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week. But it is worth the wait. We will present them
during the season whenever they are ready.
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MITC: Boys
4x400: KC Sprinters hold off Camden
NJ
MITC: Girls 4x200: Tiffany Abney rallies
United Stars PA |
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Tim Moore
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Erika Odlaug
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Millrose Games
by Victah Sailor
Melissa Donais (left),
Stacey Ann Livingston,
Chris Lukezic |
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AZ
Fast times at NAU - Hamilton
Chandler AZ soph Michael Hilbe, beset by injuries last
year, tested himself against college runners at the Mountain
T Inv at Northern Arizona University and liked the results:
48.49 400m US#7 and 22.37 200m.
VA
District Meets
Patriot
District -
Southeastern
District -
Peninsula District
- Menchville jr Ja-Lyn Quick 8.17 US#6. Yvette Lewis,
Denbigh, 17-9 LJ and 39-0 TJ US#6. Heritage sr Michael
Johnson 6.40 55m US#6t. Menchville sr Keith Moffatt
7-0 HJ.
OK
Track Coaches State Championship
Complete
Results - Kevin Bookout 64-11, 3rd
longest SP of year (he is US#1 at 66-.35).
UT
Track Coaches State Championship
Complete
Results - Kelli Burton's state indoor record 48-0.5
SP US#2 and 45-7 WT lead Davis girls to title. Box
Elder boys win.
AR
Track Coaches Meet 2/9
Russellville boys 7:57.3
4x800 US#2.
NY
Boys and Girls 11:53.0 DMR
in Ridgewood Varsity meet is US#2 all time
Complete
Result and 133 DyeStat Elite marks - Brooklyn girls miss
USR by only 0.2 second (11:52.8, Mepham Bellmore NY, 1984)
in Ridgewood Varsity Classic at the New York Armory. Splits:
Stacey Livingston-3:34.9, Keziah Fernandez-57.1, Meisue Francis-2:11.1,
Akilah Vargas-5:10.1. Bronxville runs 12:01.1 without Catha
Mullen.
Also a US#1: Glen Mills PA 4x400 3:18.6.
Other meet records: (all hand times) Karen Robinson 6.8
55m, Shenae Dawkins 7.8 55H and 39-5 TJ, Okechi Ogbuokiri
56.3 400m, Caitlin Smyth 11:03.2 3200, Nicole Wilson 44-6
SP, New Rochelle 9:20.3 4x800 US#2, Willingboro 3:52.6 4x400
US#5, Raymond Williams 21.6 200m, Barry Jones 47.5 400m, Mike
Morrison 6-6 HJ, Lawrence Adjah 22-3.5 LJ, Jason Ramsey 46-6.5
TJ.
Also of note: Tawana Watkins 2:14.8 800m US#8. Danielle O'Reilly
11-6 PV. Arlington 7:57.8 4x800 US#2.
NC
State Meet
First
state meet in UNC's new indoor facility, and the marks show
it. Durham sr A.J. Davis (left) 48-1 TJ US#1
and 24-0.5 LJ US#2. Mt. Tabor sweeps team titles
led by: sr Mike Loyd 7.23 55H US#2 and 34.90 300m.
jr Matt Debole 2:32.33 1000m US#8 and 4:20.23 1600m.
fr J-Mee Samuels 6.33p 55m US#3. Boys 4x400 3:28.35.
sr Carly Matthews 10:52.67 3200m. Girls 4x800 9:54.76.
Other top performers: Broughton sr Jesse Williams
7-0 US#4t. 10 boys over 44 feet TJ. Myers Park sr Julia
Lucas 2:56.73 1000m US#5. Cummings jr Chandra Pulliam
8.19 55H US#6. Apex jr Debbie Martin and Charlotte
Diuguid, Millbrook 5-8 HJ US#3t.
