Prior to 2008, Nike Cross Nationals was called Nike Team Nationals. This is the race broadcast replay from 2005.
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From 2005 DyeStat recap:
Saratoga boys crash defending champion Elmhurst's party.
Girls trophy leaves the Saratoga penthouse and checks in for a night at the Hilton.
Saratoga boys bump last year's top three down a notch by cleaning up on positions 3-4-5 - Toga's Greg Kiley comes from 81st to 11th to cover Steve Murdock's fall from 1st to 16th - On crutches before and after the race, Hilton's Amanda Griggs lays down a hurt on opponents during the race - Klotz is clutch - Bies is best - Chapel Hill NC boys and Naperville North IL girls are surprise teams - Northeast region strong, Southeast on the rise .
By Rich Gonzalez, DyeStatCal Editor
PORTLAND 12/3/05 -- The Northeast Region boys teams crashed the party for defending champion Elmhurst at the second annual Nike Team Nationals. It was the 'support crew' of Greg Kiley, Andrew Bangert and Christopher Allen who really emerged as their team stars to ensure this ended up being a "Toga Party."
In the girls' challenge, the national club championship trophy found a new residence, vacating the familiar penthouse setting of the Saratoga juggernaut and checking in for a night at the Hilton.
Competing amid the mud slop and unsteady footing conditions along a flat but deceptively tough 5,000-meter course, New York-based Saratoga's boys and Hilton's girls powered to a sweep of the team titles and capped a successful day for Northeast Region teams during Saturday's second edition of the team-based extravaganza at Portland Meadows racing facility.
Individually, local hero Kenny Klotz of Central Catholic purred into contention by mid race and then sped away in the final 1500 meters for the win in 16:25, earning a four-second triumph over Jack Bolas of Chapel Hill, who took a heel-over-head spill while trying to negotiate the last set of hay bales along the final kilometer. At the time, Bolas trailed Kenny by just a couple of strides. Klotz and Mead's Taylor Nepon (fifth in 16:53) also earned the remaining two West Region bids to next weekend's FootLocker Nationals, completing the 40-person boys' field for the big race in San Diego.
Betsy Bies of Yankton 3-D (South Dakota) outlasted Californian Annie St. Geme of Newport XC Club in a thrilling duel up front in the girls race, with Bies withstanding some late-race dramatics to win by four seconds, 19:23 to 19:27. Bies barreled into the mud late in the race after catching her foot on a haystack, but quickly re-gathered momentum to get back on her feet and win. St. Geme and Cassandra Ricks of Fremont (Utah), who was 10th in 20:27, earned the two automatic West Region berths to FootLocker.
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