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Girls Cross Country
Girls Cross Country
TEAM
ALL-TIME
MOST STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
All-Time
26 Marquette, MI (1978-2008)
25 Bowman, ND (1979-2005)
22 Atlanta Westminster, GA (1981-2007)
21 Honolulu Punahou, HI (1973-2007)
18 Mobile St. Paul’s Episcopal, AL (1976-2000)
18 Essex Junction Educational Center, VT (1976-2008)
17 Uncasville St. Bernard, CT (1973-2005)
17 Keams Canyon Hopi, AZ (1987-2008)
16 Rogers, AR (1980-2007)
16 Manchester Central, NH (1976-2008) RECORD PACE — The 2001 edition of the Marquette, MI, girls cross
14 Rapid City Stevens, SD (1976-2002) country team (1991 team shown in above photo) won the school’s 19th of
14 Lincoln Southeast, NE (1983-2002) 26 state titles overall, which is the national record. In addition, Marquette’s
14 Gallup, NM (1988-2005) 13 consecutive title streak from 1980 to 1992 also ranks second all time.

Consecutive
16 Mobile St. Paul’s Episcopal, AL (1983-98)
13 Marquette, MI (1980-92)
12 Bowman, ND (1979-90)
12 Gillette Campbell County, WY (1995-2006)
11 Ocean Springs, MS (1988-98)
10 Gallup, NM (1996-2005)
10 Bowman, ND (1992-2001)
10 Bernardsville Bernards, NJ (1977-86)
9 Lincoln Southeast, NE (1989-97)
9 Marquette, MI (2000-08)

DUAL MEET VICTORIES

Consecutive
133 Ridgewood, NJ (1983-2004)

PEACE GARDEN STATE PACEMAKERS — Ranking second all time on

the girls cross country state championship list is Bowman, ND (above),
which has won 25 North Dakota High School Activities Association titles
from 1979 to 2005. The Lady Bulldogs rank third in the consecutive state
titles chart, with 12 straight titles from 1979 to 1990, and sixth with 10
straight titles from 1992 to 2001. Leading the Bowman program until his
retirement in 2003 was coach Jerry Popp (back row, right).

TITLE STREAK CHAMPIONS — The 1998 Mobile St. Paul’s Episcopal

School, AL, girls cross country team (shown above) won the program’s
16th consecutive state title, a national record. With 18 state titles overall, it DESERT RUNNERS — For 10 seasons from 1996 to 2005, the Gallup,
is fifth in that category. Coaching the Lady Saints to this remarkable win- NM, girls cross country team won the New Mexico Activities Association
ning tradition has been coach Jim Tate (back row, center). state championship. The program has won 14 titles overall.

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RECORD RUNNERS — From 1983 to 2004, the Ridgewood, NJ, girls
cross country team had quite a run going. During that span, the Maroons
won 133 straight dual meets, a national record.
INDIVIDUAL
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PACE SETTERS — Betty Jo Springs (left) of Bradenton Bayshore, FL,
became the first girl to capture four state cross country titles when she won
the 1978 Florida Class AAA championship. Stephanie Duke (right) of
Utopia, TX, is another four-time winner, winning her final state title in 1993.

