Nike Outdoor Nationals
June 17-18, 2005 at North Carolina A&T U., Greensboro NC
a DyeStat featured meet with on-site coverage


400m hurdles
Greg Offerman IA 50.61, Krystal Cantey NJ 56.83

Boys - Girls - Elite performances in blue - Pete Cava's report - Elliott Denman's report - text and photos by John Dye

The girls race was one of the fastest ever, with Krystal Cantey NJ upsetting the 2-year national leader Nicole Leach PA, 56.83 to 57.26, which makes them the 5th and 6th fastest US high school girls ever in this event. Considering that Leach stumbled coming off the last hurdle in the lead and staggered for a few steps, narrowly avoiding falling, you wonder how fast she would have gone with a smooth finish. [John Dye]

In middle of far turn, Leach (right) looked like the winner.

Boys

It may have been an upset to people outside Iowa, but not to Iowans. Greg Offerman hadn't lost the 400m hurdles in a high school race since he was a freshman, and he won the Drake Relays this year.

Pete Cava's report

Greg Offerman produced the year’s fastest time – and the 12th-quickest in high school history – to defeat Justin Gaymon.

Jared Huske (Topeka, KS) had a great start and led until about the halfway point. Offerman (Charles City, IA) and Gaymon (Phillipsburg, NJ) passed Huske at about the halfway mark and battled on the curve. Running in adjacent lanes, they were dead even approaching the final hurdle. Offerman pulled ahead down the homestretch to win in 50.61 with Gayman second in 50.84. Huske took third in 52.49.

Offerman plans to enroll this fall at Northern Iowa. “I’m not used to this heat because I’m from Iowa,” he said. “It never gets this hot up there, or at least not this humid. I’ve never run that hard in the hurdles before, so with all that combined, I was trying not to lose my lunch.”

 


  C.F.P.I. Timing & Data 

          Nike Outdoor Nationals - 6/17/2005 to 6/18/2005          

           North Carolina A+T University, Greensboro, NC           

 

