Blazin' Raiders girls (Eleanor Roosevelt MD) 4:07.42 Track Eastern Carolina boys 3:29.24 MR
After being denied on anchor in the 4x200 and DMR, Blazin' Raiders went wire to wire in this one and were never threatened. Eastern Carolina and Cleveland Heights matched strides through 1:55 anchors.
| | Carolina boys pull away at end
by Pete Cava, NSSF
For most of the way, the sprint medley relay was tighter than the Democratic presidential race. Track Eastern Carolina (New Bern, N.C.) fielded a team of Fuquawn Greene, Miles Sparks and the Hendrix brothers, Andrew and Anthony. Matching up against the Tarheel squad was Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with Wael El-Halaby, Bryan Underwood, Dontave Cowsette and Jared Hall. The North Carolinians had the lead at the initial exchange, but the Ohio squad stayed right on their heels, taking the lead on the final leg. Anthony Hendrix passed Jared Hall to put Track Eastern back in front, but Hall held on like a terrier. On the bell lap, Anthony put daylight between himself and Hall and began to pull away on the final turn. Anthony brought home the stick in 3:29.24 – meet record time – with Cleveland Heights second in 3:31.14. Third place went to Blazin' Raiders Track Club (Greenbelt, Md.), with a time of 3:32.91. “I had a long day today,” said Fuquawn, the talented, soft-spoken sophomore who ran the fastest 200 meter qualifying time earlier Saturday. “I had to run three races, including the sprint medley,” Greene continued. “So I had to come back on short rest for this.” Greene got another long day planned for Sunday. “I've got the 4x4 and the 200 final,” he said.
| Raiders defend home turf in closing relay
by Elliot Denman, NSSF
Eleanor Roosevelt’s hometown Blazin’ Raiders had taken three Saturday relay crowns (4x200, DMR, SMR) at the 2007 NIN meet but hadn’t been in the victory column this time around – until the concluding sprint medley. But the team of Afia Charles, Doris Anyanwu, Jenea McCammon and Tasha Stanley changed that run of fortune with a decisive 4:07.42 win in this 200-200-400-800 specialty, leaving the AJ’s Track Club of Chester, Pa. (4:09.29) and the Irish Road Track Club/Conestoga High of Berwyn, Pa. (4:09.84) to battle it out for second and third. Next in were the Cruzin’ Clippers of Oxon Hill, Md. at 4:10.23. “This is our home track, so right then and there, that’s a lot of motivation for us to do well here,” said Anyanwu. “You wouldn’t want someone coming into your own home and putting their feet up on the furniture, would you?” Charles is a sophomore, McCammon and Anyanwu juniors, and Stanley the lone senior. Stanley is bound for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study science and pre-med on a track scholarship, but she knows she’ll miss the supportive atmosphere of her high school. “Oh, college is going to be great, I’m sure, but just the same I’m going to miss my teammates. We’ve done so much together. It’s going to be hard saying goodbye.” Chanelle Price-anchored Easton, Pa. demolished the NIN record for this 2-2-4-8 race with a 3:56.46 triumph a year ago. Put that one down as another that’s going to last a while.
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C.F.P.I. Timing & Data - Contractor License 2008 Nike Indoor Nationals - 3/15/2008 to 3/16/2008 Prince Georges Sports & Learning Complex Landover, Maryland Event 25 Boys 1600 Sprint Medley ================================================================ National: N 3:24.69 3/8/1997 John Muir, Pasadena, CA Meet: M 3:29.46 3/15/2003 Vineland, Vineland, NJ School Finals ================================================================ Section 1 1 Teaneck HS 3:45.17 2 DE Striders 3:45.40 3 Ellicott City Runners 3:45.60 4 Bowie Tracksters 3:46.06 5 Saint Peter's Boys HS 3:56.43 Section 2 1 Audobon TC 3:40.96 2 Sheepshead Bay Hs-Boys 3:43.15 3 Mills E. Godwin HS 3:43.98 4 Toms River TC 3:50.68 -- Silver Springs TC DQ OOZ Ex 1 Section 3 1 Blacksburg Hs-Boys 