For the second year we will have the opportunity to hold our indoor championships at the New York City 168th Street Armory. We are are thankful to our new title sponsor, New Balance, and to Dr. Norbert Sander, Executive Director of the Armory Foundation for helping to make it all happen.
The 2011 event was historic for a number of reasons, not the least of which was that, once again, there was one national indoor meet. Not since 1997 was that the case.
And when you get ALL of the best athletes in place, great things happen.
Here are the stats:
(USL — US leader; HSR — National HS Record; A-T — all-time)
| 4xMile | Chariho | Wood River Junction, RI | 17.20.20 | #1-AT(HSR) |
| 5000m | Erin Finn | West Bloomfield, MI | 16:19.69 | HSR |
| 400m | Michael Cherry | Oscar Smith, Chesapeake, VA | 46.88 | Junior |
| 800m | Ben Malone | Pascack Valley, Hillsdale, NJ | 1:49.94 | Junior |
| Weight Throw | Kenneth Brinson | Marist, Atlanta, GA | 64-4 | Freshman |
| 5000m | Erin Finn | West Bloomfield, MI | 16:19.69 | Junior |
| Haley Pierce | Tatnall, Wilmington, DE | 16:31.86 | Senior | |
| 60m Hurdles | Dior Hall | Science + Tech, Denver, CO | 8.19 | Sophomore |
| 55mH En Route | Dior Hall | Science + Tech, Denver, CO | 7.61 | Sophomore |
| Triple Jump | Carla Forbes | Waltham, MA | 42-5.25 | Junior |
| 200m | Aldrich Bailey | Timberview, Arlington, TX | 21.07 | #5-AT |
| 400m | Najee Glass | St. Peter's, Jersey City, NJ | 46.47 | #3-AT |
| 800m | Ben Malone | Pascack Valley, Hillsdale, NJ | 1:49.94 | #2-AT |
| 4xMile | Chariho | Wood River Junction,RI | 17:20.20 | HSR |
| SMR | St. Benedict's, Newark, NJ | 3:25.88 | #4-AT | |
| Freshman 60 | Brandon Polk | Freedom, South Riding, VA | 7.08 | |
| Freshman Mile | Elijah Armstrong | Pocatello, ID | 4:18.09 | |
| EE 60M | Vincent Lowe | Grassfield, Chesapeake, VA | 6.88 | |
| EE 60m | Vincent Lowe | Grassfield, Chesapeake, VA | 6.88 | EE 800m | Everett Price | New Providence, NJ | 1:54.09 |
| EE Mile | Alex Moran | Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, PA | 4:17.19 | |
| EE 4x400m | Danbury, CT | 3:23.71 | ||
| EE 4x800m | Mt. Tabor, Winston-Salem, NC | 7:56.08 | ||
| EE SMR | Rahway, NJ | 3:35.31 | ||
| EE PV | Stefan Buechele | Arlington, La Grangeville, NY | 14-8.25 | |
| EE PV | Sean Daugherty | Lake Braddock, Burke, VA | 14-8.25 | |
| EE TJ | Devon Willis | Schalmont, Rotterdam, NY | 46-8 | |
| EE SP | Austin Johnson | Grassfield, Chesapeake, VA | 56-0.5 |
| Mile | Hannah Meier | South, Grosse Pointe, MI | 4:42.60 | #4-AT |
| 5000m | Erin Finn | West Bloomfield, MI | 16:19.69 | HSR |
| 60m Hurdles | Dior Hall | Science + Tech, Denver, CO | 8.19 | #2-AT |
| 4x200m | Wakefield, Raleigh, NC | 1:36.35 | #2-AT | |
| Triple Jump | Carla Forbes | Waltham, MA | 42-5.25 | #5-AT |
| Freshman 400m | Mariam Abdul-Rashid | Eastdale, Oshawa, CAN | 55.99 | |
| EE 60m | Amelia Brohman | Hillcrest, Ottawa, CAN | 7.61 | |
| EE 400m | Caela Williams | Penn Wood, Lansdowne, PA | 56.67 | |
| EE Mile | Madeleine Berkson | Classical, Providence, RI | 4:58.48 | |
| EE 60m Hurdles | Racquel Moses | Milford Mill, Baltimore, MD | 8.63 | |
| EE 4x200m | Milford Mill, Baltimore, MD | 1:44.17 | ||
| EE 4x400m | Neptune, NJ | 3:58.85 | ||
| EE SMR | Battlefield, Haymarket, VA | 4:08.13 | ||
| EE HJ | Amy Collins | Wachusett, Holden, MA | 5-7.25 | |
| EE PV | Hannah Meador | Fluvanna County, Palmyra, VA | 12-4 | |
| EE SP | Adrienne Alexander | Bishop Loughlin, Brooklyn, NY | 43-0.5 |
We have added two new events for 2012: Emerging Elite 1600m Medley and the Freshman 60m. See the Entry Guidelines and Schedule of Events sections for details. Note that 7th and 8th graders are welcome to compete in the Emerging Elite events as long as entry guidelines are met.
The Championship races are for those who have made the qualifying standards for those events. The Emerging Elite is for those who have not quite made those standards. The Emerging Elite Division is open to any high school athlete who has made the Emerging Elite standards, whether they be Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors.
The idea is that, eventually, an Emerging Elite athlete will join the elite ranks, but has not yet attained that status. We have had this division in place for several years now in the outdoor version of this meet. A prime example is that of Kyle Merber. He won the Emerging Elite mile as a junior in 2007 in 4:15.95 (The championship mile was won in 4:03.33). The next year he was New York State 1600m Champion. And, this year, his Sophomore year at Columbia U, he ran 3:58.62 for a mile! Similarly, Megan Goethals was the Emerging Elite mile champion in 2008 in 4:59.26. In 2009, she became the Foot Locker National Champion in cross-country.
