Nike Border Clash 13: Armstrong wins tight race, Washington Sweeps Oregon, by Larry Eder

Nike Border Clash 13, photo courtesy of Nike communications

The Nike Border Clash 13 had the best weather that I have recalled in the past decade. The 4,387 meters that the best 40 boys and girls from Washington and Oregon traversed was pretty good footing for this time in November. It is a deceptively tough course. However, there are few times in the past 13 years when runners have been this close! In fact the first three boys were within a second!
The strength of the Washington boys was something that just had to be seen! The first eight runners were from Washington.
And the top finisher was Anthony Armstrong, who bidded his time, and made his final surge with less than one hundred meters to go. ” I did not go out with them, I stayed close, but I felt that they had gone out too fast, ” noted Armstrong after the race. ” I started to move during the second mile (they hit mile 1 in 5:05, and two miles in 10:13).
The constant surging of Izaic Yorks and Nathan Weitz continued to break down the front pack, until, with less than 1,000 meters to go, it was down to three.
Yorks made his move as the runners hit the final 300 meters, with Weitz and Armstrong right behind.

Anthony Armstrong (122) wins, Isaac Yorks (160) second, Nike Border Clash 13, photo courtesy of Nike Communications

Keeping one’s cool when one is under pressure from two competitors, with the end in sight means one cool competitor. Anthony Armstrong kept to his race plan. He made his last surge, which was what it took, with less than thirty meters to go. The race was so close that Anthony Armstrong’s 13:48 was the same time as Izaic Yorks. At 13:49 was Nathan Weitz.

“I tried to keep my finish until the last turn, I have raced against both of the guys and I knew I had to hold off until the end of the race! ” noted Anthony Armstrong. When asked how it felt to win the Nike Border Clash, Anthony kept it simple, ” It feels great!” His huge smile insuring that all knew that Mr. Armstrong’s hard won victory would be enjoyed!

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NIKE Border Clash 11/20/2011–Nike World Campus –Beaverton, Or
Timing
by RecordTiming using FinishLynx and Ipico RFID
Course Distance
4387m

