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

Relays

4 x 200 meters

Girls

1 Landstown HS 1:40.08 5
1) Hinnant, Kelnesha 08 2) Wheaton, Taylor 09
3) McGee, Cierra 08 4) Wesh, Marlena 09
2 Blazin' Raiders 1:40.17 5
1) Anyanwu, Doris 09 2) Charles, Afia 10
3) Hickson, Christian 09 4) Stanley, Tasha 08
3 Grassfield Hs-Girls 1:42.34 4
1) Luedeke, Chantal 09 2) Barr, Myesha 09
3) Shepherd, Karimah 09 4) Townsend, Jazmen 10
4 Elizabeth Seton HS 1:43.06 5
1) Pedro, Adenike 10 2) Hayes, Dionna 09
3) Ajayi, Ashley 09 4) DeCoster, Jameice 09
5 Osbourn Park HS 1:43.60 3
1) Hyter, Brittany 08 2) Nocera, Amanda 10
3) Gonzales, Cristin 09 4) Hyter, Bethany 08
6 Booker T. Washington HS 1:43.93 4
1) Miles, Tylesia 09 2) Wilson, Raven 09
3) Briggs, DeShana 08 4) Copeland, Sonseerhay 08

1st Landstown VA
(from left) Ciera McGee, Olivia Hutchins, Kelnesha Hinnant, Marlena Wesh
 
2nd Blazin Raiders MD
(from left) Afia Charles, Christian Hickson, Doris Anyanwu, Tasha Stanley
 

3rd Grassfield VA
(from left) Jazmen Townsend, Karimiah Shepherd, Myesha Barr, Chantal Luedeke

 
6th Booker T. Washington VA
(from left) DeShana Briggs, Raven Wilson, Sonseerhay Copeland, Tylesia Miles

Virginia Gals:
Landstown-Virginia Beach, Grassfield-Chesapeake and Booker T. Washington-Norfolk

Boys 4 x 200 meters

1st Waldorf MD
(from left) Kenard Harris, Devon Smith, Jesse Mitchell, Greg Walker
 
Kenard Haris with his sisters
Terika Lathern and Sharvey Corley and Dannielle Brock
 
2nd Track Eastern Carolina NC
(from left) Mike Price, Fuquawn Greene, Daishawn Styron, Anthony Hendrix
 
3rd Nansemond River VA
(from left) Denzel Glover, Darryl Brickhouse, James Taylor, Kelvin Griffin
 
4th Ben Davis
(from left) Matt Terrell, Colin Hester, Rapheal Williams, Lavarus Williams

4 x 400 meters

Girls

1 Blazin' Raiders 3:46.43 5
1) Stanley, Tasha 08 2) Anyanwu, Doris 09
3) Charles, Afia 10 4) Hickson, Christian 09
2 Landstown HS 3:46.91 5
1) Hinnant, Kelnesha 08 2) Wheaton, Taylor 09
3) Wesh, Marlena 09 4) McGee, Cierra 08
3 Booker T. Washington HS 3:56.69 4
1) Briggs, DeShana 08 2) Wilson, Raven 09
3) Copeland, Sonseerhay 08 4) Miles, Tylesia 09
4 Swat 3:56.77 5
1) Lee, Deanna 08 2) King, Jawanda 10
3) Moses, Santeria 08 4) Long, Brittany 08
5 Cruzin Clippers 3:57.34 4
1) Martinez, Kiana 09 2) King, Deseree 10
3) Miller, Cearha 09 4) Palmer, Michelle 08
6 Mlv Bolts 3:58.05 5
1) Kott, Brooke 09 2) Newman, Nyrae 10
3) Barrow, Alyssa 08 4) Kott, Britney 09

1st Blazin Raiders MD
(from left) Afia Charles, Tasha Stanley, Christian Hickson, Doris Anyanwu
 
Doris Anyanwu with her family
dad, Ben and sisters Crystal (l) and Nicole
Crystal, once a track star with the Blazin Raiders, is now a grad student and also playing football with the Washington Divas as a wide receiver. She was picked for the position because of her speed. Wonder where she got all that speed? :)

