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• Simplot Games - Pocatello ID -
• Winter XC Nationals - Laura Zeigle wins! 3 HS girls qualify for US team for World Cross Championships.  Dathan Ritzenhein runs Sunday. 
• Kentucky HS Invitational - Lexington KY
• Louisiana State Meet
• Massachusetts Class Championships
• Connecticut Class Championships
• New York City Championships - PSAL, CHSAA
• DyeStat Elite update - 14 new national leaders in week 10

Demus, Joyce, United Stars 
shine brightest in Pocatello

Lashinda Demus 53.38 for new US indoor 400 meter record, but United Stars of Philadelphia gang up on Demus in 4x200 and 4x400 relays anchored by Tiffany Abney; Alexis Joyce gets 60-200 double.

• Simplot Games Results and Photos (Complete results are now posted and dozens of pictures are coming as soon as possible)
• Lashinda Demus' record 400 - picture story
• Simplot Games Preview

Winter XC Nationals
Zeigle wins women's juniors - 3 preps qualify for US national team
At Vancouver WA, Bingham UT jr Laura Zeigle won the women's junior 6k race in 21:18.40, 12 seconds better than Stanford freshman Victoria Chang.  Next was sr Alicia Craig WY.  Indiana sr Michelle de la Vina, who had taken a break from running since last June, came in 6th to get the last qualifying spot for the World Cross Country championships in Ireland next month.   
1. Laura Zeigle 21:18.40
2. Victoria Chang 21:30.30
3. Alicia Craig 21:46.60
4. Alisha Williams 21:54.60
5. Emily Blakeslee 21:55.50
6. Michelle de la Vina 22:23.50
7. Felicia Guliford 22:41.60
8. Shawn Kelley 22:43.80
9. Lisa Cappello 22:44.0
10. Nora Colligan 22:56.50

Winter XC Nationals page

DyeStat Elite 
national rankings 2/15
14  new US leaders
2,265 performances ranked
Feb 15 DyeStat Elite

This is the 10th list of the 2001 indoor season.  Total performances in the database this week rose to 3.327, with 2,265 listed (only the best mark for an athlete is ranked) from 325 meets.  

New national leaders this week:   

Boys 300: Kedar Inico NY 33.71
Boys 3000: Robert Smitson IN 8:37.76
Boys 60H: Tony Francis TX 7.93 (Bennie Brazell TX 7.94)
Boys LJ: Cleavon Dillion KS 24-5.5 (Trinidad)
Boys 4x200: Plainfield NJ 1:28.8
Boys 4x800: Bishop Loughlin NY 7:55.13
Boys DMR: Parsippany Hills NJ 10:25.4
Girls 200: Lashinda Demus CA 24.43
Girls 800: Tawana Watkins NJ 2:09.6 (Erin Donohue NJ 2:10)
Girls 1000: Stacey Livingston NY 2:50.88
Girls 60H: Ashlee Williams TX 8.41
Girls LJ: Cassandra Richards PA 19-6
Girls 4x200: A.P. Randolph NY 1:38.39
Girls DMR: Bellport NY 11:58.4

• DyeStat Elite Rankings as of 2/15
• DyeStat Elite 2001 Indoor Rankings home page
• DyeStat Elite 2001 Indoor cutoffs - DyeStat maintains a database of all performances received by DyeStat that beat the cutoffs.  The table also shows the 2001 National Scholastic Indoor entry standards, the 2001 Nike Indoor Classic entry standards, the 2000 US #1 and #100 marks, the 2000 NSI 1st and 6th place mark, and the 2000 NIC 1st and 6th place mark.  
• How to Get Ranked - procedures for submitting performances that are not in meets already posted on DyeStat.

Torrid 800 in Varsity Classic
In a very torrid girls 800 meters at the Ridgewood Varsity Classic Monday night 2/12 at the New York Armory, Tawana Watkins 2:09.6 edged Erin Donohue 2:10.0 in Watkins' first try at the distance.  New Jersey's top two runners (Watkins usually at shorter distances and Donohue at longer) rang up the fastest 2 times in the nation this season.  Great anchors by Brian Boyett 4:14.9 and Theresa Fath 4:53.4 led Parsippany Hills NJ boys 10:25.4 and Bellport NY girls 11:58.4 to new US#1 distance medley relay marks.   .
Varsity Classic Details - 93 DyeStat Elite performances - Ed Grant's account of the girls 800

New US#1 60H 
times in Texas
Texas preps without an indoor season  used the U. of Houston all comers meet Saturday 2/10 to get some high ranking marks, especially the 60 meter hurdles --  Ashlee Williams sped to second in the Open division in 8.41 to become US#1 in the DyeStat Elite rankings, and Tony Francis lowered his US#1 in the HS boys 60H to 7.93, with  Bennie Brazell only 0.01 behind for US#2.  In girls LJ, Ychlindria Spears claimed US#2 with a leap of 19-4.25.

