By David Woods for DyeStat

Here are summaries of the first-round matchups:

TOURNAMENT BRACKETS

WEST REGIONAL

Humble Atascocita TX 71.5, Edmond Memorial OK 60.5

Humble Atascocita did not win the Class 6A state meet in Texas, but the team's combination of talents from sprints and relays to field events, makes it the best for this format in the Lone Star State and a threat to win the title. However, Edmond Memorial proved to be a stout first round opponent.

Atascocita's junior twins Mia and Mariah Maxwell covered the sprints and helped drive incredible relay times in the 4x100 and 4x200. Mariah Maxwell ran 22.77w (22.94 wind legal) and also won the long jump with 19-7. Mia Maxwell ran 11.04 in the 100. The team also has Jayden Kimble, who threw 45-1 in the shot put and 165-11 in the discus this spring.

The Oklahoma champs got a 1-2 finish in the 800 with Sienna Collins (2:13.94) and Jenna Doolen (2:14.23). Also, Victoria Juneau and Cai Munson were 1-2 in the pole vault and the Bulldogs won the 4x400. 

Wayzata MN 64.5, Waukee Northwest IA 63.5

This one came down to the high jump, in which Charlotte Berns leaped 5-2 to tie for third and score one-half point for Wayzata in a one-point victory over Waukee Northwest.

Allie Berns won the high jump at 5-4, and Katie Kelzenburg swept the throws with distances of 41-8.50 and 156-8. Both were all-conference basketball players for Wayzata. Another doubler was Maddie Gullickson, clocking 4:44.54 and 10:18.63 in the distances.

For Waukee Northwest, Katie Willits took a 12.06/25.07 sprint double and ran on the 4x200 relay team that won in 1:38.55. She was second in the long jump.

American Fork UT 80, Mountain View ID 66

For the second year in a row, the Utah champs from American Fork opened with a close first round win over a team from Idaho. Lily Collier led a 1-2-3 sweep of both hurdles races to lead American Fork over Mountain View. Her times were 15.51 and 44.99 in the 100 and 300 hurdles, respectively.

Another American Fork doubler was Skye Jensen in the distances, 5:00.08 and 10:40.91.

Mountain View’s Quincy Keller won the 200 in 23.97. She was second to American Fork’s Cambria Hasler, 11.82 to 11.84, in the 100.

Long Beach Wilson CA 103, Centennial NV 40

For the second straight year, Long Beach Wilson opened with a victory over Centennial of Las Vegas. Last year's 16-point margin ballooned to more than 60. And the Bruins did not need a complete team for complete dominance.

The Californians had an 87-5 edge in 12 track races – including 1-2-3 in six -- and featured Kaylin Edwards. The Arkansas signee won the 100 hurdles in 13.79 and 300 hurdles in a US#3 40.28. She was also in the 4x400 relay that won in 3:36.75 for US#2.

Wilson’s Loren Webster took the long jump at 21-0.25 in addition to winning the 100 in 11.93.

Claris Monarrez won the pole vault for Centennial (12-0).

Chandler AZ 72, Niwot CO 69

Last year, Chandler edged Niwot 73-68. Incredibly, it was one point closer this time. 

Sniyah Cade’s quadruple helped Chandler slip past the Colorado champions. The outcome went down to the 4x400 relay, in which Chandler won, 3:46.52 to 3:48.93.

Highlight of the meet was duels between hurdlers Imani Galera-Young of Chandler and Reese Kasper of Niwot. Galera-Young won the 100 hurdles,13.69 to 13.99. Kasper took the 300 hurdles, US#6 40.86 to 41.50. 

Cade ran a 11.70/23.79 sprint double and contributed a leg to the 4x100 relay that clocked 45.13 for US#8. She long jumped 19-4.50.

National cross country champ Addison Ritzenhein of Niwot won the 800 in 2:13.49 and 1,600 in 4:46.65. Teammate Jade West won the shot and discus with distances of 47-4 and 133-7.

Papillion La Vista South NE 74, Mill Valley KS 67

Katie Shafer won the 200 and 400 after finishing second in the 100, helping PL South past Mill Valley.

Mill Valley ran to close wins in the 4x100 relay, 48.44 to 48.91, and 4x400 relay, 3:58.21 to 3:59.61. But PL South swept both hurdles and both throws, a 36-0 differential that Mill Valley could not overcome.

Shafer’s times were 12.31, 25.24 and 57.22 in the sprints.

Jesuit OR 73, Mercer Island WA 72

Mercer Island sisters Sophia and Victoria Rodriguez dominated the distances, usually a Jesuit staple, but the Crusaders dominated the throws in order to pull out a tight first round matchup between Northwest schools.

Sophomore Sophia Rodriguez had times of 4:44.32 in the 1,600 and 10:07.83 in the 3,200. She also ran in the 4x400 won by Mercer Island, 4:04.35 to 4:04.75. Older sister Victoria did not get to count her 400 best in order to stay confined to four events, but she helped her team go 1-2 in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200. Fresman Lauren Balousek won the 200 and 400. 

Sadie Ross won the shot put and discus for Jesuit and Hope Hansen won th javelin.

Just today (July 25), Aaliyah Khan of Mercer Island edged Jesuit's Iman Foster at the USATF Junior Olympics Championships as they finished second and third. Khan's 40-11.75 counts for the dual meet and Foster's 40-8.25 does, too. (A two-point swing from the previous tally, closing the meet to a one-point margin). 

