Invitational Division Event Summary
Schedule, winners, and comments
Boys - Girls | Complete Results | Friday photo album |
All relays except 4x100, 4x400, and DMR are Friday night. All other events are Saturday. Invitational races have the fastest entry marks. Next fastest are Seeded, Rated, and Open in that order.
Boys
Event |
Event Number, Time, Winner |
Comment |
100 |
- #135 Seed 631p - Ronnie Drummer 12, N. Salinas 10.64 +0.4
- #136 Inv 635p - Garland West 11, Cypress 10.3h +0.5
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200 |
- #158 Seed 902p - Ronnie Drummer 12, N. Salinas 21.90
- #159 Inv 906p - Elzie Coleman 12, Newburgh NY 21.49
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Coleman doubles easily (400) |
400 |
- #148 Seed 746p - Lindsay Allen 12, Moorpark 48.19
- #149 Inv 751p - Elzie Coleman 12, Newburgh NY 46.25
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Coleman 46.25, the indoor national record holder, bounced back from last week's loss in Mobile by winning handily over Ted Ginn OH 47.57 and Derrick Jones CA 48.25. |
800 |
- #139 Inv 700p - Dan Hutson 12, Alta UT 1:51.79
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Hutson wasn't considered one of the favorites, but he ran like one. |
Mile |
- #127 Seed 605p - A.J. Acosta 10, El Camino 4:12.85 (1600m)
- #128 Inv 613p - Ryan Deak 11, Smoky Hill CO 4;:12.22
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Deak beat Mead WA jr Laef Barnes 4:13.13. The race was one big pack until Deak came out of the pack on the backstretch of lap 3 and went through three quarters in 3:11. Barnes, the national indoor leader, moved on top on the backstretch of lap 4 and appeared the winner until Deak came back in the stretch to win. "I knew something was going on when I heard the crowd roar," Barnes said. |
2-Mile |
- #150 Seed 800p - Andrew Tachias 12, Covina 9:09.72 (3200m)
- #160 Inv 912p - Andrew Bumbalough 11, Brentwood TN 8:49.87
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Last year's 3200m was called the greatest 8 lapper ever in the US, with 11 runners under 9 minutes and 31 under 9:20. This year, as the event was stretched 18 meters to a full 2 miles, there were 6 under 9:00. With 3.2 second adjustments, there were 10 under 9 minutes at metric distance and 29 under 9:20. Almost as good as 2003. In the Invitational 2-mile, favored Shadrack Kiptoo NM 8:52.56 ended pack running by taking the lead on the fifth lap. But Bumbalough took command on the 7th lap and pulled away convincingly. |
110H |
- #129 Seed 621p - Matt Reuter 12, Damien 14.92
- #130 Inv 626p - Kevin Craddock 11, Logan CA 13.93
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Ted Ginn OH, national champion at AOC Raleigh last year, saved himself for relays, and Craddock won easily. |
300H |
- #151 Seed 815p - Kevin Ahlstrom 11, Los Alamitos 38.86
- #152 Inv 819p - Brian Payne 12, Trabuco Hills 37.75
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Payne edged top seed Marquis Profit by 0.01. |
HJ |
- #145 730p - Mathew Turner 12, Chaffey 6-8
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LJ |
- #117 530p - Felipe Reyes 12, Christian Brothers NY 23-10.5 +0.8
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National indoor leader travels west successfully. |
TJ |
- #147 745p - Nkosinza Balumbu 11, Logan 49-8.5 +1.9.
