Tommy Skipper
drafted by baseball - The Sandy OR pole vaulter,
US#1 in that event, is also a center fielder on the Sandy baseball
team. He was drafted this week by the San Francisco Giants in the
37th round (number 1091 drafted).
Ralph Durant
dies -
Long time youth coach in Baltimore succumbs to cancer
at 54. Durant founded the Ed Waters running club in 1972 and the
Baltimore Recreation Department running programs in 1985. Olympians
James Carter and Bernard Williams came through these programs.
Jim
Spier's Top 5
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2 update.
Top
10 US Juniors - qualifiers for the USA Junior
Nationals June 17-22 at Stanford
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all the action leading to California State Meet June 6-7
- California
State Meet preview -
by Rich Gonzalez. Can it be the best ever? Certainly
is on the girls side. Here's what Rich has to say: "The
meet will be a dandy, with national record assaults in the
girls 4x100, 4x400, 100, (not the 200, that 22.11A is safe),
HJ, PV and DT. Also features what might be the deepest 3200m
boys pre-state meet field in California history, with 15
kids at sub-9:09.99 (I thought Arcadia was over already!)."
- Heat
Sheets
- 1981
California State Meet remembered - For year to
be the best ever, it has to beat the 1981 meet, which saw
5 national records and 12 state records. Rich Gonzalez story.
- Southern Section:
"Allyson Felix Fastest of Fast" - First
came a monster anchor leg in the girls' 400-meter relay.
That was followed by a winning time in the 100 that tied
for the fifth fastest ever run by a U.S. high school girl
under any conditions. And then came a win in the 200 with
a time that was the fifth fastest ever run under any conditions.
Not a bad evening's work for Allyson Felix of North Hills
L.A. Baptist in the Southern Section Masters meet at Cerritos
College in Norwalk on Friday. -- see John
Ortega's story in the Los Angeles Times
- Lionel Larry 20.87; Chris Woods,
37.46 in 300IH; Rudy Burgess, 49-9.5 in
TJ; Ashley Freeman, 2:08.49 in 800; Ashlee
Brown, 13.54w in 100HH; MacKenzie Hill,
41.72 in 300LH; Long Beach Poly, 44.90
in 4x100.
- Laguna Creek CA sr Jessica Pressley hit
50-11.5 SP US#2 in a section trial.
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Connecticut
Connecticut
State Meets
Danbury sweeps Class LL. Meghan
Owen doubles 2:16.75 and 4:57.92 800m/1600m. Amie
Schumacher 10:57.35 3200m.
District
of Columbia
Washington
DC championships
Ballou Boys and Wilson Girls
repeat as champions - Marco Aguilar
triple, Andria Smallwood quad earn
MVP awards
Ballou freshman sensation Andria
Smallwood (right) wins four: 12.23
100m, 24.54 200m, 54.83 400m, and 44.73 300H |
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Florida
Golden
South Classic
Stephanie Smith, Lance Leggett are MVPs
Illinois
Illinois
Boys State Meet
Thornwood South Holland wins
Class AA, Leo Chicago wins Class A
41 DyeStat Elite performances.
Kansas
Kansas
State Meet
Drew
Morano triple (10.56, 21.39, and 47.83) leads Aquinas
in 6A - Liberal sweeps 5A, 13th
straight for Liberal boys - Shawnee Heights Topeka jr Trisa
Nickoley's 400-800-1600 triple includes 2:08.41 800
state record (also ran a 56.0 split on the 4 x 400 runner-up).
40 DyeStat Elite performances.
Massachusetts
Ari
Lambie 4:44.03 (2:22.3-2:21.7) in Central Massachusetts
regional. meet, winning by 32 seconds. She came back in less
than an hour to anchor the 4x800 in 2:09.6. Victor
Gras (Belmont) cruised to 4:15.31 victory in boys
action.
Michigan
Michigan
State Meet
Nikki Bohnsack's triple led Rockford to the Division
1 girls title on a cool windy day over Ann Harbor Pioneer.
