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***2003 Simplot Games***
Nine new nation-leading marks for 2003!  135 DyeStatElite marks!

KING KILMARTIN !!!
America's premier athlete answers the call in his
Simplot Games finale! (7-0; 17-1; 8.01/60mH)!


Photo by Rich Gonzalez
Idaho's Donovan Kilmartin heading into his
nation-leading 17-foot, 1-inch pole vault clearance!



NATIONAL-RECORD ASSAULTS!
 
Long Beach Poly's quartet (left) of Shana Solomon, Shalonda Solomon, Dominique Dorsey and Jasmine Lee just missed the 4x200 national record (#2 all time)! Long Beach Wilson's MacKenzie Hill, Dianna Gooden, Ashley Freeman and Tiana Hood combine for 3:44.40 in 4x400 relay, not far from national indoor record!

 

FASTEST Girls 200m Race EVER!


Jasmine Lee (Speed City TC, LB Poly, CA) wins in 23.55 (#2 U.S. all-time!); Allyson Felix (unattached, L.A. Baptist HS, CA) second in 23.57 (#3 U.S. all-time!); Shalonda Solomon (Speed City TC, LB Poly,CA) 23.98 (#14 all-time U.S. performer. All attend school within a half hour of each other, making SoCal the hotbed! JASMINE LEE CAME TO SIMPLOT AS #3 GIRL ON HER TEAM... LEAVES AS #2 IN U.S. PREP INDOOR HISTORY!

 

More meet records smashed: Girls PV, 4x800!
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Julene Bailey (ID) skies 13-0 and Mountain. View (UT) girls go 9:12.21 in the 4x800m relay
(United Stars of PA in second with three 8th-graders and a sophomore) to kick off early action! Bailey's clearance is the #4 all-time indoor prep performer and Mtn. View's relay is the #16 all-time performance!

 

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Always the backbone of a smooth-running operation, the legion of volunteers offering up first-rate
involvement with the Simplot Games is nothing short of amazing/inspiring. No meet appears to
have a better "feel" for pleasant atmosphere than the 25-year-old indoor extravaganza! On the right,
meet founder J.R. Simplot and his lovely wife take in the action on championship day!
A great event once again! Don't miss it in 2004!

 

