls Varsity B ...
Newark barely out-pointed South Jefferson (59-60) with Phoenix (97)
and Chittenango (141) 3rd and 4th ... Nichole Lister (S Jeff,
18:01) won comfortably over a very game Lacey Watkins
(Newfane, 18:13) ... Ashley Hughes (Phoenix, 18:51) and Kaitlin
Rees (Oneida, 19:05) finished 4th & 5th.
Girls Varsity C/D ...
Groton put on a very impressive show in defeating Windsor,
Sauquoit Valley and Jordan-Elbridge (23-91-110-133) ... it was
impressive for two reasons: (1) the Groton team ran very well and
(2) top runner Becky MacKenzie did not run due to a slight
leg injury. Groton senior Erin Yaichuk took an early 20 meter
lead in the race and simply extended the lead all the way to the
finish in a very impressive performance (18:26.0) ... Groton
captured 5 of the top 9 places with Lynne Vincent (2nd,
19:07), Katie O'Konsky (5th, 19:17), Annie Scogin
(6th, 19:26) and Alida vanAlmelo (9th, 19:34) running
excellent races.
Boys Varsity A ...
Saratoga easily out-pointed FM and Auburn (24-62-118) ... FM's Dave
Masse did not compete. Saratoga's Sean Curran ran the fastest
boy's time of the day (15:20) ... FM's Jarrett Morgan was the
top Section 3 finisher (7th, 16:04) with FM's Kevin Page
(9th, 16:10) close behind.
Boys Varsity B ...
Skaneateles out-scored Chittenango (91-103) in a
match-up of Section 3 Class B powers. Brad Ariola (APW,
16:05) was the individual race winner ... freshman Steve Corsello
(Skan, 16:16) and sophomore Randon Trowbridge (South
Jeff, 16:20) were 2nd & 3rd.
Boys Varsity C/D ...
Jon French (Gouverneur, 15:33) won the race with the second
fastest time of the day ... Dan Tickner (Bishop Ludden,
15:44), Ben Hebdon (Groton, 15:45) and Nate Lockett
(Moravia, 15:46) ran very good races to finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th,
respectively.
[Click Here for some Photos
of the Baldwinsville Invitational]
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| Tully Invitational (Sept
29, 2001): This was the
largest Tully Invitational ever held ... 60 teams and 2000
runners. The weather was pleasant for an XC invitational
...partly sunny, light to moderate winds and 50-65 deg. Six varsity races
were contested on Tully's 5000 meter course (in previous years, the
course was about 3.0 miles compared to the current 3.1 miles) ...
races were seeded to intermix the classes ...
I
have posted complete results (thanks
to excellent work of Pat
Leone & Leone Timing Services. A note about
the speed of the new course ... I calculated that compared to
last year's Tully Invitational, this year's course was about 50 to
55 seconds slower.
Girls Varsity #1 ...
Westhill defeated Tully and Baldwinsville by a score of
39-69-81. Kayleigh Wheeless (Westhill, 19:35.6) won the race
handily and lead the from start to finish ... Kelly Owens (Bville)
ran very well over the final mile to finish 2nd (19:59.2) with Jenny
Ryans (Clinton, 20:10.6) and Kaitlin Rees (Oneida, 20:21.8)
finishing 3rd and 4th.
Girls Varsity #2 ...
A very good Liverpool team won the race over New Hartford and
Whitesboro (36-83-101). Tracey Brauksieck (Homer, 18:25.2) was
the very impressive individual winner of the race ... she lead most
of the race, and her winning time (18:25.2) was over a minute faster
than any other girl runner for all three varsity races ... Tracey is
easily one of the best runners in the State. Lauren Noble
(Little Falls, 20:05.6), Katie Luker (New Hartford, 20:21.5),
Meghan
Nolan (Liverpool, 20:21.9) and Colleen Rice (Liverpool, 20:25.0) ran
well in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions.
Girls Varsity #3 ...
CNS edged Beaver River in the closest girl's race of the day by a
score of 38-40. Lauren Moser (Beaver River) led most of the
race and finished with a very good winning time of 19:32.9 ...
team-mate Julie Emery was 2nd (19:42.4 ... Note: Julie
Emery & Adrienne Gagnier (5th) had results mistakenly switched) ... Marie Parks (CNS,
19:57.0) and Laura Ewald (CNS, 20:07.6) were 3rd and 4th with
Adrienne Gagnier (Beaver, 20:149) and Taryn Menard (CNS, 20:28.5) 4th and 5th.
Boys Varsity #1 ...
Tully edged CNS in the closet boy's race of the day by a score of
49-51. Tully's Lopez Lomong ran the fastest race of the day
(16:40.8) ... Dan Tickner (Bishop Ludden, 16:50.3) and Bryan
Buchanan (CNS, 16:55.7) ran very good races to be 2nd and
3rd. Lomong was 20 meters ahead at the mile mark ... he
maintained his margin all the way to the finish ... Tickner &
Buchanan ran very gamely in trying to catch the winner.
Boys Varsity #2 ...