Bohnsack doubled in the 1600 / 3200 in 4:55.06 and 10:57.03
and anchored the winning 4x800. 74
DyeStat Elite performances
New
Jersey
New
Jersey Meet of Champions - spectacular performances
Winslow
boys 3:10.70 4x400 US#2 (Humble TX 3:10.69), Willingboro
3:11.24 US#5. John Richardson double 1:51.62
and 4:09.20. Irving Stills 13.89 110H (Basil
Campbell 13.89). Basil Campbell 52.47 400H
US#2. Anthony Miles 24-3.25 LJ. Mike
Morrison 7-0 HJ, 24-3 LJ, 46+ split in 4x400. Bo
Lawson 193-6 jav, Paul Rosiak 192-4.
Porscha Dobson 13.50 100H US#3. Jenna
Harris triple 11.74, 23.87, and 18-10.75. Amanda
Trotter double 4:52.73 (Casey Nelson
4:53.73) and 10:45.90. Okechi Ogbuokiri 54.19.
Winslow freshman Krystal Cantey 1:00.74 400H
US#6.
89 DyeStat Elite performances
in Meet of Champions
NJ Group Championships
-- 111 DyeStat Elite performances and complete results
New
York
New
York State Meet June 6-7 at Binghamton
NY
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North
Carolina
Fire
on the Track June 7 at Mt. Tabor HS,
Winston Salem NC
A "Pre Memorial" event, the entry fee is $12.36
(Steve Prefontaine's 3-mile goal) for selected distance races.
High school boys will shoot for the national records at 1000
meters (2:25.5 by Tom Carroll in 1957) and 2000 meters (5:23.3
by Eric Hulst in 1976 and Mike O'Connor in 1986). There will
be 5000 meter races for unseeded men (over 18 minutes), open
women, and seeded runners (under 18:00).
Oregon
State Meet
Tommy
Skipper, Galen Rupp, Joaquin Chapa, Mike McGrath
In only his second pole vault outing since breaking his left
hand in the Nike Indoor Championship in March, the Sandy OR
senior Tommy Skipper challenged the national record. Skipper
opened at 16-1 when all other competitors had gone out and
moved swiftly through 17-7, best in the country this year.
Then he set the bar at 18-2.5, where he had good attempts
for a national record, but did not clear. He will try again
in the Golden West Invitational in Sacramento June 15. Galen
Rupp won the boys 3000 meters in 8:14, three seconds
ahead of Alec Wall. Joaquin Chapa won the
1500 in 3:51.8. Mike McGrath, the nation's
leader at 800 meters, won his specialty at 1:51.2, with Chapa
1:52.2 second. (all times unofficial)
New
York
Bronxville
girls 8:53.3
Getting closer to their goal of the
national record for 4x800, Bronxville ran 8:53.3 at the Warwick
Relays. That makes them the 3rd fastest ever in the US behind
record holder Boys & Girls NY 2002 (8:50.41) and Boys
& Girls NY 2001 (8:51.60). Splits: Liz Bergold 2:10.2,
Beth Butler 2:17.8, Caroline Mullen 2:13.4, Catha Mullen 2:11.8
from left, Catha Mullen, Beth Butler, Liz
Bergold, Caroline Mullen (photo by John Nepolitan)
Virginia
Virginia
AAA State Meet
Eastern region again -- Deep Creek boys, Bethel girls
Relays clinch Deep Creek win; freshman Francena
McCorory helps Bethel overcome Yvette Lewis' 38.5 points for
Menchville. 49 DyeStat Elite performances.
Washington
Washington
State Meet
Carl Moe blasted a 4:05.09 1600m to
win by more than 8 seconds. It was a state meet record for
4A and the 5th fastest all time in Washington.
Wisconsin
WI
week by Mark Rongstad
Chris
Solinsky will go for triple in Wisconsin State Meet
June 6-7 after qualifying in 800, 1600, and 3200 meter runs.
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Jim
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US Junior List
- top 10 qualifiers for USA National Junior Championships
Gourley's
list - Hammer Throw rankings
updated May 26.
DyeStat
Elite - May
19 list has 2,354 performances from 245 meets ranked. Database
now includes 3,244 performances (only the best performance in an
event is ranked).
