| VOLUME XXXI No. 48 | Narrowsburg, NY | December 1 -7, 2005 |
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Local harriers compete at Footlocker regional Ryan finishes behind Blood but will defend her title in San Diego BRONX, NY — The big story at the 2005 Footlocker Northeast Regional race on November 26 was the touted match-up between defending national champion Aislinn Ryan of Warwick and long-term friend and race nemesis Nicole Blood of Saratoga Springs. Blood, who now runs as an independent, has not raced Ryan this year. Ryan took the early lead in the race and the two took turns leading the pack and each other before Blood (17:41.8) pulled ahead to beat Ryan (17:50.0). The two will face each other in the nationals, which will be held in San Diego on December 10. Last year, Blood won the Northeast regional by five seconds over Ryan but Ryan blew away her nearest competitor in the national final by eight seconds with her blistering time of 17:31. Blood (18:34) finished 21st. The top 10 finishers from the seeded boys and girls races qualified to go on to the nationals. Blood’s former teammates Lindsey Ferguson (17:54.7), who finished fourth, and Hannah Davidson (18:07.4), who took ninth also qualified. Ryan bested the latter two in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHAA) championships. Last year, Ryan beat Blood at the nationals. Cornwall’s Lynne Mundy (19:15.3) finished in 47th place, missing out on nationals in her last try as a high school runner. Running in the seeded boys, Monticello’s Brendan Devine (17:11.6) finished 144th, while Tri-Valley’s Derek Smith (17:48.6) took 195th place. Teammate Jonathan Huppke (19:53.6) was 259th, and fellow Bear Justin Tomkins (22:17.1) finished 276th. Sullivan West’s Matt Layman (19:21,3) finished 125th in the sophomore boys’ race. Tri-Valley’s Nick Demman (18:51.3) took 98th in the same event. In the senior race, Sullivan West’s Trevor Kreznar (18:39.4) came in 89th. Jessica Wagner (22:23.1) finished 54th. Teammates Amanda Ward (22:54.2) and Eleanor Bryan (25:51.2) finished 65th and 104th respectively. In the sophomore girls race, Tri-Valley’s Courtney Roosa (21:28.5) garnered 42nd. Sullivan West’s Chelsea Schadt (22:56.1) came in 85th and Charlotte Peters (23:16.9) took 92nd in the freshman’s girls run. Tri-Valley’s Rachel Sanborn was the county’s only medalist. She finished 23rd in the freshman girls race with a time of 21:17.4. |
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| TRR photo by Richard A. Ross | |
| At the Footlocker Northeast regional held at Van Cortlandt Park on November 26, Monticello’s Brendan Devine (17:11.6) was far off his 12th-place finish at the NYSPHAA championships where he ran 16:22.6. At Footlocker, the speedy sophomore ran 17:11.6 and finished 144th in the seeded boys race. (Click for larger version) |
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| TRR photo by Richard A. Ross | |
| Tri-Valley’s Courtney Roosa (21:28.5) took 42nd place in the sophomore girls run. (Click for larger version) |
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| TRR photo by Richard A. Ross | |
| Warwick’s Aislinn Ryan (901) is shown here at the front of the pack in the NYSPHAA championships. Ryan, the defending Footlocker national champion, was beaten by longtime rival Nicole Blood of Saratoga Springs at the Northeast qualifier. The two will hook up again on December 10 in San Diego as Blood tries to unseat Ryan. Last year Blood beat Ryan at the Northeast regional by five seconds, but Ryan’s time at nationals of 17:31 was eight seconds faster than her nearest rival. Blood finished 21st with a time of 18:34 (Click for larger version) |
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