In First Distance Races Of The Weekend At Nike Outdoor Nationals, Rylee Blade And Corbin Coombs Break Records In 5,000; Mount Tabor OR Boys, South Lakes VA Girls Win DMR Titles
By Lori Shontz for DyeStat
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Corbin Coombs (Organ Mountain NM) ran an all-time New Mexico record of 14:04.49 in the Nike Cross Nationals boys 5,000 meters on Thursday at Hayward Field.
Oregon Distance Project (Crater OR) moved to first on the final leg of the boys championship 4xMile relay with Josiah Tostenson turning a 4:01.58 split on the anchor to bring the team past Herriman UT. Oregon Distance Project won with No. 3 all-time 16...
Calysta Garmer (Webb of Knoxville TN) won the girls 5,000 meters in a meet record time of 16:18.14 at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in Philadelphia. She was one of six runners to go under the previous record.
Rylee Blade, a recent graduate of Santiago (Corona) CA, became the 13th girl to break 16 minutes outdoors in the 5,000 meters with her winning time of 15:59.65 on Thursday at Hayward Field. She is the third-fastest in California history, behind Caitlyn...
Noah Bontrager ran a meet record 14:20.89 in the boys 5,000 meters, winning the national title at New Balance Nationals Outdoor on Thursday night at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
Brayden Williams (Duncanville TX) ran 10.24 to win the men's 100 meters at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field. Williams will be running in the Nike Outdoor Nationals 100 meters on Saturday.
