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Footlocker Nationals (Dec 13) ... Matt Withrow & Midwest win boys ... Lopez Lomong (20th) ... Katelyn Kaltenbach & Midwest win girls ... Nicole Blood (7th) top Northeast girl ... Photos added (Dec 14)

NY Girls All-State (by Coach Dan Doherty)  (Dec 7)

 Footlocker North-East - BOYS (Nov 29 ... Van Cortlandt Park) ... Lopez Lomong qualifies (finishes 6th), Ben True (Maine) wins
 Footlocker North-East - GIRLS (Nov 29 ... Van Cortlandt Park) ... Nicole Blood wins girls race ... results updated with speed ratings
 Footlocker NE Photos

Footlocker NE Preview (Nov 25)

Is Van Cortlandt Park faster in 2003?? (Nov 20)

 

Just how fast did Josh McDougal and Lindsey Scherf run on Nov. 16th race at Van Cortlandt Park?? ... I'm getting e-mails asking that question. That's a difficult question to answer with any certainty, and the best I can do is make a guess. My approach to evaluating speed is to compare runners with each other ... since the race was not a high school race, a group evaluation (using a graphical solution) is not possible ... the only way to guess the relative speed is to compare individual runners with each other ... unfortunately, this NYRR race has only a few runners I know anything about to make a comparison (and I really need more than a few).

Starting with the girls ... the only female runner in the race I can compare Lindsey Scherf to is Brittney Criscuolo (East Meadow) ... Brittney is one of the best high school runners in NY State ... she skipped the Federation Championships at Bowdoin Park to run in the NYRR race. Scherf ran 17:50, beating Criscuolo's 18:14 by 24 seconds ... that's very impressive! I really don't know how well Criscuolo ran, but assuming (and I emphasis assuming) the Criscuolo ran a speed rating in the mid 140s (which might be reasonable based on her performances to date), then Scherf's rating would be 8 points higher (24 seconds) putting her in the low 150s ... that would make Scherf the 2nd fastest girl in NY, and put her within reach of Nicole Blood. Some observers think Scherf is better than Blood (maybe, but I need to see it first).

Looking at the boys ... Josh McDougal's time (15:08) is sensational ... Josh has proven in the past he can run fast times and this performance is remarkable. The only two boys in this race I can use for comparison are his brother (Jordan) and David Raucci (Red Hook). David is one of the top runners in Section 9 ... David raced Josh in both the VCP race and previous week's race at Saratoga Park ... At Saratoga Park on Nov 9th, Josh ran 15:04 and David ran 16:27 ... at VCP, Josh ran 15:08 and David ran 16:17, so David improved 14 seconds on the time difference between himself and Josh. David Raucci ran at States at Marcus Whitman ... he finished 21st in the Class B race (17:39.7) about 1:10 behind winner Kyle Heath (16:30) ... but in all fairness, that was an "off" race for Raucci who would normally run about 30 seconds faster (based on his seasonal performances) ... the day following States, Raucci ran against Josh at Saratoga, so I assume that was not a normal-fast race for Raucci either ... The time difference improvement between Saratoga and VCP suggests Raucci was returning to his normal race speeds ... Now assuming Raucci ran a speed rating of 181 at VCP, Josh's rating would be 204 (because 1:09 or 69 seconds faster equals 23 points) ... Jordan McDougal's speed rating (for 15:48) would be about 191.

Now a different perspective - the race courses themselves ... I determined that the course speed at Bowdoin Park at Federations in 2003 and 2001 was almost exactly the same (forget about 2002 Feds because the weather and conditions were awful) ... Compared to Bowdoin Park Feds (2003, 2001) the race course speed at VCP Footlockers in 2002 was about 12 seconds faster than Bowdoin (average race times were 12 seconds faster at VCP) ... This year at VCP, the race times on the 2.5 miles course have been averaging about 10 to 12 seconds faster than last year (I don't know why, but they have been) ... so MAYBE the VCP 3.1 course is 15 seconds faster this year than last (this is an assumption) ... So the course difference between Bowdoin Park (Feds) and VCP (3.1 mile) may be 12 seconds + 15 seconds = 27 seconds faster at VCP (3.1 mile) this year ... If we subtract 27 seconds from Lopez Lomong's winning time at Feds (15:45), that would be 15:18 (or 10 seconds slower than Josh McDougal) ... Lomong's speed rating at Bowdoin was 201 (I'm confident in that number) ... Josh's rating would be about 3 points higher or 204, which agrees with the comparison to David Raucci.

