BOYS - Solomon Haile breaks the national 5k record, only to be upstaged in Boston 6 hours later.
GIRLS - Tynita Butts' last try heroics win her double gold medals in long jump and high jump
by Jim Lambert
Highlights:
Fordham Prep NY blasts a US National Record 29.15 to edge rival Sheepshead Bay NY (US #2 all-time 29.18) in the shuttle hurdles.
Justin Crawford NC (US #5 7.95) and Josh Evans Irvington NJ (US #8 7.96) lead qualifers in 60 HH trials
Rynell Parson San Antonio TX (6.86) and Jeremy Rankin Aurora CO (6.87) are the fastest in the 60 dash trials.
Burnt Hills NY takes DM in 10:17.76 thanks to 4:16.1 anchor from soph. Otis Ubriaco
Bryce Lamb AZ soars US # 3 24.5 to grab gold in the long jump
Xavier Fraction comes from 25 meters down on the anchor and splits 1:53.5 to give Washington Twp. NJ the SM victory in a US #2 3:29.07.
Tomarris BellNY soars 6-11 1/2 to win the high jump in his first meet of the season after playing basketball.
Newburgh NY (3:19.20) is fastest in the 4x400 trials.
NEW YORK NY 3/13/09 – With the bright lights of Broadway just a couple miles away, Solomon Haile dominated the track and field stage with one of the greatest distance running shows in US history on Friday.
Haile, the indefatigable 19-year-old Ethiopian from Sherwood High in Maryland, electrified the crowd at the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory by ripping apart the US National Record in the 5-K with a jaw dropping time of 14:22.88.
That broke the mark of 14:29.28 that Brad Hudson of South Eugene OR set 25 years ago in 1984, the year after he transferred from North Hunterdon High NJ.
That’s the good news.
The bad news for Haile is that he only got to wear the national record crown for six hours because about 190 miles away in Boston, Lukas Verzbicas, a 16-year-old freshman from Lincoln Way Central High School in Illinois, snatched the record away from Haile with a mind-boggling 14:18.42 to win the 5-K at the Nike Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center.
Haile left the Armory in New York well before Verzbicas unleashed his fury.
After hitting the first 1,600 in 4:39.5, halfway in 7:18.2 and 3,200 in 9:17.9, Haile poured it on over the final 1-K, covering that distance in 2:47.1. Haile’s last 1,600 was 4:31, last 800 2:12.2, final 400 64.3, and he covered the last 200 in 31.2.
Haile threw both index fingers in the air as he came down the final straigthaway and flashed a huge ear-to-ear grin as he broke the finish line and looked up at his three sisters in the stands. (right, photo by John Dye)
``My number one plan was to come and break this record,’’ said Haile, who is undecided about college. ``I ran just the way I imagined it. I wanted to 4:40 and 9:20 for the first two miles and then start pushing it. I was talking with the other runner (Zach Ornelas of Texas) and he said that’s what he wanted to do as well.’’
Ornelas, the 2000 meter steeplechase winner at the Nike Nationals last spring, stayed near Haile for the first 16 laps of the 25 lapper, as did eventual fifth-place finisher Neal Berman of Ardmore Pa, but they started to drop off as Haile started reeling off 68 point quarters. Ornelas wound up second for the second straight year in 14:53.21.
``I was feeling a lot of energy early in the race and I knew in the second mile that I could have a chance at the record because of how fresh and relaxed I was feeling,’’ said Haile, who plans to come back and try to win the 2-mile on Sunday. ``
Haile has now captured his fourth 5-K national title in the last 12 months. He won the 5K last winter at the Nike Indoor Nationals in Maryland (14:53.93), the 5K at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in North Carolina last June (14:38.23), and the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships at 5000 meters in San Diego in December.
``I am not used to losing in the 5-K and it’s always nice to keep it that way,’’ said Haile, who has taken visits to Texas, Northern Arizona, Oklahoma State, and Auburn.
Haile also likes coming to New York City. The last two times he came to the Big Apple, Haile tore up the cross country course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. In October, he ran a course record 12:06.7 over 2.5 miles at the Manhattan Invitational, and in November he won the Foot Locker Northeast regional with ease.
``I love New York,’’ said Haile. ``It’s been a good place for me.’’
Haile wasn’t the only national record breaker.
Fordham Prep of New York got things rolling in the first event with a US record 29.15 in the shuttle hurdles. The NSIC meet has now produced a at least one national record since 2001.
Fordham Prep was waiting all season for a shot at revenge and redemption. And it got both and a whole more in spectacular fashion. Trailing nemesis Sheepshead Bay NY by a hurdle when he took off to run the anchor leg, senior Wayne Seaton ran 7.0 and caught the Sheepshead anchor Lavaughn Harris right at the line to not only give Fordham Prep the dramatic victory, but a new national record, stopping the clock at 29.15. Sheepshead Bay was also under the old record, running 29.18. Trenton NJ set the national record when it won here last year in 29.38.
``They beat us in the hurdles twice this year and it was our time to finally do it,’’ said Seaton. ``This was our last shot at an indoor national title and everyone put it all together,’’ said Seaton. ``Usually you have a guy get a bad start or someone hits a hurdle or something else goes wrong, but today we ran a perfect race. And that’s what we had to do win this.’’
One of the biggest keys to Fordham Prep’s historic victory was leadoff man, senior Andrew Hemmings. Last year, Hemmings, using blocks for the first time ever, had a rough start and Fordham Prep finished 11th in 31.97. But this time, Hemmings got out clean and handled his leg in 7.7 to get things started. Senior Ed Allison followed with a 7.2 and junior Bruce Grant had a 7.0 before Seaton’s anchor.
``Last year at this meet was the first time I ever ran with blocks,’’ said Hemmings. ``This year, we’ve been practicing with them and we were ready. We wanted to make up for what happened last year.’’
Sheepshead Bay got out to quick lead by leading off its top man, state champion Darryl Bradshaw, which kind of surprised Fordham Prep.
``I just expected that he’d anchor,’’ said Seaton. ``When he led off and blew out to a big lead, I was getting a little nervous. But I had faith in my teammates and they made it closer and closer for me.’’
Seaton said he was confident he could pull it out.
``I have beaten him (Harris), so I felt I could close the gap, but at the line I couldn’t tell if I got him or not. But I guess we had a little luck on our side with the lean.’’
SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY
Xavier Fraction was unfazed and ready to roll. He had a 25 meter deficit when he grabbed the baton from Tim Carey in fourth place to run the 800-meter anchor, but the senior at Washington Township NJ knew he was ready for the challenge.
``Did I feel I had a realistic chance of catching him,’’ Fraction said of the leader, Mike Jennings of Fordham Prep. ``Yes, as long as I played it smart and executed my race the way I know how.’’
Fraction did just that, moving from fourth to second after the first 400 before he used a punishing kick to reel in Jennings with about 100 meters left to bring Washington across first in a US #2 3:29.07, the second fastest time in NJ history. Fordham Prep crossed second in a US #3 3:29.87.
``After the first lap I knew I had a lot in me,’’ said Fraction. ``So I went out nice and relaxed and then began to really pick it up. ``He’s (Jennings) a tough kid, so I knew I had find one gear on that last backstretch to get up to him and to than another gear down the final stretch to hold him off. On the last lap, I just unleashed everything.’’
Washington, which came into the race with a season best of 3:30.84, received splits of 23.3 for 200 by senior Brian Keane, 22.2 for 200 by junior Devon Carter and 48.8 for 400 by senior Tim Carey.
Fraction had a feeling the race was going to be under 3:30. ``When I saw Iona Prep win the heat before ours (3:32.74), I knew we’d have to run fast to beat than and I just a feeling we were ready to go under (3:30),’’ said Fraction.
Fordham Prep took the lead right away after a 21.4 200 opening leg from Wayne Seaton, who earlier anchored Fordham Prep’s national record breaking shuttle hurdle team to 29.15 victory. Zach Keefer ran a 49.1 for Fordham Prep to maintain the lead, but it wasn’t enough of a cushion for Jennings to hold of Fraction.
Sean Halpin of Iona Prep, the Eastern States 800 winner, had the top 800 split of the meet, ripping off a 1:52.9 anchor to help his team win its heat and place third overall.
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY
It looked like Burnt Hills NY was out of it. But that’s before Otis Ubriaco came up with the race of his life. Grabbing the baton some 60 meters behind the leader, Warwick Valley, Urbiaco methodically moved from fourth place to third and sat there for two laps before exploding to the front at the start of the bell lap.
Urbiaco kept pouring it on all the way to the line, giving Burnt Hills the win in the DM in 10:17.76. Urbiaco, a sophomore, split a career best 4:16.1. It’s the first time he’s run under 4:20.
``With 600 to go, I felt real good so I figured I may as well go for the win,’’ said Urbiaco. ``I didn’t want to try to get to the front too soon because I didn’t want them coming back and catching me, so I just waited until that last lap and just gave it all I had.’’
The first three legs for Burnt Hills were handled by Scott Maughan (1,200), Chris Fernandez (400) and Kent Harlow (800).
HIGH JUMP
Tomarris Bell hadn’t seen a high jump bar since last spring. But it sure didn’t look like it with the way he kept soaring over it. Making his indoor debut, Bell, a senior at McQuaid in Rochester NY, shocked himself when he cleared a personal best 6-11 ½ to take the title.
Bell was busy playing basketball all winter, so he didn’t have any time to work on his high jumping.
