SARS saves Yong Sung-Leal's season! Arroyo CA distance star, the 2001 California 3200m champ and a former Foot Locker national finalist, was to have been married to Lan Tsubata (left) in Seoul Korea May 24 in a Unification Church mass wedding. This would have knocked him out of a sectional meet that is necessary to advance to the California State Meet June 6-7. Because of the world wide SARS scare, however, the wedding has been postponed to July 13. So Leal can run in the sectional after all. Story on DyeStatCal tells of the "matched marriage" plans.

California
DyeStatCal
saturation coverage of the Golden State by Doug Speck and Rich Gonzalez
Ventura County championships - Sacramento Meet of Champions - state leader lists

alphabetical by state

Alabama
Alabama State Meet May 2-3 at U. of Alabama (6A-5A-4A), Troy State U. (3A, 2A, 1A)
Arthur Davis triple in 5A, Edra Finley quad in 4A.
Opelika boys, Central Tuscaloosa girls win big school 6A Scottsboro, UMS Wright, and Hazelwood sweep Class 5A, 4A, and 1A.
Unusual weekend double for Chris Patrick - Smiths Station junior wins 800m in Class 6A state meet in 1:53.86 on Saturday and then wins 800m in 1:51.57 at Auburn U. Invitational on Sunday. He also won the 1600m in the state meet in 4:19.44.
Other State Meet highlights:
6A: Jeremy Gray 23-8.25 LJ. Central Tuscaloosa girls double in 47.95 4x100 and 3:56.81 4x400. Rachel Shanks 5-7.5 HJ. Rhiannon Jaet 11-7 PV. Whitney Marsh 19-4.5 LJ. Amelia Anderson 39-3 TJ. Dominique Robinson 42-5 SP.
5A: Williamson sr Arthur Davis 11.02 100m (10.82 pre), 21.41 200m, and 46.60 400m. A sub-46 split in the 4x400 rallied Williamson to 2nd.
4A: Edra Finley triples 14.77 100H, 44.74 300H, 19-5.75 LJ, and 38-6 TJ.

Arizona
Tempe City Meet - Koehneman and Morgan
Corona del Sol jr Katie Morgan raised the state pole vault record to 12-10. Corona del Sol sr Steven Koehnemann had a great sprint double: 10.43 +0.8 and 21.27 +0.2.

Arkansas
Eastern Conference Katya Kostetskaya leads Jonesboro girls to victory with 50 of their 165 points. Cabot wins boys title with 130.25 points.

Colorado
Liberty Bell Invitational - Apr 26 at Littleton CO (boys only)
Air Academy sr Ian Burrell 4:15.04 1600m beat Smoky Hill sr Brent Vaughn 4:15.06 on a lean at the finish. Splits were 64, 66, 62, and 61. Smoky Hill's Josh Oberleas vaulted 15-7.

Florida
Florida Week ending May 3
Ricky Quintana's notes - Nicole Shappert and Paul Cross have busy meets. Steve Hassen is hurting. Late blooming Ross McMillan pops a 1:54.15 800m.

Georgia
Marietta Invitational
Reggie Witherspoon and his Wheeler GA teammates had a fine day: 21.11 200m, 46.25 400m, 41.14 4x200, and 3:14.14 4x400.

Georgia
Brittnay Hall - Norcross GA 8th grader runs 55.94 400m and 2:11.42 800m, finishing 5th and 2nd against college runners in the University of Georgia Invitational at Spec Towns complex.

Georgia
Andrew Hudson's GA Honor Roll
May 7 lists.

Idaho
State Rankings
Eagle sr Donovan Kilmartin leads six events.

Idaho
Outback Invitational - Donovan Kilmartin 7+17=24
Eagle ID sr just missed his gold medal formula in this meet with 7-0 HJ, 17-1 PV and 23-9 LJ, along with a 110H win in 14.32. Skyview Nampa sr Julene Bailey vaulted 12-0, well below her season best of 13-1. Idaho continues to have unfriendly weather for track meets as this one was conducted in all the elements -- wind, rain, snow, and occasional sun.

