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FLRC Newsletter - Jan 2004 |
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Christian Thompson of Candor placed second in the Foot Locker North East Regional Cross Country Championships Freshman 5k at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City . Thompson ran a 1714 in the field of 165 top Freshman runners from 10 New England and Middle Atlantic States. The famed and challenging course features over 1.3 miles of vertical ascent and numerous switchbacks on the downhills cinder trail. Thompson raced for Candor High and for Ithaca United in the post season. He closes his xc season in Albuquerque at the USATF Junior Olympics National Finals December 13. Coach Goncarovs of IUTC notes that Christian has run masterfully this season. He will get to test himself one more time in New Mexico against national competition in his age group.
Other regional runners at the race included Lopez
Lomong of Tully High School who placed 5th in the seeded boys race,
qualifying for the Foot Locker National Championships in San Diego on
December 13th. The Foot Locker championships feature 32 (8 from each
region) of the top High School xc runners .
Ithaca United Cross Country Team stepped to the line at the Amateur Athletic Unions (AAU) National Cross Country Championships in Dayton Ohio December 6th. Ithaca United's Andris Goncarovs placed seventh out of 244 in the National Midget Boys race 3000 meter finals, and Chris Troy placed 10th out of 204 in the National Bantam Boys race 300 meter finals. Ithaca United and another 130 teams, represented by 3000 runners from almost every region of the U.S., vied for top national honors at the historic Indian Ripple Park, located near the Huffman Prairie famed for multiple early aviation flights of the Wright Brothers.
Ithaca's Bantam Boys (ages 9-10) lead by Chris Troy scored 222 points for 7th place overall. Other Bantam runners in order were Doug Moore (39th), Matty Johnson (55th), Sean Auyush (57th), Chris Van Loon (135th), and Max Hermanson (157th). In the Midget Boys (ages 11-12) 3000 meter run, Andris Goncarovs led the IUTC crew with a 7th place finish. The midget squad earned 327 points for a 12th place overall finish. Midget runners included Will Troy (52nd), Tom Connor (102nd), Ben Yavitt (139th), Lyle Thompson (146th), James Hermanson (206th), Nathan Greene (214th), and Alex Salton (223rd). Robert Holowka, IUTC's sole Youth Boy, placed 228th in the 4000 meter race.
The 3K and 4K courses were muddy, lined with puddles, featured numerous 90 degree and two 180 degree turns, including a short, steep 80-foot incline at the one-mile mark. The Midget boys, with over 240 nationally qualified runners, was tightly contested as the top 7 boys finished within 11 seconds of each other. IUTC coach Andri Goncarovs reports that the course was made extra challenging by the ever-present mud slick from start to finish. IUTC will send 6 runners to the USTAF Junior Olympics National Finals in Albuquerque December 13th. Complete results can be found at www.aauathletics.org.
IUTC coaches and parents would like to thank FLRC for
their courageous support for our program. A recent and generous
scholarship contribution to our scholarship fund by FLRC made it possible
for one runner to attend Dayton AAU National Championships and another to
attend USATF Junior Olympics on December 13th.
Congratulations to IUTC runners competing in the USATF Junior Olympics National Finals in Albuquerque New Mexico. Andris Goncarovs earned All American Status for the second year in a row placing 22nd in the Midget Boys race. Over 3,000 runners representing every state in the US ran the grassy course on a high altitude desert race venue. Each race had close to 300 finishers. Results for IUTC are as follows. Complete Results can be found at: www.usatf.org/events/2003/USATFJuniorOlympicXCChampionships/results/national/national.shtml .
Coach's note: The altitude and thus thin air was tough on all runners especially the ones from the East. It was IUTC's second high altitude race in 4 years. However, A few runners from the east seemed to adapt quicker. Early AM cold temperature added difficulty to the breathe zapping climate. All our Athletes reported feeling perky and ready to run on Sunday the day after the race, giving even more credence to adaptation time.
Side trips to Acuma Pueblo, Sky City Mesa, Petroglyphs National Monument, Santa Fe, Numerous Mexican Restaurants, Old Towne Albuquerque, helped make the trip a memorable one. The desert is an amazing place with views, smells, and people unlike any where else. Note The food at the Hyatt in Downtown Albuquerque is dangerous,.......and not in a good way.
Huge thanks and gratitude to FLRC for their tangible and non tangible support. Two of our kids got to go to NM as a direct result of the help received.
THANKS in a very big way.
3000 Meter Bantam Girls #13 Way, Natasha 93 04 Ithaca United 823.7 1538.90 Ithaca 3,000 Meter Midget Girls #615 Reamer, Elizabeth 91 04 Ithaca United 749.6 1435.40 Ithaca 3000 Meter Midget Boys – All Amercian – Top 100 22 #1029 Goncarovs, Andris 92 04 Ithaca United 624.1 1155.90 Trumansburg 4,000 Youth Boys – Top 100 64 #1833 Fazzary, Jonathan 89 04 Ithaca United 623.0 1551.80 Watkins Glen 4,000 Youth Boys 206 #1832 Thompson, Patrick 89 04 Ithaca United 700.0 1723.90 Candor 5,000 Intermediate Boys Top 100 35 #2530 Thompson, Christian 88 04 Ithaca United 554.5 1821.20 Candor 44 #2531 Morseman, Brandon 88 04 Ithaca 559.7 1837.50 Addison
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