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 PHOTOS  - NYS Federation Championships - 2003

 ... November 15, 2003 (Bowdoin Park, Wappinger Falls, NY)
 

 

Girls

Winner Nicole Blood (Saratoga, 17:57.9) ... Nicole won handily (winning margin of nearly 25 seconds) and just missed setting a course record by less than one second ... as usual, she controlled the entire race. The battle for second-place ... entering the stretch run ... Aislinn Ryan (Warwick, 2nd) leads Caitlin Lane (Argyle, 3rd), Laura Cummings (Bay Shore, 4th), Lindsey Ferguson (Saratoga, 5th), Caitlin McTague (Niskayuna, 6th) and Nichole Lister (South Jefferson, 7th) ... This was probably Caitlin Lane's (Argyle) best XC ever (Coach Bob Lane was very pleased) - Caitlin had some problems at last week's State meet which hurt her time (Class D race where she finished 3rd)  ... Nichole Lister (South Jefferson) summed up the quality of the competition, "Wow, those girls are really great".

 

Approaching the finish line ... Lindsey Ferguson (Saratoga, 5th) has a slight lead on Laura Cummings (Bay Shore, 4th), but Cummings gets home just in front of Ferguson (by only 0.4 seconds) ... just behind are Caitlin McTague (Niskayuna, 6th) and Nichole Lister (South Jefferson, 7th)
Approaching the finish line ... from right to left are Brittany Crawford (FM, 8th), Emily Fung (Argyle, 10th), Ruby Solomon (Saratoga, 9th) and Lynn Kubeja (Honeoye Falls-Lima, 11th)

 

Shannon Crane (Lancaster, 12th) ... Shannon raced really well all season long Approaching the finish line ... Nicki Junod (CNS, 13th) leads Liz Cufari (Pittsford-Sutherland, 14th), Kara McKenna (Suffern, 15th), Cameron Vahanian (Saratoga, 16th), Emily Malinowski (Bethlehem, 17th) and Brittany Sheffey (Bellport, 18th)

 

Heather Iatauro (Tri-Valley, 19th) and Kristy Longman (Sayville, 20th) Danielle Schaub (Scotia-Glenville, 21st)
Ellen Dougherty (Riverhead, 22nd) leads Marie Parks (CNS, 23rd), Sarah Allen (Southern Springs, 24th), Suejin Ahn (Ward Melville, 25th) and Ashley Hughes (Phoenix, 26th)
Ashley Hughes (Phoenix, 26th) leads Hannah Davidson (Argyle, 27th), Pam O'Sullivan (Bay Shore, 28th), Liz Deir (Honeoye Falls, 29th), Karyn Delay (Saratoga, 30th) and Brittany Carter (Westhampton Beach, 31st)
Lynn Mundy (Cornwall, 32nd), Fiona Cundy (Maine-Endwell, 33rd),  Kristina Pfeifer (Holy Trinity, 34th) and Kristen Taylor (FM, 35th)

 

Boys

About 800 meters remaining ... Lopez Lomong (Tully) and Dominic Luka (Tully) have about a 20 meter lead over Kevin Tschirhart (Northport) who is currently 3rd ... Kyle Heath (Victor) is about 25 meters further back in 4th

 

Entering the stretch ... winner Lopez Lomong (Tully) and Dominic Luka (Tully) Approaching the finish ... Kyle Heath (Victor, 3rd) edges Kevin Tschirhart (Northport, 4th)

 

Jacob Gurzler (Shen, 5th) leads Teddy Quinn (Rush-Hen, 6th), Scott Mindel (Shen, 7th), Ryan Gaedje (Shen, 8th) and Kevin McDermott (Chaminade, 9th, in red)
Scott Mindel (Shen, 7th), Ryan Gaedje (Shen, 8th) and Kevin McDermott (Chaminade, 9th, in red)
Good group finish ... Mark Stevens (Pittsford-Sutherland, 10th) leads Carlos Jamieson (North Rockland, 11th), John Martinez (North Rockland, 12th), Jake LaRoe (Warwick, 13th, purple jersey), Josh Arthur (South Lewis, 14th), Ozzie Myers (Chittenango, 15th), Phil Roach (Shen, 16th) and Jared Burdick (FM, 17th)
Josh Arthur (South Lewis, 14th), Ozzie Myers (Chittenango, 15th), Phil Roach (Shen, 16th), Jared Burdick (FM, 17th) and Bill Ceriello (Arlington, 18th)
Colin Meyers (St. Mary's-Lancaster, 19th) leads Danny Busby (Seton Catholic, 21st, behind Meyers) and Kyle Audi (Colonie, 20th)
Thomas Murphy (St. Anthony's, 23rd), Mike Deren (Frontier, 24th), Leo Smith (East Rochester, 25th) and David Weart (James O'Neill, 26th)
Front row - Andre Silva (Middle Country, 27th), Brian Rhodes-Davey (Guilderland, 29th) and Brian Smerkers (Shen, 28th) ... behind are Kevin Treadway (Colonie, 30th) and Adam Harding (Columbia, 32nd)