Illinois
Stephen Pifer 4:05.25, Jeremy Kruidenier 1:50.9
Edwardsville's Pifer, signed by the University of Colorado, wins 1600m easily May 6 at Cahokia IL. Central Champaign's Kruidenier, signed by the University of Illinois, runs 1:50.9 800m at Gene Ward Inv May 3, beating Pifer 1:53.7.

Indiana
Christian Wagner scored one of the best distance doubles in Indiana history at the Conference Indiana championship. The Columbus North junior ran 4:15.06 1600m and 9:01.91 3200m.

Kansas
KS week by Anthony Bozarth May 3
Seaman Relays: Kyle Irvin of Seaman Topeka ran 47.9h 400m. Laci Heller 42-3 SP. Sasha Spann and Stephanie Miller both broke Miller's meet record in triple jump, with Spann winning 39-8.75 to 38-8.5.

Kentucky
Andy Fryman - Nike Indoor Championship shot put winner, a senior at Mason County KY, won the shot at the Donnie Carnes Inv at 64-4.

Maryland
Gator Invitational at Reservoir HS
Frederick Douglass PG girls, Oxon Hill boys win team titles. Starema Flood doubles 58.22 400m and 45.1 300H. Aajah Showell doubles 14.5 100H and 16-9.75 LJ. Lindsay Grigoriev doubles 41-9 and 126-2 SP/DT. Dean Lee doubles 22.57 200m and 49.58 400m. Tim Minor doubles 15.2 and 40.1 110/300H. Oxon Hill boys win three relays.

Maryland
Montgomery County championships May 7
Nina Warren, Toni Aluko, Edwin Campbell, Eric Pauley, Jared Wasser
Gaithersburg jr Nina Warren doubles 11.9h and 25.1h 100/200. Paint Branch jr Toni Aluko triples 5-9, 18-5 and 37-10.5 HJ/LJ/TJ. Gaithersburg sr Brian Porter 10.6h 100m. Paint Branch sr Edwin Campbell doubles 21.6h and 48.4h 200/400. Gaithersburg sr Eric Pauley doubles 4:22.0 and 9:34.0 in 1600/3200. Northwest's Dewayne Whitaker 14.30h 110H (Adam Durham, Paint Branch 14.30). Gaithersburg boys 41.8 4x100. Wootton sr Jared Wasser doubles 52-6.5 and 128-10 SP/DT.

Maryland
PG County championships May 8 and 10 at C.H. Flowers HS
One of the toughest county championships anywhere will be the Prince George's County championships as sprint powers collide: Eleanor Roosevelt, Oxon Hill, Suitland, C.H. Flowers, Largo, Douglass, High Point, Bowie, and Northwestern.

Missouri
Sebben Relays Apr 30 at Southwest Missouri State U.
Doubles by Josh Harper (1:54.42 and 4:22.22 800/1600m), Becky Flippen, Jennifer Harper, Sarah Bowling, and Tyler Daily.

Missouri
Grandview KC sprinters placed 2-3-4 in the 200m at the UMKC college invitational -- Eliott Morant 21.24, Damond Berry 21.54 and Alex Ingram 21.64.

Mississippi
South State Championships - Janice Davis, Kedrick Gibbons
Big quad for Natchez sr Janice Davis: 11.4h 100m, 24.1h 200m, 55.8h 400m and 4x200 anchor. Natchez jr Kedrick Gibbons 13.6h 110H. East Ranking Academy sr Stephen Boozer 184-3 DT.

Nebraska
Nebraska week ending May 3
2nd fastest NE times ever by Colby Wissel and Elizabeth Lange
Kearney jr Colby Wissel 4:12.77, Nebraska's 2nd fastest 1600m ever (4:10.8 Brian Turner in 2000). Pius X Lincoln jr Elizabeth Lange 2:09.40, Nebraska's 2nd fastest 800m ever (2:08.84 by current North Carolina star Alice Schmidt in 1999). West Holt sr Cassidy Kramer got a throws double with 60-11 and 174-0 (Trevor Votruba 173-7). Kearney sr Chase Beideck 60-5 SP.
Pawnee City sr Bobby Musil 197-4 DT in the Pioneer Conference, #5 all time in Nebraska.

