News Archives 2009

News Archives 2008-2009 Season

2009 Indoor Best Performances

The Top 15 Best Performances for Girls and Boys are now posted. The season saw 191 marks included for the Girls and 205 for the Boys. However, the Girls listed 50 new marks for the All-Time Best List ("ATB List") while the Boys added 40 new marks. Along the way, three Girls met the DyeStat Elite ("DSE") standards and nine Boys performances qualifed for national recognition. The DSE marks are below listed by DSE rank:

3rd: Sam Ewing, Lake Hamilton, BPV, 16' 4"

5th: Bailey Pearson, Bentonville, GLJ, 19' 9.75"

5th: Micah Washington, FS Southside, BHJ, 6' 10.5"

10thT: Caleb Cross, Newport, B55mh, 7.26

15th: Ryan Kotch, Conway, BPV, 15' 6"

17th: Cameron Efurd, Rogers, BMile, 4:16.91

25th: Daniel Reese, Genoa Central, 15' 2.25"

32nd: McKinley Rea, Conway, GPV, 11' 8.5"

35th: Cameron Efurd, Rogers, B800m, 1:56.83

51st: Tuaron Dunn, Magnolia, BTJ, 45' 6.5"

63rd: Larry Adkinson, Hot Springs, B800m, 1:57.88

76th: Tyler Stauch,, Vilonia, BSP, 54' 5"

85th: Shelby Newell, Gravette, GTJ, 36' 6.75"

Caleb Cross (Newport) led the Top 15 for BB400m (50.59), B60mh (8.08) and B200m (22.99) while Efurd also led in three categories with B800m, B1600m (4:14.70) and B3200m (9:37.41). Pearson's leap in the GLJ is the 2nd best ever jump on the ATB List. Go to www.dyestat.com for national coverage.

Nike Indoor Nationals, Reggie Lewis Center, Boston, MA, 3/14-15/09 ... NEW 3/21/09

Nothing like good competition to bring out the best and the 2009 Nike Indoor Nationals was the place for Arkansas athletes. McKinley Rea (Conway) cleared a personal best 11' 8..50" in the GPV for 14th to improve her state leading mark. Not to be outdone was Daniel Reese (Genoa Central) who upped his best to 15' 2.25" in the BPV and an 8th place finish. Sam Ewing (Lake Hamilton) did not improve on his state leading mark of 16' 4" but was a solid 15' 8.25" for 3rd overall in the BPV. Cameron Efurd (Rogers) just missed being seeded in the "fast" section of the mile but nevertheless ran a sterling 4:16.19 to win his section and take 8th overall. Efurd's mark converts to a 4:14.70 for 1600m which is the state's all-time best indoors and 4th best all-time for indoor and outdoor.

Class 5-6-7 Boys State Indoor, Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville, 2/28/09 ... NEW 3/11/09

Rogers (7A-W) took the next step to another Triple Crown with a too close for comfort 78-67-53.50 win over Lake Hamilton (6A-S) and Conway (7A-C) in the 28-team meet. With six running events remaining the three teams were knotted up within 2-3 points with each team having firepower left. Rogers surged ahead with 15 points in the 1600m and added a bit in the 800m then put it away with the 3200m. Lake Hamilton won the final event but it was too little too late. Cameron Efurd (Rogers) scored 28 with a double win in the 800m and 1600m (4:27) and runner-up to Markus Pearson (Conway) in the 3200m (9:47). Efurd won a hot 800m by 1:56..83 to 1:57.88 over Larry Adkinson (Hot Springs, 5A-SW). Micah Washington (Ft Smith Southside) tallied 26 with a win in the HJ at an impressive 6' 10.5" mark and a pair of 2nds in the LJ and TJ. Washington's HJ effort qualifies for the Arkansas All-Time Best List. Ethan Turpen (Lake Hamilton) put up 21.5 points in four events showing versatility with points in the HJ, LJ, 800m and 4 x400m. While Rogers put their distance strength to good use, they added valuable points with a pair of wins in the HJ (Joseph Berroa, 22' 3.75") and the SP (Zac Lane, 52' 10"). Other top marks included Tauron Dunn (Magnolia, 5A-SW) in the TJ (45' 6.5"). Sam Ewing (Lake Hamilton) put in the mark of the day with an exceptional PV mark at 16' 4" with Ryan Kotich (Conway) in 2nd at a nice 15' 6". Ewing's mark makes the Top 15 on the ATB List while Kotich's mark earned a Top 30 ATB List rank. Click here for complete meet results.