Three-Time Winners
ALL-TIME
CARA ALEY (Hanover, NH), 1992-94
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS PATRICE ANTHONY (Sand Coulee Centerville, MT), 1982-84
KRISTIN AUSTIN (Athens Academy, GA), 1997-99
MARY BARRETO (Phoenix Xavier College Preparatory, AZ), 1995-97
Four-Time Winners JODI BILOTTA (Annandale North Hunterdon, NJ), 1985-87
MICHELLE BORGERT (Kirtland, OH), 1986-87, 1989
VALARI AMBROSE (Riverview Gabriel Richard, MI), 1981-84 KALA BOULWARE (Columbia Spring Valley, SC), 1987-89
SARA BEI (Santa Rosa Montgomery, CA), 1997-2000 CELSA BOWMAN (Frenchtown, MT), 1980-82
KATHLEEN BEUMEL (Owensboro Apollo, KY), 1976-79 CATHY BRANTA (Slinger, WI), 1978-80
DANIELLE BORNEFELD (Kayenta Monument Valley, AZ), 1989-92 SUZANNE BROCKMUELLER (Freeman Academy, SD), 1981-83
KATIE BOYLES (Rochester Adams, MI), 1997-2000 PAULA BRUNETTO (Litchfield, CT), 1980-82
KELLY BRYSON (Bentonville, AR), 1996-99 CATHERINE BRYSON (Hanover, NH), 2000-02
ERIN DONOHUE (Haddonfield, NJ), 1997-2000 NICOLE BUSH (Wyoming Kelloggsville, MI), 2000-02
STEPHANIE DUKE (Utopia, TX), 1990-93 TINA CHENEY (Lima Shawnee, OH), 1981-83
AMBER FAIRBANKS (Geneva, NE), 1993-96
SUZY FAVOR (Stevens Point, WI), 1982-85
ELIZABETH GONZALES (Penasco, NM), 1982-85
CARRIE GOULD (Burton Bendle, MI), 1992-93, (Flint Powers, MI), 1994-95
FELICA GULIFORD (Gallup, NM), 1998-2001
JOAN HAMMEREN (Bismarck, ND), 1979-82
KATHY JARVIS (Havre, MT), 1982-85
SHONA JONES (Hastings, NE), 1982-85
MEGAN KALTENBACH (Aurora Smoky Hill, CO), 1999-2002
KRISTI KLINNERT (Kodiak, AK), 1983-86
KIM KOCH (Newmarket, NH), 1978-81
ERI MacDONALD (Punahou, HI), 1995-98
MOLLY McCLIMON (Madison Edgewood, WI), 1985-88
REBEKAH McDOWELL (Wheat Ridge, CO), 1992-95
DANA MIROBALLI (Wheeling, IL), 1984-87
LIZ MUELLER (Waterford, CT), 1989-92
MICHELLE MULLIS (Briarwood Christian, AL) 1991-94
TRISH NERVO (Salem Glenvar, VA), 1992-95
THERESA PADILLA (Camden-Frontier, MI), 1984-87
JANICE POSEY (Tuba City, AZ), 1983-86
EMILY PLUMMER (Estes Park, CO), 1994-97
EMILY RANSOM (Seward, AK), 1990-93
MARGARET ROBINSON (Huntsville, AL), 1989-92
DOMINIQUE ST. PIERRE (Conway Kennett, NH), 1980-83
LISA SAVELL (Mobile Wright, AL), 1979-82
CATHY SCHIRO (Dover, NH), 1981-84
AMBER SMITH (Ishpeming Westwood, MI), 2000-03 WISCONSIN WINNERS — Three of
JANET SMITH (Edison Stevens, NJ), 1980-83 the nation’s four-time girls cross
FRANCES SPAULDING (Griswold, CT), 1988-91 country state champions hail from
BETTY JO SPRINGS (Bradenton Bayshore, FL), 1975-78 Wisconsin. Suzy Favor (top left) of
MEGAN SULLIVAN (Wausau Newman, WI), 1993-96 Stevens Point, WI, won state cham-
AMY SWIER (Aztec, NM), 1993-96 pionships in Wisconsin from 1982 to
CARRIE TOLLEFSON (Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle Valley, MN), 1991-94 1985. She went on to win nine NCAA
JAMIE VEST (Stoutland, MO), 2001-04 track titles at the University of Wis-
GRETCHEN WERNIG (Gilford, NH), 1992-95 consin. Megan Sullivan (top right) of Wausau Newman, WI, won four con-
VANESSA WRIGHT (Haddonfield, NJ) 2002-05 secutive titles from 1993 to 1996. Molly McClimon (bottom right) of
VICKIE WRIGHT (West Rutland, VT), 1980-83 Madison Edgewood, WI, won four straight championships from 1985 to
RUBY YELLOWTAIL (Lodge Grass, MT), 1989-92 1988, and later competed at the University of Michigan.

