Shana Cox runs with awesome power, which was on
full display in the 300 meters at the Bishop Loughlin Games in
the New York Armory December 21. Far bigger than most other sprinters,
Cox got away slowly and trailed Juanita Broaddus of Philadelphia
the first time across the finish line. But then she cranked it
up and powered past Broaddus on the backstretch to win going away
in 37.59 -- a new national indoor record, breaking the mark set
last year by Natasha Hastings, who was in the audience after winning
the 600 meters earlier.
"I just wanted to get my record back up,"
said Cox, referring to the big board in the Armory lobby that
shows all-time records in the venerable building. Cox' 38.00 in
the Loughlin a year ago gave her the Armory record, but Hastings
took it down with her 37.99 USR later in the season.
These two will meet again, and the Armory's super
fast Mondo surface should sizzle.
Shana
Cox past performances
Event Mark Meet
G-300 37.59 12/21/2002, Bishop Loughlin Game NY, # 1
G-400 53.90 7/28/2002, USATF JO YM/YW NE, # 2
G-200 24 -0.4 p 7/28/2002, USATF JO YM/YW NE, # 4
G-400 53.59 6/15/2002, AOC National NC, # 1
G-200 24.00 +0.0 6/15/2002, AOC National NC, # 2
G-200 24.32 +1.5 p 6/8/2002, Statemeet Class A NY, # 1
G-200 23.74 +4.0 5/11/2002, Loucks Games NY, # 2
G-200 23.76 , AAU Reg YM/YW , # 1
G-200 24.26 p 3/1/2002, USA Indoor Championships
G-200 24.28 p 3/10/2002, Armory-NSI NY, # 5
G-200 23.85 1/5/2002, Hispanic Games NY, # 1
G-300 38.00 MR 12/15/2001, Bishop Loughlin NY, # 1
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J-Mee Samuels is only a 15-year-old sophomore, but
he already holds three all-time records in Jack Shepard's HIGH
SCHOOL TRACK 2003.
- 200 meters by a freshman: 20.99
- 100 meters by age 15: 10.42
- 200 meters by age 14: 21.54
The other names on these age and class record lists are the likes
of Roy Martin, William Reed, Brendan Christian, Henry Thomas, and
Quincy Watts. So it is normal that great expectations surround the
most precocious young male sprinter in the country.
In the first meet of his sophomore year, Samuels lit up the University
of North Carolina's new indoor facility in the NC Opener January
4. He won the 55 meter dash in 6.42 and the 300 in 34.72. Both are
the 3rd fastest in the US this season, and the 300 meter mark is
the fastest on a flat track. That was good enough to be named the
USATF youth athlete of the week as well as the Nike Athlete of the
Week.
J-Mee
Samuels past performances
Event Mark Meet
B-55 6.42 1/4/2003, NC Opener NC, # 1
B-300 34.72 1/4/2003, NC Opener NC, # 1
B-100 10.42 +1.6 p 8/10/2002, AAU JO Inter TN, # 1
B-100 10.54 +0.2 7/21/2002, Blunt ECI NC, # 1
B-200 20.87 +2.1 MR 8/10/2002, AAU JO Inter TN, # 1
B-200 21.44 -0.7 7/21/2002, Blunt ECI NC, # 1
B-200 21.54 5/18/2002, 4A State Meet NC, # 2
B-200 21.56 , AAU Reg Inter , # 1
B-55 6.33 p 2/9/2002, UNC-State Meet NC, # 1
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