June 15-17, 2001 at North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC

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Middle Relays

4x400 - Sprint Medley

Dwight Ruff's frenetic weekend:
Raleigh-Richmond shuttle helps Camden boys run fastest 4x400 in US in 10 years -
J.W. North CA and William Penn PA
share girls races


Has any HS athlete ever put in a weekend quite like that of Dwight Ruff this past few days? With some help from a massive thunderstorm that postponed the 1600R at Raleigh to Sunday morning, Dwight managed this schedule:

  • Friday evening at Raleigh: A 47.2 leg on a Camden SMR team that just missed winning and, in the process, broke a 20-year-old NJ record set by a Plainfield team anchored by John Marshall.
  • Saturday evening: a 50.87 heat in the IHs at Richmond (140 miles away) to qualify for the finals at the Junior Nationals
  • Sunday morning (about 11:15 a,m.): a 46.4 leg on a Camden team what won the National scholastic race, setting NJ and Eastern records for the event
  • Sunday night: A 50.37 PR to win the Junior National IHs.

(courtesy of Ed Grant, the guru of track in New Jersey)

 

4x400

Boys 4x400

Camden splits: Maurice Young 48.4, Dwight Ruff 46.4, Jade Smith 47.8, and John Morris 47.3

3rd exchange, anchor John Morris gets baton from Jade Smith

Stretch, Morris finishes off the fastest 4x400 in the US in the last 10 years
and the fastest ever by any school outside of Texas or California.

             PLACE  RELAY     AFFILIATION               TIME      HT           

             =====  =================================== ========= ==           

                 1  CANJ      Camden-NJ                 3:09.91 *  3           

                 2  WINJ      Willingboro-NJ            3:13.82    3           

                 3  TANY      Transit Tech-NY           3:15.32    3           

                 4  BOFL      Boyd Anderson-FL          3:16.29    3           

                 5  RISC      Richland N.E.-Sc          3:18.26    3           

                 6  TRNJ      Trenton Central-NJ        3:18.53    3           

                 7  EWNJ      Ewing-NJ                  3:18.72    2           

                 8  THNY      Thomas Jefferson-NY       3:18.82    2           

                 9  BEVA      Bethel-VA                 3:19.12    3           

                10  SIPA      Simon Gratz-PA            3:21.01    4           

                11  OVPA      Overbrook-PA              3:21.19    1           

                12  JANC      Jacksonville-NC           3:21.22    3           

                13  LRMD      Largo-MD                  3:21.70    3           

                14  UINY      Uniondale-NY              3:22.61    2           

                15  SANJ      Sayreville-NJ             3:23.47    2           

                16  CHDE      Christiana-DE             3:25.12    1           

                17  CHNY      Chaminade-NY              3:27.49    2           

                18  JOVA      John Handley-VA           3:27.50    1           

                19  SPVA      Spotsylvania-VA           3:28.00    1           

                20  DACT      Danbury-CT                3:29.02    2           

Girls 4x400

anchor Tracee Thomas (#6) takes the stick for North with a slight lead over Penn anchor Juanita Broaddus
great stretch duel
J. W. North wins

 

              PLACE  RELAY     AFFILIATION               TIME      HT           

             =====  =================================== ========= ==           

                 1  JWCA      J.W. North-CA             3:38.86    2           

                 2  WLPA      William Penn-PA           3:39.70    2           

                 3  WINJ      Willingboro-NJ            3:43.93    2           

                 4  TRNJ      Trenton Central-NJ        3:47.45    2           

                 5  MIFL      Miami Northwestern-FL     3:48.36    2           

                 6  LINY      Lincoln, Yonkers-NY       3:55.42    2           

                 7  BEOH      Beaumont-OH               3:56.24    2           

                 8  HOMA      Hopkinton-MA              3:58.75    1           

                 9  LAOH      Lancaster-OH              3:59.35    2           

                10  IPMA      Ipswich-MA                4:00.27    1           

                11  GOMD      Gov. Thomas Johnson-MD    4:00.41    1           

                12  DACT      Danbury-CT                4:01.40    1           

                13  SOVA      South Lakes-VA            4:01.69    1           

                14  HLNY      Holy Trinity-NY           4:03.55    1           

                15  MDOH      Madison-OH                4:08.00    1      

 

Sprint Medley

Boys

After Dwight Ruff's 46.9 400 meter split, Camden anchor John Morris leads Iowa City's Jeremy Mims on the 800 meter finishing leg (below), but Mims draws a bead on Morris at start of bell lap. (right)
Both strain for the finish, and Mims gets the win for Iowa City
with a 1:51.2 leg. Canton still gets a New Jersey record behind Morris' 1:52.1 split.

 

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             PLACE  RELAY     AFFILIATION               TIME      HT           

             =====  =================================== ========= ==           

                 1  IOIA      Iowa City-IA              3:22.69 !  5           

                 2  CANJ      Camden-NJ                 3:22.85 !  5           

                 3  WINJ      Willingboro-NJ            3:23.77 *  5           

                 4  BOFL      Boyd Anderson-FL          3:23.85 *  5           

                 5  SUNY      Suffern-NY                3:24.09 *  5           

                 6  SIPA      Simon Gratz-PA            3:27.35    5           

                 7  LENJ      Lenape-NJ                 3:28.63    4           

                 8  BRNJ      Bridgeton-NJ              3:30.28    5           

                 9  WICT      Wilbur Cross-CT           3:31.01    3           

                10  BEMN      Benilde St. Margaret's-MN 3:31.14    5  

Girls

 

              PLACE  RELAY     AFFILIATION               TIME      HT           

             =====  =================================== ========= ==           

                 1  WLPA      William Penn-PA           4:00.19    3           

                 2  BANY      Bay Shore-NY              4:03.69    3           

                 3  TRNJ      Trenton Central-NJ        4:03.69    3           

                 4  LAMD      Laurel-MD                 4:04.53    3           

                 5  OAVA      Oakton-VA                 4:06.08    2           

                 6  BEVA      Bethel-VA                 4:07.18    3           

                 7  HICT      Hillhouse-CT              4:07.76    2           

                 8  LANJ      Lakewood-NJ               4:09.65    3           

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