A strong Sauquoit Valley team beat Beaver River and Baldwinsville
(34-94-121). Brad Ariola (APW, 17:06.0) was the impressive
individual winner ... Alan Merrick (17:11.5), John
Nicotera (17:13.4) and Kevin Horvath (17:13.9) of
Sauquoit Valley were closely bunched in 2nd, 3rd and 4th with very
good efforts.
Boys Varsity #3 ...
Holland Patent outscored Somers (from Section 1) and Corcoran
(80-124-133) to win the final varsity division. Nate
Lockett (Moravia, 16:50.2) and Kane Seamon (Richfield
Springs, 16:57.7) traded leads during the race with Lockett taking
command in the final 600 meters ... an excellent effort by both
runners ... Jason Croniser (Adirondack, 17:06.7) and Andrew
Lawson (Holland Patent, 17:15.8) were 3rd and 4th. [Click
Here for some Photos of the Tully Invitational] |
Auburn Invitational (Sept 22, 2001):
As usual, the Auburn Invitational
was contested on the East Middle School course (3.05) adjacent to Cayuga
Community College ... the weather was partly sunny and pleasant
(temperatures 65-75 deg). Six varsity races were run (boys &
girls Class A, B & C/D) ... I have posted
selected results.
Boys Varsity A ... Although
classified as a Class D school, Tully competed in the Class A race ...
Coach Paccia wanted the team to gain experience against larger and
stronger schools in hopes of improving their abilities for races later in
the season ... Tully (82 points) responded well by finishing a close 3rd
to Ithaca (72) and Corning (77) ... Tully's Lopez Lomong continues
to impress as he won the race handily in an eased-up 15:56.0 ... other
Tully runners ran well (Sean Rienhardt (17:00), Lief Brunet (17:06), Tom
Caracci (17:17), Toby Dornton (17:36) Bennett Hillenbrand, and Jesse
Burke) ... Jeff Dugan (West Genesee, 8th, 16:40) ran well and was the 2nd
Section 3 finisher behind Lomong.
Girls Varsity A ...
Skaneateles (34 points) moved up and easily won the "A" over
Ithaca (67) and Corning (80) ... Lia Cross (Skan, 19:04.2) was the
individual winner ... through the first part of the race, Lia traded leads
with Kate Kohout (Clarence) ... Lia was comfortably in the lead in the
last half of the race ... Julie Lynch (Skan, 19:32.3) finished strongly to
capture 4th place.
Boys Varsity C/D ... John
French (Gouverneur), who won last week's South Jefferson Invitational
race, was an impressive winner in 15:51 ... this was the fastest time of
the day. Dan Tickner (Bishop Ludden, 16:10.6) ran well to be
2nd ... Dan also ran very well at the ESM Invite.
Girls Varsity C/D ... This
race matched Groton & Tully (two of the best Class D schools in the
State) ... unfortunately, neither team was able to have a complete roster
compete. Groton was particularly short-handed as four top runners
were absent (Erin Yaichuk, Brandey Hurchla, Katie O'Konsky, Lynne Vincent)
due to ACT tests or other problems ... Tully's top runner, Heather
Roberts, started the race with a nasty sinus infection and was unable to
finish. Tully won the race 71 to 84, but Groton ran very impressively and
demonstrated some excellent team depth. Lacey Watkins (Newfane, which is
near Buffalo) was the individual winner and ran the fastest girl's time of
the day (18:49.1) ... Melissa Usack (Lansing) and Becky
MacKenzie (Groton) ran excellent races and finished 2nd (18:56.7) and
3rd (18:57.5) respectively ... Annie Scogin (Groton, 19:59.8) and Emily
Schmidt (Tully, 20:09.9) also ran well in finishing 4th and 5th.
[Click
Here for a few Photos of the Auburn Meet]
| South Jefferson Invitational (Sept
15, 2001): The South
Jefferson Invite was held at the South Jefferson high school course
(3.05
miles) under relatively cool, sunny and pleasant conditions (temperatures of
50s rising to
mid 60 deg). The South Jeff course is a very good mixture of flat and
hilly terrain ... it is well suited as a possible sectional site in
future years. The well-run meet included only four races (boys &
girls varsity and boys & girls JV) ... complete
results are posted.
In the Girls Varsity race,
Nicole Lister (South Jeff) opened a 30 meter lead over Lauren Moser
(Beaver Riv), Adrienne Gagnier (Beaver Riv) and Julie Emery (Beaver
Riv) only 800 meters into the race ... at the mid-point, Lister
maintained a 30 meter lead over Moser who was now nearly 100 meters
ahead of Gagnier, Emery, and Hanah Failing (Whitesboro) ... Moser
took control of the race after 3500 meters and finished strongly and
impressively to win in 19:08 ... Emery was 2nd (19:51) with Failing
and Gagnier nearly dead-heating in 19:54 ... Lister was 5th in
19:57. Beaver River's Kendra Chamberlain (21:03), Kisa Ruiz (21:30)
and Michelle Golden (21:42) also ran well ... in addition, Amanda
Zehr won the JV race in 21:59 ... Beaver River has a very strong
team!