``I was just hoping to just make All-America (top six),’’ said Bell. ``I never thought I’d come and win my first and only meet of the season.’’
Bell competed indoors last year after suffering a knee injury in basketball. ``I wanted to play basketball my senior year, and when I found out I could still high jump at this meet I had the best of both worlds,’’
LONG JUMP
Senior Bryce Lamb of Chandler, AZ soared a US # 3 24-5 to take the title over runner-up Syteek Farrington of Camden NJ (US #9 23-9)
60-METER HURDLES TRIALS
Justin Crawford of Ashbrook NC and Josh Evans of Irvington NJ wasted no time showing everyone who the class of this field is. Being matched up in the same trials heat, Crawford and Evans ran it like a final as Crawford blazed a US #5 7.95 and Evans a US #8 7.96. No one else broke 8.00 heading into Saturday’s semifinals.
Evans said he enjoyed being in the same heat as Crawford, who has run a US #2 7.23 for the 55 hurdles this season.
``I didn’t know he was in my race until they announced it right before the start,’’ said Evans, headed to national football champion Florida on a football scholarship. ``It was good to run against him and show him that it’s going to be a good competition and that it’s not going to be a cakewalk for him. I just want to compete my best, stay humble and see what happens. I do think I’ll have to run faster if I want to win, but first I have to get through the semifinals.’’
60-METER DASH TRIALS
At this time last year, Jeremy Rankin was nursing a torn hamstring. Now, he’s tearing up the track.
The University of Florida-bound senior from Aurora Colorado missed this meet last year with a pulled hamstring, which cost him almost his entire outdoor season as well.
``It took me a long time to get over it,’’ Rankin said of the injury. I tried to come in the spring and hurt it again and then in August I started to train and injured it again. Finally, in December it felt good and I started focusing on having a big indoor season and hopefully win a national title.’’
Rankin is making up for lost time.
He’s run a US #2 6.69 in the 60 this season, and took a step closer to his goal of a national title by winning his heat with ease, coasting over the last 10 meters of his 6.87 heat win.
That was the second fastest time of the trials, behind the 6.86 run by Rynell Parson of San Antonio TX, who came into the meet with a US #3 6.75.
Jermaine Brown of Medgar Evers NY is the next fastest going into the semifinals (6.94).
Rankin knows a showdown with Parsons is looming. ``He’s running great and I’m feeling good, so if we both get through the semis it should be a good one in the final,’’ said Rankin. ``I’m not really worried about time. I just want to try to win.’’
4x400 TRIALS
Newburgh NY was the only team under 3:20 in the trials, winning its heat 3:19.20. The baton was shared by Robert Graham (50.4), Fred Locklary (51.0), Randy Robertson (48.7) and Randy Patterson (49.0). The next fastest teams were Ghost PA (3:20.03), Rahway NJ (3:21.54), Penncrest Pa (3:21.61), and West Charlotte NC (3:21.91).
by Rich Bevensee
Highlights:
Tynita Butts VA sweeps jumps with two US #1 marks of 5-10 1/2 and 20-1 1/4.
Charlene Lipsey blazes 2:09.2 800 to bring Hempstead NY across first in the sprint medley US # 1 4:00.36.
Julie Labonte CAN unloads monster throw of 51-10 1/2 to grab gold in the shot.
Sam Roecker burns 4:58.4 1 anchor to key 11:52.61 DM win for Burnt Hills NY
Jr. Chelsea Ley of Kingsway NJ wins second straight 5-K in 17:17.03.
G-60 pre - US#1 Takeia Pinckney CA 7.52 and US#4 Ashton Purvis CA 7.47 lead qualifiers for Saturday semis.
Swenson Arts and Technology PA takes shuttles hurdles in 33.40.
Janice Jackson NY burns an 8.58, and Lateisha Philson NY (8.77) and freshman Trinity Wilson Ca (8.84) lead 60 HH qualifiers into the semifinals.
Cardozo NY leads 4x400 qualifying with a 3:52.07.
NEW YORK NY 3/13/09 – There was a very strong chance that Tynita Butts would have been a mere footnote in her final national indoor track meet. A case of shin splints that has been troubling her all season remained with her as she made her journey north to New York City for the National Scholastic Indoor Championships. But the senior from T.C. Williams in Alexandria VA shrugged off the pain and snagged a pair of gold medals in the best one-day performance of her career.
Butts, no stranger to drama, first won the long jump on her sixth and final attempt with a US #1 mark of 20-1 ¼, then used her final high jump attempt to leap a US #1 mark of 5-10 ½ on the first day of competition at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory. Butts photo by John Nepolitan at right.
``I’m extremely surprised. I’m shocked right now,’’ Butts said. ``I never expected to do what I did today. And I think I gave my coach a heart attack by waiting till my last chance to win my events.’’
Butts, headed for East Carolina next fall, came into the long jump competition as the co-leader in the US with Karimah Shepherd of Grassfield VA at 20-0 ½. Butts trailed Brittany Porter of Decatur GA going into the finals but cranked out the winning jump on her last try. Same with her high jump. Tired and wanting to give her sore shins a rest, she soared 5-10 ½ to take over the national lead. She came in with a season best of 5-9.
``This means a lot to me,’’ Butts said. ``It’s my senior year and I’m not coming back here, although maybe for a college meet. I wanted to go out with a bang.’’
Porter finished second with a 19-10 ¾ and Jen Clayton of Suffern NY was third with a 19-4 ¼. Shepherd ended up finishing eighth at 18-1 ¾.
Butts, whose career best is the 20-4 she logged last spring, said she wasn’t even sure she would compete this weekend. ``I wanted to go 21 feet, but to win considering what I’ve been through is good enough for me,’’ she said. ``I’ve had shin splits most of the season. On a scale of 1-10, it’s about a 7½, but that’s not enough pain for me to stay away. It would have to be about a 9 when I’m crying before I don’t jump.’’
SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY
For the Hempstead girls, it didn’t look as though they would be able to back up their US #1 ranking (4:05.59) this season in the sprint medley after they fall into a distant third place after a pair of 200-meter laps handled by Velma Morant and Asheka Gibson, and a 400 leg by Donna-Lee Hylton.
But it was LSU-bound Charlene Lipsey who salvaged what would have been a disappointing visit to New York City. Trailing by 50 meters when she grabbed the stick for her 800-meter anchor leg, Lipsey cranked out a 2:09 half-mile split to carry Hempstead to a winning time of 4:00.36. ``The closer I got to second (place) the further No. 1 got,’’ Lipsey said. ``It was hard not to think about not catching her, but I just had to take my time and pace myself.’’
While Lipsey is headed for LSU, her three teammates will attend Southwestern Christian College in Terrell TX.
5,000 METERS
Chelsea Ley (right, photo by John Nepolitan) flirted with the idea of breaking the national record in one of her favorite events, the indoor 5,000, but knew it would be a tall task with or without the competition to push her. Ley , a junior at Kingsway in Woolwich NJ, received some help in pushing the pace from Elizabeth Briasco of Jamaica NY, then pulled away with 800 meters left and settled for a second straight title in 17:17.03. Briasco finished second in 17:24.08.
The national record is 16:43.02, set five years ago at this meet by then-seventh grader Briana Jackucewicz, who is now a senior at Colts Neck NJ. Jackucewicz entered the seeded race but did not finish.
``I wasn’t expecting anything but trying to win,’’ said Ley, a Foot Locker national finalist last fall. ``My plan was to run 16:39, 16:40, but that plan fell apart in the first mile.’’
Ley, who has been rehabilitating a sore right knee, was part of the lead pack which covered the first mile in a pedestrian 5:20.
As she and Briasco, just a stride behind the defending champion, separated from the strung-out pack, the pace quickened to evenly-run laps of 42-44 seconds. With eight laps remaining, Ley pulled away dramatically from Briasco and covered the final half mile in 2:42. ``If I knew she was that close behind me for so long I would have been scared to death,’’ Ley said of Briasco, who entered the meet with the US #9 time in the 3000 (10:02.95). ``I was glad to have someone there to help me push the pace. I wasn’t expecting to break any records. Winning again is what I really wanted.’’
SHUTTLE HURDLES
Perhaps the shuttle hurdle foursome from Swenson Arts and Technology in Northeast Philadelphia PA was just in a hurry to grab a few more gold medals. Shortly after claiming the national title in the shuttle hurdles with a time of 33.40, the girls threw on their warm-ups, did a handful of obligatory interviews and pictures, and got on the bus to head for Boston and the Nike Indoor Nationals.
Sophomore Shanae Bailey (8.01), senior Khristy Neou (9.1) and juniors Vanessa Mack (8.2) and Anthonia ``Mouse’’ Ballard (8.03) first made headlines here earlier this season when they won in 33.40 at the New Balance Games Feb. 6-7.
That time vaulted them to No. 1 in the US. ``We felt real good about what we did at New Balance but we knew we couldn’t just sit and enjoy it,’’ Mack said. ``Just because we were in the lead doesn’t mean our season’s over. We had to keep working.’’
The same foursome – two of which never ran before high school (Ballard and Neou) – placed fifth in the Nike Indoor Nationals in Landover MD last season. Ballard was the state runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles earlier this season. ``It took a while to convince them that they were hurdlers,’’ Swenson coach Dean Lent said. ``It took even longer to convince everyone else that they could hurdle.’’