Complete Results, 92 DyeStat Elite marks, and photos
NH
State Meet - Large Schools
Complete
Results - Nashua girls, Londonderry
boys win. Pinkerton sr Cody Kretschmer gets state record
7.53 US#12 in 55m hurdles. Concord jr Rachel Umberger
doubles in 2:54.16 1000m US#5 and 41.33 300m.
Londonderry sr Tristan Hall triples with 22-5.5 LJ,
6-4 HJ, and 36.77 300m. Manchester Central sr Liz Gesel
doubles in 10:32.61 3k and 1:38.34 600m. Freshman teammate
Chantelle Dron 4:50.77 edges Gesel (4:53.72) in 1500m.
Nashua sr Erin Moore 39-9 SP.
PA
Weekend 2/9
Don
Rich's report - Steve Craig 1:56.6, Bob Bobrownicki
6-10,
Barry Jones 22.52
Natasha
Hastings 37.77 USR for 300 meters
Running in the PSAL Manhattan Borough
championships at the New York Armory, A.P. Randolph soph records
fastest 300 meters ever by a US high school girl. Complete
Results
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Molly
Huddle
4:22.1 1500
is US#2 all time
Banned from the high school
indoor track season by New York state's 2-sport rule
(she played basketball),
Notre Dame NY senior took it out
on Finger
Lakes Running Club crowd,
placing 5th in an all-male (except her) heat
for the US#2 all time prep mark,
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DyeStat
Elite national rankings
2/8 update has 2,129
marks - 10 new US#1
Eighth list of 2002
indoor season has performances from
280 meets, based on data received by DyeStat through 2/6.
Ten new US#1 performances this week
Stacey Ann Livingston
2:06.16
- Running in the Open 800 of the
NY Armory Collegiate Invitational Friday 2/8, the Boys and
Girls senior star took 3 seconds off her US#1 time, edging
older runners Katrina deBoer 2:06.72 and Chantee Earl, Nike
Farm Team, 2:07.03.
NY Metropolitan
Inv
- Notre Dame NJ boys reclaimed US#1
ranking in the 4x800 with a meet record 7:55.80 meet record
win. Camden NJ sr Jamar Ervin, returning to the track
after academic eligibility was restored, doubled in meet record
time at the New York Armory in 6.1h 55m and 21.9h 200m. With
Ervin back, Camden NJ boys rose to US#3 in the 4x400
with a meet record 3:21.7. Willingboro NJ girls rose
to US#4 in the 4x400 relay with a meet record 3:53.2 and doubled
in 1:43.5 4x200. Other meet records fell to Matawan NJ sr
Uzoma Orji 61-2.5 SP US#4, Pearl River NY jr Erin
Demchko 2:18.30 800m, Notre Dame NY sr Marina Liander
42-4.5 SP, Robeson NY sr Erica Alston 18-4.25 LJ, Somers
NY sr Kristin Boniello 5-4 HJ, Glen Rock NJ
girls 9:35.30 US#8.
Rockford Michigan controversy
exclusive interviews by Stephen (steveu) Underwood
- Index to DyeStat
stories
- Grand Rapids Press
says coach of national champion team dispensed pills to
runners
- Another View
- a very involved Rockford parent's perspective
- Rockford's
biggest star defends Coach Prins: "If
this situation had occurred while I was there, I would
have quit [the Rockford HS team] without hesitation and
continued to train with Mr. Prins."-- Dathan Ritzenhein,
3-time national champion now at Colorado U.
- The Coach
(Brad Prins) is strongly considering retiring next
week and sticking to club coaching, but he defends his
methods and record. Update 2/11: Brad Prins quits Rockford
MI HS coaching post
College Choices
College
Choices 2002 now 294 names as of 2/7
Football signing period is adding some track stars who
also play football.
Raphael Asafo-Agyei CA - Don Lugo's
star half miler (MITC winner), will attend Southern California.
A. J. Davis, Durham NC, moves to the
other side of the Triangle with North Carolina State
for football and track..
