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FOOT LOCKER NATIONAL OUTDOOR
TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

presented by adidas and The National Scholastic Sports Foundation
Friday June 11 and Saturday June 12, 1999
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC

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DyeStat's on-site impressions during the meet.

For details, go to the events page and pick an event.

Saturday Highlights

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. 
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.  
 
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

Friday Highlights

MD Northwestern 7:42.25 wins the "wrong" relay as James Graham runs away from the crowd.   Everybody knew Northwestern MD should win the 4x400 (Penn Relays champion and US #1 in 1998).  The experts didn't know the Maryland school would crush a very fine field in the 4x800.  Four teams were in unison heading into the anchor leg, foretelling meet director Mike Byrnes' dream of a garrison finish.  But the anchor for Northwestern in 1998 means James Graham.  Graham, the 45.9 anchor of the Penn Relays 4x400 championship, stretched out to the longer relay in May.  The results are awesome.  With a slim lead on the backstretch of the last lap, Graham seemed to be an easy target for Tommy Bonn, of Lockhart TX, one of the fastest milers in the country, if not two more fine teams in the mix - Shenendehowa NY and T.C. Williams VA.  Bonn moved up from fourth on the backstretch and pulled alongside Graham primed for the kill.  But Graham wouldn't die.  Instead, he shrugged off Lockhart and pulled away for a decisive victory in 7:42.25, with a 1:52 anchor split.
Erin Sullivan VT 10:17.67 leads three girls under 10:20 in 2-mile. California guru Doug Speck studied the record book and declared it the deepest quality 2-mile ever.  Stanford bound Erin Sullivan VT defended her title in a swift 10:17.67, but it wasn't easy.  Sara Gorton AZ set the pace most of the way.  Sullivan collared her with 2 laps to go, but after a half lap Gorton took the lead again.  Gorton held it until the home stretch and seemed headed for victory, but at the 100 meter mark the 2-time national cross country champion Sullivan kicked again and was a clear winner.  Gorton (10:19.53) gave way to fast closing Sheila Agrawal MA 10:18.98
NH Manchester Central 8:57.49 runs fourth best girls 4x800 ever, with OH Cleveland Beamont's 9:01.05 9th on the all-time list and surely the best runner-up ever. Even third place MI Rockford 9:07.88 gets on Jack Shepard's all-time outdoor list.
Boys 2 Mile - Sophomore Dathan Ritzenhein MI ran a powerful 9:01.77 to win decisively over Jason Mueller OH.  Florida twins Sean and John Jefferson closed to finish 3-4, making it three sophomores in the top 4.
Boys 200 trials - Sanjay Ayre 21.22 led 9 qualifiers into Saturday's final, with sophomore Thomas Lewis NC a strong 21.46.
Girls 200 trials -- Khalilah Carpenter OH 24.00 was the clear leader of the 9 qualifiers, with Erica Whipple absent. 
Girls Long Jump -- Kim Jones NC defended her title in meet record style: 20-3.75, more than a foot better than anyone else.
Boys Sprint Medley -- Lawrence NY led a tight pack in 3:25.14.
Girls 100 Hurdles trials -- Dalanda Jackson OH 13.90 looked like the class of the field as the only qualifier under 14 seconds.  Wind was negative 0.5 for all heats.
Boys 110 Hurdles trials -- Qualifying for power packed event is led by Ricardo Moody CO 13.53.  Joel Brown MD 13.91 (w -1.0) topped national leader Danyne Brown NJ in his heat.  Ryan shades Rickey Harris in Heat 4. Cooper survives a leisurely heat and a lean from Justin Gatlin FL, both runners timed in 14.28 by the FinishLynx crew, with the loser not making the finals.
Girls 100 trials --  With Erica Whipple FL unexplainedly absent, Sanya Richards FL and Khalilah Carpenter OH (both 11.88) led the advancers to the finals.  Whipple had a paid entry, but did not appear. 
Boys 100 trials -- James Shelton MS and Kevin Jones PA both ran 10.68 to lead a tightly packed bunch into the finals.  Dwight Thomas MD, racing again after sitting out the spring semester on academic ineligibility, cruised an easy 10.68 for third best time. 
Girls Sprint Medley -- Simon Gratz carried a big lead into the anchor 800 meters.  Kimberly Jordan closed half the gap for Collinwood in one lap and won going away. Jordan's split 2:09.8 and Collinwood 3:56.88, fifth best in US history.
Boys Long Jump -- Nick Brown NJ 23-11 edged fellow Garden Stater Robert Jordan 23-9.
Boys High Jump -- Thirteen boys making 6-6.75 advanced to the finals Saturday.
Girls Discus -- Both Brooke Freeburg PA and Lynlee Phillips NJ were well below their PRs as Freeburg won, 154-5 to 139-7.
Boys Discus -- Terrance Glover NJ defended his title at 196-5, with Virginians Nick Welihozkiy 188-2 and Marvin Urquhart 185-2 next. 
 
Erica Whipple FL, favored in the girls 100 and 200, was a no show, despite her paid entry.
Girls relay headliner Long Beach Wilson will miss the meet because of airplane scheduling problems, meet director Mike Byrnes announced.  Waiting too late to book their flight, Wilson could not get a return flight to California on Sunday and they can't lay over until Monday because of final exams. 
Meet starts at 5 p.m. Friday with trials and field events.  Check for first news after 10 pm Friday.
 

 

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