Event 17  Boys 400 Meter Hurdles

================================================================   

    National: ! 49.38  7/18/2002   Kenneth Ferguson, Mumford, De   

        Meet: @ 49.79  6/19/2004   Jason Richardson, Cedar Hill,   

    Freshman: # 53.94  1995        Michael Roberts, Tower Hill,    

   Sophomore: $ 51.62  1998        Ricky Harris, Centreville, Cl   

      Junior: % 49.77  7/28/2002   Kerron Clement, La Porte, TX    

      Senior: * 49.38  7/19/2002   Kenneth Ferguson, Mumford, De   

    Name                    Year School                  Finals    

================================================================   

Section  1                                                         

  1 Phillip Warsaw            05 Elizabethtown, KY        53.46#   

  2 Casey Canada              05 Hot Springs, AR          53.95    

  3 Kevin MacLeod             05 East Longmeadow, MA      54.45    

  4 Andrew Simpson            05 Baltimore, MD            54.55    

  5 Alfonso Ferguson          06 lauderdale Lakes, F      57.00    

Section  2                                                         

  1 Jason Browley             05 Kentwood, MI             54.66    

  2 Mikel Thomas              05 Brooklyn, NY             54.81    

  3 Andrew Porter             05 Budd Lake, NJ            54.92    

  4 James Twitchell           05 Terre Haute, IN          54.93    

  5 Hamid Abdurrahim          05 Hampton, VA              56.61    

Section  3                                                         

  1 Timothy Grier             06 Powder Springs, GA       52.86#   

  2 Tyrone Murphy             05 spartanburg, SC          53.57#   

  3 Steve Delice              05 Brooklyn, NY             53.75#   

  4 Johnny Dutch              07 Clayton, NC              54.43    

  5 Devon Burroughs           06 Camden, NJ               54.44    

  6 Darnell Jackson           05 phila, PA                57.60    

  7 Alex Reid                 05 Middletown, NY           58.34    

  8 Charles Derrickson        05 Spring Lake, NC          59.05    

Section  4                                                         

  1 Greg Offerman             05 Charles City, IA         50.61$   

  2 Justin Gaymon             05 stewartsville, NJ        50.84$   

  3 Jared Huske               05 Topeka, KS               52.49#   

  4 Brian Hartline            05 Canton, OH               53.32#   

  5 Dennis Hammel             05 Davenport, IA            53.65#   

  6 Dennis Martin             05 anderson, SC             53.77#   

  7 Glenn Fowler              05 Ocala, FL                54.75    

  8 Brent LaRue               05 Kernersville, NC         55.26    

===================================================================

    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H#

===================================================================

Finals                                                             

  1 Greg Offerman             05 Charles City, IA         50.61$  4

  2 Justin Gaymon             05 stewartsville, NJ        50.84$  4

  3 Jared Huske               05 Topeka, KS               52.49#  4

  4 Timothy Grier             06 Powder Springs, GA       52.86#  3

  5 Brian Hartline            05 Canton, OH               53.32#  4

  6 Phillip Warsaw            05 Elizabethtown, KY        53.46#  1

  7 Tyrone Murphy             05 spartanburg, SC          53.57#  3

  8 Dennis Hammel             05 Davenport, IA            53.65#  4

  9 Steve Delice              05 Brooklyn, NY             53.75#  3

 10 Dennis Martin             05 anderson, SC             53.77#  4

 11 Casey Canada              05 Hot Springs, AR          53.95   1

 12 Johnny Dutch              07 Clayton, NC              54.43   3

 13 Devon Burroughs           06 Camden, NJ               54.44   3

 14 Kevin MacLeod             05 East Longmeadow, MA      54.45   1

 15 Andrew Simpson            05 Baltimore, MD            54.55   1

 16 Jason Browley             05 Kentwood, MI             54.66   2

 17 Glenn Fowler              05 Ocala, FL                54.75   4

 18 Mikel Thomas              05 Brooklyn, NY             54.81   2

 19 Andrew Porter             05 Budd Lake, NJ            54.92   2

 20 James Twitchell           05 Terre Haute, IN          54.93   2

 21 Brent LaRue               05 Kernersville, NC         55.26   4

 22 Hamid Abdurrahim          05 Hampton, VA              56.61   2

 23 Alfonso Ferguson          06 lauderdale Lakes, F      57.00   1

 24 Darnell Jackson           05 phila, PA                57.60   3

 25 Alex Reid                 05 Middletown, NY           58.34   3

 26 Charles Derrickson        05 Spring Lake, NC          59.05   3



 

Girls

Elliott Denman's report

A\lot of experts rated Nicole Leach a lock to win the one-lap barrier event. A lot of experts were proven wrong.
Leach, the UCLA-bound Philadelphian out of West Catholic High, had won the Penn Relays title and virtually everything else in her sights.
And she led this over nine hurdles and 380 meters. But she couldn't hold off Krystal Cantey.
The Sicklerville, NJ junior came on like gangbusters in the stretch to win it all in 56.83, erasing the 2002 meet record of 57.48 (by New Jerseyan Tawana Watkins ) by a big 65/100ths.
Leach ran a solid race, too, with a 57.26 that also beat the Watkins record, in settling for silver.
Cantey's 56.83 ranks fifth on the all-time charts; Leach's 57.26 is sixth best ever.
In the distant duel for the other places, Jersey City's Leslie Njoku
(1:00.09) bested Anderson, South Carolina's Tempest Vance (1:01.32) and Bronxite Shameka Gordon (1:01.41.)


 C.F.P.I. Timing & Data 

          Nike Outdoor Nationals - 6/17/2005 to 6/18/2005          

           North Carolina A+T University, Greensboro, NC           

 

