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This Weekend -- a global perspective
Focal points of the prep track and field scene this weekend will be Belgium and California.  Dathan Ritzenhein and Laura Zeigle take on world juniors in the World Cross Country championships at Ostend, Belgium.  Meanwhile, Ryan Hall plans to take a shot at Jeff Nelson's HS 2-mile record (8:36.3) at Azusa Pacific College east of Los Angeles.  We will let the Internet bring the news to DyeStat's office in Baltimore and transmit it to you as fast as we can.  

Freberg v. Gerraughty The transcontinental duel between Laura Gerraughty  and Karen Freberg -- 1-2 in DyeStat Elite shot put rankings 2000 outdoor and 2001 indoor --  is heating up.  San Luis Obispo CA sr Freberg threw the shot 53-3.25 in a dual meet Thursday 3/22 to take an early lead in the 2001 outdoor rankings.  Nashua NH sr Gerraughty, of course, threw 53-11 earlier this year, which was a new national indoor record and further than the outdoor record of  53-7.75 (Natalie Kaaiawahia, Fullerton CA, 1983).  

Karen and Laura are the 3rd and 4th girls in history to go above 53 feet.  Gerraughty will throw for the University of North Carolina next year and Freberg for Southern Methodist.  

DyeStat Elite Outdoor Standards
What will it take to make the top 100 USA rankings in the 2001 outdoor season?  Table also includes 2001 qualifying standards and 2000 marks for major post-season meets.  DyeStat Elite Outdoor Cutoffs 

Mobile Meet of Champions announces leading entries for April 7 meet in Alabama.   Some highlights: 

• GA hurdlers Joshua Walker and Dexter Faulk GA, 1st and 7th at NSIC in New York.
• Janice Davis MS, making herself known on the national scene after her strong 3rd in the record setting 200 meters at NSIC New York, will go in the 200 and 400 and will face strong challenges from Christy Fairley MS and Stephanie Smith GA, plus home-state champion Tyeshia Mose AL. 
• A GA vs. LA battle of sub-48 second 400 meter runners: John Fortenberry GA, Ashton Collins LA, Ahmad Jasmine LA, and Mike Smith LA.
• Louisiana sprint and long jump champion Shamekia Louis
• Sprinters Skylar Green LA and Ben Kittleson KY
• Lacy Janson FL, the latest 13-foot girl pole vaulter
• Girls high jump features a lofty duel between defending champion Kayla Burks AL and Kelley Bowman KY, #2 and #5 on the DyeStat Elite indoor list and both sporting 5-10 PRs.  
• GA miler Joe Thorne, a 4:14.55 third at NIC in MD, finishing ahead of John Jefferson and Nick Schneider.
• AL 2-miler Scott Fuqua, seventh (9:12.39) at NIC.   
• Foot Locker cross country finalist Christa Benton FL heads the girls 3200 field which also includes Ali Sauer KY.

Steve Schoenewald's list of leading Mobile entries.

Janice Davis gets a no-sweat triple outdoors (11.67, 24.12, and 55.78) a few days after her 3rd in Angel Perkins' record 200 at NSIC in New York .  U. of Southern Mississippi Invitational

College Choices 2001 - We now have 262 names on the DyeStat list of college choices by the class of 2001, with the national letter of intent late signing period just around the corner (April 11).   Most noteworthy addition with this update as of 3/21 is California distance star Sara Bei, who joined Alicia Craig of Wyoming in committing to Stanford.  Bei won the 2000 Foot Locker cross country national title in December and the Millrose Games high school mile in February. 

Gourley's List - John-Paul Smolenski and Laura Gerraughty still hold US weight throw leads in March 14 lists after national indoor championships.  

