Not the state final but Angelina Napoleon just broke the HS record for the Steeplechase (6:19.75). Also a U20 National Record. Will Baloga snatch it back?
They most likely would've earned more medals had there not been interference in the prelim of their 4x400m relay, quite frankly I think it's egregious that interference was not called in the exchange zone when the blue runner darted in front of traffic, causing Hinsdale Central to fall and drop the baton. It's my understanding that this 4x4 team was ranked #1 in the state, too.
Colorado had it's state meet a week ago and we had at least two performances worth mentioning here:
It's already been mentioned a couple of times already, Tayvon Underwood of Mead High School almost pulled off the quadruple (100,200,400,800) in Colorado's second largest classification (4A), after 7 races in 3 days here's how he ended up:
100: 10.67 (2nd)
200: 20.93 (1st)
400: 45.36 (1st, #1 time nationally)
800: 1:51.97 (1st)
Emma Stutzman of Pomona High School ran 4:39.94 for the girls 1600 in 5A, which is currently sitting 3rd nationally, and she ran that time at 5,551 feet above sea level!
Class A State meet in Laurel, MT. One point for a championship win for Corvallis; twice.
"This weekend, Corvallis' track and field learned about the power of what one can do. One legendary girl's individual meet performance. One cumulative boys team's output. One lone point separating both Blue Devils teams from the closest schools behind them in the Class A state track meet at the Laurel Sports Complex. And two climatic state championships."
Faced with demands needed fend off title rivals in the final races of the meet, Corvallis did what was asked of it to clinch a pair of thrilling titles.
Didn't Obea Moore have that kind of range? I mean, to try all 4 in one meet is pretty legendary, no doubt. But range-wise, I think there may be some others who have been national class from 100 to 800.
Wilson Schmidt of Belgrade high school in Montana won the 800m state title as a FRESHMAN. He ran 1:51 to finish ahead of Weston Brown. Brown came back later and won the 1600 by 5 seconds in 4:10.
Didn't Obea Moore have that kind of range? I mean, to try all 4 in one meet is pretty legendary, no doubt. But range-wise, I think there may be some others who have been national class from 100 to 800.
i’m gonna be honest, not really. definitely not on the guys side, but there have been 1-2 girls to accomplish something similar.
Why "not really"? Obea Moore's best times, all run as either a sophmore (95) or junior(96), 100 m: 10.54 (1996) 200 m: 20.77 (Norwalk 1996) 400 m: 45.14 (Santiago 1995) 800 m: 1:49.16 (Arcadia 1995)
The speedy Cuthbertson ladies at the NCHSAA 4a state championship. Charlotte Bell won the 1600 (4:43), beating her teammate Stella Kermes (4:49). Then they both doubled back for the 800, Bell took another W in 2:08.89 and Kermes placed 3rd with a 2:10.44, followed by Justine Presiano of Cuthbertson in 2:12.68.
NC also had great performances from Rocky Hansen and Shawnti Jackson.
Hansen took home 4 titles for his team at the NCISAA D1 level taking home the 800 (1:51.73), 1600 (4:06.89), and 3200 (8:54.41) titles as an individual and anchoring the 4x800 team to a win in 7:47.86
Shawnti Jackson was even better (imo) also taking home 4 titles at the public school 2A level, winning the 100 (11.33), 200 (22.70), 400 (53.02) and anchoring the 4x200 team to a win in 1:40.41
i’m gonna be honest, not really. definitely not on the guys side, but there have been 1-2 girls to accomplish something similar.
Why "not really"? Obea Moore's best times, all run as either a sophmore (95) or junior(96), 100 m: 10.54 (1996) 200 m: 20.77 (Norwalk 1996) 400 m: 45.14 (Santiago 1995) 800 m: 1:49.16 (Arcadia 1995)
So yeah, he had that range.
Moore was a phenom, but Underwood ran all his times in the same meet. Incredible.
4 x 400m prelim 3A (race with the interference, which wasn't called, so the splits aren't accurate of their speed, since they had the collision) you can see Dan Watcke ran 47.7 to try to make up ground.
Hinsdale Central junior Aden Bandukwala followed the last-to-first philosophy on Saturday afternoon. After finding himself in 12th place after the first 1,200 meters of the 1,600 meter race, Bandukwala's fantastic finishing k...
In Alabama, Vestavia Hills has been tearing it up. At the state meet:
Alex Leath (12) - Won the 800/1600 in 1:55/4:07, and earlier in the season ran PRs of 48.99/1:50 in the 4/8.
Henry Strand (11) - 1:57/4:11 in the 8/16, and anchored the 4x8 to a win. His older brother won the ACC 1500 this year in 3:38 with a 53.3 last lap, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was top 5 in the country next year.
Mitchell Schaff (10) - 4:13 and ran on the 4x8. 4:13 as a soph is crazy, and somehow not even the fastest soph the school has had in the last 4 years.
I have no clue what they're doing over there, but Ethan Strand ran 1:52/4:07/8:59 in the 8/M/2M there, and looks really good going into NCAAs as a sophomore now. Leath has significantly better speed, and having 2 non-seniors under 4:15 past him is crazy.