Boys 4 x 400 meters

1 Bethel HS 3:20.79 4
1) Bullard, Ja-Vell 08 2)
3) Marrow, Sherrard 08 4) Cuffee, Austin 09
2 Track Eastern Carolina 3:22.12 2
1) Greene, Fuqauwn 10 2) Hendrix, Andrew 10
3) Hendrix, Anthony 10 4) Stewart, Rodney 09
3 Pleasantville TC 3:24.15 4
1) Roberts, Jamal 08 2) Wilson, Raymond 08
3) Gregory, Richie 08 4) Davis, Kenneth 08
4 Western Branch HS 3:25.31 3
1) Sparrow, Javanti 09 2) Nix, Daniel 09
3) Robison, Olimas 08 4) Smith, Keenan 10
5 Irish Road TC 3:26.13 4
1) Tooker, Graham 08 2) Henry, Andrew 08
3) Carroll, Alex 08 4) Rizzo, J.C. 09
6 Woodside HS 3:26.32 4
1) Burton, Brandon 10 2) Simmons, Deandre 08
3) Vance jr, Carl 08 4) Willsi, Christopher 09

4 x 800 meters Relay

Girls 4 x 800 meters

1 Mountain Brook TC 9:04.80M
1) Demedicis, Marie 11 2) Diethelm, Catherine 11
3) Morgan, Madeline 09 4) Newton, Lucy 09
2 Irish Road TC 9:12.08
1) O'Neil, Kacie 10 2) Deakins, Megan 08
3) Klebe, Marta 10 4) Niness, Carly 08
3 Spirit of Pre 9:20.15
1) Cummings, Lindsey 08 2) Creutz, Meagan 08
3) Leptich, Alex 10 4) Carter, Kate 10
4 Garden City TC 9:22.71
1) Adams, Maddie 08 2) Menges, Emily 10
3) Senken, Brooke 08 4) Rotondo, Michelle 11
5 Lenape Elite 9:24.28
1) Johnson, Miya 08 2) Orr, Caitlin 10
3) Duffey, Katherine 09 4) Cunningham, Moira 08
6 Lady Dawgs 9:24.40
1) Fikri, Maryam 10 2) Ayorinde, Owoade 08
3) Hannallah, Louise 08 4) McManus, Erin 08

1st Mountain Brook AL
(from left) Marie Demedicis, Catherine Diethelm Madeline Morgan, Lucy Newton

Boys 4 x 800 meters

1 Track Eastern Carolina 7:58.18
1) Barnes, Ronald 09 2) Hendrix, Anthony 10
3) Hendrix, Andrew 10 4) Stewart, Rodney 09
2 Chaminade HS 7:58.75
1) Donnelly, Charles 08 2) Donnelly, Stephen 08
3) Tonn, Christopher 08 4) Schieck, Michael 08
3 Edison Hs-Va 8:00.74
1) Degfae, Leoule 09 2) Degfae, Tihut 09
3) Hicks, Shaeban 08 4) Miller, Taylor 08
4 Hoover TC 8:01.02
1) Hester, Kyle 08 2) Hayes, Nick 08
3) Willis, Ben 08 4) McGregor, Patrick 09
5 Hillsborough HS 8:01.16
1) Marley, Rob 08 2) Szela, Alex 08
3) Brown, Alex 08 4) Walton, Jason 09
6 Albemarle 5 Guys 8:02.33
1) Vrhovac, Zach 09 2) Kostelac, Anthony 10

1st Eastern Carolina Track NC
(from left) Andrew Hendrix, Ronald Barnes, Rodney Stewart, Anthony Hendrix
 
2nd Chaminade NY
(from left) Charles Donnelly, Stephen Donnelly, Coach Pat Slevin,
Chris Tonn, Michael Schieck
 
4th Hoover AL
(from left) Patrick McGregor, Ben Willis, Kyle Hester, Nick Hayes
 

6th Albemarle 5 Guys VA (Five Guys with Buzz)
(from left) Anthony Kostelac, Garrett Bradley Luke Noble, Zach Vrhovac
and Coach Buzz Male

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

Boys

1 Franklin TC 30.19 5
2 Sheepshead Bay Hs-Boys 30.65 5
1) Ahadzi, Richmond 11 2) Alexander, Naquan 10
3) Bradshaw, Darryl 09 4) Harris, Lavaughn 09
3 Rocks Track 31.33 2
1) Jason, Brown 09 2) L'Homme, Nick 08
3) Hendrix, Jean Pierre 08 4) Conway, Chris 08
4 Camden Hs-Boys 31.37 1
1) Marshall, Matthew 08 2) Clarke, Zachary 08
3) Drummond, Cory 10 4) Hillman, William 09
5 Western Branch HS 31.64 3
1) Sparrow, Keenan 09 2) Long, Khyiem 09
3) Dean, Marcus 11 4) Hewston, Malek 11
6 Piscataway HS 31.80 4
1) Jones, Patrick 09 2) Okengwu, Biyreh 08
3) Ighodaro, Osagie 10 4) Gratz, Dwayne 08

