The SB Report: Girls Individual XC Power Rankings Week #1

2012 SB Report Blog Posts
Sam Bonsey

This fall at MaineTrackXC we will feature "The SB Report". "The SB Report" will feature power rankings of the top 10 girls & boys teams, as well as individuals in the state. The author of the blog Sam Bonsey, has contributed to MaineTrackXC in the past and we are glad we can share his thoughts on the 2012 XC season.  Bonsey is a former XC/track runner from Falmouth HS, and is currently a journalism student at the University of Maine. Check out his writing each week this fall.

 

Girls  Individual XC Power Rankings: Week One  

 

"The SB Report"  (click link to read the entire blog post)

 

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Place at States: 2nd Class B 19:29.7

Brown put on a performance for the ages last week as we saw her cover the three mile course at Bangor in 17:41. Her time would have placed her sixth in the boys race. Expect her to dominate the competition in Maine this year and perhaps make a run at a Footlocker All American.



 

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Place at States: 2nd Class A 18:59.8

Besides Abbey Leonardi, Nagy was the most dominant runner in Class A this past year as we saw her post times of 2:13.5/4:57.7/10:55.1. She is the overwhelming favorite to take the Class A title this year.

 

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Place at States: 1st Class B 19:12

The defending champ in Class B can’t be counted out as Bowman has had a fantastic year of running. On the track we saw her post times of 5:24/11:16. She cruised to her first win of the season at Oceanside running a time of 19:38.

 

 

<>4.Kirstin Sandrueter Greely

Place at States: DNC

Sandrueter has been the most dominant runner in the WMC this year as we saw her run under 11 minutes in the 2 mile and come close to breaking the 5 minute barrier in the mile. Expect her to cruise through the WMC this fall and challenge Brown and Bowman for top gun in Class B.

 
 
.5.Charlotte Pierce Thornton Academy

Place at States: 11th Class A 20:46


Pierce put on a dominating performance at the SMAA relays as she cruised to a time of 9:38 which was twenty seconds ahead of the second place finisher. She looks poised to make a run at a top three finish in Class A this year.

 

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