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GIRLS

There was some pretty good sprinting at varied  venues.  Kali Davis-White (Anderson, Lauderdale Lakes, FL) opened her season with a US #4 55m time of 7.04 at the Jimmy Carnes meet in Gainesville, FL.  Shekara Martin (Ridgeview, Columbia, SC) won the Clemson meet in 7.09, the same time as that of Aleia Hobbs (Mc Main, New Orleans, LA), both = US #5.

Mary Beth Sant  (shown at left) (Valor Christian, Highlands Ranch, CO) upped her US lead in the 60m at the Tony Wells Meet in Boulder, CO, running 7.42 in the trials and 7.30 in the finals.   That’s = #13 all-time.  Caitland Smith (Pelham, AL) won the Last Chance meet in Birmingham in 7.49, US #3.

Davis-White also won the 200m at the Carnes Meet, clocking 24.52 for #2 US.

There was some “hot stuff” at the NYC Armory with the running of the New Balance meet.  Olivia Baker (shown left) (Columbia, Maplewood, NJ) ran a US leading 400m time of 55.02, with soph Emma Gallagher (Garden City, NY) second in 55.31, US #5.

A the weather-plagued JDL meet in Winston-Salem, NC, soph Layla White (Cary, NC) got her US lead back in winning the 500m in 1:15.11.  Amy Piccolo (Ursuline Academy, Dedham, MA) won the Massachusetts Elite meet 600m in 1:34.06, US #3.   At that same meet, Bryanna Allison (Lowell, MA) won the 1000m in 2:55.16, US #4.

The big news on the mile front was Mary Cain’s (shown left) incredible HSR of 4:32.78 (4:16.11 for 1500m).  (See separate story).  Up in Boston, Catrina Rocha (Peabody, MA) won the Massachusetts meet in a US #3 4:50.39.  And at the U. of Washington on their oversized track, Amy-Eloise Neale (Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA) ran 4:53.28.  On that same oversized track, soph Alexa Efraimson (Camas, WA) ran a very impressive 9:31.18 for 3000m.

Freshman Anna Cockrell (Providence Day, Charlotte, NC) hurdled 8.10 for 55m, = #4 US at the JDL meet.  Sasha Wallace (shown left) (Holy Names, Oakland, CA) improved her US 60m hurdle lead to 8.24 at the U of Washington, #4 all-time.  Teammate Kourni Smyers-Jones ran 8.66 in the heats, =#4 US.  Dior Hall (shown left) (Washington, Denver, CO) won the Tony Wells meet in Colorado in 8.42A.  That sets up a great matchup at the Simplot Games in a few weeks between Wallace and Hall, where the 8.19 national record by Jacqelyn Coward is in jeopardy.

There was some hot relay action, mostly at the New Balance meet at the NYC Armory.

Medgar Evers (Brooklyn, NY) ran a US-leading 4x200m time of 1:38.90, with Taft (Bronx, NY) in second in US #2 1:39.80.  New Rochelle, NY was third in 1:41.77, US #4.

Penn Wood (Lansdowne, PA) won the 4x400m there in US #2 3:54.07.  Medgar Evers was second in 3:55.92, US #5.

Garden City had a big win at that meet as well, running a US-leading 9:10.18 4x800m.  Suffern (NY) was second in 9:17.26, US #3.  In Boise, ID, at the New Balance Boise Inv, Davis (Kaysville, UT) opened their season with an impressive 9:14.86, US #2.

Cardozo (Queens, NY) cracked 4 minutes in a big way at the NYC Armory, running 3:54.78 in the Sprint Medley, #3 all-time.  Columbia (Maplewood, NJ) was second in 4:03.22, US #2.

More impressive relay action at the Armory saw Mendham, NJ run 12:08.16 for DMR, #2 US.  Second was Arlington (La Grangeville, NY) in 12:08.24, US #3.

In the Massachusetts meet, Lucy Alexander (Lincoln-Sudbury, Sudbury, MA) and Amy Collins (Wachusett, Holden, MA) joined the growing group of 5-8 high jumpers, finishing 1-2 there. There are now 8 high jumpers who have jumped that height, which is =#3 US.

Emily Bingham (Mill Valley, Shawnee, KS) got the US lead in the pole vault, scaling 13-6.25 at the Missouri HS Invitational in Columbia, MO.   That’s #7 all-time.

