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8/31/2002 ... All-Time Best Listings now updated for performances through May 16, 2002 ... click here to see ... not only are 2002 additions included but ALSO prior year performances which have been reported to us .... 66 additions for 2002 ( 53 Girls and 13 Boys), including 18 new Top 10 performances (14 Girls, 4 Boys) ....if you have additions or corrections, including summer 2002 performances, please let us know by email at kellyfam@cox-internet.com... .... ALSO .... click here to see the 2002 Preseason Cross Country Preview
8/11/2002 ...2002 Outdoor Best Performances now posted with over 1600 performances included, 747 for Girls and 854 for Boys...go to by clicking here ...2002 Meet of Champs posted here...work underway to update All-Time Best Listings.....
8/4/2002 ...Long, hot summer is upon us which must mean.....Cross- Country season is just around the corner!!! ..... All Field events for 2002 through Meet of Champs now posted ..access by clicking here... other events plus All-Time Bests and summer results in process....COACHES: Please email your 2002 CC Schedule to us at kellyfam@cox-internet.com......We have quite a few updates to make for the All-Time Best Listings ...if anyone has summer performances or prior years performances, please let us know the performance, the date, the meet name and the location ....
6/09/2002 ... Now posted are the Class 1A State Meet Results.....we are still working on Meet of Champs, Decath/Hep, Best Performances and other materials ....last reminder for this week's State AAU Meet at LR Fair .....go to Arkansas AAU Track for info.....2nd Annual Cross-Country Camp of Champions sponsored by Lutheran High School in Little Rock runs June 10-13...$30 fee for four mornings of camp ....check out the brochure at the Arkansas Activities Association website...go to Sports, then to Cross-Country or contact Coach Biesel directly.....check out the 2002 All-Arkansas Track Team as selected by the track coaches......
5/18/2002 ... Meet of Champs Recap and State Meet Recaps for 2A-5A now posted.....we now have the 1A State Meet results and will be working to get ready to post...working to get the Meet of Champs results posted.....29 Meet of Champs performances met the Arkansas All-Time Best List standards and 13 met the DyeStat Elite standards....the All-Time Best List will be updated once we finish with the State Meets and Meet of Champs...be sure to visit DyeStat to check out results from across the nation ....congratulations to all Meet of Champs participants.....ALSO, keep up the good work this summer and check into the State AAU Championships to be held at Little Rock Fair in June...go to Arkansas AAU Track website for registration information.....
5/11/2002 .... State Meet results for 2A/3A and 4A/5A now posted...1A will be posted when received...we will be updating the 2002 Best Performances and All-Time Best Listings in the near future .... congratulations to all State Meet participants ....hats off to all who placed and to those who set PRs and State Meet records ....lots of exciting competition in both track and field events .... good luck to those advancing to next Wednesday's Meet of Champions at Lake Hamilton High School ... remember the Decathlon/Heptathlon to be held at Cabot High School ....special thanks to the press box crew from Heber Springs High School and their new "HeberLynx" timing and field events scoring system for nearly instantaneous updating of events during the 2A/3A/4A/5A meets and having complete meet results ready within minutes of the end of the last 4x400 relay .....
5/05/2002 ... Everything we have received is now posted and there are over 1350 performances included, some events with over 50 deep....go to Best Performances to see updates thru last Friday's Prelim Meets.....we are still trying to obtain 2A and 4A Prelim Results and would appreciate your help .....while State is coming up this week, let's do not forget the State AAU Meet in June which provides opportunity for racing as well as recognition as All-State and a chance to advance to Region in July and Nationals in August...check out the Arkansas AAU website for more info on these events ......
5/01/2002 ... Yet more updates to 2002 Best Performances with well over 1000 performances now posted with more to come....we continue to process results as we receive them...if you are a real track and field junkie and just cannot get enough results go to www.DyeStat.com for comprehensive national coverage of high school track and field and check out www.trackandfieldnews.com/results/hotlinks.html for a link to lots of college and university meets from across the nation, including such events at Penn, Mt. SAC, Drake, Texas, John McDonnell and many others....