Class 5-6-7 Girls State Indoor,Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville, 2/28/09.... NEW 3/9/09

Bentonville (7A-W) put in a solid distance and sprints perfromance then sprinkled a few field event points on top to take a convincing 105-77-34 win over Fayetteville (7A-W) and Bryant (7A-C) in the 23-team meet. The Lady Tigers scored in all but three events winning both relays along the way. Caroline McCombs (Fayetteville) led all scorers with 38 including a triple win in the LJ, TJ and 200m. Teammate Jessica Potter (Fayetteville) accumulated 27.25 points in six events with a win in the HJ. Jeanna Sheppard (Bentonville) scored 26.5 and also achieved a double win in the 60m hurdles and 400m. McKinley Rea (Conway, 7A-C) won the PV with an excellent 11' 6" mark while McCombs streaked to a 26.90 clocking for the 200m win. Valerie Reina (Springdale Har-Ber, 7A-W) won an impressive 1600m and 3200m double in two exciting races. In the 1600m, Reina edged out Katie Dalton (Bentonville) 5:12.50-5:14.26, both good for the Arkansas All-Time Best List. Yet the 3200m was even a closer fast race as Reina nipped Dalton and Erika Setzler (Conway) by 11:30.64-11:31.33-11:33.17, again all new marks on the ATB List. Click here for complete meet results.

Class 1-2-3-4 Boys State Indoor, Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville, 2/27/09.... NEW 3/8/09

DeQueen (4A-7) cruised to a 112-46-37 win over England (3A-1) and conference rival Nashville in the 25-team meet. The Leopards used solid scoring in each the field events, distances and sprints and scored in all but two events for the win. England led Nashville by only 28-27 with five events remaining and used 13 unanswered points in the 800m, 200m and 3200m to put the Scrappers away. Caleb Cross (Newport, 4A-3) was a triple winner in the 60m hurdles, 400m and 200m to take the high point award at 30. Andrew Evans (Shiloh Christian, (4A-1) took the double distance win in the 1600m and 3200m. Daniel Reese (Genoa Central, (3A-7) won the PV in a nice 15' 0" while Cross won the 60mh in 8.08. Click here for complete meet results.

Class 1-2-3-4 Girls State Indoor, Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville, 2/27/09 .... NEW 3/7/09

Mansfield (3A) put on a show with points in all but one event to romp to a 162.50--60.5-54.75 win over Waldron (4A) and Gravette (4A) in the 22-team meet. In fact, Mansfield needed only the 60m hurdles (1-2-3 finish for 24 points), PV (21.5 points) and 200m (18 points) to score enough to win the meet. Clara Ellingburg led Mansfield with 34 points with wins in the 60m, 200m and 400m while teammates Jessica Otto added 27.5 and Emily Welden tallied 23.5. Shelby Newell (Gravette) was 2nd highest scorer with 27 including double wins in the LJ and TJ. Other double winners were Otto (HJ and 60m hurdle) and Emily Carroll (Melbourne, 2A) in the 1600/3200m. Click here for

complete meet results.

ATCA Indoor Classic, Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville, 2/7/09…. NEW 2/27/09 Rogers Boys and Bentonville Girls took wins in the first indoor meet of the season. Rogers (7A) took the win by 85-75-48-47.5-33 over Lake Hamilton (6A), Ft Smith Southside (7A), Alma (5A) and Hot Spring (5A) in a 24 –team meet; Bentonville (7A) won more easily by 127.5-87-81-32-30 over Mansfield (3A), Fayetteville (7A), Cabot (7A) and Rogers (7A) in the 23-team meet. Caleb Cross (Newport) was a triple winner in the 200m (22.99), 400m (50.82) and 60m hurdles (8.15) while the girls had two double event winners with Katie Dalton (Bentonville) in the 1600m (5:20.61) and 3200m (11:40.56) and teammate Bailey Pearson in the LJ (19’ 9.75”) and TJ (33’ 8.5”). New marks for inclusion in the Arkansas All-Time Best List included Bailey Pearson (Bentonville) in the GLJ for Top 10 spot, McKinley Rea in the GPV (Conway, 11’ 0”), Ariel Voskamp in GPV (Cabot, 10’ 6”), Sam Ewing in BPV (Lake Hamilton, 15’6”) and three runners in the G3200m—Katie Dalton (Bentonville), Erika Setzler (Conway, 11:42.42) and MacKenzie Boom (Bentonville, 11:44.88).