Extending the race course analogy to the girls ... the girl's time scaling is slightly different than the boys in my approach ... the course difference is about 21 seconds (rather than 27 seconds) ... add 21 seconds to Scherf's time (17:50) to yield 18:11 ... in the girl's Federation race, 18:11 corresponds to a speed rating of 154.3 ... Criscuolo's rating would be 146.3.

So that's my best guess on how fast Josh McDougal and Lindsey Scherf ran on Nov. 16th race at Van Cortlandt Park.

 

 

XC Leaderboard Page 2003 Updated 11-17-2003
 Girls Individuals (NY State)  ...Nov-17-2003 (Final)
 Boys Individuals (NY State)  ...Nov-17-2003 (Final)
 Girls Individuals (Section 3) ...Nov-2-2003 (Final) 
 Boys Individuals (Section 3) ...Nov-2-2003 (Final)   

 NYS Federation Championships (Nov 15 .... at Bowdoin State Park)

 ... Projections - Federation Champ (Nov 16) - updated with actual results

 NYSPHSAA Championships - BOYS (Nov 8 .... at Marcus Whitman HS)

 NYSPHSAA Championships - GIRLS (Nov 8 .... at Marcus Whitman HS)

 ..... [Merged Boys & Girls State Results (Nov 9)

State Meet XC 2003 Projections:
.... [Projection - Team Scores by Class] (Nov 9) - updated with actual results
.... [Projection - Boys Merged Team] (Nov 9) - updated with actual results
.... [Projection - Girls Merged Team] (Nov 9) - updated with actual results

 Section 3 Championships - BOYS (Nov 1 ... at Cato-Meridian HS)

 Section 3 Championships - GIRLS (Nov 1 ... at Cato-Meridian HS)

 Section 3 Sectional Team Predictions & Actual Scores  (Nov 2) ... [Boys] ... [Girls]

 Section 4 Championships  (Oct 30 ... at Chenango Valley State Park)

 

 

 

 OHSL League Championships (Oct 25 ... at Baldwinsville Durgee JH)

 Adirondack Invitational (Oct 25 ... at Adirondack HS)

 Frontier League Championships (Oct 21 ... at Indian River HS)

 Brown University Invite (Oct 18) ... Tully's Dominic Luka (15:02) and Lopez Lomong (15:16) run 1st & 2nd in Championship Race (fastest times of day)

 Chittenango Invitational (Oct 18 ... at Chittenango HS)

 Center States Conference Championships (Oct 18 ... in Cooperstown field)

 Liberty League (B1-B2) Crossover (Oct 16 ... at Phoenix JH)

 Whitney Point Invitational (Oct 14 ... at Whitney Point HS)

 Phoenix Firebird Invitational (Oct 11 ... at Phoenix JH)

 Marathon Invitational (Oct 11 ... at Appleby JH)

 Manhattan Invitational (Oct 11 ... at Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx NY)

 Beaver River Invitational (Oct 11 ... at Beaver River HS)

 


 

 Baldwinsville Invitational (Oct 4 ... at Durgee JH)

 Central Square Invitational (Oct 4 ... at Central Sq HS)

 South Lewis Invitational (Oct 4 ... at South Lewis HS)

 Tully Invitational (Sept 27 ... at Tully High School)

 EJ Hermann Invitational (Sept 27 ... at Proctor Park, Utica)

 


 

 East Syracuse-Minoa Invitational (Sept 20 ... at Pine Grove)

 Auburn Invitational (Sept 20 ... at Auburn Middle School)

 Cato- Meridian Invitational - Boys (Sept 13 ... at Cato-Meridian HS)

 Cato- Meridian Invitational - Girls (Sept 13 ... at Cato-Meridian HS)

 


 

 Sept 9, 2003 ... Suburban Council Girls Dual at Iroquois Middle School

       Saratoga - 19    Niskayuna - 44
       Saratoga - 17    Shenendehowa - 46
       Niskayuna - 28   Shenendehowa - 28