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Three-Time Winners (Cont.)
MONAL CHOKSHI (Bridgewater Raritan, NJ), 1989-91
AMBER CLARK (Mesa Dobson, AZ), 1988-90
ALISA COMADURAN (Benson, AZ), 1980-81, 1983
MICHELLE CROW (Columbia Irmo, SC), 1981-82, 1984
DEENA DROSSIN (Agoura, CA), 1987, 1989-90
JACKIE DROUIN (Suwanee Collins Hill, GA), 2004-06
JULIE DUTRA (South Burlington, VT), 1985-87
STEPHANIE EDGAR (Dayton, KY), 1987-89
BRENDA FALASH (Twin Falls, ID), 1975-77
ERYN FORBES (Beaverton Sunset, OR), 1975-76, 1978
SUSAN GIBSON (Trenton Wesclin, IL), 1992-93, 1995
KAREN GODLOCK (Columbus Polk County, NC), 1990-92
LAURIE GOMEZ (Youngstown Boardman, OH), 1985-87
CHRISTY GOODISON (Sterling Heights Stevenson, MI), 1991-93
JENNY GRODOWSKI (Suttons Bay, MI), 1984-86
WHITNEY HARDT (Payson, AZ; Springerville, AZ), 2001-03
KATHY HIMELREICH (Claymont Archmere Academy, DE), 1984-86
SUE HOAGLAND (Uncasville St. Bernard, CT), 1976-78
HOLLY HOLMAN (Mobile St. Paul’s Episcopal, AL), 1986-88
DANI HOLMGREN (Rapid River, MI), 2001-02, 2004
CLARA HOROWITZ (Oakland Head-Royce, CA), 1999-2001
NATALIE HUGHES (Palisade, CO), 1997, 1999-2000
CARLA JOHNSON (Marquette, MI), 1988-90
KIRI JOHNSON (Bowman, ND), 1986-88
RAMSEY KAVAN (Yankton, SD), 2002-04 FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS — Pictured are two of the 46 girls who have
STACEY KILBURN (White Pigeon, MI), 1985, 87-88 won four state cross country championships. Danielle Bornefeld (left) won
ANNE KOSKI (Mountain Brook, AL), 1981-83 Arizona state titles from 1989 to 1992 while competing at Monument
WENDI LEWIS (Kearns Canyon Hopi, AZ), 1996-98 Valley High School in Kayenta, AZ. Margaret Robinson (right) of
NINA LIAHJELL (Honolulu Kaiser, HI), 1983-85 Huntsville, AL, also won state titles from 1989 to 1992.
KELLY LINDSEY (Omaha Millard North, NE), 1993-95
MEGHAN McCARTHY (Fairfax James Robinson, VA), 1988, 1990-91 Three-Time Winners (Cont.)
KIM McDONALD (Farmington Mt. Blue, ME), 1977-79
PATTY METZLER (North Jackson Jackson-Milton, OH), 1980-82 TRACY STEVENSON (Atlanta Westminster, GA), 1985-88
MICHELLE MONTOYA (Tucumcari, NM), 1982-84 CELESTE SUSNIS (Wheatfield Kankakee Valley, IN), 1987-89
HILARY NODEN (Pennington Hopewell Valley, NJ), 1972-74 BETH TALLENT (Nashville David Lipscomb, TN), 1985-87
JILL NOEL (Lincoln Pius X, NE), 1980-82 TOI TYO (Piney Woods, MS), 1990-92
LAURA NYHAGEN (Montpelier, VT), 1977-79 LINDSAY VAN ALSTINE (Hawthorne Christian Academy, NJ), 1999-2001
KATHY OLSEN (Waterford, CT), 1981-82, 1984 SHARON VAN TUYL (Portage Northern, MI), 1994-96
LISA PAKUTA (Hopatcong, NJ), 1979-81 MEG WALDRON (Bernardsville Bernards, NJ), 1980-82
SHELIA PEKARI (East Hampton, CT), 1977-79 HILLARY WHITE (Atlanta Westminster, GA), 2003-05
FAYE PETERSON (Rock Mid-Peninsula, MI), 1994-96 LESLIE ANN WHITEHEAD (Kingsport Sullivan South, TN), 1982-84
KRISTIN PETERSON (Arlington, SD), 1996-98 LAURA WHITNEY (Stony Brook, NY), 1978-79, 1981
MYRA PETERSON (Calumet, MI), 1992-94 JOEY WINTER (Greenville St. Joseph, MS), 1987-89
JANE RAUTIOLA (Painesdale Jeffers, MI), 1997-99
JUDY ST. HILAIRE (Lyndon Center, VT), 1974-76
CINDY SARGENT (Rapid City Stevens, SD), 1976-78
COACHING
JESSICA SCAFIDI (Tallahassee Leon, FL), 1988-90
SARA SELBY (Shelbyville, IL) 1999, 2001-02 MOST VICTORIES
NORA SHEPHERD (York, NE), 1990, 92-93
KAYLA SKELLY (Midland, MI), 1979-81 Career
KELLY SMITH (Petoskey, MI), 1990, 1992-93
JULIA STAMPS (Santa Rosa, CA), 1994-96 387 David Hennessey (Penfield, NY), 1978-2008 (387-149) [72.2%]