I-Perfection Harris, football-track star
at Poly Prep in Brooklyn NY, has decided to attend Georgia
Tech.
Josh Hannum, PA football-track star who
announced for Notre Dame earlier, has decided to stay home
and go to Penn State instead after all the coaching shuffle
under the Golden Dome. A trip to Happy Valley cinched it.
DaBryan Blanton, US#1 at both 100 and
200 meters last year, has signed with Oklahoma for both
track and football. As a gridder, Blanton rushed for 6,265
yards and 94 touchdowns and was the Dallas area offensive
player of the year in 2001. The Dallas
Morning News reported that Blanton chose Oklahoma over Texas
Tech, Tennessee, LSU, Miami and Texas A&M.
Chaunte Howard CA, multi
event star from J. W. North, Riverside CA, chooses Georgia
Tech.
Send information on college choices to John
Dye at [email protected]
with your name, your relationship to the information, and
a way to verify the information.
2002 Great American Cross
Country Festival
Plans Announced - 35
races - 5,000 runners from 40 states, Canada, Great Britain,
and Mexico - new site: Ballantyne Resort, near Charlotte NC
- DyeStat GreatAm home
page
Gourley's List - weight
throw rankings as of 1/28
Roth's Race Walk -
race walk rankings as of 1/28
High School relays added to
USA Indoor Championships
NEW YORK 1/12/02 -- Six high school
relay events have been added to the USA Indoor Track and Field
Championships to be held at the New York Armory March 1-2.
Story
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Meet
Info
New Orleans
March 22-23
Entries Due March 14
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Nike Athlete of the Week
Week
7
thru February 7
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Melissa Donais
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Kevin Bookout
plus 54 honorable mentions
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Jim Ryun
Running Camp
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Ryun finishes with 51-point last lap
in 1972 Olympic Trials 1500m
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June 16-21 Gettysburg
PA
Aug 4-9 Colorado Springs CO
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Mobile AL
April 5-6
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44th edition of Jack Shepard's indispensable
reference for high school track in the US - now
available at ShopDyeStat
--
incredible bargain at $10
John Dye says: "I never leave home without
it ! " More
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2002 Indoor
State Leaders
Select a state from the menu
to get the current state leaders
for each event based on the
DyeStat Elite database
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DONNA
ON THE SIDE
Hundreds of pictures of athletes,
coaches, parents, and fans at the big meets.
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LAST WEEK
2/2 WEEKEND:
Millrose Games - Colgate
Games final - NY CHSAA girls
- PA Weekend -
NJ Meet of Champions - DONNA
ON THE SIDE at Madison Square Garden - TX
UH allcomers - NC Eastern Challenge
- MA Coaches Inv - U-Nevada
Reno - AL State Meet - OK
Shawnee -
OK
Shawnee Invitational
Stroud OK sr Kevin Bookout,
US shot put
leader in 2001, weighs in with US#1 mark for 2002: 66-3.5
- Complete
Results
MA
MSTCA Invitational
Complete
Results and 81 DyeStat Elite performances from Reggie
Lewis Center, Boston.
Lexington sr Natasha Roetter breaks meet record
for 2 miles by 12 seconds in 10:24.03 US#2, coming through
the first mile in 5:09. Three girls finish in less than half
a second in 1000 meters in US#2-3-4 times:
Framingham sr Jen Perry 2:53.26
Cambridge Rindge & Latin jr Sarah Isbitz 2:53.40
Bromfield jr Ari Lambie 2:53.72
Scituate sr Aquila Judge 8.24 55H MR US#5 and 18-9.5
MR (she is already US#1 at 19-4). Weymouth jr Catie Markesich
4:59.08 mile US#8.
Boys: Amherst sr
Owen Washburn 4:21.41 Mile (David Hughson 4:21.64).
Mohawk Trail sr David Burnham 9:23.67 2Mile
NC
Eastern Challenge
Complete
Results from UNC Chapel Hill - 64 DyeStat Elite marks
Matt DeBole runs 4:13.40 1600m, fastest
in US this year.
