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Girls 100 - Mayo's Great Start Stuns Knight
photo by Greg Armstrong
By SteveU
She had a grin on her face like the cat who ate the canary when she finished the race. And moments later she would be cheering on half-brother Brandon Banks on to the second half of a stunning family sprint double.
In between, Southeast Raleigh NC jr Gabby Mayo talked about what will be one of the biggest stunners of the meet – her 100-meter dash victory over Ridgeland MS jr Bianca Knight and the rest of the field in one of Friday’s premiere events.
Maybe it wasn’t a stunner; after all, Mayo had the best all-conditions mark in the country this year, a scorching 11.14w at her state meet. She’s put up great times all year. Knight has grabbed most of the sprint headlines, however, starting with her dominant indoor performances, and was the favorite for both short dashes here.
But Mayo simply left Knight in the blocks, getting off to a stupendous start that the latter could never recover from. She crossed the beam with a fine 11.42 (-0.7w) and a big 0.21 margin.
“That’s the best start I’ve ever had,” she squealed a few minutes later, almost as if she was afraid if she said too much she might wake up from a dream. “Then I started noticing nobody was beside me … But I just came in here to run my own race and do what I was supposed to do. That’s why I came in first.”
Knight, who was working on a post-season quadruple-double – the 100/200 at Great Southwest, Golden West, NON, and USATF Juniors – lost her focus just a tad after a false start next to her. “I also may have been focused on the 200 today, even though it’s tomorrow … I’ve still got next week (USATF).”
by Elliott Denman
Eight lanes, eight state champions. It was a true
track devotee's vision of what a national final should be.
But there was no holding the Mayo, Gabby Mayo of nearby Raleigh, just 85
miles southeast on Highway 40.
The junior began opening ground on the field 55 meters down the track and
won it by a full stride in 11.42, running into a slight-negative wind of 0.7
meters a second.
Many figured the race would belong to Bianca Knight, the Ridgeland,
Mississippi junior who came in with the nation-leading legal-wind time of 1l.40. But
others dug a little deeper into the stats heap and detected Mayo's wind-aided
credential of 11.14.
Knight settled for second for the silver in 11.63 as the closest decisions
involved separating the 3-4-5-6-7 finishers, who crossed the line within 0.08
seconds. It was Brittany Long of Atlanta (11.71) who emerged to snare third.
Moments before Mayo's triumph, the boys 100 title was claimed by her
half-brother, Brandon Banks, in 10.42.
Mayo actually ran 1/100th faster in the trials, clocking an 11.41, with
Knight advancing in 11:48. Richmond, Texas's Jessica Gregory had posted an
11.156 in her prelim, and that would have been fast enough for second in the
final. But, next time around, she slowed to 11.77 for fifth.
The versatile Mayo is also a top hurdles candidate.
An interviewer asked: "Is there anything you can't do?"
Said Mayo, "yes, the high jump."
Mayo made no mistakes.
"It was the perfect race, it was the best race I've run this year," she
said.
"My start was perfect. I've been working on it every day.
I executed when the time was right.
"I was nervous today, and I know I'm going to be nervous tomorrow, in the
hurdles."
Gabby Mayo (right) had a big smile on her face before the finish line.