  • Fastest race in the nation at this distance, as 3 of top 9 U.S. times occur! Dewayne Lewis (D.A.T.A.C., Colorado) wins the final in 6.95, edging Heritage Track Club's (North. California) Chris Johnson (6.96)!
  • Girls 60m-2003 National leader! Fastest 60m indoor race in U.S. history!
  • Great race! Five-foot, 2-inch Ashley Owens (Colorado Flyers), 7:40 (#11 all-time, 2003 US leader); Virgil Hodge (Washing. Irving), 7.41 (#12 all-time, 2003 US #2); Allyson Felix (LA Baptist, CA),7.42 (#13, US #3)
  • Donovan "King" Kilmartin kicks off great afternoon with U.S. #2 time of 8.01, also a lifetime-best effort for the University of Texas-bound standout! Sophomore Kevin Craddock (CA) second in 8.18 (U.S. #10).
  • A true photo-finish clash between talented teammates, with Vicki Howard (8.53) outleaning Colorado Flyers teammate Chandra Hardin-Scott (8.54). Tons of talent here featuring the best in the nation!
  • Boys 200m-2003 National leader!
  • Creighton Kiper is the real deal, racing to U.S. #1 21.79 to win by a whopping .37 over DATAC's Shannon Waynewood (22.16, #8 U.S.). Kiper also 22.56 (DyeStatElite mark) during prelims in flats, with no blocks!
  • Girls 200m-2003 National leader! Fastest 200m indoor race in U.S. history!
  • The national race of the year so far! Junior Jasmine Lee (LB Poly, CA) wins in 23.55, the #2 all-time U.S. performer! Senior Allyson Felix (L.A. Baptist, CA) second in 23.57, #3 all-time performer. Shalonda Solomon (LB Poly, CA) third in 23.98, #14 all-timer performer! Lee and Solomon are teammates!!!
  • Boys 400m-2003 National leader!
  • Senior Darren Woods of S.E.T.A. in Tacoma (WA) bests own nation-leading seasonal mark by .03 towin in 47.99! Transit Tech's Melville Rogers (NY) bests own PR in 48.47, the #3 mark in U.S.!
  • United Stars Track Club senior Tiffany Abney wins the two-lap dash in 54.35 (#2 U.S. in 2003), ahead of LB Wilson's Ashley Freeman (54.86, #3 U.S.) and Joe Gentry TT's Rena Napoleon (54.96, #4 U.S.).
  • Boys 800m-2003 National leader!
  • Adam Demmings has lead at the halfway, loses it, then musters the resolve to regain it en route to a nation-leading 1:53.11! New face on scene is BVTC's Tad Schoedel, a horse clocking 1:53.87 (U.S. #3)!
  • Sophomore Kimarra McDonald, among the latest finds in the great United Stars Track Club, posts #2 U.S. time in 2:13.71, just enough to defeat NY Metro Eagles' Salena Sappleton (#4 U.S.) in 2:13.99.
  • Utah's Steve Shepherd (4:34 in prelims to fall into B heat) runs 4:16.71 (even splits) to just miss meet record while posting best overall time! Washington's Alex McCrary (4:18.24) and 3 Canadians in top 7!
  • One of America's sensational talents, Heritage TC's (Valley Chr., San Jose, CA) Amanda Thornberry blazed to victory 4:55.53 (#6 U.S.), with Mtn. View's Heidi Houle (5:01.00) earning two PRs in three days!
  • Colorado's Ian Burrell (Air Academy HS) blazes to a 9:20.69 win at 4,445 ft. altitude (roughly 9:02 at sea level), worthy of among the best marks in the nation this winter! Soph Jared Bienlien wins open (9:46.27).
  • A stunning showing by eighth-grader Karleigh Gempler of YMCA Team Idaho, charging on to an 11:16.19 victory at 4,445 altitude! It'll be interesting to see where she attends high school next year!
  • A big Colorado showdown sees D.A.T.A.C. top Fort Collins, 1:30.38 to 1:30.61 (#7 and #8 times in the country) in a thrilling photo finish! Denver area sprinters also had fine showings throughout the meet!
  • Girls 4x200 relay-2003 National leader! #2 and #20 all-time performances!
  • Speed City TC (LB Poly, CA) has Jasmine Lee, Dominique Dorsey, Shana/Shalonda Solomon finish 0.14 off national record in 1:36.69, with Teekay TC (LB Wilson) Ashley Freeman, Tiana Hood, Dianna Gooden and McKenzie Hill posting #21 mark all-time in 1:39.78! Poly and Wilson combine for 8 of top 21 times in history! E.O.Y.D.C. (1:40.65), James Logan (1:41.14) and United Stars (1:41.69) w/ top 10 U.S. marks!
  • Transit Tech (NY), which figured to contend for the 4x200 title before succumbing to DQ, closed out the meet with a fine 3:20.09 victory (U.S. #4), with Sport of the Gods (WA) taking second in 3:22.05 (#9).
  • Girls 4x400 relay-2003 National leader!
  • A tidal wave of speed as TeeKay TC (LB Wilson, CA) threatens national record with U.S. leader 3:44.40, #8 mark all-time. Wilson now has the #1, 2, 4, 5, 6 7, and 8 times in U.S. indoor history! New York Metro Eagles (3:47.10 for an all-star group) and Speed City (3:47.90 for LB Poly, #17 U.S. prep history) also!
  • Transit Tech of New York shaves another .19 seconds off its seasonal best to further entrench itself in the U.S. #2 spot with a 3:31.04 victory! Davis Track Club is the runner-up, checking in at 3:35.64.
  • Girls Sprint medley relay-2003 National leader!
  • Tracy Flyers TC (Merrill West HS, CA) athletes Jennifer Nash, Nikki Chase, Brittany Daniels and Alexis Bartschi combine for U.S. leader and #16 all-time! New York Metro Eagles all-star unit second in 4:12.53.
  • Canada appears to have one of its better traveling distance groups in some time this year, with the McKay brothers and the youngest Fyfe among those in the mix. LeDuc TC won here in 8:03.30.
  • Girls 4x800 relay-2003 National leader!
  • Bruins TC (Mountain View HS, Orem, UT) sets school record for fathomed program in earning #16 mark in U.S. history! United Stars TC (PA) has no problem managing second (9:38.06)!
  • The event title was decided by each athlete's second-best jump as Idaho's Jarrette Layton and California's Michael Strong each posted meet bests of 21-10.75. Tad Schoedel, a fine 800m talent, place third.
  • Utah''s Amy Menlove, among the nation's better all-around talents (and taking her skills to BYU in the fall) edges E.O.Y.D.C.'s Renee Williams on second-best jump after each soars 19-2.
  • Angelo Jeffrey (James Logan HS, Union City, CA) is a huge talent to keep an eye on out west, with a fine 47-4.25 winning bound and nice sprint relay efforts earmarking him as a key player in major meets!
  • Toni Smith of the Colorado Flyers posts one of the meet's finest field event marks, going 41-6.25 CF actually dominated this event, with Aaliyah Shareef placing second and Penny Shields finishing third.
  • In seemingly racing from one end of Holt Arena to the other, Donovan Kilmartin (Eagle HS, Idaho and destined to the University of Texas) slinks over the crossbar in 7-0, with a few fine efforts at 7-2+.
  • Four girls clear 5-3, but it was Linzy Morgan of the Declo Hornets who earned victory based on fewer total misses. Californians Tifani Grimes and Monique Spencer & Split City Sonic's Nicole Fisher at 5-3.
  • Boys Pole Vault-2003 National Leader!
  • Donovan Kilmartin closes out his "superb" meet in dramatic fashion, negotiating the bar at 17-1 before a few good attempts atthe national record. Four other vaulters also clear 14-3!
  • Home-state favorite Julene Bailey claims her third consecutive Simplot Game title with a meet record 13-0 clearance, with dad/coach Larren Bailey indicating the national indoor record is under attack!
  • Zack Lloyd has been among the nation's hottest throwers the last few month's, with his big 62-3.25 heave here far enough to claim the title! Three putters eclipsed the 60-foot barrier!
  • Michaela Wallerstedt comes through with a huge toss, hurling the shot 45-01.5 en route to victory. Four girls went at least 40 feet in this one, giving possibly the most solid depth among female field eventers.
  • Nick Owens goes 74-6.5 in competition after flirting with near-national record heaves in warmups. Utah's Leif Arrhenius PR's in throwing 72-4.
  • Della Clark (53-4.5) and Marie Stringer (52-1) are a couple of great Georgia Peaches as the Throw 1 Deep Track Club claims top two spots here. It was the indoor debut for both, whi handled new surroundings well.

 

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