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Texas 5A regional rankings - 328 strong  
Rockford MI entered in Roosevelt Mem at OH  
May 13 Lake Braddock VA - Webb 4:00? 
Dwight Thomas, Sheena Johnson headline VA meet 
Titanic 3000m Duel in OR: Dobson-Paulson 8:18
York IL  beats 4x800 relay record - 7:34.1! 
Drake Relays 
Penn Relays 
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Texas Regional Rankings 
The big 5-class Texas State Meet is fast approaching (May 12-13).  Here are rankings by class of regional performances that meet DyeStat Elite cutoffs for top 100 national ranking.  Today:  Class 5A, with 328 performances. 

The Texas athletes posted a gang of top US rankings, especially in the sprints, hurdles, and relays. For example: 
Boys: Adam Wooten 10.33 and 20.91; Levar Norris 46.39; Adam Davis 1:50.87; Chris Emme 4:14.02 and 9:01.81; Reggie Harrell 13.75; Bennie Brazell 36.33; Roy Williams 10.30 and 24-4.5; Lejuan Simon 50-2.75; Jonathan Reeves 63-9.25; Duncanville 40.59; Hastings 3:13.39; Ken Wilson 15-6.
Girls: Stephanie Durst 24.1; Justina Moore 2:11.3; Tiffany Robinson 13.71; Raasin McIntosh 42.38; Katherine Hahn 5-9; Adrienne Crenshaw 19-6.5; John Tyler HS 46.85; Alief Elsik 4x200 1:38.52; Sam Houston Arlington 3:47.31.

Alan Webb is entered in the Mizuno Mile May 13 in Northern Virginia and meet director Bob Digby says Webb will be shooting for a 4-minute mile.  The meet at Lake Braddock High School is the Allen Johnson Invitational, named after THE Allen Johnson, a graduate.  The Olympic champion hurdler graduated from Lake Braddock and headed a fund raising campaign for a new track recently.  He was a do everything athlete at Lake Braddock, including 7 feet in the high jump and 49 feet triple jump.  

T.C. Williams Invitational attracts top stars

Alexandria VA will be the HS track hot spot of the East Coast this weekend as Dwight Thomas and Sheena Johnson headline the entry list.  In addition, invaders from New Jersey (Camden) and Wyoming (Alicia Craig) will take on top performers in the Washington DC metropolitan area.  DyeStat's T.C. Williams home page has complete details of the meet, including extended preview article.

OH Roosevelt Memorial at Dayton OH May 5-6 will feature the Rockford MI distance stars, including Dathan Ritzenhein, against Ohio's best. DyeStat will have complete coverage Sunday.  It should be a sub-9:00 3200 meters with Ritzenhein challenged by Ohio cross country champion Steve Padgett and Ontario 3200 meter champion Adil Berkedele.  Extended Preview is on DyeStat's Roosevelt Memorial home page.

DYESTAT ELITE 
National Rankings as of 4/21
More than 1,600 performances from 346 meets are now included in the unique 100-deep national rankings for the 2000 outdoor season. 
(NOTE: We missed the Friday update last week because we were busy at Philadelphia; it will be resumed this week.) 

See DYESTAT COLLEGE CHOICES for 550 decisions  (list has been updated with information received through 4/26).

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UPCOMING

Golden West Invitational
June 10 will give San Francisco side trip to first 90 entries - see complete GWI information on DyeStat GWI page.

FOOT LOCKER OUTDOOR Track and Field Championships - June 16-17, Raleigh NC - Complete meet information, entry guidelines, and entry forms are available on 
Dyestat's FLO home page.

GREAT AMERICAN 2000 - Sept 21-24
Race of Champions team entries announced by meet director Rick Hill for big meet in Charlotte in September - Race of Champions, Open, Invitational, and Small School. See DyeStat Great American home page.

Two NE state records in 8 days for Brian Turner  The Omaha NE sr added a 1:50.82 800 meters 5/2 in the Metro Conference championships to go with his 4:10.8 1600m at the Millard South Invitational 4/25.

Katy Polansky, US high school javelin leader, tried out the international implement at the University of Oregon Invitational 4/29 and threw 163-7 to just miss qualifying for the 
Olympic Trials. (Matthew Call) 

USATF looking for girl high jumpers - 5'8 or better - You may be eligibile for the Women's Junior Elite camp in San Diego this summer.  Click for details.

Neil Philpott of Norton KS echoed his big Kansas Relays performance with a 58-2 (SP), 163-8 (DT) 179-3 (JT) triple at the Scott City Relays 4/20. (Tony Bozarth)

Neisha Bernard had a fine day at the St. John's Classic 4/16:  2:11.96, 54.41, and anchoring her Tilden NY 4x400 relay team to a third place 48.45 finish.

