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2007 Best Performances Standards. Each year we establish performance standards for both outdoor and indoor seasons for use in creating the ArkansasTrackStats Best Performances. The standards are set based on prior year’s results to try to have end of season lists for about the Top 30 indoor, Top 50 outdoor short sprints and horizontal jumps and Top 30 for other outdoor events. Click here for the 2007 standards.
Dan Lincoln headlined in USATF magazine.
Former Hot Springs and UAF trackster was featured in the Nike page 2
feature in the Winter 2006 issue of fast>>FORWARD magazine
published by USA Track and Field.
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The Harrier's 2007 CC Yearbook. For the complete wrap of the 2006 US high school cross country season, do not miss Marc Bloom’s 2007 Yearbook with over 5000 athletes listed. Marc is a New York City sportswriter who passionately covers high school CC. To order, go to: www.marcbloomrunning.com
12/31/2006 …. See our 2006 Year in Review for our take on the top Arkansas high school cross country and track and field stories ….also, see the updated Cross Country Team Championship Chart ……. Finally, check out the long overdue updated Arkansas All-Time Bests Lists. Happy New Year and best wishes for a terrific 2007.
11/18/2006 - Arkansas/Oklahoma Cross Country All-Stars
Meet (Saturday morning, 11/18/2006
Agri Park, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas): Kevin Schwab
(5A Mustang, OK) took his third All-Stars title in as many years to lead the
Sooner State past the Natural State by 63-130 on a gorgeous morning for a cross
country race. Schwab blistered the 5k course in 15:04.81 with a
1. Kevin Schwab, 5A Mustang, OK, 15:04.81
2. Josh Brewer, 6A Lake
3. Johnny Purvis, 1A Jasper, AR, 15:56.76
4. Jaime Villa, 5A
5. Andres Gonzalez, 5A
6. Joel Dutton, 5A
Average times for Top 9: OK 16:02.03; AR 16:20.48
Sara Vaughn (5A Tulsa Union, OK) led the entire way for the individual
title in 18:30.97 to lead the Oklahomans to a narrow 83-88 win over their
1. Sara Vaughn, 5A Tulsa Union, OK, 18:30.97
2. Tess Lackey, 2A
3. Erika Setzler, 7A
4. Jori Davis, 3A
5. Margaux Isaken, 7A
6. Ashley Miess, 5A
Average times for Top 9: OK 19:13.50; AR 19:17.12
Weather: sunny, brisk with temps in high 40s, slight breeze
Course: 5K, mostly flat on grass
Note: Each state fields a team of 25 boys and 25 girls and the team score is
based on the Top 9 from each team.
Click here for meet results for Boys and here for Girls.
11/11/2006 ... Highlights of State Cross Country Meet
#9 Nike South Rogers Boys cruised to victory in the
7A Boys with five of the Top 8 places led by Aaron Hamilton who took
individual honors with a 16:09 clocking. The Mounties won their 14th
Boys State CC Meet and the school’s 28th.
Josh Brewer (
#9 Nike South Bentonville Girls slipped by Rogers
46-59 in the 7A Girls led by seniors Allyssa and Brittany Potter at 3rd
and 4th. Freshman Erika
Setzler (Conway) won 7A Girls with the fastest Girls time of the day at
Genoa Central took a double win in 3A Boys and Girls
while Heber Springs turned the same trick in 4A and
A summary of results of each race follows:
1/2A
Girls (7 teams)
Greers Ferry Westside 39
Des Arc
70
1/2A
Boys (9 teams)
Jasper 21
Acorn 53
3A
Girls (7 teams)
Lamar 64
Elkins
91
3A
Boys (9 teams)
Mountainburg
87
4A
Girls (9 teams)
Heber Springs 33
Berryville 44
DeQueen
86
4A
Boys (14 teams)
Heber Springs 31
DeQueen 77
5A
Girls (13 teams)
Batesville 34
Siloam Springs 124
5A
Boys (18 teams)
Siloam Springs 50
Beebe 85
6A
Girls (5 teams)
Mountain Home 29
Watson Chapel
87
6A
Boys (9 teams)
Mountain Home 75
7A
Girls (14 teams)
Bentonville 46
7A
Boys (15 teams)
Van Buren 124
Bryant
138
10/24/2006 ….. Week 8 Coaches Poll is now posted. In Class 4A Girls Heber Springs moves into a tie with Berryville for the top spot as LR Lutheran enters poll at 5th for first time in 2006. All other leaders from last week remain in place.
Genoa Central kept the streak alive with now eight weeks of both Girls and Boys ranked #1. In Class 3A Girls, Harding Academy moved from 4th to 3rd (was 5th two weeks ago) as Mountainburg fell to 5th. Marion edged into 3rd in Class 6A Girls. Conway Girls moved up two notches to 8th in Girls Overall.
Beebe Boys held onto a narrow top spot in Class 5A Boys by 26-24-22 over Siloam Springs and Greene County Tech. In Boys Overall, Bryant continued their climb by taking 2nd spot by a single point over Van Buren.
Week 8 leaders are as below with number of consecutive weeks in 1st
shown:
GIRLS
1/2A: Des Arc (8)
3A: Genoa Central (8)
4A: Berryville/Heber Springs (8/1)
5A: Batesville (8)
6A: Mountain Home (8)
7A: Bentonville (8)
Overall: Bentonville (8)
BOYS
1/2A: Jasper (8)
3A: Genoa Central (8)
4A: Heber Springs (8)
5A: Beebe (5)
6A: Lake Hamilton (8)
7A: Rogers (8)
Overall: Rogers (8)
Click here for complete poll results.
Bentonville Girls and Rogers Boys hold onto 9th in the South Region as ranked by Nike Team Nationals on DyeStat.com. Polls are published weekly at www.DyeStat.com.
Now posted is the updated 2006 CC Best Performances Lists that includes all reported performances for meets through 10/14/06 that meet the 2006 standards of 21:45 for 5K for Girls and 17:45 for 5K for Boys. Coaches: Let us know by email if you have performances that should be included and report name, time, meet name/location and date.
Tiger Invitational (10/19/06 at Bentonville, AR ): Host Bentonville took home top trophies in both the senior boys and senior girls division as Rogers ran their JV teams and Rogers Elmwood and Rogers Oakdale went 1-2 in each the junior boys and junior girls. Bentonville’s Samantha Sparks, Alyssa Potter and Hanna Bryant took 1-2-3 in the senior girls 5K at 20:52+ while teammate Justin Ferriel took the boys win in 16:54. Race recaps follow:
Senior Girls: Bentonville wins by 19-53-81-94 over Rogers JV, Berryville and Siloam Springs. In addition to the three Lady Tigers, Megan Plumlee (Berryville) and Rosario Salinas (Rogers) also slipped under 21 minute time. Freshman Kaily Evans (Berryville) led smaller school runners at 11th in 22:08. The Lady Tigers won with a 28 second spread.