6A Lake Hamilton took a slim 64-60 lead into the final two events in hopes of holding off 7A Rogers but could not stop the stampede as the Mounties outscored the Wolves 18-6 in the 3200m run, not unexpected for the 7-time 7A state cross country champions, and then pushed the margin out further with a 2^nd place finish. Bentonville Girls showed off a balanced scoring attack with 31 field event points, 32.5 sprint points and a strong 54 in the distances. For article and partial results click here.

Cross Country Best Performances ...NEW 12/31/08

Now posted are the 2008 CC Best Performances for Girls and Boys. Over150 performances posted and this year the BPs shows how this season's performances compared to prior years overall...find the chart near the top of the page. If you discover a time omitted that you believe should be considered for inclusion, please email us at the address below and give us the athlete's name, time and meet so we can confirm:

arkansastrackstats@sbcglobal.net

For the BPs, go to Boys and Girls.

State Meet Rankings... NEW 12/31/08

The final rankings are now posted showing the weekly poll results compared to actual Top 5 State Meet team finishes PLUS the all teams combined "fantasy" results with Top 10 Combined and all teams order of finish. Click here to see how each team finished the season.

15th Arkansas/Oklahoma All-Stars Meet, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 11/15/2008 ... NEW 11/128/08

Arkansas swept the annual All-Star Meet on a cold and windy day that adversely affected the performances of the athletes. The Arkansas Boys edged Oklahoma by 85-88 and the Arkansas Girls won more convincingly by 68-114. Grace Heymsfield (Arkansas/Elkins) won the girls meet in an impressive 18:39 and Caleb Hanson (Arkansas/Ft. Smith Southside) took the boys race in 16:23. Arkansas took 10 of the Top 15 Girls places while the Boys claimed four of the Top 5, including a 1-2-3 sweep. Kelsey Moore (Oklahoma/Madill) led the Oklahoma Girls in 2nd place at solid 19:06 with Courtney Efurd (Arkansas/Rogers) was close behind in 3rd at 19:09. Steven Baker (Oklahoma/Union) led the Sooner State boys in 4th at 16:44 behind Markus Pearson (Arkansas/Conway) in 2nd at 16:32 and Chris Marchman (Arkansas/Sheridan) in 3rd at 16:35. Click here for complete meet results and team rosters and click Boys or Girls for Arkansas team pictures.

State Meet Results and All-Star Meet Info NEW 11/11/08

Congratulations to all State Meet champs and runner-ups for taking home the hardware. Look for our State Meet recap to come later. Click on links below for complete meet results:

Girls

1/2A: Des Arc/Acorn

3A: Elkins/Green Forest

4A: DeQueen/Berryville

5A: Batesville/Greene County Tech

6A: Mountain Home/Lake Hamilton

7A: Bentonville/Rogers

Boys

1/2A: Trinity Christian/Crowley's Ridge

3A: Elkins/Green Forest

4A: Heber Springs/Shiloh Christian

5A: Siloam Springs/Vilonia

6A: Lake Hamilton/Marion

7A: Rogers/Conway

Top 3 individuals:

Girls: Valerie Reina (Springdale Har-Ber, FR, 18:29); Grace Heymsfield (Elkins, JR, 18:45); and Katie Dalton (Bentonville, SR, 19:01)

Boys: Cameron Efurd (Rogers, SR, 15:53); Chris Marchman (Sheridan, JR, 16:09); and Markus Pearson (Conway, 12, 16:18)

The All-Star Meet where Oklahoma takes on Arrkansas will be held Saturday, November 15 at Agri Park in Fayetteville starting at 11am. The USA Track and Field Arkansas Junior Olympic CC Championships will be held immediately after at 12:30pm. For the USATF meet, contact John McGee at arkyouthtrack@gmail.com.