Early Outdoor Results & Lists
We aren't ready yet in the North (or at DyeStat), but they are off and running with outdoor season in the South; and some states already have honor rolls started..  Here are some early results and lists:  
TX Whataburger Relays - San Antonio - Trey Griffin 10.70 MR, Donald Williamson 47.42, Ronnie Broadnax 14.15 MR, Bennie Braziel 36.71, Zenobia Reed 11.97, Chaytan Hill 39-7.5 TJ.  Bernard Christian pulled up in a relay race in this meet, but his injury was not reported as serious. 
FL Disney Spring Festival
FL Disney Relays - Lacy Janson 13-0
AR UA Little Rock Inv - Eric Gross 1:57.36
FL Miami-DadeCo Invitational - Boys: Miami Central 93 (Miami Carol City 91, Miami Jackson 87), Glenn Sharpe 48.08, Bershawn Jackson 14.75 and 38.16, Miami Central 3:18.17 (Miami Carol City 3:18.26). Girls: Coral Reef 104 (Miami Southridge 93), Shanta Smith 56.48 and 39-0 TJ; Our Lady of Lourdes 9:45.48
GA Georgia 2001 Honor Roll 3/19 
NV Nevada Honor Roll - Boys 3/15
NC North Carolina Honor Roll 3/15 - Gene Cherry's 1st 2001 list

Top sprinters head for Arcadia
Billed as the premier in-season HS meet, the Arcadia Invitational (April 14, Arcadia CA HS) has attracted a dazzling field of sprinters including Monique Henderson CA, Brendan Christian TX, Angel Perkins CA, and Natasha Hastings NY.  The girls 3200 is not wanting either with six 2000 Foot Locker cross country national finalists -- Anita Siraki CA, Liza Pasciuto CA, Clara Horowitz CA, Laura Zeigle UT, Alicia Craig WY, and Julia Pudlin PA.  Arcadia Media Release

Late State Meets
More state meet results, including some that were held after the national indoor championships.  
New York - not everyone was at NIC or NSIC - 147 DyeStat Elite performances were recorded.  
Michigan - Rockford stars ran home to more titles 3 days after NIC.
Indiana - Bomber Boiler Relays is the unofficial state championship
District of Columbia - It's not a state, but it should be. Girls team title not decided between three teams until last race.

DyeStat Elite
23 new US leaders in week 14; doubles by Angel Perkins, Bernard Christian, Wilson Long Beach

2001 indoor DyeStat Elite as of 3/16

The national indoor championship meets brought out the best in the nation's prep athletes as they rang up new US#1 marks in 23 events, including five new national records set at the New Balance Scholastic Indoor Championships in New York.

Double US#1 rankings were achieved by:

• Cerritos Gahr CA jr Angel Perkins, whose sensational Sunday in New York produced two new national records in 90 minutes: 23.59 and 53.25
• Reagan Austin TX jr Brendan Christian, who followed up his 6.70 victory in the NSIC 60 meter dash with a national record 21.02 in the 200, needing every bit of it to beat Glenn McFadden CT 21.05.
• Wilson Long Beach CA girls, who won three out of four relay events entered at NSIC.  All three wins hit the all time top 10  lists, including a national record 3:53.17 sprint medley time that is also faster than the outdoor record (3:54.39 William Penn PA 1997).   Wilson's 3:43.70 was the third fastest 4x400 ever indoors and gives Wilson the top 6 times on the all time indoor list.   Their 1:38.50 win in the 4x200 was the 7th fastest ever, with three of the faster times including the record (1:36.55) also belonging to the Long Beach school.   

More than 900 performances were added to the DyeStat Elite database from the two indoor championships last weekend.  This increased the database to more than 7,000 performances in the 14th week of the 2001 indoor season, with 3,900 performances ranked (only the best mark for an athlete is ranked).  

2001 indoor DyeStat Elite as of 3/16

The DyeStat Elite database includes all performances received that beat the 2001 indoor cutoffs for top 100 national rankings.

To get performances included in the DyeStat Elite follow the procedures on the DyeStat web page, How to Get Ranked.