Danielle Bailey has 
big triple in Delaware
Danielle Bailey improved her US#2 55m time to 7.02 as part of a big triple (25.64 and 58.12); Bailey pulled along soph Kamilah Salaam to a fine 7.33 clocking, and Salaam also made DyeStat Elite with a 8.70 win in the 55H;  Ivan Schmidt 6-10 US#3t;  Omar Rogers 59-6 shot.
Complete Results.

New York stars  
rock the NY Armory
in Evian Mayor's Trophy
4 US#1 and 66 DyeStat Elite Performances
Kedar Inico lowers his US#1 300 to 33.71, #5 all time US indoor; Stacey Livingston 2:50.88 is US#1 in 1000 meters by 6 seconds; A.P. Randolph girls take US#1 in 4x200 with 1:38.39 (Washington Irving 1:40.27 US#3); Bishop Loughlin boys lower their US#1 in 4x800 to 7:55.13; Campus Magnet boys 1:29.10, just 0.07 off their US#1;  Natasha Hastings 1:33.78, Shermika Bennett 1:34.79 take US#2 and US#3 spots in 600 meters; Meisue Francis 39.71 US#6 (Natasha O 'Connor 39.91 US#7); Science Skills boys 3:23.22 US#8; meet records fall in bunches.
7th Evian Mayor's Trophy results

Virginia Districts
Peninsula District
30 DyeStat Elite performances
Bethel boys and girls sweep team titles
Ara Towns 7.09 & 18-3.25
Jessica Cassell 1:18.78
Terrance Arnold 1:06.90
Bethel Girls double 1:47.51 and 4:04.64
Alonzo Moore double in 22-5.25 and 48-0.75
Patriot District
22 DyeStat Elite performances
Frank Francois doubles in 35.70 and 1:05.16 MR; Garrett Brickner triples in jumps; Alexandra VanHeuven doubles in 8.59 and 37-9.25  
Concorde District - Oakton sweeps team titles, Teddy Presley triples in jumps, David Sullivan 15-1, Alan Webb triples in 100 minutes (4:18.50 MR, 1:08.08, and 2:31.86 MR), Matt Maline 9:16.04, Bonnie Meekins doubles in horizontal jumps and 2nd to Krystle Moss in HJ, Kelly Otstott doubles, Keira Carlstrom 11:26.34
National District - Edison boys 140, Yorktown girls 134
Liberty District - Leslie Schultz and Stephanie Glynn 1:18.87 MR.  

PA weekend 2/10
The regular season meets are over in PA, and the competition is getting serious. In meets Feb. 8, 9, and 10, athletes in the sprint, relay and field events stepped out, including a new US#5 from Norristown's Ernie Terrell (6.8). But a distance star also got national attention, as Baldwin's Dan Mazzacco cracked the top five US lists in the 3000 with a 8:48.2.  See details in DyeStatPA by Don Rich. 

New Hampshire State Meet
Londonderry boys, Nashua girls; Rachel Umberger  and Liz Gesel double; Laura Gerraughty returns to 53 feet range  (Laura's series:  52' 8.0" - 52' 5.5" - 53' 0.0" - 51' 6.5" - 52'10.0" - Foul) - Complete results and 10 DyeStat Elite performances

VA Patriot District
Frank Francois doubles in 35.70 and 1:05.16 MR; Garrett Brickner triples in jumps; Alexandra VanHeuven doubles in 8.59 and 37-9.25 - 22 DyeStat Elite performances.

