Russel Blunt Invitational - Greensboro, North Carolina
J-Mee Samuels (Mt. Tabor, Winston-Salem, NC) Sprint History!!!
10.08 in Finals of 100m (wind +0.7 mps) takes down 20 year old US prep record
Super meet for Samuels - 10.22 prelims (+0.9 wind) - 10.05w semi (+2.1 wind)
10.08 final (wind +0.7 mps) wind legal on 100 degree day in North Carolina!!
Russel Blunt Invite Results
Prep All-Time 100 Meter List (from Jack Shepard Track & Field News)
10.08 J-Mee Samuels (Mt. Tabor, Winston-Salem, NC) 06
10.13 .................... Derrick Florence (Ball, Galveston, Tx) 86
10.15 ............................... Henry Neal (Greenville, Tx) 90
10.16 ................................ Houston McTear (Baker, Fl) 76
10.18 ........................ Roy Martin (Roosevelt, Dallas, Tx) 85
10.20 ................... Brendan Christian' (Reagan, Austin, Tx) 02
J-Mee at Arcadia 2003 and 2005 - our story on J-Mee before Arcadia 2005
Samuels was at the Arcadia Invite 2003 and 2005 - he was third to Xavier Carter (left below) as a soph
in 2003, racing a blazing soph 10.49 clocking (Carter cranked an amazing 10.38-20.85-46.72 triple!)
Xavier Carter wins Arcadia 2003 100m 10.38 - J-Mee Samuels 3rd 10.49
Derirck Jones (LB Poly) 2nd 10.44 (John Dye photo)
Jamere Holland hands J-Mee Samuels one of his two 2005 100m defeats with a
10.52-10.58 win in early April (John Dye) - Samuels returned the favor over 200m 21.10-21.34
Samuels went on to win the Nike Outdoor National 100 & 200 and Jr National 100m
in June and will lead the US 100m group at the Pan Ams in Windsor, Canada this week!!
USATF National JO Championships - Indianapolis, Ind
Tuesday July 24th - Sunday July 31st, 2005
We'll be on-site Thursday for Sunday for one of our favorite
affairs--over 6000 athletes in 5 divisions!!!
Index Page For the Week!!
- We may luck out in the weather!
Live Results
Bantam (left photos) - Midget - Youth - Intermediate - Young Men & Women (right pictures)
few experiences like the finals events where they line up races that start with the
10-11 year old Bantams and work their way up through the age groups and
end up with the 17-18 year
Young Men and Women competitors-10 exciting Finals contests!!
Above - 2004 Action Eugene, Oregon
2005 AAU Junior Olympics -
New Orleans, Louisiana
July 29th - August 6th, 2005
Some Golden Staters head for Louisiana this week!!
Another huge summer age-group affair that involves literally thousands!!
Index page for the week - New Orleans weather
(around 90 most days of meet!)
Live Results
2005 Boys XC California Team Rankings!
Will Royal HS celebrate yet again???
Boys State Rankings: Here ya go!
Murrieta Valley gets the nod!
Check out the Girls State Rankings!
Pan American Junior Championships
Golden Staters fill out American Squad against the rest of Americas!!
July 29th-31st, 2005 Windsor, Canada
Meet Information
- Performance Lists for events
CALIFORNIANS ON US TEAM
Lindsay Allen - 3000m Steeplechase - College Park HS - Stanford
Kristina Davis - 4x100m - Logan HS ( Union City)
Melissa Faubus - Discus - Centennial HS (Bak) - UC Berkeley
Gayle Hunter - Long Jump - North HS (Riv) - Penn State Univ
Deonna Lawrence - 4x400m - Sheldon HS (EG) - LSU
Elizabeth Olear - 4x100m - Louisville HS (WH)
Shevell Quinley - Heptathlon - Merrill West HS (Tracy)
Ke'Nyia Richardson - Triple Jump - Holy Names HS ( Oakland)
Talia Stewart - 100m Hurdles - James Logan HS - USC
Cassandra Strickland - Triple Jump - Las Vegas HS - UC Berkeley
Edward Cornell - Discus Throw - Burroughs HS (R) - Cal State Long Beach
Boldizsár Kocsor - Hammer Throw - Univ City HS (SD) - UCLA
Lionel Larry, III - 4x400m - Dominguez HS - USC
Mark Matusak - 1500m - Loyola HS (LA)
Daniel Nunn - 5000m - SLO HS-Georgetown
Wopamo Osaisai - 100m, 4x100m - Pinole Valley HS - Stanford University
David Pichler - Decathlon - Washington state prep - Azusa Pacific University
Corey White - Javelin Throw - Mt. Pleasant HS - University of Redlands
Wharf to Wharf - Santa Cruz to Capitola 6.2 Miles
Brett Gotcher (28:54) - Jake Schmitt - Tori Tyler - Michelle Gallagher - join the 15,000!!!