DISTANCE MEDLEY
The girls from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake already had a national championship to brag about from the last indoor season, when they won the NSIC 4-mile relay. But finishing second in the distance medley the last two years was quite enough for the group, of which three of the four are seniors.
``The distance medley is just different from the 4-mile,’’ said the only sophomore of the group, Molly Pezzulo. ``This is one we wanted for the seniors.’’
Mission accomplished. Seniors Meghan Gregory (3:37.2 for 1,200) and Kendra Adams (59.6 for 400), Pezzulo (2:17.4 for 800) and senior Sam Roecker (4:58.4 for 1,600) pulled off the victory in their third outing, closing in a US #3 time of 11:52.61. Burnt Hills stands behind only Southern Regional of Manahawkin NJ (11:48.61) and Shenendehowa NY (11:51.28) on the national list. The first two times were performed at the Eastern States meet here on Feb. 24.
Pezzulo came back from a 10-second deficit to reclaim the lead from Haddonfield NJ and Roecker stretched the lead to where Burnt Hills would not be caught without an opponent’s spectacular anchor leg.
``I knew there were some good teams behind me so I pretty much worked to solidify our win,’’ Roecker said. ``Leaving here last year we didn’t feel satisfied even though we won the four-mile. This time we finally got it. It’s a lot more satisfying to win something we’ve been trying so hard to get.’’
SHOT PUT
Julie Labonte of Canada won her first NSIC title in the shot put with a monster heave of 51-10 ½.
Anna Jelmini of Shafter CA leads US throwers with a 51-5.
Next fall Labonte is headed for either North Carolina-Charlotte or Arizona.
On the national level, a pair of New Yorkers switched places in the standings. Melissa Kurzdorfer of Lancaster defeated Vanessa Stewart of North Babylon for the NY state title March 7, but yesterday at the Armory, Stewart placed second behind Labonte with a 47-5 ¼ and Kurzdorfer was third with a 46-8 ¼. Kurzdorfer owns the US #2 mark with a 48-2 ½, while Stewart remains at US #5 with her latest season best.
60-METER DASH TRIALS
Ashton Purvis of Oakland CA turned in the fastest first-round 60-meter dash time of 7.41, but it was Takeia Pinckney of Columbia GA who made the boldest prediction. Pinckney, who ran the second-fastest preliminary time with a 7.52, predicted she will be taking down the national record of 7.19 set by Ashley Owens of Colorado Springs CO in 2004.
``I will get 7.18,’’ Pinckney said. ``I was in the blocks when I had to run back and put on my bib number. The starter said I had 10 seconds to do it, so I wasn’t exactly in the best frame of mind to run fast.’’
The third fastest prelim time of 7.64 was clocked by Stormy Kendrick of Gastonia NC.
Purvis, whose personal best is 7.38, said she feels a time in the low 7.30s will be needed to win on Sunday ``I believe I can run that fast and maybe faster,’’ Purvis said. ``It’s a feeling in my bones. They are telling me, `Come get me, Ashton.’ ‘’
60-METER HURDLE TRIALS
A pair of New Yorkers head the list of semifinalists for the 60-meter hurdles, with Janice Jackson of Brooklyn NY going 8.58 in her preliminary and Lateisha Philson of New York NY turning in an 8.77.
Trinity Wilson of Berkeley CA, who owns the US #1 in the 55 hurdles with a 7.94, is the third seed going into the semis with an 8.84. Wilson is already the freshman national record-holder for the 60 meter hurdles with an 8.44 from the Simplot Games Feb. 21.
4X400 RELAY TRIALS
A pair of New York teams headed the list of 12 qualifiers for the meet-closing, 4x400-meter relay finals, slated for Sunday at 4:25 p.m.
Cardozo leads the parade with a 3:52.87 and Mount Vernon is next with a 3:54.40. Elizabeth Seton of Baltimore MD is third with 3:55.69.
Cardozo entered the meet with the US #2 time of 3:45.36. Mount Vernon shaved its season best down by 1.24 seconds and is now #10 in the country.
Eleanor Roosevelt MD leads the country at 3:41.75.
NSIC Friday Results
Licensed to Armory HS Sports Foundation - Site License HY-TEK's Meet Manager 3/13/2009 10:12 PM 2009 National Scholastic Indoor Championships New Balance Track & Field Center, The Armory New York City -3/13/2009 To 3/15/2009 Results
Girls Distance Medley High School ========================================================================= School Seed Finals ========================================================================= 1 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 'A' 11:51.08 11:52.61 1) Sam Roecker 12 2) Molly Pezzulo 10 3) Meaghan Gregory 12 4) Rachael Cyrus 10 2 Bruin TC 'A' 11:50.00 12:01.86 1) Kelly Hagan 11 2) Casey Lardner 10 3) Liana Epstein 11 4) Becca Sinichko 10 3 Haddonfield 'A' 12:24.63 12:04.45 1) Marielle Hall 11 2) Elizabeth Sikkema 12 3) Greta Feldman 12 4) Lisa Bailey 10 4 Bronxville 'A' 12:05.97 12:07.25 1) Tori Flannery 12 2) Henrietta Miers 11 3) Caitlin Hudson 12 4) Olivia Bruton 12 5 Wilson Memorial TC 'A' 12:21.84 12:12.92 1) Megan Patrignelli 11 2) Carly Kiess 11 3) Meaghan Venterola 9 4) Courtney Mallon 10 6 North Rockland 'A' 12:15.20 12:18.59 1) Jackie Gamboli 12 2) Katherine Hekker 12 3) Sara Hylas 12 4) Ellie Hekker 9 7 Academy of the Holy Names 'A' 12:10.00 12:20.59 1) Johanna Ohm 12 2) Lauren Recchia 11 3) Laura Isabelle 11 4) Sherez Mohamed 12 8 Speed City 'A' 12:15.00 12:23.42 1) Dynasty Gammage 10 2) Tia Leake 11 3) Ashlee Taylor 12 4) Autumn Fowler 10 9 Thomas Edison 'B' 12:26.41 10 Ridge 'A' 12:23.30 12:26.60 1) Kaitlin McWhorter 11 2) Dana Guglielmo 12 3) Amanda Gracia 12 4) Simran Bains 10 11 Breen Track Club 'A' 12:20.00 12:27.78 1) Michelle Moriset 11 2) Grace Green 12 3) Julia Dinverno 10 4) Franki Adamski 11 12 Northstars TC 'A' 12:20.00 12:28.94 1) Taylor Wendler 11 2) Lindsay Raulli 12 3) Nicole Campagna 10 4) Jamie Ryan 10 13 Northport 'A' 12:37.39 12:29.63 1) Caitlin Mclaughlin 12 2) Lianne Farber 11 3) Elizabeth Fierro 10 4) Anna Corrigan 9 14 Glastonbury 'A' 12:15.11 12:34.91 1) Lindsay Crevoiserat 10 2) Laura Vehlies 12 3) Emily Macewen 9 4) Natalie Bonham 12 15 Naugatuck 'A' 12:38.52 12:37.95 1) Tori Pisco 11 2) Rosa Moriello 11 3) Natalia Carvalho 10 4) Shannon Hale 12 16 St. John Villa Academy 'A' 12:22.49 12:38.95 1) Alexis Bivona 11 2) Jillian Biagini 10 3) Mallory Baio 11 4) Samantha Lauro 11 17 Albuquerque Academy 'A' 12:05.90 12:41.41 18 Hunterdon Central 'A' 12:35.27 12:43.24 1) Brigitte Mania 12 2) Katherine Vodopia 3) Juliana Lindner 11 4) Allison Payenski 10 19 Washingtonville 'A' 12:35.11 12:48.64 1) Lauren Hehir 9 2) Kerry Connors 9 3) Kaitlynn Hammerton 12 4) Brianna Butler 9 20 Kingston 'A' 12:40.59 12:50.18 1) Tori Destefano 11 2) Diane Valentine 10 3) Jillian Brooks 10 4) Chelsea Gillette 10 21 Sachem East 'A' 13:14.80 12:55.18 1) 2) Caitlin Ryan 11 3) Megan Walsh 10 4) Rachel Paul 9 22 Germantown Friends School 'A' 12:45.00 12:55.78 1) Jasia Kaulbach 11 2) Sarah Bergman 10 3) Madeleine Hawes 12 4) Brooke Palus 10 23 Speed Unlimited Track Club 'A' 13:03.33 24 Norwich Free 'A' 13:08.54 1) Jaclyn Sullivan 12 2) Amy Sinko 12 3) Kaylan Pickford 11 4) Kathleen O'Brien 11 25 Ursuline School 'A' 12:24.38 13:17.70 1) Jackie McCarthy 11 2) Madie Federle 11 3) Carlie Brittan 10 4) Fiona Nugent 12 26 St. Thomas Aquinas 'A' 12:35.00 13:43.92 1) Emily Mcafee 12 2) Malia Cali 11 3) Michelle Mobley 11 4) Elizabeth Gambel 10
