HIgh School Track Week In Review - Feb 11, 2013
GIRLS
Asonya Anderson (Heritage, Newport News, VA) again broke 7.0 in the 55m, winning her district meet in 6.99.
Tyra Lea (Wakefield, Raleigh, NC) led her team to another state title in winning the 300m at the NC 4A meet in 38.76. That’s #4 US, and #1 on a flat track. At that same meet, Layla White (Cary, NC), improved her #4 US performance with a 1;14.94 win in the 500m.
Amy-Eloise Neal (Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA) became the first sub-2:10 800m runner in the nation, running 2:09.15 for fourth in an open completion at the U. of Washington’s oversized track. At the SPIRE high school meet in Geneva, OH, also on an oversized track, Lauren Burnett (Dakota, Macomb, MI) bested Therese Haiss (Solon, OH), 2:10.06 to 2:11.28. Carolyn Bethel (Hidden Valley, Roanoke, VA) backed up her US #2 time with a 2:53.04 state regional victory, that on a flat track.
Sophie Chase (Lake Braddock, Burke, VA) won her district meet in a US #3 4:48.68 (1600m). Soph Bella Burda (Arlington, La Grangeville, NY) surprised with a big 3000m performance at her state sectional meet, running 9:33.9 for US #2. Katie Lembo (Penfield, NY) had a fine 9:50.49, US #4, at an invitational near Rochester.
The big news in the hurdle world was the US #2 all-time 60m hurdle time of 8.17 at a meet at the Colorado School of Mines for junior Dior Hall (Washington, Denver, CO). She is only .01 behind the national record, with at least 2 meets to go in the indoor season. Hunter Roberts (Southwest Guilford, Greensboro, NC) ran 8.10 for 55m hurdles at the NC 4A meet, =#5 US. That race saw 8.11-8.11-8.13 for places 2-3-4.
Grosse Point South (MI) had a monster DMR in their home state, running 11:37.11, #3 all-time. The Meier twins, Haley and Hannah, were the bookends, and the indication is that they can run significantly faster.
Soph Cyre Virgo (Fleetwood, PA) burst on the scene with a 5-9 high jump at the Albright Invitational, #2 US. Keturah Orji (Mt. Olive, Flanders, NJ) leaped 19-9 at the Varsity Classic, =#2 US.
And Gabby Figueroa (Austintown Fitch, Youngstown, OH) backed up her US leading 58-11 weight throw with a 56-07.5 win at the SPIRE high school meet.
BOYS
A few athletes who were virtually unknown a week ago suddenly are in the forefront of the “sprint wars”. Junior Isaiah Brandt-Sims (Wenatchee, WA) won the U of Washington open meet 60m in a US #2 time of 6.74. Berkley Edwards (Chelsea, MI) won the SPIRE meet in 6.82, US #4. And Greg Popylisen (Valor Christian, Highlands Ranch, CO) took the Colorado Mines meet in 6.80, US #3.
Ted Foster (Andrews Osborne Academy, Willoughby, OH) increased US lead in the 400m, winning the SPIRE meet in 47.85.
Michael Cherry (Oscar Smith, Chesapeake, VA) blasted a #4 all-time 500m at his district meet, running 1:02.61. That’s the fastest ever on a flat track. Marquavious Johnson (Knightdale, NC) won the NC state meet in 1:04.48, US #3. Bryan Arthur (Columbia, AL) moved into the #4 spot with a 48.38 at an age group meet in Alabama. Richard Rose (Boys and Girls, Brooklyn, NY), the US leader in the 600m, won the Brooklyn Boro champs in 1:20.06. He owns the top 3 performances of the year in that event.
The two milers finally notched it up a bit with some fine running, all running 3200m in this case. Sean Mc Gorty (Chantilly, VA) won his district meet with a stellar 8:55.38, the new US leader. Eric Holt (Carmel, NY) took his sectional in 9:09.1, US #3. At the SPIRE meet’s oversized track, junior Nick Elswick on in 9:06.49, followed by Kyle Polman (Independence, OH) in 9:10.66, and Cory Glines (St. Thomas Aquinas, Louisville, OH) in 9:13.40.
Tretez Kinnaird (Butler, Louisville, KY) took the lead in the 800m, running 1:51.83 at the Hoosier Hills Inv at Indiana U., #22 all-time.
Dylan Duvio (Curtis, River Ridge, LA) vaulted to #2 16-7 at the LSU last chance meet. Jon Pitt (South Brunswick, Monmouth Junction, NJ) had a impressive triple jump, winning the Varsity Classic with a jump of 49-7.5, US #2. Jon Behle (East Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC) eclipsed 60’ in winning the NC 4A meet, throwing 61-10 for the NC 4A state meet win. That’s US #3. And at the SPIRE high school meet, John Maurins (Mentor, OH) won with a tosss of 59-4, =#5 US.
