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Girls 200 - Bianca Knight 23.06 returns favor on Mayo
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By SteveU
The 100 meters hasn’t been good to Bianca Knight lately, even when she’s won. But in the 200, she remains as good as gold.
The Ridgeland MS jr came to Greensboro past the half-way mark of a month-long odyssey to sweep both dashes at four consecutive post-season meets. At Great Southwest two weeks ago, she ruled both the 100 and 200, but was not happy with her start and overall performance in the century. She ran better at that event at Golden West, however, en route to another sweep.
But here, another bad start in Friday’s 100 had spelled defeat, as home-state girl Gabby Mayo had a monster start and never even gave Bianca a chance. The resounding defeat ate at the proud sprinter, even as she claimed to be focused on USATF juniors the next week. To be sure, making that team with the trip to China has been her focus all year, but Ms. Knight detests losing as much as any great athlete.
Saturday, the Bianca that sprint fans know and love returned. Executing every part of her race plan well and no doubt deeply motivated and focused, she ripped the blue oval to the tune of a 23.06 clocking. The performance boosted her US#1 ranking and dominated the field, as Louisville (Canoga Park) CA sr Elizabeth Olear was a distant second in 23.54, with Mayo (who had just run the 100H) next in 23.55.
The time also finally matched the 23.06 Knight ran two years ago, when she stunned the track nation by becoming #14 all-time with a freshman class record. Her reaction to that indicated she felt she should have done that a long time ago, but still, it is a milestone she can move on from and it was into a 0.7 wind.
“Well, it was pretty good,” she said almost reluctantly. “I guess I handled it pretty well. I didn’t let (the 100 loss) get me down too much and I came back and brought out, as you say, the real Bianca Knight.
“Gabby was real good last night,” she added. “She’s a great athlete with a lot of talent.”
Busy-busy-busy, Gabby Mayo had already won the 100 Friday and picked herself off the track after failing to finish the 100 hurdles final.
But the Raleigh racer couldn't add a second gold, settling for bronze in a race won by Bianca Knight, the sensational Ridgeland, Mississippi junior and already a World Youth champion, in a clearcut 23.06.
Canoga Park, California senior Elizabeth Olear netted the silver (23.54) with Mayo grabbing third (23.55) precisely one-one hundredth back.
At 23.46, Mayo had led the way in the 32-runner prelims Saturday morning. Knight qualified in 23.77, Evanston, Illinois' Shalina Clarke in 23.89 and Olear 23.93 in other sections. It took a 24.35 or better to advance.
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 200 Meter Dash
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National: $ 22.11 5/3/2003 Allyson Felix, LA Baptist,Sepulveda,CA
Meet: # 23.03 6/15/2002 Sanya Richards, Aquinas, Ft Lauderdl, FL
Freshman: 23.06 7/31/2004 Bianca Knight, Ridgeland, MS
Sophomore: 22.76 1991 Marion Jones, Rio Mesa, Oxnard, CA
Junior: 22.58 1992 Marion Jones, Thousand Oaks, CA
Senior: 22.11 5/3/2003 Allyson Felix, LA Baptist,Sepulveda,CA
Name Year School Finals
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Section 1 Finals Wind: -0.7
1 Bianca Knight 07 Ridgeland HS,Ridgel 23.06
2 Elizabeth Olear 06 Louisville,Canoga P 23.54
3 Gabby Mayo 07 Track Eastern Ca,Ra 23.55
4 Kenyanna Wilson 07 Peoria HS,Glendale 23.80
5 Shalina Clarke 06 Evanston Townshi,Ro 23.95
6 Breehana Jacobs 07 Laurel Highlands,Un 24.13
7 Ogechi Nwaneri 08 Chatham HS,Chatham, 24.16
8 Elizabeth Adeoti 06 Alief TC,Houston, T 24.44
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Preliminary 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
Girls 200 Meter Dash
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8 Advance: Top 1 Each Heat plus Next 2 Best Times
National: $ 22.11 5/3/2003 Allyson Felix, LA Baptist,Sepulveda,CA
Meet: # 23.03 6/15/2002 Sanya Richards, Aquinas, Ft Lauderdl, FL
Freshman: 23.06 7/31/2004 Bianca Knight, Ridgeland, MS
Sophomore: 22.76 1991 Marion Jones, Rio Mesa, Oxnard, CA
Junior: 22.58 1992 Marion Jones, Thousand Oaks, CA
Senior: 22.11 5/3/2003 Allyson Felix, LA Baptist,Sepulveda,CA
Name Year School Prelims
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Heat 1 Preliminaries Wind: -0.6
1 Shalina Clarke 06 Evanston Townshi,Ro 23.89Q
2 Tatianna' Fisher 09 Oak Ridge HS,Winder 24.71
3 Jenae Anderson 07 Knoxville TC,Knoxvi 25.04
4 RahSheeta Hundley 07 West Point HS,West 25.37
5 Jasmine Grayson 07 Spartanburg HS,Spar 25.72
Heat 2 Preliminaries Wind: -3.5
1 Kenyanna Wilson 07 Peoria HS,Glendale 24.24Q
2 Georgina Nembhard 07 Ocean Township H,Oc 24.75
3 Jacquelyn Coward 08 Track Knoxville,Kno 25.03
4 Kelsey McKorkle 08 Track Eastern Ca,Wi 25.25
Heat 3 Preliminaries Wind: -0.6
1 Gabby Mayo 07 Track Eastern Ca,Ra 23.46Q
2 Elizabeth Adeoti 06 Alief TC,Houston, T 24.35q
3 Aareon Payne 08 Unat-OH-Akron,Akron 24.40
4 Danielle Sampley 07 Knoxville TC,Knoxvi 24.91
5 Kristine Scott 06 Florida Elite TC,Or 25.09
6 Mary Dell 06 Boiling Springs,Boi 25.34
Heat 4 Preliminaries Wind: 0.2
1 Breehana Jacobs 07 Laurel Highlands,Un 24.04Q
2 Ogechi Nwaneri 08 Chatham HS,Chatham, 24.18q
3 Saryna Ferguson 06 Withrow HS,Cincinna 24.57
4 Pavielle Vega 06 Central FL Sprin,Or 25.40
5 Christy Johnson 07 Athens Drive HS,Car 25.45
6 Monica Mason 09 Bishop McNamara,Was 26.70
Heat 5 Preliminaries Wind: -2.3
1 Elizabeth Olear 06 Louisville,Canoga P 23.93Q
2 Lynne Layne 06 New Rochelle-Grl,Ne 24.54
3 Stacey-Ann Smith 08 Bloomfield HS,Bloom 24.66
4 Alexzandria Jones 07 Florida Elite TC,we 25.45
5 Jessica Dorsey 08 United Stars TC,Pal 26.43
6 Lindsey Blake 08 Bishop McNamara,Oxx 26.47
Heat 6 Preliminaries Wind: -1.7
1 Bianca Knight 07 Ridgeland HS,Ridgel 23.77Q
2 Chalonda Goodman 09 Newnan HS,Newnan, G 24.71
3 Joanna Atkins 07 Stephenson HS,Litho 24.72
4 Jazmyn Shorter 07 Lakewood Hs-Fl,St. 26.04
5 Chinaka Bell 08 Sandhills TC,Fayett 26.16