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Melissa
Donais of Phillips Andover Academy shoots straight to the lead in
the girls' high school mile.
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Michelle
Rorke of Bronxville, NY runs just ahead of Megan Olds of Gloversville,
NY.
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Donais
was by no means the favorite here and her aggressive strategy looked
like one that might backfire.
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Spectators
waited for the pack to swallow Donais up, but it never happened.
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Olds
runs ahead of Elizabeth Maloy of the Academy of Holy Names (Albany,
NY).
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Donais
went through the half mile in 2:24 and the pack wasn't getting any
closer.
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Meghan
Owen of Killingly High School in Danielson, CT leads Maloy and Rorke.
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Owen
was a 2000 Foot Locker finalist and has been a dominant runner in
Connecticut.
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Donais
won the 1999 Foot Locker Northeast Regional as a sophomore but was
a non-qualifier in 2000 and 2001.
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Donais
recently broke 5:00 in the mile for the first time - on January
19 (her birthday) at Yale.
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Clara
Horowitz, another 2000 Foot Locker Finalist, leads the pack.
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Laura
Stanley of the Carolina Day School in Asheville, NC finished fifth
at the 2001 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.
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Horowitz
was one of three Duke-bound girls in this race. Laura Stanley and
Sally Meyerhoff have also signed letters of intent.
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Elizabeth
Maloy finished sixth in 4:59.86.
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Horowitz
said after the race that she thought that Donais was the rabbit.
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Horowitz
attends the Head Royce School in Oakland, CA and has the distinction
of being one of Regina Jacobs' training partners.
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Liz
Gesel, another of the 2001 Foot Locker Finalists, ran a good race
tactically, finishing second in 4:57.80.
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Gesel
and Horowitz lead the pack with Donais (not pictured) still running
in first.
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Megan
Olds finished eighth in 5:06.28 on the not-so-fast 160 yard track.
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Sally
Meyerhoff of Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Arizona was
also a 2001 Foot Locker Finalist.
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