• a new distance peak? - You might have thought the high school distance running resurgence peaked 2 years ago with the graduation of Alan Webb, Dathan Ritzenhein, and Ryan Hall. You would have been wrong. Meet managers are calling this year's AOC boys mile field the best ever assembled, and the girls mile features Ari Lambie, who ran 4:37.23, US#3 all time, in the Massachusetts state meet June 7.
• Michelle Carter - like father, like daughter. Michelle and dad Michael are the first parent-child pair to hold national HS records.
• Boys - Pete Cava's event by event analysis
• Girls - Ricky Quintana's event by event analysis

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USA Junior Nationals
June 19-22 at Palo Alto CA

The best athletes under age 20 compete for spots on Team USA at the Pan American Junior Championships at Barbados July 17-19. Top preps and college freshmen generally make up the team, which is drawn from the top 2 finishers in the Junior Nationals.

Top 10 junior national qualifiers by position

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California DyeStatCal
complete coverage of the Golden State by Rich Gonzalez and Doug Speck

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).

Idaho
Julene Bailey 13-6 - Nampa ID senior claims US#1 in pole vault at Bandanna Open, with a near miss trying for a national record at 13-8.25. Bailey is now tied with Chelsea Johnson as US#2 all time (Shayla Ballentine has the record at 13-8 in 2001).

Illinois
Illinois Boys State Meet
Thornwood South Holland wins Class AA, Leo Chicago wins Class A
41 DyeStat Elite performances.

Indiana
Indiana State Meet - DyeStat coverage by Pete Cava & Kurt Freudenthal
Girls - Saturday
Liz Honneger, Katie Harrington, Brianna Cunningham and Shauntel Elcock double; 5 meet records; sprinters lead Northrop Fort Wayne to 4th straight championship.
Boys - Friday
Christian Wagner has brilliant double 4:07.11 and 8:55.92, both over Nef Araia within 3 hours. Wagner just misses legendary Rudy Chapa's 3200m record. Brandys Green doubles 13.97 and 37.47. Ben Davis HS doubles 41.57 and 3:17.96. Brebeuf Jesuit HS 7:47.29 (Lawrence North 7:47.41 - 6 teams under 7:50). Lawrence North wins 3rd straight title. 35 DyeStat Elite performances.

Kentucky
Kentucky State Meet
Andy Fryman has big throws double: 65-07.50 US#2 and 194-11. Chip Heuser 16-0 PV. Bobby Curtis triples 1:54.93 800m, 4:18.56 1600m, and 9:12.19 3200m.

Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Meet
Ari Lambie 4:37.23 mile!
3rd fastest all time (Polly Plumer 4:35.24 and Kim Gallagher 4:36.94, both in 1982). An hour later, Lambie made up 100 meters in a 2:06.2 anchor split to help her team win cf the 4x800 relay.
Ari Lambie said before the race, "It depends how I feel," whether she would run for time or just for the win. "She must have felt great," John Carroll writes in his meet highlights.
Team champions:
Boys: St. John's Prep Danvers 46
Girls: Hopkinton HS 34 (Amherst-Pelham 32)

Michigan
Michigan State Meet
Nikki Bohnsack's triple led Rockford to the Division 1 girls title on a cool windy day over Ann Harbor Pioneer. Bohnsack doubled in the 1600 / 3200 in 4:55.06 and 10:57.03 and anchored the winning 4x800. 74 DyeStat Elite performances

Minnesota
Minnesota State Meet Complete results now posted
Day 1
Sizzling girls 3200m is won by Maple Grove jr Lisa Waananen 10:29.94 over Hopkins jr Shannon Bergstedt 10:30.77, with Coon Rapids jr Heidi Lindeman third in 10:38.40. Liz Podominick 153-0 DT. Nate Englin 61-6.75 SP. Mounds View soph Hannah Skildrum 5-8 HJ.

Minnesota
Sam Vazquez 4:05.46 - Florida runner, signed for Arkansas, throws his spikes in the ring of elite milers of the season by finishing third in the mile at the Minnesota Distance Classic 6/7 at Macalester College, St. Paul Mn.
1 Brad Lowery, 20, Pierre, SD, South Dakota State 4:03.96
2 Matt Gabrielson, 24, St. Paul, MN, Team U S A Minnesota 4:04.06
3 Sam Vasquez, 19, Palm Court, FL, Flagler Palm Coast Hs 4:05.46
4 Andy Downin, 30, Fitchburg, WI, Nike 4:06.05

Missouri
Missouri State Meet
Makeatha Cooper doubles in hurdles, 14.38 and 42.83. Domenik Peterson doubles 11.00 -1.5 and 46.81. Eureka soph Shannon Leinert 2:09.88 800m. Josh Harper doubles 9:20.11 and 7:48.55 4x800 (1:51.9 split).

New Jersey
New Jersey Meet of Champions - spectacular performances
Winslow boys 3:10.70 4x400 US#2 (Humble TX 3:10.69), Willingboro 3:11.24 US#5. John Richardson double 1:51.62 and 4:09.20. Irving Stills 13.89 110H (Basil Campbell 13.89). Basil Campbell 52.47 400H US#2. Anthony Miles 24-3.25 LJ. Mike Morrison 7-0 HJ, 24-3 LJ, 46+ split in 4x400. Bo Lawson 193-6 jav, Paul Rosiak 192-4.
Porscha Dobson 13.50 100H US#3. Jenna Harris triple 11.74, 23.87, and 18-10.75. Amanda Trotter double 4:52.73 (Casey Nelson 4:53.73) and 10:45.90. Okechi Ogbuokiri 54.19. Winslow freshman Krystal Cantey 1:00.74 400H US#6.
89 DyeStat Elite performances in Meet of Champions
NJ Group Championships -- 111 DyeStat Elite performances and complete results