1st Franklin Track Club
(from left) Ike Onyejiaka, Asjon Alford, Eric O'Conner, Sean Schnarr
 
2nd Rocks Track
(from left) Jason Brown, Nick L'Homme, Chris Conway, Jean-Pierre Hendrix
 
4th Camden NJ
(from left) Matt Marshall, Syteek Farrington, Zachery Clarke, William Hielman
 
5th Western Branch VA
(from left) Jeffery Artis, Khyiem Long, Jeffery Lewis, Kevin Newsome
 

6th Piscataway NJ
(from left) Osagie Ighodaro, Dwayne Dratz, Biyerem Okengwu, Patrick Jones

4 x Mile

Girls

1st Kinetic NY
(from left) Brianne Bellow, Erica Howes, Cathy Goutos, Hannah Davidson
 
2nd Blacksburg VA
(from left) Joanna Stevens, Trinity Foreman, Kathleen Stevens, Laurel MacMillan
 
3rd Midlothian VA
(from left) Kathleen Lautzenheiser, Leia Lautzenheiser,
Sammy Dow, Paige Johnston
 
4th Lenape NJ
(from left) Erika Griffith, Moira Cunningham, Brianna Beddall, Caitlin Orr
 
5th Spirit of Pre MI
(from left) Meagan Creutz, Lindsey Cummings, Kate Carter, Alexandra Leptich

Boys 4 x Mile

1st Chaminade NY
(from left) Michael Schieck, Bryan Sutherland, Coach Pat Slevin,
Stephen Donnelly, Chris Tonn
"A absolutely amazing performance" says Coach Slevin
 
2nd Enapay NJ
(from left) James Rosa, Tyler Corkedale, Joe Rosa, John LiPuma
 
3rd Western Cary NC
(from left) Bryan Spreitzer, Scott Hefner, Doug Black, Zakariya Roshdy
 
6th Dirty Mo NC
(from left) Josh Cox, Nathan Craig, Patrick Campbell, Joseph Newman
 
6th Kellenberg Memorial NY
(from left) Greg Moss, Mike Elnick, Billy Posch, Tom Elnick
 
5th Mountain View VA
(from left) Chris Brown, Thomas Porter, Tim Wisniewski, Alex Brown

Distance Medley - DMR

Girls

1 Mountain Brook TC 11:57.50
1) Darnall, Grier 09 2) Demedicis, Marie 11
3) Diethelm, Catherine 11 4) Morgan, Madeline 09
2 Garden City TC 12:09.66
1) Schmelzinger, Taryn 11 2) Menges, Emily 10
3) Senken, Brooke 08 4) Adams, Maddie 08
3 Blazin' Raiders 12:11.78
1) Lockhart, Dominique 08 2) Hickson, Christian 09
3) OgunMokun, Brittany 08 4) Johnson, Amirah 11
4 Lady Dawgs 12:12.80
1) McManus, Erin 08 2) Wolf, Katie 10
3) Fikri, Maryam 10 4) Hannallah, Louise 08
5 Midlothian HS 12:25.68
1) Johnston, Paige 09 2) Willard, Tierney 08
3) Dow, Samantha 08 4) Witt, Amy 10
6 Warrior TC 12:27.80
1) Gehrig, Jeanette 09 2) Adams, Richele 08
3) Aaldenberg, Amy 10 4) Hamond, Carly 08

1st Mountain Brook AL
(from left) Brier Darnall, Marie Demedicis, Catherine Demedicis, Madeline Morgan
 

2nd Garden City NY
(from left) Emily Menges, Maddie Adams, Brooke Senken, Taryn Schmelzinger

