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2003 National Finals

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Clean sweep for the Midwest as Withrow and Kaltenbach win individual titles and boys and girls take home team medals.

 


Girls Results
Number
Runner
Time
31 Katelyn Kaltenbach 17:23.2
44 Marie Lawrence 17:25
21 Jennifer Barringer 17:35
36 Katie Harrington 17:39
33 Sunni Olding 17:42
32 Ramsey Kavan 17:47
11 Nicole Blood 17:48
41 Zoe Nelson 17:49
15 Frances Koons 17:52
34 Racheal Marchand 17:53
Very few races in the 25 year history of the championships had as many lead changes as there were in the girls race. Nicole Blood was an early leader with Jennifer Barringer making an early statement as well. Blood, and Barringer battled through the mile mark where a tight pack that included Sunni Olding and Marie Lawrence went through at 5:24. Last year's champion Zoe Nelson had dropped dropped back into 8th place but worked back up to the lead by the halfway point. Controlling the course at the two-mile mark was a pack of eight runners with no dominant leader, including Barringer, Kaltenbach, Marie Lawrence of Reno, Nev., and defending National Champion Zoe Nelson of Kalispell, Mont.  With a quarter-mile to go, Lawrence pulled ahead, with Kaltenbach leading the pack chasing closely behind.  With 100 meter left, Lawrence and Kaltenbach were side-by-side when Lawrence flew ahead to a 10 meter lead as they came downhill.  She remained in the lead until the final stretch when Kaltenbach surged past to claim the first place position in 17:24.

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Boys Results
Number
Runner
Time
81 Matthew Withrow 14:55
93 Galen Rupp 14:57
91 Shadrack Kiptoo 14:58
64 Joshua McDougal 15:01
61 Benjamin True 15:02
82 Ryan Deak 15:13
86 Christian Wagner 15:14
94 Stuart Eagon 15:19
62 Victor Gras 15:21
83 Garrett Heath 15:22
A fast start ruled the day as the field went through the 800m in 2:15. Galen Rupp from the West took command of the pack at the 1600m mark, going through at 4:43. Shadrack Kiptoo and Rupp exchanged the lead several times in the next mile with Ryan Deak, Matt Withrow and Joshua McDougal in the hunt. Just after the two mile mark, Withrow made a move which was answered by both Rupp and Kiptoo. In the next 1200m Rupp and Kiptoo battled for the lead. With about 300m to go Withrow made a tremendous kick, taking the lead and opening about 5 meters on Kiptoo. He held the lead with Rupp and Kiptoo going down to the wire for second place. Was it all guts that got Withrow the lead? "It must have been guts," answered Withrow, adding "because it sure wasn't strength."

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