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2003 indoor

5th Nike Indoor Championships

March 15-16, 2003 at Prince George's Sportsplex, Landover MD


Girls High Jump
Ashley Robbins (TX) 5-8.75
Results

by Elliot Denman and Rich Gonzalez

Four athletes cleared 5-8 ¾ and Debra Vento of Freehold, N.J. seemed to be closest to clearing 5-10 ¾. But they don’t determine orders of finish that way.

When the misses rule was finally sorted out, the top-placings went to (1) Ashley Robbins of Tilden, Texas; 2. Toni Aluko of Burtonsville, Md.; (3) Freehold’s Vento, and (4) Debbie Martin of Apex, N.C.

“I really thought I had it (5-10 ¾) today,” said Vento, who has been ultra-consistent all winter. “I had the height, but clicked it off with my right heel.”

Sheena Gordon of Erie, Pa. (6-0 last year) remains the only HJer in Nike annals to reach six. Oh, and Robbins became the first non-Pennsylvanian to win here. Past Nike champions were Harrisburg’s Hyleas Fountain (1999 and 2000) and Erie’s Gordon (2001 and 2002.)

“I came in at 5-3 and felt really well doing it,” said Robbins, bound for Texas A&M. “I’m a little disappointed I didn’t get the 5-10 ¾ but that’s all right, I’m happy with what I got, I’m just coming back from knee surgery.”

Robbins went under the knife in December.

“There was placa on top of my knee and they just scraped it off,” she said. “It was arthropscopic.

“It took a while to heal up, but it’s a lot better now. It’s not back to normal, but it’s good enough. I just need to jump and hopefully nothing will get in the way.

“I liked the surface; it felt like it was very fast. It’s still early in my season.

“I’ve gone to (only) one indoor meet before this. I think I’ll do a lot better. I need that.”

Toni Aluko

Debra Vento
Debbie Martin
Vanessa Maher

 

Results
names highlighted in blue qualify for DyeStat Elite 2003 indoor national rankings

 

 C.F.P.I. Timing & Data 
         Nike Indoor Championships 2003 - 3/15/2003 to 3/16/2003          
                 Prince Georges Sports & Learning Complex                 
                            Landover, Maryland                            
 
Event 26  Girls High Jump
==========================================================================
    National: N    6-03  2/18/1984   Lisa Bernhagen, Wood River, Hailey, I
        Meet: M    6-00  3/2002      Sheena Gordon, Mc Dowell, Erie, PA   
    Freshman: F    5-10  1989        Karla Newman, White Creek, TN        
   Sophomore: R 6-00.75  1981        Mary Moore, Issaquah, WA             
      Junior: J    6-01  1987        Alison Smith, Clarence, NY           
      Senior: S    6-03  2/18/1994   Lisa Bernhagen, Wood River, Hailey, I
    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
==========================================================================
Finals                                                                    
  1 Ashley Robbins            03 Tilden, TX               1.75m    5-08.75
     1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75 1.80                                             
        O    O    O   XO  XXX                                             
  2 Toni Aluko                04 Burtonsville, MD        1.75m    5-08.75
     1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75 1.80                                             
       XO   XO    O   XO  XXX                                             
  3 Debra Vento               03 Marlboro, NJ            1.75m    5-08.75
     1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75 1.80                                             
        O    O    O  XXO  XXX                                             
  4 Debbie Martin             03 Apex-NC                 1.75m    5-08.75
     1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75 1.80                                             
        O    O  XXO  XXO  XXX                                             
  5 Vanessa Maher             03 Det CheetahTC-MI         1.70m    5-07.00
     1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75                                                  
       XO    O    O  XXX                                                  
  6 Lauren Biscardi           05 Wading River, NY        1.70m    5-07.00
     1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75                                                  
        O    O  XXO  XXX                                                  
  7 Lauren Stewart            05 Brentwood, TN            1.65m    5-05.00
     1.60 1.65 1.70                                                       
        O   XO  XXX                                                       
  8 Marie Swieta              04 West Monroe, NY         1.65m    5-05.00
     1.60 1.65 1.70                                                       
       XO  XXO  XXX                                                       
  8 Michelle Martin           03 Irving, TX              1.65m    5-05.00
     1.60 1.65 1.70                                                       
       XO  XXO  XXX                                                       
 10 Imani Moorman             03 Madison Heights, VA      1.60m    5-03.00
     1.60 1.65                                                            
        O  XXX                                                            
 11 Tara Phouthavongsa        03 Brockport, NY           1.60m    5-03.00
     1.60 1.65                                                            
       XO  XXX                                                            
 11 Abigail Campbell          04 Medford, NJ             1.60m    5-03.00
     1.60 1.65                                                            
       XO  XXX                                                            
 11 Molly Kennedy             04 Nashville, TN           1.60m    5-03.00
     1.60 1.65                                                            
       XO  XXX                                                            
 14 Cassie Gullickson         03 Brentwood, TN           1.60m    5-03.00
     1.60 1.65                                                            
      XXO  XXX                                                            
 -- Kettiany Clarke           05 West Palm Beach, FL         NH           
     1.60                                                                 
      XXX                                                                 
 -- Rachel Hendricks          03 Athenian Tc-Mi              NH           
     1.60                                                                 
      XXX                                                                 
 -- Yashica Short             03 Norfolk, VA                 NH           
     1.60                                                                 
      XXX                                                                 
 -- Kelly Kajunski            05 Glenmoore, PA               NH           
     1.60                                                                 
      XXX                                                                 
 -- Nicole Powdar             03 New Milford, CT             NH           
     1.60                                                                 
      XXX                                                                 
 -- Katherine Johnson         05 Rochester Hills, MI        DNS           
     1.60                                                                 
      DNS                                                                 
 -- Alexandra Coppadge        06 Wilmington, DE             DNS           
     1.60                                                                 
      DNS                                                                 

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