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G-4x400
more from Poly! national record 3:35.55 !!!!!
photo by Errol Anderson
The Beach tide rolls again. Apparently in tough against two Jamaican
teams that had run 3:35 and 3:36 this year, Poly Long Beach CA
was invincible once again. After three fast preliminary legs, it came
down to the anchors of Poly of California and Holmwood Tech
of Jamaica. And Poly's superstar anchor Shalonda Solomon once
more was up to the challenge. Holmwood 3:36.84 moved strongly on the far
turn, but Solomon reacted with fury and won going away with a split of
51.6, fastest ever in the history of the Penn Relays. Poly took down cross
town Long Beach rival Wilson's national record of 3:35.72, setting off
jubilant screams and high fives among the whole Poly delegation. Poly
had flirted with the record last year at 3:35.99, which was the only non-Wilson
mark in the top six all time in Jack
Shepard's HIGH SCHOOL TRACK annual.
G-4x100:
Poly Long Beach
44.96!!!
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Girls 4x100
Super swift Southern California squad overcomes less than perfect
exchanges with Shalonda Solomon's blazing anchor. Solomon streaked
across the finish line (left) almost a second in front of
Holmwood Tech JAM 45.70. Two more Jamaican teams followed -- St. Jago
45.79 and Edwin Allen 46.01 -- before William Penn PA's 46.27, which
continued coach Tim Hickey's streak of 21 years having a team in the
relay championships at Penn. Poly improved on its US#1 season time
of 45.01 set 2 weeks ago at the Arcadia Invitational. Poly stays the
second fastest US team ever with the 3rd fastest time ever. The record
holder is the St. Bernard's Playa del Rey CA team of 1997, which has
the two fastest times including the record of 44.70.
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G-4x800:
Edwin Allen JAM 8:52.59, Poly Long Beach CA 8:58.00
The Jamaican team ran away from the field in the last
two legs. Poly was 1-2 the entire way and ran the fastest US time this
season.
. from left, Gabriel Bournes, Bill Cosby, Samantha Allen,
Briana Powell, Shantae McKinney, coach Clarence Rhone. |
Poly
girls were happy with their race, which broke the school
record they set 2 weeks ago at Arcadia.
Samantha Allen is in close quarters on second leg.
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Girls Discus:
Lindsay Grigoriev
MD 160-5 sets new Penn Relays record.
Boys 4x100 heats: Newburgh
Academy NY 41.72 is fastest. Other fast times: Kingston
JAM 42.08, Winslow NJ 42.06, Dematha
MD 42.16, Deep Creek VA 42.17, Mullen
CO 42.45, Calabar JAM 42.47, Ardenne
JAM 42.49, North Penn PA 42.80, Old
Bridge NJ 42.78, Vere Tech JAM 42.89.
Boys 4x800 heats: Midlothian
VA 7:50.77 is fastest of 12 qualifiers for the final at 2:50
pm Saturday.
Boys DMR, mile, and 3000. Other qualifiers: West Springfield VA
7:52.24, Poly Long Beach CA 7:54.32, North
Penn PA 7:55.22, North Forsyth NC 7:56.32, Holmwood
Tech JAM 7:58.34, Archbishop Carroll DC 7:58.18,
Willingboro NJ 8:00.36, St. Benedict's NJ 8:01.59,
McDonogh School MD 8:02.03, Cumberland Valley
PA 8:02.22, and Lewisburg PA 8:02.41. Fastest
splits: Jermaine Myers JAM 1:55.0, Clay Ragan NC 1:55.8, Adam Thomas PA
1:56.2, Mike Syrmick PA 1:56.5, Taylor Matthews VA 1:56.5, and Andrew
Baker VA 1:56.5.
Boys relay trials in 4x100 and 4x800.
Girls relay finals: 4x100, 4x800, and 4x400.
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