Buchanan CA 83.5, Bentonville AR 57.5

Sprinter Victoria Chatter and distance runner Sierra Cornett were double winners for Buchanan, which outscored Bentonville 36-0 from 400 through 3,200. Chatter clocked 11.62 and 23.91, Cornett 2:13.14 and 4:46.82.

Bentonville’s Jane Musengwa won the shot and discus with distances of 45-5.25 and 140-3.

EAST REGIONAL

Bullis School MD 79, South County VA 35

An historically strong sprint corps carried Bullis past neighboring South County of Virginia.

Sydney Sutton ran a US#3 of 22.70 in the 200 and US#2 of 51.23 in the 400. The Florida recruit ran on the 4x400 relay team that had a US#1 of 3:33.30 (No. 3 in prep history). Deepest event was the 100 hurdles, in which four girls were under 14 seconds. Bullis’ Kassidy Hopkins beat South County’s Mianna Mason, 13.37 to 13.56.

Payton Payne won the 100 in 11.39 and teamed with Hopkins and Sutton for a US#4 of 44.80 in the 4x100 relay.

Homewood-Flossmoor IL 88, Arrowhead WI 58

Mariyah Robinson’s sprint quadruple highlighted Homewood-Flossmoor’s victory over Arrowhead.

She won the 100 in 11.46, 200 in 23.70 and 400 in 53.55. She also ran in the 4x100 relay, won by Vikings in 45.55.

H-F’s double winners were hurdler Diaymond Childers, 14.26 and 44.42, and thrower Jaloni Wiley, 41-7.75 and 134-10.

Arrowhead swept the pole vault, led by Nike Outdoor Nationals champion Elise Schroeder, who cleared a US#9 of 13-8.50.

Hilliard Davidson OH 99, Oak Park MI 38

Hilliard Davidson’’s Celia Schulte ran a US#10 of 2:04.65 in the 800 and took the 1,600 in 4:46.42.

Oak Park's Carrie Vanoy and Hilliard Davidson’s Anna Wile tied in the 100 hurdles, each at 13.72. Wile won the rematch in the 300 hurdles, 42.13 to 42.59.

The dual meet was competitive on the track, but Hilliard Davidson scored a 45-0 sweep in the field.

Blythewood SC 74, Dillard FL 67

Blythewood sophomore Peyton Hightower beat Dillard’s Desiree Frazier, 53.12 to 53.56, in the featured 400.

Blythewood scored a 46-8 dominance in the field to overcome Dillard doubler winners Ariyanna Griggs and Shynah Collins. Griggs’ times were 11.44 and 23.84 in the 100 and 200. Collins, an eighth grader, ran 2:07.54 and 4:56.33 in the 800 and 1,600.

Dillard’s Alexia Reid, the New Balance Nationals Outdoor champion, took the 100 hurdles in 13.37 for US#8.

Carmel IN 97, Webb School of Knoxville TN 35

Carmel scored in all 16 events – at least three points in all but one – to pull away from Webb.

Indiana’s one-class state champion outscored Webb 18-0 in hurdles, 15-0 in relays and 37-8 in the field.

Carmel ran a US#5 of 8:53.45 in the 4x800 relay. Sadie Foley was in that foursome in addition to winning the 1,600 in 4:46.83. Carmel doublers were future Liberty heptathlete Emily Norris, 24.76 in the 200 and 19-3 in the long jump, and freshman thrower Amyla Holder, 38-1 and 128-3.

A Webb sixth grader, Lacy Young, took the 100 in 11.79 – fastest in sixth or seventh grades this year. Webb’s Calysta Garmer ran a 10:07.19 in the 3,200.

Hoover AL 78, Pope GA 67

Taylor Canada won an 11.74/24.14 double as Hoover sprint power was barely enough to hold off Georgia’s AAAAA champions.

Hoover won the 4x100 relay in 47.64 (by 0.25) and 4x200 in 1:41.74 (by .11).

Sophomore hurdler Lauren Woodall of Pope won her specialties in 13.45 and 42.02.

Tatnall DE 88, Souderton PA 44

Sprinter Simone Bessong and distance ace Ruby Schwelm were double winners as Tatnall doubled up on the Pennsylvania state champions.

Bessong had times of 11.90 and 24.36, and she ran on Tatnall relays that won in 48.22 and 3:52.60. Schwelm’s times were 2:13.28 and 4:49.82.

Souderton’s Destini Smith won the high jump at 5-9.50 and long jump at 20-5.

Union Catholic NJ 102, Bloomfield CT 39

The defending national champions from Union Catholic has more than Paige Sheppard. So much more.

In five flat races and three relays, the Vikings outscored Bloomfield 59-1.

Sheppard’s times of 2:01.50 in the 800 and 4:32.10 in the 1,600 (converted from a 4:33.67 mile) were national records for sophomores. Moreover, her mile is an age-15 world record, No. 4 in prep history and US#2. Her 800 is US#3.

Taylor Cox won the 100 hurdles in a US#4 of 13.18 and ran on the 4x200 relay that clocked a US#10 of 1:35.89. Taylor Aska won the 100 in 11.53 and 400 in 53.56. She was second to teammate Sydney Chadwick, 23.90 to 24.00, in the 200.