Photos  - Finger Lakes Invitational - Jan 12, 2002

 at  Cortland State

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First lap of 3000m ... front row from left to right are Alison Fuery (Sherburne-Earlville), Chelsea Usack (Horseheads, 3rd, 11:19.9) and evenual winner Melissa Usack (Lansing, 11:03.7) ... Chelsea and Melissa are cousins.	3000m race after 800m (2:58.6 split) ... Alison Fuery (S-E) stills leads Melissa Usack(11:03.7) ... Shannon Semski (Elmira-SS, directly behind Melissa in green) finished 2nd (11:14.7) ... Alison held the lead past 1500m (5:35) but Melissa took control past 1600m (5:58.4) and opened a widening lead all the way to the finish ... Melissa ran negative 1500m splits (5:35.5 & 5:28.2)

Early in the 3200m ... Matt Hebdon (Groton) leads Krys Usack (Corning) and Andy Cloke (Elmira Notre Dame) ... the 800m split (2:38.7) and 1600m split (5:14.5) were relatively slow	Krys Usack (Corning, 2nd, 10:22.7) and winner Andy Cloke (Elmira ND, 10:08.9) pulled away from the field in the final 1600m ... Andy finished very strongly over the last 400m ... the previous week at Cornell, Krys finished 2nd to Dave Masse (FM) by 9:53.00 to 9:53.79

Adam Farrell (Sidney) clearing 6-2 to win the high jump ... the previous week at Cornell, Adam set a PR of 6-6

Girls 1000m run ... sisters Sara Rice (3:09.0) and Janelle Rice (3:09.2) of Elmira Southside controlled the race from start to finish and finished 1-2 handily ... splits were - 200m (36.9), 400m (75.1), 600m (1:53.7) and 800m (2:32.5)

An even-up field about 40m into 55m dash final ...

Completing 400m of the girls 600m dash ... runner-up Jen Jezorski (Elmira SS, 1:39.6) leads Alexis Lake (Horseheads, 1:38.4) and Melissa Usack (Lansing, 1:41.3) ... splits were - 200m (31.9), 400m (64.6)	Finish of 600m dash ... Alexis Lake (1:38.4) took control in the final lap and finished strongly to set a PR and school record ... runner-up Jen Jezorski (Elmira SS) ran an excellent race to finish in 1:39.6 PR ... Melissa Usack was a good 3rd (1:41.3) - she had won the 3000m race shortly before the 600m.

Boys 600m dash finish ... Dane Schneider (Corning, 1:26.3) wins over John Butler (Lansing, 1:27.6) and Ben Hebdon (Groton, 1:27.9)

First lap of girls 1500m race ... Sara Rice (ESS) leads Alexis Lake (HH), Liz Vinson (Marathon), Alison Fuery (SE) and Katie O'Konsky (Groton) ... Sara led the race past 1000m before Alexis took control ... splits were - 200m (42.2), 400m (1:21.7), 600m (2:04.2), 800m (2:45.9) and 1000m (3:28.5)	Approaching the 1000m mark of the 1500m race ... runner-up Sara Rice (ESS, 5:08.3) leads winner Alexis Lake (HH, 5:00.9) and Liz Vinson (Marathon, 3rd, 5:16.3)	Alexis Lake winning the 1500m ... her final 400m in 69.7 was impressive.