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DyeStat is On-Site 
at the Great Southwest - The 25th running of this meet at Arizona State University in Tempe AZ May 26-27 will enjoy Alexis Joyce, Calvin Redden, Nicole Ireland, Candice Workman, Lanette Noble, Lara Saye, Brian Turner, Jake Garlick, Chris Chappell, Nik Arrhenius, and Wes Sims, and many more athletes from AZ, NV, OK, TX, UT, CO, NM, and NE. complete information on DyeStat Great Southwest page - watch for pictures, highlights, and complete results on Sunday.  

MD State Meet - Meet opened Thursday with Class 3A-4A prelims and some finals.
3A:  Teyarnte Carter 11.88 and 24.56 leads sprint qualifiers. Long Reach girls 1:42.37. Walter Johnson girls 9:34.86.  Jared Benoit 14-6.  Chris Parsons 56-7.5
4A:  Tenke Zoltani 11:12.00; Laurel girls 9:34.08; David Driggers leads sprint qualifiers with 10.50 and 22.10; Suitland boys 1:27.53; Westminster boys 7:57.19 (Woodlawn 7:57.90); Allen Simms 23-8.5; Vikas Gowda 59-0
Meet continues Friday at UMBC near Baltimore with 1A-2A first day and ends Saturday with all four classes in finals.   

Dual 7-footers in New Mexico 
In the New Mexico 4A state meet, Clovis jr Hank Baskett and Valley sr Derek  Poynter duelled to a new state record 7-0 in  the high jump, with Baskett winning on fewer  misses.  Poynter got his gold in the triple jump with a leap of 45-9.5.  Gallup soph Felicia Guliford tripled: 2:14.03, 5:06.70, and 11:01.03, with a margin of 12 and 40 seconds in the longer pair.   Socorro sr Simon Ocampo got a throws triple at 57-0.5, 169-8 DT, and 191-9 JT.  

PA State Meet Preview: GIRLS: The  races of the day could be in the shorter ones, as one of the nation's top seniors, Hyleas Fountain, takes on athletes who are not only competitors, but fast friends - Tiffany Abney (Merion Mercy), Dominique Darden (Harrisburg) and Sierra McClellan (Norristown). The trio train and race together during the summer on the club team, United Stars of Philadelphia. Girls preview on DyeStatPA.  BOYS: Dan Coval goes for his fourth 3200 title. Sophomore Sean Cavanaugh, Mount Lebanon, is the most likely challenger.  Boys preview on DyeStatPA

NJ East Coast Relays - Defending national outdoor mile champion Erin Donohue leads Haddonfield to 9:11.61 4x800 with a 2:11.7 anchor on a cold and rainy night. (Erin also had a 4:52.2 1600 last week in a small invite.) New Jersey track authority Ed Grant said the relay time could easily have been close to 9:00 in better conditions, and Erin probably would have run under 2:10 even with nobody near her. Haddonfield's third leg Holly Cosnett had put away the field with a 2:15 or so carry. Christian Brothers puts two teams under 18:00 in 4x1600. Cherokee goes 7:51.14.

Nebraska State Meet - Brian Turner doubled in 1:53.84, a second slower than his own meet record, and 4:12.14, a new meet record; he also ran on Millard North's 3:22.60 victory in the Class A 4x400. But Kearney 95 won the team title. Complete results

Missouri 4A Boys Preview - Three KC area teams will fight for team title: Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, and Liberty. Matt Tegenkamp aims for sub-4:10 and sub-9:00.

More California State Meet news:

• CCS San Jose semi: Sani Roseby tripled with a US#8 13.77 hurdle win to go with a sprint double in 11.74 and 24.03 US#10, all windy. Roseby edged Tamara Gulley by 0.02 in the hurdles (different heats, with Roseby enjoying a +3.5 wind assistance vs. +2.6 for Gulley). Alejandra Barrientos won 1600 in 4:51.15, with Heather Hennesey 4:58.16 also under 5:00 and sister Raquel Barrientos just over in 5:01.45. Barrientos won a relaxed 3200 in 11:14.14. Girmay Guanagul got Santa Clara school record in 1600 in 4:15.94. Elzunia Lamb 19-11.5 US#3.

