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Distance Gods, Part 3 - Eric Logsdon
DYESTAT
COLLEGE CHOICES
1,000 names listed as of 6/9
New signings:
NJ Mohamed Kanu to St. John's NY
TX Vonchass Griggs to Kansas State
MD Jarrett Van Tine to Wake Forest
LA Natalie Sowell to U. of New Orleans
IN Gustin Smith to Purdue
Virginia
AAA Finals previews
Friday and Saturday at new Sports Backers stadium in Richmond.
Sheena Johnson's possible 5 golds will carry Gar-Field; can Alan Webb
lead South Lakes to the boys title? Rickey Harris goes for 3
golds. Previews and analysis by Ben
Ackerly and Pearl
Watts
Webb
enters Pre Classic Mile - sub-4:00 mile attempt will come
against older runners 6/24 in Eugene OR
Connecticut Open results
New
Jersey All Group
Indiana State Meet
Rhode Island State Meet
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THE
DISTANCE GODS
Eric
Logsdon: Rising to the Top
in the Land of Pre
Part 3 of a series by Stephen Underwood, a self-confessed track nut
from Georgia who has been inspired by the resurgence of prep distance
running in the year 2000. In the days leading up to the Foot
Locker Outdoor championships in Raleigh NC June 16-17, we will present
several insightful profiles of the boys and girls who are thrilling the
nation.
The Distance Gods series by Stephen Underwood:
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Alejandra Barrientos has a stress fracture of
her right tibia, diagnosed after she dropped out of the mile prelims at
the California State Meet 6/2 because of pain. Although a quick
recovery is expected, Ale is out of the Foot Locker Outdoor
championships at Raleigh June 16-17.
EASTERN
STATES BOYS -
Camden's Dwight Ruff 13.7 110mHH, teammates take 4x400 in 3:17.4.
O'Hara (PA) 7:47.5 over Transit Tech 7:47.9 in 4x800m, Bedoya 21.5
200m, Iona's Marc Todaro takes Disc & Hammer
THE STATE MEETS JUST KEEP ON COMING
Indiana
State Meet- Carmel wins first boys title as coach
Chuck Koeppen's son Charlie wins 3200 to clinch it. Northrop FW
wins 3rd girls title. Matt Campbell, Paul Gensic top 16 feet.; fr
Winter Holman 4:58.5; Mike Taylor 1:53.47 plus great anchor split (sub 1:50?) for winning
Portage 4x800 relay team 7:45.66 (Carmel 7:46.77). Michelle de la Vina
10:37.93 edges Andrea Kremer 10:39.84 in 3200.
Rhode
Island State Meet
- South Kingstown girls 168 (3rd straight); Hendricken boys
148; US hammer throw leaders win their specialty: Kate Johnston 182-0,
Josh McCaughey 236-4. Colin Aina 38.51 SR. Detailed
results
Connecticut
Open - Hillhouse 79 wins girls. Triple by Nicole Toney 14.55, 45.47 and 17-7 and double by
Chelsea Lenge 5:04.94 and 11:05.83. Bloomfield 50 wins boys.
Chris Neil gets a hurdle double in 14.42 and 38.84. Details:
Boys
- Girls
Best Marks - 22
DyeStat Elite performances
New
Jersey All Group - Camden newcomer Jamar Ervin
wins 100 in 10.35 over Danny Johnson 10.46; Johnson comes back in
200 in 21.03; Amy Krilla 159-8 JT; Glenn DiGiorgio 61-7.75
and 184-6; Erin Donohue out kicks Lindsey Gallo in 4:50.17 and
10:43.14; Tawana Watkins 54.31 and 59.56 400H; Amandi Rhett 11.61
and 24.01. Details: Boys
- Girls
Virginia
Eastern Region - Bethel girls, Deep Creek boys win team
titles. Many top individual marks.
New York Entries - Complete
boys and girls entries for Class A, B, C for state meet June 9-10 at
Liverpool.
Kentucky
State Meet - James Doaty 48.33 and 1:57.47; Sara Graybill
5:00.95; Kelley Bowman 5-10.5; Tineisha Davis 56.95; Jordan Wagenseller 2:15.68
CALIFORNIA STATE
FINALS
Highlights
(updated with race notes and splits). Detailed Results: Girls
- Boys
DyeStat California
State Meet home page
Coming: Photo galleries - Donna on the Side - video
clips
Virginia AA Finals - Bobby Lockhart breaks meet records
in 1600 and 3200 at 4:12.76 and 9:18.67.
