Vin Lananna leaves
Stanford - Stanford University track
and cross country coach Vin Lananna, who has recruited so many high
school distance runners to Palo Alto, is leaving Stanford after
11 years to become athletic director and professor of physical education
at Oberlin College in Ohio. Oberlin
College announcement - Stanford University announcement
Post
Season Best Marks -
There have been hundreds of performances in the post season meets
that qualify for DyeStat Elite top 100 national rankings. We list
these separately here as they are entered in the database:
- AOC Raleigh - an
amazing 463 DyeStat Elite performances.
NEW:
Donna on the Side
at AOC Raleigh
130 pix of the sideline scenes
from Texas: Leonel Manzano and Alandra Sherman
Sam
Vazquez 3:46.47 1500m
Running more then 3 seconds faster than his runner-up time at the
USA Junior Nationals last week,
Florida HS senior Sam Vazquez finished third in the Boston
High Performance series at Bentley College 6/28. Details
Post-Season
Pix Pages -
with the rush of big meets and great performances, we piled up a
huge backlog of action photos to process from Golden
West, AOC Raleigh,
Golden South., and
USA Nationals. Here are
the latest pix pages uploaded as we catch up:
Ari
Lambie
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Molly
Huddle
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- USA
Jr Triple Jump
- four women fight it out beyond 42 feet.
- USA
Jr 3000
- Molly Huddle runs all alone to meet record
- USA
Jr 1500 - Ari Lambie cruises in US#12 all
time time.
- USA Jr MVP
Shalonda Solomon doubles in 100m
and 200m.
- USA
Jr 110H - Kenneth Ferguson starts MVP double,
and James Logan CA's Kevin Craddock breaks US
sophomore class record.
- USA
Jr 5000 - Colorado freshman Bill Nelson led
almost the entire race, but it was far from boring when Portland
OR high school junior Galen Rupp took the lead
with 700 meters to go. Nelson roared back in front 200 meters
later and closed with a 58.5 second last lap to win going away.
- USA
Jr 1500 - 2002's best HS miler Chris Lukezic,
now running for Georgetown, repeats, and AOC Raleigh champ Sam
Vazquez rallies late to get second.
National
rankings
Jim
Spier's Top 5
- See the latest national leaders in Jim's June
11 update.
US Junior List
- top 10 qualifiers for USA
Junior Nationals June 17-22 at Stanford - updated June 12
Gourley's
list - Hammer Throw rankings
updated June 9. Kristen Callan takes over girls top spot; Nick
Owens still leads boys.
DyeStat
Elite - May
30 list has 3,129 performances from 370 meets ranked. Database
now includes 4,381 performances (only the best performance in an
event is ranked). Last HS meet is over - now we will catch up on
the database. All emails and all state meets will be included.
Roth's
Race Walk -- updated June
11
This
Week
major meets
around the country and highlights from the states |
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California
DyeStatCal
complete coverage of the Golden State by Rich Gonzalez and
Doug Speck
Cross country previews already
starting.
Most
Oustanding athletes in USA
Junior Nationals
Shalonda Solomon, Kenneth Ferguson, and Molly Huddle
- photo by Victah Sailer
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Allyson
Felix
runs to Paris
Third place finish in senior USA Nationals 200
puts Los Angeles Baptist HS senior on Team USA
for the senior World Outdoor Championships in
Paris in August.
Allyson
Felix
Named outstanding athletes of the junior division,
which will send a US team to the Pan American
Games in Barbados next month, were Poly Long Beach
CA jr Shalonda Solomon (100-200
double), U. South Carolina fr Kenneth
Ferguson (110-400 hurdle double), and
Notre Dame fr Molly Huddle (meet
record 9:19.52 in the 3000 meters).
