Californians at Nike Outdoor
Nationals
Thur June 14-Sat June 16, 2007
Greensboro, NC
Doug Speck - DyeStatCal Editor

     
Photos by Kirby Lee
Spencer Knight - Conor McCullough - Cory Primm - Reggie Wyatt

Californians at 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals

Wow! There were some moments during the 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina that were the equal of any in the sport in recent years. The huge three day affair lumbers along with a ton of events and levels currently, with a number of the contests featuring marks and special competitive efforts on the all-time lists that were awesome to watch and be apart of if you were there. The video coverage I am sure lends some to the excitement of the moment in the 8:41.55 Boys Two Mile, National Record in the 1600 Medley by the great Roosevelt of Greenbelt Girls who were stars at Arcadia this spring, the Boys Mile that featured sub-4 pace for much of the event, a 2:02.76 800 by Pennsylvania’s Chanelle Price, and a series of events that Golden Staters were prominent in.

Winning here is no very easy task, with efforts in that direction by Californians resulting in some super results!! Cory Primm (Westlake, Westlake Village) filled out his style of racing possibilities in the 800, as here, he came from a controlled position off the lead after the first lap to run down early pace-setter, sub 1:50 star Dylan Ferris (NC), on the way to an awesome nearly even split 1:48.63 800 win, the year’s quickest among preps and among the top ten times ever run by a Californian! La Sierra (Riverside) came back from a seventh place Saturday morning 4x1 mile effort (17:35.94) to a big Distance Medley win at 10:01.79 (#3 AT Californian and #12 AT US), with Dylan Knight, Jared Drinker, Steve Norton, and Spencer Knight making up both squads.  Spencer Knight was quoted by the NSSF's Pete Cava: “We did the 4xMile this morning and we really stunk.” “I mean, coach didn’t even want to talk to us because he was so disappointed in our performance. All day we were talking about what we needed to do.  We all wanted to produce our best times and we lost position, get it back, pace ourselves, and then get it back. We had to remain consistent. It’s so unbelievable to win this, I’m just so happy.” 

Reggie Bryant (North, Riverside) showed a ton of heart in the 400 hurdles, with junior William Wynne (Georgia) racing past early on to the home stretch, and the North Riverside soph coming back to almost catch Wynne 50.09-50.10, with Bryant a National Soph Class Record, All-Time California Best, and #9 All-Time US as the result of his effort!! Casey Roche (St. Francis, Mountain View) marked a bit competitive effort over a great National Field in the Vault, clearing 16-07.5 to win over rival Spencer McCorkel of Arkansas (on misses) and group. Conor McCullough (Chaminade, West Hills) drew rave reviews on his future potential among those who viewed the Hammer, with the National Soph Record Holder off a 243-11 earlier in the spring, second here to National Record Holder Walter Henning (New York) 240-11 to 249-00. Henning later was said to indicate to viewers that the young Californian would take out all his records in future years. State High Jump Champ Daniel Kirkpatick (Trabuco Hills) added to his national level credentials with a 6-11 second place effort in a super High Jump field.

On the Girls’ side Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) made up for some cross-country disappointment at the Nike Team Nationals with a squashing of the nation’s best in the 4x1 mile relay, racing 20:23.43 in an effort to take out the 19:56.75 National Record by Suffern, NY from 2006. Hilary May was 5:08, Sarah Cummings a 5:07, junior Allison Damon a 5:06, and junior Shelby Buckley wrapped it up 5:01, as the group won by over ten seconds. The Girls came back with May, Claire Schmidt, Damon, and Buckley racing 11:48.67 for fourth in a quick Distance Medley later in the evening after the Saturday morning 4 x Mile. Sarah Cummings added a 10:38.27 two mile run on Friday evening for CdM. Dominique Jackson (Fairfield) showed determination as she attempted to work with the 27-57-1:28 800 meter pacing of Pennsylvania’s Chanelle Price, with Price racing 2:02.76 and Jackson racing away from the rest of the pack to a 2:05.65 PR for second.

