Nike Indoor Classic partial entries announced
March 9-10, PG Sportsplex, Landover MD - NIC meet page -
Entry List as of February 23

Virginia AAA State Meet
George Mason U., Fairfax VA, March 1-2 Meet page - Heat Sheets -
Top 3 in US collide in boys 1000 meters: US#1 Richard Smith 2:28.18, US#2 Alex Tatu 2:28.88, and US#3 Phil Gaeta 2:29.40 - nation's leading high jumpers are entered: Bonnie Meekins and Keith Moffatt - Team favorites are Deep Creek boys and Bethel, Salem, and Oakton girls.

New England Championships
Reggie Lewis Center, Boston MA , March 1 Meet page - Performance Lists -
Big post-season meet for CT, MA, VT, NH, RI and ME.

Eastern States Championships New York Armory, Feb 26 - Home Page Boys & Girls NY, Red Bank NJ run 2 fastest indoor DMRs ever: 11:50.86 and 11:51.54 New US#1's by Ken Sinkovitz, Haddonfield NJ boys, Shenae Dawkins, Willingboro NJ boys. Glenn DiGiorgio (left) 66-2 breaks 32-year-old record. Shenae Dawkins 7.92 US#1 as girls 55H final has US 1-2-4. Complete Eastern States results PixPages: NEW: dozens of action photos - those great DMRs by B&G and Haddonfield - 800 meter action: Sinkovitz and Staton - 4x400: Camden boys and Willingboro girls - 2 Mile wins by Dalpiaz and Iatauro - Mile: Bronxville 3 and soph Zagorski - torrid 400s by Williams and Watkins -

Haddonfield NJ - US#1 DMR team 10:16.84 from L, Chris Platt 4:18.3, Skip Stiles 3:05.9, Scott Leonard 51.8, and Breton Bonnette 2:00.8

Jade Smith anchors Camden NJ US#2 double 1:28.82 & 3:19.61

New Jersey's Big 3 shot putters are 2-3-4 in US this indoor season. From L: Matawan sr Uzoma Orji 63-1.5 US#3, Bayonne sr Glenn Digiorgio 66-2 US#2, and Monmouth sr Adam Kuehl 61-6.25 US#4. Only Stroud OK sr Kevin Bookout 66-3.5 ranks higher.

High School relay teams announced
for USA Indoor Championships
NEW YORK 2/26/02 -- Entries for the high school relays to be run at the USA Indoor Championships March 1-2 were announced today by Lou Vazquez, New York Armory director of operations. The best teams from New York, New Jersey, and Maryland are entered, along with Mumford Detroit MI. National leaders competing are Eleanor Roosevelt MD, Boys and Girls NY, and Notre Dame NJ. USA Nationals - HS Relay Teams

Don't look now, but 2002 Outdoor is here - We're not ready for this (we haven't even finished the indoor championships, for crying out loud), but outdoor meets are already starting in Texas, California and Florida. How's this for an early barn burner: Evangel LA sr Jonathan Wade's 10.43 / 20.80 double at the DeSoto (TX) Classic Saturday 2/23. Edorian McCullough , 2001 Texas 5A 100 meter champion, was runner-up at 10.60. DeSoto sr Will Fitts, 800 meter runner-up to Jonathan Johnson in the Texas State Meet last year, opened with a 1:56.8 win. Or how about this big throwing day by Splendora TX sr Brian Robison at the Trinity Valley Relays in Texas:
Discus: 191, 209' 2", 188', and 209' 1".
Shot: 62' 2", 66' 2", 65' 11 1/2", foul

MA State Meet - US#1s by Lambie, Perry
Reggie Lewis Center, Boston -
Complete Results - 113 DyeStat Elite performances
Boys - Newton North 32. Xaverian sr Christopher Bonner 1:21.08 600m MR US#3. Weston sr Logan Jones 2:30.43 1000m US#4. Mohawk Trail sr David Burnham 9:23.57 2Mile.
Girls - Bromfield School 38 led by jr Ari Lambie 4:52.16 mile US#1 (Weymouth jr Catie Markesich 4:55.40 US#3). Framingham sr Jen Perry wins torrid 1000m in 2:49.97 MR US#1 over Cambridge Rindge & Latin jr Sarah Isbitz 2:52.92 US#4. Scituate sr Aguila Judge 8.36 55H and 18-11.5. Lexington sr Natasha Roetter 10:30.48 (US#3 - she is already US#2). Dennis-Yarmouth fr Kate Sherman 5-8.

