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DyeStat 2001 Indoor
NSIC vs. NIC
battle of the national indoor
"championships"
Performance Comparison
by John Dye
These tables compare the performances of the two meets in three ways: (1) winners vs. winners, (2) number of DyeStat Elite performances, and (3) scoring the combined performance rankings of the two meets to 8th place (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).
NSIC (New York) comes out ahead of NIC (Maryland) in all three comparisons:
Winner vs. winner: NSIC
26.5, NIC 13.5
Number of DyeStat Elite performances: NSIC 506, NIC 459
"Dual meet" scoring boys: NSIC 390, NIC 273
"Dual meet" scoring girls: NSIC 407, NIC 256
These figures do not prove that one meet was better than the other. The New York Armory is a raised, banked track considered to be one of the fastest, if not the fastest, indoor track in the country -- at least on a par with the new facilities at Penn State and Arkansas. The Prince George's County Sportsplex in Maryland is a flat surface in its first year, so it is too new to rate. Give an advantage to NSIC in events run on the oval, especially the sprints.
But there are other factors that affect times, including competition quality, depth of fields, and fitness of athletes (some are peaking after a tough indoor season, others are just getting started preparing for outdoor). Some of these factors cancel each other out in an overall comparison of the two meets. So if you credit NSIC's scoring lead to the advantage in facilities, you would guess that the meets were closely matched in overall strength. This just drives home the point that the sport needs a single national indoor meet at the end of the season.
High School track fans and athletes are being deprived the head to head competition that is the only way to bring out the best in everyone and settle the arguments generated by rankings from different locations. In some events, it is easy to get a consensus vote for best in the country, either because most of the top athletes were in one meet or because the winner in one meet was so much better than the other winner. In other events, the jury is still out because of matchups that didn't happen. Here are some of the casualties of the current situation in 2001:
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Boys Relays -- a chance to settle the season-long argument between top-rated Camden NJ and New York foes Campus Magnet, Transit Tech, and South Shore.
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Girls Shot Put -- a matchup of Laura Gerraughty NH and Karen Freberg CA, who are miles ahead of anyone else in their event
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Boys 60 -- Southern stars Brendan Christian TX and Jerald Watson LA vs. Eastern list leaders Jamar Ervin NJ and Jerome Mathis VA.
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Girls Short Relays -- Boys and Girls NY and William Penn PA joining fellow Eastern elite squads Robeson NY and A.P. Randolph NY against speedy invaders from California (Wilson Long Beach, Poly Long Beach, and Riverside North) and Florida (St. Thomas Aquinas).
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Boys 800 - Corey Thomas NY, best of the East, vs. Marc Sylvester OH, best of the Midwest.
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Boys Hurdles - NSIC leaders Chris Morgan CA and Josh Walker GA vs. NIC leaders Jerod Void MD, Dwight Ruff NJ, and Tony Francis TX.
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Boys Horizontal Jumps - NIC leaders Josh Fournier CT and Alonzo Moore VA vs. NSIC leaders Gemayel Alexander CA, I. Perfection Harris NY, and James Sims NV.
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Girls sprints - NSIC leaders Angel Perkins CA, Toyin Olopuna CAN, Lauryn Williams MI, Sanya Richards FL, Zenobia Reed TX, Janice Davis MS, Tiondra Ponteen NY, Stephanie Smith GA, Shevonne Stoddart NY, Tiffany Abney PA, and Natasha Hastings NY vs. NIC leaders Erica Whipple FL, Alexis Joyce CO, Danielle Bailey DE, Allyson Felix CA, and Dominique Darden PA.
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Girls hurdles - NIC winner Ashlee Williams TX and Latasha Pharr NC vs. NSIC leaders Priscilla Lopes CAN, Simplot champion Beau Walker CO, Amber Williams NJ, and Shenae Dawkins NY.
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Girls triple jump - versatile Sheena Gordon PA (NIC) joining Candace Bauchman CA and Shenae Dawkins NY for the US against the talented Canadian trio of Tabia Charles, Kerri-Ann Mitchell, and Collen Ramharak.
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Girls 4x800 - A. P. Randolph and Boys & Girls for bragging rights in New York city as well as the USA.