4/29/2002 ...More updates for the 100m-400m now in the Best Performances .... more to follow ... Thanks to Coach Campbell for the 3A District 4 Meet Results....Dardanelle Boys and Ozark Girls take District championships ....McKnight of Paris jumps 6' 6".....Sarah Pfieffer of Ozarks wins shot with 41' 4.5" .....see 4/28/2002 for more info ..
4/28/2002 ...2002 Best Performances for field events and relays now posted for results received thru 4/28 ... remaining events in progress .... well over 900 performances now posted ..... New All-Time Best Performances set in Boys 4x800m relay as Russellville cruises in 7:52.80 at the McDonald's Relays in Ft. Smith on 4/19 and crushes old mark of 7:57 set by Pine Bluff in 1997 ... Jodie Mayes of Fayetteville Woodlands Junior High vaults the 3rd highest ever by an Arkansas girl by soaring 11' 7.5" at the Northwest Conference Junior High Meet on 4/18 at Rogers .... thanks to former Crossett Coach Bobby Richardson we now have All-Time Best Listings for the 100/110m hurdles and the 4x400m relay and we have updated thru 2002 indoor....go to All-Time Best and click on the event .... SPECIAL REQUEST: If anyone has meet results for conference and district meets ( we have 5A West, 5A Central, 3A District 2 and 3A District 7) we would appreciate you faxing them to us at 479-750-6152. ALERT.....maybe we were the only ones not to know, but the 4x800m relays for 2A-5A will run prelims at the State Qualifying Meets next week and then run FINALS at the State Meet the following week according to the AAA schedule ......last year the finals were held at the Qualifying Meets ......
4/21/2002 ...2002 Best Performances for ALL EVENTS now posted ... 464 performances for Boys and 394 for Girls ....over 850 in total.... we still have some late results to be posted as well and will be working on those this week...good luck at Conference meets this week and give us lots of new Bests to post!!!
4/14/2002 ... Check out the 2002 Track Best Performances for all running events except the relays by clicking here ...408 performances included so far....note that we add .24 to all reported times UNLESS we get verification that the times were Fully Automatic Times (FAT) ... relays and field events being processed ....results are for those received thru 4/14 ...SPECIAL NEWS ITEM: Russellville senior Eric Brock and Cyclone junior Chase Feltner put together the fastest 1600m of the year last Friday at Lake Hamilton with Brock taking a 4:16.35 to 4:17.71 victory...Brock's splits were 66-63-65-62.35.....
4/10/2002 ...Meet Highlights are now available that show winning performances for senior meet results received so far...junior meet highlights in progress ... work underway on first Best Performances List ....COACHES AND FANS: We would most appreciate receiving meet results for those not yet received.....fax to Bob Kelly at 479-750-6152 ...SPECIAL thanks to everyone who has sent results with EXTRA thanks to the El Dorado coaches who has sent three meets so far.....CORRECTION: Please note the Schedule has been corrected to show that the 5A West Conference Meet will be at FS Southside and not Rogers as previously reported....
4/7/2002 ... Qualifying Standards for State Meets, Best Performances, DyeStat and Arkansas All-Time Bests are now posted...click here to see what performances are required to be included in the various listings....also a new page for reported performances of former Arkansas high school performances available by clicking here ...we are updating 2002 Best Performances are hope to have posted by next weekend ..however, the 2002 Indoor Best Performances are now final ... Thanks to the coaches and fans who have sent us meet results so far....NEWS NOTE: Jodie Mayes, 9th grader at Fayetteville Woodland Junior High, won the Intermediate Girls Pole Vault at the AAU Indoor National Championships held in Merrillville, IN on 2/23/2002 with a record setting vault of 11' 0" and was named Female Most Outstanding Performer ....MORE UPDATES: see the 2002 Schedule for AAU meets this summer....contact Coach Marty Knight at Vilonia High School for information or visit the Arkansas AAU website for meet info and 2001 performances .....Coach Knight suggests anyone looking for a challenging summer cross country camp visit www.brocawblazers.org for a camp to be held July 21-27 at Pueblo, Colorado led by AAU Regional Director David Ramsey who is the longtime cross country coach of the Brocaw (KS) Blazers ......the 2002 Outdoor Schedule has been updated .....