Cideai’a Woods (Penn Wood, Lansdowne, PA) jumped 19-7.75 to win the NB Armory meet (US #3) and Chyna Ries (shown left) (Washington, Denver, CO) won the NB Boise meet in 19-2.25, US #4.

Sasha Wallace (the hurdler) triple jumped 40-7.75 at the U of Washington meet, finishing second and getting the US lead.  Not far behind, 3000 miles away,  was Keturah Orji (shown left) (Mt. Olive, Flanders, NJ) who jumped 40-7 at the NB Armory meet, US #2.

Breanna Warren (Western Guilford, Greensboro, NC) won shot put at the JDL meet in Winston-Salem, throwing 44-7, US #3.

At the Clemson meet, Sabrina Gaitan (Sprayberry, Marietta, GA) won with a US #2 57-7.  Throw1Deep teammate Kellie Thomas (Luella, Locust Grove, GA) improved her #4 performance to 54-4 in finishing second.

BOYS

The 55 meter top 5 list got totally rewritten this weekend.  While Jeryl Brazil (shown left) (Loranger, LA) was winning the Louisiana last chance qualifier in Baton Rouge in 6.30 (6.28 in the heats), junior Antonio James (Buchholz, Gaineville, FL) was winning the Jimmy Carnes meet in Gaineville, FL, the same nation-leading time as Brazil had run in the heats.  Chris Lewis (Lakeside, Sibley, LA) was second to Brazil in US #3 6.31, and Lavonte Whitfield (Jones, Orlando, FL) was second to James in 6.32, US #4.  Third at the Jimmy Carnes meet went to Trayvon Bromell (Gibbs, St. Petersburg, FL ) 6.33, US #5.

Zaire Clemes (Trenton Central, Trenton, NJ) won his County meet in US =#4 48.68.  Marcus Chambers (Foss, Tacoma, WA) ran 48.56 on the oversized U of Washington track.

Mike O’Donnell (Methuen, MA) took the US lead in the 1000m at the Massachusetts elite meet, running  2:27.22, just off the top 20 alltime list.

Edward Cheserek (shown at left) (St. Benedict’s, Newark, NJ) easily won the New Balance NY meet mile, running 4:10.94, that the US lead.

Jay Hebert (Ticonderoga, NY) won that meet’s 55m hurdles in 7.43, US #5.   Ticonderoga is in New York’s frozen north, about 85 miles south of the Canadian border, making that performance even more impressive.

Junior Marlon Humphrey (shown left) (Hoover, AL) took the US lead in the 60m hurdles in winning the Alabama last chance meet in Birmingham, running 7.82.  Charlie Forbes (Mountain Brook, AL) was second in 7.99, US #5.

Auburn, AL became the second sub-1:30 team in the 4x200m, running 1:29.82 at the Birmingham meet for the US lead.  In New York, Mt. St. Michael (Bronx, NY) ran 1:30.26, US #4.

Trenton Central (Trenton, NJ) ran 3:22.80 in New York, second to Elmont.  Pleasantville, NJ, with the Clark brothers, took the US 4x800 in 7:52.31, US #2.  Union Catholic (Scotch Plains, NJ) won the SMR in New York in 3:32.77, US #4.  At that same meet, Arlington (La Grangeville, NY) won the DMR in 10:21.91, US #3.

Ibn Short (Milton Hershey, Hershey, PA) high jumped 6-9 at an invitational meet for = US #2.

Cameron Luper (shown at left) (Auburn, AL), a member of the US leading 4x200m team, long jumped 23-11.5 at the Birmingham meet for US #4.  Dominique Irons (Haddon Heights, NJ) triple jumped 48-9 to win in New York for US #3.  And Ricky Theyard (Lusher Charter, New Orleans, LA) won the Louisiana qualifier in 48-8.75, US #4.

Jeremiah Green (shown left) became the first US highschooler to go over 50 feet in the triple jump this season with a 50-06.25 leap in the Collegiate/Open section of the Jimmy Carnes meet in Gainesville, Fl. on Sunday.

Braheme Days (shown at left) (Bridgeton, NJ) improved his US lead to 69-0 at the SJTCA meet.   He threw 70-8 last year for #7 all-time.  Had he not, this throw would have been #8 all-time.  At the Clemson meet, Josh Whitener (North Paulding, Dallas, GA) improved to 76-2, #3 US.

Photos by PhotoRun & Joy Kamani