February 15-17, 2001 at Idaho State U.,
Pocatello ID
Simplot Games
Holt Arena, Idaho State U., has a very fast,
banked wood track on top of the indoor football field, with
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Since 1979, hundreds of elite athletes from
all over the nation have found their
way to Pocatello ID in mid-winter for one of the blue ribbon prep track
and field events of the year. The meet is sponsored and underwritten
by privately held global agri-business giant J.
R. Simplot Company (french fries, feeds, seeds, fertilizer), and it
all started because the company patriarch, J.R. Simplot, loved
track. At 92 years old, he still attends each meet.
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Schedule
of Events
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Map
and directions
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2000
Simplot Games on DyeStat - Dwight Thomas,
Damian Drummond, Josh Rohatinsky, Chris Chappell, Nik Arrhenius,
Alexis Joyce, Aisha Margain, Natasha Staten, Alicia Craig, Latasha
Pharr, Emily Kroshus, United Stars.
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1999
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1998
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Official
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Photo Stories
from 23rd Simplot Games
DyeStat's pick of 100+ images during 3 action-packed days
at Holt Arena, Idaho State U., Pocatello Idaho
- United Stars vs. Teekay Track Club - The superstar
girls of United Stars (Pennsylvania) and Teekay Track Club (Wilson
Long Beach CA - coached by "TK" Terry Kennedy) had
terrific battles all through the meet, climaxing with the relays
late Saturday. The result was the same both times:
Teekay had the lead after Lashinda Demus ran the second leg , but United
Stars rode to victory on the anchor legs of the coach's daughter,
Tiffany Abney.
- Lashinda Demus' record 53.38 - Wilson Long
Beach CA star routs four United Stars in girls
400 meters.
- Alexis Joyce doubles -
after winning the 60 meter dash an hour earlier, the Colorado senior
star is a close, but convincing winner over Allyson Felix CA, 24.44
to 24.49, in the girls
200 meters.
- Smooth cruise to record for Seth Pilkington
- Roy UT senior breaks on top and never looks back in boys
1600 meters in 4:14.88 MR.
- All-Utah photo finish in
girls
1600 meters - Salt Lake City sr Lida Clapier catches
Bingham jr Jackie Zeigle in the stretch and wins by 0.07.
- East beats West and Canada - Evelyn Dwyer
PA and Selena Sappleton NY outkick a gang of westerners and
Canadians in the girls
800 meters.
- Beau Walker CO wins 60H -- Twice! -
Girls
60 meter hurdles was re-run because one set of hurdles was on
the boys mark, so Beau Walker just went out and won it
again. It was a photo finish, as expected with the 6
finalists all ranking in the US top 10.
- James Hatch CO wins decisively in 1:53.16 boys
800 meters
- Lisa Gibbs is 17-second winner in girls
3200 meters.
- New season, same winning form - Sr Chandler
Goodwin, ace of Mountain View UT's national champion cross
country team, was a patient winner in the boys
3200 meters, waiting until the last 200 meters to make his
winning move.
- Two races in one in boys
400 meters - In all-Colorado duel, Gerren Crochet wins
first half and Travis Anderson the second.
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