Roth's
Race Walk -- updated May
2
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June 13-14 at Raleigh NC
a
new distance peak
You might have thought the high school
distance running resurgence peaked 2 years ago with
the graduation of Alan Webb, Dathan Ritzenhein, and
Ryan Hall. You would have been wrong. This year's AOC
distance fields may be the deepest ever. With 2-mile
and cross country king Chris Solinsky dropping to the
mile, meet managers are even daring to think of a sub-4
minute mile -- it has only been done once before in
a high school only race (Jim Ryun in Kansas in 1965).
Meanwhile, the girls distance stars
just keep on coming in waves every year. Ari Lambie's
4:42.21 at Penn Relays was the fastest high school girls
mile in 18 years and made her the 8th fastest ever.
Sub-4:40 has only been done by two girls, both in 1982
-- Polly Plumer CA 4:35.24 and Kim Gallagher PA 4:36.94
-- and both did it one more time that year. Perennial
champion Megan Kaltenbach is still around, along with
rising stars Nicole Blood, Katie Harrington, and Sarah
Bowman. A sub-2:05 girls 800m has happened only once
in the last 18 years. It could happen again this year
or next with three undergrads topping the US charts.
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44th
Golden West Invitational
June 15 at Sacramento CA
flying
higher and further
SACRAMENTO 5/23.03 -- Pole vault and
javelin are the featured events of GWI this year.
Four of the five 17-foot
pole vault fliers will be here: Sandy OR sr Tommy
Skipper, 17-7 last year and returning from
breaking his left thumb trying for a national indoor
record at the Nikc Indoor Championships in March; Eagle
ID sr Donovan Kilmartin, decathlon
star who leads the country outdoors at 17-4.5; Carroll
Southlake TX jr Ty Barrington, 17-3.25
US#2, and St. Xavier Louisville KY sr Chip Heuser,
17-0.075 US#4.
TThe girls pole vault is
led by San Joaquin Memorial CA sr Kira Costa,
who set the national indoor record of 13-4.5 at the
Los Angeles Invitational in February, and no entry has
less than a 12-6 personal best.
The Javelin will feature
the top 4 throwers in the Nation on the Boys side, Thomas
Jordan (Cedar Crest,Lebanon,PA),Matt Schwandt (Manhattan,Manhattan,KS),Brad
Zimmerman (Warwick.Lititz,PA) & Jordan Senn (Beaverton,Beaverton,OR)
on the Girls Side Newburg,OR will send Mallory Webb
and Rachel Yurkovich both over 155 who will be challenge
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NCAA East region started with 49 women's pole
vaulters. Four hours later, here were the results:
1 Lacy Janson SO Florida St. 4.02m 13-02.25 10
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92 4.02 4.12
PPP PPP O P XO XXP
2 Laura Olson JR Buffalo 3.92m 12-10.25 7
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92 4.02
P O XXO XO XXX
2 Joana Costa SR Clemson 3.92m 12-10.25 7
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92 4.02
PPP O XXO XO XXX
4 Natalie Dye SR Maryland 3.82m 12-06.25 5
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92
XO O O XXX
5 Tatyana Kirichenko SO North Carolina 3.82m 12-06.25 4
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92
O O XO XXX
6 Molly Lederman FR Yale 3.82m 12-06.25 3
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92
XO O XO XXX
7 Rebecca Post SR North Carolina 3.82m 12-06.25 2
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92
XO O XO XXX
8 Laura Tieszen SO W. Carolina 3.82m 12-06.25 1
3.52 3.67 3.82 3.92
XXO O XXO XXX
Vaulters struggled
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most of the day. Below, performance indicator standard
was blown down during warmups.
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Choices
College
Choices 2003 updated 5/21 with 930 choices now listed. Send
email on other choices to John
Dye with name, high school, college choice, your connection
to the athlete, and a way to verify the information. Some noteworthy
new choices:
Amber Harper UT - Foot Locker finalist,
Great Southwest double winner - Brigham Young
Dominique Zeigler TX - 25-10 LJ, Great Southwest champ
- Baylor
Carson Schmiett WA - 48.3 400m, 1:53 800m - Pennsylvania
Tommy Skipper OR - 17-7 PV, Nike Indoor champ - Oregon
Dan Deichert NJ - NJ 3200m champ 2002 - Penn State
Alex Clayton CO - CO 4A champ XC, 800, 1600 - Iowa State
Matt Munoz TX - 3rd TX AAA 3200m - Texas
Mark Teter TX - 46.15 400m TX 5A champ - Baylor
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Elsik girls 44.63
4x100 - new US record!
