Last Week In Review: Sept. 13- Sept. 16, 2012

David Pickett

adidas Cross Country Challenge

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Blacksburg boys win adidas Challenge with 15:38 to 16:08 top 5

Blacksburg's Bonnie Angermeier and Nick Link ran the state's fastest 5K times so far this season at the weekend at the adidas XC Challenge in Cary, North Carolina with the sophomore Angermeier leading the Blacksburg girls to a runner-up team finish with her 18:27 sixth place individual effort, while Link was the top finisher for the team champions from Blacksburg with a  seventh place run of 15:38.

SCA's Morris 10th at adidas Challenge in season best 18:47

Spartanburg Christian's Logan Morris traveled to Cary, N.C. for the adidas Challenge where she finished 10th in a season best time of 18 minutes, 47 seconds. Her time moves her to fourth in the state rankings. Morris' sister Taylor also ran in the meet. 

Meet of the Week: adidas Challenge

Each week MileSplit U will feature a Meet of the Week for the duration of the cross country and track and field seasons. This week's Meet of the Week is the Adidas Challenge meet, hosted by NC State, in Cary NC at WakeMed Soccer park.

Jim Ryun Invitational by Adidas

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Jim Ryun Invitational: Wollrath, Salas Soar To Easy Wins on Tough Holloway XC Course Debut

Day two of the 2012 Jim Ryun Invitational kicked off at Holloway Park in Lakeland and the general consensus among runners was that the course was tough with the hills and sand scattered throughout. The times might not have been record shattering, but hey this is Florida, and these runners weren't used to a "real" cross country course. Mike HIll and Chris Kail of Elite Timing had the meet on track and rolling along great. Meet director Paul White described the event as a success and thanked God for the great weather. The racing was great as well as two runners won for another week, while several others had breakthrough performances.

Jim Ryun Invitational - Day One Coverage

The day finally came! After what seemed like forever--but really was only a few months--a new cross country course was born out of nothing. All summer we have covered the plans as they progressed at Central Florida's newest venue and out of an old phosphate mine that laid unused for forty years was born what will in time become one of the finest venues in the Southeastern United States. How did it live up to the hype?

Jim Ryun Invitational Preview, Jim at HQ, Holloway Park to Debut

The greatly expanded Jim Ryun Invitational goes off this weekend and it is opening day for the highly anticipated new Holloway Park course. Forty-six high schools, seven colleges, and nine middle schools will be competing in Lakeland on Friday and Saturday. It will be some of the top high school competition we have seen to date this season.

New XC Course in Lakeland, Holloway Park Nears Opening Day

Ready or not, here it comes! There is a brand new cross country course springing up in Polk County and its potential is immense. The raw piece of land is starting to take shape, as its opening day quickly closes in. The Jim Ryun Invitaitonal will be held at the not-yet-opened private park on September 14-15, 2012.

Videos

Jim Ryun Invitational Preview Interview Interview with Coach Jarrett Slaven of University of Tampa Interview with meet director Paul White Interview: Mr. Ed Holloway - Holloway Park Namesake
Interview: Jim Ryun - Overall Meet Thoughts Interview: Paul White - Meet Director Interview: Sam Chandler - Third Place Interview: Travis Nichols - Second Place
Interview: Daniel Salas - Jim Ryun Invitational Champion Highlights: Boys Varsity Race - Jim Ryun Invitational Interview: Nikita Shah - Third Place Interview: Denae Chapman - Second Place
Interview: Julie Wollrath - Jim Ryun Invitational Champion Highlights: Girls Varsity Race - Jim Ryun Invitational Girls Jim Ryun Denae Chapman Boys Jim Ryun Travis Nichols
Jim Ryun - Boys Varsity Finish Cam Jim Ryun - Girls Varsity Finish Cam Jim Ryun 2012 Boys Varsity Jim Ryun 2012 Girls Varsity
Jim Ryun 2012 Girls Jr Varsity Jim Ryun 2012 Boys Jr Varsity SCA Middle School Cross Country Jim Ryun Individual Awards SCA Middle School Cross Country Jim Ryun Team Awards

LaTech Mook 4

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LA Tech Mook 4 Invitational Recap

The Louisiana Tech men’s and women’s cross country teams opened the 2012 season Saturday as they hosted the annual Mook 4 meet at Lincoln Parish Park in Ruston. Competing teams included: Northwestern, Texas Arlington, Grambling, LeTourneau College, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State.   

Missouri Southern Stampede

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Muddy Course? - No problem for a Blue Jay

Heavy rains turned the Southern Stampede into a mud fest Saturday. That slowed the times a little on the Missouri Southern course, but the performances did not wane much. Liberty entered the races with a lot of experience running in sloppy conditions as every one of the Blue Jays’ first four races this season have been marred by rain and mud. That likely helped the Blue Jays finish as the top Missouri school in both the boys’ and girls’ varsity races.

Mud can't slow down Herculaneum's Fischer

The rains that had been coming down all night picked up in intensity Saturday just before the Southern Stampede girls’ varsity race on the campus of Missouri Southern.  A small stream began to grow, stretching across the course just a few meters out from the starting line. The runners would have to slog through the shin-deep water again just before crossing the finish. The wet, muddy conditions added some time to the performances, but they did not prevent quality racing.

Mooneyham prevails in sloppy conditions

The Missouri Southern course was completely soaked and full of puddles, streams and muddy pits by time the varsity boys began their Southern Stampede race. And nearly everyone seemed to enjoy the sloppy conditions. Glendale’s Chris Mooneyham, who won in 16:24, seemed to especially like the mud. He was five seconds ahead of Broken Arrow (Okla.) senior Kyle Broaddrick (16:29).  

UF Mt. Dew Invitational

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Ralph's Musings: Making Dew

Everyone knows that the University of Florida is in Gainesville, but how many people actually know who the home of the Gators is named after? I do. So as an experiment, I asked 100 random people who the town was named after. Most of them kept walking, but the ones who answered were pretty much right on target. “A guy named Gaines, I guess,” was the most common answer.  None, however--in a following question--could tell me why. Encouraged nonetheless, I continued.

UF Mountain Dew Invitational On-Site Coverage

Our coverage crew of Jeff Adams, Ralph Epifanio, Jeff Surran, and Olivia Ortiz were on-site in Gainesville to bring you complete photo, video, and written coverage from the Mountain Dew Invitational.

UTSA Ricardo Romo Classic

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Clark's Wells gets best of friend, Antonian's Gallardo

Clark High's Austin Wells and Antonian's Anthony Gallardo got a surprise Friday. Because weather conditions canceled Antonian's cross country meet in Waco, the two friends learned they would be competing against each other in Saturday's UTSA Ricardo Romo Classic after the Apaches became a late entry. (via San Antonio Express-News)

William & Mary HS XC Invitational

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William & Mary Invitational Coverage

Complete results, photo galleries by Ryan Kelly & Scott Reid, race videos by Brandon Miles, and meet summary to come soon from the 2012 William & Mary Cross Country Invitational.

William & Mary Invitational Virtual Meet Preview

  Photo by Ryan Kelly   Virtual meet previews for the 2012 William & Mary Cross Country Invitational to be held Saturday, September 15th at Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. MileStat.com will be on-site for the state's largest invitational of the weekend (68 schools) with video coverage and interviews from Brandon Miles as well as photo coverage from Ryan Kelly and Scott Reid. 

Winthrop Invitational

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