Senior Boys: The home team Tigers won 49-63-69 over Rogers JV and Siloam Springs in a six-team meet. While Justin Ferriel and brother Stephon Ferriel led Bentonville with a 1-3 finish, Matt Mason (Alma) led smaller school runners at 2nd in 17:32
Junior Girls: Rogers Elmwood continued domination of junior girls races with a 29-67-94 win over Rogers Oakdale and Bentonville Lincoln in a 10-team meet. Danielle David (Elmwood) out-leaned Shelby Ferguson (Siloam Springs) with both clocking 9:52 for the something-less-than-two miles with Bonnie Black (Oakdale) close behind at 10:52. Elmwood and Oakdale captured 13 of the Top 17 spots. The Lady Raiders achieved a 40 second spread.
Junior Boys: The Rogers Elmwood Raiders took home another winner’s trophy with a 56-75-83 win over cross-town rival Rogers Oakdale and Springdale Central in an 11-team meet. The Raiders posted a :01 spread. Lucas Peiser (Shiloh Christian) clocked 11:32 for 2 miles to slip by Danny Saldonna (Oakdale) and Michael Burner (Elmwood) who each timed 11:32.
Click here for complete meet results.
Scrapper Invitational (10/21/06 at Nashville, AR ): Mount St. Mary’s topped Genoa Central and Lake Hamilton in the Senior Girls while Lake Hamilton posted a Perfect 15 to win the Senior Boys. Lake Hamilton won the Junior Boys and was runner-up to Genoa Central in the Junior Girls. Josh Brewer led the Wolves in the Senior Boys with 16:16 to win as teammate Logan Dockery was 2nd at 16:25. Corey Cockman (lake Hamilton ) won the Junior Boys 1.5 mile in 8:43
Warrior XC Invitational (10/19/06 at Lamar, AR): #2/Class 3A Lamar pulled a minor upset with a 56-57-73 win over #1 ranked Class 1/2A Jasper and #3/Class 3A Mountainburg in a six-team meet. Johnny Purvis (Jasper) won easily with a 17:22 for 5K. In Senior Girls, Lamar cruised to a win by 18-40-66-97 over Mansfield, Clarksville and Ozark. Melanie Raburn (Lamar) took individual honors with a time of 23:24 well ahead of 2nd place Karissa Musser ( Pottsville) at 23:48
Click here for complete meet results.
Whitney Kerth (Perryville/UALR) earned the Sunbelt Conference recognition for the 4th time this season.
Sunbelt Conference CC Meet: UALR will host the Sunbelt championships at Rebsamen Golf Course in Little Rock on October 28, 2006. Check UALR’s website closer to the meet for exact race times.
Former Arkansas high schoolers helped their college teams in the Gulf South Conference CC Meet on 10/21/06 at Sarah Johnson Park near Huntsville,Alabama. Running for Southern Arkansas, Nathan Hall (Jessieville) placed 16th at 27:17 for 8k while teammate Elliot Isom (Conway) was 21st at 27:26. SAU’s Michaela Krcova (Kirby) led the Arkansas women at 20:32 for 5K good enough for 27th. Go to the Gulf South website from our Links to see complete results.
The November 2006 issue of Track ad Field News magazine contained the annual high school national track and field All-America selections in each event with Spencer McCorkel (Bryant) being honored with a 4th place ranking in the pole vault. The issue also had a full page article sponsored by Nike featuring an interview with Dan Lincoln (Math and Science/Hot Springs/Arkansas). Lincoln is the American record holder in the 3000m steeplechase. Finally, this issue had a nice full page article with color action photo of Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville/Arkansas). Over the summer on the European circuit Spearmon put in PRs in the 100m (10.11), 200m (19.65) and 400m (45.22). The 200m time was the 2nd best in the world in 2006 and 3rd best ever. Spearmon ranks 5th all-time in the IAAF’s 100/200/400m scoring tables.
NOTE TO COACHES: If you wish to vote in the Weekly Coaches Poll and have yet to register, please contact us by email at arkansastrackstats@sbcglobal.net. To receive a ballot for the next vote that is due by 7pm on Tuesday, 10/31/06, you will need to be registered by 7pm on Friday, 10/27/06
10/17/2006 ….. Week 7 Coaches Poll is now posted. No new leaders this week and only a few changes.
In 4A Girls, Berryville hung onto first by a narrow 19-17 margin over Heber Springs. Bentonville and Rogers again topped the poll at 60-54 in the Girls Overall as Mount St. Mary’s dropped two posts to 7th and Conway moved into the poll for the first time at 10th. Batesville fell from 6th to 5th.
In 3A Boys, Eureka Springs moved into a 5th place tie with Shiloh Christian. Beebe kept the 5A Boys lead but by only a margin of 26-23-22 over Siloam Springs and Greene County Tech. In Boys Overall, Van Buren held onto 2nd by only 63-62-57 over Bryant and Conway as Rogers continued to lead the pack.
Week 7 leaders are as below:
GIRLS
1/2A: Des Arc
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Berryville
5A: Batesville
6A: Mountain Home
7A: Bentonville
Overall: Bentonville
BOYS
1/2A: Jasper
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Heber Springs
5A: Beebe
6A: Lake Hamilton
7A: Rogers
Overall: Rogers
Click
here for complete poll results.
Check out Coach Beisel’s Class 4A CC Time Tracking.
Rogers Boys hold onto 9th in the South Region while the Bentonville Girls moved to 9th as ranked by Nike Team Nationals on DyeStat.com. Polls are published weekly at www.DyeStat.com.
Now posted is the first 2006 CC Best Performances Lists that includes all reported performances that meet the 2006 standards of 21:45 for 5K for Girls and 17:45 for 5K for Boys. Coaches: Let us know by email if you have performances that should be included and report name, time, meet name/location and date.