Girls 4x55 Meter Shuttle Hurdle 4x55 High School ============================================================================ School Seed Finals H# ============================================================================ 1 Lions Track Club 'A' 33.63 33.40 2 1) Anthonia Ballard 12 2) Shanae Bailey 11 3) Vanessa Mack 11 4) Khristy Neou 12 2 Bay Area TC 'A' 35.70 33.75 3 1) Leslie Reed 12 2) Chalese Davis 10 3) Lauren Rose 10 4) Maya Goudeau 10 3 Irvington 'A' 32.57 34.40 1 1) Azudei Dubois 11 2) Christ Clermont 12 3) Eleano Ojinnaka 11 4) Brianna Lovell 10 4 New Rochelle 'A' 35.80 34.52 3 1) Tameekia Cooper 12 2) Amira Yeiser 10 3) Amanda Egbuta 11 4) Jessica Goldberg 11 5 Montgomery 'A' 32.45 34.72 1 1) Renee Brzyski 12 2) Fiona Paladino 10 3) Danielle Sciotto 11 4) Ama Quansain -- 6 Rahway 'A' 35.30 35.02 3 1) Sattirah Johnson 12 2) Michelle Ibanibo 11 3) Denice Martin 11 4) Ernestine Rodgers 10 7 Hilton 'A' 35.40 35.30 3 1) Marikka Joseph 12 2) Tori Schmidt 11 3) Stephanie Miles 10 4) Hayley Christiano 10 8 Randolph 'A' 32.75 36.39 1 1) Briana Kennedy-Feldhaus 12 2) Kara Scheideler 10 3) Anna Conway 11 4) Rachael Verrone 11 9 Ridgewood 'A' 36.50 36.42 4 1) Sara DeVita 10 2) Robin Lee 12 3) Jennifer Narvaez 12 4) Victoria Oliva 11 10 Hillsbourough 'A' 33.94 36.43 2 1) Ebony Young 12 2) Erica Reiss 11 3) Kelly Bloom 11 4) Allison Moran 12 11 Watchung Hills Reg. 'A' 34.90 36.56 2 1) Davielle Brown 12 2) Amanda Rissmeyer 12 3) Stephanie Hanson 12 4) Erin Caffrey 10 12 Harrison 'A' 36.00 36.61 4 1) Alyson Donino 12 2) Lucie Dufour 12 3) Christi Marraccini 12 4) Nina Sarmiento 9 13 Lee-Davis 'A' 37.37 36.93 5 1) Jessica Ravensbergen 12 2) Montasia Golden 10 3) Brie Jackson 10 4) Melanie Hazelwood 12 14 Miller Place 'A' 38.14 36.95 6 1) Devin Harrison 12 2) Casey Browne 10 3) Emma Davis 10 4) Alexa Lynam 12 15 North Babylon 'A' 38.10 37.12 6 1) Vicky Mandat 12 2) kim duffy 11 3) Danielle taddeo 12 4) emily abma 10 16 Msgr. Donovan 'A' 34.53 37.22 2 1) Murphy Kate Delaney 12 2) 3) Brian Hallenbeck 11 4) Tara Smith 12 17 Sayville Running Club 'A' 37.80 37.50 6 1) Gina Farinacci 11 2) Rebecca Neugebauer 10 3) Helen Tristano 9 4) Megan Whitehurst 11 18 Ridge 'A' 36.82 38.01 4 1) Joanne Jan 12 2) Caroline Bozzi 12 3) Avni Talsania 11 4) Brittany Linton 10 19 North Rockland 'A' 36.80 38.02 4 1) Amber Stephens 12 2) Melissa Mangual 10 3) D'Janet Ahyoung 10 4) Lauren Ryan 9 20 Suffern 'A' 39.80 38.33 7 1) Kaitlyn Cross 12 2) Taylor Hall 12 3) Marissa Mazart 11 4) Jen Keorasmey 11 21 Pine Bush 'A' 36.90 38.51 5 1) Alexandra Parise 10 2) Nicole Kulaga 10 3) Kara Trivolis 12 4) Toni Werner 10 22 Connetquot 'A' 36.90 38.78 5 1) Camille Ferrandino 12 2) Nicole Stanko 11 3) Courtney Ehrhart 12 4) Stephanie Guercio 12 23 St. Francis Prep 'A' 38.50 40.11 7 1) Alexis Murray 11 2) Jaclyn Chen 12 3) Sheila Ahmady 12 4) Roselyn Vassilatos 12 -- Sachem East 'A' 36.94 DQ 5 1) Breanna Eng 12 2) Brittany Dippel 11 3) Athena Marneris 12 4) Nicole Driscoll 12
Girls High Jump High School =================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals =================================================================================== 1 Tynita Butts 12 Alexandria, VA 5-09.00 1.79m 5-10.50 2 Saniel Atkinson 12 Forestville, MD 5-09.00 1.76m 5-09.25 3 Tara Richmond 11 Long Beach, CA 5-11.00 J1.76m 5-09.25 4 Sarah Palmer 10 NY, NY 5-08.50 1.73m 5-08.00 5 Chamique Francis -- New York, NY 5-05.00 1.70m 5-07.00 6 Bright Rower -- Ewing, NJ 5-04.00 1.65m 5-05.00 7 Alexis Broz 9 NY, NY 5-07.75 J1.65m 5-05.00 8 Janelle Clayton 12 Suffern, NY 5-07.75 J1.65m 5-05.00 9 Emily Hren 12 NY, NY 5-07.00 J1.65m 5-05.00 10 Ashley Grant 11 Central Valley, NY 5-04.00 J1.65m 5-05.00 11 Urina Harrell 9 Gardena, CA 5-03.00 1.60m 5-03.00 11 Fiona Paladino 10 Skillman, NJ 5-04.00 1.60m 5-03.00 11 Amber Passalaqua 11 NY, NY 5-03.00 1.60m 5-03.00 11 Lucile Cancre 12 Lexington, MA 5-05.00 1.60m 5-03.00 11 Tayona Brown 11 Ewing, NJ 5-04.00 1.60m 5-03.00 16 Miray Seward 11 Atlanta, GA 1.55m 5-01.00 16 Margaret Lestrange 11 Warren, NJ 5-02.00 1.55m 5-01.00 16 Theresa Kennedy 11 NY, NY 5-04.00 1.55m 5-01.00 16 Amanda Rissmeyer 12 Warren, NJ 5-02.00 1.55m 5-01.00 16 Rachel Frost 11 NY, NY 5-05.00 1.55m 5-01.00 21 Taryn Hare 10 Midlothian, VA 1.50m 4-11.00 21 Keona Bruen 12 Indianapolis, IN 1.50m 4-11.00 21 Shereen Salem 11 Lexington, MA 5-03.00 1.50m 4-11.00 21 Christen Roberts 10 Chesapeake, VA 5-02.00 1.50m 4-11.00 -- Destiny Roseman 11 Cedar Hill, TX 5-07.00 NH -- Seanniec Bamiro 12 Bowie, MD 5-01.00 NH -- Stephanie Ukpere 12 NY, NY 5-01.50 NH -- Leigh Dannhauser 11 Bronxville, NY 5-01.00 NH -- Lauren Taylor 12 Marlton, NJ 5-02.00 NH -- Jade Sanders 11 Powder Springs, GA NH -- Jasmine Cribb 12 Naugatuck, CT 5-04.00 NH
