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Barnicle and Blood Capture
First Place Titles in 26th Annual
Foot Locker Cross Country
Championships
Northeast Regional
NEW YORK, November 27, 2004 –
Christopher Barnicle of Newton, Mass., and Nicole Blood of Ganesvoort, N.Y.,
won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Northeast Regional at Van
Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y., today.
A
pack of runners led the boys’ race with the lead exchanging constantly. On the downhill, nearing the two-mile mark,
Barnicle, a senior at Newton North High School, pushed to the lead and gave a
final kick in the last quarter-mile to win the race and set a personal record of
15.27.
Corey Thorne of Portsmouth, N.H.,
also gave a big kick in the final leg of the race to outrun Bobby Papazian of
Pittstown, N.J. Thorne placed second in
15:36 and Papazian placed third in 15:37.
Barnicle
just missed qualifying for the National Finals last year, placing 10th
in the 2003 Northeast Regional. Thorne,
a senior at Portsmouth High School, is a returning finalist, placing fifth in
last year’s Regional and 17th at the National Finals.
Most of the girls’ race was led by three
former National Finalists: Aislinn Ryan
of Bellvale, N.Y., led at the start, followed by 2003 Northeast Regional
Champion Nicole Blood, and Chantelle Dron of Candia, N.H. Halfway through the
race, Dron fell back and Blood and Ryan battled for the lead. At the last mile, Blood surged ahead for the
win in 17:41. Ryan finished second in
17:46 and Hannah Davidson of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., placed third in
17:52. Dron finished ninth in 18:30.
Blood,
a junior at Saratoga Springs High School, is a three-time National Finalist,
placing ninth in the 2002 Finals and seventh at the 2003 National Finals. Ryan, a junior at Warwick Valley High School,
placed third in last year’s Regional race and 12th at the National
Finals. All eight girl national
qualifiers are from the state of New York.
The runners
enjoyed good course conditions, with sunny skies, strong winds and temperatures
in the mid-to-upper 40s.
The
top eight boys and the top eight girls of the seeded races qualified to compete
against runners from the three other regional meets in the 26th
annual Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals, which takes
place Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004 at Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.
*
Race photos are available upon request or online at www.footlockercc.com*
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2004 Foot Locker Cross
Country Championships –Northeast Regional Results
Van
Cortlandt Park – Bronx, NY
Boys
Place
|
Name
|
Hometown |
High School |
Time |
|
1) |
Christopher
Barnicle |
Newton,
Mass. |
Newton North High School |
15:27 |
|
2) |
Cory
Thorne |
Portsmouth,
N.H. |
Portsmouth
High School |
15:36 |
|
3) |
Bobby
Papazian |
Pittstown,
N.J. |
Gill
St. Bernards High School |
15:37 |
|
4) |
Ryan
Sheridan |
Melville,
N.Y. |
Walt
Whitman High School |
15:37 |
|
5) |
Kevin
Tschirhart |
Northport,
N.Y. |
Northport
High School |
15:39 |
|
6) |
Jeff
Weiss |
Avella,
Pa. |
McGuffey
High School |
15:42 |
|
7) |
John
Martinez |
Stony
Point, N.Y. |
North
Rockland High School |
15:42 |
|
8) |
Craig
Miller |
Lancaster,
Pa. |
Manheim
Twp. High School |
15:43 |
Girls
Place
|
Name
|
Hometown |
High School
|
Time |
|
1) |
Nicole
Blood |
Ganesvoort,
N.Y. |
Saratoga
Springs High School |
17:41 |
|
2) |
Aislinn
Ryan |
Bellvale,
N.Y. |
Warwick
Valley High School |
17:46 |
|
3) |
Hannah
Davidson |
Saratoga
Springs, N.Y. |
Saratoga
Springs High School |
17:52 |
|
4) |
Nichole
Lister |
Rodman,
N.Y. |
South
Jefferson Central School |
18:10 |
|
5) |
Lindsey
Ferguson |
Greenfield
Ctr., N.Y. |
Saratoga
Springs High School |
18:16 |
|
6) |
Caitlin
Lane |
Ganesvoort,
N.Y. |
Saratoga
Springs High School |
18:18 |
|
7) |
Laura
Cummings |
Bay
Shore, N.Y. |
Bay
Shore High School |
18:19 |
|
8) |
Katie
DiCamillo |
Garden
City South, N.Y. |
Holy
Trinity High School |
18:23 |
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