NY Evian Mayor's Meet - Stacey Ann Livingston's birthday present: 1:29.69 600m USR - Melville Rogers 33.54 300m US#1, Thomas Jefferson boys 3:19.76 US#2
NY Armory 2/23 Complete Results - 73 DyeStat Elite performances - A few weeks ago, Boys and Girls NY sr Stacey Ann Livingston told DyeStat to mark down February 23 on the calendar. It is her birthday and she planned to break 1:30 for 600 meters, eliminating any ambiguity over the the US record. Livingston ran 1:30.20 December 22 vs. the listed record of 1:30.1h by Robin Campbell, Eastern Washington DC, 1974. Stacey lived up to her word: She ran 1:29.69. She now has 4 of the 5 fastest indoor 600 meter times ever in the US.

CT State Meet - Danbury sweeps-
Coxe Cage, Yale U., New Haven Ct -
Complete Results and 61 DyeStat Elite performances
Boys - Danbury 71. Kenneth Walker, Bloomfield 6.42 55m and 35.37 300m. Guilford sr Alex Bloom 4:17.94 1600m. Danbury sr Andre Laboy 2:33.60 1000m and 9:28.52 3200m. Adam Golembeski, Torrington 21-9.75 LJ. Girls - Danbury 56. Killingly jr Meghan Owen 2:58.08 1000m and 4:56.66 1600m MR.

CA Los Angeles Invitational
Felix 6.43 50m US#6t all time, Aldridge 4:54.19 mile US#2
Sports Arena, Los Angeles 2/23 -
Complete Results and 36 DyeStat Elite marks
Boys - Walnut sr Ronald Hill 23-5.5 US#4t. Taft CA sr Billy Nelson (left) 9:13.8 2Mile US#4. Poly Long Beach CA sr David Sutton 6-8 HJ. Aaron Corbett, Edison 15-0 PV (Mike Landers 15-0). Poly Long Beach 8:12.8 4x880y. Don Lugo sr Raphael Asafo-Agyei 1:57.13 880y. Cerritos sr Nathan Adkins 45-9.75. Helix CA jr Reggie Bush 5.87 50m (Trabuco Hills CA sr Matt Bruno 5.90). Carpinteria sr Noah Bryant 63-5 SP (outdoors).
Girls - LA Baptist CA jr Allison Felix 6.43 50m US#6t all time (Poly LB CA soph Shalonda Solomon 6.50). Maria Carillo CA sr Jenny Aldridge 4:54.19 mile US#2 Head Royce CA sr Clara Horowitz 4:58.38 US#8). Arroyo Grande CA sr Rachel Viau 12-6 PV US#5t, 3 more over 12 feet. Dos Pueblos sr Kaylene Wagner 5-8 HJ US#4t. San Dieguito CA sr Jenna Timinsky 2:13.6 880y. (photo by Bill Leung)

Molly Huddle 9:31.97 US#1 - Elmira NY sr Molly Huddle continues to use open races to attack the DyeStat Elite national rankings. At the Genesee Valley Harriers' Upstate Indoor Distance Festival Sunday 2/224 at Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva NY, Huddle ran 3000 meters in 9:31.97 for a US season best by 24 seconds. She also heads the 2-Mile list (10:19.8) and is 3rd in the mile.

DyeStat Elite national lists pass 3,000
Week 10 - as of 2/15 - 3,041 performances - 9 new US#1
DyeStat Elite 2002 Indoor Week 10

OH Clinton-Massie
French Fieldhouse, OSU, Columbus OH-
Complete Results and 12 DyeStat Elite performances - Wayne Huber Heights OH dominates, including doubles by jr Jason Craig 6.51 55m and 21-11.75 LJ and sr Jason Hodges 7.28 55H and 6-5 HJ.