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Boys Cross Country
TEAM
ALL-TIME
MOST STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
All-Time

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33 Wilmington Salesianum, DE (1969-2008) LEADING THE PACK — There is a dynasty in Wilmington, DE, that will be
29 Providence LaSalle, RI (1933-83) hard to beat. The Salesianum High School boys cross country team (2005
26 Elmhurst York, IL (1962-2006) team shown above) has won 33 state titles, a national record. The 12 cham-
23 Bernardsville Bernards, NJ (1966-2004) pionships in a row from 1976 to 1987 is tied for the fourth-longest streak.
23 Browning, MT (1971-2007) Since the team's first state title in 1969, it has not won the title only six times.
22 Lincroft Christian Brothers Academy, NJ (1976-2005)
22 Little Rock Central, AR (1955-82) DUAL-MEET VICTORIES
21 Concord, NH (1930-81)
19 New Laguna Laguna-Acoma, NM (1969-97) Consecutive
19 Leadville Lake County, CO (1967-96)
19 Shawnee Mission Northwest, KS (1977-07) 289 Lincroft Christian Brothers Academy, NJ (1973-2007)
19 Keams Canyon Hopi, AZ (1990-2008) 265 Blackstone-Millville, MA (1974-92)
250 Fredonia, NY (1971-84)
Consecutive 244 Haddonfield Paul VI, NJ (1980-2007)
204 Rochester McQuaid Jesuit, NY (1971-2000)
19 Keams Canyon Hopi, AZ (1990-2008) 189 State College, PA (1965-85)
14 Bernardsville Bernards, NJ (1974-87) 131 Winnebago, IL (1974-78)
14 Shawnee Mission Northwest, KS (1994-2007) 129 Portland Cheverus, ME (1974-76)
12 Gallup, NM (1983-94) 119 Spartanburg, SC (1979-90)
12 Wilmington Salesianum, DE (1976-87) 111 Ridgewood, NJ (1983-2000)
11 Providence LaSalle, RI (1939-49)
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Browning, MT (1974-84)
New Laguna Laguna-Acoma, NM (1969-79) INDIVIDUAL
11 Lincroft Christian Brothers Academy, NJ (1995-2005)
10 Jerome, ID (1973-82) ALL-TIME
10 Rapid City Stevens, SD (1995-2004)
10 Eureka Springs, AR (1986-95)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Four-Time Winners
ANDY BRADLEY (Incline Village Incline, NV), 1992-95
JERRY GARCIA (Northern Normal El Rito, NM), 1962-65
BENJAMIN HILL (Pontotoc, MS), 1998-2001
MARK JOHNSON (Mason City, IA), 1969-72
KIKO MENDOZA (Takini, SD; Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, SD), 2005-08
FERNANDEL OMEASOO (Browning, MT), 1977-80
JOSH ROHATINSKY (Provo, UT) 1996-99
RYAN SHAY (Central Lake, MI), 1993-96
SCOTT WHITESIDE (Pontotoc, MS), 1994-97
RYAN YOUNG (Fairbury Prairie Central, IL), 1995-98