Event 18  Girls 400 Meter Hurdles

================================================================   

    National: ! 55.20  5/26/1984   Leslie Maxie, Millbrae, CA      

        Meet: @ 57.48  6/15/2002   Tawana Watkins, JFK, Paterson   

    Freshman: # 58.82  2000        Tiffany Abney, Merion Mercy,    

   Sophomore: $ 57.04  1999        Lashinda Demus, Wilson, Long    

      Junior: % 55.20  5/26/1984   Leslie Maxie, Mills, Millbrae   

      Senior: * 56.82  2000        Sheena Johnson, Gar-Field, Wo   

    Name                    Year School                  Finals    

================================================================   

Section  1                                                         

  1 Alexandra Coppadge        06 Wilmington, DE         1:02.11    

  2 Ashley Trimble            05 Columbus, OH           1:02.34    

  3 Trish Friederich          07 Lorton, VA             1:03.35    

  4 Ayla Smith                06 Winchester, VA         1:03.82    

  5 Hilary Moen               06 Rockville, MD          1:03.90    

  6 Sarah Appleton            06 Sheffield, MA          1:08.39    

  7 Allyson Price             07 Hope, AR               1:09.98    

Section  2                                                         

  1 Allyssa Pickett           06 Hampton, VA            1:02.28    

  2 Rolanda Bruce             06 East Orange, NJ        1:02.78    

  3 Patricia Anyanwu          06 Beltsville, MD         1:03.18    

  4 Sarah Ogundele            05 East Orange, NJ        1:05.16    

  5 Lindsey Homfeldt          05 Ottawa, IL             1:07.85    

Section  3                                                         

  1 Dalilah Muhammad          08 Jamaica, NY            1:01.77    

  2 Tierra Brown              07 Hampton, VA            1:01.83    

  3 Chavanne Hubbard          05 Somerset, NJ           1:02.98    

  4 LaToya James              05 Burlington, NC         1:03.11    

  5 Alexis Lape               05 Lancaster, OH          1:03.37    

  6 Annie Taft                06 Medford, NJ            1:04.45    

  7 Josefine Kvist            08 Basking Ridge, NJ      1:05.28    

  8 Shannon Stuckman          05 Gainesville, FL        1:05.35    

Section  4                                                         

  1 Krystal Cantey            06 Sicklerville, NJ         56.83$   

  2 Nicole Leach              05 Philadelphia, PA         57.26@   

  3 Leslie Njoku              07 Jersey City, NJ        1:00.09    

  4 Tempest Vance             05 Anderson, SC           1:01.32    

  5 Shameka Gordon            05 Bronx, NY              1:01.41    

  6 Deandra Doyley            06 Lauderdale Lakes, F    1:01.45    

  7 Michelle Smith            05 Teaneck, NJ            1:02.15    

  8 Lizzie Harris             07 Miami, FL              1:06.36    

===================================================================

    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H#

===================================================================

Finals                                                             

  1 Krystal Cantey            06 Sicklerville, NJ         56.83$  4

  2 Nicole Leach              05 Philadelphia, PA         57.26@  4

  3 Leslie Njoku              07 Jersey City, NJ        1:00.09   4

  4 Tempest Vance             05 Anderson, SC           1:01.32   4

  5 Shameka Gordon            05 Bronx, NY              1:01.41   4

  6 Deandra Doyley            06 Lauderdale Lakes, F    1:01.45   4

  7 Dalilah Muhammad          08 Jamaica, NY            1:01.77   3

  8 Tierra Brown              07 Hampton, VA            1:01.83   3

  9 Alexandra Coppadge        06 Wilmington, DE         1:02.11   1

 10 Michelle Smith            05 Teaneck, NJ            1:02.15   4

 11 Allyssa Pickett           06 Hampton, VA            1:02.28   2

 12 Ashley Trimble            05 Columbus, OH           1:02.34   1

 13 Rolanda Bruce             06 East Orange, NJ        1:02.78   2

 14 Chavanne Hubbard          05 Somerset, NJ           1:02.98   3

 15 LaToya James              05 Burlington, NC         1:03.11   3

 16 Patricia Anyanwu          06 Beltsville, MD         1:03.18   2

 17 Trish Friederich          07 Lorton, VA             1:03.35   1

 18 Alexis Lape               05 Lancaster, OH          1:03.37   3

 19 Ayla Smith                06 Winchester, VA         1:03.82   1

 20 Hilary Moen               06 Rockville, MD          1:03.90   1

 21 Annie Taft                06 Medford, NJ            1:04.45   3

 22 Sarah Ogundele            05 East Orange, NJ        1:05.16   2

 23 Josefine Kvist            08 Basking Ridge, NJ      1:05.28   3

 24 Shannon Stuckman          05 Gainesville, FL        1:05.35   3

 25 Lizzie Harris             07 Miami, FL              1:06.36   4

 26 Lindsey Homfeldt          05 Ottawa, IL             1:07.85   2

 27 Sarah Appleton            06 Sheffield, MA          1:08.39   1

 28 Allyson Price             07 Hope, AR               1:09.98   1



 

 

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