VA Regions
Northern - George Mason U., Fairfax VA - Complete Results - South Lakes sr Richard Smith, who already leads the US at 1000 meters, took US#1 at 500 meters with a time of 1:03.88. Oakton sr Phil Gaeta won the 1000 meters in US#3 2:29.40.

PA Weekend -report by Don Rich
Boys Meet of Champions: North Penn, US#2 10:30.34 DMR (Henderson 10:33.66) - 59-10.50 SP Steve Meyers, Conestoga - Nehemiah Leary improves his US#3 to 23-07.75. "Just a little 'ol meet at Lehigh University by the Delaware Valley Girls' Track & Field Coaches Association. And look what happened! 50 national elite performances." -

Penn State pole vaulter Kevin Dare dies - Dare, the Pennyslvania HS state champion in 2000 and the US junior national champion last year, fell head first into the box on a miss at 15-9 in the Big 10 championships Saturday 2/23 at the University of Minnesota and was dead on arrival at the Hennepin County hospital with head and neck injuries. A witness, Minnesota assistant coach Mario Sategna, said, "He swung upside down and sort of stalled with his jump. It looked like he became
disoriented and didn't know where he was. I believe he thought he had
cleared the bar and was on the other side of it." The Big 10 championships were cancelled Sunday after a meeting of Big 10 coaches, even though Dare's parents, who were at the meet, urged Penn State coach Harry Groves to go on with the meet, according to the Associated Press. story on GopherSports.com - Minneapolis Star-Tribune story - Kevin Dare scholarship fund The pole vault community and friends of Penn State can send sympathy cards to: Beth Alford-Sullivan / Harry Groves, 147D Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA 16802

Nike athletes will be at Saturday night at NIC
Jenny Adams, Bernard Lagat, and Tim Montgomery will mix with prep athletes at the Athletes Social and Coaches Mixer from 8 to 11pm March 9 at the Prince Georges County Sportsplex, Landover MD, in conjunction with the 2002 Nike Indoor Classic. Also featured will be Outback Steakhouse food and presentation of Nike Athlete of the Week awards for the 2002 indoor season. More

Best Marks Lists
2/16 weekend performances qualifying for DyeStat Elite national ranking:
Maryland State Meet (140) - U-Ky Inv (103) - Simplot (120) - CT Class Championships (45) - MA Class Championships ( 107) - RI State Meet (19) - NY CHSAA (54) - NY PSAL (71) - LA State Meet (42) - Vol Classic (20) -
PA Weekend (92) -

NY Ivy League
Poly Prep sweeps team titles. I-Perfection Harris triples. Results

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 2/24

Roth's Race Walk - HS race walk rankings as of 2/27

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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

COMPLETE INFORMATION

Meet Info New Orleans March 22-23 Entries Due March 14

Mobile AL April 5-6

Early entries include top Southern sprint, distance stars

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

• SAN FRANCISCO
• HILLIARD OH
• CHARLOTTE
• MANHATTAN
• MT. SAC
• NY FEDERATION
• FOOT LOCKER WEST
• FOOT LOCKER FINALS
• BISHOP LOUGHLIN
• NY HOLIDAY CLASSIC
• BROWN INV
• HISPANIC GAMES
• A DAY ON THE I-95 CORRIDOR
• NEW BALANCE GAMES
• MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
• NEBRASKA - MITC
• IDAHO - SIMPLOT GAMES

Donna on the Side in Idaho the faces of Simplot

Nike Athlete of the Week Week 8 (thru Feb 14)
Sanya Richards	Brendan Christian
50 more athletes earn Honorable Mention

LAST WEEK

2/16 WEEKEND
KY - UK Invitational - CT Class Championships - NY CHSAA - NY PSAL - Penn State Inv -
TN Volunteer Classic - PA Track Carnival - LA State Meet - MA Class Championships -
Virginia Districts - Rhode Island State Meet - Maryland State Meet -