 1 - Nicole Blood       10   02-A   Saratoga      18:23
 2 - Caitlin McTague    12   02-A   Niskayuna     18:30
 3 - Lindsey Ferguson   10   02-A   Saratoga      19:24
 4 - Ali Rowe           12   02-A   Saratoga      19:49
 5 - Sarah Rogers       11   02-A   Shenendehowa  19:59
 6 - Catherine Rossi    9    02-A   Saratoga      20:01
 7 - Ruby Solomon       11   02-A   Saratoga      20:04
 8 - Karyn Delay        11   02-A   Saratoga      20:10
 9 - Cameron Vahanian   10   02-A   Saratoga      20:18
10 - Sarah Miller       12   02-A   Niskayuna     20:29

       BOYS

 1 - Ryan Gaedje        12   02-A   Shenendehowa  16:45
 2 - Jacob Gurzler      12   02-A   Shenendehowa  16:47
 3 - Phil Roach         12   02-A   Shenendehowa  16:53
 4 - Dan McManamon      10   02-A   Shenendehowa  17:24
 5 - Matt Gervasio      12   02-A   Saratoga      17:27
 6 - Brendan Marsh      11   02-A   Shenendehowa  17:28
 7 - Alex Grout         12   02-A   Shenendehowa  17:32
 8 - Greg Kiley         9    02-A   Saratoga      17:33
 9 - Tyler Lemire            02-A   Shenendehowa  17:38
          

 

 

 Liverpool Invitational (Sept 6...at Oneida Shores)

 New Hartford Invitational (Sept 6...at NH Jr High)

 Syracuse City Schools Invitational (Sept 6...at LeMoyne College)

 

 

 

 Some Pre-Sept 02 Race Results of Interest


 HMRRC - SEFCU Labor Day 5K
   Sept 1, 2003 Central Park, Schenectady, New York
                                                               Mile  Approx
Place Name                Grade Sect  School           Time    Pace  Rating
===== ==================  ===== ====  ===============  =====   ====  ======
        Males:
  8   Brian Murphy         11   02-A  Colonie          16:41   5:23    170
 14   Justin Parietti      12   02-A  Guilderland      17:01   5:30    164
 15   Brian Rhodes-Devey   9    02-A  Guilderland      17:04   5:31    163
 16   Kyle Audi            12   02-A  Colonie          17:09   5:32    161
 18   Kevin Treadway       10   02-A  Colonie          17:20   5:36    157
 22   Joe Choiniere        12   02-A  Colonie          17:29   5:39    154
 23   Zake Zucker          12   02-A  Guilderland      17:30   5:39    154
 25   Kieran O'Connor      11   02-B  Bishop Gibbons   17:36   5:41    152
 45   Matt Reilly          8    02-A  Colonie          18:27   5:58    135
 46   Ian Wright           12   02-A  Colonie          18:39   6:01    131
 47   Ben Zucker           9    02-A  Guilderland      18:43   6:03    130

        Females:
 29   Caitlin McTague      12   02-A  Niskayuna        17:44   5:44    149
 60   Eryka Perreault      12   02-A  Colonie          19:20   6:15    117
 62   Nicole Soblosky      10   02-A  Colonie          19:31   6:18    114
 68   Sarah Miller         12   02-A  Niskayuna        19:38   6:20    111
 84   Rachel Ohm           10   02-B  Holy Names       20:05   6:29    102
 95   Megan Lynch          11   02-A  Guilderland      20:31   6:38    94
 96   Andrea Kean          9    02-A  Colonie          20:32   6:38    93
 97   Kelly McGarry        11   02-B  Mohonasen        20:42   6:41    90
 98   Melissa Bredice      10   02-A  Colonie          20:43   6:41    90
103   Emily McTague        8    02-A  Niskayuna        20:49   6:43    88
110   Katelyn Reepmeyer    12   02-A  Shaker           21:05   6:48    82
119   Alexi Rodriguez      12   02-A  Colonie          21:25   6:55    76

     *** Note: the Approximate Speed Ratings are based on a statistical
               "best guess" ... accuracy is uncertain, but potentially
               usable for future reference purposes.



