Nike Outdoor Nationals
A National Scholastic Sports Foundation Event
June 16-17, 2006
North Carolina A & T University, Greensboro, NC

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Boys 1600 Sprint Medley
A Lot More Than Just Williams For New Bern

Results

Track Eastern Carolina (New Bern NC) trailed Bulldog Striders (Simon Gratz Philadelphia PA) when Carolina ace Karjuan Williams got the stick for the 400-meter leg.
Williams' 46.6 split put Carolina in front and freshman Anthony Hendrix sealed the victory with a 1:52.4 800m anchor split.

photos by John Dye

 

By John Sullivan

This less-frequently run event was hard to predict, but big name schools expected to contend included Simon Gratz, PA (Bulldog Striders) and Eleanor Roosevelt, MD (Blazin’ Raiders).  Another notable challenger was New Bern, NC (Track Eastern Carolina) with superstar Karjaun Williams expected on the 800 anchor. 

The leadoff 200 was uneventful, but then New Bern jr Kelvin Hardesty ripped a 21.0 on the 2nd leg to establish a lead.  And lo and behold, Karjuan Williams took the stick for the 400 – surprising the crowd and causing speculation about who would run the 800 for New Bern.  Williams looked strong while hammering a 46.6, now almost fully recovered from an earlier injury that led to weeks of missed training. 

Williams handed the baton to freshman Anthony Hendrix and the Simon Gratz squad crept back into contention on the first lap.  But the first 400 for Hendrix was a healthy 52.5 and he held his form to the finish for an unexpected 1:52.4 leg as Gratz drifted back.  The net result – 3:22.47 for New Bern, #4 all-time US and fastest since 1985.

Karjuan explained after the race the decision to have him on the 400, “I have the fastest 400 speed on the team and we knew the freshman could run a good 800.  And I plan to defend my US Jr Nationals 800 title next week in Indianapolis so I wanted to run something different this week.”  A visibly spent Hendrix added, “I’ve only run about 1:56 in the open 800, but run better on relays.  I just wanted to hold on for the win.”

by Pete Cava

1600 sprint medley relay: New Bern, N..C., High School, competing here as Track Eastern, cruised to the fourth-fastest time in prep history with a 3:22.47 performance. Karjuan Williams' excellent performance on the 400m leg put the Tarheel squad in the lead.

Defending champ Simon Gratz High School (Philadelphia, PA), running as the Bulldog Striders, led after the first two 200-meter legs thanks to the Talley twins, Kenneth – distinguishable by his Mohawk – and Kevin. Williams got the baton in second place behind Khaliff Featherstone, but a 46.6 split put New Bern ahead for good.At the finish it was New Bern, followed by Simon Gratz in 3:25.19, with the Blazin' Raiders (Greenbelt, MD) third in 3:28.26. New Bern's splits were 22.3 for Kelvin Hardesty, 21.0 for Rigdon Whitfield, 46.6 for Williams and 1:52.4 for Darryl Reynolds.

Previously, the year's fastest prep time was 3:26.36 by A&M Consolidated (College Station, TX) at the Texas Relays on April 7.

 

Results

Licensed to C.F.P.I. Timing & Data                        Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
                Nike Outdoor Nationals - 6/15/2006 to 6/17/2006                
                 North Carolina A+T University, Greensboro, NC                 
                                    Results                                    
 
