• Today on DyeStat July 8, 2005
• RANKINGS UPDATES -Jim's Top 5 - Jim Spier's lists as of July 4 - US Junior Leaders - as of July 4 - US Junior Leaders - as of July 4. Hammer - Gourley's List as of July 4. Race Walk - Michael Roth's lists as of July 2.
• What's Next? -- We catch up on DyeStat Elite and College Choices - pick the Nike Athletes of the Year (those athletes who dominated in the 2004-2005 school year) - make the new DyeStat Athlete of the Year awards (the most outstanding boy and girl) - cover the Pan American Juniors in Canada - preview cross country season - and, most important, take a much needed vacation in August before returning for our 10th year covering the national high school scene.

LAST WEEK - NIKE LIST (US#1 performers in 2005 outdoor) - SEARCH DyeStat -

DyeStat Elite at State Meets

• As we catch up on the DyeStat Elite top 100 national rankings, we are posting lists of elite performances at major state meets
• Louisiana - 67 performances
• New Jersey Meet of Champions - 108 performances
• Indiana - 116 performances
• Ohio - 160 performances
• Michigan - 83 performances
• Illinois Boys - 69 performances
• California - 273 performances.
• New York - 121 performances

	USATF Youth Championships June 28 - July 3, 2005 Knoxville TN INDEX - Results - 107 DyeStat Elites -
Ebony Collins 57.87 400H US#3 (new IG record) - David Klech 51.28 400H US#3 (Taveris Washington 51.63 US#4) - Khrystal Carter doubles 11.72 and 23.97. Kamorean Hayes doubles 48-8 and 150-3.

Another record for Walt Henning - the St. Anthony's NY soph threw the 16-pound hammer 180-9 at the Empire Games trials on Long Island, setting a new national sophomore record (was 180-0 by Alvin Jackson RI in 1970) and New York state record (was 176-4 by Steve Dering in 1987).

JO - Britany Parker 13-6.25 PV - Some top marks are being recorded at regional qualifiers for the national Junior Olympics meets later in the summer. McKinney TX jr Britany Parker claimed US#2 ranking at the USATF Southwest meet in Hallsville TX. At the Pacific Association meet in California, Napa sr Fletcher Carlyle high jumped 7-1. In Indiana, Homestead soph Hunter Hall pole vaulted 16-0 and Northrop sr Brianna Neumann 13-2.25. In North Carolina, Cummings soph Latoya James ran 1:01.66 400H.

DyeStat Elite at Post-Season Meets

• Nike Outdoor Nationals - 544 DyeStat Elite performances qualified for DyeStat Elite top 100 national ranking, far more than any other meet this year.
• US Junior Nationals - 109 DyeStat Elite performances.

State Highlights at Nike Outdoor Nationals

• Michigan by David Mitchell - 6 national champions and 20 All-Americans
• Pennsylvania by Don Rich - Briggs (Jav), Fritz, Leach, Whiting, Miller

Jordan Hasay talks about her season
California 8th grader tells Joe Hartman on DyeStatCal she can't wait to enter high school this fall.

Stat of the Week
All time top 100 miles grouped by meet
John Sullivan is a track nut who can't get enough track stats. He cranks out lists for his own amusement -- and now he can amuse you as well. This week, All Time top 100 high school miles grouped by meet. Two thirds of the boys top 100 were run in post season meets, but more than half of the girls were run in-season. Cutoff for all time top 100 ranking is 4:07.3 for boys and 4:48.85 for girls.

Donna on the Side at NON 250 sideline scenes from Nike Outdoor Nationals at Greensboro NC

Texas Sweeps GHAC Relays
Cinco Ranch Katy boys, A&M Consolidated girls
win first online high school track meet
Cinco Ranch added the GHAC crown to their second straight Texas 5A championship. They were led by the stellar trio of Scott Sellers (HJ), Queito Teasley (LJ) and Trevor Gerland (110H). A&M Consolidated's strength is in distance (Jocelyn Gardner) and throws (Candis Kelley). Those events are undervalued in the sprint-centric Texas state meet scoring system, but they played well in the GHAC Relays, which test the spectrum of skills in track and field. MORE

661 College Choices
The National Letter of Intent signing period for the high school class of 2005 runs from April 13 to August 1. We have updated our College Choices 2005 lists and now have 661 choices as of May 1. Send information on choices to John Dye, giving name, high school, event, college, and a way to verify. Some email is on a computer that had to go to the shop, so send your choice again if we are missing you. We will be updating these lists soon.

LAST WEEK News items posted to DyeStat in the week ending June 30

USA Junior Nationals June 23-26 Carson CA - qualifier for USA's Pan Am Junior team DyeStat on-site - Rich Gonzalez, Doug Speck, Marc Davis and John Sullivan INDEX - RESULTS - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - DyeStatCal coverage Videos by Marc Davis - 15 races and interviews Vic Sailer's photo albums - Thursday - the rest - 46 photos by PhotoRun Closing Day - Sunday Ken Hall LA 53-9.25 wins TJ with two more preps over 51 feet - Brittany Daniels CA 4th in senior TJ - Michael Morrison VA 3rd in decathlon. Recent preps Kerron Clement TX (U. Florida) and Sanya Richards FL (U. Texas) won $25,000 checks as 2005 VISA Champions. Clement won the 400m hurdles in 47.24, fastest in this event in 7 years, and Richards won the 400 meters in 49.28, fastest in the world this year. Lashinda Demus, who set a PR in 400H at 53.35, was just one point behind Richards in the VISA point standings. photo by Vic Sailer / PhotoRun Reno NV soph Marie Lawrence chews gum when she runs. Here, she even blew a bubble while going over a barrier in the steeple chase. DyeStatCal's Doug Speck noticed Marie's gum chewing at last year's JO Outdoors Track and reported: I asked Marie if she always chews gum when she runs and she replied that she did. She can be zooming by at sub 5:00 mile pace and casually chewing her gum - I was taking pictures right next to the track and she looked so relaxed zooming along in the race and calmly chewing at the same relaxed pace the entire way. Okay, so my next question afterwards was whether she had ever swallowed it while in a race or while running. She simply replied, "No." photo by Lisa Coniglio / PhotoRun Video by Marc Davis, 1996 steeplechase Olympic finalist 1500 men - Mark Matusak - 1500 women - Sarah Bowman - 5000m women - Nicole Blood - 400H Men - 800m Men - Men 100m - Women 100m - Women 3k - Men 10k - Marie Lawrence - 200 final Men - 200 final Women - s more action shots from Nike Outdoor Nationals new uploads 200m - 400m - 800m - 100/110 hurdles - Shot Put - 400m hurdles (more all time ranking performances) - Pole Vault - below, NON had its own Olympic glade for shot put, an area outside the far turn of the track, which drew a large, appreciative crowd. - photo by John Dye

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