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DONNA ON THE SIDE
at the
New Balance Games
in the NY Armory
The weather outside was frightful, but . . . . well, you know the story. The Games and Donna went on as usual. |
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Woodrow Wilson HS of Camden NJ won the Marty Glickman award, with a check for $10,000 from New Balance.
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Sanctioning Crisis
a battle with many fronts -- and it's growing.
Chris Barnicle is Banned in Boston.
Penn Relays is considering its options.
5th in a series - If you're having trouble keeping up with the many fronts, and faces, of the sanctioning crises in high school sports, then you're not alone. The bottom line is, real kids are being hurt by the disagreements of adults. Don Rich reports
THIS WEEK
News items posted to DyeStat in the week ending Jan 27 |
- 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.
- 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.
New Balance Games
New York Armory Jan 22 - DyeStat on-site coverage |
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57 Nicole Leach 53.48 400m US#1
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The impending blizzard held down attendance, but the meet went on. With fewer heats, the schedule was accelerated and the meet was over by 4 pm. |
Nicole Leach 53.48 400m US#1
West Catholic PA sr Nicole Leach finished in a blanket between two Olympians in the elite women's 400 meters. Ronetta Smith of LSU and Jamaica 53.34, Leach 53.48 and Ieva Zunda of Latvia 53.53. Leach hung with Smith the whole way and staved off the late charge of Zunda.
Mary Liz McCurdy NY 4:52.87 US#1
McCurdy led wire to wire in a seemingly effortless race with splits of 70.8, 2:25.1 and 3:39.8 [Walt Murphy]
Clemore Henry 48.49 400m US#1
Transit Tech NY star was 6th in the elite race but improved on his US#1 ranking.
Mary Saxer 13-0 PV
Lancaster NY sr Mary Saxer, the national record holder at 14-0, cleared 12-0 and 13-0 easily and then missed three times at an Armory record 13-5.5.
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Millrose Mile Fields Set
NEW YORK Jan 22 -- High school mile fields were announced by invitations directors Larry Byrne and Jim Spier for the Millrose Games February 4 at Madison Square Garden. . |
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GIRLS |
CHRIS BARNICLE, Newton North HS, Newtonville, MA
GEARY GUBBINS, Southampton HS, Southampton, NY
CARLOS JAMISON, North Rockland HS, Thiells, NY
ANDREW JESIEN, Walter Johnson HS, Bethesda, MD
ANTHONY LaMASTRO, Pope John XXIII HS, Sparta, NJ
JOHN MARTINEZ, North Rockland HS, Thiells, NY
DAN McMANAMON, Shenendehowa HS, Clifton Park, , NY
MARK RUSSELL, Lockport HS, Lockport, NY
BRYAN SCOTLAND, St. Benedict’s Prep, Newark, NJ |
ROLANDA BELL, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, NY
NICOLE BLOOD, Saratoga Springs HS, Saratoga Springs, NY
SARAH BOWMAN, Fauquier HS, Warrenton, VA
LINDSAY FERGUSON, Saratoga Springs HS, Saratoga Springs, NY
MARY LIZ McCURDY, Bay Shore HS, Bay Shore, NY
KARA McKENNA, Suffern HS, Suffern, NY
KRISTIN REESE, Carmel HS, Carmel, NY
AISLINN RYAN, Warwick Valley HS. Warwick, NY
BRITTANY SHEFFEY, Bellport HS, Brookhaven, NY
DANIELLE TAURO, Southern Regional HS, Manahawkin, NJ |
Nichole Jones - Shopping for Challenges
Texas teen went to the Houston Marathon/Aramco Half Marathon planning
only to shop, but "the hype got to me." The 15-year-old
Westfield Spring TX sophomore came back the next day and ran a stunning
time in the half-marathon, which is twice as far as she had ever run before.
Story by Don Rich |
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| Jones finished the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in 1:21.34, which was good for 15th out of 3,630 women and 90th out of 6,732 runners overall. In outdoor track as a sophomore last year, Jones had bests of 2:13.01 800m, 4:36.31 1500m, 4:54.17 1600m (3rd Texas 5A), 10:11.45 3000m and 10:52.14 3200m. |
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National Rankings Update
DyeStat Elite and DyeStat Honor Roll as of Jan. 20.
The DyeStat national performance list for the indoor season soared past 1,000 this week after 442 performances made the honor roll by meeting the DyeStat Elite cutoffs.
NY Armory Meets on YES
First of a series of telecasts of high school meets at the New York Armory will be the Dec 28 Marine Corps Holiday Classic on the YES network on the dates at right. |
Thu, Jan 20, 9:00pm |
Fri, Jan 21, 7:00am |
Sun, Jan 23, 4:00pm |
Mon, Jan 31, 6:30pm |
Wed, Feb 2, 1:30am |
Tues, Feb 3, 9:00am |
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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.
Meet calendar updates
-- We have updated our meet calendar for 2005 indoor
and outdoor seasons. ATTN meet directors: If we missed your meet, send email
to John Dye.
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