| Northwestern MD wrapped up a near
perfect yar in the 4x400 (only loss was a DQ for too many events
by James Graham) with a 3:11.12 victory to close a great meet
for Foot Locker and a great meet for Northwestern.
Graham's anchor was sizzling as usual -- 46.5. Miami
Northwestern gave the Maryland team its closest race of
the year, but never seriously threatened to overtake them.
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| Rockford MI completed an unusual double
by winning both the boys and girls distance medleys. |
| Brendan Mahoney wins mile in 4:04.78
with a blistering kick (27 seconds last 200) past Dylan Welsh
NY. Runnerup Alan Webb 4:06.94 broke the great Jim Ryun's
1963 sophomore class record. |
| Fastest 400 meters of the year is run by
Sanjay Ayre in 46.25. |
| Jodi Schlesinger 41-10.75 got a PR and a
meet record in defending her title in triple jump. |
| Kim Jones NC doubles in PR 13.77 to add
hurdles gold to her long jump victory. |
| Josh Dial OK 16-10.75 set a meet record
in pole vault. |
| Dead heat in steeplechase ! Even the FinishLynx
cameras couldn't separate Ian Dobson OR and Timothy Kelly NY. Both
finished in 6:02.67. |
| Rockford MI sweeps boys and girls distance medleys - boys in
10:07.01 and girls in 11:57.22. |
| Boys 200 Meters - Dwight Thomas, Northwestern MD, 20.95 (w -0.3) |
| Boys 110 Hurdles -- With a seemingly effortless gliding style, Ricardo
Moody became the fourth fastest HS hurdler in history with a 13.32
clocking. This left a very strong field up the track. Only
boys ahead of him on Jack Shepard's all-time list are Renaldo Nehemiah,
Arthur Blake, and Chris Nelloms. |
| Girls 100 Hurdles -- Kim Jones NC added to her long jump title by
winning this impressively in a PR 13.78. Top seed and fastest
qualifier Dalanda Jackson OH appeared to pull a muscle in mid race and after
hobbling over one more hurdle, fell to the track. |
| Boys Mile -- Brendan Mahoney's blistering kick that won the Nike
Indoor Classic at Columbus in March served him well again today. The
Georgia runner ran down frontrunner Dylan Welsh NY and held off fast closing
Virginia sophomore Alan Webb. Mahoney toured the last 200
meters in 27.1 to finish in 4:04.78, third best ever in this meet (Sharif
Karie and Gabe Jennings). Webb's 4:06.94 broke the great Jim Ryun's
sophomore class record that had stood since 1963. |
| Girls Mile -- Erin Donohue NJ 4:48.68 kicked past Sara Gorton AZ
4:50.78 with 200 meters to go, was passed in turn by Sheila Agrawal MA
4:49.30, but still came back to take the lead with 30 meters to go. |
| Boys 400 -- Jamaican Sanjay Ayre, of the Bronx NY, 46.25 ran
the fastest 400 of the year to nose out Blaine Bussey CA 46.79. James
Graham's victory tour ended as he was third in 46.88, followed by Aaron
Luster FL 47.01, Shomari McKenzie FL 47.53, and Shannon Wheatley OH 47.89. |
| Girls 400 -- Faith Rein, of Centerville VA, turned the tables on
Alyssa Aiken of Chantilly VA, 53.77 to 53.99, making up for last week's
opposite finish in the Virginia AAA State Meet. |
| Boys 800 -- James Doaty of Louisville KY Male won a stirring race,
holding off fast closing Adam Davis, of Spring TX by the narrowest of
margins, 1:50.73 to 1:50.76. |
| Girls 800 -- Six-foot tall Alice Schmidt NE 2:09.50 stood tall in a
start to finish victory. Jill Laurendeau NH and Kimberly Jordan OH were a
split second behind but couldn't catch the tall Nebraskan. |
| Robert Jordan NJ 7-3.75 upped the meet
record in high jump. |
| James Doaty KY 1:50.73 edges Texas
sophomore Adam Davis by .03. |
| Six-foot tall Alice Schmidt NE is
start-to-finish winner of girls 800 in 2:09.50. |
| In the middle of the Pontiac Grand Prix
professional meet (CBS TV Sunday at 5 pm), James Shelton
10.43 (w -1.0) and Khalilah Carpenter 11.83 (w -0.4)
won the FootLocker 100 meter titles. |
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| Boys 4x100 -- Last year national record holder Fort Worth O. D.
Wyatt, only team ever 40 seconds, dazzled the crowd. This year,
another Fort Worth team, Dunbar, was a sharp winner in 40.75, third
best time time ever in this meet. |
| Girls 4x100 -- San Lorenzo CA blows away the field in
46.25, second best ever at this meet. After the second leg, it
was over. Cleveland Collinwood was second in 47.55. |
| Boys 400 Hurdles -- James Graham continues his fairy tale ride
through the championships by knocking off Penn Relays champion Rickey Harris
in meet record time of 50.72 to 51.13. Harris's time also beat the old
meet record |
| Girls 400 Hurdles -- Jamillah Wade of Simon Gratz PA reversed the
Penn Relays result by beating Sheena Johnson VA, 59.37 to 59.54. The
two hit the last hurdle together, but Wade outsprinted her rival to the
finish. Wade's time was the second best in the US this year --
Johnson's Penn time of 58.61 being the best. |
| Boys 100 -- James Shelton of Mississippi was a dominant wire-to-wire
winner in 10.43 with a 1.0 headwind He said he felt no pressure and
ran comfortably throughout the race. Dwight Thomas of Northwestern MD
was second in 10.61, followed by Chester PA sophomore Kevin Jones 10.64. |
| Girls 100 -- Khalilah Carpenter OH 11.83 (w -0.4) won despite slowing
visibly at the finish line because of the unexpected tape. The 1-foot
wide purple tape was used for the CBS production of the Golden Spike tour
meet, which was being held at the same time as the FootLocker finals.
Khalilah said she slowed down at the sight of that foot wide purple tape
because she didn't know what it was and it actually scared her. Sanya Richards 11.86 was alone in second place. Teyarnte Carter MD
12.10 led a 4-runner pack separated by only .01 per runner. |
| Samantha Shepard, the Massachusetts freshman star, won the girls
pole vault at 11-9.75 in an event that drew some serious grumbling at
interference from the professional women vaulters. As the high school
girls were nearing the end of their meet, the professional women started
congregating to warm up for the televised Golden Spike meet to follow.
In one case, a girl on her third attempt was distracted by a professional
putting down tape marks on the runway. Finally, the event was
suspended for 4 hours after Shepard had won, but hadn't tried for a higher
height. When it resumed, Shepard missed three times; her winning mark
was a foot below her best. |
| Boys Hammer -- All time best hammer thrower
Jacob Freeman won handily at
242-9, and Nick Welihozkiy VA improved on his 1998 second best throw at
228-9. |
| Boys Javelin -- Eighth-seeded hometowner Leigh Smith exceeded his seed
mark by 17 feet to win with a throw of 206-11. |
| Girls Hammer -- Katherine Johnston RI lived up to her favorite's role with
a throw of 169-3 |
| Girls 3K Racewalk - Lorraine Horgan, Holbrook NY,
15:24.07 |
| Boys 3K Racewalk - Eric Tonkyn, Clemson SC, 14:41.57 |