Short Takes
The girls 300 at the PSAL Manhattan borough championships 2/4 at the NY Armory was super hot.  Washington Irving soph Tiondra Ponteen  won in 38.89, followed by the three Natashas of A.P. Randolph: Hastings 39.13, O'Connor 40.33 and Emmanual 41.12 -- all DyeStat Elite qualifying times, with Ponteen now US#1.  Hastings, meanwhile, broke Ponteen's US freshman girls indoor record for the event.   The Randolph girls won the 4x400 relay by 20 seconds in 3:52.44. . . . MA sr Said Ahmed followed up his 3rd in the Millrose Games mile with a 2:27.70 1000 in the Boston City League championship, winning by 30 seconds and taking US#2 in the event behind Alan Webb's 2:24.13 at Virginia Tech.  It is the second fastest 1000 ever run in Massachusetts.

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• The Harrier magazine, by Marc Bloom, the leading publication for HS running news

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Great American 2001
San Francisco - Charlotte - New York
Rick Hill's huge cross country festival gets even bigger in its third year with two more races making it a transcontinental series:

• Great Race of the Great Bay - Sept 8 - Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA

• Great American Championships - Sept 21-22 - Stowe Botanical Gardens, Charlotte NC

• Great Big Apple Challenge - Sept 29 - Van Cortlandt Park, New York NY

• Online registration now and more information

• DyeStat's Great American 2001 page

• Great American 2000 on DyeStat

ATTENTION meet directors: Be sure to send meet results to dye@dyestat.com to assure your meet gets publicity and the athletes get the recognition they deserve.   If the meet is scored in HyTek, send the backup file HYBACKUP.ZIP.

National indoor championship entries 

The Metropolitan Athletics Congress of New York has released names of top entrants for the 18th New Balance National Scholastic Indoor Championships to be held at the New York Armory March 9-11.

Added 2/12 - Bailey, Roetter, Fisher, Zeigles, and Bishop Loughlin

Danielle Bailey DE - 60, 200, 400
Natasha Roetter MA - 2 mile
Aaron Fisher IN - mile
Laura & Jackie Zeigle UT - mile, 2 mile
Bishop Loughlin HS NY - relays - with Corey Thomas 800

Added 2/7 - 2000 national champion J. W. North Riverside CA girls team, with Tracee Thomas, Shaunte Howard

J. W. North girls, Riverside CA - 4x200, 4x400
Tracee Thomas CA - LJ
Shaunte Howard CA - HJ

Added 2/5 - Brendan Christian, Bryan Sears will battle in the sprints

Brendan Christian TX - 60, 200
Bryan Sears GA - 60, 200
Michael Grant GA - 60, 200 
Talonda Ingram FL -60m
Melissa Donais MA -mile
Chelsea Lenge CT -mile and 2 mile
Robyn Stevens CA - race walk
Colleen Schmidt - race walk
Patrick McGuire OK - mile
Elsik (Alief, Texas) sprint relays
Paula Ogunbanjo TX - TJ. 
Candace Baucham TX - TJ 
Ozzie Pina CA -2 mile

Original announcement: 
Many leading national stars, plus entries from Great Britain, New Zealand, and Canada 

Sanya Richards FL (60m, 200m)
Zenobia Reed  TX (60m, 200m)
Kyle Farmer MD  (200m)
Heather Hennessy CA (800m)
Long Beach Wilson CA (girls)
Long Beach Poly  CA (boys and girls)
Jenny Aldridge CA (mile)
Lynn Dixon CA (mile)
Nathaniel Banks (400m)
Janice Davis MS (200m, 400m)
Samantha Shepard MA (PV)
Molly Lederman MA (PV)
Karen Freberg CA (SP)
Ashton and Aaron Collins LA (200m, 400m)
Megan and Shannon Radermacher TX (800m)
Aaron Fisher IN (mile)
Lee McCash  (Great Britain, 2mile)
Malcolm Hassan  (Great Britain,800m, mile)
Nicholas Willis (New Zealand, 800m, mile)
Skyler Green LA (60m)
Joshua Walker GA (60mH)
Latoya LeGree GA (TJ)
Stephenson GA (boys and girls)
Ahmad Jasmine LA (60m, 400m)
Katherine Johnston RI (WT)
Shamekia Lewis (60m, LJ, TJ)
Chris Morgan CA (60m,60mH)
Julia Pudlin PA (2 mile)
Erik Sproll  (Canada, 800m)
Lauryn Williams  MI (60m, 200m)

The Nike Indoor Classic has not released a list of entries.

