Page 1 May 30, 2002 - DyeStat High School Track

California State Meet
May 31 prelims, June 1 finals - Cerritos College, Norwalk CA
Home Page - Performance Lists (27 qualifiers per event) - Schedule -
Top Seeds: Double top seeds include sprinters Allyson Felix 11.48 and 22.95 and Rubin Williams 10.37 and 20.84 and hurdler Thomas Mack 14.08 and 37.76. Girls relays feature perennial matchup of powerhouse crosstown rivals Poly Long Beach (45.40 and 3:42.72) and Wilson Long Beach (46.45 and 3:38.71). Boys relays feature Poly Long Beach (40.87 and 3:12.10) and Taft Woodland Hills (40.74 and 3:13.96) with Dominguez 3:13.33 splitting the top two in the 4x400.

California Sections - last stop on the road to the State Meet

Southern Section Masters - 5/24/02 at Cerritos College - 142 DyeStat Elite marks
Allyson Felix just goes faster and faster -
22.95 is US#1 this year and makes her the
5th fastest US girl at 200m ever
Girls - LA Baptist jr Allyson Felix 11.48 -0.8 US#2 (Shalonda Solomon 11.62, Angel Perkins 11.74) and 22.95 +0.4 US#1. Felix (left, photo by Bill Leung) is now US#5 all time at 200 meters (Marion Jones, Chandra Cheseborough, Tania Woods and Kinshasa Davis). Ashley Freeman 53.71. Shalice Pugmire 4:56.77. Christine Bolt 10:35.94. Dominique Manning 13.99. Julia Pitts 42.36. Chaunte Howard 5-10. US#1 Chelsea Johnson 13-3. Michelle Sanford 20-8.75 +2.6 US#2 (Chaunte Howard 20-2.5, Gayle Hunter 20-0.5) and 41-8.75 -1.5. Megan Howard 45-0.25 SP. Billie Jo Grant 165-8 DT. US#1 Poly Long Beach 45.40. Wilson Long Beach 3:38.71, US#1 this season and 12th fastest ever (Wilson holds the top 5 all times ever, including last year's US record 3:35.72 in the California State Meet).
Boys - Matt Bruno 10.48 -0.8 and 20.93 +0.2 US#3 legal wind. Duane Solomon 1:52.84. Philip Reid 4:14.32. Mohamed Trafeh 9:08.69. Nathan Atkins 49-1.75 +1.1. Noah Bryant 66-7.5 US#3. Jarered Morgan 200-03 DT. Poly Long Beach 40.87 and 3:12.10 US#2.

CCS - Powerful sprint double by Rubin Williams: 10.37 +2.2 and 20.84 +1.3. Ruth Graham 10:32.06.

Sac-Joaquin - Mike Landers 17-0 US#3t pole vault.

Los Angeles - Taft Woodland Hills 3:13.96

North Coast - Jenny Aldridge 4:50.18. Clara Horowitz 10:32.20.

San Diego - Jenna Timinsky 2:08.74

DyeStat Elite: 3,051 performances listed - Update as of 5/28 has 3,051 performances meeting DyeStat Elite cutoffs for top 100 national ranking. Details

1,031 College Choices - Class of 2002 choices updated 5/28. Recent choices include: Tyler Stanfield AL to Alabama (a change from Samford). Steve Elliot OK to Oklahoma. Shawn Kelly UT to Weber State. Dexter Faulk GA and Jake Raines MS to Barton CC (KS). Andre English OH to Illinois.Eric Seely NY to Wake Forest. Hannah Oberman-Breindel NY, Andy Johnson IA, and Emily Vince CA to Yale. Mark Mullelly PA to LaSalle. Troy Roberson PA to Pittsburgh. Andrew Bauer MI to Michigan. Leon Smith CA to Cal Poly SLO. Brent DesRoches OH and Alli Sauer KY to Marquette. Travis Anderson CO and Jan Olszowy OR to Oregon. Shayna Staton NY to Nebraska. Choices lists will be updated frequently until the National Letter of Intent signing period ends August 1. See 1,031 college choices 2002 as of 5/28 by the class of 2002. 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.

What a weekend! Sanya Richards and Allyson Felix claim #5 on all time lists, and state meet action is fast and furious across the country.

Prefontaine Classic
Sanya Richards 51.16 !
St. Thomas Aquinas FL senior (87) joins Olympic company and shows she belongs. More

photo by Erik Palmer

Pennsylvania State Meet
May 24-25 at Shippensburg PA - story and photos by Don Rich
Complete results with 122 DyeStat Elite performances
It was the Sheena-Dominique-Tiffany show
but the boys celebrated too

Dominique Darden (left) blocked quad attempts by both Tiffany Abney (right) and Sheena Gordon by beating Abney in the 200 meters and Gordon in the 100H.

Sheena Gordon's smile is for a triple that included two PIAA records

North Penn boys win 4x800 relay . . .

. . . and Glen Mills the 4x400.

photos by Don Rich

Massachusetts State Meet
June 1 at Worcester MA - Home Page - Performance List -
Class Meets with Best Marks - Natasha Roetter 10:27.18 2Mile. Samantha Shepard 12-7. Ari Lambie 2:10.07. Washington Morisset 6-10.