Caitlin Clark (Granite Bay) was a very competitive 4:56.54 in the Mile and Madera frosh Alisha Brown was 4:56.77, with Whitney McGee (Berkeley) 14:41 in the Finals of the “Emerging Elite” 100 Hurdles. Harvard-Westlake did a ton of relay running, with Laura Meadors a super final 800 leg in a 4:07.66 1600 Medley Relay Section win, with 50.54 (400 Re) and 1:47.46 (800 Re) efforts by the group also. Madera had a fine 9:41.32 4x800 Girls run with three underclass athletes, with Alitta Boyd (Moreau, Hayward) adding a fine 39-02.5 in the Triple Jump.

On the Boys’ side, Brad Surh (Carlmont, Belmont) was 4:10.42 in the Mile, with JT Sullivan 4:14.66 there and a part of a fine 17:30.18 4x1 mile group that was fifth earlier in that Saturday action. Central Section stars Jonathan Peterson (Clovis) were 4:13.67 (Section Winner) and Rocky Richardson (Madera) 4:15.81 were strong over four plus laps (mile distance here). Gyasi Rivers (North Hollywood) was 47-00.25 in the Triple Jump.

Nike Outdoor Nationals
Thur-Sat June 14th-16th, 2007 @ Greensboro, NC

Boys 1 Mile Run
1 Sam Borchers 07 Yellow Springs, OH 4:03.33
10 Brad Surh 08 San Carlos, CA 4:10.42
17 Jonathan Peterson 07 Clovis, CA 4:13.67
21 John Sullivan 99 Mission Viejo, CA 4:14.66
25 Rocky Richardson 07 Madera, CA 4:15.81

Boys 2 Mile Run
1 Matthew Centrowitz 07 Arnold, MD 8:41.55# 8:10.3'
41 Mohamed Abdalla 08 San Jose, CA 9:34.77

Boys 800 Meter Run
1 Cory Primm 07 1000 Oaks, CA 1:48.63
2 James Gilreath 07 Bartlett, TN 1:49.98
28 Nick Palladino 07 San Carlos, CA 1:56.62

Boys 5000 Meter Run
1 Adam Vess 07 cromwell, CT 14:38.23#
19 Aric Van Halen 08 Encino, CA 15:22.46

Boys 400 Meter Hurdles
1 William Wynne 08 Kennesaw, GA 50.09 4
2 Reginald Wyatt 09 Riverside, CA 50.10 4

Boys 4x1 Mile Relay
1 Collegiate TC 'A' 17:19.42
1) Dylan Trotzuk 08 2) Itse Begho 07
3) Dwayne Alexis 07 4) Chris Williams 07
5 Hills-CA 'A' 17:30.18
1) Scott Blair 08 2) Chris Mosier 07
3) Riley Sullivan 08 4) John Sullivan 99
7 La Sierra HS 'A' 17:35.94
1) Steve Norton 08 2) Jared Drinkard 09
3) Dylan Knight 07 4) Spencer Knight 07
15 Carlmont HS 'A' 18:07.77
1) Nick Palladino 07 2) Omeed Moghadam 07
3) Brad Surh 08 4) Greg Surh 07

Boys Distance Medley
Section 3
1 La Sierra HS 'A' 10:01.79
1) Dylan Knight 07 2) Jared Drinkard 09
3) Steve Norton 08 4) Spencer Knight 07
2 Colts Neck 'A' 10:04.15
1) Brenden Krewer 07 2) Andrew Sobieski 07
3) Kevin O'Dowd 09 4) Craig Forys 07

Boys High Jump
Flight 1
1 Grant Lindsey 07 Mansfield, TX 2.21m 7-03.00
1.96 2.01 2.06 2.11 2.16 2.21 2.25
PPP O O XXO O XXO XXX
2 Daniel Kirkpatrick 99 Mission Viejo, CA 2.11m 6-11.00
1.96 2.01 2.06 2.11 2.16
O O XO O XXX

