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US#1s/Top National Highlights: Cooper's "triple" includes 2 frosh marks

Stellar triumphs for Schrage, Marshall; Reed, Harris double impressively

• Freshman class national records at 400 (47.97) and 200 (21.54) by Tyrese Cooper (Miami Gardens Xpress/American HS, FL) in the prelims.  He first qualified 2nd overall in the longer race, winning the 18th heat with his then-US#4 mark before Chance Stephenson took the 19th in 47.82 (see below).  That surpassed the 48.76 mark set by William Reed in 1985 and tied by Brian Herron on Jan. 2 of this year.  Then he won the 21st heat of the 200 with his then-US#3 time, again qualifying 2nd behind Will Allen’s 21.43 from heat 9.  Again, it was a Herron mark from two weeks earlier (21.84) that Cooper beat.  Then Cooper chose to bypass both finals, but then ran the 4x4 at the end (see below).  Also, Cooper won bronze at NBNO last June as an 8th grader with his 46.44 overall PR; and ran 20.94 later in the summer.
• US#1 (#9 all-time) 8.28 girls’ 60m hurdles by Tonea Marshall (North Texas AC/Arlington Seguin, TX sr), winning decisively over, ruling over a field that included Jada Baylark (Little Rock Parkview, AR sr) in 2nd at US#8 8.60 and Ivone Walker (Performance TC/Mansfield Summit, TX sr) in 3rd at 8.79.  Marshall turned around moments later in the 60 dash final and ran US#7 7.55 for 2nd behind Kaylor Harris' US#1 (see below).
• US#1 24-11.25 boys’ long jump by Harrison Schrage (Unatt./Grant OR sr), defeating defending Arkansas and NBNI champ Ja’Mari Ward (Cahokia TC/Cahokia IL sr), who was 2nd at US#4 24-6.5.  Schrage was 3rd at NBNI last March.  He got his winner on his 2nd attempt, as well as 24-9 on his 3rd, and was also 6th in the 60 final. 
• US#2 21.27 200m dash/ US#6 6.88 60m dash sprint double by Keshun Reed (Legendary TC/Arlington Martin, TX sr), the 200 just .02 off the national lead.  In that race, he edged prelims leader (21.43) Will Allen (Unatt./Paul Dunbar KY sr) at US#3 21.30.  Aaron Harris (Aurora Flyers/Lisle IL sr) nipped Trevin Chambers (X Factor Performance Training/DeSoto TX sr) for 3rd, 21.81 to 21.82.  In the 60, Reed was followed by Tyrec Grayson (Metro/) at 6.91, with prelims leader (6.88) Cameron Dawkins (Maximum Fitness/) just 4th.
• US#1 7.48 60m dash / 18-5 long jump girls’ double by Kaylor Harris (Elite of Mesquite/Mesquite Horn TX jr).  She took the 60 over a deep field that included Tonea Marshall (North Texas AC/Arlington Seguin, TX sr) at US#7 7.55, Kira White (Lancaster Lightning/ DeSoto, TX sr) at 7.59 and Daja Gordon (MadFrogs/Dallas Hampton, TX jr) at 7.61.  Earlier, Harris won the LJ on her last attempt, followed by Angelica Lightfoot (Memphis Mustangs/Southwind TN sr) at 18-4 and Jernaya Sharp (Texas Express TC/Greenhill TX sr) at 18-3.25. 
• US#1 23.76 girls’ 200m dash prelim by Danyel White (Cedar Hill Blaze TC/Cedar Hill TX sr), improving her nation-leading mark from last week.  She was also 4th in the 60 prelims, but ran neither final as a preventative measure. 
• US#1 1:53.33 boys’ 800m run by Terrell Jackson (Memphis Mustangs/Memphis U. HS sr), pulling away from Kobey Hill (Fast and Furious Athletics/Memphis Bus. Acad. sr) at 1:55.87 and Ryne Bevan (Unatt./North Paulding, GA sr) at 1:55.95.
• 3:16.44 boys’ 4x400m relay (US#1, including clubs) by Miami Gardens Xpress TC, with double frosh record-setter Tyrese Cooper anchoring in 47.34.  They edged Legendary TC at 3:17.05, which was anchored by 60/200 champ Keshun Reed in 47.48.  While those are the fastest times by U.S. prep clubs this year, Cahokia TC’s 3rd place time of 3:18.99 will stand as US#1 on the HS list due to all four runners being from the same school (Cahokia).

