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Californians cited in weekly national wrap-up!

**National weekend recap!**
California outdoor season opens in 25 days!

Amazin' Allyson, Sizzlin' Solomon & Smooth Craddock!
Allyson Felix (52.29/400m) and Shalonda Solomon (23.84/200) kick off 2004 indoor very quickly;
Craddock sets Nat'l Jr. 42"-inch 55mHH record! Ebony Collins sets 200m frosh nat'l indoor record!

Andrea Harvey's Silver State Invite (Reno) photo album!

        
Photos (l-to-r) courtesy of Kirby Lee and John Dye.
Pro dasher Allyson Felix (left, formerly of L.A. Baptist HS) rolls to a super 52.29 in
Boston Indoor Games! Long Beach Poly senior Shalonda Solomon (middle) was a 7.00/23.84
(55m/200m) double winner competing unattached in Reno! At right, Logan High's Kevin Craddock
sizzled to a 7.45 performance over the 55m 42-inch college hurdles at the Silver State Invite in Reno!

Allyson Felix - Boston Indoor Games 52.29 400! (Trackshark.com)

Frosh Phenom, The Flyin' Frenchman, & Ms. Gallagher!

   
Williams' photo by Jerry Jackson, Baltimore Sun. Gallagher photo by Tim O'Dowd
Remember this name: Devon Williams! The amazing Maryland frosh (sitting on the left
next to talented sister/teammate Rokesha) set the NATIONAL 500m indoor record
as the Towson Catholic 9th-grader went 1:11.53 to crush the old record! For good measure,
she also set the national freshman 1000-meter indoor record in the same meet! At right,
Iona's Michelle Gallagher (Sacred Heart Cathedral HS) went 9:47.96/3k at Terrier Classic !

LB Poly's Shalonda Solomon leads CA unattached athletes at Silver State Invite in Reno!

Maryland frosh Devon Williams sets national HS record in 500m (1:11.53)! Six new U.S. 2004 leaders!

Allyson Felix nearly breaks lifetime 400m best in 2004 indoor opener at Boston Indoor Games!

Partial results from Diablo Valley JC All-Comers - Don Lugo boys distance is quite deep!

Don Lugo - 4 under 4:35 Open Mile - 8:15.44 3200m Relay (Dan Cruz photos)

Partial results from Santa Barbara City College All-Comers

Seventeen new 2004 nation-leading HS marks achieved this weekend!

  • BOYS
  • 55m - Lashawn Merritt (Wilson HS, Portsmouth, VA) 6.33 @ Virginia Tech Invite
  • 800m - Victor Gras (Belmont HS, MA) 1:51.73 @ Boston Terrier Classic
  • Mile - Laef Barnes (Mead HS, Spokane, WA) 4:09.61 @ U-Wash. Husky Invite
  • 4x200m - DeMatha, Hyattsville, MD 1:28.10 @ Virginia Tech Invite
  • 4x400m - Suitland, Forestville, MD 3:19.80 @ Virginia Tech Invite
  • 55mHH at 42" - Kevin Craddock (Logan HS, CA) 7.45A at Silver State Invite - Jr. Nat'l Record!
  • GIRLS
  • 55m - Ashley Owens (Liberty HS, Colorado Springs, CO) 6.84 @ CU All-Comers Meet
  • 200m - Shalonda Solomon (Poly, Long Beach, CA) 23.84A @ Silver State Invite
  • 200m - Ebony Collins (Wilson, Long Beach) 24.27 A @ Silver State Invite - Frosh Nat'l Record
  • 500m - Devon Williams (Towson Catholic, Towson, MD) 1:11.53 NATIONAL RECORD! @ Virginia Tech Invite
  • 800m - Chantelle Dron (Home-Schooled, NH) 2:09.93 @ Boston Terrier Classic
  • 1000m - Devon Williams (Towson Catholic, Towson, MD) 2:52.84 Frosh Nat'l record! @ Virginia Tech Invite
  • 55m HH - Tiana Riel (Hopkinton, MA) 8.02
  • 4x200m - Bethel HS, Hampton, VA 1:39.82 @ Virginia Tech Invite
  • 4x400m - Teekay TC (Wilson, Long Beach, CA) 3:47.15A @ Silver State Invite
  • High Jump - Viktoria Andonova (Coral Springs HS, FL) 5-11.25 @ Gator Invite
  • Triple Jump - Brittany Daniels (Merrill West HS, Tracy, CA) 40-9.75A@ Silver State Invite
  • Shot Put - Michaela Wallerstedt (Ralston, NE) 46-2 @ Boise State - Bodybuilding.com Meet

