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by CHRIS KIRBY, Contributing Writer, and CHARLES A. PETERSON Sentinel EditorGranville Blue Ace sophomore Annie Beecham took theand her time of 19:43.Senior Kevin Dean, meanwhile, placed a respectable 41 st in the Division II boys’ race with a time of 17:07.Beecham topped the 25th-Ohio Division II girls state place finish of Susan Stukascross country meet by storm Saturday, finishing 17th, the best finish for a GHS girl inthe state classic.As a result, Beecham tookin 1988. In Blue Ace boys race history, John Hammond placed eighth in both 1966 and 1967.“It was a good race,All-Ohio honors in the girls Beecham said. “I wanted to go race with the lofty position out there and run my bestcracks statetBeechamDeantoday. Now that I’ve seen how it (the state meet) goes, it motivates me to work thatmuch harder in the offsea- great chance to be on therenext year, and that’s some-son.Granville head coach Bob Hollen looked at Beecham’s race as a building block for next season.“She looked great out there, and she was sitting in 12th place for a long time,” Hollen said. “She cramped up a little after that, but she still made it in as All-Ohio. Even though she didn’t get on the podium this time around, she has athing she should shoot for.With his finish, Dean left the cross country team on a goodnote.He was disappointed, Hollen said. “He was fighting off a little sickness. He missed school on Wednesday. He wasn’t feeling 100 percent Friday and Saturday.His 17:07, however, was oneof his best times. Hollennoting that he was at a point in the race where the difference between 41st and 25th -the All-Ohio cutoff - was only15 or 20 seconds. Dean was also among the first 45 for thelike heentire race.“Whenever he feltcould get going, his bodywouldn’t respond, Hollensaid. “He didn’t lose anyground, but he didn’t gain any ground. I thought he ran a real
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Granville Sentinel
Granville, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 06, 2003
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