Prior Years

DyeStat has been covering Nike Outdoor Nationals (formerly adidas Outdoor Championships, Foot Locker Outdoor Championships, National Scholastic Outdoor Championships) since 1998.

2004 - National records set by Bay Shore NY and West Catholic PA girls

Bay Shore NY girls 11:33.42 smash national DMR record, with Eureka MO right there. 3 golds for Ted Ginn. Kickers win thrilling miles: Gavin Coombs 4:05.72 over Victor Gras 4:06.39 and Nicole Blood 4:42.40 (US sophomore class record) over Caitlin Chock 4:42.52. Lashawn Merritt doubles 200-400. Sarah Bowman's 2:04.94 is fastest US 800 in 8 years. Jason Richardson 49.79 400H is US#3 all time, but Ginn repeats in 110H. Skyline Dallas girls triple. Shalonda Solomon wins 200. Saline MI boys repeat in great DMR. Erica McLain double includes 44-1.25 MR US#1, one inch from USR. Scott Sellers repeats. Natasha Hastings 52.89. West Catholic girls 3:52.22 for 1600 SMR national record. Shadrack Kiptoo and Sunni Olding win 2 miles. Glenville Cleveland OH boys and Skyline Dallas TX girls dominate.

2003 - Ari Lambie - Sam Vazquez - Red Bank NJ girls - Winslow Twp NJ boys - Theodore Ginn and Glenville OH boys - Shana Cox - Katya Kostetskaya - Scott Sellers - Erica McLain - Andy Fryman - Davidson Hilliard OH boys - Saratoga NY girls - Christian Wagner - Vineland NJ boys - Skyline Dallas TX girls - Bay Shore NY girls - Juanita Broaddus

In one of the most thrilling races of the 2003 meet, 6 Vineland NJ holds off 7 Mt. Tabor NC by 0.01 with top 4 finishers hitting the top 15 all time list. - photo by Victah Sailer, PhotoRun

2002 - 3 national records

Auburn WA boys 7:32.89 4x800

Bronxville NY girls 20:11.56 4-mile relay

Molly Huddle NY 10:01.08 2-mile

2001 - 406 DyeStat Elite performances, including US records by South Lakes VA (Alan Webb) 9:49.78 DMR and Rockford MI girls 20:24.34 4xMile relay, plus South Lakes boys 7:35.33 4x800, Brendan Christian 10.40 100m, Darold Williamson 46.88 400m, Marc Sylvester 1:48.76 800m, Dathan Ritzenhein 8:44.43 2-mile, Erin Donohue 4:42.96 mile, Anita Siraki 10:12.48 2-mile, Chaunte Howard 6-00.50 HJ, J.W. North Riverside CA girls relay triple, Boys and Girls NY girls relay double.

2000 - Alicia Craig over Shalane Flanagan in the mile. Dathan Ritzenhein and Donald Sage battle in 2-mile run and 4-mile relay.Anita Siraki, Alicia Craig and Sara Bei sweep 2-mile and bond for next phase at Stanford. Southern California boys sweep mile -- Ryan Hall, Ryan Bousquet and Josh Spiker. Northwestern MD doubles in 4x400 and 4x800.

1999 - Two super sophs emerge -- Alan Webb and Dathan Ritzenhein. Alan Webb is second in mile in 4:06.94 (Brendan Mahoney 4:04.78), breaking Jim Ryun's national sophomore class record.. Dathan Ritzenhein wins 2-mile in 9:01.77, with fellow sophs Sean and John John Jefferson 3-4. Erin Donohue 4:48.68 refuses to lose to Sara Gorton in the stretch of the mile. Rockford MI wins both boys and girls DMR. Dead heat in steeple chase between Ian Dobson and Timothy Kelly. Ricardo Moody 13.32 110H is 4th fastest ever. James Graham 50.72 beats Rickey Harris 51.13 in 400H.

1998 - Maryland's Ato Modibo doubles (21.11 and 46.09); Barber twins triple (Melissa 11.71 and 23.94 - Mikele 52.56); Jon Stevens beats Andy Powell in coast-to-coast mile (4:08.63); Ft. Worth O.D. Wyatt goes under 40 seconds and 1:24 again; Jim Autenreith wins pole vault on one jump (16-0.75).

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