Track around the Nation May 18-2008

Al aska
Bartlett wins 17th Region IV Boys Championship (Cook Inlet Conference) - Dimond won the girls
Shoshana Keegan of West High School (Anchorage) won her 4th consecutive 3,200
Will Estes, also of West, won the boys’ 3,200, Tim Miller of Bartlett won 800,
Ryan Hanley of Dimond won the 1,500 after having been DQ’d from the 800 for reporting seconds late
for a race that was well behind schedule (Race official should be there to aid not hurt kids, gentlemen)
Wah’fe Granger of Bartlett won the boys 100 & 200.
Kodiak won Region III Trevor Dunbar won the 1,500 in a record 4:18.04 defeating Jake Parisien of Palmer. They had gone 1-2 on Friday in a brisk 3,200. Ivy O’Guinn of Skyview won the girls 800 & 1,600
Juneau won the Region V region for both boys & girls
Leah Francis of Juneau-Douglas claimed the 800, 1600 & 3200 races for the girls
Erik Bickmore won the 100 & 200 for JD, while Chandler Kemp of Haines won a close battle with Hunter Brown of JD to win the 1,600M
West Valley (Fairbanks) won the boys & girls Region VI
Crystal Pitney of WV won both the 1600 & 3200M, Lorraine Knoxxson also of WV won both hurdles events
Zachariah Ginn of Lathrop won the boys 1600 & 3200
Ben Gallegos of North Pole HS easily was the best in the meet at both the hurdles & triple jump but, becausehe is home-schooled (he just trains with North Pole) & therefore does not academically qualify according to rules
California
German Fernandez had a brilliant double at the San Joaquin Section taking the 1600 in 4:05.57 and adding the 3200 with 9:00.10 CIF-Southern Section Divisional Track & Field Championships at Mt. SAC
Tonnie Williams of San Luis Obispo anchored the San Luis Obispo girls’ 4 x 400-meter relay of Angela Calague, Emily Allis and Allessa Moscoso with a 53.8-second leg for a come-from-behind victory in the meet finale in 3 minutes, 51.28 seconds to lead the Tigers over Diamond Ranch for the school’s first girls’ Division III team title. In all she had a hand in 32 of San Luis Obispo’s 60 points on a sweltering afternoon where temperatures soared into the high 90s. The Tigers scored points in half of the 16 events from San Luis Obispo.
Jordan Hasay of Mission Prep won her third straight 3,200-meter title at the CIF-Central Section
Championships at Liberty High School on Wednesday, winning by more than thirty seconds with a time
of 10 minutes, 24.78 seconds. She chose not to run in the 1600 to prepare for state.
San Diego sectionNelson Rosario sailed beyond the national leader on his second long jump hitting 24’ 8½”
Tynan Murray. erased a 38-year-old meet record, soaring 7-1 in the high jump.
Idaho
Borah girls & Centennial won the District III title
Nicole Nielsen of Borah won the 1600 & 3200 (5:02.39 & 11:09.69), Alyssa Covington of Borah won the 100 & long jump, & Maryn Pincock won the shot & the discus
Richard Bounds of Centennial won the 800 & anchored the winning 4 X 400 relay.
Indianna
Foot Locker champion is reported to be out for the season due to injury
New Jersey
Union County Meet...Adam Bergo soared 46/ 8 ¼” to win the triple jump, Isaih Gill won the 400 w/ 47.6 Uganna Ndu won the long jump (18’ 4”) & the 200 (25.0) & Ashley Battle won the 100 & 200
Morris County...Ashley Cromartie of Roxbury won the 1600 with a time of 4:56.73
New York
68th annual William Eddy Jr. Memorial Meet at Union College in Schenectady
Saratoga Springs sophomore Madalayne Smith set a meet record in winning the 100-meter hurdles in 14.10.
Shenendehowa’s Zac Suriano won the 800 & Mike Danaher won the mile
Haley Madsen of Holy Names won the 1,500 with a time of 5:00.61
Pennsylvania
Neely Spence won the District 3 1600 (4:50) & 3200 (10:46)
Ryann Krais won the District 1 Long Jump & the 300 hurdles (41.60)
Tennessee
Kathy Kroeger of Independence won the 1600 (4:59) & 3200 (10:2628 which was 1:22 faster than 2nd)
Utah
Spanish Fork, led by Natalie and Nachelle Stewart, won the state title for the Girls
Natalie won the 100, 200 & 400, while Nachelle placed 2nd in both the 200 & 800 & then led the 4 X 400 Relay. Natalie Haws & Candace Edy went 1 2 for Davis in the 3200 with Haws setting a record with 10:43.83
Lacey Brown won the 800 with a fast time of 2:09.26 & also claimed the 1600
Luke Puskedra, who will run for Oregon next fall, won his 3rd 3200 Meter breaking his own state record with a time of 8:54.41. Steve Clark of Skylien won the 5A 3200 with 9:27.77, while Travis Fuller of Mountain View won the 1600, 3200 & 800 (1:56.79) at his level.
Washington
West Seattle won the Sea-King Crown (3A District) for the boys & Skyline took the girls title
Shealee O’ Donnell of Skyline took the 100 & 200, Newport’s Jasmine Cho claimed the 400 in (57.25)
Jillian Alitzer won the 1600 & Natty Plunkett won the 3200 (both also from Newport), Rainier’s Michael Berry claimed the 400 with a time of 49.37.
Bellarmine’s Nicole Cochran won the 800 & 1600 & then was 3rd in the 3200. Annie Dear of Olympia ran 10:59.8 to claim the 3,200 in the Narrows Conference. Miles Unterreiner of Gig Harbor edges Shane Moskowitz of
Central Kits in the 1600 & then the Foot Locker finalist overwhelmed his competition in the 3200.