Three-Time Winners
STEVE ALLEN (Haleyville, AL), 1983-85
DICK AVERILL (Epping, NH), 1945, 1947-48
JOE BEATTY (Seeley Lake Seeley Swan, MT), 1981-83
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS — With 26 Illinois High School Association state STEPHAN BISHOP (Vicksburg, MI), 1962-64
titles, the Elmhurst York, IL, boys cross country program is third all time. JIM BRICE (Wrightstown, WI), 1975-77
The team is led by coach Joe Newton (front row, second from left), a 2004 JEFF BROKAW (Wilmington Tower Hill, DE), 1966-68
inductee into the National High School Hall of Fame.

CHARGERS TO VICTORY — The boys cross country program of Black-

BROTHERS IN VICTORY — Running off 289 consecutive dual-meet vic- stone-Millville, MA, won 265 consecutive dual meets from 1974 to 1992
tories is the boys cross country program from Lincroft Christian Brothers to establish the national record for most consecutive dual-meet victories by
Academy, NJ. The streak, which started in 1973, is the longest all time and a high school boys cross country team (now ranks second). Pictured above
the longest current streak. is the 1991 team.

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Three-Time Winners (Cont.)
DERYL KING (West Des Moines, IA), 1955-57
HOMER LATTIMER (LeClaire, IA), 1954-56
FRANCIS LEARY (Manchester, CT), 1935-37
ANDY MARTINEZ (Grants, NM), 1973-75
BILL McCHESNEY (South Eugene, OR), 1974-76
ANDY MONTANEZ (Rocky Ford, CO), 1974-76
BOB MOODY (Dover, NH), 1948-50
KASEY MOULTON (Alton, NH), 1975-77
TIM NELSON (Redding Liberty, CA), 2000-02
GEORGE NICHOLAS (Dayton Meadowdale, OH), 1978-80
NATE NIELSEN (Lincoln Southeast, NE), 1984, 1986-87
ERIC O’BRIEN (Atlanta Westminster, GA), 1989-91
RICK O’ROURKE (Villisca, IA), 1967-69
GREG PARKER (Capac, MI), 1984-86
MISSISSIPPI HARRIERS — Two of GORDON PEKURI (Menominee, MI), 1966-68
the 10 runners who have won four ERIK PERKINS (Bryson City Swain County, NC), 1997-99
state cross country titles hail from MIKE PHOTENHAUER (Menominee, MI), 1977-79
the same school in Mississippi. RYAN POTILA (Ishpeming Westwood, MI), 1991-93
Pontotoc, MS, runners Scott White- MIKE RANDALL (Atlanta Headland, GA), 1975-77
side (above) and Benjamin Hill JOHN RAVELING (Des Moines Saydel, IA), 1957-59
(left) each took home four state JIM REINHART (Sioux Falls Lincoln, SD), 1970-72
titles. When Whiteside graduated, DARYLE REMOLE (Owensboro, KY), 1964-66
Hill picked right up and won the next GAROLD RYAN (Underwood, IA), 1950-52
four titles. Whiteside won from 1994 BRYANT SAMSON (Boulder Jefferson, MT), 1977-79
to 1997, while Hill won from 1998 to MELDON SANCHEZ (New Laguna Laguna-Acoma, NM), 1975-77
2001. ALAN SCHARSU (Austintown Fitch, OH), 1975-77
CHRIS SCHURZ (Mesa Westwood, AZ), 1986-88
Three-Time Winners (Cont.) ERNIE SHEPARD (Piedmont Wren, SC), 1985-87
JON SLAUGHTER (Antioch, TN; Nashville McGavock, TN), 1972-74
TONY CARNA (Caldwell, OH), 1984-86 DOUG SMITH (Sioux City Central, IA), 1965-67