State Meet Preview NEW 11/6/08

Check out our State Meet Preview that runs down each race and points out what the polls indicate PLUS the Top 30 Best Performances so far for both Girls and Boys. Go here for the Preview.

Week 8 Coaches Final Poll NEW 11/4/08

Poll leaders as below (Girls, then Boys):

1/2A: Des Arc/Trinity Christian (new)

3A: Elkins/Mountainburg

4A: DeQueen/DeQueen

5A: Batesville/Siloam Springs

6A; Lake Hamilton/Lake Hamilton

7A: Bentonville/Rogers

The Top 5 Combined are below:

Girls: Bentonville, Rogers, Batesville, Rogers Heritage, Cabot

Boys: Rogers, Conway, Lake Hamilton, Bentonville, Rogers Heritage

Go here for complete poll results.

Watch for Final Rankings posted after State Meets.

State Meets on Saturday 11/8 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs. For State Meet information go to:

http://www.ahsaa.org/docs/XCmanual08.pdf

7A Central Conference, Cabot, 10/28/08...

NEW 11/1/08

Cabot Girls and Conway Boys took home the team wins over the 5k course at Rolling Hills Golf Club. Cabot slipped by Russelllville, Bryant and Mt St Mary's by 53-63-83-85 in the 6-team Girls meet. The Lady Panthers averaged 20:58 with a 1:19 spread and Russellville posted a nice spread of only 48 seconds. Conway won easily by 19-73-78 over Cabot and Russellville in the Boys meet posting a solid 16:22 average and an excellent 48 second spread. Erika Setzler (Conway) won the Girls meet in 19:23.66 as both Kayla Nehus (MSM, 19:35) and Ashley Myers (Van Buren, 19:49) both got in under 19 minutes. Markus Pearson led a quintet of Wampus Cats under 16:36 with a fine 15:45.12 for the win. Alex Tully (Little Rock Catholic) was 2nd in 16:19. Go here for complete meet results.

Week 7 Coaches Poll NEW 10/29/08

Poll leaders as below (Girls, then Boys):

1/2A: Des Arc/Acorn

3A: Elkins/Mountainburg

4A: DeQueen/DeQueen

5A: Batesville/Siloam Springs

6A; Lake Hamilton/Lake Hamilton

7A: Bentonville/Rogers

The Top 5 Combined are below:

Girls: Bentonville, Rogers, Batesville, Rogers Heritage, Cabot

Boys: Rogers, Conway, Lake Hamilton, Bentonville, Rogers Heritage

Go here for complete poll results.

Conference Meets, 10/28/08.... NEW 10/28/08

6A South, Arkadelphia: Lake Hamilton took home top team honors in both divisions for the 9th consecutive year at the Ouachita Baptist University CC Course in Arkadelphia. The Lady Wolves hammered Watson Chapel an Benton by 19-39-92 in the 5-team meet while the Wolves easliy won by 23-41-85 over Sheridan and Benton. The Lady Wolves averaged 20:56 for the 5k course with a Top 5 spread of 1:11. The Boys averaged 16:43 with a 1:40 spread. Two frshmen led the Lady Wolves with a 1-2 finish as Carolin Tran crossed first in 20:21.99 with Haley Martin in 2nd at 20:49. Kelsey Bean (Lake Hamilton) took 3rd in 20:52. In the Boys 5k, Chris Marchman (Sheridan) posted the win in a fast 15:33.22 with Amos Gerber (Lake Hamilton) in 2nd at another quick time of 15:47. Go here for complete meet results.