Boys 1600 Sprint Medley
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    National: $ 3:21.15  3/16/1985   Hawthorne, Hawthorne, CA                  
                         3:21.1 Berkeley '81; 3:23.3y Spr Br, TX '67       
        Meet: # 3:22.69  6/15/2001   Iowa City, Iowa City, IA                  
    School                                               Finals 
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Section  1  
  1 Methuen-Whirlaway Racing  'A'                       3:34.62  
     1) Jeffrey Hajj 06                 2) Johnson Claude 07              
     3) Ryan Baldera 06                 4) Erik Gonzalez 06               
  2 Ward Melville Tc-Boys  'A'                          3:36.43  
     1) James Joy 06                    2) Alexander Tingue 06            
     3) Nick Tsouris 06                 4) Kurt Johns-Harris 06           
  3 Danbury HS  'A'                                     3:38.29  
     1) Mike Lorick 07                  2) Nick Rosa 08                   
     3) Mike Danzy 08                   4) Doug Ronan 08                  
  4 Team Hypersonic  'B'                                3:38.97  
     1) Mohamed Koroma 06               2) Bradley Brown 06               
     3) Matthew Robertson 06            4) Welton Gatewood 06             
  5 Iona Prep/Ursuline  'A'                             3:39.05  
     1) Nick Costa 07                   2) Ryan Jenkins 07                
     3) Sean Miller 07                  4) Edouard Boulat 07              
  6 New Rochelle Hs-Girls  'A'                          3:40.71  
     1) Jerome Jeffrey 06               2) Pierre Eliezer 06              
     3) Menelik Lewis 08                4) Richard Jackson 06             
Section  2  
  1 John Handley Hs-Boys  'A'                           3:29.54  
     1) Wally Williams 06               2) Donn Booker 06                 
     3) Charles Washington 06           4) Erin McWhorter 07              
  2 Teaneck Hs-Boys  'A'                                3:30.54  
     1) Akeem Thomas 07                 2) Thomas San George 07           
     3) Rashad White 08                 4) Damien Miles 08                
  3 Racing City RC  'A'                                 3:30.91  
     1) Cameron Bendit 08               2) Randall Wilkes 06              
     3) Steve Bouchard 06               4) Greg Kiley 06                  
  4 Westford RC  'A'                                    3:38.84  
     1) Mark Hathaway 07                2) Ryan Klapprodt 06              
     3) Sean McCusker 06                4) Amin Shaikh 07                 
  5 Warwick Valley Tc-Boys  'A'                         3:39.36  
     1) Nick Longfellow 07              2) Bryan Durland 06               
     3) Andy Grosso 07                  4) Dan Gallagher 06               
  6 Pine Bush HS  'A'                                   3:44.71  
     1) Ryan Smith 06                   2) Joe Passalaqua 06              
     3) Celestino Rivera 07             4) Brian Hilario 07               
 -- Mount Olive  'A'                                         DQ   OOZ x2
     1) Chris Taiwo 06                  2) Chris Behre 06                 
     3) Ken Little 08                   4) Ray Weir 08                    
Section  3  
  1 Track Eastern Carolina  'A'                         3:22.47# 
     1) Kelvin Hardesty 07              2) Rigdon Whitfield 06            
     3) Karjaun Williams 06             4) Darryl Reynolds 06             
  2 Bulldog Striders  'A'                               3:25.19  
     1) Kenneth Talley 06               2) Kevin Talley 06                
     3) Khaliff Featherstone 08         4) Derrick Davis 06               
  3 Blazin' Raiders  'A'                                3:28.26  
     1) Tristan Youngblood 09           2) Jason Powell 06                
     3) Terrill McCombs 06              4) Kelli Thibou 07                
  4 Team Hypersonic  'A'                                3:28.41  
     1) Marcus Dickerson 06             2) Brett Brown 06                 
     3) Marcel Whitfield 06             4) Jerod Franklin 07              
  5 Manchester-VA  'A'                                  3:30.49  
     1) Reggie Hill 07                  2) Wayne Thomas 06                
     3) Anthony Chesson 07              4) Andrew Duty 07                 
  6 Union Catholic HS  'A'                              3:30.50  
     1) Julian Phillips 07              2) Nick Morrisey 06               
     3) Garrett Ellis 08                4) Brian Guterl 07                
  7 Bethel HS  'A'                                      3:47.29  
     1) Austin Cuffee 09                2) Eric Williams 08               
     3) Sherrard Marrow 08              4) Spenser Rogers 07               
 

 

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