Boys and Girls NY smashes
US record by 14 seconds
2nd US record this week for B&G (11:50.86 DMR
in Eastern States Tuesday) - 3rd for Stacey Ann Livingston
in 7 days (1:29.69 600m in Evian Mayor's Meet last Saturday) - Bronxville
NY 9:09.80 only 2.23 seconds off old record (Boys and Girls
9:07.57 in 2000)
Boys and Girls --
Three rock steady legs set it up for Stacey Ann Livingston's sizzling
anchor of 2:06.88 (revised from earlier reports after getting official
auto-timed splits). From right in running order, Akilah Vargas
2:14.27, Keziah Fernandez 2:16.70, Meisue Francis 2:15.82, and Livingston.
Considering that Francis split 2:10.8 in the record DMR Tuesday
and Livingston has a 2:06.16 season best in the open 800, this group
can run faster still.
Stats of the race (splits unoffical)
|
Leg
|
Lap
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Cum
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Leader
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400 splits
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800 splits
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1
|
1
|
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2
|
1:04.6
|
W. Wilson
|
64.6
|
|
|
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3
|
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New Rochelle
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
2:13.8
|
Glen Rock
|
69.2
|
2:13.8
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
Boys & Girls
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
3:21.7
|
Boys & Girls
|
67.9
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Bronxville
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
4:30.2
|
Bronxville
|
68.5
|
2:16.4
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
5:36.5
|
Boys & Girls
|
66.3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
6:46.6
|
Boys & Girls
|
70.1
|
2:16.4
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
7:49.0
|
Boys & Girls
|
62.4
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
8:53.67
|
Boys & Girls
|
64.7
|
2:07.1
|
Story of the race
Several teams took turns on the lead with Boys and Girls always
close. Boys and Girls asserted its superiority in the third leg,
when Meisue Francis pulled away from Bronxville. Then Stacey Ann
Livingston put the hammer down with a blistering 2:06.88 anchor.
She dug in on the last lap to assure the record was left far behind.
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1st leg: Woodrow Wilson NJ and New Rochelle
NY lead early as Boys and Girls leadoff Vargas is back in
the pack. But before the leg is over, Vargas is stalking the
leader (below)
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After 2nd leg ends dead even ( left),
Meisue Francis starts the rout in the 3rd leg ( below).
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Stacey Ann Livingston's anchor
GIRLS 4X800
1 Boys and Girls HS 8:53.67
2 Bronxville HS 9:09.80
3 Bay Shore HS 9:16.86
4 Middletown South (NJ) 9:18.17
5 Woodrow Wilson HS 9:19.35
6 New Rochelle HS 9:20.45
7 Curtis HS 9:27.10
8 Glen Rock HS 9:28.30
9 Pearl River HS 9:30.14
10 Eleanor Roosevelt HS 9:37.89
11 Townsend Harris HS 9:50.38
USA National Indoor Championships
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