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Some
of the best high school runners in the northeast are off on the
trails of Van Cortlandt Park...
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...aiming
for a top-eight finish and an all-expenses-paid trip to Disney World
for Nationals.
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Eight
girls and eight boys from each of four regions will race in Orlando,
FL December 8th.
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800m
into the race, the frontrunners include #1656 Lisa Stublic, #359
Kristin Coon, #1301 Meghan Owen, #191 Tracey Brauksieck and #834
Sarah Izbitz.
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#1832
is 9th grader Katie White of Burlington, VT, #2065 is another 9th
grader, Mellissa Trauscht of Saratoga Springs, NY and #941 is Frances
Koons.
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#1562
is Jenna Shoemaker of Sudbury, Mass.
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#1916
Caroline Bierbaum, #1268 Clair Nowakowski, #2061 Jamie Sweeney and
#1853 Megan Williams.
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#1167
Christine Meyers, #2022 Meghan O'Connor and #1980 Ana Hoyos.
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#1691
is Stefanie Thomas of Springfield, PA and #2056 Ruby Solomon of
Saratoga Springs, NY.
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Natasha
Roetter of Lexington, MA - 4th at last year's national meet - is
a repeat winner in 17:48.
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New
York State Champion Molly Huddle of Elmira (left) and Tracey Brauksieck
of Cuyler, NY battle for second.
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Huddle,
who ran with Roetter for much of the race, grabbed second in 17:59.
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Brauksieck
finished third in 18:00.
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Laurel
Burdick of Manlius, NY finished fourth and earned her third consecutive
trip to nationals (18:13).
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Jessica
Cickay, a sophomore from Newtown, PA runs in front of Liz Gesel
of Manchester, NH.
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Cickay,
a sophomore, finished 5th in 18:20 and will be going to Orlando.
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Gesel
passed Cickay to grab 5th in 18:19.
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New
Jersey state champion Lindsay Van Alstine.
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The
junior from Midland Park finished 7th in 18:24.
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Stephanie
Madia of Wexford, PA grabbed the final national qualifying spot,
finishing 8th in 18:26.
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