photo by John Dye |
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New
Yorkers (Syosset and Bay Shore) enjoyed a top down day
in California
photo by John Dye (substituting for Donna on the
side) |
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College
Choices
College Choices
2003 updated 5/21 with 930 choices now listed. Send email on other
choices to John Dye with name, high
school, college choice, your connection to the athlete, and a way to verify
the information. Some noteworthy new choices:
Amber Harper UT - Foot Locker finalist,
Great Southwest double winner - Brigham Young
Dominique Zeigler TX - 25-10 LJ, Great Southwest champ - Baylor
Carson Schmiett WA - 48.3 400m, 1:53 800m - Pennsylvania
Tommy Skipper OR - 17-7 PV, Nike Indoor champ - Oregon
Dan Deichert NJ - NJ 3200m champ 2002 - Penn State
Alex Clayton CO - CO 4A champ XC, 800, 1600 - Iowa State
Matt Munoz TX - 3rd TX AAA 3200m - Texas
Mark Teter TX - 46.15 400m TX 5A champ - Baylor
Last
Week
GWI
Golden
West Invitational
June 15, Sacramento State University,
Sacramento CA
DyeStat on-site with John Dye
many more action pictures coming
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both
pole vault records fall in same day -
Kira Costa 13-8.5! Tommy Skipper 18-3!
plus
Shalonda Solomon - Bobby Curtis - Zoe Nelson - Olympia FL
boys - Duane Solomon - Billie Jo Grant - Johnsie Liles - Cedric
Goodman |
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Ari
Lambie - Sam Vazquez - Red Bank NJ girls - Winslow Twp NJ boys
- Theodore Ginn and Glenville OH boys - Shana Cox - Katya Kostetskaya
- Scott Sellers - Erica McLain - Andy Fryman - Davidson Hilliard
OH boys - Saratoga NY girls - Christian Wagner - Vineland NJ
boys - Skyline Dallas TX girls - Bay Shore NY girls - Juanita
Broaddus |
SteveU's
Saturday Distance report 800
winners go hard from the start; Lambie runs away from everyone;
Vazquez seizes opportunity when Magness fades; Trotter titanesses
close with record DMR; Saline MI makes no-name boys DMR a thriller;
NM's Urbina wins first steeple try; Heather Iatauro wins girls
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Connecticut
Connecticut
Open Championships - June 10 at Willowbrook
Park
Wilbur Cross girls, Bloomfield boys
win team titles. Meghan Owen doubles 2:14.78 and
4:57.88. Chrissy McDevitt gets hurdles double in
14.45 and 44.56. Kory Sheets doubles 10.72 and
21.82. Matthew Lawrence 48-08.50 TJ. Dan Wilson
wins elite exhibition mile in 4:01.16 (Karl Savage 4:01.79, Alan
Webb 4:02.70).
58th
New England Championships - June
14 at New Britain CT
Gawrych - Young - Sherman
- 30 DyeStat Elite performances
Girls - Freshman Samantha Gawrych won
the 800m in 2:11.96, edging fellow Rhode Islander Carolyn Yates
2:12.55, and also helps Westerly RI win 4x400 relay
in 3:53.73. MA soph Kate Sherman doubles 14.34
-1.0 100H and 5-8 HJ. NH sr Catherine Bryson 4:59.92
1600m. MA jr Amber Sayer 10:51.27 3200m. MA jr
Colleen Farley 44.15 300H. Keene NH girls
9:23.59 4x800. CT jr Tahari James 39-4 TJ. NH sr
Jessica Cegarra 43-3.5 SP.
Boys - RI sr Bobby Young triples 10.93.
21.76 and 47.51. ME jr Ben True 4:12.28 1600m (Reynolds
Chapman 4:12.99). MA jr James Myles 14.19 110H
(Yudehweh Gbaa 14.24). MA sr Jean Morisset 7-1.25
HJ.
Ohio
Midwest
Meet of Champions
Michigan girls, Ohio boys win
team titles. Candace Davis MI 13.94 100H. Tiffany
Brenneman IN doubles 5:01.37 1600m and 10:52.47 3200m.
Jennifer Ogbuehi OH 42.94 300H. Nate Matthews
OH doubles in hurdles 14.24 and 38.20. Eric Speer
OH 1:53.93 800m. Jason Craig OH 21.30
+0.1 200m. Dave Henderson OH 173-3 DT. Michelle
Rossio OH 145-1 DT. Tyler Buss OH 6-8
HJ. Lorian Price IN 18-8.75 LJ. Delores
Hughley MI 43-1 SP. Tyler Miller IN 58-6.75
SP. Sarah Chrzanowski MI 11-5 PV. Ryan
Schipper IN 15-6 PV,
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Featured Meets
Meets that are covered in depth by DyeStat in
2002-2003
* = DyeStat on-site meet
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