7A West, Rogers: The crowd estimated at over 1000 saw the inaugural cross country meet at the new Mountie CC Course offer a repeat of the old with Rogers Boys dominating as the Big Blue Train rolled over the field by 20-68-80 in an all Benton County Top 3 as Bentonville and Rogers Heritage took 2nd and 3rd. Likewise, the Girls was more of the same with Bentonville coming from behind the last 800m to edge Rogers by 34-45 with Rogers Heritage making for another Benton County sweep with 3rd at 65 points. Katie Dalton (Bentonville) led the Top 3 Girls at an impressive 18:28.35 over the rolling hills, hay bales and switch backs with Courtney Efurd (Rogers) in 2nd at 18:49 and MacKenzie Bloom (Bentonville) in 3rd at 18:56. Dalton passed the mile at 5:58 and the two mile at 11:36 on her way to the win on a beautiful 45 degree calm crisp day. Cameron Efurd (Rogers) was on a mission in his last Mountie Classic going out hard to pass the mile at 4:46 and the two mile at 9:38 before charging home over the last mile of hills in a fine 15:20. Jordan Falls (Rogers) surged the last 600m to edge out Caleb Hanson (Ft Smith Southside) as both posted impressive times of 15:45 and 15:48. In other races part of the 23rd Annual Mountie Classic, several exceptional times were posted: Grace Heymsfield (Elkins) finished in a course record 18:17.85 (5:33, 11:33 splits) to win the Class 6A and smaller Girls division, Luke Allen (Harrison) won the Boys division in a nice 16:32.60 (5:01, 10:25 splits), Tayler Estrada (Bentonville Black) won the 8th grade Girls 2 mile in 11:27.94 while Valerie Reina (Springdale Central) took the 9th grade race in 11:34.88.

Full meet results will be posted when techncial problems in posting the files are resolved. Results should also be posted on DirectAthletics.

Other meets:

Guy-Perkins Thunderbird CC invite, 10/23/08

Little Rock Parochial CC Meet #4, 10/22/08

Week 6 Coaches Poll NEW 10/22/08

Poll leaders as below (Girls, then Boys):

1/2A: Des Arc/Acorn

3A: Elkins/Mountainburg

4A: DeQueen/DeQueen

5A: Batesville/Siloam Springs

6A; Lake Hamilton/Lake Hamilton

7A: Bentonville/Rogers

The Top 5 Combined are below:

Girls: Bentonville/Rogers tied, Batesville, Rogers Heritage, Cabot

Boys: Rogers, Conway, Lake Hamilton, Bentonville, Rogers Heritage

Go here for complete poll results.

Chile Pepper Festival, Agri Park, Fayetteville, 10/18/08 NEW 10/21/08

Just over 2200 runners finished the 5k Agri Park Course representing 209 teams in the premier cross country meet in the region on a beautiful Saturday in the Ozarks. In the Senior Invitational Division, the top Arkansas teams in the Girls race were Bentonville (6th, 2:56 spread) and Rogers (7th, 2:49) while in the Boys race Conway (9th, 44 seconds), Rogers (10th, 1:45) and Lake Hamilton (12th, 1:36) led the way. In the Senior High Open, Batesville Girls finished a solid 2nd while Rogers "B" was 4th for the Boys. Cabot (3rd) and Bryant (4th) led the home state contingent in the Junior High meet and Russellville (2nd) and Rogers (3rd) led the Boys. Grace Heymsfield (Elkins) took 5th in the Girls Invite in a superb 17:51 with Katie Dalton (Bentonville, 9th) and Courtney Efurd (Rogers, 10th) both came in under 19 minutes. Cameron Efurd (Rogers) took 4th in the Invite at a swift 15:27 and Amos Gerber (Lake Hamilton) was 17th at 15:52. Natalie Meinzer (Batesville) finished 2nd in the Girls Open in a fine 18:53. Valerie Reina (Springdale Central) won the Junior High Girls in a terrific 19:11 with Hope Burnell (Rogers Oakdale) at 2nd in 19:53. Will Aenchbacher (Bentonville Lincoln) won the Junior Boys in a nice 16:55. For complete meet results go to Invite, Open or Junior.