3/13/2001 ... 2002 Outdoor Schedule now posted...click here .....
3/10/2002 ...Arkansas athletes shined today at the prestigious Nike Indoor Classic held at the Prince Georges County Sportsplex in Landover, Maryland.....Freshmen Katya Kostetskaya of Jonesboro claimed 3rd in a field of 34 in the Girls 800m run with a 2:13.24 clocking behind winner senior Mindy Sullivan of Lubbock, Texas who won in a meet record of 2:10.42.....Kostetskaya's performance is a new record for the Arkansas All-Time Best Performances besting the previous best of 2:13.50 set by Holly Baskin of Shiloh Christian in 1996....click here to see the updated 800m page .....Russellville Boys captured 4th out of 27 teams in the 4x800m relay with a 7:59.79 behind winner North Penn High School (Pennsylvania) who set a meet record at 7:54.96....for complete meet results go to http://www.dyestat.com/us/2in/NIC/results.htm ...State Meet recaps and updated 2002 Indoor Best Performances in progress ...
3/3/2002 ...Arkansas All-Time Best Performances Listings are now updated for the 2002 indoor season...click here to go directly to the table of contents page.... State Indoor Meet recaps and updated 2002 Indoor Best Performances are in process...see entries for 3/2/2002 below for State Indoor Meet results info.....COACHES: If you have times that meet the All-Time Best Performances or 2002 Indoor Best Performances cut-offs and which are not included, please email us at kellyfam@cox-internet to report....
3/2/2002 ...4A State Indoor completed in spite of severe winter weather that caused cancellation of 1/2/3A Meet...click below to go directly to meet results:
18 State Meet records were set in the 4A and 5A meets......look for meet recaps to follow later .....check out all national results at DyeStat.com ....also, Russellville Boys 4x800m relay team and Katya Kostetkaya of Jonesboro are entered in the Nike Indoor Classic next weekend in Landover, Maryland....catch all the NIC results on DyeStat
3/1/2002 ...Click here to go to complete Class 5A State Indoor Meet results...Russellville wins Boys and Fayetteville takes Girls title....nine new State Meet records set....look for Class 4A and Class 1/2/3A meet results tomorrow and meet recaps for all meets to follow next week.
2/19/2002 ...Click here to go to 2002 Indoor Best Performances updated thru 2/16 ATCA Meet for all events ...click here to see complete ATCA Meet results for all events....COACHES AND ATHLETES: Go to www.arkansasaau.org to find the dates of state, regional and national AAU meets for Summer 2002 or contact Coach Marty Knight at Vilonia (mknight40@cyberback.com)...ALSO, if you have a performance from the 2002 Indoor season that meets the event cut-offs for the Best Performance Listings as indicated at the top of each Best Performance page and is not included in the listings, please email to us at kellyfam@cox-internet.com... Be sure and get those tickets for the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23-24) and the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9) at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville...contact the UofA Ticket Office in Fayetteville to order (479-575-5151)....
2/17/2002 ...Click here to go to 2002 Indoor Best Performances updated thru 2/16 ATCA Meet for all events except sprints....work underway on sprints....click here to see complete ATCA Meet results for all events....COACHES AND ATHLETES: Go to www.arkansasaau.org to find the dates of state, regional and national AAU meets for Summer 2002 or contact Coach Marty Knight at Vilonia (mknight40@cyberback.com)...ALSO, if you have a performance from the 2002 Indoor season that meets the event cut-offs for the Best Performance Listings as indicated at the top of each Best Performance page and is not included in the listings, please email to us at kellyfam@cox-internet.com... Be sure and get those tickets for the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23-24) and the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9) at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville...contact the UofA Ticket Office in Fayetteville to order (479-575-5151)....