Texas
hurdlers sweep MVP honors
Kerron Clement
13.61 and 35.73, and Alandra Sherman 13.30
and 42.88
More
stars of the Great Southwest:
Dominique Zeigler 25-10 US#1
- Earvin Parker doubles 10.31 and 20.89 -
- Zack Lloyd 66-7.75 US#1 - Alan
Parker 1:51.19 - Amber Harper doubles
1500/3200 - Michelle Carter doubles 52-0.5
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Steve
Magness 4:01.02 - 6th best US high school mile ever.
Magness ran with Alan Webb the entire way.
They came through 3/4 in just over 3 minutes. At 1500 meters,
Magness had a slight edge, 3:43.87 to 3:44.05, but Webb kicked
past Magness at 100 meters and Magness tied up a bit in the
last 50 meters. The other high school runner in the race,
Mike McGrath, trailed at 4:10.66.
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Alaska
Alaska
State Meet
Janay
Deloach - Eilson senior hits 19-5
on her last attempt to break her own state record by 3 inches.
Arkansas
AR
Meet of Champions
Katya Kostetskaya
2.06.44
- Jonesboro AR soph recaptures US#1 in 800
meters, winning by 12 seconds.
Boys - Wallace Spearmon doubles:
10.84 100m and 21.74 -0.7 200m. Adam Rhodes 15-0
PV. Isaiah Rucker doubles: 58-11 SP and 159-6 DT.
Girls - Courtnay Brown doubles: 12.33
-2.1 100m and 24.94 -1.0 200m. Paige Farrell 55.88
400m. Katya Kostetskaya doubles: 2:06.44 800m US#1
and 14.84 -1.4 100H. Stephanie Irwin 12-0 PV.
Illinois
IL
Girls State Meet May 23-24 at Eastern
Illinois U., Charleston IL
Evanston's
relay triple propels them past Morgan Park;
Alexandria Anderson and Leah Kincaid
double
64 DyeStat Elite performances
2A- Evanston
87 (Morgan Park 68). Morgan Park soph Alexandria Anderson
doubles: 11.62p 100m (Traciann Henry 11.65) and 23.70p
(Traciann Henry 23.91). Wheaton North sr Samantha Polock
2:10.41 800m (Bethany McCoy 2:10.99). Moline sr Lindsey
McCalla 55.40 400m. Glenbard North sr Kristin Whitezell
4:59.15 1600m. Southeast Springfield sr Leah Kincaid doubles:
14.19 100H and 19-4 LJ (Alexandria Anderson 19-1.75). Evanston freshman
Shalina Clarke 41.98 300H (Leah Kincaid 42.35).
Geneva jr Sarah Landau 11-6 PV (Nicolene Galas
11-6). Sterling soph Nicole Williams 5-10.75 HJ
(Marcia Faustin 5-9). Elmwood Park sr Margaret Gorski 43-8
SP. Marian soph Casey Taylor 39-0.5 TJ. New Trier
soph Katherine Dykstra 139-6 DT. Lyons
Lagrange HS 9:20.21 4x800. Evanston HS triples
46.46, 1:37.97 MR, and 3:50.44 (Thornwood 3:50.97).
1A - Freeburg
86.5. Dwight sr Stephanie Simms 10:57.54 3200m.
Plano sr Jenin Robinson 14.49 100H. Monmouth sr
Pam Wolf 42.96 300H. Eureka sr Megan Reese
5-9 HJ. Argenta sr Terri Abraham 19-2.25
LJ.
Indiana
Columbus
North IN jr Christian
Wagner runs sensational double in Indiana sectional at his
home Columbus North track: 4:10.89 1600m and 8:53.80 3200m, with
the races less than 2 hours apart. Splits:
1600 -- 59.31, 64.75, 65.51, and 60.99.
