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Commentary September 26, 2002
Week 3
Recap
Week 3 saw the Russellville
Cyclones take 4th(16:54 average over 5K and a 1:59 spread) at
the Missouri Southern State College Southern Stampede in Joplin, MO on
9/21 while the Fayetteville Bulldogs took 6th (17:24 average
and a fabulous 22 second spread!). The
20-team meet was won by the Missouri power West Plains Zizzers (15:52
avearge and 1:03 spread) who scorched the competition with 27 points taking
1-3-5-8-10. Other Arkansas teams
competing were Lake Hamilton (7th), Mt. Home (9th)
and Bentonville (16th).
At the Stampede, Lake Hamilton averaged 17:32 for 5K but were
spread out over 3:10 and Mt. Home averaged 17:36 but a very respectable
spread of only 1:29. Meanwhile, Bentonville
managed to average 19:18 with a spread of a whopping 5:06. Meanwhile, Rogers took the Monett
(MO) Invitational on 9/17 (17:40 average for 5K and a 1:32 spread) . Conway
(17:37 average and 1:35 spread) won the Orange Crush IV at Hendrix College
with only 26 points (1-3-4-5-13) in a 12-team meet over DeQueen (88), Vilonia
(100) and a tie between Heber Springs (126) and Hot Springs
(126). At the Bryant Invitational
on 9/21, LR Lutheran took top honors with 70 points (average 19:04 and a
2:12 spread) over host Bryant’s 82 (average 19:16 and a spread of 1:43)
and cross-Rock rival Catholic High with 87 (average 19:21 and a spread
of 1:06).
In Girls action, Mount
St. Mary’s took the win at Orange Crush IV (16:48 average for 4K and
a 2:57 spread) while Rogers (21:25 average and 2:35 spread) won its 2nd
consecutive 5K meet in Missouri at the Monett Invitational. Lake Hamilton (21:31 average for 5K
and 4:55 spread) took on the Southern Stampede field and claimed 8th
out of 15. Other Arkansas finishers at
the Stampede were Fayetteville (10th), Mt. Home (11th)
and Russellville (12th).
West Plains also took the Girls race with an impressive 1-2-4-6-9
finish, an average of 19:12 and a 1:06 spread.
Bryant had no trouble winning their home meet at the Bryant
Invitational on 9/21with a thorough win over runner-up Magnet Cove,
18-60, as LR Lutheran claimed third with 86. The Lady Hornets had an
impressive average of 16:27 and a terrific spread of only 40 seconds. Magnet Cove tallied an average of
18:26 (spread of 3:24) and Lutheran came in at an average of 19:08
(spread of 4:12). At the Orange
Crush, MSM ran away with a 24-85 win over Harrison (average
of 18:43 and a spread of 4:31) with Berryville (average of 18:52 and
sread of 2:54) and Vilonia
(average of 18:58 and spread of 2:57) tied for 3rd at 96.
STARS OF THE
WEEK:
GIRLS --- Sophomore Ashley Williams of Little Rock
Mount St. Mary’s took honors again in Week 3 with a 14:59 for 4K at the
Orange Crush IV, tagging teammate Lizzie Phillips who took 2nd
in 16:45. Beth Madson of Lake
Hamilton finished 3rd at the Stampede in an excellent 19:06 for
5K while teammate Patricia Bradbury took 11th in 19:54.
Other notables
were:
4K:
Candice James,
Bryant
16:11 (Bryant Invite, 9/21)
Brooke Higgs,
Bryant 16:14 (Bryant Invite,
9/21)
Kristen Kennerly,
Magnet Cove
16:15 (Bryant Invite, 9/21)
Jessica Graham,
Bryant
16:21 (Bryant Invite, 9/21)
Mary Edwards,
Bryant 16:38 (Bryant Invite,
9/21)
Jaala Spencer,
Conway
16:58 (Orange Crush, 9/21)
5K:
Alicia Owensby,
Bentonville
20:06 (Stampede, 9/21)
Niki Williams,
Fayetteville
20:08 (Stampede, 9/21)
Laura Broderdorf,
Mt. Home
20:30 (Stampede, 9/21)
Andrea Peerson,
Rogers
20:51 (Monett Invite, 9/17)
Ana Laura
Salinas, Rogers 21:22 (Monett Invite, 9/17)
Laura Brown,
Russellville 21:26 (Stampede, 9/21)
BOYS --- Chase
Feltner of Russellville
once again turned in the leading performance with a hard fought 4th
at the Southern Stampede as he clocked 15:50 over the 5K course while Lake
Hamilton’s Burt Hicks was not far behind at 16:03 for 7th.
Other notables
were:
Travis Feltner,
Russellville 16:37 (Stampede, 9/21)
Derek Curry, Mt.
Home
16:46 (Stampede, 9/21)
Bryan Garner,
Russellville 16:48 (Stampede, 9/21)
Eric Harris,
Conway 16:52 (Orange Crush, 9/21)
Ronald Kalega,
Searcy 16:57 (Orange Crush, 9/21)
Luis Flores,
Rogers 16:58 (Monett
Invite, 9/17)
Tim Cannon, Lake
Hamilton
16:59 (Stampede, 9/21)
LATEST
RANKINGS:
Girls 1A/2A/3A
…….Berryville, Dover, DeQueen, Magnet Cove, Pulaski Academy
Girls 4A/5A
…………Bryant, Lake Hamilton, Fayetteville, Rogers, Mount St. Mary’s
Boys 1A/2A/3A
…….DeQueen, Heber Springs, Berryville, Pottsville, Dover
Boys 4A/5A
…………Russellville, Conway, Lake Hamilton, Rogers, Mt. Home