"the nation's largest amateur track series"

Finals

Madison Square Garden, NYC
11am-4pm Saturday 2/5/00

Finals Results: 55D - 200 - 400 - 800 - 1500 - 55H - HJ - SP

More Pictures: Trophies for everyone - Natasha Staten's big trophy - Stacy-Ann Grant - the fight

�Natasha Staten, William Penn PA sr, claimed the top spot in DyeStat Elite national rankings for the 2000 indoor season with a sharp victory over fellow Philadelphian Charlene Maddox of Simon Gratz, 25.02 to 25.18.� The announcer billed it as the "battle of Philadelphia" and the two fine runners did not disappoint.� They raced hard from the opening gun, and Staten in lane 2 made up the stagger on the far turn.��

US#1 800 meter runner Neisha Bernard, Tilden NY sr, won her specialty in 2:15.23, one second ahead of Evelyn Dwyer, West Catholic PA.� ��

Amandi Rhett, Moorestown NJ sr, turned in the fifth fastest time of the US indoor season with a 7.08 55 meter dash.

Claudine Evangelista, Laurel Springs NJ, claimed fourth in the national rankings in the 1500 meters with a strong 4:47.33 victory.��

Tiffany Abney, Merion Mercy Academy PA, won the 400 in 57.48.��

Other winners: US#7 shot putter Leslie Bruno, Nazareth PA, 39' 5.75;�Amber Williams, Roxbury NJ, 8.28 55H; Alicia Brown, Randolph NY, 5' 4.

An enthusiastic crowd of 10,000 made almost as much noise as the larger Millrose Games crowd in the same arena the night before.� Loudest reaction of the day came when a fist fight broke out in the running of the Middle School 400 meter race, second section.� Two girls were trading elbows down the main straightaway when the lead girl suddenly whirled and punched the other girl in the face.� The two stopped running and engaged in a full fledged fist fight in the middle of the track.� It took two men each to break up the fight and hold the combatants apart.� Meanwhile, the third runner in the heat slowed down, but then heeded the officials' shouts to keep running and won the heat by default for fourth place overall, 9 seconds slower than the other heat winner.

Week 4 - Details

Week 3 - Details -US#1 Natasha Staten ran the 200 in 24.9h

Week 2

Colgate Womens Games Week 2 saw some nice battles of top ranked girls.�
1500:� Evelyn Dwyer won in 4:54.3 (US#3), followed by Thomassina Brown 4:55.2,�
Nahah Mujhid 4:56.8, US#1 Claudine Evangelista 4:58.7, Carlyne Pradieu 5:00.4,�
and Janelle Vadnais 5:02.9.��
800: Dwyer doubled in 2:21.5, beating US#1 Neisha Bernard by 1.5 seconds.
55m: Natasha Staten 6.9h, Amandi Rhett 7.0h, Desiree Moorer 7.1h
200m: US#1 Natasha Staten 25.0h, Charlene Maddox 25.4h
400m: Charlene Maddox 58.0h, Tiffany Abney 58.4h.
SP:� Marina Liander raised her US#6 mark to 39-10.
details at www.colgategames.com/

For complete information, go to the Colgate Women's Games web site