Girls Long Jump High School =================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals =================================================================================== 1 Tynita Butts 12 Alexandria, VA 20-04.50 6.13m 20-01.50 2 Brittany Porter 12 Decatur, GA 19-05.00 6.06m 19-10.75 3 Jen Clayton 11 Suffern, NY 20-09.75 5.90m 19-04.25 3 Adenike Pedro 11 Bladensburg, MD 19-01.00 5.90m 19-04.25 5 Asha Ruth 12 Bowie, MD 18-09.75 5.63m 18-05.75 6 Essence Felder 12 Brentwood, NY 18-08.00 5.62m 18-05.25 7 Elaine Derricott 12 Richmond, VA 18-10.00 5.61m 18-05.00 8 Karimah Shepherd 12 Chesapeake, VA 20-00.00 5.53m 18-01.75 9 Lauren Tusar 11 Media, PA 17-08.00 5.49m 18-00.25 10 Nicole Cummings 11 Peekskill, NY 17-11.00 5.46m 17-11.00 11 Allison Reaser 11 El Segundo, CA 19-05.25 5.44m 17-10.25 12 Caroline Ehrhardt 11 Espanola, ON 18-09.25 5.43m 17-09.75 13 Genevieve Ruppel 12 NY, NY 17-07.25 5.40m 17-08.75 14 Joann Blakney 11 Charlotte, NC 19-06.00 5.38m 17-08.00 14 taylor neely 11 toronto, on 17-05.00 5.38m 17-08.00 16 Jocelyn Briggs 12 Hampton, NH 18-06.00 5.37m 17-07.50 17 Ebony Young 12 Hillsborough, NJ 17-07.00 5.36m 17-07.00 18 Olivia Massey 12 Westport, CT 18-00.00 5.32m 17-05.50 19 Kristen Brown 12 Englewood, NJ 18-05.00 5.30m 17-04.75 20 Chantel Lipkins 12 Bladensburg, MD 17-06.00 5.26m 17-03.25 21 Keona Bruen 12 Indianapolis, IN 17-05.00 5.19m 17-00.50 22 Traci Hicks 9 Long Beach, CA 16-06.00 5.18m 17-00.00 23 Hannah A Robbertz 10 Ridgefield, CT 17-02.50 5.17m 16-11.50 24 Brittany Bostwick 11 Christiansburg, VA 17-10.00 5.15m 16-10.75 24 Desiree Reese 12 Freehold, NJ 17-11.00 5.15m 16-10.75 26 TaNay Chandler 12 Suffolk, VA 18-06.00 5.14m 16-10.50 27 Alexis Easterling 12 NY, NY 18-00.50 5.12m 16-09.75 28 Kayla Graves 11 Media, PA 17-04.25 5.11m 16-09.25 28 Symone Evans 11 San Jose, CA 17-05.00 5.11m 16-09.25 30 Allyson Crooke 11 Lexington, MA 16-09.00 5.08m 16-08.00 31 Nicole Stanko 11 NY, NY 17-06.50 5.06m 16-07.25 32 Jhorden Hunter 11 Missouri City,, TX 18-00.00 5.05m 16-07.00 33 Joselyn Henry 11 Westport, CT 16-11.00 5.02m 16-05.75 34 Montasia Golden 10 Mechanicsville, VA 18-03.50 4.99m 16-04.50 35 Teika Robinson 12 Bladensburg, MD 16-08.50 4.97m 16-03.75 36 Laura Krotowski 12 Warminster, PA 16-09.50 4.95m 16-03.00 37 Katherine Grzejka 12 Atkinson, NH 16-10.00 4.94m 16-02.50 37 Kala Guy 12 Augusta, VA 16-07.50 4.94m 16-02.50 39 Jenna Niedermayer 12 Cinnaminson, NJ 17-10.25 4.92m 16-01.75 40 Destiny Roseman 11 Cedar Hill, TX 17-00.00 4.90m 16-01.00 41 Qaniah Douglas 12 Indianapolis, IN 17-00.00 4.89m 16-00.50 41 Rachel Frost 11 NY, NY 16-06.75 4.89m 16-00.50 41 Mikayla Pearce 9 NY, NY 17-08.75 4.89m 16-00.50 41 Kia Allen 12 NY, NY 18-09.50 4.89m 16-00.50 45 Micah Leonard 12 York, PA 16-11.50 4.88m 16-00.25 46 Christine Delgado 12 New York, NY 16-06.00 4.87m 15-11.75 47 Kaitlin Taylor 9 GA, GA 18-05.00 4.86m 15-11.50 48 Caitlin Vanek 12 Riegelsville, PA 17-04.00 4.83m 15-10.25 49 Nicole Esposito 12 East Haven, CT 16-10.50 4.73m 15-06.25 50 Alvonna Blakney 9 Charlotte, NC 16-06.00 4.71m 15-05.50 51 Sarah Palmer 10 NY, NY 16-08.00 4.66m 15-03.50 52 Tori Schmidt 11 Hilton, NY 16-06.50 4.64m 15-02.75 52 Sierra Rogers 11 Pomfret, MD 16-08.00 4.64m 15-02.75 54 Alexis Murray 11 NY, NY 16-06.00 4.50m 14-09.25 54 Veronica Henry 11 Queens, NY 17-01.50 4.50m 14-09.25 -- Soroya Hudson 11 Cornwall, NY 16-08.00 FOUL
Girls Shot Put High School =================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals =================================================================================== 1 julie labonte -- Sainte-Justine, QC 52-06.00 15.81m 51-10.50 2 Vanessa Stewart 11 NY, NY 46-11.75 14.46m 47-05.25 3 Melissa Kurzdorfer 11 NY, NY 48-02.50 14.23m 46-08.25 4 Erin Miller 12 Lockport, NY 44-01.00 13.77m 45-02.25 5 Breanna Radford 12 Alpharetta, GA 45-06.50 13.60m 44-07.50 6 J'Quyra Moncur-Blue 12 Covington, GA 44-00.00 13.16m 43-02.25 7 Jaleesa Williams 12 Virginia Beach, VA 43-03.00 13.00m 42-08.00 8 Adrienne Alexander 9 NY, NY 42-06.75 12.66m 41-06.50 9 Rachel Aliotta 11 Cheshire, CT 41-06.50 12.51m 41-00.50 10 Nicole Wasco 12 NY, NY 39-01.25 12.12m 39-09.25 11 Sandra Jean-Romaie 12 Old Bridge, NJ 38-10.25 12.02m 39-05.25 12 Najah Allen 12 Rahway, NJ 36-07.25 11.47m 37-07.75 12 Brelyn Finley 11 Springdale, MD 38-06.00 11.47m 37-07.75 14 Kathryn Wahls 12 Brockport, NY 39-06.00 11.38m 37-04.00 15 Jennifer Cornwell 12 Moravia, NY 36-06.00 11.19m 36-08.50 15 Lexia Robinson 12 NY, NY 37-05.00 11.19m 36-08.50 17 Nikkia Jones 12 Hartford, CT 37-10.00 11.18m 36-08.25 18 Dwanya Freeland 12 New York, NY 39-02.75 11.17m 36-07.75 19 Brittany Broomfie -- NY, NY 38-06.00 11.12m 36-05.75 20 Hannah Werneth 11 North Yarmouth, ME 36-03.00 11.05m 36-03.00 21 Monica Phillips 9 Marietta, GA 37-01.75 10.91m 35-09.50 22 Sally Marie Futch 10 Statesboro, GA 37-05.50 10.78m 35-04.50 23 Daina Levy 10 Kennesaw, GA 36-00.25 10.73m 35-02.50 24 Kelly Allen 12 Norton, MA 36-04.00 10.56m 34-07.75 25 Elise King 12 Midlothian, VA 36-00.00 10.45m 34-03.50 26 Kolbi Smith 11 NY, NY 37-11.50 10.44m 34-03.00 27 Samantha Yager 12 NY, NY 37-06.00 10.34m 33-11.25 28 Ashai Mc Lean 11 New Rochelle, NY 36-00.50 10.18m 33-04.75 29 Meg Smith 12 New Rochelle, NY 35-05.50 10.16m 33-04.00 30 Margaret Ngami 12 Forestville, MD 35-10.00 10.15m 33-03.75 31 Kayla Tucker 12 Bladensburg, MD 35-06.00 9.97m 32-08.50 32 Caitlin McAfee 12 Warminster, PA 35-07.75 9.62m 31-06.75
Boys 60 Meter Dash High School ============================================================================ Name Year School Seed Prelims H# ============================================================================ Preliminaries 1 Rynell Parson -- San Antonio, TX 6.75 6.86q 1 2 Jeremy Rankin 12 Aurora, CO 6.68 6.87q 5 3 Jermaine Brown 11 brooklyn, NY 6.36 6.94q 4 4 Hunter Furr 12 Winston-Salem, NC 6.97 6.96q 9 5 Antonial Marshall 12 Charlotte, NC 6.89 6.98q 2 6 Cornell Hill -- Baton Rouge, LA 6.40 6.98q 1 7 Cory Wilkerson 12 Siler City, NC 10.67 7.00q 10 8 Berfrantz Charles 11 NY, NY 6.47 7.01q 8 9 Michael Peavy NJ, NJ 6.45 7.01q 1 10 Anthony DeJean 11 NY, NY 6.45 7.02q 9 10 Kenneth Gilstrap 12 GA, GA 6.84 7.02q 7 12 Aaron Brown -- Toronto, ON 6.90 7.04q 10 13 Brady Wilson 12 Frederick, MD 6.48 7.04q 10 14 Ken Egu 11 Concord, CA 6.99 7.05q 10 15 Tyquan Brown 12 Neptune, NJ 6.43 7.07q 6 16 Melvin Green 12 Detroit, MI 6.90 7.07q 8 17 Donte Shaw 12 Charlotte, NC 6.93 7.09q 1 18 Kadeem Hunter 12 Indianapolis, IN 6.99 7.09q 2 19 Justin Chambers 12 GA, GA 6.90 7.10q 10 20 Rashon Evans 11 Irvington, NJ 7.17 7.11q 9 21 Kevin Fogg 12 Apex, NC 7.01 7.13q 2 22 Ronald Duncan 12 Charlotte, NC 6.94 7.14q 4 23 DaSilva Awosika 12 Washington, DC 6:49.00 7.14q 3 24 Tristan Akong 12 NY, NY 6.52 7.14q 9 25 Chase Wheeler 12 Concord, CA 6.96 7.15 5 26 Travey Sinclair 12 Loganville, GA 7.01 7.15 7 27 Deon Long 12 Washington, DC 6.97 7.16 4 28 Kiree Jabril 11 Long Beach, CA 6.99 7.17 3 29 Raldaine McDonald 12 Englewood, NJ 6.90 7.17 3 30 Ronnie Ratliff 12 Franklin, NJ 6.27 7.18 5 31 Marlon Laidlaw Allen -- Toronto, ON 6.94 7.20 5 32 Austin Von Ohlsen 12 Ridgefield, CT 6.97 7.20 6 33 Kareem Morris 11 NY, NY 6.81 7.21 9 34 Donte Washington 12 Hyattsville, MD 7.02 7.21 1 35 Trevor Elie 10 Mechanicsville, VA 6.52 7.22 6 36 Kameron White 10 Long Beach, CA 7.01 7.23 9 37 Donald Williams, Jr 11 Brooklyn, NY 6.49 7.23 3 38 Quincy Davison 12 Conroe, TX 7.03 7.24 5 39 Michael Meriwether 11 Upper Marlboro, MD 7.04 7.24 4 40 Eric Robinson 10 Indianapolis, IN 6.97 7.25 1 41 Kyle Byrdsong 11 Long Beach, CA 7.00 7.26 3 42 Kendall Spencer 12 San Mateo, CA 7.28 7.27 8 43 Terron Ward 11 Concord, CA 7.05 7.30 6 44 Robert Moore 12 Largo, MD 6.90 7.34 8 45 Drake Davis 11 Long Beach, CA 7.00 7.37 8 46 Cyrus Britt 10 Washington, DC 6:50.00 7.39 10 47 Kaelin Clay 11 Long Beach, CA 6.98 7.39 7 48 Eric Williams 11 Indianapolis, IN 6.91 7.40 2 49 Anthony Washington 12 Houston, TX 6.91 7.40 7 50 Bisal Rahim -- Bowie, MD 6.90 7.41 3 51 Jordan Butler 12 Long Beach, CA 7.03 7.43 5 52 Marcell Thompson 10 Severn, MD 6.50 7.48 2 53 Roderick Simmons 11 Houston, TX 7.20 7.48 7 54 Eric Williams 11 Brooklyn, NY 6.51 7.52 7 55 Brandon Yellock 12 South Plainfield, N 7.04 7.54 1 56 Kyle Baker 11 Bowie, MD 6.45 7.65 7 57 Javon Riddick 11 Washington, DC 6:50.00 7.67 3 58 Siafa Massaley 10 Indianapolis, IN 6.92 7.98 9
