Girls Racewalk By SteveU About twenty degrees of heat and two days of rest weren’t quite enough for Heather Buletti to replicate her brand-new US record performance, but she dominated her specialty in Friday’s first track final anyway. Buletti, who walked an amazing 6:49.63 at Wednesday’s Eastern States meet, gave it a good shot again Friday, going out in 1:37 for her first quarter. The problem was the West Hampton Beach NY sr had less than 48 hours rest and was dealing with Greensboro’s near-90-degree heat instead of the 70-degrees and breezy conditions she had in New York. By herself from almost the beginning, she went 1:46 (3:23), 1:48 (5:11), and 1:49 the rest of the way. Still, she won by more than 32 seconds and destroyed the meet record by 16 seconds. “I’m kinda bummed,” she said afterward. “Maybe I can’t PR twice in a week … but I can’t complain, I guess. I knew after two laps my pace was off. And since I knew there were more judges here, I just worked on keeping legal and finishing the best I could.” The second and third seeds held form, as Boothbay Regional ME sr Lauren Forgues ME and Sachem East (Holbrook) NY jr Jenna Monahan took those spots in 7:33.27 and 7:51.57, respectively. photo by John Dye
by Elliott Denman "It's pretty hard breaking two records in three Results Licensed to C.F.P.I. Timing & Data Hy-Tek's Meet Manager Nike Outdoor Nationals - 6/15/2006 to 6/17/2006 North Carolina A+T University, Greensboro, NC Results Girls 1 Mile Race Walk ================================================================ National: $ 6:49.63 6/13/2006 Heather Buletti, Westhampton Beach,NY Meet: # 7:16.02 6/18/2004 Maria Michta, Sachem, Ronkonkoma, NY Freshman: 7:57.73 6/18/2004 Brittany O'Brien, Bay Shore, NY Sophomore: 7:23.88 6/14/2002 Maria Michta, Sachem,Ronkonkoma, NY Junior: 7:44.73 6/13/2003 Jasmine Brooks, Dirigo, ME Senior: 6:49.63 6/13/2006 Heather Buletti, Westhampton Beach,NY Name Year School Finals ================================================================ Section 1 1 Lindsay Conway 06 Eastridge HS,Roches 8:17.95 2 Chelsea Conway 07 Eastridge HS,Roches 8:40.94 3 Kaitlynn Saldanha 07 Scarborough HS,Scar 8:46.82 4 Tara O'Rourke 06 Sachem HS East,Farm 8:52.92 5 Sara Adams 08 Maine Racewalker,Li 9:04.05 6 Kerinna Coffey 06 Sachem HS East,Holb 9:08.53 7 Fiona McMahon 06 Hampden Academy,Ham 9:08.97 8 Teresa Ranucci 08 Edward Little HS 9:14.55 9 Katie Leader 06 Bayport Blue Poi,Ba 9:26.35 10 Brittany O'Shea 07 Ward Melville TC,St 9:45.10 Section 2 1 Heather Buletti 06 Westhampton Beac,Ea 7:00.87# 2 Lauren Forgues 06 Boothbay Reg HS,Boo 7:33.27 3 Jenna Monahan 07 Sachem HS East,Holb 7:51.57 4 Shani Brown 06 New Rochelle-Grl,Ne 8:02.87 5 Lyvia Gaewsky 07 Maranacook Commu,Re 8:07.33 6 Amanda Johnson 06 Union County Hs-,Mo 8:16.76 7 Amit Aharon 06 John F. Kennedy,Mer 8:19.61 8 Allison Snochowski 08 Fair Lawn HS,Fair L 8:36.32
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