Chile Pepper CC Festival (10/14/06 at Agri Park,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,Arkansas): Bentonville Girls and Rogers Boys raced to excellent team placings at the Chile Pepper on a gorgeous fall day of bright sunny skies, no wind of consequence and 70s temperatures. The featured eight teams ranked in the Nike regional rankings, two of which are ranked in the Nike Super 25. Well over 1600 runners finished the 5K course for junior high, senior open and senior invitational races. Following are recaps of the juior and senior high meets:
Senior Girls Invitational: #9 Nike South Bentonville Girls averaged 19:50 and achieved a 1:19 spread to take 2nd in a race won by #2 Nike South/#25 Nike National Tupelo, MS who placed their Top 4 under 19:40. Regional power West Plains, MO captured 3rd a single point ahead of Rogers. Courtney Efurd (Rogers) was the first Arkansas runner across the line in a sparkling 18:57.70 for 5K. The race was won by Brittani Johnson of West Plains in a swift 18:20.30. Johnson led from the start passing the mile mark in 5:36 with the pack led by Efurd at 5:46. Rogers led West Plains 59-60 after four runners but the Lady Zizzers edged the Lady Mounties on the finish of their 5th runner. Tupelo won the 24-team meet by 75-89-102-103-143 over Bentonville, West Plains, Rogers and Bishop McGuinness (Oklahoma City).The Top 5 Arkansas teams and Top 10 runners were:
Teams:
Individuals:
Senior Boys Invitational: In possibly the best boys cross country meet in Arkansas high school history, #9 Nike South Rogers Boys battled a group of highly ranked teams to finish a solid 6th to lead the Arkansas teams. #2 Nike Heartland/#7 Nike National Potosi, MO clipped #1 Nike South The Woodlands, TX with an impressive 1-2 finish by “The Joshs” as Josh Thebeau held off teammate Josh Mathis in a fast 14:55.80-14:58.00 clocking. The leaders crossed the mile mark coming off the “hill” at a cool 4:38. Aaron Hamilton (Rogers) led the Arkansas harriers at 11th in a 15:46.80 PR . Potosi averaged a remarkable 15:30 for their Top 5 as they won by 60-77-118-165-167-239 over #1 South The Woodlands (TX), # 3 South A&M Consolidated (TX), #8 Lockhart (TX), #6 South Tupelo (MS) and #9 South Rogers in a 46-team meet. The Mounties averaged 16:30. The race saw three runners under 15 minutes, 19 under 16 minutes and 78 under 17 minutes. The Top 5 Arkansas teams and Top 10 runners were:
Teams:
Individuals:
Senior Girls Open: Boswell (TX) captured a narrow 51-54-66 over Batesville and Owasso (OK) in a 17-team meet for smaller schools and large school junior varsity teams. Batesville averaged 20:35 with a 1:46 spread as Nicole Smith led the way with a 3rd place finish in 19:50.60. Ashley Miess (Pulaski Academy) won the race in 19:43.90 just ahead of Boswell’s Danielle Weber in 2nd at 19:45.60. The Top 5 Arkansas teams and Top 10 runners were:
Teams:
Individuals:
Senior Boys Open: The Woodlands (TX) JV won the 36-team meet by 20-58-124-144-147 over Boswell (TX), Lockhart JV (TX), Rogers JV and Owasso JV (OK). The Woodlands showed their great depth as the JV boys put their Top 7 at 17 minutes or better which would have been good enough for 10th in the Senior Boys Invitational meet. The Top 5 Arkansas teams and Top 10 runners were:
Teams:
Individuals:
Junior High Girls: Rogers Elmwood powered to a team win by 55-77-135 over Tupelo (MS) and Batesville in a 23-team meet by putting six runners under 22 minutes and two under 21. Katherine Steinman (Tupelo) led a trio under 20 minutes with a superb winning time of 18:48.80; Abby Wise (Nettleton) took 2nd in 19:32.30 and Natalie Meinzer (Batesville) was 3rd at 19:38.20. The Lady Raiders had four in the Top 15 and six in the Top 25. The Top 5 Arkansas teams and Top 10 runners were:
Teams:
Individuals:
Junior High Boys: Tupelo (MS) took their 2nd winning trophy home with a narrow junior boys win by 81-82 –126 in a 30-team meet over Lake Hamilton and Bryant. Lake Hamilton led the race with four runners in but Tupelo’s 5th runner hung on by 1.2 seconds to sneak away with the win. In a terrific race that saw the Top 5 under 18 minutes, Lucas Peiser (Shiloh Christian) held off Amos Gerber (Lake Hamilton) by 17:11.70-17:13.0 for a narrow win. The Top 5 Arkansas teams and Top 10 runners were:
Teams:
Individuals:
The university meets provided lots of excitement as Texas-El Paso edged out the hometown Arkansas Razorbacks by 64-77 in a 34-team meet while the Arkansas LadyBacks won easily by 41-133 over Duke in a 44-team meet. Nicodemus Naimadu of Division 2 Abilene Christian won the men’s 10K in an outstanding 28:22 to lead 13 runners under 29 minutes. Sally Kipyego of Texas Tech ran an impressive race to clock a 19:29 for 6K for a 26-seond win. Top former Arkansas high schoolers were:
Women:
Men:
Two Whitneys earned their conference’s Female CC Runner of the Week for their performances the Memphis Twilight CC Meet. Whitney Kerth (Perryville/UALR) earned the Sunbelt Conference recognition for the 3rd time this season while Whitney Welch (Sheridan/Central Arkansas) was named by the Southland Conference. Welch was the first Central Arkansas runner to be honored by the Southland in UCA’s inaugural D-1 season.
In the “Coaches Division” we spied several coaches and volunteer coaches from Arkansas schools in the Open 10K including:
We apologize if we missed other coaches that would have been in the Top 5.
For complete meet results, go to http://www.chilepepperfestival.org/results.htm and go to www.Dyestat.com for onsite national coverage by John Sullivan of DyeStat of the high school invitational meet
Curley Wolf CC Invitational (10/14/06 at Prescott, AR): Magnolia won the Senior Boys by 40-61 over Genoa Central in a 7-team meet while Genoa Central swept a dual meet over Drew Central by 15-40. Kyle Slotter (El Dorado) won the Senior Boys 5K in 18:24 and Alex Haynes (Prescott) won the Senior Girls in 21:55. In Junior Boys action, Genoa Central downs Murfreesboro by 18044 in a dual meet while Arkadelphia snuck by Genoa Central in the Senior Girls by 35-40 in a four-team meet. Haley Hatcher (CAC) own the Junior Girls 1.75 mile run in 10:32 as teammate Jesus Martinez took the Junior Boys race in 9:30.
Click here for complete results.
Sunbelt Conference CC Meet: UALR will host the Sunbelt championships at Rebsamen Golf Course in Little Rock on October 28, 2006. Check UALR’s website closer to the meet for exact race times.
NOTE TO COACHES: If you wish to vote in the Weekly Coaches Poll and have yet to register, please contact us by email at arkansastrackstats@sbcglobal.net. To receive a ballot for the next vote that is due by 7pm on Tuesday, 10/17/06, you will need to be registered by 7pm on Friday, 10/13/05.
10/10/2006 ….. Week 6 Coaches Poll is now posted. No new leaders this week but quite a bit of movement within the ranks.
In 5A Girls, Monticello made a big jump from being unranked in Week 5 to 3rd. Meanwhile, in 7A Girls Mount St. Mary's moves to 5th. In the Girls Overall, the Top 4 stay the same with Batesville (now 5th) switching places with Mount St. Mary's (now 6th).
