HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY: Saratoga Springs senior Sam Place wins 2010 Nike Regional


By KYLE C. LEACH
The Saratogian


Saratoga Springs senior Sam Place, running under the Kinetic Running Club colors, won the 2010 Nike Cross-Country Northeast Regional Saturday morning at snowy Bowdoin Park alongside the Hudson River in a time of 15:54.5. (Photo provided)

WAPPINGER FALLS – Saratoga Springs senior Sam Place, running under the Kinetic Running Club colors, out-ran 159 high school boys to win the 2010 Nike Cross-Country Northeast Regional Saturday morning at snowy Bowdoin Park alongside the Hudson River.

Place covered the 5K course in a time of 15:54.5, beating Martin Hehir of Washingtonville XC to the finish line. “Sam was shoulder-to-shoulder (with Hehir) the entire race,” said Kinetic RC head coach Linda Kranick. “And in the last quarter-mile, he just took off.”