photo by John Dye
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
Girls 100 Meter Dash
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National: $ 11.11 6/26/1998 Angela Williams, Chino, CA
Meet: # 11.39 6/17/2000 Lee, Richards,Anderson, MO, FL, IL
Freshman: 11.24 1995 Angela Williams, Chino, CA
Sophomore: 11.17 1991 Marion Jones, Rio Mesa, Oxnard, CA
Junior: 11.13 1976 Chandra Cheeseborough, Ribault, Jacksonville
Senior: 11.11 6/6/1998 Angela Williams, Chino, CA
Name Year School Finals
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Section 1 Finals Wind: -0.7
1 Gabby Mayo 07 Track Eastern Ca,Ra 11.42
2 Bianca Knight 07 Ridgeland HS,Ridgel 11.63
3 Brittany Long 08 Therrell,atlanta, G 11.71
4 Kya Brookins 07 Carolina Roadrun,Se 11.76
5 Jessica Gregory 06 Visions TC,Richmond 11.77
6 Breehana Jacobs 07 Laurel Highlands,Un 11.78
7 Lynne Layne 06 New Rochelle-Grl,Ne 11.79
8 Ogechi Nwaneri 08 Chatham HS,Chatham, 11.90
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
Girls 100 Meter Dash
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8 Advance: Top 1 Each Heat plus Next 3 Best Times
National: $ 11.11 6/26/1998 Angela Williams, Chino, CA
Meet: # 11.39 6/17/2000 Lee, Richards,Anderson, MO, FL, IL
Freshman: 11.24 1995 Angela Williams, Chino, CA
Sophomore: 11.17 1991 Marion Jones, Rio Mesa, Oxnard, CA
Junior: 11.13 1976 Chandra Cheeseborough, Ribault, Jacksonville
Senior: 11.11 6/6/1998 Angela Williams, Chino, CA
Name Year School Prelims
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Heat 1 Preliminaries Wind: 1.5
1 Jessica Gregory 06 Visions TC,Richmond 11.56Q
2 Kya Brookins 07 Carolina Roadrun,Se 11.66q
3 Saryna Ferguson 06 Withrow HS,Cincinna 12.02
4 Kristine Scott 06 Florida Elite TC,Or 12.23
5 RahSheeta Hundley 07 West Point HS,West 12.26
6 Pavielle Vega 06 Central FL Sprin,Or 12.27
6 Chalonda Silver 06 Track Eastern Ca,Ro 12.27
8 Chinaka Bell 08 Sandhills TC,Fayett 12.49
Heat 2 Preliminaries Wind: 0.4
1 Breehana Jacobs 07 Laurel Highlands,Un 11.78Q
2 Kenyanna Wilson 07 Peoria HS,Glendale 11.79
3 Jenae Anderson 07 Knoxville TC,Knoxvi 12.06
4 Leah Brown 08 Landstown HS,VA Bea 12.12
5 Taylor Jackson 07 Gilmour Academy,Ora 12.20
6 Jacinda Evans 08 Durham Striders,Dur 12.28
7 Kisha Wise 06 Mount Tabor HS,Wins 12.52
Heat 3 Preliminaries Wind: 0.3
1 Bianca Knight 07 Ridgeland HS,Ridgel 11.48Q
2 Ogechi Nwaneri 08 Chatham HS,Chatham, 11.75q
3 Chalonda Goodman 09 Newnan HS,Newnan, G 11.90
4 Georgina Nembhard 07 Ocean Township H,Oc 11.98
5 Aareon Payne 08 Unat-OH-Akron,Akron 12.10
6 Erica Mann 07 Furious Flyers,Batt 12.28
7 Ashley McKiver 06 TW Andrews HS,High 12.37
8 Jessica Dorsey 08 United Stars TC,Pal 12.65
Heat 4 Preliminaries Wind: -0.3
1 Gabby Mayo 07 Track Eastern Ca,Ra 11.41Q
2 Lynne Layne 06 New Rochelle-Grl,Ne 11.70q
3 Elizabeth Adeoti 06 Alief TC,Houston, T 11.87
4 Kelsey McKorkle 08 Track Eastern Ca,Wi 12.08
5 Stacey-Ann Smith 08 Bloomfield HS,Bloom 12.09
6 Arnetra Frazier 09 Spartanburg HS,Spar 12.23
7 Alexzandria Jones 07 Florida Elite TC,we 12.52
8 Brittany Martin 06 Central FL Sprin,Sa 12.81
Heat 5 Preliminaries Wind: -0.6
1 Brittany Long 08 Therrell,atlanta, G 11.65Q
2 Elizabeth Olear 06 Louisville,Canoga P 11.79
3 Shanneka Claiborne 07 Matoaca HS,Ettrick, 12.06
4 Tatianna' Fisher 09 Oak Ridge HS,Winder 12.21
5 Monique Hawkins 06 Hawks TC,The Colony 12.64
6 Lindsey Blake 08 Bishop McNamara,Oxx 12.76