Nebraska
Metro Conference May 6-7 at Omaha
Millard West freshman Meredith Snow gets double meet record 5:02.79 and 10:47.95, with the 3200 coming in a driving rain. Bellevue West boys and Omaha Central girls win team titles.

Nevada
Ron Resler Invitational
Green Valley NV boys, Wilson Long Beach CA girls win team titles.
White Pine Ely NV jr Zach Lloyd doubles 64-2.25 and 190-0 in SP/DT. Ashley Freeman 55.5h 400m. Mackenzie Hill doubles in 14.2h 100H and 44.3h 300H. Foothill NV jr Cassandra Strickland 39-4 TJ. Wilson Long Beach girls sweep all four relays:

New Jersey
Jesse Mizzone 10:44.8 wins 3200 at County Seat Meet in Wayne NJ. She also doubled in the 1600 in 5:15.5.

New Jersey
Debra Vento 5-10 HJ - Freehold NJ senior celebrated her scholarship signing with Duke University by matching her season best mark at the Long Branch Relays.

New Jersey
Eastern Regional Relay Classic Teams from MA, PA, NY, and VA. Entry deadline is May 12. Contact Gerald Richardson 856-222-1785.

New York
20th Crusader Relays at Monroe Woodbury HS. Stephen Furst 1 55.8 outkicks Ken Sinkovitz 1:56.9 down the home stretch of the 800m.

North Carolina
Mackenzie Pierce 2:06.66!
super soph matchup looms at Raleigh
Forsyth Country Day NC soph Mackenzie Pierce won the 800 at a triangular meet at Lewisville NC May 1 in 2:06.66 FAT. Pierce doubled at the Taco Bell last month in 2:13.70 800m and 4:59.01 mile. Pierce is expected to run at the adidas Outdoor Championships in Raleigh June 13-14, setting up a super soph matchup with Katya Kostetskaya of Arkansas, who has run 2:07.23 this year. Pierce, who is coached by former Wake Forest U coach Noel Reubel, was 7th at Raleigh last year in 2:12.24.

North Carolina
Gene Cherry's NC Honor Roll
List #10 - May 7

Ohio Roosevelt Memorial Invitational May 2-3 at Welcome Stadium, Dayton OH Michigan sweeps team titles with Rockford girls, Mumford boys - doubles by Illinois soph Alexandria Anderson, Ohio jr Ted Ginn, Glenville OH boys and Turpin Cincinnati OH girls Top teams from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois come to Dayton for 29th running of this meet. Saturday: Morgan Park IL soph Alexandria Anderson doubles 11.75 and 24.35. Rockford MI jr Nikki Bohnsack 4:56.64 1600m edged Beaumont Cleveland Heights OH jr Maggie Infeld 4:56.80 in the last 40 meters. Glenville Cleveland boys 1:26.28 4x200 and 3:18.92 4x400. Glenville jr Ted Ginn doubles 13.84 110H and 37.82 300H. Friday night: Cool and wet. Pickerington OH sr Adam Kellermeyer 64-5.5 SP. Turpin Cincinnati girls 20:44.22 4x1600 and 12:19.53 DMR. Beaumont Cleveland Heights 9:21 4x800. Middletown 3:30.63 SMR (Jeff See 1:54.8 split). RESULTS - 37 DyeStat Elite performances

Sunni Olding wins 3200 in 10:32.75 Nikki Bohnsack (below, right) and Maggie Infeld duel in the stretch of the 1600m. photos by Matthew Yacoub

Ohio
Davidson Hilliard OH sr Christian Nichols 1:51.71 800m in home dual meet.