• In Central Section, Arthur Hinojos of Bakersfield West high jumps 16 inches over his height. Height 5-7; Jump 6-11. Sprint doubles by Brandon Matlock and Tiffany Bennett. Distance doubles by Fernando Cabada and Kim Smith.

• Ventura sr Josh Spiker, out with a severe stress fracture since winning the Mt. SAC cross country Invitational last October, is returning to form. He doubled in SS Division 2 in 4:11.55 and 9:15.31.
• Ryan Hall, Big Bear Lake CA jr, 4:09.71 and 9:04.41 in SS Div 4. Hall is a big threat to Spiker Saturday in the SS Masters. Spiker has already posted a message on the DyeStat TrackTalk board saying that Hall now belongs in the same class as Webb and Ritz.

MD STATE MEET SEEDS - State Meet seeds for all 4 classes

PA District results from DyeStatPA - 4 wins apiece for Hyleas Fountain and Tiffany Abney.

Rain or shine, it's always a great time in Wichita - Tony Bozarth paints the picture of the Kansas State Meet scene

VA Runner gives coach a wedding present
Williamsburg Va soph Bryce Ruiz broke his own coach's meet record in the Bay Rivers District 5/19 with a 9:25.74 for 3200 meters. Coach Howard Townsend was not at the meet because he was getting married.

Bryce said: "I thought this was the best wedding present I could give coach Townsend. It let him know we were all wishing him the best. It was the most relaxed race I ever ran. I was thinking about coach and that the nervousness I was feeling must be nothing compared to poor coach Townsend's situation."

DQ's are in vogue these days - a logo and a cartwheel
Item 1: In the Frederick County MD championships, Middletown's Tyler Caudle ran the fastest 400 meters in the 20 years of the meet, but she was DQ'd because of a faded Nike logo on spandex shorts worn under her uniform shorts. A parent and coach responded.
Item 2: In the Davenport IA city championships the girls 4x400 anchor runner for Davenport North was so happy at being so far ahead in the stretch that she did a cartwheel with 50 meters to go. We guess the officials thought that was taunting, or something.

UPCOMING:

Great Southwest - Tempe AZ May 25-27 - DyeStat Great Southwest page

Golden West Invitational - June 10 Sacramento - First entry information announced - Boys 3200 will be a "race of champions" with Rohatinsky, Emme, Tegenkamp, and Keller on hand - Complete GWI information is 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 FLO home page.

Unofficial Texas Girls Pole Vault Championship
The Texas UIL has turned down requests for girls pole vault as an official event, so Southwest Texas State coach Don Hood organized the Girls First Pole Vault Championship for Texas girls. Fifteen girls competed, with Ally Daum of Houston winning at 11-6.5, followed by Jessica Edwards 10-6 and Kacie Petropoulos 10-6. Daum is coached by David Butler, who coached national boys champion Jim Autenreith a couple of years ago and has led the campaign to get girls PV sanctioned in Texas.

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.

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.

HERBSTER CLASSIC: Webb 4:03.33

• Complete Herbster Classic Coverage
• Conrad Haber's analysis & pix of the distance races
• Pearl Watts' blow by blow of the 4 minute mile attempt and interviews with Webb and coach Raczko
• Ricky Brookshire's Double Date
• DyeStat On-Site flash report on the Boys Mile
• Pictures of the UNC Charlotte stadium scene

South Lakes Reston VA jr Alan Webb, fastest US high school miler in 33 years, did not break 4 minutes, but he got a PR and thrilled a big crowd in an electric atmosphere Saturday night at UNC Charlotte in the Herbster Classic's Nike Golden Mile.