2/13/2002 ...Click here to go to 2002 Indoor Best Performances with ALL events now posted....COACHES AND ATHLETES: If you have a performance from the 2002 Indoor season that meets the event cut-offs for the Best Performance Listings as indicated at the top of each Best Performance page and is not included in the listings, please email to us at kellyfam@cox-internet.com... Be sure and get those tickets for the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23-24) and the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9) at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville...contact the UofA Ticket Office in Fayetteville to order (479-575-5151)....
2/10/2002 ...Check out the 2002 Indoor Best Performances thru 2/9/2002 by clicking here.....all running events posted and field events to follow.....Russellville Boys posted the fastest 4x800m relay time in the nation for meets prior to 2/9 and the second fastest time ever by an Arkansas team.......performances submitted to DyeStat (www.dyestat.com)for their Elite Listings included the Boys 4x800 relay, Boys Triple Jump, Boys Long Jump, Boys 55m dash, Boys 55m hurdles, Boys 200m, Boys 1600m, Boys 3200m, Boys 4x400 relay, Girls Pole Vault and Girls 55m hurdles........after further research Katya Kostetskaya's time on 1/19/2001 is the second fastest for an Arkansas Girl for the 1600m while Jamie Owensby's time of 5:17.70 for 1600m (5:20.61 for the mile) moved her up on the all-time best times.....check out the All-time Best Performances by clicking here....COACHES: See Coach Koonce's email message as to advance registration for all running event participants for next Saturday's meet...go to the ATCA website for registration form to send to Coach Thompson at Heber Springs.....COACHES AND ATHLETES: If you have a performance from the 2002 Indoor season that meets the event cut-offs for the Best Performance Listings as indicated at the top of each Best Performance page and is not included in the listings, please email to us at kellyfam@cox-internet.com... Be sure and get those tickets for the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23-24) and the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9) at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville...contact the UofA Ticket Office in Fayetteville to order (479-575-5151)....
1/21/2001 ...For complete results of the University of Arkansas High School Indoor Invitational held at Randal Tyson Track Center on Saturday, January 19, 2002 go to www.flashresults.com ..... check out that Girls Mile for a great race and time with the Top 4 at 5:20 or better...Katya Kostetskaya of Jonesboro won in 5:08.36, which ranks 3rd on the Arkansas All-Time Best Listings while Jamie Owensby of Bentonville grabbed 4th in 5:20.61 only a second off her state-leading time last spring.... results from the January 13 indoor meet at Joplin, MO can be found at www.precision-timing.com .....work continues on the site to wrap up all the details from CC and to get ready for indoor Best Performances......COACHES: Be sure to visit the Arkansas Track Coaches Association website by clicking here to get all the info on the upcoming ATCA meets ....
1/13/2002 ... 2002 Indoor Schedule now posted....first meet next Saturday .... SEC Meet and NCAAs once again to be held in Fayetteville .....Schedule has these and other college meets as well .....also, see the Commentary for a report on how Arkansas athletes compared in 2001 on a national level......finally, go to the Arkansas Activities Association for the 2002 track and field automatic qualifying standards....go to the AAA site, then click on the Sports tab and then on the links to the standards .....
1/06/2002 ... Click here for complete Junior High Girls and Boys Cross-Country 2001 Best Performances now available ...... there are two tables for each the Girls and Boys ranking best times based on shorter and longer distances.... see the Coach Ward 2001 CC Final Rankings by clicking here
12/30/2001 ... Click here for an off-season poem to help you through the cold, winter training runs...also, click here for 2001 Best Performances for Junior High Girls....we have prepared two tables of Best Performances...one for distances of 1.5 miles to 3K and the other for 2 miles to 4K with all rankings on per mile times.....Junior Boys to follow
12/16/2001 ...Click here to go directly to the State Meet Top 20 Best Performances by Grade for all grades.....final Best Performances for 2001, pictures from the State Meets and Junior High Best Performances Listings still in the works......
