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Nike Indoor Class - Girls Meet Preview - Ricky Quintana
GIRLS PREVIEW- NIKE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
LANDOVER, Md. March 12, 2003- Here’s an event-by-event look at
the girls
events at the Nike Indoor Championships at Prince George’s County
Sports
Complex in Landover.
60m: Ashley Owens (Colorado Springs, CO), Marshevet Hooker (San Antonio,
TX), Jessica Ohanaja (Houston, TX), Juanita Broaddus (Philadelphia, PA),
Jessica Oneyepunuka (Peoria, AZ) are the top entries. Owens blazed to
a
7.40(A), the fastest time in the nation, at The Simplot Games on February
15
turning back sensational Allyson Felix (Los Angeles, CA) who recently
qualified for the World Championship team in the 200m. She will have her
hands full with 2002 World Junior team member, Marshevet Hooker, a Texas
signee. Hooker won the bronze medal at the World Junior Champs in the
100m
and was a member of the 400m Relay silver medal winning team. She was
also a
silver medallist in 100m at the USATF Junior Champs. Ohanaja won the
Arkansas Invitational in 7.50; Broaddus was second in the 100m at the
Adidas
Outdoor Championships (AOC), and Onyepunuka was fourth in the 100m.
200m: Juanita Broaddus (Philadelphia, PA), Tiandra Ponteen (Greenbelt,
MD),
Jessica Onyepunuka (Peoria, AZ) are the top entries. Broaddus will try
to
defend her NIC title. She enters this year with the fastest time on a
banked
track, 24.35. Ponteen, a Florida signee, will try and add a 200m title
to
the 400m title she won last year. She will be also be running the 400m
at
this year’s NIC. Onyepunuka ran 24.51 at USTAF and should be in
the hunt
in this very competitive race.
400m: Tiandra Ponteen (Greenbelt, MD), Diane Anderson (Denver, CO) and
Jessica Onyepunuka (Peoria, AZ), and LaTonya Anderson (Millford, VA) are
the
top entries. Ponteen will have a busy weekend. She returns to defend her
NIC 400m title. She has run sensationally over 300m and enters with a
solid
56.6. Anderson was fifth at the USATF Junior meet last year. Anderson
was
fifth at last year’s NIC.
800m: Katya Kostetskaya (Jonesboro, AR), Devon Williams (Parkville, MD),
Crystal Anyanwu (Greenbelt, MD), and Sarah Bowman (Warrenton, VA) are
the
top entries. Kostetskaya, the multi talented long sprinter/hurdler/middle
distance runner, won the Arkansas state championship with an eye-popping
2:07.57. The Russian import’s time was 2 seconds faster than any
time in the
nation. Williams has the next best time. Anyanwu was seventh at NIC last
year and won the Hispanic Games. Bowman opened the season with a splendid
2:52.44 for 1000m and will drop down in distance at NIC.
Mile: Megan Kaltenbach (Aurora, Co), Elizabeth Maloy (Albany, NY), Nicole
Blood (Saratoga, NY), Margaret Infield (Beaumont, OH) and Sarah Bowman
(Warrenton, VA) are the leading entries. The heralded Kaltenbach, a North
Carolina signee, won the two-mile NIC title last year, but will drop down
to
run her favorite event, the mile. Blood will be a major threat. The
freshman showed great acceleration and tenacity to win the Millrose games
in a
stunning time of 4:52.00. She was third in the mile at AOC’s last
year and
an All-American in cross-country. Infeld, from the great Beaumont team,
and
Bowman, who finished second in the frosh miles last year, may be in the
mix.
2 mile: Nicole Blood (Saratoga, NY), Katie Harrington (Carmel, IN),
Katelyn Kaltenbach, Aurora, CO), Jennifer Boyd (Chesapeake, VA), and Katie
Albright (Wake Forest, NC) are the ones to watch. Blood will be doubling
and
placed ninth at the Footlocker Championships. On January 18th, she ran
the
fastest 3000m time in the nation, 9:48.35, to turn back surprise Footlocker
fourth placer Laura Cummings (Bay Shore, NY). Harrington has had a great
indoor season running a 4:54.71 mile and a 9:55.97 3000m. She also placed
seventeenth at Footlocker. Kaltenbach finished a great sophomore year
in
cross-country by placing seventh at Footlocker. Sparks was twenty-fourth
last year. Boyd was fifteenth at AOC’s and has run 10:53.40 two
mile this
season. Albright surprised all by winning the Footlocker South Regional
freshman race with the fastest time of the day, 17:51. She opened her
indoor
season with a 10:17 at the UNC Chapel Hill last chance meet.
60m hurdles: Vicki Howard (Denver, CO), Chanda Hardin-Scott (Denver,
CO),
Candice Davis (Ann Arbor, MI), and Afua Amponsah (Woodbridge, VA) are
the
ones to watch. Howard was third here a year ago and has run the fastest
time
in the field for 60mHH, 8.49. City rival, Hardin-Scott, finished second
in
the 60mHH at the Simplot Games in 8.57. Davis was third in the USATF Junior
100mH and has run 8.57 for the 60mHH. Amponsah is ranked fifth in the
55mHH
and has run 7.99.
Mile Walk: Nadine Navarro (Bay Shore, NY), Jasmine Brooks (Dirigo, ME)
and
Erica Adams (Spartanburg, SC). Navarro has the leading time by nearly
thirty
seconds and will be the overwhelming favorite. Brooks won NIC’s
last year
and finished fourth at AOC’s. Adams finished third at AOC.