Lamar edges out Mountainburg by one vote for 2nd in Class 3A Boys breaking last week's tie. Alma jumped from being unranked to a tie for 5th with Hot Springs in Class 5A while Fayetteville (now 3rd) switched with Bryant (now 4th) in Class 7A. In the Boys Overall, the Top 3 stays the same as Bryant (4th) switches with Conway (5th), Lake Hamilton (6th) switched with Ft. Smith Southside (7th) and Cabot (9th) traded places with Springdale (10th). Class 1A Jasper missed the Top 10 by two votes.
Week 6 leaders are as below:
GIRLS
1/2A: Des Arc
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Berryville
5A: Batesville
6A: Mountain Home
7A: Bentonville
Overall: Bentonville
BOYS
1/2A: Jasper
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Heber Springs
5A: Beebe
6A: Lake Hamilton
7A: Rogers
Overall: Rogers
Genoa Central is now the only school leading both the Boys and Girls for
their classification for all six weeks of the poll. Heber Springs
had been atop both charts each week until Berryville Girls bumped them from the
top spot this week.
Poll leaders
are as below:
Girls
1/2A: Des Arc
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Berryville (new leader)
5A: Batesville
6A: Mountain Home
7A: Bentonville
Top 10: Bentonville
Boys
1/2A: Jasper
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Heber Springs
5A: Beebe
6A: Lake Hamilton
7A: Rogers
Top 10: Rogers
Click here for complete poll results.
Check out Coach Beisel’s Class 4A CC Time Tracking.
Rogers Boys hold onto 9th in the South Region while the Bentonville Girls moved to 8th as ranked by Nike Team Nationals on DyeStat.com. Next poll is out later this week on www.DyeStat.com.
Now posted is the first 2006 CC Best Performances Lists (Girls and Boys) that includes all reported performances that meet the 2006 standards of 21:45 for 5K for Girls and 17:45 for 5K for Boys. Coaches: Let us know by email if you have performances that should be included and report name, time, meet name/location and date.
Lake Hamilton CC Invitational (10/7/06 at Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs): Fast times prevailed on the State Meet course as the Girls Top 8 were under 20:30 for 5K and the Boys Top 5 was under 17:00. Junior High races were also highlighted by fast times. The four races saw 880 runners cross the finish line. Race recaps follow:
Senior Girls: West Monroe, LA ventured north and ran home with the top trophy winning by 57-93-137-138 over Batesville (5A-E), Mount St. Mary’s (7A-C) and Cabot (7A-C) in an 18-team meet. West Monroe had only five finishers and placed all between 7th and 14th with a 61 second spread and a 21:16 average for 5K. Genoa Central was the top 3A team at 7th with an average time of 23:23 and an excellent 35-second spread. Heber Springs paced 4A teams at 11th with a 24:43 average time. Erika Setzler (Conway, 7A-C) won a close race by 19:41.17-19:45.04-19:49.94 over Emily Carpenter (Cabot, 7A-C) and Tia Young (Harrison, 5A-W). Julia Huie (Clinton) led Class 4A at 22:06.77 while Katy Mulholland (Genoa Central) led Class 3A at 22:59.73.
Senior Boys: Conway (7A-C) posted an average time of 17:52 with an outstanding 36-second spread to narrowly capture the Boys title by 94-100-154-154 over host Lake Hamilton (6A-S), Cabot (7A-C) and Beebe (5A-E) in a 28-team meet. DeQueen led Class 4A at 10th with an average time of 19:15 and Genoa Central led Class 3A averaging 20:23. Josh Brewer (Lake Hamilton) easily won the individual title with a sparkling 15:58.64 with Nathan Johnson (Cabot) in 2nd at 16:32.56. Barrett Kerth (Perryville) led Class 3A at 17:05, Seth Freeman (Greene County Tech) topped Class 5A at 17:30 and Jorge Parada (DeQueen) led Class 4A at 18:02.
Junior Girls: Batesville bested Lake Hamilton, Arkadelphia and Bryant by 67-100-112-117 to win the 16-team junior girls. Natalie Meinzer (Batesville) took overall honors with a 11:10.34 clocking for 2960m that equates to about a 12:05 for 3200m. Abby Wise (Nettleton) was 2nd in 11:21.26.
Junior Boys: Lake Hamilton’s Junior Wolves made sure the host brought home the hardware with a 36-55-79-89 win in the junior boys race over Bryant, Conway and Russellville in a 17-team meet. Michael Allen (Russellville) won the junior boys race in 10:01.57 for 2960m that would be about 10:50 for 3200m and Amos Gerber (lake Hamilton) clocked 10:14.23 for 2nd.
Nike South XC Invitational (10/7/06 at Bear Branch Sports Park, The Woodlands, TX): #9 Nike South Rogers Boys (7A-W) put in a heady 7th place team finish in the packed field at the Nike South XC Invitational. Powerhouse #2 Nike South The Woodlands, TX upset #1 Nike South South Lake Carroll, TX by 73-120 in the 21-team elite field. The Mounties represented Arkansas well posting a 16:42 average time for 5K with a nice spread of only 42 seconds. Eric Molina and Aaron Hamilton led Rogers at 19th and 20th with times of 16:19.7 and 16:20.9 after finding themselves about 50th after the first mile when the lead pack cruised out in 4:30. Taylor Surly grabbed 55th (16:51), Forrest Roth took 59th (16:53) and Juan Oralla tallied 69th (17:02) to finish the Rogers scoring. Colby Lowe (South Lake Carroll) won in a swift 15:13.5 for an average of 4:53 per mile. Rogers lost to two unranked teams (Strake Jesuit College Prep and Lockhart, TX) while defeating two higher ranked teams (#7 Vista Ridge and #6 Cedar Park).
The Lady Mounties, although not ranked by Nike, finished 13th as a team with an average of 20:25 for 5k and a spread of 1:38. Courtney Efurd led Rogers at 18th in 19:19.6 followed by a fast improving Natalie Guerrero at 34th in 19:45.06, a recovering Rachael Conley at 83rd in 20:58, Alyvia Rogers at 86th in 21:01 and Ellen Heimbach at 88th in 21:05. #1 Nike South Kingswood, TX won by 55-106 over #5 Nike South Cinco Rancho and Lauren Smith of Brazoswood won the race in an excellent 18:03 (5:47 per mile) to lead 11 runners under 19 minutes.
For complete meet results, go to www.Dyestat.com
Brooks Memphis Twilight CC Classic (10/7/06 at Mike Rose Soccer Complex in Memphis, TN): Jonesboro Boys (6A-E) finished 24th (19:47 average for 5K) of 27 teams in this unique evening race that puts the spot light on the top teams in the Memphis area. Josh Parkey led the Hurricanes at 42nd in 16:57.69 on the fast flat course that ends with a lap under the lights around the soccer field at Mike Rose Stadium. #5 Nike South Tupelo, MS won the Boys meet averaging 16:11 for 5K while the #3 ranked Tupelo Girls won easily while averaging 19:09. Sean Keveren (Brentwood, TN) won the Boys race in 15:23 while Rita Jorgensen (White Station, TN) won the Girls in a terrific 17:41.