12/08/2001 ...Check out the State Meet Top 20 Best Performances by Grade by clicking here and see the top college prospects among the seniors and the top prospects for 2002 cross country.....also, a new Commentary with results from the Footlocker Midwest CC Championships for Arkansas runners .....for complete Footlocker results click here or go to our links page and click on Links/National/Footlocker ...
11/18/2001 ...The rest of the State Meet Recaps are now posted in the Commentary section......next up are the final Best Performances after the Footlocker races next weekend and the Junior High Best Performances...watch for continuing coverage of cross-country and track as the indoor season is just weeks away.....new pictures for the Gallery are in process also....
11/11/2001 ....More State Meet Recaps now posted ...click here.....more to come....lost of college CC this weekend as NCAA Division 1 regionals were held.....Hogs and LadyBacks advance to NCAA nationals a week from Monday at Furman, SC .....Eric Gross (Mt. Home), Dawn Crawford (Mt. Home) and Chelsie Mock (Jessieville) all ran for UALR in their first NCAA regional meet ....check out all NCAA results from all regions by going to Links/Conferences/NCAA and checking out all the team scores and invidual times....while there check out last week's NCAA Division 2 regional results for info on Harding, Arkansas Tech and Southern Arkansas...
11/10/2001 ...Results of the Arkansas-Oklahoma All-stars Meet held today in Fayetteville at Agri Park are now posted...click here for complete results of all finishers.....more State Meet Race Recaps are in process....
11/09/2001 ...The first of the State Meet Recaps are now posted in the Commentary section...we apologize for not having all races completed by now but they are in the works...we hope you like the expanded stats from last year's versions....we plan to have complete All-Star Meet results posted this weekend....more Recaps also....
11/03/2001 ...Complete State CC Meet results now posted.....upsets and surprises....check out you favorite races ....congratulations to all the teams on a great day of competition....Race Recaps coming early next week....All-Star CC Meet next week on Saturday, November 10 at Agri Park featuring Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri All-Star teams...State AAU CC Meet precedes the All-Star Meet beginning at 10 a.m. ...go to www.arkansasaau.org for details
10/31/2001 ...State Meet Previews for Boys races now posted in the Commentary section......look for Race Recaps next week after we all recuperate from the races....plus a Junior High Top Times are in the works.....
10/30/2001 ...State Meet Previews for the Girls race are now posted in the Commentary section .....Boys Preview coming tomorrow....congratulations to UALR for their double wins last weekend at the Sunbelt Conference CC championships....The Trojans took a 56-62 win over North Texas behind the 4th place finish of Andrey Shokur and 5th place finish of Dmitry Shokur...Eric Gross (freshman from Mountain Home) took 15th with a PR for 8K while Jamie Rhoden (freshman from Heber Srprings) took 24th with a PR... the Lady Trojans slipped by 54-65-66 over Western Kentucky and New Mexico State behind the 2nd place finish of Leah Thorvilson....Chelsie Mock (freshman from Jessieville) took 24th in a PR for 6K....go to UALR's website for detail results....
10/29/2001 ...Final Weekly Coaches Poll now posted.....click here for the poll results...check out the Best Performances and see if you agree whether or not the Coaches got it right....check out our Links/Conferences/SEC for the complete results of today's SEC CC Championships run at Auburn as Hogs whipped Alabama 24-85 and LadyBacks cruised 35-71 over Tennessee..David Kimani of Bama takes 1st while Allistair Cragg takes 2nd for Hogs followed by Daniel Lincoln in 3rd....Adreina Byrd and Christin Wurth take 1-2 for LadyBacks....State Meet Previews for each race starts tomorrow night!!!