THIS WEEK
Alphabetical by State

• CA California State Meet coverage

• CO 4A-5A State Meet - Alexis Joyce and Natalie Hughes starred as expected, along with cross-sport athletes Megan Kaltenbach and Ethan Smith. Hurdle star Beau Walker was injured and did not compete. Roc Alexander gets second state sprint record with 21.02 200m to go with his 10.45 of 3 weeks ago.

• DC Washington DCIAA championships are won by H. D. Woodson girls 143 and Ballou boys 192. Tysha Colon was named girls MVP for her 4-gold performance for Woodson: 11.74, 24.51, 57.40, and 4x400 anchor. Boys MVP was a tie between Richardo Iracks' distance triple and Unymime Akpan's hurdle-jumps triple.
  Complete results of Colorado Class 4A and 5A  
  Best Marks in 4A-5A: 98 DyeStat Elite level performances, 

• DE Delaware State Meet - complete results posted

• FL Florida State Meet: 186 DyeStat Elite performances

• ID Idaho State Meet - Complete results all four classes.

• IL Girls State Finals - Aida McKinnon gets big triple: 11.92, 24.23, and 52.91.    Best Marks ranked - 65 DyeStat Elite performances, including 7 milers and 11 2-milers. Complete results

• KS Kansas Rankings - Carol Swenson list as of 5/21
• KS Kansas Regionals - Kendra Wecker's US#1 169-5 javelin throw, using the international javelin, highlights the regions.
  Using an international javelin borrowed from Cloud Community College, Marysville KS jr Kendra Wecker boomed out a 169-5 throw, 10 feet further than the previous US#1 in the DyeStat Elite rankings. All of her throws were over 160 feet. Wecker was competing in the Kansas 4A regional at Concordia. She also won the 200 and 400 in 26.0 and 57.1 and ran on the winning 4x100 (48.9). The KS state meet is this weekend. Kansas regional results and highlights by Tony Bozarth.
• MD State Meet Seeds - State Meet seeds for all 4 classes

• MO Missouri 1A-2A State Finals

  • 1A Boys: Viburnum 54.5; Jeff Weaver, Clark County, soars 24-1 in LJ; Josh Barker 57-2 SP
  • 1A Girls: Worth County 57 (Valle Catholic 53)
  • 2A Boys: Berkeley 75.33 (Lutheran North 71);
  • 2A Girls: Southern Boone 64;

• NC Herbster Classic - Webb 4:03.33, Brookshire 4:08.41 - electric atmosphere for Nike Golden Mile.

• NE Nebraska State Meet - Brian Turner doubled in 1:53.84, a second slower than his own meet record, and 4:12.14, a new meet record; he also ran on Millard North's 3:22.60 victory in the Class A 4x400. But Kearney 95 won the team title. Complete results - 
  Best Marks - 72 DyeStat Elite performanes in NE meet

• NJ East Coast Relays - Defending national outdoor mile champion Erin Donohue leads Haddonfield to 9:11.61 4x800 with a 2:11.7 anchor on a cold and rainy night. (Erin also had a 4:52.2 1600 last week in a small invite) Ed Grant said the relay time could easily have been close to 9:00 in better conditions, and Erin probably would have run under 2:10 even with nobody near her. Haddonfield's third leg Holly Cosnett had put away the field with a 2:15 or so carry.

• Mojave sweeps Nevada  - Calvin Redden and Nicole Ireland led the Mojave North Las Vegas team to a sweep of the team titles in the Nevada 4A state meet.

  • Redden swept the short sprints in 10.84 and 21.50 and anchored the 4x100 in 42.21.

  • Ireland had a four-gold meet with 12.06, 24.28, 54.67 MR, and 14.48.

  • Three boys beat the old triple jump record with James Sims 50-2 edging Aarik Wilson by a quarter inch. However, Wilson's 50-1.75 will go into the record book because it had a legal wind. Anthony Park was third at 49-2.

  • Lara Saye had a fine throws double with 43-2 and 150-6.