Bomber CC Invite, Mountain Home, 10/14/08 NEW 10/20/08

Mountain Home Girls (1:41 spread) slipped by Greene County Tech (1:40 spread) and Berryville by 26-31-99 in the 7-team meet while GCT (1:15) took the Boys meet by 45-53-80 over Mountain Home (1:38) and Paragould. Hannah Osman (Mountain Home) won individual honors at 21:15 over the 5k course while Olivia Prichard (GCT) was 2nd at 21:30. Mickey Hammer (Marshall) comfortably won the Boys 5k in 17:23 as Wil Norris (Mountain Home) was 2nd in 18:05. Mountain Home won the 8-team Junior Girls by 27-74-88 over GCT and Harrison and Berryville took the 5-team Junior Boys over Mountain Home by 47-51. For complete meet results, go here.

Check out LR Parochial CC Invite #3 for elementary race results.

Week 5 Coaches Poll NEW 10/16/08

Poll leaders as below (Girls, then Boys):

1/2A: Des Arc/Acorn

3A: Elkins/Mountainburg and Elkins tied

4A: DeQueen/DeQueen

5A: Batesville/Siloam Springs

6A; Lake Hamilton/Lake Hamilton

7A: Bentonville/Rogers and Conway tied

The Top 5 Combined are below:

Girls: Bentonville, Batesville, Rogers, Rogers Heritage, Fayetteville

Boys: Rogers, Conway, Lake Hamilton, Bentonville, DeQueen

Go here for complete poll results.

Elementary and Middle School Meets NEW 10/16/08

Click below for complete results of the elementary and middle school meets:

9/24: LR Parochial League #2

10/14: Rogers CC Invitational

Week 4 Coaches Poll NEW 10/12/08

Poll leaders as below (Girls, then Boys):

1/2A: Des Arc/Acorn

3A: Elkins/Mountainburg and Elkins tied

4A: DeQueen/DeQueen and Heber Springs tied

5A: Batesville/Siloam Springs

6A; Lake Hamilton/Lake Hamilton

7A: Bentonville/Rogers

This is also the first week for the Top 10 Combined Poll. The Top 5 are below:

Girls: Bentonville, Rogers, Batesville, Rogers Heritage, Fayetteville

Boys: Rogers, Conway, Lake Hamilton, Rogers Heritage, Bentonville

Go here for complete poll results.

Week 3 Coaches Poll NEW 10/01/08

Poll leaders remained the same as in Week 2. See leaders below:

Girls: 1/2A - Des Arc; 3A - Elkins; 4A - Berryville; 5A - Batesville; 6A - Lake Hamilton; 7A - Bentonville

Boys: 1/2A - Acorn; 3A - Mountainburg; 4A - DeQueen; 5A - Siloam Springs; 6A - Lake Hamilton; 7A - Rogers

Week 4 is the first week for the combined classifications Top 10 poll as well as the Top 5 for each classification.

New meet results posted under Recent Meets:

9/27: St Louis Hancock Invite

For the complete poll results, click here.

Meet Results posted under Recent Meets for: NEW 09/29/08

9/20: Ecclesia College CC Invite

9/23: OBU Bob Gravett CC Invite

9/27: UALR Open

Simmons CC Invite, Siloam Springs, 9/27/08 NEW 09/28/08

Bentonville swept the senior races as the Lady Tigers won by 36-39 over Rogers Heritage in a 5-team meet over the 5k course and the Tigers slipped by Heritage, Rogers "B" and Siloam Springs by 48-49-74-150 in the 10-team meet. In the small school senior meet, Green Forest took the Girls in a very close meet over Elkins and Berryville by 52-55-58 and Shiloh Christian won the Boys meet with a 1-2-3 finish by 24-63-87 over Huntsville and Eureka Springs. Grace Heymsfield (Elkins) won the Girls overall and small school division in an impressive 19:02 while Katie Dalton (Bentonville) won the large school race over Dani David (Heritage) in 19:40-20:13. Austin Simkins (Fayetteville) was overall Boys winner at 16:52 while Lucas Peiser (Shiloh) won the small school division in 17:26. In the Junior Girls, Bentonville Washington won by 60-94 over Springdale Central in the 17-team meet as Shiloh won the 7-team small school meet by 44-64-87 over Mountainburg and Elkins. Central won the 17-team junior large school meet by 32-58-112 over Rogers and Siloam Springs while Berryville snuck by Elkins 37-39 in the 7-team small school meet. Valerie Reina (Central) won the Junior Girls overall 2-mile in 12:14 and Will Aenchenbacher (Bentonville Lincoln) took the Junior Boys in 10:53. For compete meet results, click here.