10/28/2001 ...Best Performance Listings for all classifications and for combined classes updated for all results reported...click here for index.....COACHES: See 1A2A3A and 4A5A Combined for last poll.....State Meet Previews coming up next
10/26/2001 ...Lake Hamilton takes both titles over runner-up Bryant at Class 5A South Conference Meet at Hot Springs with a 24-54 Boys win and a 19-36 Girls win....Burt Hicks of Lake Hamilton wins Boys title in 16:35.43 over Bryant's David Stafford while Lake Hamilton's Beth Madson cruises to victory in 15:37.35 over teammate Patricia Bradbury.....click here for meet results ...look for updated Best Performances Listings later this weekend and the annual State Meet Previews early next week...
10/25/2001 ... Bentonville takes 31-51-83 win over Fayetteville and Rogers at 15th Annual Mountie Classic while Fayetteville Boys claim narrow 40-43-79 win over Rogers and Springdale.....Siloam Springs takes small school titles for both divisions while Rogers Elmwood claims both Junior High titles....for full race results click here ....Jamie Owensby and Jessi Barnes lead No. 1 ranked Lady Tigers while Fayetteville's Tyler Harlan takes surprise win over Rogers Jake Conley who outsprinted West Fork's William Prettyman for 2nd.... more race results being processed and more Best Performances being processed...look for our annual State Meet Preview early next week for all races ... See you at Agri Park on November 3!!!!
10/21/2001 ...Week 6 Coaches Poll out ...click here to see all the changes....this is the last poll before the State Meets....lots of new meet results also posted ......check out new meets posted on the table of contents clicking here...several other meets to be posted late this week....updated Best Performances Lists posted for all meets results received through 10/21.....check out Senior Girls-All Combined, Senior Girls-4/5A, Senior Girls-1/2/3A, Senior Boys-All Combined, Senior Boys-4/5A and Senior Boys-1/2/3A .......Best Performances by classification to be posted later this week.
10/14/2001 ... See updated Best Performances including this weekend's Chile Pepper Invitational Race and Open Race (sorry...no junior high Best Performances yet) and the Lake Hamilton Invitational....we have several prior meets we are still entering times and will be updating Best Performances as we get meets entered....PLUS a new feature....Best Performances are combined in the same groupings that the ATCA votes in the poll each week....1/2/3A combined and 4/5A...click here to go to Best Performances table of contents
10/13/2001 ... Same old same old at Chile Pepper as Russellville Cyclones escape with a 50-56 win over Edmond (OK) Memorial in the Boys Invitational 5K while the Bentonville Lady Tigers put it all together for an easy win in the Girls Invitational 4k...for complete results of the Invitational Races click here and for the Open and Junior High races click here....more Chile Pepper highlights in the works...stay tuned....990 finishers in the senior and junior high races!!!
10/10/2001 ...Best Performances Listings are posted for Senior Girls and for Senior Boys......nearly 500 runners included...more to come as we continue to add meets....also, partial results are now posted for 9/22 Orange Crush Invitational...working on recent UALR and Devil's Den meets also....looks like the rain this week will be great for the "mudders" in the field for this weekend's meets !!!! Ole for Jose's!!!
10/08/2001 ...Week 5 Coaches Poll posted....several big changes and new rankings with a new 5A Girls No. 1....complete results from 9/22 Bryant Invitational available by clicking here...working on getting Ted Lloyd Bison Stampede results posted where Cabot edged Harding Academy-Memphis 28-30 in Boys 5K and Vilonia snuck by the Memphis group 43-46 in Girls 4K..James Williams of Cabot grabs 2nd in 17:09 for top Arkansas boy and Batesville's Laura Insell takes girl's honors in a winning time of 16:53...we really are working on Best Performances...
10/01/2001 ...Complete results from Cyclone Invitational available by clicking here....senior and junior high divisions....