Great Southwest Classic
May 23-25 at Albuquerque NM -
Complete results
with 84 DyeStat Elite performances
Decathlon - Tremonton UT sr Justin Palmer 6894 edges Deming NM sr Daniel Feltman 6857 with 136 point gain in closing 1500 meters.
Heptathlon - Boulder CO sr Amber Metoyer 4646 is runaway winner.

Texas boys fly high in Albuquerque
Willie Hordge 10.21 (Kellie Willie 10.24, Jonathan Wade 10.29). Texas relays 40.54 and 3:12.33. Kellie Willie 20.49. Ivie Williams 47.64. Terry Beard 37.25. Josh Jordan 24-3. Stan Montoya 200-7.25 JT.
Girls aren't bad either
Peoria AZ jr Jessica Onyepanuka 11.61 (7 under 12 seconds) and 24.01. Amber Harper 4:39.28 1500m. Texas relay 45.43. Utah relay 3:49.58. Katie Morgan 12-0.25 PV. Francheska Ketchum 20-1.75. Kelli Burton 48-9 and 149-8.25.

Missouri State Meet
3A/4A May 25 at Jefferson City Mo - - Highlights by Jim Spier - 4A Results - 3A Results
Adam Perkins 4:07.9 US#2 and 1:53.5.
Mario Whitley 10.4h and 20.9h. Domenik Peterson 47.0h. Markeatha Cooper hurdle double: 14.0h and 42.8 7:44.56 shocker by West Plains. Seeded at 8:03, West Plains ran the fastest 4x800 in the US this season (until Buffalo Grove IL recaptured the top spot by 0.01 Saturday in Illinois), with Adam Perkins' Liberty team second at 7:49.31.
1A/2A May 18

Oregon State Meet
3A/4A May 24-25 at Hayward Field, Eugene Or - 1A/2A May 17-18 at W. Oregon U.
Complete Results and 48 DyeStat Elite Performances
Sensational quad by Jordan Kent, son of University of Oregon basketball coach Ernie Kent, in front of 8,700 at historic Hayward Field - first 4A quad ever in Oregon State Meet. Jordan will go to U-Oregon next year for basketball and track. Jordan Kent 10.54, 21.29, 47.22, and 24-0.5. Tommy Skipper 17-0 (and 29 points overall with points in the 100, javelin, and 300H). Jacob Gomez 8:25.35 3000m. Cameron Voget 201-10 JT. Candi Probasco-Canda 54.64. Meghan Armstrong 1500/3000 double: 4:39.84 and 9:57.55. Sam Young 155-8 girls JT.
Lauren Jesperson 3:50.49 1500m is another state meet record.

Washington State Meet
3A/4A - May 24-25 at Tacoma WA - Complete Results - 79 DyeStat Elite marks.
Chris Lukezic and Jesse Fayant trade big wins. Tyson Byers 17-0
Lukezic 4:10.2 (Fayant 4:11.39). Fayant 9:01.51 (Lukezic 9:01.68). Courtney Jaworski 1:50.5 (soph Alex McClary 1:50.72). Skyview soph Kara Patterson 150-5 JT. Ginnie Powell triple: 11.88, 24.37, and 13.92. Stacey Cowan 5-10. Shelton Sampson 13.88. Amputee Jeff Skiba wins HJ at 6-10 -- a paraplegic record?
2A/1A/B - May 23-25 at EWU, Cheney WA - Complete Results

.Illinois Boys State Meet
May 24-25, Charleston IL
Complete Results
Buffalo Grove 7:44.55 reclaims US#1 by 0.01
after losing lead to West Plains MO the day before. Tramell Smith 1:50.73 (left). Thornwood South Holland 74 wins 2A team title and Chicago Leo 1A with 85 points. Micah VanDenend 9:17.67 (right)

photos by Chris Fox

Maryland State Meet
May 23-25 at UMBC, Baltimore MD - Complete Results with 40 DyeStat Elite performances
Shane Stroup's 4:07.11 breaks 20-year-old state record
Gaithersburg boys and Western Baltimore girls win big school 4A titles.
Perennial state champion Eleanor Roosevelt limped in 6th with 26 points in 4A girls after disqualification of its three nationally ranked relay teams and sprinter Tiandra Ponteen in the regionals. The meet was also marked by a dispute between the Maryland association (MPSSAA) and TrackFirst.com, the Maryland high school web site.
Herbert Nichols 47.48. Paul Young 47.85. Oxon Hill boys 3:16.66 (Suitland 3:17.91). Mervo boys 1:26.90. C. Milton Wright boys 7:54.23. India Ransom 11.80 and 24.15. Krystal Anyanwu 2:14.21. Romona Modeste 43.45. Largo girls 46.83. Western girls 3:53.11 and 9:16.74. Gaithersburg girls 1:40.82.

26th Golden South
May 25 at The First Academy, Orlando FL -
Complete Results with 43 DyeStat Elite performances
Kierra Foster triple, Roy Cheney hurdle double earn MVP honors. Dallas Carter TX HS boys 1:24.98 US#1 and 3:15.46. Kevin Marion FL 21.34w. Jamaal Torrance FL 46.56. Jonathan Miller FL 16-0.
Highlights by Ricky Quintana