Place	Bib	Name	S	Affiliation	Time	Pace
1	122	Anthony Armstrong	M	WASHINGTON	13:48	5:04
2	160	Izaic Yorks	M	WASHINGTON	13:48	5:04
3	156	Nathan Weitz	M	WASHINGTON	13:49	5:04
4	155	Santos Vargas	M	WASHINGTON	14:00	5:08
5	140	Hunter Johnson	M	WASHINGTON	14:00	5:08
6	142	Curtis King	M	WASHINGTON	14:01	5:08
7	135	Sumner Goodwin	M	WASHINGTON	14:02	5:09
8	132	Patrick Gibson	M	WASHINGTON	14:03	5:09
9	110	Travis Neuman	M	OREGON	14:04	5:09
10	157	Keith Williams	M	WASHINGTON	14:08	5:11
11	143	Korey Krotzer	M	WASHINGTON	14:10	5:12
12	158	Kai Wilmot	M	WASHINGTON	14:11	5:12
13	137	Joe Hardy	M	WASHINGTON	14:13	5:13
14	83	Jackson Baker	M	OREGON	14:14	5:13
15	159	JP Wolpert	M	WASHINGTON	14:17	5:14
16	103	Zorg Loustalet	M	OREGON	14:21	5:16
17	82	Eric Alldritt	M	OREGON	14:24	5:17
18	130	Joel Estelle	M	WASHINGTON	14:26	5:17
19	125	Alex Bowns	M	WASHINGTON	14:28	5:18
20	92	Brian Eimstad	M	OREGON	14:29	5:19
21	131	John Fowler	M	WASHINGTON	14:29	5:19
22	128	John Dressel	M	WASHINGTON	14:30	5:19
23	123	Poli Baltazar	M	WASHINGTON	14:31	5:19
24	146	Alberto Melchor	M	WASHINGTON	14:32	5:20
25	151	Aaron Roe	M	WASHINGTON	14:32	5:20
26	141	Alex Kimsey	M	WASHINGTON	14:32	5:20
27	99	Eduardo Juarez	M	OREGON	14:34	5:20
28	149	Keenan Piper	M	WASHINGTON	14:38	5:22
29	121	Daniel Amann	M	WASHINGTON	14:39	5:22
30	150	Jaziel Rodriguez	M	WASHINGTON	14:39	5:22
31	139	Conner Johnsen	M	WASHINGTON	14:39	5:22
32	91	Alex Dillard	M	OREGON	14:39	5:22
33	81	Paul Adams	M	OREGON	14:39	5:22
34	87	Matthew Campbell	M	OREGON	14:41	5:23
35	90	Jonathon Cornish	M	OREGON	14:41	5:23
36	98	Joe Holvey	M	OREGON	14:42	5:23
37	89	Alejandro Cisneros	M	OREGON	14:43	5:24
38	145	Brian Masterson	M	WASHINGTON	14:44	5:24
39	93	Joseph Ewers	M	OREGON	14:46	5:25
40	144	Ryan Long	M	WASHINGTON	14:47	5:25
41	138	Jake Hombel	M	WASHINGTON	14:47	5:25
42	147	Jeffrey Ott	M	WASHINGTON	14:48	5:26
43	116	Kyle Thompson	M	OREGON	14:48	5:26
44	148	Tristan Peloquin	M	WASHINGTON	14:49	5:26
45	124	Wolfgang Beck	M	WASHINGTON	14:49	5:26
46	115	Neil Seibert	M	OREGON	14:50	5:26
47	100	Akiharu Kitagawa	M	OREGON	14:50	5:26
48	126	Logan Carroll	M	WASHINGTON	14:53	5:27
49	97	Zach Holloway	M	OREGON	14:54	5:28
50	154	Travis Thorne	M	WASHINGTON	14:56	5:28
51	101	David Leavy	M	OREGON	14:56	5:28
52	133	Colby Gilbert	M	WASHINGTON	14:56	5:28
53	109	Mubark Mebrat	M	OREGON	14:56	5:29
54	111	Nathan Normo	M	OREGON	14:58	5:29
55	95	Fletcher Hazlehurst	M	OREGON	14:58	5:29
56	120	Jack Wilson	M	OREGON	14:59	5:29
57	96	Julian Heninger	M	OREGON	14:59	5:30
58	119	Andre Walker	M	OREGON	15:00	5:30
59	102	Geremia Lizier-Zmudzinski	M	OREGON	15:00	5:30
60	152	Keegan Symmes	M	WASHINGTON	15:01	5:30
61	107	Matthew Maton	M	OREGON	15:01	5:31
62	129	Hap Emmons	M	WASHINGTON	15:02	5:31
63	104	Ryan Maag	M	OREGON	15:03	5:31
64	94	Jackson Haselnus	M	OREGON	15:03	5:31
65	118	Javier Velasco	M	OREGON	15:04	5:32
66	113	Nick Obletz	M	OREGON	15:05	5:32
67	127	Tristan Cunderla	M	WASHINGTON	15:06	5:32
68	108	Patrick McGuirk	M	OREGON	15:09	5:33
69	86	Ryan Byrd	M	OREGON	15:11	5:34
70	136	Lucas Graham	M	WASHINGTON	15:13	5:35
71	106	Niic Maszk	M	OREGON	15:14	5:35
72	84	Reilly Bloomer	M	OREGON	15:18	5:37
73	112	Jon Obeso	M	OREGON	15:18	5:37
74	105	Jose Macias	M	OREGON	15:21	5:38
75	153	Alec Temple	M	WASHINGTON	15:27	5:40
76	134	David Goldstone	M	WASHINGTON	15:31	5:41
77	88	Jacob Campbull	M	OREGON	15:44	5:46
78	117	Sam Truax	M	OREGON	15:56	5:51

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Boy’s Team Scoring
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1. 15 WASHINGTON (13:53 69:25 0:12)
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1 1 122 Anthony Armstrong M 13:48
2 2 160 Izaic Yorks M 13:48
3 3 156 Nathan Weitz M 13:49
4 4 155 Santos Vargas M 14:00
5 5 140 Hunter Johnson M 14:00
6 ( 6) 142 Curtis King M 14:01
7 ( 7) 135 Sumner Goodwin M 14:02

2. 50 OREGON (14:19 71:32 0:25)
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1 8 110 Travis Neuman M 14:04
2 9 83 Jackson Baker M 14:14
3 10 103 Zorg Loustalet M 14:21
4 11 82 Eric Alldritt M 14:24
5 12 92 Brian Eimstad M 14:29
6 ( 13) 99 Eduardo Juarez M 14:34
7 ( 14) 91 Alex Dillard M 14:39

For more on the Nike Border Clash 13, please check out www.runnerspace.com.

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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