Thursday
Nicole Leach and Sarah Bowman repeat
400H - Nicole Leach breaks her own Penn Relays record
photos by John Dye |
Mile - Sarah Bowman goes wire to wire again.
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3 runaways on a cold, windy evening
- Mile - Sarah Bowman TN 4:50.62, winning for the second straight year in wire to wire ease, with Danielle Tauro NJ 4:55.50 getting up for second. .
- DMR - Warwick Valley NY 11:47.65, coming from fourth on Foot Locker champion Aislinn Ryan's 4:48 anchor (3rd fastest ever at Penn) to win going away over Bay Shore NY 11:58.06.
- 3000m - Lindsay Ferguson NY 9:53.59, with Hannah Davidson 9:56.46 giving Saratoga Springs NY a 1-2 sweep.
Mile - Sarah Bowman makes it look easy again.
DMR - the battle was joined midway through the anchor leg when top seeds Warwick Valley NY (A) with Aislinn Ryan and Bay Shore NY (B) with Laura Cummings passed Vere Tech JAM (hidden behind Ryan) and Eleanor Roosevelt MD (K). Ryan then put the hammer down and won going away.
3000 - Saratoga NY teammates Lindsay Ferguson and Hannah Davidson set the tone from the outset and finished 1-2.
Nicole Leach 57.44 wins 400m hurdles for 2nd straight year and breaks her own Penn Relays record - Jamaican rival Sherene Pinnock is DQ'd for false start.
photo by John Dye
The event started with a shocker as a false start resulted in the disqualification of Shirene Pinnock JAM, who was second to Leach last year but beat Leach at the World Juniors last summer. After Pinnock was led off in tears, Leach hit the first hurdle and trailed Jamaican high school champion Nickiesha Wilson down the backstretch. Leach gathered steam on the turn and took the lead at the top of the stretch.
| 1 |
57.44 |
Nicole Leach |
West Catholic |
| 2 |
58.44 |
Nickiesha Wilson |
Alpha Academy |
| 3 |
58.88 |
Krystal Cantey |
Winslow |
| Shirene Pinnock covered her eyes (below left) as the race started without her. Afterward, Leach came over to console her. "I just told her that the races aren't over . . . . to get ready for the relays," Leach said. Leach also said that when the starter recalled the race, "I thought it might be me. They were looking my way." But they were looking at Pinnock in the adjacent lane. |
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Girls 4x800 Heats
Gwynedd Mercy PA 9:08.76 US#1 was the fastest of 12 qualifiers for the Friday finals. Favored Holmwood Tech JAM cruised uncontested to win the first section by 22 seconds in 9:10.54. The last qualifier was Poly Long Beach CA in 9:25.46 as eight teams who meet the cutoff for DyeStat Elite top 100 ranking (9:30) failed to make the finals. 4x800 heat results and qualifiers.
Girls 4x100 Heats
Jamaica dominated with the first five and six of the eight fastest times. Bethel VA 47.04 was the fastest US team. .
Unofficial qualifiers for the Championship race Friday:
1. St. Jago JAM 46.41
2. Holmwood Tech JAM 46.58
3. Edwin Allen JAM 46.65
4. Queen's School JAM 46.79
5. Manchester JAM 46.92
6. Bethel VA 47.04
7. Hermitage VA 47.66
8. St. Andrew JAM 47.76
Holmwood Tech's second exchange in a 4x100 heat. The Jamaican national champs ran 46.58, second fastest of the day.
4x400 Heats
West Catholic PA, with Nicole Leach and Latavia Thomas, post second best qualifying time at 3:46.29. Holmwood Tech JAM is fastest at 3:45.79.
Three more US teams made the finals:
3:45.79 Holmwood Tech JAM
3:46.29 West Catholic PA
3:46.75 The Queen's School JAM
3:47.21 Bethel VA
3:47.52 Edwin Allen JAM
3:52.46 Poly Long Beach CA
3:53.11 Manchester JAM
3:53.90 Hempstead NY
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