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2015 New Balance Nationals Recap - DyeStat

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DyeStat.com   Jun 22nd 2015, 2:37am
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NBNO took flight on Sunday afternoon

 

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

 

New Balance Nationals delivered another stirring Sunday afternoon of high-stakes events that revealed how tremendous competition can produce surreal performances. 

 

The girls long jump was like that, capped off by a Beamonesque flight by Lake Region (Maine) star Kate Hall that surpassed a 39-year-old national record with 22 feet, 5 inches. 

 

Hall's sixth and final attempt followed the No. 4 all-time jump of Courtney Corrin of Harvard-Westlake in California (21-5.25) and struck those watching in the stands like a lightning bolt. 

 

But there was more. Ryen Frazier of Ravencroft NC duplicated her sister Wesley's legendary triple from 2013 by winning the mile in a race that was no contest. 

 

Noah and Josephus Lyles of TC Williams VA won the 200 and 400, respectively. With the victory -- over Ryan Clark just like at New Balance Nationals Indoor -- Noah Lyles pulled off the 100-200 double. Josephus, meanwhile, shook off the illness that threatened to scratch him from the meet and won the 400 with 45.99. 

 

Sophia Rivera of Brentwood MO, one of the best javelin throwers in history, launched No. 10 all-time 53-1 in the shot put. 

 

Union Catholic brought the curtain down on the 2015 edition of the NBNO meet with an extraordinary double in the 4x400 relay that seemed to correct the karma of a terribly rough final day at the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet in New York three months ago. 

 

First, Sydney McLaughlin anchored the UC girls to the No. 4 time in U.S. history with 3:35.90 -- a time that has only ever been surpassed by Long Beach Poly and Long Beach Wilson of California. (You may recall that McLaughlin concluded the indoor meet with a hamstring injury and didn't get to run with her team in the 4x400). 

 

Then, Taylor McLaughlin waged a 400-meter battle royale with Clark (US#1 in the 100 with 10.18) on the anchor leg of the boys 4x400 relay. Clark pulled ahead on the homestretch. Then McLaughlin found something else and powered past to take the win. (Taylor McLaughlin at NBNI had suffered that bad crash with the finish tape volunteer and was DQ'd in the 400).

 

McLaughlin, who has explored these high and low spaces at New Balance National meets for years, said that the drama of how it all unfolded was nothing new -- and to be expected.

 

"Honestly, if it didn't end like that it would have been disappointing," he said. 

 

There was also an undercurrent of something that is growing and developing -- and that's a youth movement that was unwilling to wait its turn for the limelight. 

 

And that theme -- of young American track talents firing shots over the bow of global track and field -- extended beyond this meet. Sophomore Candace Hill's stunning 10.98 national record in the 100 meters at the Brooks PR meet was a big part of that. So was eighth grader Tia Jones running 13.08 wind-aided in the 100-meter hurdles. And eighth grader Tyrese Cooper running 46.44 in the 400 meters -- which is faster than William Reed's 1985 all-time freshman class record -- was another eye-popping performance.

 

The most lasting tale of this meet -- strong as it was across the board -- might be what happened at the girls long jump pit. 

 

Hall hit the sand with a good feeling. She got out of the pit, dusted herself off, and tried to eavesdrop on the officials measuring her sixth and final long jump. They were speaking in meters, which didn't quite register, but she figured that she had gone farther than Corrin. 

 

When the meter measurement went up on the reader board, she knew she had the victory wrapped up. (A 21-foot jump had been her goal for the weekend). Then ... the feet and inches appeared on the board and Hall put her hands to her face in shock. It was an 18-inch PR. A steel tape measurment confirmed that the distance was 22-5.

 

Sophia Rivera's rise as a triple threat in the throws moved to a new level, with a US#10 all-time 53-1 win in the shot put to go with a victory in the javelin and a sixth-place finish in the discus.

 



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