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National leader improves on his US#1 mark. |
PV |
- #119 545p - Todd Rodenbaugh 12, Mountain View 15-7
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Rodenbaugh wins on tie breakers over Dustin Deleo and Matt Tillinghast. |
SP |
- #131 630p - Matt Wauters 12, Bainbridge WA 62-10.5
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US#2 shot putter wins. |
DT |
- #114 400p - Nate Rolfe 12, Inglemoor WA 204-0
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Rolfe lets his first throw stand against still competition (Ed Cornell 203-5, Dan Schaerer 198-5, Wes Stockbarger 196-7, and Matt Gray 195-4. |
4x100 |
- #120 Seed 540p - Mission Viejo CA 42.92
- #121 Inv 544p - Glenville Cleveland OH 41.84
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Ohio football star (national defensive player of the year) and sprinter/hurdler (national 110H champ at AOC Raleigh last June) Ted Ginn led Glenville over Poly Long Beach 41.89. |
4x200 |
- #5 Open 601p - Covina 1:32.79
- #6 Rated 606p - Lakewood 1:31.39
- #7 Seeded 611p - Glenville OH "B" 1:29.17
- #8 Inv 616p - Glenville OH "A" 1:26.00
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Glenville's "A" team had a clear led after two legs and needed no heroics from anchor Ted Ginn. Elzie Coleman anchored Newburgh. |
4x400 |
- #164 Seed 955p - Fairfield 3:20.62
- #165 Inv 1001p - Poly Long Beach CA 3:16.94
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A three-way finish between great anchors was the final treat of the meet in the 165th event. It took the photo finish crew 10 minutes to decide between Poly Long Beach CA and Glenville OH. They finally found 2 thousandths of a second of separation with Poly 3:16.940 and Glenville 3:16.942. Poly Derrick Jones charged up the stretch to get the win over Glenville's Ted Ginn. Newburgh NY 3:17.42 was third after Elzie Coleman made up a bunch of ground from fifth place at the exchange. |
4x800 |
- #3 Seed 539p - Harvard-Westlake CA 8:08.04
- #4 Inv 505p - Upland CA 7:52.50
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After Upland led comfortably through two legs, Shenendehowa took over on the third leg, but could not draw away. Upland's anchor surged in front on the backstretch of the last lap. |
4xMile |
- #28 Rated 925p -
- #24 Seed 756p - Corona 18:15.65
- #25 Inv 818p - Don Lugo CA 17:23.67
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Don Lugo CA shook off Shenendehowa NY at the end of the second leg and cruised home. Royal Simi Valley CA finished fast for third. |
800 SMR |
- #21 735p - Glenville Cleveland OH 1:31.28
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Glenville claims two wins in the Friday night session. |
1600 SMR |
- #19 Seed 721p - Etiwanda 3:38.16
- #20 Inv 728p - Poly Long Beach CA 3:27.86
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:Poly boys are good too. |
DMR |
- #161 927p - Don Lugo CA 10:16.94
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Just when Shenendehowa NY 10:17.89 seemed to be cruising to victory, Don Lugo anchor made up 30 meters in the last 300 meters to win, 10:16.94 to 10:17.89. It was a nice double for Don Lugo, which won the 4xMile relay Friday night.. |
Shuttle
Hurdle |
- #12 Open 639p - Alhambra 1:07.14
- #13 Rated 644p - Redlands 1:04.70
- #14 Seed 649p - Eldorado 1:05.44
- #15 Inv 654p - James Logan CA 1:00.70
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Girls
Event |
Event Number, Time, Winner |
Comment |
100 |
- #133 Seed 650p - Patrice White 12, John Muir CA 12.07
- #134 Inv 655p - Shalonda Soloman 12, Poly Long Beach CA 11.50 +0.7.
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The top three speedsters in the US were here, and they finished 1-2-3. Solomon turned the tables on Jazmin Baldwin 11.54, who won a photo finish over Solomon last week. Jennifer Nash 11.58 was third. It was the three fastest times in the US this season. |
200 |
- #156 Seed 854p - Shana Solomon 11, Poly Long Beach 24.72
- #157 Inv 858p - Jazmin Baldwin 12, Bishop Amat 23.83
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Baldwin edges Jennifer Nash 23.92 |
400 |
- #143 Seed 736p - Lorraine King 11, J.W. North 55.92
- #144 Inv 741p - Nicole Leach 11, West Catholic PA 53.58
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National indoor leader Leach won convincingly in the fastest time in the US outdoors this year. |
800 |
- #140 Seed 705p - Renisha Robinson 9, Arch Mitty 2:15.09
- #141 Inv 711p - Latavia Thomas 10, West Cathollic PA 2:07.51.