New York
New York State Meet June 6-7 at Endicott NY - Complete Results
Day 1 - 33 DyeStat Elite performances
Hakon DeVries 8:58.50 wins 3200m duel with Brian Dalpiaz 8:59.93.Elzie Coleman 46.76 (Melville Rogers 47.18, Keith Hinnant 47.22). Gabriel McLaren 53.47 400H (Verrol Jackson 53.77). Andrew Park 16-2 PV. Felipe Reyes 24-3.75 LJ. Derek McGuire 183-6 DT.
Nicole Blood 9:46.18 runs away with girls 3000m. Riverhead soph Ellen Dougherty 2:10.82 800m. Dominique Blake 55.39. Katy Schlichtman 1:01.57 400H. Carol Scalice 18-9.5 LJ. Taneisha Cantave 39-1.5. Clyde freshman Quayona Carithers won the Div II triple jump at 38-9.75. Britany Pryor 43-6.5 SP.

North Carolina
Louisville KY sr Bobby Curtis 2:24.79 breaks national record for 1000 meters (2:25.5 by Tom Carroll in 1957) Fire on the Track "Pre Memorial" meet at Mt. Tabor HS, Winston Salem NC. With an intermittent light rain falling, Curtis took the lead from the gun and fought off the late challenge of Mt. Tabor sr Matt DeBole. Results: Bobby Curtis - 2:24.79, Matt DeBole - 2:25.76, Clay Ragan - 2:29.26, Doug Noreen - 2:32.79, Jason Newman - 2:40.57. Curtis splits: 29.1, 28.8 [57.9], 29.6 [1:27.5], 28.5 [1:56.0], and 28.8.

Ohio
Ohio State Meet Complete Results posted
Spectacular 4x800 - must be one of deepest state meet relays ever
North Canton Hoover 7:41.74 4x800 is Ohio record and US#1 this season, with three more US top 5 teams finishing in the next 65 seconds -- Wadsworth 7:42.21 US#2, Hilliard Davidson 7:42.78 US#4 and St. Xavier Cincinnati 7:42.79 US#5.
Glenville Cleveland wins Div 1 boys title behind Ted Ginn's hurdle double (13.84 and 36.73) and 4x400 relay leg (3:14.57).
Tianna Madison quad (11.72, 24.02, 20-5.75 and 47.12 4x100 leg) leads Elyria 41 to Div 1 girls championship, trumping Maggie Infeld triple (2:12.52, 4:49.40, and 9:07.91 4x800 leg) for Beaumont Cleveland Heights 34
Jeff See 4:06.81 1600m is still another sub-4:10 miler.
Sunni Olding triple (4:53.69, 10:50.32 and 9:22.15 4x800 leg) leads Minster to Div 3 title.
Derek Hoye 1:50.64 800m US#4.

Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Meet
Freshman Samantha Gawrych wins 4 golds, including state record 2:11.71 800m, on a day "better suited for ducks."

Texas
Rice All Comers
Laporte TX sr Kerron Clement 50.56 US#1 wins 400m hurdles over international competition in fastest high school time of the season. High schoolers also won two other events: Erik Stanley 4:17.71 mile and Brittany Brockman 2:19.39 800m.

Tennessee
Tennessee State Meet
Memphis Central sr Dominique Smith soars 49-10 to break state TJ record.
Knoxville West sr Dusty Miller triples 1:54.46, 4:19.72, and 9:32.92.
Christian Brothers sr Anthony Chiulli doubles 1:54.30 and 4:15.04.
Memphis East sr Marqita Davis triples 12.09, 24.55 and 55.30.

Washington
Washington-Oregon All Stars at Vancouver WA
Tommy Skipper misses national record again. Sandy OR senior opens pole vault at 17-0 and then raises bar to 18-2.5 to try for a new national record (18-2.25 Eric Eshbach TX 1999). His second try was close, but he bailed out on the first and third tries. Skipper will try again at the Golden West Invitational Sunday 6/15.

Wisconsin
108th Wisconsin State Meet Complete results now posted
Highlights by Mark Rongstad,  Wisconsin High School Track and Field
The best boys high school distance runner to ever come out of Wisconsin, Stevens Point senior Chris Solinsky, just missed Gabe Jennings 1600 meter state record while winning the Division 1 race, in a PR at 4:05.25. Solinsky also won the 3200 meters and placed 3rd in the 800 meters.
Junior Antonio Freeman of Wauwatosa West: captured three gold medals in Division 1 as he won the 100 (10.66) and 200 (21.64), and ran the anchor leg on the winning 800 relay team (1:28.85).
The top 2 weightmen in the state had solid state meets. In D1, Joe Thomas (Brookfield Central senior) won the shot and set a PR of 185-6 while winning the discus. In D2, Gavin Ball (Monona Grove senior) set a D2 state record with his 192-1 discus win and he also won the shot.
Liza Lewis, Ashwaubenon senior, set a state record and all-time best with her 12-6 vault on Friday. Wauwatosa West junior Anne McLaughlin cleared 5-9 to win the D1 high jump. Catholic Memorial senior Brittany Grayson ran top-50 times in the hurdles while winning the 100 (14.72 seconds) and 300 (45.30). Stoughton's Anna Monsen won her 4th straight D1 100 meter title overcoming a painful hamstring injury.

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District of Columbia
Washington DC championships
Ballou Boys and Wilson Girls repeat as champions - Marco Aguilar triple, Andria Smallwood quad earn MVP awards

Ballou freshman sensation Andria Smallwood (right) wins four: 12.23 100m, 24.54 200m, 54.83 400m, and 44.73 300H