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The
last time a Saratoga HS freshman ran on this course - Erin Davis
in 1993 - she won.
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Ari
Lambie had a convincing win at the Northeast Regional but came down
with some sort of bug in San Diego and wasn't at full strength.
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Maddie
Schueler of Kentucky.
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Kate
Merrill of North Carolina.
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Kate
Niehaus of South Carolina.
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Niehaus
and Blood were the only two ninth graders to qualify this year.
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Alabama
sophomore Tara Lenn.
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Virginia
senior Cara Kiernan.
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Kiernan
had a great day -- after finishing 14th here, she found out that
she had been accepted early to Yale.
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Natalie
Picchetti, a junior at Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas.
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Rachael
Forish, a junior at Lamar High School in Arlington, TX.
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None
of the South Regional qualifiers had ever competed here before.
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Staci
Honeyman, a junior at Scranton High School in North Dakota.
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Nikki
Bohnsack, a junior at Rockford High School in Rockford, Michigan.
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Sunni
Olding, a junior from Minster, Ohio.
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Olding,
like many, was making her first appearance at the National Finals.
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Katelyn
Kaltenbach had been here before, but only as a spectator.
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Katie
Harrington, a junior at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana.
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Michelle
Sikes of Ohio had qualified in 2000 but not 2001 so she was happy
to be back.
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Amber
Smith, a junior from Ishpeming, Michigan, was the Midwest Regional
runner-up.
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