2007 Cross-Country Previews!

Cross-Country Pre-Season All-State Boys -- #16 to #21!
Girls and team rankings also on the horizon soon!

U.S. Junior Championships
Wednesday-Sunday, June 20-24 in Indianapolis, IN
 4:16.98 for Hasay; 45.38 for Nellum!
Saturday results, summaries and pictures!   Videos
New All-time California Best Marks List (Nellum/Hasay)
 
Photos by Kirby Lee and Victor Sailer
Long Beach Poly senior rockets to #10 all-time and 2nd-fastest
(to LaShawn Merritt) in last dozen years! Also #4 in CA history;
Only trails Henry Thomas, Obea Moore & Calvin Harrison!
Next big race is PanAm Juniors in Brazil! Hasay runs fastest 1500m in 25 years!  A.J. Acosta wins B1500 by 0.01 !

FRIDAY'S RESULTS/SUMS/VIDEO BY EVENT AREAS:
Sprints/Hurd.  Distances  Field Events 
Index Page (w/ summaries, video & results)!

Eddie Hart Olympian
T&F Education Clinic
July 14 @ Pittsburg HS

131 coaches attend LA84 clinic

EPI "HOT 100"
Boys Distances
Boys Dashes

State Top 5
800 Meters
1:48.63 - Cory Primm
1:52.24 - N. Richardson
1:52.38 - Torion Bailey
1:52.65 - Ryan Gamboa
1:52.73 - Jon Simmons
100th is 1:58.01

1600 Meters
4:07.59 - Hudson Andrews
4:08.09 - Mac Fleet
4:08.97c - Brad Surh
4:09.19 - Chad Hall
4:09.90c - Fawad Khan
100th is 4:22.62

3200 Meters
8:58.68 - J.T. Sullivan
8:59.48 - Brendan Gregg
9:01.77 - Eric Avila
9:03.09 - Chad Hall
9:04.99 Michael Cybulski
100th is 9:34.91

Coach Openings
Notre Dame (CCS) XC
U of LaVerne: XC/TF
Cypress (SS) XC/TF
Galileo Acad (SF) XC/TF
Doughtery Valley HS (TF)
Sacred Heart Prep XC
La Canada (B & G CC)
Univ Nev/Reno (Wom TF)

                  DyeStatCal Featured Meets
      

  DyeStatCal Featured Camps  
       

Check here for the full 2007 DyeStatCal Running Camps Index!

Nike Outdoor Nationals
Thursday, June 14th, - Saturday June 16th
@ North Carolina A&T Univ (Greensboro, NC)
 
photos by Kirby Lee
Spencer Knight anchors the La Sierra super Distance Medley
Conor McCullough (Chaminade) starred in the hammer

California's National Champions!
   
Photos by Victor Sailer
Boys 800m -- Cory Primm 1:48.63 is new U.S. leader!
Boys DMR -- La Sierra 10:01.79 is #3 in state history!
Girls 4 x Mile -- Corona del Mar 20:23.43 triumph!
Also sophomore class nat'l record by Reggie Wyatt (400IH)

California Summary of competition

Day 3 - Saturday June 16th!
Day 3 and complete results summary

Day 2 - Friday June 15th - Action Starts to Roll!
Roosevelt (Greenbelt) Md takes Nat'l Record 1600 Medley 3:51.90 (old record 3:52.22)
Fourteen under 9:00 Boys Two Mile in last two sections! Centrowitz 8:41.55
(ties Prep for #3 AT HS) 4:26-4:15 mile segments (58 last 440)
Day 2 Summary

Day 1 - Thursday June 14th - 5k events!
Aric Van Halen (Unat/Oakwood) 15:22.46
Day 1 Summary

USATF Junior Nationals
Wednesday, June 20th, - Sunday June 24th
@ Indianapolis, Indiana
DyeStatCal "on-site"

LIVE COVERAGE AREA!

FRIDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
 4 more into Brazil on Friday!
   
Photos by Victor Sailer
California preps Ashton Purvis & Cory Primm
Cory Primm (Westlake HS) ran yet another sub-1:50, Castilleja's Tori Anthony
overcame winds in the pole vault, Ke'Nyia Richardson flew in
the TJ as did ex-CA prep Zuheir Sharif! All four won to advance to the
PanAm Junior Champs in Brazil, making it 10 Californians thus far!