Boys: Millbrook
Raleigh NC sr Shaton Palmer 6.39 55m US#3t. (Chris
Davis 6.40 US#5, J-Mee Samuels 6.42 US#8). Mt. Tabor NC
8:08.88 4x800. Broughton NC sr Jesse Williams 6-10.
Hickory NC sr Jermaine McCain 22-4.25 LJ. N. Durham
NC sr A.J. Davis 47-1.5 TJ US#3 (Andre Tillman, N.Rowan
NC 46-10.75 US#5 - 8 over 44 feet). TN sr Will Denbo
56-5.25 SP (S. Caldwell NC sr Mitchell Pope 56-3.5).
Girls : Stone Mountain
GA sr Kimberly Adams 40.63 300m and 1:16.57 500m US#5.
Myers Park NC sr Julia Lucas 2:58.40 1000m US#3. Cordillera
NC sr Nelly Anderson 5:07.36 1600m (Carly Matthews
5:07.96). Apex NC jr Debbie Martin 5-6 HJ. W. Rowan
NC sr Sheena Dawkins 37-2.25 TJ. Misty Auton,
S. Caldwell, 40-7.5 SP. W. Rowan NC jr Sherina Steele
17-10.25 LJ.
TX
U-Houston AllComers
Brendan Christian 21.74 200m for new US#1 (Donnell
Diggs 21.95 US#4). Texas stars Ashlee Williams
and Janelle Mulkey tie for US#1 in the 60 meter hurdles
with 8.71 times in the prelims. Zenobia Reed won the
60 meters in 7.51, with Williams running 7.65. Donnell
Diggs (Elsik-Houston) went 6.86 over 60 meters. Brenda
Faluade (Meade Creek Houston) - 18-5 3/4 in the long jump.
Her best outdoors last year was a wind-aided 19-8 1/2). Best
Marks at U-H Allcomers
NV
U-Nevada Reno Invite
Results
- Tracee Thomas 54.44, Alexis Bartschi 2:15.83,
Ashley Freeman 2:15.90 - CA stars shine in college
races.
NJ
Meet of Champions
New US#1 65-10 SP for Glenn DiGiorgio
US #3-4 Fazekas sisters are 1-2 in NJ 45-10.75 & 45-2
SP.
Best state meet so far with 113 DyeStat Elite marks
Complete
Results - 113
DyeStat Elite Marks - Boys: Thriller 800 won by
Bergen Catholic jr Ken Sinkovitz 1:55.13 (Shannon Sherrer
1:55.14; 11 under 2:00). Parsippany Hills soph Jeremy Zagorski
4:21.90 1600m (John Richardson 4:22.16). Eastern jr Dan
Deichert 9:25.86 3200m. Willingboro jr Mike Morrison
7-1. Girls: Queen of Peace jr Takara Wilks 7.21
55m. JFK Paterson sr Tawana Watkins 56.96 400m. Red
Bank jr Kathleen Trotter 2:16.50 US#8 (Erin Crawford
2:16.73). Hunterdon Central soph Casey Nelson 5:09.21
1600m. Red Bank jr Amanda Trotter 10:41.63 3200m. Montclair
sr Jennifer Whitlock 8.36 55H. Willingboro 4:01.33
. Freehold jr Debra Vento 5-8.
NJ
Bergen County Championships
Don Bosco Prep 18:08.1, one of fastest 4x1600 relays
ever.
AL
Alabama State Meet
Complete
Results from Priceville AL, with 37 DyeStat Elite performances
Titus Ryan triple: 6.46 55H, 23-3 LJ, 6-4 HJ. Torrid 800
with US#2-3 times: Chris Patrick 1:54.60 (Philip Moore
1:54.93). Trey Hardee 7.63 55H and 15-2
PV. David Cain
46-0.5 TJ. Laclaire Carter 18-7 LJ. Rhiannon
Jett 11-0 PV. Philip Moore 4:21.85 1600m. Michael
Brown 9:31.74 3200m. . Scott Fuqua 4:31.74 1600m
and 9:30.48 3200m double. Hoover HS boys 8:05.12. Lauren
Johnson 8.46 55H and 18-2.5. Tyler Stanfield 1:59.32.