Boys Pole Vault
Flight 2
1 Casey Roche 07 Mountain View, CA 5.07m 16-07.50
4.52 4.67 4.82 4.97 5.07 5.17
P XXO O XO XO XXX
1 Spencer McCorkel 07 Bryant, AR 5.07m 16-07.50
4.52 4.67 4.82 4.97 5.07 5.17
P P P XXO O XXX

Flight 3
1 Tyron Stewart 07 Cedar Hill, TX 15.42m +0.0 50-07.25
14.86m(0.1) 14.84m(-0.2) 14.83m(+0.0) 14.62m(+0.0) 15.00m(+0.0) 15.42m(+0.0)
6 Gyasi Rivers 07 Whittier, CA 14.33m +0.0 47-00.25
14.27m(+0.0) 14.22m(+0.0) 13.85m(+0.0) 14.16m(+0.0) 14.16m(+0.0) 14.33m(+0.0)

Boys Discus Throw
Flight 1
1 Michael Putman 07 Miami, FL 54.68m 179-05
54.68m 49.78m FOUL 51.69m 53.91m 49.92m
9 Karl Gehrke 07 Phelan, CA 46.75m 153-04
45.12m 46.75m FOUL

Boys Hammer Throw
Sophomore: 234-11 6/3/2007 Conor Mc Cullough, Chaminade, W Hills, CA
Flight 3
1 Walter Henning 07 Kings Park, NY 75.90m 249-00
74.21m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL 75.90m
2 Conor McCullough 09 West Hills, CA 73.43m 240-11
73.22m 73.43m 70.03m FOUL 73.09m 69.11m

Girls 100 Meters Dash Emerg Elite
Heat 2 Preliminaries Wind: 0.3
1 Marti Guice 07 Nashville, TN 12.48Q
6 Michelle Miller Berkeley, CA 13.09
Heat 3 Preliminaries Wind: 0.2
1 Quanisha Sales 09 Nashville, TN 12.27Q
5 Sheilicia Runnels Berkeley, CA 13.02

Girls 1 Mile Run Freshman
1 Ashley Deckert 10 Newfield, NJ 5:11.60
14 Sarah Keddington 10 Newport Beach, CA 5:41.15

Girls 1 Mile Run
Section 2
1 Tara Erdmann 07 Tucson, AZ 4:54.94
5 Caitlin Clark 07 Granite Bay, CA 4:56.54
12 Alisha Brown 10 Madera, CA 4:56.77
Vanessa Hancock 08 Brea, CA 4:59.46

Girls 2 Mile Run
1 Sarrah Hadiji 07 Annandale, VA 10:31.39
14 Mary Rhoades 08 San Carlos, CA 11:24.66
-- Melanie Thompson 09 High Bridge, NJ DNS
Section 2
1 Ashley Higginson 07 Marlboro, NJ 10:17.44 9:39.6'
11 Sarah Cummings 07 Newport Beach, CA 10:38.27 9:54.9'
12 Christy Adamyk 07 Claremont, CA 10:50.60 10:06.8'

Girls 800 Meters Run
Section 5
1 Caroline King 07 Scotia, NY 2:11.78
5 Laura Meadors 08 Manhattan Beach, CA 2:23.72
Section 7
1 Chanelle Price 08 Easton, PA 2:02.76#
2 Dominique Jackson 07 Fairfield, CA 2:05.65

Girls 100 Meters Hurdles Emerg Elite
Heat 2 Preliminaries Wind: -0.6
1 Kristen Brown 09 Columbia, MD 14.41Q
2 Whitney McGee Berkeley, CA 14.62q

Girls 100 Meters Hurdles Emerg Elite
Section 1 Finals Wind: -0.8
1 Kristen Brown 09 Columbia, MD 14.16
3 Whitney McGee Berkeley, CA 14.41