Oregon
McGrath 4:05.28, Rupp 8:14 in Oregon Twilight
Lincoln sr Mike McGrath and Central Catholic jr Galen Rupp fell short in their announced attempt to break state records, including one held by Steve Prefontaine, at The Oregon Twilight Meet at Hayward Field in Eugene Saturday night May 3. McGrath, who claimed the Oregon state record at 800 meters when he ran a US#1 1:48.56 a week ago, ran the mile in 4:05.28 (4:04.9 Dirk Lakeman 1977) in a hard rain. McGrath went through a half mile in 2:01 before slowing to 64 on the third lap and then being caught at the finish by Willamette University's Nick Symmonds 4:03.85. McGrath took 3rd place on the all time Oregon list, just ahead of Steve Prefontaine 4:06.0. McGrath's en route 1500 meter time was 3:47.5. In the 3,000 meter race won by U. Oregon's Jason Hartman in 8:02.39, Rupp finished third in 8:14.00, six seconds short of Prefontaine's state record of 8:08.0 set in Stuttgart Germany in 1969. [Leo Collins]
Benson Portland OR sr Deborah Jones, signed for Texas Christian University, won the 400m in 55.66 against college runners and was third in the 200m in 24.76.
McGrath and Magness to Pre
Later Saturday, Prefontaine Classic director Tom Jordan announced on the Track and Field News message board that both Mike McGrath and Texas miler Steve Magness (4:01.58 1600m) have been invited to run in the Prefontaine Classic, where Alan Webb set his HS mile record (3:55.43 in 2001) and Donald Sage ran 4:00.29 in 2000.

Pennsylvania PA week by Don Rich May 3 Great double by Drew Eckman - Oxford PA senior runs 37.39 300H and 47.49 400 at Lower Merion meet. At Colonial Classic at Plymouth Whitemarsh HS, Nicole Leach doubles 55.85 400m and 43.85 300H, and Mark Korich wins 800m in 1:53.40. Jesse Hershey 198-7 JT at Lock Haven. US#1 javelin throw by Angela Hoover 159-7

Pennsylvania
Penn Relays - DyeStat Elite Performances
205 marks meeting cutoffs for DyeStat Elite top 100 national ranking

South Dakota
Dakota Relays
79th running of Howard Wood Dakota Relays at Sioux Falls has a fast 3200 -- Summit SD sr Melinda Zirbel 10:46.30 broke Yankton SD soph Ramsey Kavan 10:50.24 with a 71-second last lap. They moved into #2 and #3 on the all time South Dakota list. It was Kavan's turn the next day in the 1600, which she won in 5:10.69 as Zirbel was fourth.

Utah
Mountain View 4:05.8 SMR at Central Utah Invitational is new Utah state record. Splits: Melynne King 26.3, Heidi Houle 25.9, Ann Marie Thomas 1:00.7, and Heidi Magill 2:12.9.

Virginia
T. C. Williams Invitational May 2 at T. C. Williams HS, Alexandria VA
Top Maryland and DC teams join Northern Virginia schools in major regional meet.
Largo MD girls, Westfield VA boys
Boys - Centerville VA sr Dan Bailey 10.65 100m.
Girls - Gaithersburg MD jr Nina Warren 12.01. Ballou DC freshman Andria Smallwood 55.67 400m. Eleanor Roosevelt sr Crystal Anyanwu 2:14.00 800m. Eleanor Roosevelt MD doubles 47.85 4x100 and 3:49.88 4x400. Thomas Stone MD soph Amy Bilmanis 139-7.5 DT.

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Honor Roll - Boys - Girls
Liza Lewis (Ashwaubenon senior) pole vaulted 12-0 at the Shawano Invite, second best ever in Wisconsin. Big men made strong statements as Badger recruit Joe Thomas of Brookfield Central threw 60-6 in the shot put at the Dan Benson Invite. In the discus, Kansas recruit Gavin Ball of Monona Grove leads the honor roll with the 184-10 toss he made at the Fort Atkinson Invite. Thomas also had a long throw with his 178-2 made at the Brookfield Central Lancer Invite. [Wisconsin Track and Field.com]

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