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| | 57th Annual TSU Relays
at Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
Fri-Saturday, March 21-22, 2008
FAT, wind readings
Thirteen US#1's
TEAM USA 3:01.10 with Jeremy Wariner coasting in with 44.2 anchor
DyeStatTX on-site with John Sullivan
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-- Full Results -- Highlights -- Photos: Saturday -- Friday --
| | | Cy Falls sr Blake Shaw dropped his US leading 800 time down to 1:49.41, a new PR for the 2007 World Youth Games 1500 finalist.
| | Greenhill freshman Chelsey Sveinsson showed no signs of fatigue from her NIN 800 & Freshman Mile wins, taking it out in 61.1 and bringing it home in US#1 2:08.46 for 800 gold
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- FULL results
- Friday
PHOTOS:
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HIGHLIGHTS
US#1's
Saturday - B-800, G-800, G-TJ, G-300H, G-4x2, B-4x2, G-100H, G-4x4, G-200, G-100
Friday - G-300H, G-HJ, G-LJ, B-4x2, B-4x4, G-4x4
TEAM USA 3:01.10 with Jeremy Wariner coasting in with 44.2 anchor
LIVE FLASH REPORTS
Saturday:
- US#1B-800 - Blake Shaw 1:49.41 for 2nd in University Division (split 54+)
- US#1G-800 - Chelsey Sveinsson 2:08.46 (split 61.1)
- US#1G-300H - Donique' Flemings 42.47, ahead of her cousin & previous US#1 Destiny Flemings (42.93), both Saginaw juniors
- US#1G-TJ - A'Lexus Brannon 41-1 (+1.5)
- US#1G-4x200 - Dallas Skyline 1:37.31 in mass finish
- US#1B-4x200 - Hightower 1:24.59, that's #16 all-time (yet not a school record)!
- US#1-2-3 G-100H - Donique' Flemings 13.83, ahead of A'Lexus Brannon 14.10 Destiny Flemings 14.12
- US#1B-110H - Jamele Mason 14.04
- US#1G-4x400 - Lancaster 3:45.00, as Teegan Hill anchors in 54.1
- US#1G-200 - Dominique Duncan zips 23.68 (-1.1w), the US best wind-legal time
- US#1G-100 - Dominique Duncan runs 11.74 into a 2.3 headwind, the US best wind-legal time
- B-3200 - All Seven Lakes juniors with Chase Rathke 9:19.11, CJ Jessett 9:20.24 and Jimmy Welin 9:24.74 sweeping 1-2-3. Next were Chad Brown 9:27.65 and Joey D'Eramo 9:30.34
- Hightower was behind when anchor sr Robert Simmons, the NSIC silver medalist, got the stick in the 4x400. He quickly went to work, closed the gap on the backstretch, then powered home with a 46.4 split to close out the 3:16.93, as 6 teams dipped under 3:20
Friday:
- US#1 in B-4x200 heats for Hightower 1:25.43, as top 6 qualifiers hold those same spots in the DyeStat Elite US rankings
- US#1 in G-4x400 heats, 3:46.54 for Lancaster
- US#1 B-4x400 heats, 3:16.85 for Westfield
- G-400 heats - Crossroads sr Tiara Sims (previously Lancaster) leads qualifiers with 55.19; fastest non-qualifer is 57.60 !
- US#1 G-HJ - Duncanville jr Brigetta Barrett clears 5-10 for gold, equalling the top 2008 US outdoor mark. Her old PR was 5-9 indoors at the 2007 NY State indoor championship for Ketcham HS, NY .
- US#1 G-300H - Saginaw jr Destiny Lumas leads heats in 43.30
- US#1 G-LJ - Ozen soph A'Lexus Brannon sails 19-7 (headwind, -1.8), a US#1 for wind-legal jumps
- NIN champ Michael Barbas launches the shot 61-4.5
- Cinco Ranch boys sweep the medleys, 3:37.79 SMR and 10:45.64 DMR
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PREVIEW
Keep an Eye On
FRIDAY:
G-HJ final - Cyrpress Christian soph Shanay Briscoe cleared 5-11.5 to claim USATF Jr Olympic gold last summer
G-LJ final - Ozen soph A’Lexus Brannon was the MVP at last week’s UTSA Relays with wins in the 100 hurdles and a huge PR of 21-0.5 nwi, the US#18 all-time mark under all wind conditions
B-SP final - Jersey Village sr Michael Barbas is the class of the field, coming off a huge 66-3 to claim gold at Nike Indoor Nationals (NIN)
Girls 100 prelims - Clear Brook sr Erica Alexander, the 5A state 2006 champ (11.46) and 2007 400 champ, will be challenged by a strong field including Hightower soph Franchelle Hill (11.69 seed), Lancaster sr Teegan Hill (11.70) and 2007 winner Wheatley sr Dominique Duncan
G-400 prelims - Christway Academy freshman Nia Fluker won the 800 last year (that’s right, 2:13.11 as an 8th grader!) and finished 7th in the 400 at last week’s NSIC
G-1600 prelims - Greenhill fr Chelsey Sveinsson was a star at NIN, capturing the Freshman mile in 4:49.37 (#8 all-time US freshman indoors & out) and doubling back to win the elite 800 in 2:11.52
G-300H prelims - is loaded, with Saginaw jr Destiny Lumas (43.17 seed), Judson jr Christina Holland (43.77), Lancaster jr Danielle Hill (43.79), and Lancaster sr Ashley Starks (43.80).
B-100 prelims - another deep line-up, with 5A state runner-up Hightower sr Isaiah Sweeney, a member of Team USA in the World Youth Games last summer, having plenty of competition including DeSoto sr Cyrus Gray (10.53 seed), Duncanville jr Josh Harris (10.30), Tyler sr Levi Bipialaka (10.46), Westfield sr Victor White (10.35) and more
B-400 prelims - Starkville (MS) jr Tavarius Tate brings his 48.10 seed time to Texas, while Robert Simmons, US#1 returnee from 2007, bypasses this event
B-300H prelims - Westfield sr Jamele Mason is the top TX returnee & top dog here with a 37.12 seed time
Boys & Girls relay prelims - are stacked, with many of the traditional sprint powers lining up. Hitting the DyeStat Elite national standard is no guarantee of even making the finals here! Expect more than one US#1 mark after the finals, and maybe before.
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