• DyeStat Elite 2001 Indoor cutoffs
• How to Get Ranked

Outdoor Meet Information

4/7 Capital Beltway Classic - at outdoor part of new Prince George's County Sportsplex, Landover MD - Entries due 3/26.
4/7 1st Mount Relays - at Mount St.  Michael's Academy, Bronx NY.  Entries due April 2. 
4/14 Peninsula Relays - Bethel VA coach Eddie Williams hosts Hampton VA meet. Entries due 4/13.
5/4-5 Roosevelt Memorial Dayton OH - last year it was a hot one with Dathan Ritzenhein and Marc Sylvester.  Entries expected this year from 110 schools in 8 states plus Ontario. Entries due 4/20.
5/5 T.C. Williams Inv VA - 19th edition of Alexandria school's invitational.  Entries due 4/23.
5/11-12  Loucks Games - 34th running of  White Plains NY High School's big meet - entries due 4/19
5/26 xctrack.com Classic - Charlotte runner, coach and businessman Brad Herbster gives his meet a new name.  Last year it was noteworthy for Alan Webb's try for a sub-4 minute mile against a select field.  

Great American 2001
San Francisco - Charlotte - New York
Registration Deadline extended to April 15
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.

Roth's RaceWalk
Final Indoor Lists 3/14
Season leaders are: 
Boys: Dan Gurick NY (1500), Ben Shorey ME (mile), Paul Regul IL (3000)
Girls: Kirsten Jordan NY (1500, mile), Christina Farrell NJ (3000)
(NOTE:  Thanks to all of you in the race walk community across the country who took time to write about the race walk listings.  You proved you are out there and support Michael Roth's work.  We will definitely continue to carry the listings.   John Dye)
Roth's RaceWalk index page.

Short Takes

The 26th Great Southwest Classic, a staple in Arizona since its inception, moves to New Mexico this year with the retirement of long-time meet director Clyde Volz.  The meet will be held May 24-26 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. 

Another 13-foot female vaulter has emerged in Florida.  Lacy Janson won the HS meet at Disney World 3/17 at 13-0 and had good attempts at 13-4.5.  Lacy, a senior at Cardinal Mooney HS, has been vaulting only 13 months.  

Ryan Hall ready for record try?  The talk out West is that Ryan Hall has been looking terrific in workouts and may shoot for the high school 2-mile record (8:36.3, Jeff Nelson, 1979) on March 24 at the Adidas Meet of Champions at Azusa-Pacific college.  Also heard from SoCal scribe Rich Gonzales is that Ryan's college choice has been narrowed to Stanford and Cal Baptist, with Stanford coach Vin Lanana recently making his pitch in an all-day visit to the Hall home.

Sara Bei picks Stanford -- The Montgomery Santa Rosa CA star announced this week that she has made a verbal commitment to the Palo Alto power, joining fellow senior Alicia Craig, Campbell County WY.  Another of this year's senior distance stars, Anita Siraki, Glendale CA, is also said to be considering Stanford.

National Indoor Championships

• New Balance National Scholastic Indoor Championships - Results and photos
• Nike Indoor Classic - Results and photos 

Gems of 2001

• New Balance National Scholastic Indoor Championships - 5 new national records in spectacular meet at the New York Armory.
• Nike Indoor Classic - Alan Webb 8:45.19 is 3rd fastest indoor 2-mile ever; Atlantic FL & South Lakes VA run 2-3 on all-time DMR list.
• Simplot Games - Lashinda Demus 53.38 USR at 400 meters is just one of many great moments in a classy meet at Pocatello ID
• Millrose Games - Nick Schneider, Sara Bei win photo finish miles in Madison Square Garden
• Alan Webb's sub-4 mile stops the New Balance Games at the New York Armory

NSIC vs. NIC
battle of the national indoor "championships"

by John Dye

The DyeStat Question of the Week shows that 83 percent of our users (which totaled more than 200,000 uniques in February) prefer that there be one national indoor championship for high school track and field.  But for the third straight year there were two "championships" -- the 18th New Balance National Scholastic Indoor Championship in New York and the 3rd Nike Indoor Classic.  There was fierce competition between the two meets for athletes.  Pre-meet publicity from the NIC promoters (who split with NSIC 3 years ago and started the new meet) claimed that three fourths of the top athletes were going to Maryland.  Our analysis of performances shows that talent was more evenly split -- depriving the athletes once again of a true national championship medal.  

• Performances at the two meets compared - Which meet had the best performances?  Which events suffered most from the split championships?

• Combined 965 DyeStat Elite performances ranked

• 506 DyeStat Elite performances at NSIC

• 459 DyeStat Elite performances at NIC

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