Boys DMR

1 Western Albemarle HS 10:25.73
1) Satterwhite, Kyle 09 2) Ward, Nick 08
3) Howard-Smith, James 09 4) Stutzman, Tyler 09
2 Beall TC 10:31.11
1) Adley, David 08 2) Hobart, T.J. 09
3) Gunter, Cory 08 4) Logan, Dennis 10
3 Edison Hs-Va 10:34.23
1) Degfae, Leoule 09 2) Degfae, Tihut 09
3) Hicks, Shaeban 08 4) Miller, Taylor 08
4 Gaithersburg TC 10:35.37
1) Bartholomew, Wayne 09 2) Darmody, Neal 08
3) Joson, Jeremiah 08 4) Laratta, David 08
5 Sherwood TC 10:36.18
1) Balderson, Kyle 09 2) Hausman, Daniel 08
3) Speiden, Russel 08 4) Haile, Solomon 09
6 Albemarle 5 Guys 10:42.31
1) Kostelac, Anthony 10 2) Vrhovac, Zach 09
3) Bradley, Garrett 09 4) Noble, Luke 09

1st Western Albemarle VA
(from left) Tyler Stutzman, James Howard-Smith, Kyle Satterwhite, Nick Ward
 
2nd Beal PA
(from left) T.J. Hobart, David Adley, Cory Gunter, Dennis Logan Jr.

Sprint Medley Relay

Girls

1 Blazin' Raiders 4:07.42 5
1) Charles, Afia 10 2) McCammon, Jenea 09
3) Anyanwu, Doris 09 4) Stanley, Tasha 08
2 Aj's Elite TC 4:09.29 5
1) Johnson, Rayiana 10 2) Miller, Quanisha 08
3) Robinson, Michelle 08 4) Chambers, Shaniel 08
3 Irish Road TC 4:09.84 5
1) Winters, Whitney 08 2) Kennedy, Shonte' 10
3) O'Neil, Kacie 10 4) Niness, Carly 08
4 Cruzin Clippers 4:10.23 5
1) Brown, Imani 11 2) Deal, Shanel 10
3) Palmer, Michelle 08 4) King, Deseree 10
5 Osbourn Park HS 4:10.81 4
1) Hyter, Brittany 08 2) Nocera, Amanda 10
3) Hyter, Bethany 08 4) Karabinus, Ariel 10
6 Mlv Bolts 4:11.04 5
1) Kott, Brooke 09 2) Barrow, Alyssa 08
3) Newman, Nyrae 10 4) Kott, Britney 09

1st Blazin Raiders MD
(from left) Afia Charles, Doris Anyanwu, Jenea McCammon, Tasha Stanley
 

AJ's Elite PA
(from left) Michelle Robinson, Quanisha Miller, Rayiana Johnson,
Shaniel Chambers
 
4th Cruzin Clippers MD
(from left) Michelle Palmer, Shanel Deal, Imani Brown, Deseree' King
 
5th Osbourn Park VA
(from left) Bethany Hyter, Brittany Hyter, Amanda Nocera, Ariel Karabinus
 
Irish Road PA
(from left) Shonte' Kennedy, Kacie O'Neil, Whitney Winters, Carly Niness
 

6th Millvith NJ
(from left) Britney Kott, Nyrae Newman, Brooke Kott, Alyssa Barrow

Boys Sprint Medley

1 Track Eastern Carolina 3:29.24M 6
1) Greene, Fuqauwn 10 2) Hendrix, Andrew 10
3) Hendrix, Anthony 10 4)
2 Cleveland Heights HS 3:31.14 6
1) El-Halaby, Wael 08 2) Underwood, Bryan 09
3) Dontave, Cowsette 08 4) Hall, Jared 08
3 Blazin' Raiders 3:32.91 6
1) Long, Denny 09 2) Sesay, Michael 08
3) Edmund, Daniel 08 4) Youngblood, Tristan 09
4 Irish Road TC 3:38.13 6
1) Carroll, Alex 08 2) Tooker, Graham 08
3) Henry, Andrew 08 4) Rizzo, J.C. 09
5 Poly X TC 3:39.20 5
1) Houston, Micheal 09 2) Marcus, Jon 09
3) Reynolds, Lee 08 4) Pridgen, Lemuel 08
6 Donovan TC 3:39.24 5
1) Medina, Chris 08 2) Maxwell, Jayce 08
3) Lynch, TJ 09 4) Matthews, Graham 09

1st Eastern Carolina Track
(from left) Coach David Simpson, Andrew Hendrix, Fuqauwn Greene, Anthony Hendrix, Miles Sparks, Cathy Sparks and Nick Sparks
 
Miles Sparks with his parents, Cathy and popular author, Nick Sparks

Congratulations--Blazin Raiders and Eastern Carolina Track
Afia Charles, Rodney Stewart, Tasha Stanley, Anthony Hendrix, Christian Hickson,
Fuqauwn Greene, Andrew Hendrix

 

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

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