Saturday
Syosset edges Shaker for 4x800 championship. Holmwood Tech wins 4x100. Wolmer's Boys hold off Poly Long Beach and Dematha in 4x400.
Boys 4x800 Championship
Syosset's Sean Tully (A) catches Shaker's John Maloy at top of stretch.
Syosset NY 7:43.52 and Shaker NY 7:44.82 waged another torrid duel. They were US#1 and US#3 all time indoors when they tied up in February in the Armory Collegiate Games. Then they went their separate ways at the national indoor meets, Shaker winning NSIC in New York and Syosset winning Nike Indoor Nationals in Maryland. They came together again before 44,000 fans in Franklin Field, and it was just as good. Shaker put its anchor from the February race, Joe Belokopitsky, in leadoff and grabbed a big lead with his 1:54.2 split. The strategy worked until the last 100 meters. Syosset worked its way up and was in striking distance as anchor Sean Tully got the stick against Shaker's John Maloy. Tully was patient until starting his kick with 300 meters to go. Tully collared the leader at the top of the stretch and finished a brilliant 1:51.8 split for the win. Another New York team, Shenendehowa 7:52.95 was third. Imagine what the New York state meet will be like.
| 4x400 thriller at Penn |
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| Wolmer's Boys JAM (C) led the entire way but it was a near dead heat in the last strides(above). Poly Long Beach CA soph Bryshon Nellum (B) lunged (below)to catch Dematha MD (A), but was 0.28 short of Wolmer's 3:12.07. [more]. |
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| photos by Kirby Lee / The Sporting Image |
Boys 4x400 Championship
Poly Long Beach CA and Dematha MD gave Jamaican champion Wolmer's Boys all they could handle, but Wolmer's held on to win in a photo finish with all three teams within 0.33 second -- Wolmer's 3:12.07, Poly 3:12.35 and Dematha 3:12.40. It was Poly anchor Bryshon Nellums who made the race. Getting the stick in third about 5 meters behind the leader, the brilliant sophomore made up almost all the ground and his lunge at the finish caught Dematha, the fastest qualifier, and just missed catching the winners. Wolmer's held the lead throughout, to the delight of the roaring Jamaican fans in attendance, except for Dematha getting in front for a few strides on the third leg..
4x400 anchors turn for home: Tarik Edwards, Wolmer's (C), Jeremy Samuels, Dematha (A) and Bryshon Nellum (B).
Boys 4x100 Championship
1. Holmwood Tech JAM 40.82
2. Calabar JAM 41.00
3. Poly Long Beach CA 41.20
4x100 anchors head for home -
Holmwood (A), Calabar (B) and Poly (C ) finished in that order.
Boys 4x400 heats
Dematha MD runs swift 3:15.23 in the rain.
Other finalists (top 8 qualify for Championship final in the afternoon):
3:15.42 Poly Long Beach CA
3:16.02 Wolmer's Boys JAM
3:17.10 Winslow NJ
3:17.85 J.F. Kennedy NJ (coming from far back on 45.9 anchor by Shaquan Brown)
3:17.88 Seton Hall Prep NJ
3:18.01 Kingston College JAM
3:18.22 Holmwood Tech JAM
Shaquan Brown's 45.9 was the fastest split in the 4x400 heats. Others: Bryshon Nellums, Poly Long Beach CA 46.8, Bryant McCombs, Old Bridge NJ 47.3, Romaine McKay, Eleanor Roosevelt MD 47.4, Kai Roper, Dematha MD 47.5, Naseive Bryant, St. Jago JAM 47.7, Tarik Edmunds, Wolmer's Boys JAM 47.7, Anthony Simmons, Oxon Hill MD 48.0, Kevin Payton, Camden NJ 48.1 and Quentin Moore, Deep Creek VA 48.2.
Boys 400m Hurdles
The rain didn't bother Phillipsburg NJ sr Justin Gaymon, who is signed to run for Georgia next year, won easily in 52.44. "I didn't mind, it rains all the time where I live," Gaymon said.
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