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Maryland wunderkind Devon Williams, leading 800m girl in the US indoors (2:06.48 for a freshman class national record), did ndot show. Thomas ended Mountain View UT sr Heidi Magill's 2-year reign in this event. Magill was second in 2:08.74. It was the two fastest times in the US this season. |
Mile |
- Seed - Maddie McKeever 11, Heritage 4:55.12 (1600m)
- #126 Inv 557p - Haley Paul 12, Desert Vista AZ 4:51.83
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Paul wins wide open race with late charge. |
2 Mile |
- #142 720p - Katelyn Kaltenbach 11, Smoky Hill CO 10:20.39 (Zoe Nelson 11, Flathead MT 10:23.70)
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Kaltenbach and Nelson, the last two Foot Locker cross country national champions, waged a pulsating duel, running within a step of each other the entire race while taking turns on the lead. Nelson led late, but Kaltenbach surged in front at the bell, only to have Nelson surge in front on the backstretch. Kaltenbach then surged last on the turn and held the advantage through the stretch. They ran the fastest two times of the season. |
100H |
- #133 Seed 621p - Katie Kirst 12, Valencia 14.77 -0.9
- #134 Inv 635p - Talia Stewart 12, Logan CA 14.36
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2003 national leader and Texas Relays champ Alandra Sherman was a late scratch. Stewart was given the nod over Poly Long Beach sr Dashanta Harris in a true photo finish, with both timed in 14.36. J. W. North sr Gayle Hunter was third in 14.42. |
300H |
- #153 Seed 824p - Shevell Quinley 11, Merrill West 43.45
- #154 Inv 829p - Shana Woods 10, Poly Long Beach 42.70
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Easy win for Woods. |
HJ |
- #116 500p - Desirae Gonder 10, Stockdale CA 5-7
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Gonder won tie breakers over Bethany Johnson 5-7. |
LJ |
- #146 745p - Gayle Hunter 12, J.W. North CA 20-7.75.
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Hunter beat same field that was in TJ. |
TJ |
- #118 530p - Erica McLain 12, Plano East TX 43-0.5 +2.0
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McLain continues her fine season by beating a stellar field. Brittany Daniels CA 42-7 +1.4, Gayle Hunter CA 41-10.5 +2.6, and Jamesha Youngblood 40-1.5 +0.9. |
PV |
- #124 600p - Meagan Bauer 12, Gering NE 12-7 (Katie Morgan AZ 12-7)
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Bauer won a gruelling tie breaker that went down below 12 feet before the issue was decided. |
SP |
- #115 430p - Megan Howard 12, Arroyo Grande CA 48-4
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The national leader at 50-3.5 wins here. |
DT |
- #132 630p - Missy Faubus 12, Centennial Bakersfield 170-1
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Second in shot, Faubus was big winner here. |
4x100 |
- #122 Seed 548p - El Camino CA 48.41
- #123 Inv 552p - Poly Long Beach CA 44.95
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Polly juggernaut rolls on. |
4x200 |
- #9 Rated 621p - Redlands 1:51.85
- #10 Seed 626p - A.A. Stagg 1:45.55
- #11 Inv 631p - Poly Long Beach CA 1:33.87 USR
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Powerful Poly turned the usually competitive event into a rout with a national record performance. |
4x400 |
- #162 Seed 943p - J.W. North CA 3:50.96
- #163 Inv 949p - Poly Long Beach CA 3:36.43
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Another crushing victory for Poly (7 second margin) in the sixth fastest time ever in the US and less than a second off Poly's own national record 3:35.55 set last year. |
4x800 |
- #1 Seed 515p - Galena 9:40.90
- #2 Inv 527p - Poly Long Beach CA 9:14.41
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Poly showed it is more than just sprinters, winning with three undergrads in a see saw battle with Archbishop Mitty 9:17.13. Reno 9:21.96 was third in a Nevada state record and Murrietta Valley 9:24.65 fourth. |
4xMile |
- #26 Seed 839p - Buchanan CA 22:24.21
- #27 Inv 902p - Ventura CA 20:46.50
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Reno led after Collier Lawrence's 5:07 first leg, but Ventura took over late in the second leg as College Park also moved past Reno. College Park took the lead on a strong third leg, but Ventura's anchor reclaimed the lead quickly to win by 4 seconds. Reno was another 13 seconds back in third. |
800 SMR |
- #22 Seed 742p - James Logan CA 1:48.20
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1600 SMR |
- #23 Inv 749p - West Catholic Philadelphia PA 3:59.74
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West Catholic PA and Collinwood OH will be strong competition for the Golden Staters. |
DMR |
- #155 838p - San Pasqual CA 11:55.16
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San Pasqual CA edged Pope John Paul (Boca Raton FL) 11:56.96. Clare Rethmeier anchored San Pasqual just 75 minutes after finishing fourth in the 2 Mile. Jackie Areson ran a 4:53 anchor for Pope John Paul, coming from fourth place. |
Shuttle
Hurdle |
- #16 Rated 702p - Edison 1:10.99
- #17 Seed 707p - Claremont 1:10.42
- #18 Inv 712p - Muir Pasadena 1:03.20
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