 Tony Luciano 5K
   Aug 24, 2003 - Hudson Falls, NY

     The Saratoga girls and the Argyle girls ran ... unfortunately,
     Argyle's Caitlin Lane, Ashley Fung and Klara Varosy were not
     100% (due to some cold/flu symptoms).
       full results are now posted on:  AdirondackRunners.com
     Here are some high school runner result:  

 Overall
 Place  Name              Grade  Sect  School             Time    Pace
 -----  ----------------  -----  ----  -----------------  -----   ----
          Males:
   1    Matt Gervasio       12   02-A  Saratoga           16:30   5:19
   2    Greg Kiley          9    02-A  Saratoga           16:35   5:21
   5    Stephen Lyons       12   02-C  Broadalbin-Perth   16:57   5:28
   6    Jeremy Beaudette    10   02-B  Queensbury         16:58   5:28
   7    Steve Soprano       10   02-B  Queensbury         17:07   5:31
   8    Nate Chandler       12   02-A  Saratoga           17:09   5:32
   9    Shane Zanetti       12   02-A  Saratoga           17:34   5:40
   14   Andrew Bangert      10   02-A  Saratoga           17:57   5:47

          Females:
   11   Nicole Blood        10    02-A  Saratoga          17:47   5:44
   13   Lindsey Ferguson    10    02-A  Saratoga          17:51   5:45
   16   Hanna Davidson      8     02-D  Argyle            18:07   5:50
   17   Emily Fung          8     02-D  Argyle            18:08   5:51
   22   Karyn Delay         11    02-A  Saratoga          18:29   5:57
   25   Catherine Rossi     9     02-A  Saratoga          18:44   6:02
   27   Ali Rowe            12    02-A  Saratoga          18:51   6:05
   28   Cameron Vahanian    10    02-A  Saratoga          18:52   6:05
   31   Ashley Fung         8     02-D  Argyle            19:01   6:08
   37   Melissa Trauscht    11    02-A  Saratoga          19:26   6:16
   38   Klara Varosy        10    02-D  Argyle            19:43   6:21
   40   Kate Woodcock       11    02-A  Saratoga          19:50   6:23
   42   Ruby Solomon        11    02-A  Saratoga          19:57   6:26
   45   Amanda Deconno      10    02-A  Saratoga          20:03   6:28
   47   Carli Wilusz        10    02-A  Saratoga          20:07   6:29
   49   Liz Woodcock        8     02-A  Saratoga          20:14   6:31
   51   Ana Hoyos           12    02-A  Saratoga          20:24   6:34
   54   Julie Lambalot      12    02-A  Saratoga          20:31   6:37
   56   Lindsay Rapplyea    12    02-C  Broadalbin-Perth  20:34   6:38
   57   Alysha McElroy      9     02-A  Saratoga          20:42   6:40
   58   Brittania O'Keefe   8     02-D  Argyle            20:49   6:42
   59   Gabrielle Alberti   12    02-A  Saratoga          20:50   6:43
   63   Ashley Campbell     10    02-A  Saratoga          20:56   6:45
   66   Heather Mackay      --          --------          21:01   6:46
   67   Heidi Parish        12    02-A  Saratoga          21:06   6:48


 13th-Annual Run for Jon 2.5-Mile Run
    Aug 24, 2003 - Peru, NY

  1 - Josh McDougal     12       Home-School     11:48  (4:43 mile pace)
  2 - Jordan McDougal   11       Home-School     11:58  (4:47 mile pace)
         Females:
      Meghan McClelland   9    07-C   ECKMW      16:05  (6:26 mile pace)
      Emily Medeiros      10   07-C   Saranac    17:00  (6:48 mile pace)

        ** Meghan McClelland finished 19th overall at the outdoor State
            Track & Field Championship 3000 Meters (10:46.43) at Union-
            Endicott ... ECKMU is a combined school designation for
            several small schools in Section 7 ... I'm guessing they
            are Class C due to the combination of Class D schools.

      0-7 yr-old female class:
  1 - Johnna McDougal    26:32  (10:37 mile pace) ... a future champion??


 Chris Thater 5K
   Aug 24, 2003 - Binghamton, NY

     Elmira Southside is one of the top Class B girls teams in NYS.
     Their results from the Chris Thater 5K are shown here ...
     several top runners did not run (Shannon Semski, Courtney
     Sandore) ... three runners moving up from last year's junior
     high XC team ran well (Rachael Forrest, Alyssa Benjamin and
     Carly Jordan) ... excellent performance by Sara Rice ...
     Sara's twin sister (Janelle) has opted to play soccer.
                                                                   Mile
   Place Name            Grade   Sect   School              Time   Pace
     47  Sara Rice         12    04-B   Elmira Southside    18:49  (6:04)
     77  Taylor Sandore    11    04-B   Elmira Southside    20:23  (6:34)
     83  Rachael Forrest   9     04-B   Elmira Southside    20:44  (6:41)
     86  Heather Wida      11    04-B   Elmira Southside    20:49  (6:42)
    101  Alyssa Benjamin   9     04-B   Elmira Southside    21:28  (6:55)
    102  Carly Jordan      9     04-B   Elmira Southside    21:28  (6:55)

