Nov 20 2004

RIT Coast-to-Coast 2 – Max Ferguson

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Update: RIT finishes the coast to coast run in 12 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes to break the old RIT record by over two full days. Max Ferguson held one of the fastest paces for the entire run in the low 6’s. Good job Max and RIT.

Alumni Max Ferguson (’03) is running in a historic commemoration of the first coast-to-coast run by RIT in 1979. The run began on Wednesday November 17th and in the first three days they have run over 620 miles – bringing them from San Diego to their current position just past the Rockies in New Mexico. According to their website they are ahead of record pace and running at an average of 9.25 MPH (mid-6 minute pace).

If you are interested in following along with this historic even and Max’s progress please view the RIT Coast-to-Coast Run website, you can find daily updates posted to their blog.

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Nov 06 2004

Sam Ahlbeck Wins State!

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Sam Ahlbeck today became the first Lindbergh cross country runner to win a state title. In fact, Sam was the first runner from the Seamount League to win the individual crown. Sam’s time of 15:45 is the 6th fastest time for a 3A runner since the state meet was changed over to a 5k.

Sam went through his first mile in 5:07 and in about 9th place. He gradually began working himself up over the next half mile until he was on the heels of the five front runners. Moving up the slight hill to the two mile mark (10:11) Sam moved into 2nd. With 1000m to go Sam made a strong move up another slight hill to take the lead and put 10 meters on the pack. A little bit later the sophomore from Seattle Prep, Max O’Donoghue-McDonald, made his move past the pack to try to make his run for the crown. Sam and Max over the last 800m of the race pulled away from the field. Crossing the camel back hills heading up to the finish O’Donoghue-McDonald made a move for the lead and Sam held him off. Sam made a sustained surge up the hill till the crest where he changed gears and flew down the final 150m.

Great job Sam!

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