Wisconsin
State Meet - Brooke Novak's 4:48.13 breaks Suzy
Favor's 1985 state record for 1600 meters; Novak doubles in 3200 in
10:27.49.
New
Jersey Group Championship
4 golds for Erin Donohue 2:13.41, 4:57.39, 11:05.44, and 142-3 JT;
Lenape HS boys 3:17.20; Glen DiGiorgio 61-1.5; Dwight
Ruff 14.17 and 52.16 400H; Paul Klemic 7-0; Amandi Rhett 11.67w and 24.69
Ohio
State Finals - Christina Estrict 6-0 US#1; Khalilah Carpenter
11.71 (11.59 pre) and 23.69; soph Ina Jackson triple - 25.15, 55.78 and 18-8;
Dalanda Jackson 13.64; Caity Matter 42-11 and 149-6; Bill
Mills 24-6.25.
Massachusetts
All-State - Seekonk sr Jeff Chakouian's
67'10 3/4" shot put broke a 31 year old record of 63'9" set by
Joe Naughton of Weston H.S. in 1969. Shalane Flanagan ran a
4:52.38 mile. Four boys were over 200 feet in the javelin, led by Sean
Furey's 217-2.
Michigan
LP State Meet
Dathan Ritzenhein 4:08.08 MR and 9:00.63; three Rockford girls
in near dead heat in 3200, with Emily Blakeslee winning in 10:55.71
and Kalin Toedebusch and Lindsey Blaisdell tied for
second in 10:56.17.
VA Northern Region - complete
New
Jersey Seeds - Group Ch. June 2-3
Ohio State Meet - Day 1 results
Kansas State Meet
- highlights, details
Webb Watch:
Virginia state meet managers (June 9-10) offered to start the
1600 at the mile mark and time both distances for a sub-4 minute try by
Alan Webb, but Webb declined. Webb will likely run the 800, 1600,
and 4x800, making it unlikely that Webb will run the mile at the
Foot Locker Outdoor championships in Raleigh June 16-17. Coach
Scott Raczko said the next target for a 4-minute mile by Webb will be
summer meets with older runners: the Prefontaine in OR or the Maine
Distance carnival. Webb was already reported leaning toward the
2-mile at Raleigh to get another crack at Dathan Ritzenhein, who bested
Webb (and everyone else) at the Foot Locker national cross country
finals in Orlando last December. (Ben Ackerly)
24th Golden South Classic
Erica Whipple beats Sanya Richards in 200, 23.81 to 24.20. Both skip 100 and leave it open for Richards' soph
team mate Talonda Ingram 11.84. Northeast Macon GA fr Stephanie Smith
won 400 in 54.29 and it wasn't even a PR; she posted a 53.65 in the Georgia 4A state meet.
Boyd Anderson jr Andrea Austin doubled in the 800 and Mile in 2:14.29 and 5:07.06.
Princeton bound pole vaulter Chelo Canino edged Lauren Tinsley on misses at 12-0, with three more girls
over 11 feet. Jr Latasha Pharr of North Rowan NC, home of the HS triple jump, soared 41-7 US#3 in that event.
Golden
South Detailed Results
Best
Marks in GS - 67 DyeStat Elite level performances
DYESTAT
ELITE
National
Rankings as of 5/31
Here they are - finally. The pileup of state meets
is making the system groan, and not all state meets are posted
yet. But the database has grown to 6,000 performances meeting DyeStat
Elite cutoffs, with 3,947 season best marks listed. Here are
the new US leaders at this point:
Boys
800 - Marc Sylvester OH 1:49.5
Mile - Alan Webb VA 4:03.33
1500 - Eric Logsdon OR 3:51.39
3000 - Eric Logsdon OR 8:10.66
LJ - Roy Williams TX 25-6 w+4.0
PV - Sage Thames TX 17-65
JT - Sean Furey MA 227-3
4x100 - Duncanville TX 40.23
Girls
400 - Monique Henderson CA 51.31 (Nat Federation
record)
100H - Nichole Denby CA 13.41
LJ - Ychlindria Spears TX 21-1.5w (Elzunia Lamb CA 19-11.5 +1.7)
TJ - Ychlindria Spears TX 42-0.5w (Leteitia Eady FL 41-1.75 +1.9)
PV - Stacie Manuel MN 13-4
SP - Laura Gerraughty NH 51-3.5
JT - Kendra Wecker KS 169-5
4x100 - North, Riverside CA 45.30
4x200 - Westbury Houston TX 1:36.76
4x400 - North, Riverside CA 3:39.46 (Wilson Long Beach CA 3:39.64)
North beat Wilson head to head in the California Southern Section
Masters meet 5/26. First time in 3 seasons that Wilson, the
national record setter in 1998, has been out of first place.