Elementary and Middle School Meets.... NEW 09/24/08

Check for results of recent meets from Little Rock Parochial League and Rogers Elem and MS meets.

Week 2 Coaches Poll NEW 09/23/08

Rogers Boys tallied a poll high 39 votes to lead 7A while Bentonville Girls gathered 29 to lead the Girls teams as they sit atop the 7A poll. Acorn leads the 1/2A Boys with 34 points and Elkins attracted 26 points and find themselves leading 3A Girls. Lake Hamilton ranks #1 in both 6A polls as the Lady Wolves moved up from 2nd by switching spots with Mountain Home. Berryville traded spots with current #2 DeQueen in 4A Girls and Batesville remained #1 in 5A Girls. In other Boys, Mountainburg leads 3A, DeQueen tops 4A and Siloam Springs holds the top spot in 5A. For the complete poll results, click here.

Lake Hamilton CC Invite, Pearcy, 9/20/08... NEW 09/21/08

Batesville easily won the 16-team Senior Girls meet by 54-97-113-128 over DeQueen, Bryant and Mount St. Mary's while Russellville won the 17-team Senior Boys meet by 71-81-121-131 over DeQueen, Bryant and Lake Hamilton. Natalie Meinzer (Batesville) won the 5k race in 19:02 ahead of three others under the 20 minute mark. In the Senior Boys, Michael Allen (Russellville) posted a 16:02 for the win to lead the Top 5 under 17 minutes. Lake Hamilton won the 18-team Junior Girls meet while Russellville took the Junior Boys in the 15-team meet. Samantha Osterholm (LR Christian) won in 11:35 over the 2-mile course as two others snuck in under 12 minutes. In the Junior Boys race, 12 runners finished under 11 minutes led by Jesse Duvall (Russellville) at 10:19 just ahead of Logan Rosson (Hot Springs) at 10:22. For complete meet results, click here.

Elkins XC Invite, Elkins, 9/13/08 ... NEW 09/18/08

Elkins took three of four Class 1/2/3A races with wins in the Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Senior Girls. Eureka Springs took the 4th race by winning the Senior Boys. Siloam Springs turned the hat trick in Class 4/5A with wins in the Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Senior Boys while Ozark snuck in to win the Senior Girls. In Class 6/7A, Springdale Central won the Junior races while Bentonville took the Senior Boys and Fayetteville won the Senior Girls. Grace Heymsfield (Elkins) took overall honors in the Senior Girls over the 5k course in 19:41 while Austin Simkins (Fayetteville) took the Boys overall in 17:00. In the Junior meets, Valerie Reina (Central) won the Girls in 12:09 for 2 miles and Will Aenchbacher (Bentonville Black) won the Boys in 10:50. For complete meet results, click here.

Week 1 Coaches Poll NEW 09/17/08

Lots of familiar names appear in the Week 1 Preseason CC Coaches Poll. In the Girls poll, Des Arc, Elkins, DeQueen, Batesville, Mountain Home and Bentonville lead the way. For the Boys, Acorn, Genoa Central, DeQueen, Siloam Springs, Lake Hamilton and Rogers are at the top. To see the new names and the rest of the Top 5 for each classification, click here. Note there is no Combined Top 10 poll this week.

