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***Simplot Games
Friday coverage!***
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Speed City TC (LB Poly) and Union City Logan,
two California powers, topped the 4x200 girls qualifying, in 1:40.95 and
1:41.49, respectively. Logan had to beat relays juggernaut Long Beach
Wilson (dropped baton, (1:46.48) head-on in its heat! Yikes! United Stars
TC (PA) blazes to 1:42.92. The final will smoke!!!
On the boys' side, Transit Tech of New York squandered
a blistering pace with a botched anchor-leg exchange and was disqualified
(DATAC of Denver was best in 1:31.66). The Transit Tech crew (above) rebounded
to post the top 4x400 qualifying time in 3:26.51. Not many notes today,
but figure on many taking shape on Saturday!
- Boys
60m prelims (Colorado claims top three clockings)
- Teammates Dewayne Lewis (7.08) and Marcus Sigars (7.13)
of D.A.T.A.C. claim top lanes to final.
- D.A.T.A.C., based in Denver, was clearly in another gear
today, handling all sprint events!
- Girls
60m prelims (Is World Youth Games champ vulnerable?)
- California's Allyson Felix
wins heat in 7.71, making the final by only 0.03 seconds!
- Washington irving's Virgil Hodge turns heads with 7.64,
the meet's top time.
- Boys
200m prelims (Another mile-high triumph for Colorado)
- The "Mile-High State" has its athletes claim the
top four berths to finals.
- Creighton Kiper (Denver Lightning Track) emerges as top
qualifier with 22.56 showing.
- Girls
200m prelims (Almost an all-Cali final!)
- L.A. Baptist's Allyson Felix heads the advances in 24.52,
coasting through the finish.
- Athletes attending Long Beach Poly finish 2-3-5 in qualifying.
They want the national relay records!
- Boys
400m prelims (Hometown boy a secret weapon)
- Dean Connett, from right
here in Pocatello, posts top qualifier 50.32 all the way from Heat
15!
- Pre-meet favorite Darren Woods of Seattle had little trouble,
winning heat convincingly in 50.60.
- Girls
400m prelims (Tiffany Abney & Natasha Hastings to clash!)
- Abney runs in slower heat
but rolls to 56.79, representing PA's United Stars Track Club.
- Natasha Hastings, the recent
national recordsetter in the 500, goes 56.94 to win heat heandily.
- Boys
800m prelims (Colorado's Schoedel a mild surprise here)
- Buena Vista HS standout closes
well in impressive heat win. Only six athletes dip under 2:00.
- Nationally lauded Adam Demmings (WA) barely makes the "A
heat" final.
- Girls
800m prelims (With Magill resting, it'll be an intriguing final)
- In taking a stab at the record
book, Mountain View's Heidi Magill rests up for Saturday's 4x800 clash!
- United Stars (PA) continues its fine all-around showing
as Kimarra McDonald leads all in 2:17.32
- Boys
3200m non-seeded finals
- Only a sophomore, Utah's Digger Track Club standout Jared
Bienlien checks in at 9:46.27!
- Girls
3200m non-seeded finals
- Platte River Track Club sophomore Vanessa Escatel is day's
best performer at 12:00.82.
- Boys
60m hurdles (Kilmartin's win highlights rare "light" day)
- America's premier athlete has little problem in 8.29 triumph.
He'll do HJ, PV, relay and hurdles Saturday.
- Girls
60m hurdles (The Flyers do just that over those hurdles!)
- Colorado Flyers mates Vicki Howard (8.76) and Chanda Hardin-Scott
(8.95) head the advancement list.
- Boys
4x200 relay prelims (High-speed accident in transit)
- Denver's D.A.T.A.C. flies to 1:31.66 to top qualifying by
more than two seconds!
- Transit Tech (New York) gets DQed on final exchange. Was
on pace for 1:31 clocking.
- Girls
4x200 relay prelims (It'll be a California party!)
- Speed City (Long Beach Poly, CA) dazzles in 1:40.95! Eight
CA squads among the 10 fastest!
- AP Randolph HS (NY) represented by two clubs here, otherwise
they'd be right in the mix as well!
- Boys
4x400 relay prelims (Transit Tech bounces back!)
- Transit Tech (NY) rebounds from 4x200 flop to roll to 3:26.51
qualifier!
- The talent is pretty well spread out as only 3:33.49 is
needed to make the final.
- Girls
4x400 relay prelims (United Stars place 2 teams in top 7!)
- Philadelphia area power goes
3:54.83 on the A team and 4:01.86 on the B squad to flash alarming
depth!
- New York Metro Eagles top the advancers in 3:54.81, winning
heat by more than 20 seconds!
- Boys
sprint medley relay prelims
- Davis TC (Utah) leads five teams within 1.5 seconds of each
other heading into finals!
- Girls
sprint medley relay prelims
- Most top sprint powers did not enter here, with Sport of
the Gods heading the qualifiers in 4:31.46.
- Note: Field event results
not provided to us at meet venue.
- Boys Long Jump
- Girls Long Jump
- Boys High Jump
- Girls High Jump
- Boys Pole Vault
- Girls Pole Vault
- Boys Shot Put
- Girls Shot Put
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***Simplot Games
Thursday coverage!***
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Ryan Fyfe edges
Ryan McKay in 1600 heat; Heidi Houle's 1600 PR; throwers Della Clark/Marie
Stringer
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Five
of 11 best qualifiers are our northern neighbors. Alex McClary (Wash)
tops qualifying in 4:25.19!
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Utah's
Steve Shepherd makes tactical mistake, is eliminated from contention
into the "A" heat final.
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Faced with
grueling upcoming schedule, Mtn. View's (UT) Heidi Houle seizes prelims
chance in 5:04.41!
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Valley
Christian's (CA) Amanda Thornberry looks super in 5:09.04 heat win
to assume favorite's role.
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Nick Owens (WA) misses PR, but says he feels
the national record is only a matter of time!
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Leif Arrhenius (UT) performs well to hurl
the implement to a lifetime competition PR.
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Della Clark and Marie Stringer, a pair of
Georgians, claim top places but feel a bit dissatisfied.
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Local frosh Sarah Cardinal (Blackfoot TC)
sets national frosh record in front of hometown crowd.
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