Friday
Holmwood Tech girls double 4x400 and 4x800, but St. Jago nips them in 4x100. Newton North, Andrew Jesien, Bobby Papazian win. Syosset leads boys 4x800 qualifiers, Holmwood Tech 4x100.
text and photos by John Dye
Boys Distance races
Boys DMR - Newton North MA 10:04.15
Observors knew Newton North MA had one of the country's elite distance runners to anchor in Chris Barnicle, but they didn't know what else they had. Turns out they had plenty, taking the lead at the end of the opening leg and never trailing after that. David Polgar, the Massachusetts indoor mile champion, opening with 3:06.4 for 1200 meters, followed by David Slifer 49.8 for 400 meters and Jed Carpenter 1:57.4 for 800 meters before Barnicle got the stick. Barnicle blistered the first lap in 59.5 and ended with a 4:10.6 anchor split, but had a look of disgust on his face when that time was announced. Coach Jim Blackburn said Barnicle wanted a 4:05 split. "He's never satisfied. That's why he's so great."
Newton North's Chris Barnicle
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Boys Mile - Andrew Jesien MD 4:10.80
Walter Johnson MD sr Andrew Jesien, bound for Virginia next year, shot past Sandy Roberts NC with a big kick in the last 200 meters and won in 4:10.80, fastest in the country this year. Baylor TN sr Oliver Townsend 4:11.91 US#2 went with Jesien to grab second while Roberts finished third in 4:14.18. Brian Scotland NJ, favored after Shenendehowa NY jr Dan McManamon opted to scratch and save himself for Saturday's 4x800 final, faded after leading the first two laps. |
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Boys 3000 - Bobby Papazian 8:29.00
In a race with a new leader for six straight laps, Colorado bound Bobby Papazian broke away in the last two laps. Emmaus PA sr Sam Luff 8:33.45 was second. |
Girls relay finals
Two golds and one silver
for Holmwood Tech
Girls 4x400 Championship - Holmwood Tech 3:40.37
Holmwood Tech JAM 3:40.37 wins on anchor leg of 52.7 by Sutherland as West Catholic PA drops stick on second exchange and still finishes third in 3:43.52 with 53.1 anchor by Nicole Leach. Edwin Allen JAM 3:42.01 is second.
Holmwood prevails over Edwin Allen (E) and West Catholic
Girls 4x800 Championship
Holmwood Tech JAM 8:59.03 took the lead on the first lap and never trailed, with three US teams fighting for second -- Boys & Girls NY 9:04.82, Suffern NY 9:07.26, and Poly Long Beach CA 9:07.93. Gwynedd Mercy PA 9:11.80, which had been the fastest in the heats, ran slower in the finals for fifth. Holmwood's third leg, Bobbi Kay Wilkens blew the race open with a 2:11.8 split, allowing anchor Cassandra Powell 2:17.2 to trot home. The first two splits for Holmwood: Celia White 2:13.3 and Vanessa Boyd 2:16.7.
Holmwood's Bobbi Kay Wilkens
Girls 4x100 Championship
St. Jago JAM, which lost to Holmwood Tech JAM in the Jamaican national championships, won this time, 45.35 to 45.50.
Boys Heats
Syosset, North Penn lead 4x800 qualifiers, Holmwood Tech is fastest in 4x100
Boys 4x800 heats
National indoor record holder Syosset NY 7:48.80 was the fastest of 12 qualifiers for Saturday's Championship of America finals after a stiff fight from North Penn PA 7:49.09. Shenendehowa NY was the third fastest qualifier as anchor Dan McManamon rallied from fourth place with a 1:54.1 split. Craig Miller 1:52.5 had the fastest split of the day, but his Manheim Twp PA team was 0.03 short of the last spot in the finals. Finalists:
7:48.80 Syosset NY (Sean Tully 1:53.8)
7:49.09 North Penn PA (Phil Wright 1:56.3, Cody Edling 1:56.3)
7:50.99 Shenendehowa NY (Dan McManamon 1:54.1)
7:51.01 Holmwood Tech JAM (Kerone Robinson 1:56.3)
7:51.07 Salesianum NY (Mike Kowal 1:54.2)
7:51.60 Shaker NY (Joe Belokopitsky 1:55.7)
7:51.92 Conestoga Valley PA (Kip Horbal 1:55.9)
7:52.18 Seton Hall Prep NJ (Bernie Lauredan 1:56.4)
7:53.82 Walter Johnson MD (Andrew Jesien 1:54.2)
7:56.08 Warwick Valley NY (Mike Mark 1:56.3)
7:57.60 C.H. Flowers MD
7:57.79 Central Philadelphia PA (Thurman Sanders 1:55.5)
Syosset and North Penn dueled from the middle of the third leg, with Syosset getting up in the last strides.
Boys 4x100 Heats
Qualifiers for Championship final:
Holmwood Tech JAM
Calabar JAM
Poly Long Beach CA
Sanderson N C
Simon Gratz PA
Camperdown JAM
St. Jago JAM
Camden NJ
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