• • New Balance Games - Snow-shortened, but still great. US#1 marks by Nicole Leach 53.48 400m, Mary Liz McCurdy 4:52.87 mile, and Clemore Henry 48.49 400m.
  • Maine - Cassie Hintz 10:40.94 2-mile US#1
  • Yale Day 2 - Saratoga NY girls add big wins in 800, mile and 3000m.
  • Washington State Open - Rashad Toussaint WA 48-8.75 US#1.
  • Carl Lewis Inv TX -Three US#1's, Five US#2's in big opening in Texas... and Scott Sellers boasts one of each.
  • Eastern Challenge NC - J-Mee Samuels 6.24 55m US#1
  • PG County MD Championships - Two US#1 marks posted by C.H. Flowers athletes - Afolabi Aromire 1:05.38 500m and Brett Brown 7.55 55H.
  • Jared Huske quad in Kansas features 7.45 55H US#1.
  • Nicole Smith, McDowell, US#2 HJ 5-09, US#8 18-07.25 LJ - Clarence Smith, Coatesville, US#3 TJ 46-07.75 in PA week.

• CT - Yale Track Classic
  Saratoga NY girls 11:47.29 DMR is US#3 all time on Day One, then follow that up with five ranked individual runs on Day Two.
  Jim Spier reports:
  Saratoga's DMR record attempt fell short, but they still managed the third fastest time ever run for that race.  The team of Lindsay Ferguson, Alysha Mc Roy, Caitlin Lane and Nicole Blood clocked a meet record 11:47.29.  Scotia-Glenville, NY was second in 12:04.64 (#2 US), Westerly (RI) got a state record time of 12:13.28 (with a 4:55.2 anchor by Samantha Gawrych) as the first 8 teams broke 12:30. Saratoga's splits:     Lindsay Ferguson    3:36.0 (30.3, 63.5, 1:39.6, 2:17.3, 2:56.5)     Alysha Mc Elroy     62.5     Caitlin Lane            2:16.9     Nicole Blood          4:51.9 (2:17.0, 2:56.9) The boys race was not as fast, comparatively, but was highly competitive.  Syosset (10:27.57), anchored by Sean Tully, edged Burnt Hills (10:27.96), Seton Hall Prep (NJ) (10:27.97) and Niskayuna (10:28.19), as less that .7 seconds separated the first four.  Day Two: Saratoga plows through 800, mile and 3000 with US ranked times. Nicole Blood 2:16.08 US#4, Caitlin Lane 4:59.64 US#7, Hannah Davidson 5:05.98, Lindsey Ferguson 9:53.31 US#2 and Alysha McElroy 10:21.18 US#8.
• AL - Hoover Indoor Classic - Priceville - Elisabeth Molen, 10:57.91 3200 US#5, E.C. Gibbs, 1:56.37 800, 4:20.1 1600.
• KS Kansas State U. HS Invitational - HIghland Park Topeka KS sr Jared Huske won four events, including a US#1 55H in 7.45. Also 6.50 55m, 22.70 200m and 3:31.72 4x400 (KC Sprinters Elite). Also: Millard North NE jr Cassie Styers 5-7 HJ, Darcie Schmitz 18-3 LJ, Kayla Smith 41-2.25..
• MA - After a fast mile (4:15.30) at Albuquerque last week, Foot Locker national champ Ken Cormier travels east to Boston for the first of two straight weekends -- Greater Boston Track Club Invitational at Harvard this weekend and the Boston Indoor Games junior mile next week.
• MA - Massachusetts Coaches Relays at the Reggie Lewis Center.
• MD - MIAA State Championship - Prince George's Sportsplex - Darrius Heyward-Bey, 12 McDonogh School 6.35 55m US#2.
• MD Prince George's County Championships -
  Girls - E.Roosevelt wins 176 points, Largo 2nd 112, C.H.Flowers 3rd 41
  Track MVP -Michaylin Golladay-Largo 40 points 55m 7.12, 55H 8.25, 300m 39.68, LJ 17-3.5. Field MVP- Heather Patton, Flowers TJ 36-0, HJ 5-2. 300m Meakes, Roosevelt 40.56, Takecia Jameson 40.77
  Boys - E.Roosevelt wins 123 points, C.H. Flowers 2nd 89, Oxon Hill 3rd 52. Track MVP - Afolabi Aromire, Flowers 300m 34.56, 500m 1:05.38
  Field MVP - Godson Akinnawo, High Point LJ 21-11, HJ 6-4. 55H Brett Brown, Flowers 7.55
• ME Eastern Maine Indoor League - Old Town ME jr Cassie Hintz 10:40.94 2-mile US#1. You might say she ran all alone, winning by 2:27, except that she had to lap the nearest runners several times.
• NC - Eastern HS Challenge at UNC Chapel Hill. Snowstorm kept many away, but good performances were still achieved.
  Mt Tabor NC sr J-Mee Samuels 6.24 55m US#1.
  Clayton NC soph Johnny Dutch 7.56p 55H US#2
  Thomas Dale VA sr Dennis Boone 24-5.75 LJ (Boone is already US#1 at 24-8.5 earlier).
• NY - Colgate Women's Games Week #4
• NV - 15th Pole Vault Summit in Reno replaces gambling pits with vaulting pits in the Hilton Hotel. High School results.
• PA Week by Don Rich - Nicole Smith, McDowell, US#2 HJ 5-09, US#8 18-07.25 LJ - Clarence Smith, Coatesville, US#3 TJ 46-07.75.
• TX - Carl Lewis Invitational - U. of Houston.
  Three US#1's, Five US#2's in big opening in Texas... and Scott Sellers boasts one of each.
  • Cinco Ranch Katy TX sr Scott Sellers 7-3 HJ US#1 and 23-11 LJ US#2
  • Wayne Hobley LA 6.84 60m US#1
  • Donald Buckram, Jr. Five Hills TFC 6.91 60m US#2
  • Tenille Wilson AL 7.52 60m US#1
  • Bianca Knight MS 24.46 200m US#2
  • Candis Kelley TX 45-2.5 SP US#2
  • Leeandra Robinson TX 8.71 60H US#2
• WA Washington State Open - West Valley Spokane sr Rashad Toussaint 48-8.75 US#1, beating the old #1 by nearly two feet.

2 more standout runners enter Junior Invitational Miles at Boston Indoor
Shenendehowa NY jr Dan McManamon and Towson Catholic MD soph Devon Williams have been added to the field for the Junior Invitational Miles at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games at Reggie Lewis Center on Jan. 29. McManamon has the fastest mile of the indoor season (4:14.28). Williams was the national athlete of the year for the 2004 indoor season as a freshman and she has already set a new national record this season in the 500 meters (1:11.44). With deep fields for both boys and girls, the new Junior Invitational Mile is set to be one of the best in the country in its inaugural year. The reigning Foot Locker Cross Country national champions, Kenneth Cormier and Aislinn Ryan, and Saratoga NY star Nicole Blood headline a field of elite international runners.

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