Go to http://www.alltraxtiming.homestead.com/Twilight_entry06.html for complete meet results.
Sunbelt Conference CC Meet: UALR will host the Sunbelt championships at Rebsamen Golf Course in Little Rock on October 28, 2006. Check UALR’s website closer to the meet for exact race times.
NOTE TO COACHES: If you wish to vote in the Weekly Coaches Poll and have yet to register, please contact us by email at arkansastrackstats@sbcglobal.net. To receive a ballot for the next vote that is due by 7pm on Tuesday, 10/17/06, you will need to be registered by 7pm on Friday, 10/13/05.
10/3/2006 ….. Week 5 Coaches Poll is now posted. Berryville steps up to lead the 4A Girls by a single vote over previous leader Heber Springs but other classifications were unchanged at the top. Ft. Smith Union Christian moved into the Class 4A Girls Top 5 for the first time this year. In 7A Girls, Bryant moved from 5th to 3rd as Fayetteville dropped to 4th. The Lady Hornets and Lady Purple Dogs also switched places in the Girls Overall as Bryant moved from 4th to 3rd. Mount St. Mary’s moved from 7th to 5th. In 3A Boys, Mountainburg moved up from 4th into a tie for 2nd with Lamar while Eureka Springs hopped back into the poll in a tie with Shiloh Christian. Beebe Boys held onto a one vote lead over Greene County Tech in Class 5A for the top spot. Bryant switched places with Fayetteville from 5th to 3rd in the Boys Overall while Ft. Smith Southside leaped from 10th to 7th.
Poll leaders are as below:
Girls
1/2A: Des Arc
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Berryville (new leader)
5A: Batesville
6A: Mountain Home
7A: Bentonville
Top 10: Bentonville
Boys
1/2A: Jasper
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Heber Springs
5A: Beebe
6A: Lake Hamilton
7A: Rogers
Top 10: Rogers
Click here for complete poll results.
Check out Coach Beisel’s Class 4A CC Time Tracking.
Rogers Boys hold onto 9th in the South Region while the Bentonville Girls moved to 9th as ranked by Nike Team Nationals on DyeStat.com. Next poll is out later this week on www.DyeStat.com.
Now posted is the first 2006 CC Best Performances Lists (Boys and Girls) that includes all reported performances that meet the 2006 standards of 21:45 for 5K for Girls and 17:45 for 5K for Boys. Coaches: Let us know by email if you have performances that should be included and report name, time, meet name/location and date.
Sunbelt Conference CC Meet: UALR will host the Sunbelt championships at Rebsamen Golf Course in Little Rock on October 28, 2006. Check UALR’s website closer to the meet for exact race times.
Cyclone Invitational (9/30/06 at Russellville): Van Buren finished with an excellent 1-5 spread of only 33 seconds to win the Senior Boys meet by 65-101-129-135 over Fayetteville (39 seconds), Bryant (1:08) and Conway (1:14) in a 16-team meet. Josh Brewer (Lake Hamilton) won the race by over a minute in a time of 16:32. Zachery Ray led Van Buren with a 6th place finish in a time of 18 flat. Lake Hamilton was the top 6A team in 6th, Heber Springs paced 4A teams at 9th, Alma bested 5A at 10th and Murfreesboro led 2A teams at 14th.
In the Senior Girls meet, Bryant slipped by Fayetteville 63-72 in a 12-team meet led by Lennon Bates’ 8th place finish to lead a pack of Lady Hornets with a 56 second spread. Mount St. Mary’s claimed 3rd with a score of 111. Fayetteville posted a 1:13 spread. Erica Setzler (Conway) took a 17 second win over Emily Carpenter (Cabot) with a time of 20:47 over 5K. Heber Springs (4A) took 6th, Greenbrier (5A) was 7th and Danville led 2A teams at 11th.
Junior Girls: Lake Hamilton won by 82-66-124 over Bryant and Cabot North in a 9-team meet. Haley Filat (Arkansas Baptist) crossed first in 13:18 for 2 miles for a 48 second win.
Junior Boys: Lake Hamilton won by 33-68-99 over Bryant and Conway in a 10-team meet. Michael Allen (Russellville) outlasted Amos Gerber (Lake Hamilton) by 11:29 to 11:35 in the 2 mile race.
Click here for complete meet results.
70th OSU Cowboy Jamboree (9/30/06 at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater): Arkansas harriers blew into Stillwater, Oklahoma and took home the unique horseshow championship trophy with a win by the Bentonville Girls and the Rogers Boys. The Lady Tigers won by 78-97-104-123 over Springfield (MO) Kickapoo, Rogers and Jenks in the 20-team meet. Courtney Efurd (Rogers) was the top Arkansas runner at 4th in 11:43 followed closely by Alyssa Potter (Bentonville) in 6th at 11:55. Sara Vaughn (Tulsa Union) won the race in 11:29.
The Mounties won with a solid upfront in spite of a 1:06 spread by 80-129-135 over Oklahoma leaders Edmond Memorial and Tulsa Union in the 21-team meet. Aaron Hamilton (16:37) and Eric Molina (16:49) led the Mounties at 4th and 9th over the tough 5K course. Nationally-ranked (20th in 2005 Footlocker South) Kevin Schwab (Mustang, OK) won in a swift 15:35 that tied his course record.
For complete meet results, go to www.ohstrack.com.
Spearman at it again. Former Arkansas high schooler Wallace Spearman (Fayetteville/Arkansas) blistered the track for a 19.65 200m before a crowd of 50,000 at the 2006 Daegu International Meeting in Daegu, South Korea on September 28 to become the 3rd fastest of all time. Spearman ranks only behind Michael Johnson’s 19.32 World Record at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Xavier Carter’s 19.63 on 7/11/06 in Lausanne, Switzerland. For more on the 2006 Daegu International Meeting, visit www.iaaf.org
For the most comprehensive information on Team USA, go to USA Track and Field at http://www.usatf.org/.
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9/29/2006 ….. Week 4 Coaches Poll is now posted. There were no changes atop the polls for Week 4 but plenty of changes in the ranks. In the Girls Overall Top 10, Bryant made a move to 5th to 4th displacing Russellville who fell to 6th. In Boys Class 3A, Harding Academy moved from the ranks of the unranked to 3rd. In Boys Class 7A, Van Buren moved up from 2nd to 4th trading places with Fayetteville. In Boys Overall Top 10, Van Buren also moved from 4th to 2nd as Conway jumped from 7th to 4th and Fayetteville fell from 2nd to 5th. Ft. Smith Southside moved into the Top 10 at 10th.
Poll leaders are as below:
Girls
1/2A: Des Arc
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Heber Springs
5A: Batesville
6A: Mountain Home
7A: Bentonville
Top 10: Bentonville
Boys
1/2A: Jasper
3A: Genoa Central
4A: Heber Springs
5A: Beebe
6A: Lake Hamilton
7A: Rogers
Top 10: Rogers
Click here for complete poll results.
