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DyeStat 2001 Indoor

March 9-11, 2001 at the New York Armory

Picture Stories
5 National Records at NSIC 
in the New York Armory

Angel Perkins 23.59 and 53.25
Brendan Christian 21.02
Samantha Shepard 13-3.5
Long Beach Wilson 3:53.17 SMR

Angel Perkins dazzles New York with 
double US records in less than 2 hours

Cerrito Gahr CA jr Angel Perkins broke national indoor records in both the 400 and 200 in a span of 80 minutes in the New York Armory.   First, in the 400, Perkins destroyed a good field in a breeze in 53.25, breaking Lashinda Demus' month-old record set at Simplot in February. In the 200, Perkins also took a lead into the far turn, when she was challenged by Sanya Richards, who set the old record of 23.64 at this meet last year. "I felt Sanya coming up and I knew I had to turn it on." Perkins won in 23.59, with Richards at 23.71 and Janice Davis of Mississippi 23.95.

Girls 400 mid-stretch - Perkins (5) in command with Stephanie Smith 54.58 (470), Tiffany Abney 55.12 (349), and Shevonne Stoddart 54.72 (949) giving chase.

Girls 200 Finish, a tangle in the tape
(L to R) Perkins 23.59, Sanya Richards FL 23.71, Janice Davis MS 23.95

Perkins claps hands winning 400 - interview - and a bouquet of roses

Brendan Christian and 
Glenn McFadden in epic 200; 
a double for Christian

In the 200,  Brendan Christian TX 21.02 and Glenn McFadden CT 21.05 in a mighty battle that ended with the runners falling into each other's arms, knowing that they just experienced something special.  Both runners smashed the existing national record (21.29 Tony Wheeler, 1993).   Christian won the 60 over Morgan City LA freshman Gerald Watson, whose 6.78 in the prelims set a new US record for a 9th grader.  

Christian (left) and McFadden hit the tape.

McFadden points interviewer to Christian.  

TX junior Brendan Christian, latest great sprinter from Texas 

Samantha Shepard soars to new PV record 13-3.5; 
Stacie Manuel also breaks old record

There were actually three vaults better than the previous record.  First, Samantha Shepard MA and Stacie Manuel MN both cleared 13-1.75 (4.01) to break the national indoor record (13-1.5 by Shepard earlier this year).  Then a jumpoff started to settle first place.  Both missed fourth attempts at 4.10, and the bar was lowered to 4.05.   Manuel missed on a good attempt, leaving it open to Shepard to win.  Now looking dead tired, Shepard twice aborted her approach short of the box.   Then, with the judge warning her time was about up, Shepard took off and sailed over the bar to cheers from a loyal throng of pole vault fans who watched every jump from the backstretch balcony at the Armory.    Manuel, who was diagnosed with pneumonia 5 days earlier, went home to Minnesota while Shepard and Air Time teammate Molly Lederman (third today at 12-8) went to Maryland to compete in the Nike Indoor Classic on Sunday.

Air Time coach Jeff Robbins (Samantha Shepard and Molly Lederman) gives instructions, with Stacie Manuel's coach watching.

Stacie Manuel's record vault at 13-1.75

Stacie clears & 

cheers


Long Beach Wilson  3:53.17
smashes all-time SMR record 

US indoor 400 meter record holder  Lashinda Demus put Wilson into the lead with a 53.3 400-meter third leg, and then sophomore  Ashley Freeman hammered the field with a 2:09.5 anchor 800 meter leg.   Wilson's winning time was 3.5 seconds better than the previous record of William Penn PA in 1997.   Wilson pulled A.P. Randolph NY into the 4th fastest SMR in US history, 3:59.42, which was also a New York State record.   Even 3rd place Haddonfield NJ 4:03.93, powered by Erin Donohue's 2:09.6 anchor leg coming from 5th place, was 16th all time. 


(L to R): Lashinda Demus 53.3, Deanna Gooden 25.0, Ashley Freeman 2:09.5, Angel Tate 25.1

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