At this time last year, Jeremy Rankin wasnursing atorn hamstring. Now, he’s tearing up the track.The University of Florida-bound senior from Aurora Colorado missed this meet last year with a pulled hamstring, which cost him almost his entire outdoor season as well. ``It took me a long time to get over it,’’ Rankin said of the injury. ``I tried to come in the spring and hurt it again and then in August I started to train and injured it again. Finally, in December it felt good and I started focusing on having a big indoor season and hopefully winning a national title.’’ Rankin is making up for lost time. He’s run a US #2 6.69 in the 60 this season, and took a step closer to his goal of a national title by winning his heat with ease, coasting over the last 10 meters to finish off his 6.87 heat win. That was the second fastest time of the trials, behind the 6.86 run by Rynell Parsons of San Antonio TX, who came into the meet with a US #3 6.75. Jermaine Brown of Medgar Evers NY is the next fastest going into the semifinals (6.94). Rankin knows a showdown with Parsons is looming. ``He’s running great and I’m feeling good, so if we both get through the semis it should be a good one in the final,’’ said Rankin. ``I’m not really worried about time. I just want to try to win.’’
GIRLS
Ashton Purvis of Oakland CA cranked out the fastest 60-meter dash preliminary time with a 7.41, while Takeia Pinckney of Columbia GA ran a 7.52, and the third fastest prelim time of 7.64 was clocked by Stormy Kendrick of Gastonia NC.
Jeremy Rankin
photos by John Dye
Ashton Purvis
Takeia Pinckney
Results(Elite performances highlighted in blue) Dyestat RawHytek Girls results
Boys Final
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Event 10 Boys 60 Meter Dash High School ========================================================================= National HS: ! 6.57 1999 Casey Combest, Owensboro, KY Meet: # 6.57 1999 Casey Combest, KY 9: % 6.78 2001 Jerald Watson, LA 10: @ 6.67 2007 Jeremy Rankin, CO 11: ^ 6.64 2008 Jeremy Rankin, CO 12: $ 6.57 1999 Casey Combest, KY Name Year School Semis Finals 55m ========================================================================= Finals 1 Jeremy Rankin 12 Aurora, CO 6.85 6.71% 6.25 2 Rynell Parson -- San Antonio, TX 6.82 6.78% 6.31 3 Kenneth Gilstrap 12 GA, GA 6.87 6.84 6.37 4 Hunter Furr 12 Winston-Salem, NC 6.94 6.96 6.49 5 Michael Peavy NJ, NJ 6.97 7.01 6.52 6 Ken Egu 11 Concord, CA 7.00 7.05 6.57 7 Jermaine Brown 11 brooklyn, NY 6.79 8.55 7.62 -- Aaron Brown -- Toronto, ON 6.97 FS
BOYS Semi
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Event 10 Boys 60 Meter Dash High School =================================================================== National HS: ! 