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 | Jamaicans take top 2 spots, Americans next 2 in 4x400 qualifiers - Two Jamaican teams and two American teams were the top qualifiers for the HS girls championship 4x400. The top four times in 39 heats were run by JAM Vere Technical 3:44.56, JAM St. Jago 3:44.83, PA Simon Gratz 3:45.43, and VA Bethel 3:48.46. |
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Jennifer Donovan holds off Sheila Agrawal in stirring 3000 Meters - Jennifer Donovan, NY Half Hollow Hills, and Sheila Agrawal, MA Joseph Case, battled stride for stride through the last two laps before Donovan prevailed in 9:42.41 to 9:43.86. It was a 3-girl race for five laps led by Liz Reusser, WI Middleton, but first Donovan and then Agrawal passed Reusser. Donovan on the inside was challenged repeatedly by Agrawal on the outside, but refused to give up the lead. Finally, on the last turn, Agrawal had no more surges left. Donovan told the press: "That race was so tough I can't even believe it. I totally wanted to give up but I figured it was now or never." New Yorker Jillian Mastroianni was thwarted in her bid to become the first runner to win this race three years in a row. (Thursday afternoon) |
| Prendergast wins great DMR - With two lead changes in the last 200 meters, a thrilling girls distance medley was won by PA Archbishop Prendergast in 11:59.12. Prendy Sheila Klick anchored in 4:53.5. Saratoga Springs (12:01.98) led most of the race, but VA Thomas Jefferson (12:00.27) anchor Kelly Otstott and Klick stalked the leader through the 1600 meter leg. On the last lap, both stepped it up on the backstretch and Otstott took the lead on the far turn, only to have Klick take the last lead down the home stretch. Klick was named the outstanding high school female athlete in relays. |
| Stephanie Snyder wins Mile - Stephanie Snyder, NJ Randolph, was an easy winner of the girls mile in 4:53.43. (Note: this is a correction from the track announced winner Sharon O'Connor.) (Thursday afternoon) |
| LaTanya Parker edges Eliese Mitchell by 1/2 inch in girls SP - A half inch was all that separated the top two in girls shot put, with LaTanya Parker, NY Newark, the winner at 45-11.75, and Eliese Mitchell, PA Garden Spot, second. |
| Jamaican Camille Robinson wins HJ in 5-6.5 - Five girls made the same height in high jump, with Jamaican Camille Robinson, JAM Vere Technical, winning on fewest misses. Next were DelRhea Godwin, MD Glen Burnie; Deirdre Mullen, NJ Notre Dame; Cheryl Burdick, NJ Ramsey; and Jennifer Nelms, PA Spotsylvania. |
| Samantha Shepard wins PV - Massachusetts wunderkind Samantha Shepard, a freshman from MA Weston, easily won the girls pole vault at 12-2 as Michelle Kercado, NY Monroe-Woodbury, gimpy with a sore ankle, no heighted. Another Massachusetts freshman Molly Lederman, MA New Jewish, PR's twice to finish second at 11-6, giving Jeff Robbins' Air Time club the top two places. |
| Jamaican girls sweep LJ, TJ - Outstanding jumps by Elva Goulbourne, JAM Dinthill Technical (21-0) and Shelly-Ann Gallimore, JAM Meadowbrook (41-9.75) gave Jamaica a sweep of the horizontal jumps. Goulbourne's leap would have won the college competition today, and it earned her the award as outstanding female high school athlete in individual events. Three more girls were over 19' in long jump: Pun Chittchang, MD South Carroll (19-8.25); Lynn Harris, DE Christiana (19-5.5); and Jessica DeFrietas, MD E. Roosevelt (19-3.5). Runner-up in TJ was 1998 USL Yolanda Thompson, VA (40-8.25), followed by 1998 National Scholastic Outdoor champion Jodi Schlesinger, NY Clarkstown South, who managed 39-5.25 despite ailing with a virus. |
| Jamaica claims 3 spots in girls 4x100 championship finals, including the top two - Two Jamaican teams in the small school division (less than 525 girls) were the fastest teams in girls 4x100 qualifying heats. JAM Vere Tech ran 46.39 and JAM St. Jago ran 46.54 to claim the top seeds for the championship final Friday. The next three fastest winners of 29 qualifying heats were in the large school division: VA Bethel 47.24, PA Simon Gratz 47.41, and PA Truman 47.47. (Thursday afternoon) |
| Jill Laurendeau's 2:12 anchor leads Manchester Central to top 4x800 qualifying time. - NH Manchester Central girls ran 9:15.62 for the fastest time of four heats, as Jill Laurendeau turned a close race into a rout with a 2:12.7 anchor split. Defending champion JAM Holmwood Technical won their heat in 9:17.55. JAM Vere Tech was disqualified for running inside the wooden curb on the last leg, letting PA Conestoga win that heat in 9:20.40. The fourth heat winner was PA William Penn (9:17.18). Next fastest of 12 qualifiers for the championship race at 12:25 pm Friday were VA Thomas Jefferson (9:21.70) and PA Upper Darby (9:21.74). (Thursday morning) |
| Sheena Johnson defends 400H title: Sheena Johnson, VA Gar-Field, defended her title in the 400 meter hurdles with a stretch run victory over Jamillah Wade, PA Simon Gratz, in 59.19. Wade led the entire race until the last hurdle. Johnson, who had been running third to then, surged over the last hurdle to the lead and sprinted to the finish line a clear winner. Patricia Hall, JAM Vere Tech, also edged Wade for second, 59.55 to 60.38. (Thursday morning) |
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