3:43.72 2 Flower City TC 3:44.61 3 Vineland HS 3:45.20 4 Edison Hs-Va 3:46.99 5 Penfield HS 4:00.01 Section 4 1 Absegami HS 3:40.11 2 Team Dreissig 3:40.36 3 Loyola Blakefield 3:40.87 4 Massapequa HS 3:43.24 5 Our Lady of Good Counsel 3:44.90 6 Western Branch HS 4:02.56 Section 5 1 Poly X TC 3:39.20 2 Donovan TC 3:39.24 3 Knightdale HS 3:40.52 4 High Point HS 3:47.19 5 Ewing HS 3:55.52 -- Gonzaga HS DNS Section 6 1 Track Eastern Carolina 3:29.24M 2 Cleveland Heights HS 3:31.14 3 Blazin' Raiders 3:32.91 4 Irish Road TC 3:38.13 5 Bethel HS 3:46.37 6 Fork Union Military Acade 3:47.25 ================================================================ National: N 3:24.69 3/8/1997 John Muir, Pasadena, CA Meet: M 3:29.46 3/15/2003 Vineland, Vineland, NJ School Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 Track Eastern Carolina 3:29.24M 2 Cleveland Heights HS 3:31.14 3 Blazin' Raiders 3:32.91 4 Irish Road TC 3:38.13 5 Poly X TC 3:39.20 6 Donovan TC 3:39.24 7 Absegami HS 3:40.11 8 Team Dreissig 3:40.36 9 Knightdale HS 3:40.52 10 Loyola Blakefield 3:40.87 11 Audobon TC 3:40.96 12 Sheepshead Bay Hs-Boys 3:43.15 13 Massapequa HS 3:43.24 14 Blacksburg Hs-Boys 3:43.72 15 Mills E. Godwin HS 3:43.98 16 Flower City TC 3:44.61 17 Our Lady of Good Counsel 3:44.90 18 Teaneck HS 3:45.17 19 Vineland HS 3:45.20 20 DE Striders 3:45.40 21 Ellicott City Runners 3:45.60 22 Bowie Tracksters 3:46.06 23 Bethel HS 3:46.37 24 Edison Hs-Va 3:46.99 25 High Point HS 3:47.19 26 Fork Union Military Acade 3:47.25 27 Toms River TC 3:50.68 28 Ewing HS 3:55.52 29 Saint Peter's Boys HS 3:56.43 30 Penfield HS 4:00.01 31 Western Branch HS 4:02.56 -- Silver Springs TC DQ OOZ Ex 1 -- Gonzaga HS DNS
Girls
C.F.P.I. Timing & Data - Contractor License 2008 Nike Indoor Nationals - 3/15/2008 to 3/16/2008 Prince Georges Sports & Learning Complex Landover, Maryland Event 26 Girls 1600 Sprint Medley =============================================================== National: N 3:53.17 3/9/2001 Wilson, Long Beach, CA Meet: M 3:59.62 3/9/2002 Wilson, Long Beach, CA School Finals =============================================================== Section 1 1 North Tonawanda 4:16.93 2 Blazin' Raiders 'B' 4:17.12 3 Paul L Dunbar Shs 4:21.38 4 Maryland Jaguars 'B' 4:22.23 5 Mustangs TC 4:30.89 6 Our Lady of Good Counsel 4:36.46 Section 2 1 Flash 4:15.92 2 Western Branch HS 4:16.98 3 Manchester HS 4:18.67 4 Downingtown West TC 4:20.02 5 Cherokee 4:26.84 6 Notre Dame Tc-Ma 4:38.23 Section 3 1 DE Striders 4:15.49 2 Edison Hs-Va 4:17.95 3 Potomac School 4:19.52 4 Jenkintown OC 4:24.33 5 Garden City TC 4:24.60 6 Massapequa HS 4:34.57 Section 4 1 Osbourn Park HS 4:10.81 2 Ann Arbor Ytc 4:16.89 3 West Springfield HS 4:19.87 4 Ambler OC 4:25.09 5 Marlboro HS 4:26.21 6 Maryland Jaguars 4:33.01 Section 5 1 Blazin' Raiders 4:07.42 2 Aj's Elite TC 4:09.29 3 Irish Road TC 4:09.84 4 Cruzin Clippers 4:10.23 5 Mlv Bolts 4:11.04 6 Rocks Track 4:16.59 =============================================================== National: N 3:53.17 3/9/2001 Wilson, Long Beach, CA Meet: M 3:59.62 3/9/2002 Wilson, Long Beach, CA School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Blazin' Raiders 4:07.42 2 Aj's Elite TC 4:09.29 3 Irish Road TC 4:09.84 4 Cruzin Clippers 4:10.23 5 Osbourn Park HS 4:10.81 6 Mlv Bolts 4:11.04 7 DE Striders 4:15.49 8 Flash 4:15.92 9 Rocks Track 4:16.59 10 Ann Arbor Ytc 4:16.89 11 North Tonawanda 4:16.93 12 Western Branch HS 4:16.98 13 Blazin' Raiders 'B' 4:17.12 14 Edison Hs-Va 4:17.95 15 Manchester HS 4:18.67 16 Potomac School 4:19.52 17 West Springfield HS 4:19.87 18 Downingtown West TC 4:20.02 19 Paul L Dunbar Shs 4:21.38 20 Maryland Jaguars 'B' 4:22.23 21 Jenkintown OC 4:24.33 22 Garden City TC 4:24.60 23 Ambler OC 4:25.09 24 Marlboro HS 4:26.21 25 Cherokee 4:26.84 26 Mustangs TC 4:30.89 27 Maryland Jaguars 4:33.01 28 Massapequa HS 4:34.57 29 Our Lady of Good Counsel 4:36.46 30 Notre Dame Tc-Ma 4:38.23
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