| 2001 MidEast Meet of Champions Info Courtesy of CVCA Head Coach George Hallis Running under a thick fog that covered parts of the course, the runners headed out from the start only to disappear after about 200 meters. At the mile mark, Angela Homan of Spencerville was in the lead in 5:33, with Kris Roth of Celina in secod (5:38), Amy Arnold of CVCA in 3rd (5:39), and Kelly Ardelean of Strongsville was in the leading pack at 5:43 with a group of runners from other states. The pack then began to close in on Homan as she led through the two mile in 11:31. Roth was right behind in 11:32 with the next Ohio girls being Arnold in 11:42 and Ardelean in 11:50. On a hill just after the 2 mile mark, Roth took the lead from Homan only to be run down in the last 150 meters of the race by the Indiana State Champion, Jessica Gall. Gall wound up winning in 18:00.32 followed by Roth in Second (18:02.19), then Indiana's Michelle Rafferty in 18:05.62, the Pennsylvania State Champ, Stephanie Madia in 18:12.5. Homan came home in fifth after leading for most of the race in 18:13.06. Ohio Looked like this: 18:02.19 Kris Roth (Celina) - 2nd 18:13.06 Angela Homan (Spencerville) - 5th 18:19.60 Amy Arnold (CVCA) - 9th 18:38.24 Corrie Whisner (Lakota East) - 14th 18:42.38 Kelly Ardelean (Strongsville) - 18th 18:45.62 Katie Flaute (Dayton Carroll) - 19th 18:52.65 Jaclyn Louis (Turpin) - 24th 18:53.07 Abbey Reeser (Circleville) - 25th 19:17.84 Jennifer McKellar (Xenia Christian) - 38th 19:18.14 Erica Moriarty (Pickerington) - 39th Team wise, Ohio was second to Indiana, with Michigan a distant 3rd, followed by Illinois, Pennsyvalnia, and well, poor West Virginny that racked up 234 points! 1. Indiana 25 2. Ohio 48 3. Michigan 92 4. Illinois 98 5. Penn. 100 6. West V 234 Both Roth and Arnold ran faster than at State, but the rest of the team was anywhere from 20 to 1:00 off their bests. Even if they had run what they ran at State, the team from Indiana still would have won. Roth cut 13 seconds from her state time and looks like she has a shot to do something at Footlocker. Full results can be found here... |