3200-- 65.29, 67.24, 67.80, 67.13, 68.32, 67.93,
67.04, and 62.96
Kansas
Kansas
Regionals
Anthony Bozarth highlights and results of
all regionals are now posted.
Maryland
Maryland
State Meet - May 22-24 at U. of Maryland
Baltimore County, Baltimore MD
30
DyeStat Elite performances.
Eleanor Roosevelt sr Tiandra Ponteen
quad: 12.08 100m (11.84 pre), 24.11 200m, 53.22 400m and
52.2 split in Roosevelt's 3:49.50 4x400. Atholton sr Lindsay
Grigoriev
doubles 44-1.25 SP and 155-10 DT. C.H.
Flowers jr Tiffany Nesfield
doubles 14.15 100H and 43.56 300H. Frederick
sr Ronnie Beard triples:
14.33 110H, 37.94 300H, and 46-9.5 TJ.
Massachusetts
Bromfield
MA sr Ari
Lambie blasts 10:11.9 solo 2-mile in Mid-Wachusetts league
meet 5/21 at Maynard MA. She ran almost even splits of 5:06.5 and
5:05.6. Second place was 13:00.0 and Lambie lapped the field twice
as she set a Massachusetts outdoor record.
Montana
Montana
State Meet
Kalispell
sweeps AA team titles with doubles from Zoe Nelson and
Becky O'Neill; Bozeman sr Carlee Clark
2:11.10 800m.
Boys - Kalispell 103.
Bozeman sr Ty Norris doubles 48.20 400m and 21.78
200m. Billings sr Evan Wilson 62-6 SP. Butte's
Ryan Richardson 190-6 Jav. Hellgate's Travis
Monroe 47-7.75 TJ.
Girls - Bozeman 144. Bozeman sr Carlee
Clark doubles 2:11.10 800m and 25.16 200m. Kalispell soph
Zoe Nelson doubles: 4:58.09 1600m and 11:02 3200m.
Kalispell's Molly Bur 44.30 300H. Bozeman's Kate
Ham 138-8 Jav. Kalispell's Becky O'Neill doubles:
42-8 SP and 132-8 DT.
Nebraska
Nebraska
State Meet
Kearney boys repel
Benson for 10th straight championship
Colby Wissel doubles in 1600/3200 and helps Kearney
win 4x800
Nebraska football recruit Andy Birkel is first
Class A sprinter to triple
Melanie Uher 163-10 DT is new state meet record
Bobby Musil 193-0 DT wins Class D by 40 feet
Candice Mills quads in Class A
Liz Lange and Meredith Snow, 4:58.09
and 4:58.89, both break old 1600m record; Lange adds 800 in 2:17.12
and Snow adds 3200 in 10:48.86
Sara Ensrud is third to break 5:00, winning Class
B by 22 seconds in 4:58.13, and doubles in 2:14.62 800m in a downpour
New Hampshire
Russell
Brown 1:50.85 - Hanover NH senior wins by
4.5 seconds in US#4 time at Hanover Invitational.
New Jersey
District
Meets
Performance
lists for Group Championships
May 30-31. Trotter twins go 1-2 in three events. 61 DyeStat Elite
performances.
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Pennsylvania
PA
State Meet
Complete Results
Craig
Miller 4:14.26 is national record for a freshman
Miller's
season goal was 4:20
"I guess I'm a runner now," Miller says. (swimming
and basketball will have to play second fiddle). Don
Rich story
Boys - Tom
Jordan 224-02 JT US#1. Justin Clickett 64-05.75
SP. Mike Whitehead 49-08 TJ. Fast and close
1600m is won by Adam Breisch 4:13.28 over
Ryan Shaver 4:13.32, but the big news was 3rd place Craig
Miller 4:14.26 (left), a new national record
for a freshman.
Girls - Gwynedd Mercy HS 9:07.82
4x800. Angela Hoover 154-05 JT MR.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Week
Badger state highlights by Mark Rohnstad,
Wisconsin Track and Field. Photos by John Ceplina.
left,
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