Nike Indoor Nationals - Landover, Maryland -- March 15 & 16, 2008

by Donna Dye

Part 1 - the scene
Part 2 - on the side
Part 3 - sprints and hurdles
Part 4 - distance
Part 5 - relays
Part 6 - pentathlon and shot put
Part 7 - jumps

Distance

800 meters

Girls

Top 800 meters
(from left) 6th Laura Rapp, 4th Emily Menges, 2nd Tasha Stanley MD,
1st Chelsey Sveinsson TX, 3rd Chelsea Cox NJ, 5th Shakeia Pinnick


Chelsey Sveinsson with her mother, Gillian Glengarry and
Coach Orlando McDaniel

Boys 800

1 1577 Franklin, Joseph 08 Godby HS,Tallahasse 1:54.09
2 1659 Walton, Jason 09 Hillsborough,Hillsb 1:54.38
3 2585 Perkins, Andrew 08 Una-Wi-Junea,Juneau 1:54.65
4 2531 Palmisano, Michael 09 Una-Pa-Dresh,Dreshe 1:55.12
5 1160 Edmund, Daniel 08 Blazin' Raiders,Gre 1:55.40
6 1792 Gonzalez, Matthew 09 Lawrncevl School,Pr 1:56.82

Bowerman Miles

Girls Mile

Top Milers
(from left) 6th Christina Lee, 4th Virginia Hine, 1st Jillian Smith NJ, 2nd Madeline Morgan AL, 3rd
Jaclyn Marshall, 5th Rachel Schneider

Jillian Smith with Coach Brian Zatorski

Boys Mile

Top Milers
(from left) 6th Michael Hoffmann, 4th Tyler Stutzman AL, 2nd Patrick McGregor AL, 1st Kyle Merber NY,
3rd Bill Matthews, 5th Joseph Thompson


Dad, Mitch Merber, jokes with Kyle after his Mile win while mom, Vicki looks on.
 
Kyle Merber with his parents and coahes
mom, Vicki; dad, Mitch, Coach Jim Christian and Coach Tom Finn

Bowerman Award

In honor of Bill Bowerman the Nike Trophy is presented to the coach for the boy and girl Mile winner. Bill Bowerman was the co-founder and
ultra-innovator of Nike, Inc. He was also coach at the University of Oregon in Eugene OR. In his quest for a shoe for running,
he created the first lightweight outsole shoe with some latex, leather, glue and his wife's waffle iron.

Bowerman was a running man through and through. So it is fitting that the coach of the Nike Indoor Nationals mile winners receive the
Nike Trophy in honor of Bill Bowerman.

Nike representative Pascal Dobert, presented the awards.

Coach Brian Zatorski , Jillian Smith's coach Coach Jim Christian, Kyle Merber's coach

Two Mile

Girls

Top Girls Two Milers
(from left) 6th Hannah Davidson, 4th Kayla Hale, 2nd Melanie Thompson, 1st Kathleen McCafferty NJ,
3rd Emily Infeld, 5th Stephanie Morgan


1st Kathleen McCafferty with coach Dean Shonts

Boys 2 Mile

Top Two Milers
(from left) 6th Peter Dorrell VA, 4th Wesley Rickman, 2nd Colby Lowe TX, 1st Luke Puskedra UT,
3rd Brian Leung NJ, 5th Brandon Jarrett


6th Peter Dorrell VA with his family and coach
(from left) dad, Pete; Peter; mom, Nancy; sister, Sara and Coach James De Marco

5000 meters

1st Solomon Haile MD and 3rd Neal Darmody MD
 

Solomon Haile with his sisters Sehine and Naomi.
Solomon came to the US from Ethopia 5 months ago to join his
family in Maryland.

Freshman Mile

Winners of the Freshman Mile:
Brayden Burleigh VA and Chelsey Sveinsson TX

Boys Freshman Mile

Freshman Mile Top Six
(from left) 6th Sam Place, 4th George Carter, 2nd Kevin Bryne, 3rd Jack Morgan, 5th Matt Jablonski, 1st Brayden Burleigh

 
1st Braydon Burleigh with his teammates and fan club

Girls Freshman Mile

Freshman Mile Top Six
(from left) 6th Chinyelu Asher, 4th Alex Doll MD, 2nd Shannon Osika, 1st Chelsey Sveinsson TX,
3rd Catherine Diethelm AL 5th Marie Demedicis AL

 
Chelsey Sveinsson TX with mom Gillian Glengarry and coach Orlando McDaniel

Racewalkers

Girls

Top Racewalkers
(from left) 1st Leah Buletti, 5th Molly Josephs, 6th Rachel Zoyhofski, 2nd Olivia Lapham, 3rd Nicolette Sorensen and 4th Christie Bernier
 
Brother and Sister Racewalkers, Nicolette and Tyler with parents Lars and Dominique

Boy Racewalkers

Top Racewalkers
6th Jacob Gunderkline, 4th Tyler Sorensen CA, 2nd Trevor Barron, 1st Ricardo Vergara,
3rd Roberto Vergara, 5th Alejandro Chavez

 

Racewalkers with Coach A.C. Jaime:
3rd Roberto Vergara, Coach Jaime, 1st Ricardo Vergara, 5th Alejandro Chavez

 
South Texas Walking Club and Pleasanton HS pose together.

 

DONNA ON THE SIDE at Nike Indoor Nationals 2008
Part 1 - the scene
Part 2 - on the side
Part 3 - sprints and hurdles
Part 4 - distance
Part 5 - relays
Part 6 - pentathlon and shot put
Part 7 - jumps

Now a look at Marlton.