Triplets 1-2-3  Has anyone ever heard of triplets in track?  Jeff, Chris, and Nick Santana are juniors at Benicia CA High School. On 4/19 they finished first (42.0), second (42.8), and third (42.9) in the 300 hurdles in a dual meet against Las Lomas. (Keith Conning)

Kyle Odvody's 7-1.5 at Platteview Inv 4/18 is all-time Nebraska best high jump.

New Pole Vault Leaders: Corrie Drakulich 12-6.25 at Clackamas OR dual 4/20;  Kevin Opalka 17-1 at the Moore OK Relays 4/18.

Big 67-7 throw by Florida's Vincent Wilfork at Palm Beach County championships - 2 feet longer than one of the oldest Florida state meet records and US#2.  Wilfork competes for Santaluces FL.

Two Wyoming girls at 2:12 - National distance star Alicia Craig, Campbell County WY, ran 2:12.8 in the 800m at the Western Nebraska Twilight Track Meet held in Scottsbluff NE on April 20th-- and took second! The winner was Becky Hammitt of Cheyenne WY East , who over took Alicia in the last 100m and ran 2:12.2. She is the Wyoming defending champion in the 800m. The weather was great with temperatures about 70 degrees and no wind. What a great race! Alicia earlier had run a 2:16.6 split on the winning 4 x 800m relay team that ran 9:37.3. (from Orville Hess)

THIS WEEK
Alphabetical by State - 
Click on meet name for details

• AR - State Meet Preview by Clint Pevril - Mark Bradley dominates horizontal jumps and contends in both hurdles.

• IA - Drake Relays - DesMoines IA - Top marks:
  Boys: Marques Simmons 10.63; Andy Kohler 6-9; Marshalltown IA 7:54.71; Quinn Sypniewski 174-1 DT; Craig Cartier  4:17.06; Chris Jones 9:13.04; Sean Johnson 14.56; Ryan Boyington 53.72 400H; Des Moines North 42.47; Iowa City 1:28.23 and 3:19.33; Central of DeWitt 3:37.01
  Girls: Lolo Jones 12.05; Amanda Bales 2:14.61; Michelle Lilienthal 9:47.53; Abby Emsick 43-8.25 and 148-09
  Detailed Results

• IL - Prospect Invitational
  York IL 7:34.1 !
  Not everything of note was happening in Philadelphia last weekend.  There was the Drake Relays at DesMoines IA, and at Prospect IL high school, same place that Craig Virgin set his 2-mile record, the York Dukes ran 7:34.1 to shave 0.7 off York's own 1985 record.   The meet was the Prospect Invitational. Their splits (including quarter splits):
  Janulis 1:55.8 55-61
  Stasilius 1:54.8 55-60
  Hobbs 1:52.1 54-58
  Sage 1:51.4 52-59   

• KS Summary by Tony Bozarth
  Topeka Seaman Relays 4/28: Richard Barber (Topeka High) continues to dominate the state's jumps with victories in the LJ (24-6), TJ (48-9) and HJ (6-10). Scott Loftin (Blue Valley North) dominated the 1600 with a 4:12.7 victory over 6A state cross country champ David Williams (Lawrence) 4:21.1. Joseph Lee (Junction City) was a close third at 4:21.7.  Janelle Wright (Topeka High) also earned a triple victory in the JH (5-7), LJ (17-7) and 100H (14.4). Cate Holston (Topeka Washburn Rural) won a fast 1600 over Shauna Burrell (Topeka Seaman) 5:06.8 to 5:11.8. Sally Curtis (Manhattan) won the 400 in 57.2..
  Shawnee Heights Inv: Darren Sproyles (Olathe North) won a triple victory in the 100 (10.9), 200 (21.7), and 4 x 100 (43.0). 

• MS North-South results
  The North and South meets advance top 4 to the Mississippi State Meet next week. Top performances in the 5 classes:
  Girls: Keri White11:15.38; Julia Cathcart 5:18.87; Columbus 1:44.13; Starkville 4:05.57; Sabrina Norwood 5-7
  Boys: Deandre' Eiland 13.50 and 10.92; Ivan Gray 48.65 and 21.99; Antoine Rimmer 1:57.78; Madison Central 41.81, 1:26.13, and 3:16.13 (Tupelo 3:16.14)

• NC Honor Roll by Gene Cherry - 10 deep lists for each event

• OR - Centennial Invitational
  This meet featured a great boys 3000 meter race. The top 16 in the field all finished under 9:00 min, with Ian Dobson and Noel Paulson within a second of each other. Dobson won in 8:18.16 and Paulson was 2nd in 8:18.72. (about 21 seconds ahead of the next finishers). 
  