Boys 5000 Meter Run High School ========================================================================= Name Year School Seed Finals ========================================================================= Finals 1 Solomon Haile 12 Sandy Spring, MD 14:45.00 14:22.88 ! 2 Zachary Ornelas 12 Cedar Park, TX 14:55.00 14:53.21 3 Julian Meyer 12 Richfield, OH 15:23.00 15:01.50 4 John Raneri 11 New Fairfield, CT 15:15.00 15:10.61 5 Neal Berman 12 Ardmore, PA 15:25.00 15:18.76 6 Chris York 12 Berryville, VA 15:36.00 15:31.54 7 Jason Santos 12 Smithtown, NY 15:43.10 15:32.07 8 Jake Graham 12 Toronto, CA 15:45.57 15:32.29 9 Joseph Nassirian 11 Manhasset, NY 16:07.00 15:40.81 10 Joe Beveridge 12 Harrisburg, PA 15:28.67 15:45.02 11 Jared Hanko 12 Montville, NJ 15:55.00 15:45.46 12 Jordan Dawson 12 Doylestown, PA 15:53.00 15:47.91 13 Brian Yates 12 Newton, NC 15:50.00 15:49.26 14 Alex Clark 11 Burke, VA 16:18.00 15:52.49 15 Billy Posch 12 NY, NY 16:10.00 15:54.28 16 Andrew McGillowey 12 Marshfield, MA 16:20.00 15:55.87 17 Sam Kohn 12 Scarsdale, NY 16:09.00 15:56.16 18 Christopher Repecki 10 Harrison, NY 16:20.00 16:02.98 19 Ilkyu Lee 12 Scarsdale, NY 16:16.00 16:07.65 20 Carlos David Roa 11 Fresh Meadows, NY 15:49.00 16:09.09 21 John Lawrence 12 Peabody, MA 15:25.00 16:13.90 22 Klaus Schmidt 12 Red Hook, NY 15:54.00 16:14.98 23 Jeff McKee 12 Princeton Junction, 16:43.00 16:17.68 24 David Goldfarb 12 Brooklyn, NY 16:40.00 16:22.81 25 Andrew Catanese 10 Mechanicsville, VA 16:07.00 16:26.37 26 Keith Comly 11 Doylestown, PA 16:18.00 16:26.40 27 Evan Thompson 12 NY, NY 16:47.00 16:35.37 28 Jake Mccauley 11 Darien, CT 16:28.00 16:37.20 29 Fenn Hoffman 12 Philadelphia, PA 16:33.00 16:59.42 30 Alex Levine 10 Danbury, CT 16:40.01 17:00.08 31 Matt Merritt 10 Danbury, CT 16:59.00 17:01.03 32 Sam Ebert 11 Philadelphia, PA 16:50.00 17:18.30 33 Justin Harris 11 Scarsdale, NY 16:30.00 17:25.59 34 Steven Spittler 12 Norwich, NY 16:43.00 17:29.47 35 Mike Clausen 11 NY, NY 16:31.70 17:37.17 36 Dan Ronan 10 Danbury, CT 16:58.00 18:07.48
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay High School ============================================================================ School Seed Prelims H# ============================================================================ 1 Newburgh Elite 'A' 3:18.65 3:19.20q 2 1) 2) Randy Patterson 11 3) Fred Locklary 11 4) Robert Graham 12 2 Ghost Track Club 'A' 3:20.20 3:20.03q 3 1) Macey Watson -- 2) Anthony Parker 12 3) Chris Morrales 12 4) Charles Ross 11 3 Rahway 'A' 3:21.76 3:21.54q 1 1) Christen Whyte 12 2) Ricky Draughn 12 3) Christian Brown 12 4) Curtis Johnson 11 4 Penncreast 'A' 3:21.61q 3 5 West Charlotte 'A' 3:18.25 3:21.91q 1 1) Tadarrin Phronebarger 12 2) Stanley Wright 12 3) Santonio Johnston 11 4) Ammar Phillips 11 6 Boys & Girls 'A' 3:22.08 3:22.18q 2 1) Leon Gelzer 12 2) Khamani Davis Parker 11 3) Randall Hannaway -- 4) Daniel Simon -- 7 East New York-Transit Tech 'A' 3:21.51 3:22.21q 2 1) 2) Julian Wood 11 3) Fard Rollock -- 4) Dexter Bollers 12 8 Amityville Memorial 'A' 3:24.31 3:22.72q 3 1) Hugh Bernard 9 2) Rashim Gaines 12 3) Lyle Gaddy 9 4) Emmanuel Johnson 12 9 Pope John Xxiii 'A' 3:23.97 3:22.91q 1 1) Dylan Hurley 10 2) Kyle Johnson 12 3) Dan McIntyre 11 4) Greg Moore 11 10 Snyder 'A' 3:22.00 3:22.95q 1 1) Daryl Keese 12 2) Jamonte Cooley 11 3) Zamir Thomas 10 4) Mauricio Mitchell 12 11 East Ramapo 'A' 3:23.00 3:23.22q 2 1) Mike Abelard 12 2) Chidi Ezemma 12 3) Dozie Ezemma 12 4) Ryan Whitley 12 12 Archbishop Carroll 'A' 3:30.00 3:23.85q 7 13 Monsignor Farrell 'A' 3:22.34 3:23.88 4 1) James Farley 12 2) Pete Falcone -- 3) Mark Bernardo 12 4) Matt Pfaff -- 14 Pariots TC 'A' 3:23.78 3:23.97 1 1) Ryan Spadola 12 2) Robert Searby 12 3) Abe Hamami 12 4) Matt Intile 10 15 Fordham Prep 'A' 3:20.24 3:24.55 4 1) Wayne Seaton 12 2) Carlos Petrovich 12 3) Bruce Grant 11 4) Ramzy Salem 12 16 Rate of Motion Elite Track Clu 'A' 3:29.12 3:24.83 8 1) Kevin Gary 10 2) Travey Sinclair 12 3) Jameel Greenidge 12 4) Ahmed Higgins 12 17 Colonie 'A' 3:25.41 3:25.08 6 18 Dunbar 'A' 3:27.00 3:25.13 7 1) Theron Ham 12 2) Terrance Glenn 12 3) Brent Vineyard 11 4) Antonio Blanks 10 19 Wakefield 'A' 3:27.74 3:25.42 5 1) Alex Loose 11 2) Trip Foreman 11 3) Tray Branch 12 4) Shawn Murray 12 20 DeMatha Catholic 'A' 3:20.55 3:25.58 3 1) Jamal Joseph 11 2) Jordan Lomax 10 3) Christopher Walker 10 4) William Kellogg 11 21 Shaker 'A' 3:30.10 3:25.69 6 1) Abube Abara 12 2) Jaquell Chandler 11 3) Matt Conti 11 4) Matt Dustin 11 22 Weaver 'A' 3:25.27 3:25.79 7 1) Daundre Barnaby 12 2) Shane Earlington 12 3) Dwayne Thomas 12 4) Yruy Clarke 12 23 Core Speed 'A' 3:28.50 3:27.38 8 1) Devin Spann 11 2) Nick Hill 12 3) Marcus Johnson 11 4) Robert Woods 11 24 Old Bridge 'A' 3:27.12 3:27.62 6 1) 2) Evan Petrovich 11 3) Dan Cuevas 12 4) Tom Perry 11 25 Bishop Hartley 'A' 3:22.33 3:27.71 4 1) Dominic Colvin 12 2) Rufus Walls 12 3) Luke Evans 12 4) A.J. Gillespie 11 26 Westbury Long Island 'A' 3:20.34 3:27.85 4 1) Eric Banks 12 2) Jabari Redd 12 3) Rani Nimblette 11 4) Lutalo Boyce 12 27 A. I. Prince Tech 'A' 3:28.79 3:28.29 5 1) Josh Walton 12 2) Rudy Cowan 12 3) Chris Rodriguez 12 4) Vincent Harrison 12 28 Newburgh Elite 'B' 3:24.25 3:28.36 2 1) 2) Isaiha Valentine 12 3) Darious Reynolds -- 4) Robert Robinson -- 29 T-Ro Striders 'A' 3:29.37 3:28.50 8 1) Chase Holmes 12 2) Dominic Clarke 12 3) Fabian Gonzalez 11 4) Kevin Johnson 12 30 Super Toast 'A' 3:29.40 3:28.97 5 1) Joe DiBianca 11 2) Derrick Adams 12 3) Akmed Muhummed 9 4) Aaron Johnson 12 31 Motor City TC 'A' 3:25.00 3:29.09 4 1) Marcell Jones 11 2) Jelani Swift 12 3) Melvin Green 12 4) Marcus Stewart 11 32 Staples High School 'A' 3:28.34 3:29.55 8 33 Suffern 'A' 3:26.68 3:29.56 8 1) Kevin McKenna 11 2) Mike Pereira 12 3) Andrew Greenberg 12 4) Frankie Colon 11 34 Philadelphia Panthers 'A' 3:32.20 3:30.77 5 1) Jeffery Best 12 2) Brandon Thompson 11 3) Joshua Williford 11 4) Bryan Pointer 11 35 Dunbar Ohio 'A' 3:31.55 6 36 Nazareth (Nyc) 'A' 3:25.84 3:32.55 5 37 Ewing 'A' 3:29.64 3:32.56 7 1) Dave Brown 12 2) Andrew Brown 12 3) Keenan Ward 11 4) Davay Lyman -- 38 Randolph 'A' 3:30.04 3:32.70 6 1) David Smith 12 2) Chris Deloatch 12 3) Ousmane Toure -- 4) Oyetoritsem Eyeguokan 10 39 Hendrick Hudson 'A' 3:31.50 3:36.70 6 1) Rinchin King 11 2) Zach Weisbrot 12 3) David Chang 12 4) Seungdo Reiner 11 -- Bowie 'A' 3:22.10 DQ 3 1) Emmanuel Noumossie 12 2) Paul Edwards, JR 11 3) Malcolm Hosten 12 4) Daniel Ballah 12