Combined
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NSIC |
NIC |
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| Score | DSE | Winner | Winner | DSE | Score | |
| 797 | 506 | 26.5 | Totals | 13.5 | 459 | 529 |
| 390 | 252 | 11 | BOYS | 9 | 226 | 273 |
| 407 | 254 | 15.5 | GIRLS | 4.5 | 233 | 256 |
BOYS
| NSIC | NIC | |||||
| Score | DSE | Winner | EVENT |
Winner |
DSE | Score |
| 390 | 252 | 11 | Totals | 9 | 226 | 273 |
| 21 | 25 | 6.70 | 60 | 6.83 | 22 | 18 |
| 29 | 20 | 21.02 | 200 | 21.79 | 13 | 10 |
| 34 | 20 | 47.44 | 400 | 48.55 | 15 | 5 |
| 24 | 23 | 1:53.05 | 800 | 1:52.75 | 14 | 15 |
| 19 | 18 | 4:10.43 | Mile | 4:12.00 | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | 17 | 9:11.19 | 2-mile | 8:45.19 | 19 | 35 |
| 17 | 9 | 7.83 | 60H | 7.86 | 24 | 22 |
| 17 | 6 | 6-11 | HJ | 7-0.25 | 9 | 22 |
| 22 | 7 | 23-10.25 | LJ | 23-2 | 8 | 17 |
| 25 | 10 | 48-7.25 | TJ | 48-2.5 | 8 | 14 |
| 0 | 6 | 15-2.75 | PV | 17-0 | 19 | 39 |
| 12 | 10 | 63-9 | SP | 66-11.25 | 10 | 27 |
| 39 | 16 | 1:28.03 | 4x200 | 1:30.45 | 13 | 0 |
| 29 | 21 | 3:17.64 | 4x400 | 3:17.49 | 6 | 10 |
| 38 | 17 | 7:46.83 | 4x800 | 7:56.55 | 12 | 1 |
| 39 | 16 | 3:28.29 | SMR | 3:36.42 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | 11 | 10:19.44 | DMR | 10:03.70 | 6 | 18 |
| 6:15.12 | Walk | 6:20.37 | ||||
| 72-1 | WT | 70-7.25 | ||||
| 3,568 | Multi | 3,595 | ||||
GIRLS
| NSIC | NIC | |||||
| Score | DSE | Winner | EVENT |
Winner |
DSE | Score |
| 407 | 254 | 15.5 | Totals | 4.5 | 233 | 256 |
| 21 | 23 | 7.36 | 60 | 7.36 | 25 | 18 |
| 29 | 25 | 23.59 | 200 | 23.78 | 20 | 10 |
| 35 | 24 | 53.25 | 400 | 55.31 | 12 | 4 |
| 34 | 15 | 2:11.25 | 800 | 2:15.39 | 14 | 5 |
| 10 | 12 | 5:00.21 | Mile | 4:51.15 | 11 | 29 |
| 13 | 9 | 10:26.68 | 2-mile | 10:32.89 | 17 | 26 |
| 25 | 15 | 8.46 | 60H | 8.47 | 22 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 5-5 | HJ | 5-10.5 | 8 | 33 |
| 30 | 14 | 18-9.25 | LJ | 18-2.25 | 8 | 9 |
| 34 | 14 | 42-4.75 | TJ | 41-4.5 | 13 | 5 |
| 23 | 11 | 13-3.5 | PV | 12-10.25 | 9 | 16 |
| 13 | 11 | 52-4.5 | SP | 52-2 | 18 | 26 |
| 35 | 14 | 1:38.50 | 4x200 | 1:41.75 | 22 | 4 |
| 27 | 21 | 3:43.70 | 4x400 | 3:47.53 | 10 | 12 |
| 25 | 16 | 9:09.74 | 4x800 | 9:11.82 | 10 | 14 |
| 38 | 19 | 3:53.17 | SMR | 4:10.62 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | 12:15.91 | DMR | 11:58.05 | 9 | 30 |
| 7:14.93 | Walk | 7:22.99 | ||||
| 54-3.25 | WT | 55-3 | ||||
| 3,546 | Multi | 3,356 | ||||
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