Check out Coach Beisel’s Class 4A CC Time Tracking.
Rogers Boys hold onto 9th in the South Region while the Bentonville Girls stayed at 10th as ranked by Nike Team Nationals on DyeStat.com.
Severe weather affected last weekend’s meets with course changes at Siloam Springs due to standing water and cancellation of some races at the Orange Crush in Conway and the UALR Open in Little Rock. Meet recaps for those races with results received follow.
Simmons Foods Panther Invitational (9/23/06 at Siloam Springs): Forget about times as the course was wet and muddy and had to be shortened to 4770m for senior high races and 2620m for junior high races due to standing water from the extraordinarily strong thunderstorms that plagued Northwest Arkansas Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Bentonville (1:14 spread) won the 5/6/7A Girls by 26-41-107-123 over Rogers (1:49 spread), Fayetteville (1:15 spread) and Siloam Springs (3:27 spread) in a 7-team meet. Courtney Efurd (Rogers) won the race in 18:20 (about 19:13 for 5K) with Brittany Potter and Alyssa Potter (both of Bentonville) close behind at 18:27 (about 19:15 for 5K).
Rogers (excellent 31 second spread) easily took the Boys 5/6/7A by 30-75-100 over Van Buren (another terrific spread of only 36 seconds) and Fayetteville (1:15 spread) without two of their normal Top 3 in a 10-team meet. Host Siloam Springs was the top finishing non-7A team at 6th place (1:40 spread). Justin Ferriel (Bentonville) took a nice win in 15:51 (about 16:37 for 5K). Jay, OK won the Boys 1/2/3/4A by 35-45-60 over Elkins and Eureka Springs.
Rogers Elmwood took a pair of wins in the 5/6/7A Junior High Meet with the Lady Raiders winning by 21-41-119 over Rogers Oakdale and Bentonville Lincoln in a 10-team meet and the Raiders won by 49-74-94 over Bentonville Washington and Rogers Oakdale in a 12-team meet. Danielle David led Elmwood with a win in the Girls race at 10:26 for 2620m (about 12:44 for 2 miles) and Austin Simpkin (Fayetteville Ramay) won the Boys race in 8:45 (about 10:41 for 2 miles). Jay, OK won a pair of races in the 1/2/3/4A Meet with a perfect 15 in the Girls meet while Elkins and Decatur tied at 62 and by 29-37-75 in the Boys meet over Shiloh Christian and Elkins. Talisa Budder (Jay) won the Girls race in a nice 10:06 (about 12:20 for 2 miles) and Lucas Peiser (Shiloh Christian) won in 8:41 (about 10:39 for 2 miles).
Click here for complete meet results.
Orange Crush (9/23/06 at Hendrix College in Conway): Strong storms cut the annual Orange Crush short as the severe weather hit just after the Senior Boys 5K forcing the cancellation of the Senior Girls race and both Junior High races as the electrical display created safety concerns. Over 220 runners finished the race as Conway (7A Central) won the 24-team meet by 38-64-126-136 over Little Rock Catholic (7A Central) , Heber Springs (4A-2) and Greene County Tech (5A East). Acorn led Class 1A at 7th place overall while Harding Academy paced the Class 3A teams at 9th. Kyle Houston (Forrest City) edged out Johnny Purvis (Jasper) by 17:00-17:01 to win individual honors.
Click here for complete Individual and Team results provided courtesy of Hendrix College.
UALR Open (9/23/06 at Rebsamen Park in Little Rock): After crushing the Orange Crush, the severe weather raced down I-40 to create more havoc by canceling the Senior Girls race at the UALR Open held on the scenic meandering course at Rebsamen Park along the Arkansas River. Bryant (7A Central, 2:14 spread) raced to a win in the 13-team Boys meet with a 38-59-118 win over Cabot (7A Central, 2:48 spread) and Hot Springs (5A Southwest, 2:07 spread). Jonesboro led 6A schools at 6th just ahead of the top Class 4A Central Arkansas Christian at 7th. Murfreesboro led Class 2A at 11th. Ethan Blakely (Bryant) took the individual win in 16:39 with Nathan Johnson (Cabot) nearby in 2nd at 16:47.
Lake Hamilton took home two team wins in the Junior High Meet with a 39-50-88 victory in the Girls race over Bryant and Central Arkansas Christian and a 28-52-61 win over Bryant and Russellville in the Boys meet. Haley Hatcher (CAC) won the Girls race and Amos Gerber (Lake Hamilton) won the Boys race as the Junior Wolves put three in the Top 4.
Click here for Senior Boys, Junior Girls and Junior Boys meet results provided courtesy of UALR.
Bryant Invitational (9/16/06 at Bishop Park, Bryant): Bryant took home three of the four trophies from their home meet with wins in the Junior Girls, Junior Boys and Senior Boys while Conway won the Senior Boys to spoil the sweep. Conway Boys (7A-Central) put five in the Top 15 to take a 40-92-101 win over Heber Springs (4A-2) and Bryant (7A-Central) in a 23-team meet. The Wampus Cats were led by Marcus Pearson in 3rd and achieved a nice 40-second spread for their Top 5. Ethan Blakely (Bryant senior) took top individual honors at a solid 16:23.53 for 5K. The Bryant Lady Hornets cruised to a 62-85-102 over fellow 7A-Central foes Mount St. Mary’s and Cabot in a 12-team meet. The Lady Hornets with a 45 second spread put six in the Top 20 led by Nicole Darland in 8th. Erika Setzler (Conway freshman) won the race over Emily Carpenter (Cabot junior) by 20:08.22-20:19.51. Junior high results are summarized below:
Junior Girls: Bryant wins 74-86-124 over Arkadelphia and Conway in 13-team meet
Haley Filat (Arkansas Baptist 7th grade) wins 2 mile in 12:33.31
Junior Boys: Bryant wins 57-80-86 over Conway and Russellville in 14-team meet
Michael Allen (Russellville 9th grader) wins 2 mile in 11:12.17
Click here for complete meet results provide courtesy of Bryant High School..
Elkins Invitational (9/16/06 at Elkins High School): Top 5 individual finishers in the Senior Girls and Senior Boys were:
Senior Girls:
Senior Boys:
Meet results for each race are summarized below:
Junior Girls:
1/2/3A: Elkins over Mansfield 34-51 in a 4-team meet
4/5A: Trinity over Berryville 47-50 in a 5-team meet
6/7A: Bentonville Washington over Bentonville Lincoln 38-62 in a 6-team meet
Junior Boys:
1/2/3A: Elkins over Shiloh 31-35 in a 4-team meet
4/5A: Farmington over Siloam Springs 35-65 in a 6-team meet
6/7A: Rogers Oakdale over Springdale Southwest 35-60 in a 6-team meet
Senior Girls:
1/2/3A: Mansfield over Elkins 20-35
4/5A: Siloam Springs over Berryville 26-32 in a 4-team meet
Senior Boys:
1/2/3A: Mountainburg over Eureka Springs 30-44 in a 3-team meet
4/5A: Siloam Springs over Alma 35-47 in a 4-team meet
6/7A: Ft. Smith Southside over Springdale 27-34 in a 3-team meet
Click here for complete meet results provided courtesy of Elkins High School.