VICTOR CHINANA (Jemez Pueblo Jemez Valley, NM), 1979-81 MARK SMITH (Cadillac, MI), 1978-80
MARK CHURCHILL (Morrisville Peoples Academy, VT), 1990-92 CHRIS SOLINSKY (Stevens Point, WI), 2000-02
WILLIAM CONVEY (Miami Ransom, FL), 1980-82 COLEMAN SPAULDING (Birmingham John Carroll, AL), 1971-73
DAVID CORNWELL (Parkton Hereford, MD), 1972-74 JOHN STAYTON (Anderson, IN), 1946-48
KEN COSTELLO (Columbia Irmo, SC), 1980-82 SCOTT SWEITZER (Atlanta Pace Academy, GA), 1980-81, 83
BRYAN DAMEWORTH (Agoura, CA), 1987-89 RUSS TAINTER (Bricktown Brick Township, NJ), 1965-67
JASON DiJOSEPH (Haddonfield Paul VI, NJ), 1986-88 FRED TEDDY (L’Anse, MI), 1969-71
PHIL DOWNS (Madison Memorial, WI), 1989-91 JORGE TORRES (Wheeling, IL), 1996-98
MATT ELMUCCIO (Westfield, NJ), 1994-96 TOMMY TREHERN (Bryson City Swain County, NC), 1990-92
JOE ESPINOSA (Silver City, NM), 1965-67 JASON UHLMAN (Lewiston, ID), 1989-91
EUGENE FEKETE (Atco Lower Camden County Regional, NJ), 1948-50 CHASE VAN VALKENBERG (Avondale Estates, GA), 1975-77
BARRY FITTS (Killen Brooks, AL), 1979-81 LIONEL VOISSARR (Manchester Central, NH), 1934-36
CLINTON FLETCHER (Keene, NH), 1956-58 PAUL VOSS (Clinton, WI), 1977-79
JAKE FLYNN (Benzie Central, MI), 1997-99 LANCE WHITE (Lewes Cape Henlopen, DE), 1975-77
ROBERT FOWLER (Laconia, NH), 1974, 1976-77 ZACHARY WRIGHT (Jaffrey, NH), 1991-93
SHANE GARCIA (New Laguna Laguna-Acoma, NM), 1988-90 MYRON YOUNG DOG (Pine Ridge, SD), 1966-68
ADAM GOUCHER (Colorado Springs Doherty, CO), 1991-93 CHRIS ZINN (West Plains, MO), 1981-83
PHIL GREENWOOD (Nashua, NH), 1990-92
RONALD GREGORY (St. Louis Sumner, MO), 1954-56
HARLEY HANSON (Rosholt, SD), 1985-87 COACHING
BRENDAN HEFFERNAN (Annandale North Hunterdon, NJ), 1990-92
BRIAN HESSON (Caldwell, OH), 1990-92
COREY IHMELS (Williston, ND), 1989-91
MOST VICTORIES
JOHN IRVING (Manchester Central, NH), 1932-34
GREG JIMMERSON (Rapid City Stevens, SD), 1990-92 Career
LOREN KAMBESTAD (Bristol, SD), 1967-69
434 David Hennessey (Penfield, NY), 1975-2008 (434-175 [71.3%]
410 Carl Roesch (Amherst Sweet Home Central, NY), 1961-2000
(410-119-2) [77.4%]
362 Jack Rafter (Red Bank Catholic, NJ), 1963-93 (362-71) [83.6%]

MEMORY JOGGERS — Paul Voss (left) of Clinton, WI, is one of 90 high

AHEAD OF THE CROWD — One of only 10 performers to ever win four
state championships, Mark Johnson (left) of Mason City swept Iowa indi-
vidual honors from 1969 to 1972. Andy Montanez (right) captured three
consecutive Colorado Division II crowns for Rocky Ford from 1974 to 1976.
school runners to win three or more individual state cross country champi-
onships. Voss won three Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
titles from 1977 to 1979. Bill McChesney (right) helped South Eugene,
OR, to eight consecutive Oregon School Activities Association team titles
and also won individual Class AAA honors from 1974 to 1976.

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