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Robbie
Baranyi, a senior at Washington's Eisenhower High
School.
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Brandon
Bethke, a senior at California's El Toro High School.
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Jake
Schmitt, a senior at Northern California's Redwood
High School.
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Riley
Booker, a junior at San Diego's University City High
School, qualified for nationals...
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...by
finishing seventh at the West Regional one week earlier.
Booker has to travel much farther to get to the regional...
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...than
he did to get to nationals. Booker had a large cheering
section on hand.
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Kenny
Klotz, a junior at Oregon's Central Catholic High
School.
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AJ
Acosta, junior at El Camino High School in Oceanside,
California, also had a large cheering section.
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Mark
Matusak of Torrance, California, a senior at Loyola
High School.
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Diego
Mercado, a junior at West Covina (CA) High School,
finished third at the West Regional.
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West
runner-up Yosef Ghebray of Union City, California,
a senior at James Logan High School.
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The
regional winners were announced last, a new touch
in 2004. Above: Northeast Regional champion Chris
Barnicle.
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Barnicle
is a senior at Newton North High School in Newton,
Massachusetts. Like many of the boys here, he won
his state meet.
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Andrew
Bumbalough, a senior at Brentwood Academy in Tennessee,
won the South Regional.
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Jeff
See, a senior at Middletown (OH) High School, best
known for his accomplishments on the track, won the
Midwest Regional.
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Ken
Cormier, a senior at Douglas High School in Douglas,
Arizona...
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...served
notice that he would be one to watch by winning the
West Regional.
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This
year's field was expanded to 40 runners, due to the
eight additional runners...
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...who
qualified out of the Nike Team Nationals. The race
begins on a downhill, and the...
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...West
team and Michael Eaton (#78) got out quickly.
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