Missouri Southern Stampede (9/16/06 at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO): Bentonville Girls (7A-West) took advantage of the fast Stampede course and made a big move to nearly pulled out the win but fell to Olathe East (Kansas, ranked 10th in the Heartland Region by Nike Team Nationals) by a narrow 139-152 margin in a 32-team meet. Bentonville posted an impressive average time for 5K of 20:23 (1:41 spread) while Olathe came home in an average 20:03. Bentonville’s first three were under 20 minutes. Harrison (5A-West) paced 26th with an average time of 24:42. Brittney Graff (Eudora) won the race in a sizzling 18:31. Top Arkansas performers were:
9. Katie Dalton, Bentonville, 19:34.40
10. Alyssa Potter, Bentonville, 19:34.90
20. Brittany Potter, Bentonville, 19:54.30
46. Tia Young, Harrison, 20:43.70
47. Hanna Bryant, Bentonville, 20:44.50
Lake Hamilton (6A-South) led the Arkansas Boys with a 14th place finish in a 35-team meet and an average time of 17:42 (3:03 spread) while Bentonville (7A-West) was 19th with a 18:25 average (2:11 spread). Potosi, Missouri (14th ranked nationally by The Harrier; 2nd ranked in Heartland Region by Nike Team Nationals)) won easily by 37-62-168 over Blue Springs (MO) and Lee’s Summit (MO) led by Josh Mathis in 15:10.50. Top Arkansas finishers were:
12. Josh Brewer, Lake Hamilton, 15:15.20
31. Logan Dockery, Lake Hamilton, 16:58.20
35. Justin Ferriel, Bentonville, 17:02.20
For complete results, visit the MSSU athletic website at http://www.mssu.edu/athletics/index.html.
Update on former Arkansas high schoolers: Dan Lincoln (Hot Springs/Arkansas/Nike) set a new American record in the 3000m steeplechase with a swift 8:08.82 to break the record of Henry Marsh set in 1985. The time was set in July at the Golden Gala in Rome, Italy.
At the 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (at Indiana University’s Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis) in late June several former Arkansas high schoolers showed their stuff at the national meet as summarized below:
Antwon Hicks (Hot Springs, Ole Miss/adidas) , 8th in 110mh, 13.71
Dan Lincoln (Hot Springs, Arkansas/Nike), 1st in 300m steeplechase, 8:22.78 (3rd straight national SC title)
Michael Tinsley (Pulaski Robinson/Jackson State/adidas), 6th in 400mh, 49.68
Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville/Arkansas/Nike), 1st 200m, 19.90
At the same meet, Spencer McCorkel (Bryant/Arkansas Vault Club) placed 3rd in the Junior Boys PV clearing 16’ 6.75”.
At the 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics in Athens, Greece at Olympic Stadium on 9/16/06, Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville/Arkansas/Nike) won the men's 200 meters in a meet-record and personal-best time of 19.87 seconds. Spearmon also anchored the winning Team USA 4x100m relay team.
For the most comprehensive of Team USA, go to USA Track and Field at http://www.usatf.org/.
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9/20/2006.... Week 3 Coaches Poll is now posted. Beebe Boys (5A East) climbed from 3rd to 1st in the Week 3 Coaches Cross Country Poll for Class 5A edging ahead of previous top ranked Siloam Springs (5A West) who slipped to 3rd just behind Greene County Tech (5A East). Rogers Boys (7A West) and Bentonville Girls (7A West) held onto the top ranking in the Overall Top 10. Rogers Boys leads Fayetteville (7A West) and Bryant (7A Central) in the Boys Overall Top 10 by a vote of 90-68-57. Bentonville Girls clung to a narrower lead over Rogers (7A West) and Fayetteville (7A West) in the Girls Overall Top 10 by a vote of 69-63-57.
9/15/2006 ... Week 2 Coaches Poll is now posted. Rogers, Fayetteville and Bryant retain 1-2-3 ranking in Boys Combined Class Top 10 while Bentonville, Fayetteville and Rogers stay atop the Girls Top 10. Des Arc, Genoa Central, Heber Springs, Batesville, Mountain Home and Bentonville stay on top in 1/2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 7A Top 5 Girls and Jasper, Genoa Central, Heber Springs, Siloam Springs, Lake Hamilton and Rogers continue to lead the Boys Top 5s. Voting in the poll are CC coaches across the state. Click here for complete poll results.
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Monette Invitational (9/12/06 at Monette, MO): Rogers Boys responded to last week's disappointing race at Carthage with an impressive 31-72 win over Nixa, Mo with their Top 5 under 17 minutes (53 second spread) led by Aaron Hamilton's 16:06 over the hilly 5K course on cool cloudy day. Eric Molina took 3rd in 16:22 with teammate Cameron Efurd in 8th at 16:46. Rogers Girls raced to a 31-56 win over Branson behind Courtney Efurd's winning time of 19:43 for 5K. Natalie Guerrero took 4th at 20:25 and Ellen Heimbach returned to the lineup with a 20:40 clocking for 6th. The Lady Mounties Top 7 were all under 22 minutes.
Josh Park Memorial (9/12/06 at Heber Springs): Heber Springs Boys posted a perfect 15 in the 1/2/3/4A Division meet led by B. J. Hood and Coby Sanders with a 1-2 finish in 19:18 and 19:30 for 5K and 10 of the Top 13. Heber won easily by 15-84-122-123 over Harding Academy, Greers Ferrry Westside and Izard County. Heber Girls also took the win in the Girls Division by 37-41-45 over Harding Academy and Greers Ferry Westside. Haley Lehman (Harding) took over all honors at 22:36 and Alex Patterson (Des Arc) held off Amber Tury (Heber) for 2nd in 22:47-22:49. Batesville took 6 of the Top 7 spots in the Girls 5/6/7A Division to take a convincing 20-49-77 win over Pulaski Academy and North Little Rock. Ashley Miess (Pulaski Academy) took the win in 21:07 for 5k while Batesville's Nicole Smith and Amanda Kohler were in hot pursuit for 2nd and 3rd at 21:24 and 21:56. Greene County Tech Boys traveled south to whip Pulaski Academy and North Little Rock by 22-64-67 in the Boys 5/6/7A Division behind Seth Freeman's winning time of 19:17. Junior High division individual winners were:
Girls 1/2/3/4A 3200m: Tikeshia Williams, Des Arc, 13:58
Girls 5/6/7A 3200m: Natalie Meinzer, Batesville, 13:12
Boys 1/2/3/4A 3200m: Tyler Wendt, Magazine, 13:19
Click here for complete meet results. Note that team results above are unofficial.