  • Best Marks - 32 DyeStat Elite Performances in NV 

• NM - Dual 7-footers in New Mexico 
  In the New Mexico 4A state meet, Clovis jr Hank Baskett and Valley sr Derek  Poynter duelled to a new state record 7-0 in  the high jump, with Baskett winning on fewer  misses.  Poynter got his gold in the triple jump with a leap of 45-9.5.  Gallup soph Felicia Guliford tripled: 2:14.03, 5:06.70, and 11:01.03, with a margin of 12 and 40 seconds in the longer pair.   Socorro sr Simon Ocampo got a throws triple at 57-0.5, 169-8, and 191-9.  Complete New Mexico state meet results

• NY New York meets from www.armorytrack.com - Jason Jabaut goes 1:51.99 in Eddy meet.

  • 5/20 - 60th Eddy Meet - Schenectady, NY
    Jason Jabbout 1:51.99 & 4:17.34!! DeWitt Clinton takes 4x200 & 4x800, Albany's Dan Olsen 6'8" HJ, Ben Franklin's Kirkland TJ & LJ winner. St. Francis' Lauren Kilduff takes HJ in 5'7"! Uniondale racks up 4x100, 100, 400IH & LJ courtesy Moore, Stoddart & co.

  • 5/20 - Cicero-No. Syracuse Invitational - Cicero, NY
    Jamesville-DeWitt's Mike Donohue 174'0.5" Disc & 48'1" SP; F-M's Heather Stevens takes sprint double.
  • -NYCHSAA Boys Champs - Iona Prep HS
    Steady, cold rain; some events postponed: Farrell leads with Steeple, 110HH, LJ & PV to go; Stepinac's Bedoya 22.2/49.3.

• PA District results from DyeStatPA - 4 wins apiece for Hyleas Fountain and Tiffany Abney.

• TX Texas State Meet had 434 performances meeting DyeStat elite cutoffs - click for ranked list of all classes.

• VA Virginia Independent Schools Championship - Fork Union boys 149 and Norfolk Academy girls 132.5.

• VA Patriot District Day 1 Jerry Harris wins LJ at 22-3 and leads 400m qualifiers at 48.13.  Carrie Bennett wins PV at 10-6.  Finals Thursday 5/25 at T.C. Williams HS, Alexandria VA.

• WY Alicia Craig triples with state records in all three: 800-1600-3200

LAST WEEK

• AR Meet of Champions

• AR Final 2000 Outdoor Honor Roll

• AZ Class 2A and 3A State Meet
• CT Hartford Public HS Invitational - List of DyeStat Elite marks at Hartford
• DE New Castle County Ch

• FL FLORIDA STATE MEET -

  • Complete Results all four Florida classes

  • 186 DyeStat Elite performances in Florida State finals

• Georgia State Meet: Boys - Girls

• GA Final 2000 Outdoor Honor Roll
• Hawaii State Meet - Foot Locker cross country champion Victoria Chang doubles in 1500-3000 running all alone.
  MD Baltimore City Championship Western girls, Mervo boys win. Boys: Mergenthaler Vocational 215; Norman Forrest 20-11 and 45-1. Girls: Western HS 229; Sharronda Boone 11.7h, 25.3h, 57.9h, and 16-9 LJ;
• MI Ritzenhein 4:05.9 to win the 1600 at the OK-Red Conference meet in Grandville MI Tuesday 5/16.
• Missouri Districts - Muna Lee 12.04 and 24.49; Amber Myers 11-0 PV; Jennifer Drum 5-8; Matt Tegenkamp 4:19.37 and 9:19.86; Pyant wins four; Christa Gilpin 11-6 PV; Normandy HS 3:17.2; Glen Wilburn 38.3; Dan Harris 50-1.5 TJ.
• MN Central Lakes Conference sees 13-0.5 and 12-7.5 girls PV! The St. Cloud MN Times reports that two girls beat the current US#1 mark in pole vault Tuesday 5/16 at the Central Lakes Conference championship in Brainerd MN.
  "Willmar sophomore Stacie Manuel qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, which will be in July, with a first-place pole vault of 13 feet,1/2 inch. Sartell's sr Michelle Legatt was second with a 12-7 1/2."
  Here is Minnesotan Kevin Hansen's rundown on the two girls:
  "Michelle Legatt had cleared 11' 7" at Reno in the Summit, Stacie went 11'as a frosh last year. This spring they have dualed the HS record up from 11'3" in MN, both taking the crown just to lose it to the other the next week. Both may be in the mid 13's by June and our state meet.
  Both had trained with my club Altitude with Attitude TC, in St. Cloud, MN last summer and fall/winter. Both are currently coached by vaulters who have worked with me and jumped for AATC or St. Cloud State University. Jed Bergstrom (SCSU All-American and pr 16'3"- a red-shirt this year ) coaches Michelle
  Jon Heath (AATC and former hs vaulter has gone +15 on a 13' pole:-) coaches Stacie.
  Maybe MN will become known for more than snow, hockey, and Super Bowl losses. :) "
  
