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LATEST REVISION 7/2/09
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World and American
USATF Track and Field Records
TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS
WORLD AND AMERICAN
(Track and Field News)
Upcoming road races:
Governor's Cup
Bloomsday
CROSS COUNTRY SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGINS AUGUST 17
Feel free to send in your thoughts on which teams will be in the running for team trophies. Also, we would be interested in knowing about individuals that could be front runners. I can send this information off to Harrier Magazine and also Dystat Northwest. Of course we can also post information on this website. Send information to Paul Jorgensen.
AA Cross country outlook for the 2009 season
Boys Team:
Bozeman loses their top three runners but had a great junior varsity team last year. Also, Jacob Woodland who placed third in the state 3200 would really help their team.
Hellgate who placed 2nd last year lose one of their top five.
Helena placed 3rd last year and lose just one top five runner. Not sure if Kearney runs cross country. He placed 5th in the state 800 this spring.
Skyview loses one and they placed 4th at the state cross country meet.
Helena Capital placed 5th and lose only one runner.
Flathead placed 6th at state cross country and have all their runners back.
Based on returning runners and team place, Helena, Hellgate and Skyview should be favorites this year. Don't count out Bozeman even though they lost their top three runners. There are some variables that could change things such as injuries, young up and coming runners, older runners that decide to train or not train in the off-season, and transfers.
Boys Individual: Based on individual results last year Ethan Shrader (Butte), Tony Hopf (Skyview), Leif Castren (Flathead), Daniel Osborne (Helena), Matt Barker (Helena) and Ryan Grammens (West) should be favorites for individual honors. Osborne could be a slight favorite based on his performance at state track. Of course any of the top 15 returning runners could have a shot finishing at the top. We must also consider Woodland (Bozeman) and Bennett (Flathead) who didn't appear to be around last year. We all know that some dark horse may be running hard this summer with the intent of making a mark for themselves when the season starts this fall.