    Full Chris Thater 5K results at:
       http://triplecitiesrunnersclub.org/thater_2003.html



 Altamont 5K
   August 23, 2003 - Altamont, NY

   Place Name               Grade Sect  School              Time    Pace
     1  Dave Raucci          11   09-B  Red Hook            16:22  (5:16)
     6  Justin Parietti      12   02-A  Guilderland         17:27  (5:37)
     7  Gary Domermuth       11   02-D  Berne-Knox          17:28  (5:37)
    10  Seth DuBois          10   02-A  Guilderland         17:39  (5:41)
    12  Kris Geist           11   02-D  Berne-Knox          17:52  (5:45)
    13  Brian Rhodes-Devey   9    02-A  Guilderland         17:55  (5:46)
         Females:
    31  Sarah Domermuth      12   02-D  Berne-Knox-West     19:23  (6:15)
    35  Brina Seguine        9    02-A  Columbia            19:36  (6:19)
    40  Katelyn Reepmeyer    12   02-A  Shaker              19:53  (6:24)



  The Fifth Spound To Bay Fireman's 10K
    Aug 24, 2003 - Jamesport, NY
       2 - Jonathan Toro  12   11-A   William Floyd    34:23  (5:32 pace)


  Brentwood Rotary Cookie 5K  (www.FLRRT.com results)
    Aug 18, 2003
     1 - Geary Gubbins           11   11-C  Southampton   16:03  (5:10 pace)
    10 - Bryan Quinn            Grad  11-A  Northport     16:54  (5:27 pace)
       Very good race by Geary Gubbins - could be one of best Class C runners
       in the State ... Bryan Quinn will be attending the Univ. of Conn. this
       fall.



 Toyfest 10K
   Aug 24, 2003 - East Aurora, NY
     1 - Colin Meyers    12   CHS   St. Marys-Lanc   32:19  (5:13 pace)
           ** very good 10K time by Colin Meyers (a top CHSAA runner)


 Mississippi Mudd's 5K River Run
   Aug 23, 2003 - Tonawanda, NY
     1 - Dennis Pollow    11   06-C   Wilson      16:52   (5:26 pace)
           Females:
     1 - Shannon Crane    11   06-A   Lancaster   18:20   (5:55 pace)
           ** this is one of several very good performances by
               Shannon Crane (more below) ... could be emerging
               as a top Class A runner (a very loaded class)!!


 2nd Annual Kathleen Kavanagh 5K
   Aug 15, 2003 - Lancaster, NY
     1 - Dan Giza         12   06-A  Lancaster     16:06   (5:11 pace)
           Females:
     1 - Shannon Crane    11   06-A   Lancaster    18:32   (5:58 pace)
     2 - Caitlin English  11   CHS    Nardin Acad  19:58   (6:26 pace)


 17th Annual Village Glen Moonlight Run 5K
   Aug 13, 2003 - Williamsville, NY
     1-(F15-19) - Shannon Crane  06-A  Lancaster   19:03   (6:09 pace)



 Tour De Pain IX
   Aug 21, 2003 - Cobbs Hills and McQuaid Jesuit HS
     1 - Kyle Heath        12   05-B   Victor         17:16
     5 - Robert Young      12   05-B   Newark         18:11
           Females:
     Vanessa Love-McCarthy 12   05-A   Penfield       21:44


 Innovative Edge Summer 5k Cross Country Series #2
   Aug 14, 2003 @ Cobbs Hill Park  (85 degrees &  humid)
     1 - Kyle Heath        12   05-B   Victor         16:55
       (New HS course record, #12 all-time performance @ Cobbs Hill Park)
     5 - Connor Martin     11   05-A   Fairport       17:50


 Bethlehem X-C 5K #2 - HMRRC Grand Prix
   Aug 18, 2003 - Elm Avenue Park
     4 - Dave Raucci      11   09-B   Red Hook     17:52
    12 - Caitlin McTague  12   02-A   Niskayuna    18:38


          

 

 




 





 

 

 

 

 

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