Boys 1-mile Walk- Zach Pollinger 6:17.96
Results

Last month in Madison Square Garden, 16-year-old Zach Pollinger (Mahwah, NJ) became the youngest individual event winner in Millrose Games history when he topped the men’s walk field.

Competing against his own age group Saturday in Landover, Pollinger broke the meet record with a winning time of 6:17.96. The old standard, 6:20.37, was set two years ago by Ben Shorey. “I wanted to break the national record (6:11.00),” Pollinger told NSSF’s Ricky Quintana. “I missed by five seconds, but I have another meet tomorrow.”

Pollinger, second here last year as a sophomore, had unofficial splits of 43.4 (200), 1:29.4 (400), 3:04.3 (800), 5:30.1 (1400) and 6:15.5 (1600). “I think my second and third 400 were slow,” he analyzed. “My first was good. It got away in the middle. I was pretty happy with my performance, though.”

Pollinger’s closest competiton was Christopher Diaz (McAllen, TX), the runnerup in 6:33.87. “Usually, I race more at local meets and I’m by myself,” said Zach. “I was good to have someone behind me, pushing me.”

Third was John Koziel (Lisbon, ME) in 7:26.64. Diaz is a sophomore while Koziel is a freshman.

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 39  Boys 1 Mile Race Walk
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    National: N 6:11.00  2/2/1990    Paul Tavares, Centereach, N
        Meet: M 6:20.37  3/2001      Benjamin Shorey, Ellsworth,
    Freshman: F 7:08.55  2002        Zachay Pollinger, Mahwah, N
   Sophomore: R 6:29.96  1993        Kevin Eastler, Mt. Blue,Far
      Junior: J 6:22.24  1994        Kevin Eastler, Mt. Blue,Far
      Senior: S 6:11.00  2/2/1990    Paul Tavares, Centereach, N
    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
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Finals                                                          
  1 Zachary Pollinger         04 Nn Highlands-NJ, Ma    6:17.96M
  2 Christopher Diaz          05 McAllen-TX, McAllen    6:33.87F
  3 John Koziel               06 Northwestern-SC, Ro    7:26.64 
  4 Troy Clark                04 Lisbon-ME, Lisbon,     7:29.03 
  5 Mark Dennett              03 Winthrop-ME, Winthr    7:41.94 
  6 Daniel Campbell           03 Caribou-ME             7:43.01 
  7 Roberto Vergara           06 Edinburg-TX, Edinbu    7:50.92 
  8 Ricardo Vergara           06 Edinburg-TX, Edinbu    8:02.30 
 -- Tyler Moore               03 Penfield-NY, Roches         DQ 
 -- Billy Wides               05 Hanover Park-NJ, Fl         DQ 

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