New England summer distance meets

Maine Distance Festival - Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME 7/7
Maine HS results - Boston 7/3 - Boston 6/30

Big Bear Lake CA sr Ryan Hall ran 4:07.44 in the men's mile, finishing 14th and last while running in lane 2 most of the race, a disappointing finish to his high school career. Clay Schwabe (US Army) sprinted past Jason Lunn at the finish to win 3:58.91 to 3:59.01. This meet will be shown on ESPN July 20. Oakton VA sr Matt Maline 4:17.96 and N. Yarmouth Academy ME sr Bridget Gagne 5:04.54 won the high school mile races.

Photos by Cheryl Treworgy, PrettySporty.com

Ryan Hall after the men's mile

Matt Maline wins HS boys mile

Mens Mile - (Below) Second lap pack, with Hall's head visible in middle (4th from left). (right) winner Clay Schwabe 3:58.91 and Jason Lunn 3:59.01 in their stretch duel.

Girls 800 - winner Chantelle Dron, Manchester Central, 2:17.56, is on the left.

Boys 800 - winner Russell Brown, Hanover NH, 1:57.12, with Kyle Masse, Waterville, and Erik Colon, Methuen MA, trailing

2-3-4 in HS mile were (from left): Adam Shaus, Phil Gaeta, and Jeff Engelhutt

Events with high school runners:

                               Men's 1 Mile Run                               

                        % Meet: 3:56.82 Jason Pyrah 1998                       

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         1 Clay Schwabe                 Team U.S.A.               3:58.91      

         2 Jason Lunn                   Farm Team                 3:59.01      

         3 Nick McFalls                 Farm Team                 4:00.21      

         4 Hamish Thorpe                Providence College        4:00.40      

         5 Jeremy Huffman               Farm Team                 4:00.67      

         6 Desmond English              West Chester Puma         4:01.51      

         7 Bolota Asmeron               Cal-Berkeley              4:01.67      

         8 Jonathon Riley               Team U.S.A.               4:02.37      

         9 Charlie Gruber               Team U.S.A.               4:04.22      

        10 Karma Ahmed                  Canada                    4:04.80      

        11 James Karanu                 New Balance               4:04.95      

        12 Eric Nedeau                  New Balance               4:05.66      

        13 Robert Mitchell              Team U.S.A.               4:06.83      

        14 Ryan Hall                    Big Bear High School      4:07.44      



                          Men's 1 Mile Run Boys  HS                           

                       % Meet: 4:15.64 Ben Fletcher 1999                       

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         1 Matt Maline                  Oakton HS (Va)            4:17.96      

         2 Adam Shaus                   Prince Andrew             4:22.16      

         3 Phil Gaeta                   Oakton HS (Va)            4:25.90      

         4 Jeff Engelhutt               Halifax Grammar           4:25.96      

         5 Bruce Hyde                   Harwood Union (Vt)        4:29.50      

         6 Jeff Gaudette                Biddeford (Me)            4:30.02      

         7 Aaron Norton                 Morse HS                  4:30.34      

         8 Jeffrey Alden                Caribou (Me)              4:31.37      

         9 Jeff Caron                   Edward Little HS          4:31.77      

        10 Mark Swan                    Mt. Ararat HS             4:32.80      

        11 Kirby Davis                  Falmouth (Me)             4:36.62      

        12 Blake Davis                  Falmouth (Me)             4:37.45      

        13 Wesley Wojick                Morse HS                  4:49.31      
		
		                         Women's 800 Meter Run Girls HS                        

                       % Meet: 2:14.31 Leanne Brady 1997                       

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         1 Chantelle Dron               Manchester Central        2:17.56      

         2 Oriana Farley                Hampden Academy           2:18.06      

         3 Anne Hessberg                Holy Names Academy        2:18.16      

         4 Maria Millard                Orono (Me)                2:19.62      

         5 Mandy Bowden                 Greely (Me)               2:19.74      

         6 Kim Whipkey                  Deering (Me)              2:19.77      

         7 Emily Sheffield              Marshwood HS              2:20.56      

         8 Kathryn Laverdiere           Old Town HS               2:25.36      


                         Women's 1 Mile Run Girls HS                          

                     % Meet: 4:50.53 Shalane Flanagan 1999                     

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         1 Bridget Gagne                North Yarmouth Academy    5:04.54      

         2 Caroline Tucker              Charles P. Allen          5:07.64      

         3 Emily Hampson                Phillips Exeter Academy   5:16.46      

         4 Sarah Marshall               McAuley (Me) HS           5:26.46      

         5 Carolyn Shea                 Waterville HS             5:33.35      

         6 Sarah Bard                   Waterville HS             5:51.92      

                         Men's 800 Meter Run Boys  HS                         

                       % Meet: 1:54.00 Parker Pruitt 1977                      

 

         1 Russell Brown                Hanover (Me)              1:57.12      

         2 Kyle Masse                   Waterville HS             1:59.02      

         3 Erik Colon                   Methuen (Ma)              2:00.38      

         4 Will Seidel                  St. Paul (Nh)             2:01.73      

         5 Jaime Hancock                Cushing Academy (Ma)      2:03.42      

         6 E.J. Hughes                  Bangor (Me)               2:04.41      

         7 Jeff Baroody                 Blue Hill (Me)            2:06.67      

Boston High Performance series - 7/3

Hall ran a 1:51.70 800, winning his heat.

Boston High Performance series - 6/30

Hall ran 3:47.68 in the men's 1500. Hall sped through 1200 meters under 3:00, but slowed to end up 5 seconds behind his US#3 all time effort at Stanford earlier in June. Hall is entered next Saturday in the Maine Distance Festival at Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME,
Results at Boston:
Alexis Sharangabo Brevard College 3:40.86
Eric Nedeau New Balance 3:42.38
Hamish Thorpe Providence College 3:42.84
Jason Bernstein Haverford 3:43.75
Justin Niedzialek BAA 3:46.03
Terukazu Ohmori Kuroshio Tsuushin 3:46.38
Ryan Hall Team USA 3:47.68
Lubert Lewis Syracuse Chargers 3:50.20
Jeff Paterno Reebok Boston 3:50.43
Amerigo Rossi NYAC 3:54.04