Tara Enebak 5:20.08 and 11:30.25. LaClaire Carter
18-7.
Colgate
Women's Games Finals |
Karina Francis PA
6.96, Juliette Poussot 25.13, Tiffany Abney
56.23, Meisue Francis 2:16.75, Stacey Ann
Livingston 4:49.48, Fatmata Fofanah 8.11, Alexandra
Coppadge 5-6, Marina Liander 40-1.5.
Complete Results
- Photo Highlights
- Best Marks of Finals |
AR
U-Arkansas
Jonesboro AR freshman Katya Kostetskaya
grabs US#2 rank in 800 with 2:13.13.
PA
Weekend 2/2
Don
Rich's report - Penn Wood sr Danielle Rodgers 2:15.90
800m US#5. Shaler jr Sam Bair 4:19.0 mile. Council
Rock girls 12:38.5 DMR. Al Gregory, Pennsbury 22-2.25
LJ. Galen Rivers, Great Valley 45-7.5 TJ. Westtown
sr Ray Bobrownicki 6-8.
NY
CHSAA Girls
Meet records by Tierra Fletcher 40.54
300m, Jesse Carlin 1:37.50 600m, Marina Liander
42-4.75 SP US#9.
Millrose
Games
Melissa Donais
romps in 4:53.90
Chris Lukezic wins in 4:21.14
NY
Millrose Games DyeStat
on-site coverage - New York 2/1
- The oldest and biggest indoor meet of all. High School athletes
share stage with Olympians in Madison Square Garden with relays
and mile runs. Complete
Results - HS relay bests: Fordham Prep boys 8:11.34,
Boys & Girls girls 3:54.98, Transit Tech
boys 3:27.67
Girls Mile - Melissa Donais
said she likes to get out front and push the pace. "At
least I get some of the glory. And even if I don't win,
I get a better time." In the Millrose mile she
claimed all the glory in front of the big crowd at Madison
Square Garden, getting both the win and the time --
a 5 second PR of 4:53.90, fastest in the nation this
year.
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Boys Mile - It seemed as if no one
wanted this race. Six of the nine runners had the lead
at some point, but all relinquished it up except one.
Auburn WA sr Chris Lukezic made his move on lap
9 (of 11) and was in command after that to win in 4:21.14.
Is sub-4 in his future?
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Millrose HS Mile Results
GIRLS
1. Melissa Donais MA 4:53.90
2. Liz Gesel NH 4:57.80
3. Meghan Owen CT 4:59.10
4. Laura Stanley NC 4:59.56
5. Clara Horowitz CA 4:59.58
6. Liz Maloy NY 4:59.86
7. Michelle Rorke NY 5:05.77
8. Megan Olds NY 5:06.28
9. Sally Meyerhoff AZ 5:06.57 |
BOYS
1. Chris Lukezic WA 4:21.14
2. Alex Tatu VA 4:21.50
3. Brian Dalpiaz NY 4:22.41
4. Marc Pelerin NJ 4:23.01
5. Rolf Steier FL 4:23.69
6. John Richardson NJ 4:26.08
7. Chris Platt NJ 4:27.66
8. Andrew Keino VA 4:27.97
9. Dan Mazzocco PA 4:31.08 |
NJ Shore Conference
New Jersey shot putters continued to shine
as two more topped 60 feet to give the Garden State all three
60-footers for the season. Monmouth Regional sr Adam Kuehl
61-6.25 and Matawan sr Uzoma Orji 60-11.75 joined
US#1 Glenn DiGiorgio (63-8.75 in Group 4 championships
1/26). Also of note: Toms River East jr Ron Jules 7.64
55H (CBA sr Devin Barry 7.67). Red Bank juniors Kathleen
Trotter 2:18.41 and Amanda Trotter 5:09.24 1600m.
