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Feb 14-16 Pocatello ID
Heat Sheets - Friday Prelims
- Results and Photos -

POCATELLO ID 2/14/02 -- Most of the 2,000 athletes in the Simplot Games come from the surrounding mountain states. But each year, a significant sample of prep elites from the rest of the country and Canada join the fray. This year's top invaders come from New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, and Washington. . . . Preview by John Dye
Thursday: 1600 qualifiers led by Amber Harper UT 5:10.11 and David Sheeran 4:29.73. Weight throw won by Jim Steacy, Alberta 71-1 and Katy Eisbury ID 49-9.75
Friday: all prelims except 3200 meter slow sections
Saturday: all finals; 3-section finals on time for running events.
Some top qualifiers (no spikes in prelims):
Boys: Rubin Williams CA 22.54 and 7.03, James McSwain NV 7.00, Steven Shepherd CO 1:57.85, Transit Tech NY 3:29.07.
Girls: Heidi Houle UT 2:13.30 US#4, Diane Anderson CO 56.73, Allyson Felix CA 24.91, Vicki Howard CO 8.76 60H.

2/9 WEEKEND
MITC - Midwest Indoor Track Classic - XC Winter Nationals - Virginia Districts -
NY PSAL Manhattan - Molly Huddle again - NC State Meet - NY Ridgewood Varsity -
PA weekend - NH State Meet (Large Schools) - Utah State Meet - OK Coaches State Meet -

PixPages: action photos from big meets

It takes time to select and edit the hundreds of photos we take or receive every week. But it is worth the wait. We will present them during the season whenever they are ready.

MITC: Boys 4x400: KC Sprinters hold off Camden NJ
MITC: Girls 4x200
: Tiffany Abney rallies United Stars PA
Tim Moore
Erika Odlaug

XC Winter Nationals
by Erik Palmer

Maria Cicero,
eventual winner
of Junior Women,
leads Sara Bei
during race


Millrose Games
by Victah Sailor

Melissa Donais (left),
Stacey Ann Livingston,
Chris Lukezic
 

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.


adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic

PixPage: Boys 4x400: KC Sprinters hold off Camden NJ
PixPage: Girls 4x200
: Tiffany Abney (L) rallies United Stars PA over Chaunte Howard and J.W. North, Riverside CA

Dozens more action photos and Donna on the Side coming.

aMITC home page - HS Boys - HS Girls -
Complete Golden Spike program (includes 7 HS events)
Bernard Lagat 3:55.07 leads 4 men under 4 minutes
aMITC Results by event
steveu's reports: Chris Solinsky's super double - FMR boys (Klein Oak TX) come from behind twice - Rockford girls dominate relays -
More distance: 800s, Timinsky's mile, Kaltenbach's 2-mile

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


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,
second only to Lynn Jennings.


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

Meet Info

New Orleans
March 22-23

Entries Due March 14

Nike Athlete of the Week
Week 7

thru February 7

Melissa Donais

Kevin Bookout
plus 54 honorable mentions


latest from NSSF


Jim Ryun Running Camp

Ryun finishes with 51-point last lap
in 1972 Olympic Trials 1500m
June 16-21 Gettysburg PA
Aug 4-9 Colorado Springs CO

Mobile AL April 5-6
Early entries include top Southern sprint, distance stars

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DONNA ON THE SIDE
Hundreds of pictures of athletes, coaches, parents, and fans at the big meets.

 

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. More . . .
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?
More . . lap by lap in photos.

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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