• NC Honor Roll by Gene Cherry 5/16
• New Jersey Meets
  Camden County: Haddonfield sweeps team titles; Erin Donohue gets four wins: relay and 2:14.5 MR (9 second margin), 10:50.9 MR (69 second margin); and 129-9 JT; Claudine Evangelista 2:14; Pam Richardson 63.4.
  Burlington County: Amandi Rhett 11.90 and 24.47; Danielle Myricks 56.24 and 64.23 400H; Mohammed Kanu 48.47; David Sitzer 1:53.84.
• Nevada Zones- Mojave and Sparks Reed sweep team titles, Nicole Ireland wins four golds. NV Southern Zone Championship - NV Northern Zone Championship
• NY LOUCKS GAMES
• SC South Carolina State Meet
• TX TEXAS STATE MEET Texas State Meet pictures - Texas State Meet home page - Detailed Results

• UT Utah State Meet - Seth Pilkington wins two thrillers over Josh Rohatinsky: 3200: 9:11.77 to 9:11.78. 1600: 4:47.57 to 4:18.05. Many other great marks. Highlights and ranked list of DyeStat Elite performances.

DYESTAT COLLEGE CHOICES

The list has 200 new names for a total of 743. Here are some of the leading additions:

• Teyarnte Carter, Long Reach MD - signed with Alabama.
• Allen Simms, Eleanor Roosevelt MD - George Mason
• Noel Paulson, Cascade OR - Oregon
• Talise Manuel, Oliver PA - Seton Hall
• Lolo Jones, Roosevelt DesMoines IA - Louisiana State
• Dusty Runkle, Carroll Ft Wayne IN - Rutgers
• Joe Squittieri, Naples FL - Florida
• Brandon Kincy, Mullen Denver CO - Arizona State
• Kyle Rabbit, Landmark Christian GA - Georgia Tech
• Scott Munro, South Park PA - Penn State
• Ryan Bousquet, Esperanza Anaheim CA - Arizona State
• Peter Cioni, York IL - Princeton
• Melanie Waits, Alief Hastings TX - Georgia Tech
• Paul Condron, Central Catholic Clearwater FL - Florida
• Travis Pendleton, Esperanza Anaheim CA - West Point
• Tyler Cardinal, Xavier CT - Seton Hall
• Anthony Park, Las Vegas NV - Air Force Academy

Bob Gourley's 5/16 Lists - May 16 hammer rankings

DYESTAT ELITE
National Rankings as of 5/12
The rankings database continues to grow daily as more and more athletes achieve DyeStat Elite cutoffs for top-100 national ranking.

The database now includes 6,400 athletes and relay teams, with 3,802 performances from 570 meets. The rankings this week include 2,815 season best marks that meet the cutoff standards, an increase of 558 since a week ago. Some qualifying marks from state meets the weekend of May 6 still need to be entered.

Because of the crush of state meets, the DyeStat Elite update is being held up a few days.

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