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Results - Stats - Pictures
- Introduction of Teams
by John Dye
This was supposed to be a 5-deep fight to the finish, with five
top 6 US ranked teams coming in within 0.6 seconds of each other.
But Mumford Detroit MI had other ideas. Putting their best runner,
Kenneth Ferguson, on the second leg, Mumford blew out to an insurmountable
lead before the race was half over. Ferguson split 47.2, providing
enough cushion to withstand the rushes of two fearsome anchormen:
Melville Rogers of Transit Tech, who scorched the track with a 46.8
split, and Camden's Jade Smith (48.1), who lost steam in an unsuccessful
attempt to pass Rogers.
Stats
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LEG
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Mumford
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Transit Tech
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Camden
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Suitland
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T. Jefferson
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South Shore
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1
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50.3
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50.9
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49.9
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49.7
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51.2
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52.5
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2
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47.2
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49.8
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52.6
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50.6
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49.5
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50.7
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3
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50.6
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50.5
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48.9
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51.4
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52.1
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54.7
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4
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49.4
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46.8
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48.1
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49.5
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48.8
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49.4
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Total
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3:17.51
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3:17.93
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3:19.43
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3:21.11
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3:21.57
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3:27.30
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Pictures
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Suitland MD and Camden NJ were 1-2 on the
first exchange and Ferguson had to weave through to get going.
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Once clear, Ferguson went right to the lead on the backstretch
of the first lap
and was stretching out the field by the start of his second lap
(below)
Transit Tech's
Melville Rogers (blue) can't quite catch Mumford.
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Mumford winners: in running order from right, DeKoven
Lynch,
Kenneth Ferguson, Jimmie Jones, and Hosea Jones. |
Results
1 Mumford MI 3:17.51
2 Transit Tech NY 3:17.93
3 Camden NJ 3:19.43
4 Suitland MD 3:21.11
5 Thomas Jefferson NY 3:21.57
6 South Shore NY 3:27.30
USA National Indoor Championships
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