Boys 1600 Sprint Medley High School ============================================================================ School Seed Finals H# ============================================================================ Finals 1 Washington Township 'A' 3:30.00 3:29.07 6 1) Xavier Fraction 12 2) Tim Carey 12 3) Devon Carter 10 4) Brian Keane 11 2 Fordham Prep 'A' 3:26.80 3:29.87 6 1) Zach Keefer 12 2) Wayne Seaton 12 3) Carlos Petrovich 12 4) Bruce Grant 11 3 Iona Preparatory School 'A' 3:30.80 3:32.74 5 1) Sean Halpin 12 2) Sean Fuster 12 3) Ayo Bajulaiye 11 4) Anthony O'Malley 10 4 West Charlotte 'A' 3:30.23 3:32.94 5 1) Tadarrin Phronebarger 12 2) Stanley Wright 12 3) Santonio Johnston 11 4) Ammar Phillips 11 5 East New York-Transit Tech 'A' 3:33.28 3:33.73 6 1) Julian Wood 11 2) Fard Rollock -- 3) Elijah Rollock 12 4) Kameron George 12 6 James Robinson 'A' 3:35.39 1 1) Jared Berman 12 2) John Ro 11 3) Bradley Burgess 11 4) JW Seo 11 7 Rahway 'A' 3:33.00 3:35.79 4 8 Amity High School 'A' 3:38.00 3:36.11 3 1) Yitao Zhang 9 2) Jay Binkowski 12 3) Brian Kernan 11 4) Andrew Snyder-spak 12 9 Clarkstown South 'A' 3:35.74 3:36.35 3 1) John Taylor 12 2) Brendan Sullivan 12 3) Kyle Cranston 12 4) Michael Bongiorno 12 10 Pine Bush 'A' 3:35.00 3:36.57 4 1) Zavior Brown 12 2) Mike Dempsey 12 3) Tom Papesca 12 4) Tim Stack 12 11 Wakefield 'A' 3:36.90 3:36.61 3 1) Trip Foreman 11 2) Tray Branch 12 3) Moyo Olusesi 12 4) Shawn Murray 12 12 Motor City TC 'A' 3:30.00 3:36.79 6 1) Marcell Jones 11 2) Melvin Green 12 3) Willie Hatcher 12 4) Marcell Houston 11 13 Pope John Xxiii 'A' 3:36.00 3:37.60 3 1) Dylan Hurley 10 2) Kyle Johnson 12 3) Dan McIntyre 11 4) Greg Moore 11 14 East Fishkill 'A' 3:35.49 3:38.97 4 1) Alex Blackman 2) Nick Lingardo 3) Kevin Joyce 4) Ryan Gomba 12 15 Nazareth (Nyc) 'A' 3:38.83 3:38.99 2 1) Marcus Samerson 12 2) Sean Atkinson 12 3) Abayomi Baptiste 11 4) Tyriek Codrington 12 16 Bowie 'A' 3:33.00 3:39.32 5 1) Paul Edwards, JR 11 2) Gerodo Amaya 9 3) Bisal Rahim -- 4) Daniel Ballah 12 17 Archbishop Carroll 'A' 3:32.79 3:40.72 5 1) Malcolm Sykes 9 2) Kevin Peoples 11 3) Walter Bailey 10 4) Petros Welday 11 18 LaSalle Track Club (Troy) 'A' 3:39.80 3:41.54 1 1) Tom Smail 11 2) Anthony Marois 12 3) Dylan Sorensen 12 4) Eamonn Coughlin 10 19 Kingsway Reg. 'A' 3:42.05 3:41.76 1 1) Ryan Culbreath 12 2) Tivo Rivera 10 3) Demurri Gaines 4) Zach Dennison 20 Regis 'A' 3:39.50 3:42.36 2 1) Chris Schaller 12 2) Dan Lauber 12 3) Demetrios Elias 12 4) Paul Gorynski 12 21 Rye 'A' 3:38.50 3:43.62 2 1) Matt Kao -- 2) Mac Gager -- 3) Jonathan Slack -- 4) Jeff Bouton -- 22 Speed City 'A' 3:35.00 3:43.85 4 23 Westbury Long Island 'A' 3:32.00 3:45.45 5 1) Eric Banks 12 2) Jabari Redd 12 3) Rani Nimblette 11 4) Lutalo Boyce 12 24 Cardinal Spellman 'A' 3:38.12 3:45.85 2 1) Brandon Sligh 12 2) Camari Francis 12 3) Darnell Gatling I 12 4) Robert Dziedzic 11 25 Castle TC 'A' 3:39.30 3:46.49 2 1) Jaime Lopez 11 2) Aaron Horne 12 3) Robert Krebs 12 4) Darryl James 11 26 St. Peter's 'A' 3:40.00 3:52.39 1 1) Lou Scara 12 2) Greg Cala 12 3) Chris Rivera -- 4) Matt Pizzolo -- 27 Bishop McNamara 'A' 3:38.00 3:56.29 3 1) Darrian Carmichael 12 2) Kenneth Hunt 12 3) Nigel Crawley 10 4) Jeffrey Mcdonald 12 -- Colonie 'A' 3:26.79 DNF 6 1) Tyler Stewart 12 2) Ryan Nolan 12 3) Nyasha Dangwa 12 4) Nick Colello 11 -- Core Speed 'A' DQ 1 1) Devin Spann 11 2) Nick Hill 12 3) Marcus Johnson 11 4) Robert Woods 11 -- Atlee 'A' 3:38.94 DQ 2 1) Jaired Epps 12 2) Devon Richardson 12 3) Trevor Elie 10 4) Marques Atkinson 10 -- Half Hollow Hills West 'B' 3:35.50 DQ 4 1) Jonathan Yu 12 2) Domenick DeMatteo 12 3) Justin Ma 10 4) Abdias Myrtil 10 -- Half Hollow Hills West 'A' 3:29.13 DQ 6 1) Jared Squires 12 2) Harold Jamison 12 3) Demarr Aultmann 11 4) Dan McCord 10
Boys Distance Medley High School ========================================================================= School Seed Finals ========================================================================= 1 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 'A' 10:24.23 10:17.76 1) Chris Fernandez 11 2) Kent Harlow 12 3) Scott Maughan 11 4) Otis Ubriaco 10 2 Warwick Valley 'A' 10:26.92 10:19.45 1) Tim Luthin 10 2) Dave Dewan 11 3) Dan Ramirez 11 4) Charlie Armand 10 3 Bishop Ford 'A' 10:33.83 10:21.71 1) Frankelly Fernandez 12 2) Paul Gilhuley Jr. 12 3) Joseph Gilhuley 12 4) Mark Almieda 11 4 Breen Track Club 'A' 10:35.00 10:22.67 1) James Yau 11 2) Tom Judy 12 3) Michael Atchoo 12 4) Brian Murphy 11 5 Ridgewood 'A' 10:29.30 10:22.95 1) Taro Shigenobu 12 2) Andrew Fine 12 3) InSoo Hwang 10 4) Brain Cleary -- 6 Colts Neck 'A' 10:25.20 10:23.57 1) Mark Leininger 12 2) Kevin O'Dowd 12 3) Mike O'Dowd 10 4) Vilius Komskis 12 7 O'Hara T&F Club 'A' 10:20.00 10:24.35 1) Mike DeStefano 12 2) Bill Morgan 12 3) Ricky Sheller 11 4) Joe Sacchetti 12 8 Northport 'A' 10:21.99 10:27.79 1) Evan Bloomberg 12 2) Colin Anderson 12 3) Dj Ronde 12 4) Michael Lopizzo 12 9 Ghost Track Club 'A' 10:37.03 10:33.60 10 Union Catholic Chargers 'A' 10:37.87 10:34.56 1) DJ Thornton 11 2) Shariff Stubbs 12 3) Danny daCosta 12 4) Evan Gingrich 10 11 Cba-Nj 'A' 10:25.00 10:38.09 1) Mark Lee 11 2) Mike Mazzaccaro 10 3) John McLaughlin 11 4) Colin Johnson -- 12 McKee/Staten Island Tech 'A' 10:38.09 10:39.51 1) Michael Caputo 12 2) Scott Rizzo 11 3) Joe Carlin 11 4) Joseph Brancale 12 13 Shaker 'A' 10:33.42 10:40.15 1) Craig Weiss 12 2) Abube Abara 12 3) Jaquell Chandler 11 4) Matt Conti 11 14 Lexington 'A' 10:33.20 10:45.08 1) Ricardo Sanon 12 2) Stephen McKenna 12 3) Andrew Herring 11 4) Steve Leung 12 15 Iona Preparatory School 'A' 10:38.50 10:46.37 1) Kyle Shepard 12 2) Sean Fuster 12 3) Shane Tierney 10 4) Nick Athanasidy 11 16 Archbishop Spalding 'A' 10:37.71 10:46.94 1) Zach Sullivan 12 2) J.R. Spencer 12 3) Ryan Topita 12 4) Marcell Thompson 10 17 Bucks County Running Club 'A' 10:36.80 10:50.52 1) Jarrett Carr 12 2) Matt Rhodes 12 3) Matt Bee 10 4) Nick Scarpello 11 18 Speed City 'A' 10:35.00 10:55.30 19 LaSalle Track Club (Troy) 'A' 10:54.00 10:55.59 1) Anthony Marois 12 2) Dylan Sorensen 12 3) James Doran 11 4) Denis Hurley 11 20 St. Peter's 'A' 10:38.00 11:04.06 1) James Cannon 12 2) Andrew Pate 12 3) Lou Scara 12 4) Greg Cala 12