Girls 4x1 Mile Relay
Section 1
1 Cal Coast TC 'A' 20:23.43
1) Shelby Buckley 08 2) Sarah Cummings 07
3) Allison Damon 08 4) Hilary May 07
2 Bh-Bl TC 'A' 20:34.10
1) Rachael Cyrus 10 2) Molly Pezzulo 11
3) Sam Roecker 09 4) Meaghan Gregory 09

400 Meter Relay
Heat 6 Preliminaries
1 Collinwood 'A' 47.57Q
1) Shannon Willis 09 2) Erin Busbee 10
3) Laurin Slayton 07 4) Christy Horn 07
6 Harvard-Westlake 'A' 50.54
1) Cara Bickers 07 2) Atira Richards 09
3) Laura Meadors 08 4) Nicole Sands 09

Girls 4x200 Meters Relay
Section 1
1 Horace Mann Lions Club 'A' 1:41.80
1) Annie Lynch 10 2) Laura Halis 10
3) Jackie McDougall 09 4) Renee McDougall 08
5 Harvard-Westlake 'A' 1:47.46
1) Cara Bickers 07 2) Atira Richards 09
3) Laura Meadors 08 4) Nicole Sands 09

Girls 4x400 Meters Relay
Section 1
1 Blazin Raiders-Girls 'B' 3:58.66
1) Richana Gaskins 08 2) Christian Hickson 09
3) Jenea McCammon 09 4) Zawadi Rowe 08
5 Harvard-Westlake 'A' 4:07.66
1) Jennie Porter 10 2) Lizzy Danhakl 07
3) Atira Richards 09 4) Laura Meadors 08

Girls 4x800 Meters Relay
Section 1
1 Iona Prep/Ursuline 'A' 9:24.31
1) Meghan Brown 08 2) Rosie Crean 08
3) Jackie McCarthy 10 4) Katie Sullivan 09
11 Paisa RC of Madera 'A' 9:41.32
1) Tandisha Nious-Flores 07 2) Stephanie Estrada 08
3) Carina Mendoza 10 4) Alisha Brown 10
12 Serrano HS 'A' 9:44.41
1) Charlette Buchan 08 2) Lauren Minnick 09
3) Julia Quarton 09 4) Kauren Tarver 08

Girls 1600 Sprint Medley
Section 1
1 Harvard-Westlake 'A' 4:11.79
1) Cara Bickers 07 2) Nicole Sands 09
3) Atira Richards 09 4) Laura Meadors 08

Girls Distance Medley
Section 2
1 Hammer TC 'A' 11:40.81
1) Jillian Smith 09 2) Jessica Bergin 07
3) Chelsea Cox 10 4) Danielle Tauro 07
4 Cal Coast TC 'A' 11:48.67
1) Hilary May 07 2) Claire Schmidt 09
3) Allison Damon 08 4) Shelby Buckley 08

Girls High Jump
Flight 1
1 April Sinkler 07 Stafford, VA 1.75m 5-08.75
1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75 1.80
O O PO XO XXX
15 Jessica Robson 07 Newport Beach, CA 1.60m 5-03.00
1.60 1.65
O XXX

Girls Triple Jump
Flight 1
1 Crystal Dukes 07 Fayetteville, NC 11.52m 1.0 37-09.50
11.32m(0.8) 11.52m(1.0) FOUL(NWI)
8 Laura Clayton 07 Newport Beach, CA 10.63m 2.3 34-10.50
10.56m(-0.0) 10.63m(2.3) 10.59m(1.8)
Flight 2
1 Alitta Boyd 09 Union City, CA 11.95m -0.1 39-02.50
11.55m(0.3) 11.95m(+0.0) 11.76m(1.5) 11.77m(+0.0) 11.95m(-0.1) 10.96m(-0.9)

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