DyeStat On-Site Coverage - Complete Results - Best Marks - Winners Table and Photos - Donna on the Side

Simplot Finals Action Photos - 1600 - PV - 400 - 200 - 800 - 3200 - 60H - SMR - 4x400 -

KY U-K HS Invitational
Complete Results - 114 DyeStat Elite performances !!!
US 1-2 finish in 60m hurdles, with Mumford Detroit MI sr Kenneth Ferguson 7.75 beating Mt. Tabor NC sr Mike Loyd 7.84. Ferguson also grabs US#2 at 400 meters with 47.72, second boy under 48 seconds this year. Loyd won the 200 in 21.41 US#2. Other highlights:
Boys - Bullis MD jr Robert Woodard 6.88 60m US#6. Mumford Detroit MI sr . Mt. Tabor NC jr Matt Debole 4:17.90 mile. S. Oldham KY sr Isaac Lafond 9:28.32 2Mile. Stephenson GA sr Reginald McCutcheon 23-4.5 US#6. Fort Knox KY sr Jamaal Folks 47-6.5 TJ US#3.
Girls - Collins Hill GA soph Courtney Champion doubles in 7.53 60m US#6 and 24.53 200m. Indiana frosh Shauntel Elcock 56.65 400m US#12t. Louisville KY sr Jordan Wagenseller 2:14.97 800m US#8. Starkvile MS sr Julia Cathcart 5:04.93 mile. Mt. Tabor NC sr Carly Matthews 11:01.70 2Mile. Cincinnati OH sr Amanda Mullins-Hall 8.72 60H US#5.

LA Jonathan Wade 6.22 !
In the Louisiana State Meet, Evangel sr Jonathan Wade broke his tie with Brendan Christian for US#1 at 55 meters and broke the state indoor record held by his future U. of Tennessee football teammate, Leonard Scott. Central Catholic soph Jerald Watson, who set the US freshman record for 60 meters last year (6.78), was second in 6.37 US#5. J.S. Clark senior twins Ashton and Aaron Collins, who are headed for the University of Texas next year, also had a big day. They were 1-2 in the 400 (Ashton 48.75 and Aaron 49.63) and were on Clark's winning relays -- 1:31.85 4x200 and 3:22.90 MR 4x400. Complete Results from LSU, Baton Rouge LA.

NY 75th CHSAA Championships
Complete Results Fordham Prep wins first CHSAA Indoor title led by Conrad Dalton's double 1:21.42 and 6'8.25. Kellenberg's Russ Stevens is most outstanding runner for 34.36 US#6t 300m and anchoring 1:30.46 MR US#9 4x200 relay. Sacred Heart wins girls title. Tanya Osbourne, Bishop Loughlin is most outstanding runner for 1:33.75 MR 600m US#5. Marina Liander, Notre Dame is most outstanding field performer for 41-1.75 MR shot put.

NY PSAL Championships
Complete Results Boys & Girls and Thomas Jefferson win - Stacey Ann Livingston leads B&G with double in 2:54.14 1000m and 4:51.44 1500m.

CT Class Championships
Complete Results from Coxe Cage, Yale University, New Haven CT - Kenneth Walker 6.48 55m and 36.06 300m. Meghan Owen doubles in 2:57.0 1000m and 5:00.67 1600m. Andre Laboy 9:34.36 3200m.
Seeds for CT Open championships next Saturday 2/23

RI State Meet
Complete Results from URI, Kingston RI. Westerly girls, Bishop Hendricken boys win championships. State records were set by Emily Anderson 4:44.69 1500m and Lindsay Vieira 10:11.68 3000m

TN Volunteer Indoor Classic
Complete Results from U. Tennessee, Knoxville. Northeast Macon GA jr Stephanie Smith doubles in 7.21 55m and 57.70 400m. Tim Jennings 6.41 55m US#10.