9/30/2001 ...Russellville Cyclones continue winning ways with strong showing at Cyclone Invitational yesterday....Cyclone Travis Feltner sets course record in 17:17 edging out brother Chase by a second...Burt Hicks of Lake Hamilton grabbed 3rd in 17:25 while Eric Brock of Russellville took 4th in 17:32....Cyclones win team trophy 24-80 over Lake Hamilton and 16 other teams...Rogers Lady Mounties upset No. 1 Fayetteville 35-37 while running without one of their regulars....Beth Madson of Lake Hamilton took individual honors in a sizzling 14:46.52!!!...Lady Mounties Andrea Peerson and Cheryl White took 2nd and 3rd in 15:19.29 and 15:36.42....Katie Howard led Fayetteville at 5th in 15:44.30....Top 8 were under 16:00 on the fast course...Rogers Mounties took 6th in the prestigious Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater on 9/29 led by Senior Tony Chambers 16:55 over the tough, hilly Cowboy 5K course...we hope to have complete results for the Cyclone Invitational later this week....we now have over 800 performances in the data base and am working hard to get the first Best Performances List posted soon....enjoy this terrific running weather and stay healthy....
9/28/2001 ... Week 4 Coaches Poll is now posted....click here....several moves up and down!!
9/24/2001... Results of Panther Invitational held Saturday in Siloam Springs now posted....Rogers sweeps junior and senior high races...Springdale grabs runner-up in Senior Boys and Berryville takes 4A and under Boys trophy...Jake Conley of Rogers wins by over 100m in 16:20 followed by teammate Tony Chambers in 16:52...Siloam Springs takes Senior Girls 4A and under trophy while Harrison takes overall runner-up.....Jessi Barnes of Bentonville wins the battle of sophomores over Dianne Miller of Siloam Springs in 15:47 to 15:56....Jamie Owensby of Bentonville takes 122nd out of over 300 while running unattached at the Great American Cross Country Meet last Friday in Charlotte, NC...working on results of several meets and hope to have posted soon....Thanks to coaches for forwarding meet results....
9/21/2001 ...Week 3 Coaches Poll is now posted....click here...see Schedule for this week's meets...
9/15/2001 ...The Russellville Cyclones showed why they deserve to be ranked No. 1 with a big win at the Missouri Southern State College Stampede in Joplin on Saturday.....click here for highlights and for complete results go to Missouri Runner's Nation....Rogers Boys got back on track at Monett on Tuesday while the Lady Mounties continued their winning ways....click here for highlights....check out results of the Josh Park Memorial Invitational on Saturday at Heber Springs....Week 2 Coaches Poll also out....look out for an early season showdown at Siloam Springs this Saturday as four of the Top 6 4A/5A Girls teams clash....
9/14/2001 ...Week 2 Coaches Poll is now posted....click here...see Schedule for this week's meets...meet results being processed and hope to be posted soon...
9/9/2001 ... Beth Madson of Lake Hamilton took first in the Senior Girls 2.5 Mile race with a 15:27 (6:10 per mile) clocking at the OBU Bob Gravette Invitational in Arkadelphia on 9/8 in a race that saw the Top 9 all finish under 16:20. Burt Hicks of the Lake Hamilton Senior Boys won his division's 5K race in 16:41 (5:20 per mile). Kazmyn Bailey of Vilonia won the Junior Girls 1.5 Mile race in 9:53 (6:36 per mile) while Jacob Geurin of Benton won the Junior Boys 2 Mile in 11:39 (5:49.5 per mile). In the team results, Lake Hamilton easily defeated Bryant 56-104 in a 19 team Senior Boys field; Houston of Memphis whipped Bryant 18-79 in the 12 team Senior Girls meet; Hot Springs Lakeside downed Bryant 55-65 in the Junior Boys; and Bryant won easily over Magnet Cove 25-75 in the Junior Girls meet. Several college freshman from Arkansas high schools ran in the college division Women's 5K, including Heidi Vondermehden of UCA (18th in 20:54, Harrison), Caryn Hapner of UCA (26th in 31:31, Conway), Kristina Ong of UCA (34th in 22:16, Watson Chapel), Candace Bowling of Arkansas Tech (35th in 22:22, Siloam Springs), Ana Roberts of SAU (37th in 22:31, Acorn) and Amanda Walden of Arkansas Tech (43rd in 22:48, Bentonville). For complete meet results for all divisions, click here for Team Results and here for Individual Results.