Bob Gravett OBU Invitational (9/9/06 at Arkadelphia): Bryant Boys took a narrow 82-87-93 win in a 22 team meet over Cabot and Little Rock Catholic. Josh Brewer (lake Hamilton) took advantage of the fast OBU course for a swift 16:04 clocking for 5k with Ethan Blakely (Bryant) in 2nd at 16:18. Meanwhile Bryant's Lady Hornets also took a close win by 50-56-69 over Cabot and Mount St. Mary's in an 11-team meet. Emily Carpenter of Cabot (transferred from Carlisle) won easily in 19:38 as Hannah Clardy (Arkansas Baptist) and Ashley Miess (Pulaski Academy) raced hard for 2nd-3dr at 20:41-20:41.5. Junior High results are summarized as below:
Girls 1.5 miles: Haley Filat, Arkansas Baptist, 12:28
Boys 2 miles: Amos Gerber, Lake Hamilton, 11:02
Click here for complete results.
Carthage Invitational (9/7/06 at Carthage, Missouri): Rogers Girls ran without two All-Staters and still squeaked out a 32-33 win over runner-up Lebanon, MO. Courtney Efurd cruised the challenging 5K course in 20:18 to take the win while teammate Natalie Guerrero ran with the lead pack and finished 3rd at 20:40. This was the Lady Mounties 7th consecutive win at Carthage. The Rogers Boys tied Lebanon at 36 and lost on the tiebreaker 6th place. Aaron Hamilton led the Mounties with the win at 16:57.
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9/6/2006 ... Week 1 Coaches Poll is now posted. Rogers and Fayetteville rank 1-2 in Boys Combined Class Top 10 while Bentonville edges out Fayetteville and Rogers in the Girls Top 10. Des Arc, Genoa Central, Heber Springs, Batesville, Mountain Home and Bentonville top the 1/2A, 3A, 4A, 5A,6A and 7A Top 5 Girls and Jasper, Genoa Central, Heber Springs, Siloam Springs, Lake Hamilton and Rogers lead the Boys Top 5s. Voting in the poll are CC coaches across the state.
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9/4/2006 ... Now posted are the Girls 2006 Best Performances Lists and the updated Girls Arkansas All-Time Best Performances Lists. The BP List has 732 performances that met the ArkansasTrackStats standards. There were 86 performances that met the All-Time Best List standards with 14 new Top 10 marks (including 4 of the Top 6 in the TJ) and two new all-time bests. Bentonville Girls reset the 4x800m relay mark at 9:37.76 at the Meet of Champs surpassing their mark of 9:39.74 set in 2005. Stephanie Foreman of Lake Hamilton soared 13' 0" in the pole vault at the 5A South Conference Meet on 5/5/06 at her home pit. Foreman's mark exceeds a 12' 7.5" vault by Stephanie Irwin of Mt. Ida at the site in the 2004 Wolves Relays. If you have a performance to submit that you believe meet the standards, please email us at arkansastrackstats@sbcglobal.net.
21st Owens Road Mile (9/2/06 at Hempwallace, AR): Over 130 runners took to the road in the annual mile run to open the Lake Hamilton cross country season. Josh Brewer (Lake Hamilton) won the senior boys with a record-breaking 4:22.65 smashing the previous record of 4:28 set by Lake Hamilton's Burt Hicks. Logan Dockery (Lake Hamilton) was 2nd in 4:32. Brittany Turner (Lake Hamilton) took the senior girls in 6:02. In the junior high race, Amos Gerber (Lake Hamilton) cruised to the win in 4:58.60 leading five Junior Wolves under 5:30 while Ariel Garcia (Jessieville) led the junior girls at 6:06.58. In the Half Mile Elementary Race, Corey Worley of Lake Hamilton won the boys race in 3:24.22 while Morgan Brown of Lake Hamilton took the girls race in 3:21.91. Click here for complete results.
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8/27/2006 ... Rogers Frisco Festival Lake Atalanta Eliminator Road Races (8/26/06, Historic Downtown Rogers): Times plummeted from prior years as mild overcast conditions kept the usually hot and sunny weather at bay. Two Rogers Mounties, Courtney Efurd and Aaron Hamilton repeated as 5K champs with Efurd, a sophomore, cruising to a swift 21:05 clocking (21:30 in 2005) on the always challenging course that starts with a lap around the hilly (with some loose gravel in places) environs of Lake Atalanta before heading up the tough Eliminator Hill into downtown Rogers for a final 800m sprint. Hamilton improved his time from last year dropping 53 seconds from 18:16 to 17:23. Times on The Eliminator are about 1:15 slower for Men and 1:30 slower for Women compared to normal cross-country courses. Five Lady Mounties finished under 24 while six Mounties were are 19 or faster, including Rogers senior Rachel Conley who took 2nd overall with a strong 21:37. Taylor Surly (Rogers) took 2nd in 18:13 in the Boys that would have been good enough to win in 2005. Sherolyn Johnson (36-40 age group) was the top over 18 woman at an impressive 21:39 good enough for 3rd overall while Neal Andrews (31-35 age group) took 5th overall in the Men's races at a nice 18:31.
In the Elementary 1K races three new meet and course records were set. Terica Lee (Westville, OK) lower the old record for the Girls 3rd-5th grade division set by Sydney Walsh (Rogers Grimes) in 2004 from 3:09.37 to 3:03.75; Riley Johnson (Rogers Reagan) finished at 3:30.56 to eclipse the old Boys K-2nd grade mark by Jose Escheverria (Rogers Grimes) of 3:45.63 set in 2004; and Daniel Rivera (Rogers Grimes) scorched the course in 2:59.65 to lower the old Boys 3rd-5th grade mark of 3:02.71 set by Logan Foster (Rogers Northside) in 2004. The 3rd-5th grade race was a threesome the entire way as Rivera edged out Dane Rogers (Rogers Westside) who crossed on his shoulder at 3:00.77 just ahead of the Girls winner Terica Lee to become the first runner ever to break 3 flat.
Over 330 runners finished all races with 135 junior high and senior high runners finishing the 5K. For compete results of all races, including the Top 3 in each 5K age group, click here.
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8/23/2006 ….. Cross Country Preview now posted with rundown on each of the new classifications, info on Weekly Coaches Poll ands and selected meet data …. Also, see the Arkansas Activities Association 2006-2008 Classification Chart … finally, see the high school Team Mascot Lists by clicking here …. Let us know of any corrections or additions.
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8/10/2006 ... 2006 Indoor Best Performances now posted...nearly 400 performances listed including a batch of performances that met or exceeded the Arkansas All-Time Best List standards. Outdoor BP