FRIDAY'S RESULTS, BY EVENT AREAS:
Sprints/Hurd.  Distances  Field Events 

THURSDAY HEADLINERS
 Herculean efforts qualify 6 for Brazil!

Hercules HS star Jamesha Youngblood (above) soars to 20-08.50 LJ win! In Seniors (adult) division,
Ke'Nyia Richardson bounds 44-4.0 (#2 A-T) to place 6th against world-class types! Ex-CA HSers
Shana Woods (hep), Nicole Blood (3k) and Darius Savage (DT) also win. UCLA's Nick Robinson
and Washington's Scott Roth (both CA ex-preps) each placed second to earn bids to Brazil! The winner
in Juniors advances to the Pan Am Junior Championships in Brazil, along with select 2nd-placers
in cenrtain events. See qualifying note below for more qualification details!

Heptathlon: USC's Shana Woods (ex-LB Poly) wins and makes Team USA for Brazil!
Girls Long Jump: Hercules' Jamesha Youngblood posts new nation-leading mark!
Girls 3000m: Oregon's Nicole Blood (ex-Royal HS) is back to winning form!
Boys Shot Put: UCLA's Nick Robinson (ex-El Toro HS) comes up big for Bruins!
Out of state highlights:
Rynell Parson (TX) rips 10.23 in 100m final to set nat'l soph record! Brendan Ames (WY) 13.15w HH!
Jackie Coward (TN) 13.21 legal HH is #4 all-time [also 13.17w in final]; Ryann Krais (PA) 5377 heptathlon #4 all-time

THURSDAY'S RESULTS, BY EVENT AREAS:
Sprints/Hurd.  Distances  Field Events  Decathlon/Heptathlon
Thursday Video Added Now
"A Quick Glance" At How Our Californians Did Today...

WEDNESDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Wonder Woman is at it again!
Can any of you at home match Shana Woods' marks?
     
photos by Doug Speck
USC's Shana Woods posts best marks in HH and 200 to lead
heptathlon. The ex-LB Poly star has the LJ, JT, 800 on Thursday!
Heptathlon: Shana Woods (ex-LB Poly) 1st out of 23 after Day One (3,311 points!)
Whitney Liehr (Palos Verdes HS) 9th out of 23 after Day One
Decathlon: DeShawn Shead (Highland HS) 16th out of 22 after Day One


Video Action of Day 1 (need broadband)
Day 1 Event Summaries - Mike Kennedy

LIVE COVERAGE AREA!
(now complete with live results, schedules, previews, start lists, etc.)
Women's Meet Preview now added!

How They Choose Team USA members for Brazil...

The 2007 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships will serve as
the selection meet for the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.
It is planned that one athlete will be selected for each event, except for the following events,
where up to two athletes may be selected: men's & Women's 100m, men's & women's 200m,
men's & women's 400m, men's 110m Hurdles, women's 100m Hurdles, men's & women's
400m Hurdles, men's Shot Put, men's & women's Pole Vault, and men's Long Jump.

Procedures:
1. Athletes will select themselves based on rank order of finish in the final of their event
at the 2007 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
2. Athletes must have met the qualifying standards during the 2007 Outdoor Season.
3. Athletes MUST have a valid passport with them at the USA Junior Outdoor
Track & Field Championships with an expiration date of at least January 2008 in order
to be considered for selection to the team. There will be no exceptions to this policy.

Cross-Country Pre-Season All-State Rankings!
   
We start with Boys Individuals, leading off with #31 to #40!

Long Beach Poly's Bryshon Nellum captures his biggest award yet
by being named the 2006-07 Gatorade National Boys Track & Field
Performer of the Year in an announcement made at this week's
USATF Junior Nationals meet in Indianapolis. Bryshon helps continue
a streak of California dominance in the program, becoming the 22nd
Golden State winner out of 44 recipients in the award's history. The
state of Texas is next best with eight winners in the history of the award.