4x 200m Relay: William Penn (Philadelphia, PA) was third at the AOC last
year and ran 1:40.88 at the Armory Invite. Western Branch (Chesapeake,
VA),
Logan (Union City, CA) and Bethel
(Hampton, VA) are within a second of
the leader. Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, MD) won NIC last year, but is
seeded sixth entering this year’s competition.
4x400m Relay: Relay power, William Penn (Philadelphia, PA), won NIC’s
last
year. They finished second at AOC’s in the 4x4, second in the 800
sprint
medley and enter with the best time of any of the qualifiers; 3:47.61
set at
the Armory Invite on February 15th. Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, MD)
was
second at NIC’s and will look to dethrone William Penn.
4 x 800m Relay: Bay Shore, NY had the fastest time of all the entrants;
9:08.18 set at the Armory on February 14th. Distance tradition rich
Rockford, MI will be the main competition.
4 x Mile: Saratoga, NY, Rockford, MI, Clarkston, MI, and Hope Valley
are
the leading entrants. Rockford won NIC’s and finished fourth at
AOC’s last year.
Hope Valley was third at NIC’s and eighth at AOC’s. Clarkston
was sixth at
AOC’s.
4x55m Hurdles: Defending Champion Palm Beach Lakes lost only Kierra Foster
to graduation and returns as the favorite. They will be challenged by
Jackson, NJ, third at NIC, Hillsboro, NJ, fourth at NIC, and Wayne, OH,
seventh at NIC will be the top contenders.
1600m Sprint Medley Relay: Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, MD) was second
at
NIC last year and returns as the fastest seed. Bethel (Chesapeake, VA)
and
the Detroit Cheetah Track Club out of Michigan will be the other top
contenders.
Distance Medley Relay: Bay Shore, NY has the fastest time of the entrants
and will again face Rockford, MI for best distance team bragging rights.
Saratoga, NY, who finished second to Bay Shore at Yale on January 17th
and
Jenks, OK, third at NIC last year, will also enter the fray. The race
could
come down to the last leg and each team has a ringer.
High Jump: Ashley Robbins (McMullen CO, TX), Vanessa Maher (Detroit,
MI),
Debra Vento (Freehold, NJ), and Tara Phouthavongsa (Brockport, NY) all
have
marks of 5-10 or better. Robbins, a Texas A&M signee, jumped 6-00.25
last
year and won the USATF Junior Championship. She finished second at AOC’s
last year.
Pole Vault: Anna McFarlane (Concord, MA), Kacey
Lundgren (Atascadero CA),
Ashley Nolet (Lowell, MA) are the leading entrants. McFarlane cleared
13-00.25 on February 1st and is the only entrant over 13-00 indoors.
Lundgren was second at her state meet, and thirteenth USATF Junior
Championships last year. Stevie Mashalek (Kent Lake, WA) was fourth at
NIC
last year and ninth at the USATF Junior Championships and is seeded eighth
in this year’s competition.
Long Jump: Michelle Sanford (Irvine, CA),
Tianna Madison (Elyria, OH),
Marshevet Hooker (San Antonio, TX) are the leading entrants.
Sanford jumped
a windy 20-08.75 outdoors last year, but doesn’t have a mark indoors
this
year. Madison is the defending NIC champion and finished
second at AOC’s.
She has the leading indoor mark of 20-06. Hooker was fourth at AOC’s
and
eighth at USATF juniors. Erica McLain( Plano, TX) was fourth at NIC’s,
won
USATF Juniors, and finished twelfth at the World Junior Championships
in
Kingston, Jamaica. Kara Dickman (Westboro, VA) finished eighth at AOC’s,
and
Whitney Marsh (Mountain Brook, AL) finished sixth at AOC’s and seventeenth
at USA Juniors.
Triple Jump: Erica McLain (Plano, TX), Toni Smith (Montbello, CO) And
Yvette Lewis (Menchville, VA) are the leading entrants. McLain has the
leading jump, a remarkable 42-04.75 at Texas Tech on February 1st, and
leads
all entrants by a more than half a foot. She finished fifth at NIC’s,
and
second at USATF Junior last year. Smith was eleventh at USATF Juniors.
Lewis
was third at NIC’s, and won AOC’s last year.
Shot Put: Michelle Carter (Ovilla, TX), and Kelly Fazekas (Demarest,
NJ)
are the leading entrants. Carter won AOC’s and finished third at
USATF
Juniors. She also placed third in the discus. Her father, Michael, was
an
Olympic medallist, and NFL player and still holds the high school shot
put
record with a Beamonesque, 81-03.5 toss. Fazekas was third at NIC’s
and
placed second at Millrose.
Weight Throw: Kristen Callan (Central Valley, NJ), Della Clark (Kennesaw,
GA), Kelly Reynolds (Warwick, RI) and Marie Stringer (Atlanta, GA) are
the
leading entrants. Callan was fifth at NIC’s last year, but has the
top five
performances indoors this year. Her best throw leads the other entrants
by
four feet. Reynolds finished second at NIC’s last year, Stringer
eighth.
Clarke defeated Stringer to win the Simplot Games.
Pentathlon: Barbara Roberson ( Beaumont, OH), Tiffani Grimes (CA) and
La
Vonne
Idelette (Hampton, VA). Last year’s fifth, tenth and twelfth places
are
seeded much lower as the field seems to have gotten much better. Roberson
leads all entrants by 300 points.
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