MOLLY SEIDEL SETS WISCONSIN CROSS COUNTRY RECORDUniversity Lake (Hartland, Wis.) senior Molly Seidel broke her own 4,000-meter state record when she won the prestigious 41-team Midwest Invitational in 13 minutes, 19 seconds. She had set the previous record of 13:34 just two weeks earlier.
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St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.) junior Edward Cheserek won the Passaic Coaches Invitational in a Garret Mountain course-record time of 14:53. The previous record of 15:16 had stood since 2003.
* Three-time Class A state champion Maddie Meyers of
Northwest (Seattle) won the Jim Danner Championship Varsity race in 17:38 during the Nike Pre-National meet at Portland Meadows. She won the 5,000-meter race by just three seconds over freshman Jordyn Colter from
Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.).
POTPOURRI* Not even three concussions can keep Kristi Denny down for long. The
El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.) athlete had to give up softball pitching, but is making a great transition to tennis. Her father, John Denny, reports she has compiled a 15-5 record at No. 3 singles after taking up the sport in June of 2010.
* The National High School Coaches Association has launched the High School Television Network on YouTube. It is located at
http://www.youtube.com/HSTN.
* Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati won four gold medals during the Japan Junior International gymnastics meet in Yokohama, Japan. She captured firsts in all-around (55.70), vault (15.825), uneven bars (14.175) and floor exercise (14.425).
* Volleyball coaching milestone victories achieved last week included No. 1,100 for Ann Schilling, who has won nine state titles at
Bayside Academy (Daphne, Ala.); and No. 800 for Steve Haaser, who has won seven state titles at
Southside (Fort Smith, Ark.).