(Margaret Gallagher) - Photo
Album
Race Stories - #1 - #2 - #3
California State Games - Westview HS (San Diego) 7/16-17
Good Action in State competiton (these very popular other parts of nation)
Turqoise Thompson (Quiet Fire/MS Long Beach) Yth Girls 100 12.09 nwi - 200 24.08 nwi
Jasmine Joseph (Long Beach Sprinters/MS Long Beach) 56.70 Yth G 400 - Karynn Dunn
(Inland Empire Sprinters/Chino area MS) 28.08 Yth G 200H 18-11 LJ nwi - Sa'de Williams
(Rancho
Cucamonga) 12.02 nwi Int G 100 heats - 54.58 400 Kayla Dixon (Unat/Cleveland HS, Reseda)
12.01 nwi Int G 100 Finals - Sharika Thompson (MLK Blasters/Helix HS) Y Wom Hurd
100mH 14.75 nwi - 400mH 65.13 - Paul Ned (Valley United/SF Valley MS?) Int B 100 10.83 nwi
Darnell Moreno (Swift Performance/Arroyo Valley HS, San Bern) Yng M 400 49.09 -
Jordan Paul (Pasadena Running Roses/Loyola HS) Yng M 110mHH 14.26 nwi- Gary Sumpter
(Swift Performance/?? HS) Yng M 110mHH 14.32
nwi - Ashika Charan (So Cal Cheetahs/
Claremont HS) 19-06 nwi Y Wom LJ
- 39-06.5 nwi TJ
Results
Southern California Association Meet - June 11-12 - Carson
Turqoise Thompson (Quite Fire/Long Beach MS) 12.23 nwi Yth G 100 - 53.55 400 - Jasmine Joseph (Long Beach
Sprinters/Long Beach MS) 25.21 nwi Yth G 200 - Ashtynn Baltimore (Pasadena Running
Roses/Pasadena
MS) Yth G 100mLH 15.09 nwi - 28.32 200mH - Karyn Dunn (Inland Empire Sprinters) Yth G LJ 18-07.25 nwi -
Ebony Collins (Quiet Fire/LB Wilson) Int G 100 11.98 nwi heat - 12.06 nwi Fi - Chelsea Davis (LS?/
Newbury Park HS) Int G 400 56.93 - Kiani Profit (Pasadena RR/Muir HS) Int G 100mH 15.06 nwi -
Elizabeth Olear (Quiet Fire/Louisville HS) Yng Wom 100 12.06 nwi heat - 24.64 nwi 200 Heat - Danialle Watson
(LS?/Carson HS) 18-08 nwi Yng Wom LJ - Shauntary Lazard (Breaux?) (Rising Stars TC/Miller HS) 41-08.75
Yng Wom SP - Paul Ned (Valley United/San Fernando Valley MS?) 22.12 nwi Int B 200 heats - Arteze
Spicer (WC Gazelle/Rancho Cucamonga HS) 50.02 Ht 50.21 Fin Int B 400 - Terry Prentice (So Cal Cheetahs/
Diamond Ranch HS) 15.08 nwi Int B 110mHH - 22-11.25 nwi LJ - Donald Sanford (LS?/Morningside HS) 48.56
Yng M 400 - Danny (4:04.49) & Diego (4:04.87) Mercado (Unat/West Covina HS) Yng M 1500 - Jordan Paul (Unat/
Loyola HS) Yng M 110mHH 14.41 nwi - Gary Sumpter (Swift Performance/HS??) 14.49 nwi 2nd - Vincent
Bolin (Unat/Santa Ana JC) Yng M LJ 23-01.75 nwi -
Results
Norwich Union - London Grand Prix
7/22/2005
Allyson Felix (Kirby Lee - Sporting Image)
Allyson Felix takes Olympic 200m Champion - 2 weeks until world Champs!!
