2004 Arcadia Invitational

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:
262 DyeStatElite Marks!
15 National #1 Marks!
One National Record!

Photo by Kirby Lee, Track & Field News
Long Beach Poly's (CA) Derrick Jones (left) barely outleans Cleveland (OH) Glenville's
Theo Ginn in the meet-ending 4x400-meter relay, with Newburgh Academy's (NY) Elzie Coleman
also flying down the backstretch! Coleman closed in 46.1 and Ginn in 46.8, but Jones' 47.7 split sealed
Poly's victory. Minutes before, Poly's Shalonda Solomon anchored the Jackrabbits to the #5 time in
U.S. 4x400m history in 3:36.43! A packed house of rabid fans oohed and aahed during blockbuster finales!

***ATHLETES OF THE MEET***

L.B. Poly's Shalonda Solomon wins Female Athlete of Meet!
She anchored nat'l record in the 4x200, the nat'l leader in the 4x400,
and anchored 44.95 4x100 winners, and won the 100! WOW!!!

 
Theo Ginn (left) and Elzie Coleman named as Co-Male Athlete of Meet honorees!
Ginn anchored U.S. leading 4x200 and SMR also second in 400 and 46.8 4x400 anchor!
Coleman won the 400, ran 46.1 split on 4x400 anchor, and ran great in Friday night's 4x200!

• Girls 100m - Shalonda Solomon (LB Poly, CA) 11.50
• Girls 400 - Nicole Leach (West Catholic, Philadelphia, PA) 53.58
• Girls 800 - Latavia Thomas (West Catholic, Philadelphia, PA) 2:07.51
• Girls 3200/2 mile - Katelyn Kaltenbach (Smoky Hill, CO) 10:20.39 (2 mi)
• Girls 4x400 Re - LB Poly 3:36.43 (#5 All-Time US)
• Girls Long Jump - Gayle Hunter (North, Riverside, CA) 20-07.75
• Girls Discus Throw - Missy Faubus (Centennial, Bakersfield, CA) 170-01
• Boys 3200/2 Mile - Andrew Bumbalough (Brentwood Academy, TN) 8:49.87 (2 mi)
• Boys Triple Jump - Nkosinza Balumbu (Logan, Union City, CA) 49-08.5
• Two others already were national leaders in their event:
• Girls Triple Jump - Erica McLain (East Plano, TX) 43-00.5 (43-01.5 04 best)
• Girls Shot Put - Megan Howard (Arroyo Grande, CA) 48-04 (has 50-03.5 04 best)
• Other mega-highlights
• Girls 100m - Jasmine Baldwin (Bishop Amat, La Puente, CA) 11.54
• Girls 800 - Heidi Magill (Mountain View, Orem, UT) 2:08.74
• Girls 1600 - Haley Paul (Desert Vista, AZ) 4:51.83
• Girls 400 Relay - LB Poly 44.95
• Girls Distance Medley - San Pasqual (Escondido, CA) 11:55.16
• Girls Long Jump - Shana Woods (LB Poly, CA) 20-02
• Girls Triple Jump - Brittany Daniels (M. West, Tracy, CA) 42-07
• Boys 400m - Elzie Coleman (Newburgh Free Academy, NY) 46.25
• Boys 800m - Dan Hutson (Alta, UT) 1:51.79
• Boys 3200/2 mile - Shadrack Kiptoo (La Cueva, Albuquerque, NM) 8:52.56 (2 mi)
• Boys Distance Medley - Don Lugo, Chino Hills, CA 10:16.94
• Boys Long Jump - Felipe Reyes (Christian Brothers, NY) 23-10.5
• Boys Discus Throw - Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor, WA) 204-00

The Arcadia Invitational Boys 2-Mile
It was another red-hot one! Second-deepest in U.S. history!

Photo by John Dye
29 boys hit the 9:20 2-mile standard in 2004 for "DyeStatElite" national status!

That's the second-most in U.S. history for any one event in one meet, topped only
by 31 DyeStatElite marks for the 3200-meter race at the 2003 Arcadia Invitational!


Two national champions clash!
Katelyn Kaltenbach/Zoe Nelson join forces for a super sizzler!

Photo by John Dye
2003 National XC champ Katelyn Kaltenbach (Smoky Hill HS)
of Colorado and 2002 National XC champ Zoe Nelson (Flathead HS)
of Montana excited a capacity crowd with an amazing duel, climaxed
with a 10:20.39 to 10:23.70 decision for Kaltenbach! Great race, ladies!


"The Athletes In Quotes!"


Photo courtesy of Matt "The Bomb" Baum, flrunners.com
Quoteable: "I remember going through and I was like, 'Wow! That’s Zoe Nelson
and that’s Katelyn Kaltenbach and I’m here! This is like the funnest meet ever.
The coolest place ever. It’s just awesome. We ran good and I’m really happy.”
-- Nicole Schappert, third place in the Arcadia Invitational featured 2-mile (10:27.98)
and a member of Pope John Paul High's state record setting DMR crew!

Quoteable: "It was awesome. Everyone cheering on each other and we were all
hoping to throw far. I figured I had it won, but then these guys started to come up on me."
-- Nate Rolfe of Inglemoor HS in Washington. Rolfe, a three-year veteran at Arcadia,
popped a lifetime best 204-0 to win the disc, one of his three throws of 200-feet-plus!