Are we missing any others? Please email DyeStat/DyeStatCal

 
Photos by Andrea Harvey
 Super Girls 200 field gets set (left), resulting in Shalonda Solomon's 23.84 national leader!
In same race, Ebony Collins sets Nat'l Frosh rec 24.27. At right, Kevin Craddock (white singlet)
7.45 55mHH (42") ultra-close to Nat'l Prep Record 7.37 for 60yHH (55m is 5 inches
further than 60 yards, so these two marks are basically interchangeable!
James Logan 3:49.00 4x400 Relay Girls - Nkosinza Balumbu (Unat-Logan) TJ 47'1 1/2" (added marks)

 

                                                          

Verizon Millrose Games  2/6 - Elites and preps converge at Madison Square Garden for one of the
venerable super meets! The boys' HS mile appearvery tight, with NY's Nicole Blood as the girls' favorite!

A Thrower's Delight!
Ciarelli's beach-side throws clinic on 2/28; Freberg's throws site!

   

Click the logos above for info --- The clinic has great names present. Freberg likes to keep busy!

Coaching Clinics Central!
Still a handful of clinics remaining for your benefit!


February 7 AAF Clinic Agenda at Westview HS (San Diego) now posted!


Eating Disorders/Nutrition Clinic This Saturday!
Space still available for this free clinic. Must RSVP br Friday!

Coaches: Check out our full clinic listing and commit to improve your knowledge this winter!

X-Country GlanceBacks!
San Luis Obispo boys teach a lesson!


"This IS STILL a team sport." San Luis Obispo HS coach Steve Boaz,
whose team's improved depth defeated powerful, front-running opponents.

CIF-State Final Cross-Country Team Rankings/Wrap-Ups

2004 Track and Field
Distance Previews

So Cal Resident John Whiteman helps
Boys 3200 Meters - Formidable 8-lap crew returns for the spring!

Colleges/Alumni Section

University of Florida - 2/1/04 - Great day for Golden Staters

Lashinda Demus (above left) back in University of South Carolina Uniform in style (52.94 open 400 and come from behind 52.2 4x400 split for the win!!). Chaunte Howard fine 6-02 HJ (second from left), Spring Dawson (second from right) 4:51.60 Mile win, and John Newell (far right) 66-01 Weight Throw win in another super University of Florida affair!!

University of Florida Invitational 2/1/04

Sara Bei (Stanford) 9:13.32 3k - Kaylene Wagner & Sharon Day (CPSLO) 6-00.75 HJ - Chelsea Johnson (UCLA) 14-00 PV
Michelle Sanford (USC) 43-02.25 TJ - Stephanie Brown (ex-CP/SLO) 57-01 SP - Cari Soong (UCLA) 67-08.25 Wt Toss -
Nick Thornton (UCLA) 1:49.76 800 - Dan Ames (UCLA) 60-07.75 - David Napper (Yale) 14:36.37 5k - Teak Wilborn (Cal) 7-02.5 HJ
Billie Jo Grant (Az) 50-06.25 SP - Seth Amoo (Az St) 21.29 200 -

News, notes

Charles Dumas (Centennial HS, Compton)
Raised National HJ Record over 3" back in 1955! -
Olympic Trials - Men's Marathon first Group Selected for 2004 Athens - 2/7/04 Birmingham, Alabama!!
Ryan Shay Interview - One of the favorites (who has spent a lot of time
in California recently) answers some questions!
 

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