Russian sets Woman's PV record at 5.0 meters 16-04.75
Brit beats Jeremy Wariner at 400m
Gatlin takes 100 9.89 as WR Holder Powell down with injury!!
Ryan Hall 13:23.20 5k - Alan Webb good second 1500m
Summary-Results
Amazing Week in North Africa World Youth Championships 2005!!
Weeklong coverage area
USATF Mid-Summer Classic Azusa Pacific University
Saturday 7/16/05 - Sunday 7/17/05
Elite level Women's TJ - Daniels and McLain - Video!!
Broadband connection needed for video
Kirby Lee's photo album! - Results Both Days - combined
Track City International Classic - Eugene, Oregon
Californians head north for summer Age-Group Action!!
Results
Summer
Age-Group Coverage Area
National
USATF JO Champs 7/26-31 - Indianapolis, Indiana - On-Site DyeStatCal coverage!
SCA-USATF SUMMER GRAND PRIX TRACK & FIELD
Conducted in Cooperation with LAUSD All-Comers Meets - Series Info
Birmingham & San Pedro HS Top Marks
Open Level Top Marks from Summer so far!
AAF Summer Cross-Country Clinic another big success!
Dave Casper's
photo album
US fans will get unprecedented coverage
of World Championships in Helsinki
A new webcast service (see www.wcsn.com)
will offer start to finish live coverage
(58 hours in all) of the IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships
at Helsinki
Finland August 6-14. Every heat will be shown live and every event will
be archived
an hour after the event for later retrieval by subscribers. Subscriptions
for the entire meet
will be $14.95, and one-day subscriptions will be $3.95. Viewers will
need broadband
internet access with at least 350 kb per second bandwidth. In addition
to the webcast, there
will be a daily 1-hour highlight show on PAX and Comcast Sports. In a
free preview of the
new technology, the Bislett Games in Oslo Norway July 29 will be webcast.
This will be the first Bislett
Games in Oslo's newly renovated stadium, and it will feature US runners
such as Bernard Lagat,
Alan Webb, Galen Rupp, and Adam Goucher.
Shana Woods (Long Beach
Poly)
Latest Jackrabbit star takes
some time to talk "track and field!"
Kirby Lee catches Shana in action at the
Penn Relays
Interview
College
Signings
Luis Medina (Arroyo)
to Mt. SAC; Vernisha Crayton (Muir) to Mt. SAC;
Mario Cobian (PCC) to Long Beach St; Heidi Rocha (Paraclete) Notre Dame;
Jennifer Doyle (Oakland Tech) to MIT;
Justin Wagner (Cypress) to Cal State Fullerton, Isaac Bloom (Torrey Pines)
to University of Puget Sound (Wa)
Amanda Thompson (Muir) to Cal Poly SLO; Dominique Hector (Muir) to Long
Beach State;
Rhiannon Cadelinia (Sacred Heart Cathedral)/Natalie Martinez (Sacred Heart
Cathedral) both to Seattle Univ.;
Michele Dannhausen (La Salle) to San Diego State; David Minguez (La Salle)
to Occidental College;
Val Pierre Dai'Re (Buhach Colony) to Fresno State; Stacey Vanderpool (Upland)
to CS San Marcos;
Jack Chandler (Moorpark HS/Moorpark JC) to CS Stanislaus; Michelle Chan
(Castro Valley) to San Fran. St;
Jose Burrola (Antelope Valley College) to San Jose State; Vernon Bennett
(Muir) to UC Davis
Please
email us any signings!
Summer State Track & Field Meet Video Review
Relive some of the great action from the 2005 State Meet!!
Today
7/23 - Posted Boys 110m High Hurdles
State
Cross-Country Meet History (from the start in 1987!)
Magazine
summaries/results, plus season-ending rankings!
1989 - Bryan Dameworth and Deena Drossin (Agoura) titlests Div I - Palos Verdes 3rd Straight Girls title!!
Camarillo super effort Boys Div I - Bret Harte takes second Girls Div III title on fine day for sport!!
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