Bryant Hornet CC Invite, 9/9/08 ... NEW 09/12/08

Over 640 runners finished the annual Hornet Invite as 7A-Central Conway swept the senior meets. In the 12-team Senior Girls 5K, Conway (1:57 spread) just nudged Cabot (3:37 spread) 70-71 in a 12-team meet with host Bryant at 3rd with 92 points. Cabot was off to a good start with Reilly McAtee taking the individual win at 20:18 and Marissa De La Paz in 3rd at 20:36. Cabot led 1-4 over Conway after one runner, then 4-19 after two, stretched the lead to 14-35 after three, gave back some after four at 40-52 and slipped to runner-up with the 5th runner. 4A DeQueen took 4th. Kayla Nehus (Mount St. Mary's) took 2nd at 20:30. Conway was led by Erika Setzler in 5th at 20:48. In the 14-team Senior Boys 5K, the Wampus Cats (1:14 spread) cruised to an impressive 28-75-94 over 4A DeQueen (45 second spread) and 7A Cabot (1:26 spread). Markus Pearson won by a strong 40 second margin over Michael Allen (7A Russellville) in 2nd place while clocking a swift early season time of 15:51. Chris Marchman (6A Sheridan) took 3rd in 16:37. Bryant won the Junior Girls 2 Mile meet by 55-61-86 over Russellville and Little Rock Christian. Samantha Osterholm (LR Christian) took honors at 12:55. In the 10-team Junior Boys meet, Russellville took an easy win by 22-86-92 over Bryant and Conway. Jesse Duvall (Russellville) won in 11:14. For complete meet results, go here.

Magazine Invitational Run, 9/9/08 ... NEW 09/10/08

Over 120 runners finished the 1.5 mile run including runners from 7 schools in four races. Race winners were:

Junior Girls: Katy Carter, Magazine, 9:16

Junior Boys: Corey Holt, JC Westside, 8:31

Senior Girls: Lyndale Martin, Mansfield, 9:15

Senior Boys: Ricky DeSalvo, Greenwood, 7:48

While team scores were not kept, the unofficial team results were:

Jr Girls: Magazine 26; Mountainburg 49; Greenwood 68; Mansfield 82

Jr Boys: Greenwood 24; Mountainburg 35

Sr Girls: Mansfield was only team with 5 runners.

Sr Boys: Greenwood 28; Magazine 47; Mountainburg 52

For complete meet results, go here.

Bentonville CC Invite, Memorial Park, 9/6/08 .... NEW 09/7/08

Bentonville Girls took a 1-4 sweep to beat Rogers Heritage and Rogers by 17-42-81 in a 6-team meet. Katie Dalton led the Lady Tigers with a 14:15 over the 4k (2.48 miles) course followed by teammates Shannon Sullivan and Mackenzie Bloom, both under 15 minutes. Dani David became the first Heritage girl to finish a CC race taking 5th place in 15:12. Rogers edged Heritage and Bentonville in the Boys 4k race winning by 32-43-64 in the 8-team meet. Jeremiah Fleeman led the Mounties with a win at 12:31 (5:02 per mile) ahead of Scott Compton (Bentonville) in 12:47. Tyler Heitz became the first Heritage boy to finish a CC race taking 3rd in 12:55. In th Girls 2k junior high race, Rogers nipped Bentonville Washington, Bentonville Black and Rogers Kirksey by 50-59-71-77 in the 10-team Girls meet. Tayler Estrada (Bentonville Black) won in 9:01 over the 2k (1.24 miles) course. Springdale Central won the 12-team Boys junior meet by 37-59-93-118 over Rogers, Siloam Springs and Bentonville Washington. Will Aenchenbacher (Bentonville Black) easily won the Boys race in 7:47. For complete meet results, go here.

Cross Country Preview NEW 09/3/08

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Rogers Eliminator, Lake Atalanta and Downtown Rogers, 8/23/08 .... NEW 08/24/08

A record 418 runners took part in the 24th annual Lake Atalanta 5K and the 8th annual 1K Elementary Races. Mild temperatures and overcast provided near ideal conditions for the grueling 5k over the hills around the lake and then up the Eliminator Hill for 800m+ for the final 600m+ to the finish. Rogers senior Cameron Efurd took the men's division in 16:59, good enough for the 2nd best time ever on the course. Senior and fellow Mountie Courtney Efurd won the women's race in 21:15. Rachel Hardgrave, 12 years old from Fayetteville placed 3rd overall in an excellent time of 22:08. Hardgrave holds the K-2 1K course and meet record in 3:09.53 set in 2003. Click here for complete meet results.

Arkansas Track Stats

Promoting participation in and support for cross-country and track and field in Arkansas secondary schools. "Athletics (track and field) is the embodiment of the Olympic motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortius'.... faster, higher, stronger"