Leo's National Update Week of 5 - 26

California
German Fernandez's of Riverbank won the boys 3,200 with a meet record of 8:45.08 which is also the fastest time in the nation this year. The old California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section mark was held by Eric Mastalir.
Brittany Idrizaj San Diego section championships 300 hurdles at Mt. Carmel. time of 45.04. Molly Grabill of Scripps Ranch .ran a section-best 10:43.52 in the 3,200. She also won the 1600 in 5:00.40. Elizabeth Apgar of Lincoln won the 800 in 12:12.71.
Christine Babcock. of Irvine Woodbridge broke the National Federation of State High School Assns. record in the girls' 1,600 meters Friday evening at the Southern Section track and field meet with a time of 4:36.57. Only Polly Plumer, who ran in an open meet, has run faster as a high school student. Randall Carroll of Los Angeles Cathedral lowered his state-leading time in the 100, winning in 10.47. He came back to win the 200 in 21.29, pulling away from state leader Joey Hughes of Long Beach Poly, who was second in 21.41. Anniya Louis of Culver City won the girls' 800 in a state-leading 2:09.38, defeating previous state leader Camilla Dencer of West Hills West Valley Christian with 2:10.07.
Julian Purvis of St. Elizabeth (Oakland) defeated Briana Stewart in the high hurdles . with her time of 13.49 seconds Saturday at the NCS Meet of Champions. Diana George of Livermore won the 1,600 (4:55.98) and 3,200 (10:54.29). - Kelsy Hintz of Crescent City broke her meet record with a 12-4 in the pole vault. .

Idaho
Borah High won the 5A state track and field championships led by junior Nicole Nielsen who
defended her state championships in the 1,600 (5:05.30) and 3,200 (11.10.45) Alyssa Covington, also of Borah, won the long jump (18 feet, 3€ inches. She also placed second in the 100, 200 and 400
Lisa Drury of Eagles won the 800 with a 2:16.25.
The boys from Eagle won the last event (4 by 400) to edge Lake City 75 to 73. Keith Bowens won the 100 (10.76), Boise’s Tommy Butler won the 200 (22.13) and Centennial’s Richard Bounds won the 800 (1:56.59).
Boise’s Eric Fitzpatrick added the 1,600 (4:21.06) title after also winning the 3,200 (9:35.66) on Thursday, Borah’s A.J. Boully won the 110 hurdles (15.01), Mountain View’s Jason Turnblom won the high jump (6-4)

New Jersey
Mike Alleman of Scotch Plains-Fanwood broke a North Jersey, Section 2 Track and Field Championships meet record with a shot throw of 63'11.
At the NJSIAA/Star-Ledger Central Championships Jordan Barrett won the 100 in 100 dash in 10.96..
Robby Andrews of Manalapan won the Group 4 1,600 with a time of 4:25.89.. Brian Florek of Old Bridge won the javelin with 198-10.
Ebony Young won the NJSIAA/Star-Ledger Central Jersey Championships (in Hillsborough) girls’ Group 4 triple jump with a 39-6, No. 5 in state history and a record for all four Central Jersey sections. She placed 2nd in the 400 meter intermediate hurdles to Jessica Perone with times of 1:04.31 to 1:04.32

New York
Phyllis Francis set the district meet record in the 800 meters, finishing in 2:11.67
Madalayne Smith led Saratoga High School to the Suburban Council Girls' Track and Field Championships at Colonie with victories in the 100 meters, 100-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump. Hannah Davidson , also from Saratoga, won the 1,500 meters in 4:36.18 & then came back & added the 3K. Saratoga Springs Cameron Benidt earned three victories capturing the 100 meters (11.1 seconds), 200 meters (22.3) and long jump (21 feet, 7 1/2 inches). In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Craig Weiss of Shaker won by more than 30 seconds in 9:44.2. Shenendehowa senior Zac Suriano won the 1,600 . Jim Schwendtner won both the shot put (52-08.5) and discus throw (167-10). Derek Seward of Burnt Hills doubled in the high jump (6-2) and triple jump (42-9).
Ryan Pericozzi broke the meet record in the pole vault at the 34th Carl Roesch Memorial Track Classic.
The Lancaster senior cleared 14 feet, 10 inches. Melissa Kurzdorfer of Lancaster broke the ECIC, meet and school record in the shot put at 46 feet, 6 inches. That’s the best throw in the state this year. In the discus her 139 feet, 8 inches was a meet record.
Kelly Benfey of Rome Free Academy set an Onondaga League record with a clearance of 11 feet.

Ohio
Emily Infeld of Beaumont led her team to its district with an outstanding effort in the 800 (2:09.85), slicing 1.21 seconds off the meet record, and she won the 1,600 in 4:47.31. Claire Durkin of Worthington Kilbourne won the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:47.1 in the District 3 championship. She also won the 1600M with a time of 4:59.1.

Pennsylvania
Carly Seymour of Central Cambria won the two-mile run in 10 minutes, 31.85 seconds. The previous mark was 10:33.61 by East York’s Donna McClain, set in 1980. Chanelle Price won the girls' Class AAA 800-meter race Saturday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships. Her time of 2:02.90 broke the state record of 2:05.07 established by the late Kim Gallagher of Upper Dublin in 1980. The national mark of 2:04.50 was set by Joetta Clark of Columbia (N..J.) in the same year. It was her third consecutive title. Neely Spence successfully defended her girls' Class AAA 1600-meter title in a time of 4:44.85. She had hope to better the state record of 4:41.08 established in 1981 by the late Kim Gallagher of Upper Dublin.

Washington
In the major event of the day due to another example of shoddy officiating Nicole Cochran of Bellarmine ran an excellent race to win the 3200 in a time of 10:34 but was improperly DQ’d for a debatable violation that should have been called on her team mate Kayla Evans. Evans appeared to have been bumped late in the race & she stepped on the line. An official called a violation on her team mate Nicole. Check out the video at http://www.flocasts.org Park After the medal presentation Andrea Nelson of Shadle Park, who was awarded the victory, ran over to Cochran & placed the medal around her neck saying you’re the state champion. Third place finisher Sarah Lord then presented the 2nd place medal that she had been given to Nelson & then the action was repeated by the other runners. It was a noteworthy display of sportsmanship on the part of the athletes. Sadly the officials were not up to that level of class.

The Bellarmine Prep girls won the 4A team title with 76.5 points, followed by Gig Harbor with 65.
Miles Unterreiner of Gig Harbor won the boyss’ 1600M in 4:13.72 & also the 3200M in 9:13.51 defeating Jon Lafler of Tahoma.
Lisa Olander of West Valley(Yakima) won the Girls 3A 800 Meter Run with a time of 2:14.18 to defeat
Madelien Rathbun of Lakeside. Bronwyn Crossman of Squalicum won the 3200 4A with 10:59.37. In 4A 800M Anna Kalbrener of Gig Harbor won with 2:13.86 to defeat Mistra Smollack of Oak Harbor.

Mount Rainier senior Ryan Prentice won the 3,200 on Friday & then added the 1,600 in 4:18.64.
J Hopkins of Everett won the 300-meter hurdles race for the second consecutive year. His time of 37.68 seconds was just 3 hundredths of a second off the record.

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