Jackson Memorial sr Lisa Schenck 8.38 55H and 5-4.
Jocelyn Kearney, Lakewood 40-1.5 SP.
MD Prince George's County
Championships
55
DyeStat Elite performances in a county meet!
MD Howard County Championships
River Hill sr Shane Stroup had a 500/800/1600
triple in 1:05.9 US#6, 2:00.9, and 4:18.8. He was pushed in
the 1600 by Oakland Mills sr Izudin Mehmedovic 4:19.4.
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DyeStat
Featured Meets 2001-2002
Meets that are covered in depth by DyeStat
in 2001-2002
* = DyeStat on-site meet
- Great
American - Nike's Great Races of America
- * 9/15
Meet of Champions, Hilliard OH
- 9/22 Bull
Run Invitational - Hereford HS, Parkton MD
- 9/28-29 flrunners.com
Invitational, Winter Haven FL
- 10/6 Portage
Invitational - Portage MI
- * 10/13 Manhattan
Invitational, Van Cortlandt Park, New York NY
- * 10/20 Mt.
SAC Invitational, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut
CA
- * 11/10 Oregon-Washington
Border Clash, Nike World HQ, Beaverton OR
- * 11/17 New
York Federation championships, Wappinger Falls NY
- * 11/24 Foot Locker Cross Country regionals
- Northeast, Midwest,
South
- * 12/1 Foot Locker Cross Country West
regional - Mt. SAC, Walnut CA
- * 12/8 Foot
Locker Cross Country National finals - Disney World,
Orlando FL
- * 12/15
Bishop Loughlin Games, New York Armory
- * 12/27 Holiday
Classic, New York Armory
- * 12/28-29 Brown
Invitational, Brown University, Providence RI
- 12/29-30 Seton
Hall Games, Seton Hall U., E. Orange NJ
- 2002
- * 1/5 Hispanic
Games, New York Armory
- * 1/12 Montgomery
Invitational, PG County Sportsplex, Landover MD
- * 1/19 New
Balance Games, New York Armory
- * 1/29 Metro
Run and Walk Winter Inv - Landover MD
- * 2/1 Millrose
Games, Madison Square Garden, New York
- * 2/2 Colgate
Womens Games, Finals, Madison Square Garden, New York
- * 2/9 adidas
Midwest Indoor Track Classic, Lincoln NE
- * 2/9-10 USA
Winter Cross Country Nationals - Vancouver WA
- * 2/14-16
Simplot Games, Pocatello ID
- 2/23 Los
Angeles Invitational, Los Angeles CA
- * 3/1-2 USA
Indoor Championships, New York Armory
- * 3/9-10 Nike
Indoor Classic, Landover MD
- * 3/8-10 National
Scholastic Indoor Championships, New York Armory
- 3/22-23 Nokia
Sugar Bowl Classic, New Orleans LA
- * 4/6 Mobile
Meet of Champions, Mobile AL
- * 4/13 Arcadia
Invitational, Arcadia CA
- * 4/19-21Mt.
SAC Relays, Walnut CA
- * 4/25-27 Penn
Relays, Philadelphia PA
- * 5/3-4 Roosevelt
Memorial Inv, Dayton OH
- 5/10 Southern
Track Classic, Dinwiddie VA
- * 5/10-11 Texas
State Meet, Austin TX
- * 5/23-25 Great
Southwest Classic, Albuquerque NM
- * 6/1 California
State Meet, Cerritos CA
- * 6/8 Golden West Invitational, Sacramento
CA
- * 6/14-15 adidas Outdoor Championships,
Raleigh NC
- * 6/21-22 USATF Junior Nationals, Palo
Alto CA
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