Press Release on Bryshon's selection     Past winners of the award

Golden West Invitational
Sunday, June 10th, 2007 @ Folsom HS

Tori Anthony 14-01.25 Nat'l Prep Best!
photo by Bob Zorn
Tori Anthony (above actual vault against sunset) Sets Prep Outdoor
All-Time Record at GWI - 14-01.25 - good attempts at 14-03.25!
New - More Great GWI Photos from Bob Zorn!

Walter Henning (NY) 254-02 starts meet with #2 All-Time Hammer Effort
Golden Staters:
Terry Prentice 25-0w LJ - 13.60 wind legal 110mHH -
Jordan Hasay 4:43.34 Mile - German Fernandez 4:13.32 Mile (2nd)
Jeshua Anderson 36.05 B300mIH - Joe Canavan 64-07.25 BSP
Jamesha Youngblood 20-03w GLJ - 42.23 G300LH
Dominique Jackson 2:07.97 G800

2007 Results  -  Videos

DyeStat National Coach of the Week
Steve Nelson (Mt. Pleasant) Girls State Team Champs!

Steve Nelson - Mt Pleasant
DyeStat Coach of the Week

World Youth (under 18) Championships
July 11-15, 2007 @ Ostrava Czech Republic
Golden State youngsters Ashton Purvis, Julian Purvis, Jordan Hasay, Conor
McCullough are off to good start to a year that may have them on Team USA!
Meet Information

LA84 Cross-Country Coaches Clinic A Success!
  
Photos courtesy of Tim O'Rourke
A total of 131 coaches turned out for the LA84 (formerly AAF) Cross-Country Coaches Clinic
at Mt. SAC on Saturday, June 16th. Among the presenters were (l-to-r) Torrey Pines' Brent Thorne,
Saugus' Rene Paragas and former Ventura coach Bill Tokar. The next clinic will be on July 14 at
Mt. SAC and will be featuring the 2008 US Olympic Coach Joe Vigil, Pat Tyson and Dan Green.

Class of 2007 Collegiate Commitments
Please email us with additional signings! Athletes only are to email us (no college coaches, please!)

Tiera Hilliard (Mayfair) to Fresno State; Gary Lee (Hoover-SD) to Fresno State; Christian deGlymes (Del Oro)
to Vanguard; Cashmir Whittle (Buchanan) to Fresno State; Annie Bledsoe (Riverdale) to Fresno State;
Erica Fitzpatrick (San Pedro) to Seton Hall; Sarah Savage (Buchanan) to Fresno State; Wallis Caiquo
(Los Alamitos) to Fresno State; Shanlle Stephens (Dominguez) to Fresno State; Ashley Hodges (Deer Valley)
to Howard University; Jessica Robson (Newport Harbor) to Dartmouth College; Janev Morris (Fountain Valley)
to Fresno State; Kendrick Young Jr. (Clovis East) to Fresno State; Joey Kochlacs (Campolindo), Alex Avilez (Valley Center),
Hannah Dillard (Chico), Kara Lubieniecki (Bear Creek, CO), Alia Gray (Maria Carrillo), Katie Spencer
(East Valley, Redlands) and Maria Avalos (Vintage HS, Napa) sll to Chico State Univ;
Taylor Hobson (Upland) to UCLA; Valerie Acevedo (Upland) to Cal State Fullerton;
Mark Weber (El Camino) to UCLA; Andre Gaston (Pittsburg) to UC Davis; Kendra Rimbach
(Prospect) to San Francisco St.; Emilie Stills (Duarte) to Occidental; Andre Huff (St. Mary's, B) & Greyson Tarantino
(St. Mary's, B) both to UC Davis; Spencer Phillips (Rancho Cucamonga) to CS Long Beach; Jesse Lomax (St. Mary's, B)
to UC Davis; Alexandria Bell (Salinas) to Boise State Univ; Ify Agwuenu (Ayala) to Sacramento State;
Brittany Escamilla (El Molino) to UC Davis; Brian Kopcynski (Tesoro) to Claremont-McKenna;
Jerome Kendricks (Serra, G) to CS Fullerton; Lilly Spratt (Old Lyme, Ct) to Pepperdine;
Steven DeCastro (West Torrance) to Cal State Long Beach; Josh Zubia (Murrieta Valley) to San Francisco State;
Joshua Laureta-Kimbrough (James Logan) to Cal Poly SLO; Matt Miller (El Modena) to UC Berkeley;

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