  The weather was perfect, clear and cool. Dobson took the early lead at the front of a pretty tight pack. At around a mile he began to lengthen the lead slowly followed by Kyle Robinson and Chris Clancy.  With around 800m to go Paulson left the chase pack and began moving up, from about 20 or so meters behind Dobson.  Paulson was right on Dobson's heels over the last 300m with the two running stride-for-stride, but 
  it's pretty tough to run down somebody like Ian. The times for their final lap were 61 seconds for Dobson and 60 for Paulson.
  
  These turned out to be the 3rd and 5th all-time fastest high school 3000m ever run in Oregon and a PR for both.. Paulson broke the Oregon 3A record by 6 seconds.
  
  The Oregon State Meet may see more records fall as US#3 Eric Logsdon joins these US#1 Dobson and US#2 Paulson, although Paulson runs in a different class..
  

• TX REGIONALS 

• UT - Rankings - 
  Boys: Jake Garlick rules four events: 21.57, 48.21, 13.81 and 36.86; Nik Arrhenius the throws at 63-0 and 208-7.
  Girls: Candice Workman tops throws lists with 47-8 and 160-10; Lanette Noble 5-10; Laura Zeigle 4:50.14; Phoebe Ko 10:48.14, Laura Zeigle 10:53.55.

• VA - Dogwood Classic resumed at the U. of Virginia, the 29th running of this meet, but the first since 1993. Boys Results: Deep Creek HS 85; Jeremy Cadle 1:55.79 and 4:16.27; Austin Smith 9:20.84; B. J. Hancock 14.30; Deep Creek HS 42.19 and 1:28.02; Midlothian HS 10:37.16 DMR; Quentin Mathews 6-9; Anthony Johnson 49-0.75.

Bob Gourley's 5/1 Lists - May 1 hammer rankings headed by Josh McCaughey   SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI  225'06" and Kate Johnston    JR Warwick Veterans Memorial, RI   187'05".

LAST WEEK

• 4/22 Weekend review by Jim Spier - best marks from Volunteer Classic, Father Judge, Davis Inv, Kansas Relays.

• CA - CCS Top 8 Classic - San Lorenzo Valley girls set 7 school records; Ale Barrientos, already the US leader in the mile, wins 800 in US#1 2:09.35, leaving 1600 to little sister Raquel 5:06.93; Maggie Vessey 55.68; Matt Bates 1:55 and 4:13.6; Neil McDonough 9:14.51; Elzunia Lamb 19-6.5 US#1 tie.  Marty Kruger's story and pictures.

• KS KANSAS RELAYS - The renewed  Kansas Relays (1st since 1997) saw some thrilling races throughout the 2 days, with 58 DyeStat Elite level marks recorded.  

  Jenks OK girls and Lockhart TX boys invaded the Jayhawk state with a flourish.  Jenks captured both distance relays, the 4x800 in 9:37.04 and the DMR in 12:29.29.  Lockhart won the 4x800 in 7:53.32, and their ace Juan Cardenas won the 1600 in a thriller by one hundredth of a second over Matt Tegenkamp, Lee's Summit MO sr, 4:13.96 to 4:13.97.   Tegenkamp won the 3200 easily in 9:03.48.

  Good doubles were turned in by: Richard Barber, Topeka KS sr, 24-1.75 and 47-9.25; Naomi Williams, Northeast KC, 12.13 100m and 56.53 400m; Janell Wright, Topeka KS sr,  5-8 HJ and 13.62 100H (prelim); Drew Anderson, Kearney NE sr, 14.24 and 38.53; and Julie Curtis, Manhattan KS so, 43.05 300H and 13.92 100H (prelim).

  Alice Schmidt, Elkhorn NE sr, who won the 1999 Foot Locker National Outdoor 800 meter title, switched to the 1600 here and won in 5:03.1.  Joe McNair, Bartlesville OK sr, won the 800 in 1:54.28;  Amanda Pape, Olathe KS sr, won the 3200 in 10:44.8.

• LA District Meets - Ahmad Jasmine gets two district records with 10.3h and 47.3h.

• PA Father Judge - results and highlights by Don Rich, publisher of DyeStatPA

• TN Volunteer Classic 
  Boys: Germantown Houston 55 (Charlotte Vance 52.50); Tyson Gay, Lafayette KY, 21.27; Adam Abdi 4:17.96; Chris Elder 9:19.59; Jermaine Williams, Sumter SC, 14.37; Orangeburg Wilkinson SC 42.44; Deep Creek VA 1:28.6; Joe Marucheck 47-2.75; Quentin Mathews 6-8.
  Girls: Centerville 58.2; Jihan Trone 12.24; Latasha Pharr 14.18 (Trone 14.19), 18-8, and 40-1.5; McEachern GA 47.85 and 1:41.67; Josie Hahn 5-6; Sonya Bell 137-5.

• UT Davis Invitational - Most valuable performers were Jake Garlick (14.10, 37.41, and 21.55w) and Candice Workman (all time Utah best DT of 160-10 US#2, 45-9.5, and 140-10 JT 2nd);  

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