| 10th Nike Indoor Nationals March 15-16, 2008 at Prince George's County Sportsplex, Landover MD Race Walk Results | Boys | Girls |
| Ricardo Vergara TX 6:34.98, Leah Buletti NY 7:46.78
Vergara staves off upset
| Buletti redeems NY state meet loss
| by Pete Cava, NSSF
A year ago at the Nike Indoor Nationals, twins Roberto and Ricardo Vergara of Edinburg, Texas, took the top two spots in the walk event. The Vergaras came to Landover this year as the top two performers on the national prep list – Roberto on top with a time of 6:29.92, Ricardo next at 6:37.17. It was Ricardo's turn in the winner's circle Saturday, after he finished first with a time of 6:34.98. But Roberto was eclipsed by Trevor Barron (Bethel Park, Pa.), who upset the form with a second-place finish in 6:37.12. In 2007, Barron finished third in this race. With five laps to go, the Vergara brothers had the top two spots. That's when Barron moved past Roberto for second, and then took over the lead from Ricardo. “When Trevor passed me, I kind of pushed myself,” said Ricardo, who surged back into first and stayed there. “I'm kind of tired right now, from all the trips we've been making,” Ricardo said afterwards. Roberto finished third with a time of 6:44.85. On April 6 the Vergara brothers will head to Hauppauge, N.Y., where they'll compete in the U.S. team trials for the IAAF World Cup. This year's World Cup walk events take place in Cherboksary, Russia.
| by Elliot Denman, NSSF
Westhampton Beach’s Leah Buletti had lost the New York State 1600-meter race last week to Penfield’s Olivia Lapham and wasn’t going to let it happen again. So she blazed out early and maintained the steady pace that produced a 7:46.78 victory, with Lapham (7:50.02) second and Pleasanton’s Nicolette Sorensen (7:52.28) third. “I kept thinking she (Lapham) was going to come back on me, but she didn’t,” said Buletti. “I put last week behind me, just the way coach (Westhampton Beach’s John Broich) told me.” For Buletti, this was another top performance on the national stage. She’d placed fourth in the Millrose Games women’s mile walk, only behind the nation’s leading senior walkers, clocking a 7:29.84. For Lapham, it was a second straight year as NIN silver medalist. Miami Valley, Ohio Track Club’s Allison Chin took the 10-walker opening section in 8:21.70, setting the stage for the 11-walker second race. Chin wound up seventh in the over-all standings. Never endangered was the National record shared by Lisa Kutzing (hand-timed 7:00.9 in 1998) and Katy Hayes (electronic 7:00.94 in 2004). |
Results Girls
Boys
Boys 1 Mile Race Walk ================================================================ National: N 6:11.00 2/2/1990 Paul Tavares, Centereach, NY Meet: M 6:17.96 3/15/2003 Zach Pollinger, Mahwah, NJ Freshman: ( 6:49.50 3/12/2005 Roberto Vergara, Edinburg, TX Sophomore: R 6:29.96 1993 Kevin Eastler, Mt. Blue,Farmington, ME Junior: J 6:17.96 2003 Zachary Pollinger, Mahwah, NJ Senior: $ 6:11.00 2/2/1990 Paul Tavares, Centereach, NY Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 2282 Vergara, Ricardo 08 South Texas WC,McAl 6:34.98( 2 2276 Barron, Trevor 10 South Park TC,Bethe 6:37.12( 3 2283 Vergara, Roberto 08 South Texas WC,McAl 6:44.85( 4 2128 Sorensen, Tyler 12 Pleasanton HS,Lafay 6:48.51( 5 2281 Chavez, Alejandro 11 South Texas WC,McAl 7:13.95 6 1926 Gunderkline, Jacob 09 Miami Valley,Yellow 7:16.29 7 1844 Campbell, Tyler 09 Maine Racewa,Lisbon 7:19.07 8 1927 Randall, John 10 Miami Valley,Beaver 7:28.71 9 2519 Shaffer, Patrick 08 Una-Oh-Howar,Howard 8:37.65 -- 1188 Forgues, Matthew 10 Boothbay Region,Boo DQ
Girls
Girls 1 Mile Race Walk ================================================================ National: ) 7:00.94 3/13/2004 Katy Hayes, Oconomowoc, WI National: N 7:00.90 3/15/1998 Lisa Kutzing, Port Jefferson, NY Meet: M 7:00.94 3/13/2004 Katy Hayes, Oconomowoc, WI Freshman: ( 7:24.67 3/15/1998 Lisa Kutzing, Port Jefferson, NY Sophomore: R 7:17.24 1992 Melissa Baker, ShorehamWR, Shoreham, NY Junior: J 7:00.95 3/13/2004 Katy Hayes, Oconomowoc, WI Senior: $ 7:00.90 3/15/1998 Lisa Kutzing, Port Jefferson, NY Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 2738 Buletti, Leah 09 Westhampton Bch,Eas 7:46.78 2 2109 Lapham, Olivia 08 Penfield HS,Penfiel 7:50.02 3 2127 Sorensen, Nicolette 13 Pleasanton HS,Lafay 7:52.28 4 1446 Bernier, Christie 10 Edward Little,Aubur 7:53.62 5 1554 Josephs, Molly 11 Garden City TC,Gard 8:00.02 6 1628 Zoyhofski, Rachel 09 Henrietta TC,Henrie 8:18.98 7 1925 Chin, Allison 10 Miami Valley,Tipp C 8:21.70 8 2508 Yang, Nina 08 Una-Ny-Fresh,Fresh 8:33.75 9 1606 Burglund, Kelsey 08 Hhh West-Girls,Whea 8:49.49 10 2279 Ortiz, Claudia 11 South Texas WC,McAl 8:53.36 11 2278 Guzman, Ariana 12 South Texas WC,McAl 8:59.61 12 1720 Higgins, Aleiza 11 Jamestown HS,Willia 9:03.45 13 1840 Adams, Sara 08 Maine Racewa,Lisbon 9:26.76 14 1841 Baickle, Kelley 08 Maine Racewa,Lisbon 9:32.18 15 1842 Cox, Ashley 10 Maine Racewa,Buxton 9:41.06 16 1843 Reed, Emily 11 Maine Racewa,Farmin 9:41.53 -- 2277 Flores, Diana 12 South Texas WC,McAl DQ -- 2515 He, Dan Ping 09 Una-Ny-New_y,New Yo DQ -- 2280 Reybal, Jessica 11 South Texas WC,McAl DQ -- 1924 Berrie, Allison 11 Miami Valley,Yellow DQ -- 1546 Dorset, Kelsey 08 Gaithersburg TC,Gai DQ
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