The Rogers Lady Mounties took a hard-earned win 37-62 over Lebanon, MO on September 6 to defend their title at the Carthage, MO Invitational Varsity Girls 5K. In hot, windy, humid weather on a very hilly course, the Lady Mounties overcame the loss of lead runner Andrea Peerson to illness as Junior Cheryl White (22:18) and Senior Captain Caitlin Kelly (23:16) led the Mounties to a win. Tiffany Dodson of Harrison took 2nd overall with a time of 21:33. The Rogers Mounties came up just short in an attempt to win for the 9th time in 10 years at Carthage as the host team edged the Mounties 51-65. Senior Jake Conley led the Mounties in 3rd (17:15) and Senior Tony Chambers claimed 5th (17:43). Caleb Gordon of Rogers led seven Mounties into the Top 10 of the 2 Mile JV race with a 11:05 clocking while Harrison's Jessalyn Halstead took 3rd in 13:39 for the top Arkansas girl in the 2 Mile JV Girls race. For more results, click here.
The Russellville Cyclones defeated Jenks, OK on 9/8 at the Zero Mountain Invitational in Ft. Smith with an impressive 2-3-4-5-13 finish. The Cyclones Chase Feltner claimed 2nd (16:04) while teammates Travis Feltner took 3rd (16:22), Eric Brock grabbed 4th (16:43) and Bryan Gardner took 5th (16:44).
The first Weekly Coaches Poll is out....click here to see how the teams rank. Go to Schedule for upcoming meets.
Check out Goodwill Games for complete results and USA Track and Field for Team USA results.
9/3/2001 ... Senior Jamie Owensby of Bentonville took 2nd place 9/1 at the Truman Invitational at Swope Park in Kansas City while sophomore teammate Jessi Barnes claimed 20th...Jamie cruised 12:03.60 for 3200m while Jessi logged a nice 12:45.70....the Lady Tigers finished 6th overall with 202 points as Missouri powerhouse Lee's Summit took the team title with 65 points....Leavenworth's (KS) Amy Hastings claimed individual honors with a 11:41.29 clocking.....go to www.mohsrunning.com for complete meet results......click here for results of the high school and junior high divisions from the UALR Invitational run at Murray Park in Little Rock on 9/1 and go to www.ualr.edu (athletics) for complete meet results......see how the Class 5A favorites Russellville Cyclones fared in their first outing....if you missed the 2001 CC Preview click here to get the lowdown and click here for the Master Schedule....be sure to catch the Goodwill Games this week on TNT (check local listings) featuring Michael Johnson running his last race as he runs on the USA 4x400m team....COACHES: Please email meet results to kellyfam@cox-internet.com or fax to Bob Kelly at 501-750-6152....
8/24/2001 ... Check out the season Preview in Commentary...and the updated Schedule for State Meet times.
8/19/2001 ...Cross-Country 2001 Schedule now posted...look for Preview to come this week....Cross-Country Gallery for 2000 season is now back!!...Stephanie Irwin, Mt. Ida, cleared 11'03" (new region record) in the AAU Region 8 Championships in Columbia, MO on July 8 moving into 5th place on the Arkansas All-Time Best List...Jackie Franks of Batesville Southside posted a PR in the 2001 AAU Junior Olympics at Norfolk, VA on 8/3 with a vault of 10" 0" to take 5th in the Girls Intermediate Division which moves her into a tie for the 14th best vault in the Arkansas All-Time Best List....Stephanie Irwin of Mt. Ida took 3rd in the same Division at 10' 6"...Brandie Plyler (Centerpoint/Ole Miss) took 3rd in the Young Women's Division with a vault of 11' 5.75"...congratulations to all our vaulters who competed this summer .....be sure to mark your calendars for the Goodwill Games coming up 9/4-7 with TV coverage on TNT. COACHES NOTE: Please fax meet results to us at 501-750-6152 (Attn: Bob Kelly) or email to us at kellyfam@cox-internet.com.....