More US Top 10 performances

• US#4 16-4 boys’ pole vault by Payton Weissman (Unatt./Grapevine, TX jr) on his 2nd attempt, PR’ing by 5+ inches before going out at 16-8.  Weissman beat his previous PR of 15-11.25 earlier when he cleared 16-0 on his 1st attempt.  He was followed by Nick Johnson (Arkansas Vault Club/Lake Hamilton, AR sr) in 2nd at US#8 16-0 and Christian Cannon (Texas Express TC/Frisco Wakeland, TX sr) in 3rd at 15-8.
• US#4 48-10.5 boys’ triple jump by Ja’Mari Ward (Cahokia TC/Cahokia IL sr), defending his title despite taking just 3 jumps (only 1 fair).  He was 2nd in the long jump earlier (see above) and also ran the 200 (he missed the final) and the opening leg (48.36) on the 3rd-place 4x400 (see above).  Travean Caldwell (Fast and Furious/Crossett, AR sr) was 2nd at 47-6.5, and Ward’s senior teammate Anthony McRoberts 3rd at 45-7.
• US#4 24.41 girls’ 200m dash by Daja Gordon (MadFrogs/Dallas Hampton, TX jr), trailed by  Jordanae Scott (Dallas Gold TC/South Grand Prairie, TX sr) at 24.66 and Gabrielle DesRosiers (Track My Speed/North Lawndale, IL sr) at 24.69.  Prelims leader Danyel White (23.76) did not run the final (see above).
• 47.95 boys’ 400m dash by Chance Stephenson (Metro/Whitehouse TX sr) to win the final after a US#4 47.82 prelim to lead all qualifiers.  He was followed by Jostyn Andrews (Unatt./Dallas Skyline TX sr) at US#6 48.10 and Jadon Johnson (Westside Baptist TC/Lewisville TX jr) at 48.62.
• US#5 55.43 girls’ 400m dash by Jaevin Reed (Jackrabbits TC/Plano Prestonwood Christian TX sr), holding off standing US#1 Bailey Lear (D2R/McKinney TX soph) at 55.48. 
• 3:51.33 girls’ 4x400m relay by Track My Speed, topping D2R at 3:51.82.
• 5:02.41 1-mile run / 10:27.17 3,000m run girls’ distance double by Gabrielle Jennings (Slidell TC/First Baptist Christian LA sr), defending her 2015 titles.  She took the mile by more than 7 seconds over Danielle Beckstead (Unatt./Normal IL sr) at 5:10.01 and the 3k by more than 9 seconds over Julia Schumacher (Unatt./Assumption IA soph) at 10:36.60.

Best of the rest

• 4:18.57 boys’ mile by Reed Brown (Southlake RC/Southlake Carroll, TX jr), just off his US#10 4:16.13 from Texas A&M Classic the previous week.  He won decisively over Eric Coston (Unatt./St. Paul’s, LA jr) at 4:22.33, with the rest more than four seconds back.
• 57-6.5 boys’ shot put by Kane Carrigan (Unatt./ Harrisburg, IL sr), prevailing by four feet over Blake Young (Fayetteville, AR sr) at 53-6.5.
• 2:20.04 girls’ 800m run by Jana Shawver (Unatt./Lee’s Summit West, MO soph), passing three others in the final 100m for the win – coming from 10th with a lap to go.  Kamryn Weber (Denton Elite/Frisco, TX sr) at 2:21.20 and Julianne Dillon (Power Up TC/Har-Ber, AR soph) at 2:21.25 took the next 2 spots.
• 8:55.57 boys’ 3,000m run for Connor O’Neill (Unatt./Dallas Jesuit, TX jr), coming from behind to beat teammate Connor Garvey (Unatt./Dallas Jesuit, TX sr) at 8:56.30 and Briggs Wittlake (Unatt./Amarillo Tascosa, TX jr) at 8:57.47.
• 12-2 girls’ pole vault by Nicole Kallenberger (Unatt./Lee’s Summit West, MO sr), taking it on misses over Megan Fitzgerald (Texas Express TC/Dallas Parish Episcopal, TX soph) – who cleared the same height.  Fitzgerald had two misses back at 10-10 that made the difference.  Both cleared 12-2 on their first attempt, then went out at 12-6.
• 6-6 boys’ high jump by Lath Kisling (Unatt./Sarcoxie, MO sr), winning by misses over Anthony McRoberts (Cahokia TC/Cahokia, IL sr), also at 6-6.  Neither missed through 6-6, but McRoberts had passed at 6-5 while Kisling cleared, which made the difference.  McRoberts went out at 6-7, while Kisling passed.  Then Kisling missed thrice at 6-8.  He was the national leader last year outdoors at 7-3.
• 5-5 girls’ high jump by Ololadle Ayoola (Illinois Elite/Lincoln-Way East, IL jr), prevailing on misses over Jordan Otto (CanAM Athletics/Richardson Pearce, TX sr) and Lilli Williamson (Texas Express TC/Trinity Valley, TX sr) – both also at 5-5.  All 3 missed 5-7.
• 36-5.5 girls’ triple jump by Imani Udomana (Fast and Furious Athletics/Oakland, TN sr), winning by two feet over Victoria Allen (Unatt.) at 34-5.25.
• 40-9 girls’ shot put by Deja Erskine (Lancaster, TX sr), edging Lauryn Dixon (Princeton, TX jr), also at 40-9, by virtue of a better 2nd throw.