Short Takes

Winchester-Thurston Pittsburgh sr Cassandra Richards unleashed the nation's best long jump of the season at Slippery Rock PA Friday 2/2 -- 19-6.  At the same meet, PA's girl pole vaulters invaded the DyeStat Elite rankings:  Emily Tharpe 12-6 US#3, Jocelyn Lindsay 11-6, and Kim Styuvesent 11-0.  The PA Weekend by Don Rich

MD 4A-3A West Region - Woodlawn boys, Gaithersburg girls - complete results

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College Choices 2001 - list grows to 217 with update as of 1/12.   

See DyeStat's College Choices 2001 list -  To add a name, send email to dye@dyestat.com giving the state of the athlete, boy or girl, the school they will attend, and your basis for the information.    

Millrose Games
Sara Bei and Nick Schneider 
win thrilling miles
NEW YORK 2/2/01 -- The high school miles gave the big Madison Square Garden crowd all they could ask for Friday night in the Millrose Games.  Each race had lead changes, take charge moves, and stunning reversals at the tape.  All the turning on the short Garden oval kept times on the slow side, but the tactics and the finishes were as entertaining as it gets.  
Results, stories, pictures, and interviews
- 39 DyeStat Elite Performances
Millrose Games Picture Pages:
Boys Mile - Girls Mile - Other Prep - Elite

• New Jersey All Group Meet of Champions - Erin Donohue blasts US#1 10:38.90 in 3200, less than 48 hours after photo finish 2nd in Millrose Mile - A. Acklin 7.42 upsets US#1 Dwight Ruff in 55H - Brian Boyett doubles - 84 DyeStat Elite performances listed -  Complete Results
• 25th MA Coaches Invitational - Complete Results from Reggie Lewis Center, Boston - Natasha Roetter 4:59.94 mile - NEW: 56 DyeStat Elite Performances
• North Carolina State Meet - N. Mecklenburg sr Stephen Haas ran 4:18.31 to set a new state indoor 1600 record by 7 seconds. 
  MVP: Girls: Ginger Wheeler, W-S Mt. Tabor, Boys: A.J. Davis, N.Durham, 23-1 & 47-1 US#3 & 6-6.  Team Champions:  Girls: Mt. Tabor Winston Salem 40, Boys: Mt. Tabor Winston Salem  58  NEW: 44 DyeStat Elite Performances
• Millrose Games - Photo finishes highlight boys and girls miles, won by Nick Schneider over Bobby Lockhart and Sara Bei over Erin Donohue.  DyeStat On-Site coverage from Madison Square Garden.  39 DyeStat Elite performances.  
• Colgate Womens Games - Finals of 6-week series entertain Madison Square Garden crowd with these highlights: Tiffany Abney PA 57.17; Evelyn Dwyer PA 4:50.78; Takara Wilks NY 7.14; Amber Williams NJ 8.06; Christina Smith PA 25.55; Stacey Ann Livingston NY 2:13.59 .  23 DyeStat Elite Performances
• Utah State Meet
  Box Elder boys 100 and Davis girls 116 swept the team titles at the USTCA indoor championships at Utah State 2/3.   Mountain View's Nik Arrhenius doubled in the throws with 61-9.5 SR shot put and 70-8 in 25-lb weight throw.   Younger brother Leif tossed the weight 55'01", believed to be a national record for ninth grade athletes.   Alta's Amy Menlove doubled in 7.45 and  18-1, 3rd best LJ ever indoors in Utah.  Jackie Zeigle 5:09. Heidi Bouwhuis 11:20.2. NEW: 15 DyeStat Elite Performances - Complete Results
• Alabama State Meet - Laqueisha Ryan 7.11 MR and 59.36 - NEW: 25 DyeStat Elite performances listed

Alan Webb's sub-4

Alan Webb goes sub-4 - the story by John Dye

• PixPage: Webb's Great Day - the story in 23 pictures
• PixPage: Webb by Victah Sailer
• Webb's pursuit of sub-4:00; what came before
• Webb, Coach Raczko  recount the race to Pearl Watts  - the training and the strategy 
  Webb: "There was no reason not to run for it." 
  Raczko: "It's still not like he's at his strongest point of the year, with more conditioning he should run faster."
• Walt Murphy's account on armorytrack.com
• George Febles's account on armorytrack.com

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