PA Track Carnival at Lehigh
Complete Results from Lehigh. Ryan Blood 8:48.25 US#3 3000, Glen Mills US#3 3:21.33 4x400, Nehemiah Leary US#4 23-04.50 LJ, Steve Nichols, Penncrest, US#5 8.17 60 Hurdles, Troy Robeston US#7 48.87.

PA Penn State Invitational
Complete Results from Penn State University. McDowell sr Sheena Gordon quads the field (and track) with an 8.92 60H, 39-05.25 TJ, 18-00.25 LJ, and 5-07 HJ. Penn Wood sr Danielle Rodgers 25.34 200 and 56.41 400m US#7 double. Tri-Valley NY so Heather Iatauro 5:04.2 mile. DeMatha MD boys US#6 1:29.96 4x200. Akeem Vance, Greensburg-Salem, triples with 6.96 60 tUS#7, 21.92 US#5 200 and 21-10 LJ.

MA Class Championships
Complete Results A-B-C-D from Reggie Lewis Center, Boston.
Framingam sr Jen Perry 2:52.56 1000m US#2. Weymouth jr Catie Markesich 4:59.70 mile. Lexington sr Natasha Roetter 10:44.68 2-Mile. US#4.

VA District Meets
Northern Virginia summary - by Pearl Watts
Patriot District - T.C. Williams sr Junique Morris 7.36 55m and 41.53 300m.
Southeastern District - Nansemond River sr Esteban Guzman 7.35 55H US#3 and 44-0 TJ. Lakeland sr Deandre White 35.12 300m and 6.56 55m. Deep Creek sr Jarvis Hyman 6.49 55m. Western Branch sr Lauren Taylor 8.56 55H and 42.52 300m.
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.
Cardinal District - (held outdoors) - Garfield VA jr Derek Liggins long jumps 23-0.5. Lake Braddock sr Korey Gross 45-1.75 TJ. Lake Braddock girls double in relays in 1:47.85 and 4:06.67.
National District - Wakefield sr Fatima Shuler 17-8.5 LJ MR.
Liberty District - Zusi Airhiavbere of McLean 44-0.75 TJ MR
Concorde District - Two of Alan Webb's meet records fall: Oakton sr Phil Gaeta 4:16.75 1600m and Herndon jr Steve Gillard 1:07.19 500m. South Lakes boys set two meet records: 8:03.78 4x800 and 3:29.61 4x400. Centreville sr David Sullivan wins 4. South Lakes sr Richard Smith 2:32.49 1000m (Phil Gaeta 2:32.73). Centreville soph David Bailey 6.51 55m and 35.22 300m MR. Oakton sr Bonnie Meekins 5-7 HJ MR. Oakton jr Kathleen Woody 37-9 TJ and 7.30 55m. Oakton girls 1:47.72 4x200 MR. Centreville soph Dacia Barr 5:07.41 1600m and 3:02.30 1000m.

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.

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

Sam Bair, Tianna Madison get US#1 marks at Kent State Running at the Kent State OH HS Meet Sunday 2/17, Shaler PA jr Sam Bair (left) , goes 4:14.16 to take the lead in the DyeStat Elite 2002 Indoor national rankings. Bair won the 2001 outdoor AAA PA State Championship in 4:14.36. At Kent State, Bair said, "I think I was 2:06 at the half, and 3:15 at 1200, which I was prepared to do after a 1:54.1 800 workout last week." Bair plans to skip the PA State meet to prepare for the Nike Indoor Classic where he "will get some good competition." His goal is 4:10 this Spring, and "then we'll go from there." (story and photo from Don Rich, penntrackxc.com) Also at Kent State, Elyria OH jr Tianna Madison improved on her US#1 LJ by leaping 19-9.

Maria Michta

HS walker qualifies for USATF Nationals Sachem NY soph Maria Michta, US#1 in Michael Roth's High School Race Walk rankings, won the USATF-LI Developmental Meet held at Suffolk CC in 14:25.1 3000m. This was a 26 second personal best & the #6 performance in the US this year overall (incl. College & Open athletes). She will compete in the USATF Indoor Nationals will be held March 1-2 at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City. Roth's Race Walk - HS race walk rankings as of 2/11