Boys 4x55 Meter Shuttle Hurdle 4x55 High School ============================================================================ School Seed Finals H# ============================================================================ 1 Fordham Prep 'A' 28.90 29.15 1 1) Wayne Seaton 12 2) Andrew Hemmings 12 3) Ed Allison 12 4) Bruce Grant 11 2 Sheepshead's Finest 'A' 29.88 29.18 1 1) Darryl Bradshaw 12 2) Naquan Alexander 11 3) Richmond Ahadzi 10 4) Lavaughn Harris 12 3 Camden City Express 'A' 31.80 30.22 3 1) Wayne Walls 12 2) William Hillman 12 3) Syteek Farrington 11 4) Clive Harriott -- 4 Malvern Prep 'A' 31.24 30.50 3 1) Pat Kennedy 11 2) Richard D'Ambrosio 10 3) Joe Price 12 4) Wallace Spencer 11 5 Kellenberg Memorial 'A' 31.53 30.60 3 1) Ryan Adams 12 2) George Mason 12 3) Kevin Ammirati 12 4) John Wood 12 6 New Rochelle 'A' 31.08 30.77 2 1) Chris Rones 12 2) Deon James 11 3) John Henry 11 4) Joseph Shinn 11 7 Amityville Memorial 'A' 32.46 31.16 4 1) Brian Johnson 9 2) Rashim Gaines 12 3) Sancho Barrett 10 4) Emmanuel Johnson 12 8 Trenton Central 'A' 30.90 31.24 2 1) Rolston Braithwaite 12 2) Daiquan Ponton 12 3) William Dudley-benson 12 4) Herbert Bennet 11 9 Dunbar 'A' 58.07 31.43 6 1) Richard Hunt 12 2) Terrance Glenn 12 3) Tyrone Burnley 12 4) Antonio Blanks 10 10 North Rockland 'A' 32.21 31.56 4 1) Anthony Congress 11 2) Ryan Lacossade 12 3) Dasheen Ellis 12 4) Colton Lubaszka 10 11 Motor City TC 'A' 30.50 31.59 2 1) Marcell Jones 11 2) Jeff Hill 12 3) Laurence Dunn 12 4) Devin Smith 11 12 Uniondale 'A' 30.14 31.64 1 1) Nathaniel Mercer 12 2) Blaize Parker 12 3) Dwight Allison 11 4) Jameel Watson 12 13 Shaker 'A' 32.00 31.83 3 1) Abube Abara 12 2) Jaquell Chandler 11 3) Brian Gallagher 10 4) Brendan Dolan 11 14 Red Lightning 'A' 32.86 32.29 4 1) Kris Alvarez -- 2) O'Shane Rennie 12 3) Sean Green 11 4) Thomas Cordone 12 15 Corning 'A' 33.52 32.34 5 1) Ryan Daugherty 12 2) Cedric Forbes 11 3) Jordan Frysinger -- 4) Craig Allen 12 16 Teaneck 'A' 33.37 32.50 5 1) Brandon Hambric 12 2) Christopher Goins 12 3) Terrence Culver 12 4) Kwabena Bonsu 12 17 South Portland 'A' 33.65 32.63 5 1) Tony Haeuser 12 2) Jc Esquibel 11 3) David Hardison 12 4) Brandon Emerson 12 18 Hillsbourough 'A' 32.10 32.68 4 1) Daniel Millemann -- 2) George Cheng 12 3) Anthony D'Oridio 11 4) Michael Lynch 12 19 Hilton 'A' 34.62 32.81 6 1) Joe Mussler 12 2) Jake Gross 12 3) Kevin Rose 11 4) Kyle Contestabile 12 20 East New York-Transit Tech 'A' 29.00 33.74 1 1) Mic Gerald 12 2) Dexter Bollers 12 3) Kenard Ashton -- 4) Andre Hewitt -- 21 Nanuet 'A' 34.03 34.55 5 1) Michael Carroll 12 2) Jason Gomez 12 3) Nick Steel 12 4) Andrew Ko 10 22 Watchung Hills Reg. 'A' 34.50 34.57 6 1) Tim Barnum 12 2) Peter Flint 10 3) Robert Hovanec 9 4) Chris Battapaglia 11 23 Hendrick Hudson 'A' 34.64 35.75 6 1) Brian Monk 12 2) Zach Weisbrot 12 3) David Chang 12 4) Matthew Henriques 12 -- Irvington 'A' 30.90 DQ 2 1) Joshua Evans 12 2) Rashon Evans 11 3) Evan Baytops 12 4) Ibn Morton 12
Boys High Jump High School =================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals =================================================================================== 1 Tomarris Bell 12 Rochester, NY 2.12m 6-11.50 2 Derrick Spight 12 Indianapolis, IN 6-11.00 2.09m 6-10.25 2 Glenn Scheideler 12 Randolph, NJ 6-08.00 2.09m 6-10.25 4 Tejorn Davis 12 Beacon, NY 6-06.00 2.01m 6-07.00 4 Eric Fontanez 12 Hilton, NY 6-08.00 2.01m 6-07.00 4 Christian Jimmerson 12 okemos, MI 2.01m 6-07.00 7 Joey Muzzio 10 Fairfax, VA 6-05.00 1.96m 6-05.00 8 Jeremiah Hendy 10 Bowie, MD 6-04.00 1.91m 6-03.25 8 Tyree Bennett 12 Bradford, PA 6-05.00 1.91m 6-03.25 8 Alex Smith 12 Rumson, NJ 6-08.00 1.91m 6-03.25 8 Rich Roethel 12 Herndon, VA 6-07.00 1.91m 6-03.25 8 Oneil Sandiford -- NY, NY 6-00.00 1.91m 6-03.25 8 Mark Jones 10 Summit, NJ 6-06.00 1.91m 6-03.25 8 Sean Reilly 12 LaGrangeville, NY 6-09.00 1.91m 6-03.25 8 Matthew Guarente 12 Saugus, MA 6-05.00 1.91m 6-03.25 16 A. J. Grube 12 Peabody, MA 6-03.50 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Barry Bowman 12 York, PA 6-05.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Jacob Drozd 11 Seymour, CT 6-04.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Jake Bartlett 12 Lincroft, NJ 6-04.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Max Yanker 12 Rye, NY 6-04.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Davieron Kinard 11 Long Beach, CA 6-06.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Ronald Thomas 12 Fall River, MA 6-07.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Ben Hopewell 12 Augusta, VA 6-02.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Bradley Roth 12 Middletown, CT 6-04.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Mi'chael White 10 Hopewell Junction, 6-00.00 1.86m 6-01.25 16 Jason Guarente 12 Saugus, MA 6-04.00 1.86m 6-01.25 27 Michael Santano 12 Burke, VA 1.81m 5-11.25 27 John Henry 11 New Rochelle, NY 6-02.00 1.81m 5-11.25 27 Devon Harris 11 Midlothian, VA 6-02.00 1.81m 5-11.25 -- Cory Callis 11 Midlothian, VA NH -- Jerome Hinds 12 NY, NY 6-00.00 NH
Butts, no stranger to drama, first won the long jump on her sixth and final attempt with a US #1 mark of 20-1 ¼, then used her final high jump attempt to leap a US #1 mark of 5-10 ½ on the first day of competition at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory. Butts photo by John Nepolitan at right.
Chelsea Ley (right, photo by John Nepolitan) flirted with the idea of breaking the national record in one of her favorite events, the indoor 5,000, but knew it would be a tall task with or without the competition to push her. Ley , a junior at Kingsway in Woolwich NJ, received some help in pushing the pace from Elizabeth Briasco of Jamaica NY, then pulled away with 800 meters left and settled for a second straight title in 17:17.03. Briasco finished second in 17:24.08.