The Boy's Varsity race was won
impressively by John French (Gouverneur) in 16:43 ... he led the
race from start to finish ... Brad Ariola (APW, 17:06), Matt Coryea
(Watertown, 17:13) and Lucas
Aeschlimann (Mt Markham, 17:18) ran very well to be 2nd, 3rd and 4th
respectively.
[Click Here for a few photos of
the SJ meet]
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| Central Square Invitational (Sept
15, 2001): The Central Square
Invite was held at the Central Square high school course (3.1 miles)
... I arrived too late to see the varsity races; however, I have posted
results of the meet. Cicero-North
Syracuse won both girls & boys A/B races ... the Skaneateles
girls won the C/D race despite the absence of several top runners (Lia
Cross, Julie Lynch, Simone Bras, Cadie Cargile). Kelly Owens (Bville)
won the girls A/B race (19:55.6) with Kerry Banazek (West Gen) 2nd
(19:58.5) ... Ashley Hughes (Phoenix) ran an excellent time of
19:19.5 to finish 2nd in the girls C/D race. The entire field in the
boys C/D race took a wrong turn and "cut" a section of the
course ... according to several coaches at the meet, this lowered
the final times of the lead runners by roughly 85-90 seconds
(compared to the A/B race). Chenango
Valley Invitational (Sept
15, 2001): Both the Tully
Girls Varsity & Boys Varsity won the Small School divisions of the Chenango
Valley Invitational (as did the Tully Boys JV) ... Tully's Lopez Lomong was the individual winner in
the boys varsity race (16:04.9) ... other Tully finishers were Sean
Rienhardt (7th, 16:24.6), Lief Brunet (15th, 17:05.6), Tom Caracci
(23rd, 17:30), Bennet Hillenbrand (37th, 18:13.8), and Jesse Burke (38rd,
18:14.2). Lansing's Melissa Usack won the girl
small school race (18:47.6) ... Tully finishers were Heather Roberts
(5th, 19:33), Emily Schmidt (6th, 19:39),
Annie Rienhardt (12th, 20:03), Jess Portmess (19th, 20:25), Lauren
Silvernail (33rd, 21:23), Gwen Lennox (48th, 22:02), Tess Daly
(50th, 22:05), Sandi Ellis (52nd, 22:08), Michelle Lopez (57th,
22:15), Grace Tucker (59th, 22:19) and Jonelle Smydra (109th,
25:08.3). |
East-Syracuse Minoa
Invitational (Sept 8, 2001): The
ESM Invite was held at the Pine Grove Junior High course ( 5080 meters) under
very warm-to-hot and sunny conditions (temperatures of upper 70s rising to
mid 80 deg). All classes (A, B, C and D) ran in the same races. When
available, complete ESM results will be
posted. Girls Varsity:
this raced included some of the best runners in Section 3 in an early
season match-up. About 1K into the race, Nicole Lister (S Jeff) held
a very slight lead over Tracey Brauksieck (Homer) with Laurel Burdick (FM)
about 20m behind in 3rd and some additional gaps back to Melissa Lister in
4th and Jessica Lister in 5th ... the placing was nearly the same at 3K
... with about 1K remaining, Brauksieck accelerated the lead and blistered
the final 800m ... the final order of finish and approximate times were:
(1) Tracey Brauksieck (Homer) 18:47, (2) Laurel Burdick (FM) 19:13, (3)
Nicole Lister (S Jeff) 19:51, (4) Melissa Lister (S Jeff) 21:09, (5)
Jessica Lister (S Jeff) 21:24, (6) Mackenzie Klump (FM) 21:31, (7) Heather
Roberts (Tully) 21:40, (8) Brittany Crawford (FM) 21:47, (9) Jessica
McAnaney (Tully) 21:59, (10) Amanda Lalley (Cent Sq) 22:04. Boys
Varsity: David Masse (FM) ran a very intelligent race under the
hot conditions and won impressively. About 1K into the race, Tully's
new runner from the Sudan (Lopez Lomong) was running fast with Sean
Rienhardt (Tully) about 20m behind and Dan Tickner (Bishop Ludden) another
20m behind ... at 3K, the fast early pace was beginning to tire Lomong,
but he was still holding a 15m lead over Masse who was moving confidently
into a contending position ... Masse took the lead at about 3.5K and was
unchallenged to the finish ... Tickner finished well to be 2nd ... some
finishing positions and approximate times were: (1) David Masse (FM)
16:47, (2) Dan Tickner (BL) 17:07, (3) Lopez Lomong (Tully) 17:30, (4)
Andrew Zehr (Cana) 17:43, (5) John Evans (CBA), (6) Jason Croniser
(Adirondack) 17:56, (7) Sean Rienhardt (Tully). Girls
JV: The Tully girls won the race taking four of the top five
positions ... (1) Tess Daly (Tully) 24:10, (2) Sandi Ellis (Tully) 24:38,
(3) Grace Tucker (Tully) 25:13, (4) Kerrie Crandall (Cent Sq) 25:45, (5)
Michelle Lopez (Tully) 26:07 ... this was Tess Daly's first career race
and she lead from start to finish!
[Click
Here for a few photos of the ESM races]
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