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More
than 200 of the fastest high school boys in the northeast
take off on the Van Cortlandt Park 5k course.
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Those
pictured include #1710 Tony Truax of NH, #1266 Aaron
Norton of Maine and #402 Brian Dalpiaz of NY.
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The
top eight runners in this race earn an all-expense-paid
trip to Disney World for the national championships.
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Those
pictured include #1117 Dorian McDonald, #304 Maike
Charron and #1089 Daniel Mazzocco.
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#1333
Marc Pelerin, #1361 Chris Platt, #399 Sean Curran
and #1931 Justin Correlli.
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Many
of the same runners, plus #2078 Jesse Williamson of
Poughkeepsie, NY.
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#1333
Marc Pelerin with #1121 Joshua McDougal and #1098
George McArdle.
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McDougal,
followed by Brookline (MA) High School's George McArdle
and Georgetown Day's Ben Stern.
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#1382
Sean Quigley, #1635 Ben Stern and #61 Sean Murphy.
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#91
Patrick Bailey and #1310 John Palumbo.
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Peter
Meindl of Orchard Park, NY distanced himself from
the pack to win in 15:29.
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Meindl
was a Foot Locker finalist in 2000, he finished 21st
at nationals.
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He'll
look to improve on that performance this year.
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L-R:
Jon Pierce (Ogdensburg, NY), Mint Henk (Braintree,
VT), Brian Dalpiaz (Sayville, NY) and Andy Weilacher
(Russell, PA).
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The
order of finish was Pierce (2nd, 15:31), Weilacher
(3rd, 15:34), Henk (4th, 15:35) and Dalpiaz (5th,
15:36).
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Marc
Pelerin of Marlton, NJ finished 6th in 15:40.
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Tony
Truax of Dover, NH grabbed the 7th spot with a 15:41.
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Brendan
Sullivan of Port Jefferson, NY was in qualifying position
with about 400m to go but couldn't hang on. He finished
9th in 15:48. (Several days later, Weilacher was in
a terrible car accident and Sullivan qualified for
Nationals as the alternate.)
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Ben
Stern of Potomac, MD put in a strong kick to grab
the final qualifying spot (8th, 15:43).
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