6.57 1999 Casey Combest, Owensboro, KY Meet: # 6.57 1999 Casey Combest, KY 9: % 6.78 2001 Jerald Watson, LA 10: @ 6.67 2007 Jeremy Rankin, CO 11: ^ 6.64 2008 Jeremy Rankin, CO 12: $ 6.57 1999 Casey Combest, KY Name Year School Semis H# =================================================================== Semi-Finals 1 Jermaine Brown 11 brooklyn, NY 6.79q 3 2 Rynell Parson -- San Antonio, TX 6.82q 2 3 Jeremy Rankin 12 Aurora, CO 6.85q 1 4 Kenneth Gilstrap 12 GA, GA 6.87q 3 5 Hunter Furr 12 Winston-Salem, NC 6.94q 3 6 Michael Peavy NJ, NJ 6.97q 3 7 Aaron Brown -- Toronto, ON 6.97q 2 8 Cory Wilkerson 12 Siler City, NC 6.99q 2 9 Cornell Hill -- Baton Rouge, LA 7.00 2 10 Ken Egu 11 Concord, CA 7.00 1 11 Brady Wilson 12 Frederick, MD 7.01 2 12 Antonial Marshall 12 Charlotte, NC 7.02 1 13 Justin Chambers 12 GA, GA 7.02 2 14 Berfrantz Charles 11 NY, NY 7.06 1 15 Donte Shaw 12 Charlotte, NC 7.09 1 16 Kevin Fogg 12 Apex, NC 7.10 3 17 Tyquan Brown 12 Neptune, NJ 7.11 3 18 Melvin Green 12 Detroit, MI 7.11 3 19 Anthony DeJean 11 NY, NY 7.12 1 20 Rashon Evans 11 Irvington, NJ 7.13 1 21 Kadeem Hunter 12 Indianapolis, IN 7.15 2 22 DaSilva Awosika 12 Washington, DC 7.16 1 23 Tristan Akong 12 NY, NY 7.18 2 -- Ronald Duncan 12 Charlotte, NC DNF 3 Preliminaries 25 Chase Wheeler 12 Concord, CA 26 Travey Sinclair 12 Loganville, GA 27 Deon Long 12 Washington, DC 28 Kiree Jabril 11 Long Beach, CA 29 Raldaine McDonald 12 Englewood, NJ 30 Ronnie Ratliff 12 Franklin, NJ 31 Marlon Laidlaw Allen -- Toronto, ON 32 Austin Von Ohlsen 12 Ridgefield, CT 33 Kareem Morris 11 NY, NY 34 Donte Washington 12 Hyattsville, MD 35 Trevor Elie 10 Mechanicsville, VA 36 Kameron White 10 Long Beach, CA 37 Donald Williams, Jr 11 Brooklyn, NY 38 Quincy Davison 12 Conroe, TX 39 Michael Meriwether 11 Upper Marlboro, MD 40 Eric Robinson 10 Indianapolis, IN 41 Kyle Byrdsong 11 Long Beach, CA 42 Kendall Spencer 12 San Mateo, CA 43 Terron Ward 11 Concord, CA 44 Robert Moore 12 Largo, MD 45 Drake Davis 11 Long Beach, CA 46 Cyrus Britt 10 Washington, DC 47 Kaelin Clay 11 Long Beach, CA 48 Eric Williams 11 Indianapolis, IN 49 Anthony Washington 12 Houston, TX 50 Bisal Rahim -- Bowie, MD 51 Jordan Butler 12 Long Beach, CA 52 Marcell Thompson 10 Severn, MD 53 Roderick Simmons 11 Houston, TX 54 Eric Williams 11 Brooklyn, NY 55 Brandon Yellock 12 South Plainfield, N 56 Kyle Baker 11 Bowie, MD 57 Javon Riddick 11 Washington, DC 58 Siafa Massaley 10 Indianapolis, IN
Girls
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Girls 60 Meter Dash High School ================================================================ Sponsor: Crowne Plaza 3 Semi Top 2 Plus Next 2 Fastest Best 24 Advance to Semi Final National HS: ! 7.19 2004 Ashley Owens, Liberty, Colo Sprgs, CO Meet: # 7.26 1998 Angela Williams, CA 9: % 7.49 2007 Ashton Purvis, CA 10: @ 7.29 1999 Alexis Joyce, CO 11: ^ 7.24 2007 Victoria Jordan, TX 12: $ 7.19 2004 Ashley Owens, CO Name Year School Finals 60m 55m ================================================================ Finals 1 2276 Ashton Purvis 11 Oakland, CA 7.43% 6.93 2 2075 Takeia Pinckney 12 GA, GA 7.54 7.00 3 2217 Stormy Kendrick 12 Gastonia, NC 7.58 7.05 4 1983 Jordan Clark 10 Southfield, MI 7.69 7.15 5 2069 Shahira Ehiemua 10 Missouri City,, TX 7.71 7.18 6 691 Dionna Hayes 12 Bladensburg, MD 7.71 7.18 7 1627 Janelle Redhead 12 North York, ON 7.72 7.20 8 2143 TaNay Chandler 12 Suffolk, VA 7.74 7.19
Girls Semi
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