Complete
DyeStat Elite rankings
Donald Sage's monster day !
In the Illinois
Boys State Meet, York sr Donald Sage ran 8:42.89 in 3200m with a 57
second last lap. Then he came back and ran 4:07.58 in 1600m and
closed even faster (56?). The 3200 was led by Tim Keller of West
Chicago for 7 laps (above) before Sage exploded, putting 14
seconds on Keller in one lap. Keller was timed in 8:56.24 Complete
1A, 2A results (Photo and notes by Chris Saunders)
Eric Logsdon 8:10.66 3K
in OR - 2nd to Pre
The Canby OR senior set a state meet record and closed out his HS career
secon1d only to Steve Prefontaine at this distance in Oregon
history.
It was a battle between future Oregon (Logsdon) and Stanford (Klamath
Union sr Ian Dobson) runners. Dobson led the field
through 1200 meters. But then Logsdon turned in a 63 second lap to
take a decisive lead which he improved to 12 seconds at the finish,
beating the old record by 11 seconds and just 2 seconds short of Steve
Prefontaine's OR record. Mark
Webber paints a word picture on Oregon Preps.
2 Ian Dobson sr Klamath Union 8:23.18
3 Erik Heinonen jr South Eugene 8:35.51
4 Kyle Robinson sr South Salem 8:39.50
5 Joey Hambrick jr David Douglas 8:40.18
6 Taylor Beckley sr Bend 8:44.53
7 Brett Holts sr Bend 8:44.76
8 Nick Schuetze sr Hillsboro 8:46.31
9 Jacob Gomez so Klamath Union 8:48.28
On Saturday, Logsdon added a 1500m victory in
3:51.39 to best Dobson 3:53.50 again.
Complete
Oregon State Meet results
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DONNA
ON THE SIDE
at the California State Meet - 22 photos in the stands Part
1 - Part
2
Nik Arrhenius 213-5 DT -
the US leader raised his season best almost 5' at the USATF Utah
Association All-Comers Series Meet at Salt Lake City 6/7. It was
98 degrees, sunny, with a stiff wind coming across the right sector
line.
Nick Schneider
throws another hat into the crowded ring of HS distance runners.
At a MN sectional in Minneapolis, the Benilde-St. Margaret's junior ran
9:01.00 for 3200 and 4:08.35 for 1600, winning by 17 and 11
seconds. The MN State Meet is June 9-10.
WV school sues after
pole vault cancelled - Capital Charleston girls led
Parkersburg by 14.5 points in the AAA state meet, but Parkersburg had
the state record holder and another likely 3rd place for 16 points to
none in the girls pole vault -- enough for the state title. But the PV was cancelled because of heavy
rain and Capital was awarded the trophy. When the WVSSAC board of
appeals denied Parkersburg's request to run the pole vault on a later
day, Parkersburg filed for an injunction in local courts.
On Friday 6/2, the Wood County Circuit
Court ruled in favor of the Parkersburg pole vaulters. Judge
George Hill said "irreparable damage" would be done to the
athletes if the event was not completed. He ordered the event to
be run as soon as possible.
The WVSSAC appealed to the WV Supreme Court, which
agreed on 6/6 to consider the matter 6/13.
On 6/7, a strange "compromise" was
reached. The WVSSAC will drop its appeal and reschedule the girls
PV, but the event will not count for team standings. So the
original motive for Parkersburg's suit will not be satisfied.
(Kim Nutter)
Jr Nationals
information is available at N.
Texas State site - June 23-24
at Denton TX
Say it ain't so,
Christina
Cleveland star Christina Estrict (6-0 HJ among other talents)
will play basketball next year for Gulf Coast CC, which has no
track team. "I won't miss it," says Christina, according
to Ohio track reporter Bob Ramsack.
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:
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.
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.
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