Week in Review: Outdoor Week 6

10th Annual Criss & Rita Somerlot Field Event Classic

On-Site Coverage

10th Annual Criss and Rita Somerlot Field Event Classic

This, one of a kind boys field event meet, has had some memorable performances over the past 9 years. There has been a who’s who of high school boy’s track and field with a total of 21 state champions competing in what has become one of the best midweek showcase of multi-divisional talent in Ohio. It is one of a few places where a DIII athlete can measure himself against the DI & DII athletes in a non-teamed scored meet (as last year’s Division 2 shot put champion Dylan Dyke of Waverly did last year.) It is also a great place to earn a USATF Junior Nationals qualifying mark for this year’s meet in Bloomington, IN.

Boys Highlights

Wayne Invitational

On-Site Coverage

Marshall’s Oliver a 
4-time winner at Wayne Invitational

HUBER HEIGHTS — Thurgood Marshall’s Alante Oliver, one of the state’s top Division II sprinters, added more credentials to his resume Friday night. He was a double winner in the 100 and 200 meters and a member of the first-place 800- and 1,600-meter relay teams at the Wayne Invitational. (via DaytonDailyNews.com )

Mack Tudor - 206-4 Discus Throw - New OHSAA All Division Record

Mack Tudor (Pictured on right) set the OHSAA All-Division record in the discus with a throw of 206-4 Thursday night at the Wayne Invitational.  Mack's throw bests Charles Moye Jr.'s (Akron Ellet) throw of 204-5 from 1987. Mack's series for the night was 182-4, 196-1, F, F, 200-4, 206-4.  

2012 Wayne Invitational Preview - Boys

2012 Wayne Invitational Preview - Boys The 2012 Wayne Invitational will be a true balance of sprints, hurdles, distance and field events.  There will be a cast of new individual champions since only two athletes return to defend their title, Jacob Dumford of Westerville North in the 800m and Michael Shiverdecker of Wayne in the Pole Vault.

2012 Wayne Invitational Preview - Girls

2012 Wayne Invitational Preview - Girls The Mason Girls DOMINATED the field last year and that doesn't seem to change this year.  A big challenge will come from Lebanon and host Wayne, as the two GWOC schools seem to be having a stellar year, too. But don't count out Reynoldsburg and Gahanna Lincoln, they have enough sprint points to relay make a run at a team title.  Let's take a look at the girls.  

2012 Wayne Invitational Preview

With 41 schools and 17 conferences represented, the Wayne Invitational will have interest piqued across the state.  The meet has grown to one of the premeir events to showcase talented teams and individuals in Southwestern Ohio as well as across the state.  This meet will be a true balance of sprints, hurdles, distance and field events.  The team championship is truly up for grabs, for both boys and girls.

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Anderson Invitational

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Avon Reynolds Relays

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Central Ohio All-Star Invitational

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Charleston Gazette/Friends of Coal Relays

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Drake Relays

On-Site Coverage

Upcoming meets! PENNS!!!

  May 2012 04/25- 04/28 Drake Relays Drake University  Des Moines, IA 04/26- 04/28 The Penn Relays Carnival University of Pennsylvania  Philadelphia, PA 04/28 15th Annual Lock Haven High School Classic Lock Haven University  Lock Haven, PA 04/28 9th Annual Unionville Invitational Unionville  Kennett Square, PA 04/28 Holy Angels Meet Holy Angels Wilmington, DE 05/01 - 05/02 Blue Hen Conference Championship Appoquinimink High School Middletown, DE 05/01 Go the Distance Ursuline Academy CYM Team  

This week's action: Penn Relays the Main Attraction!

    04/25- 04/28 Drake Relays Drake University  Des Moines, IA 04/25 Hancock Tri-State Invitational Hancock Middle Senior High School  Hancock, MD 04/25 S.P.O.T. Relays Severna Park Severna Park, md 04/26- 04/28 The Penn Relays Carnival University of Pennsylvania  Philadelphia, PA 04/27- 04/28 MileStat.com Elite Track Classic presented by Lucky Foot Richmond, VA 04/27 Northern Bedford County (NBCAA) Invitational Northern Bedford  Loysburg, PA 04/28 Apple Blossom Invitational James Wood High School  Winchester, VA 04/28 Cassel's XBC Track Experience Chantilly  Chantilly, VA 04/28 Howard County Spring Track Classic River Hill High School Clarksville, MD  

Drake Relays, 2012

  Click on the “Drake Relays, 2012” title for links to the schedule, HS start list, and records.

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Eastern Relays

On-Site Coverage

Eastern Relays: Kirtner 7th Place in 1600m in 4:14.12

Joseph Kirtner, a senior at Winfield High School, placed seventh in the High School Boys 1600 Meter Run in a time of 4:14.12 at the Eastern Relays on April 28, 2012 at University of Louisville in Louisville, KY.

Eastern Relays: Best 3200 in KY History

Starting tonight the best in Kentucky along with many top runners from the surrounding states will collide at the University of Louisville for the Eastern Relays. 

Videos

1200 leg of the Girls DMR VID00004 Interview with McCauley's DMR 1200 leg of the Boys DMR
duPont Manual Girls DMR Interview Handoff Girls DMR Girls DMR VID00017
VID00001 Interview with Eastern DMR Interview with KYtrackXC.com's Jonathan Grooms Lancaster DMR
Jacob Thomson after 3200m Boys 3200m post-race Kyle Covert/Austin Zachary Boys 3200m Early Girls 3200m
Boys 3200m Girls DMR Boys DMR Interview with Jacob Thomson
Interview with Emily Bean Boys 3200m Footage (8:58 wins) Post 4x800 Interview Assumption A & B Interview with Belleville West Coach
Post 110m Hurdles Interview Miercoles from Belleville West Post 100 Hurdles Interview Haley Gregory from John Glenn Interview with Bryan Alexander of Highlands
Interview with Notre Dame Coaches Interview with Bryan Station 4x200m Team Panorama of Eastern Relays Day 2 Interview with Thornton 4x2
Danielle Pfeifer Interview after a 2:12 800m Brannon Kidder Interview Belleville West 4x1 Interview Boys 300m hurdles h2
Boys 300m hurdles h1 Boys 4x100 h1 Boys 800m h2 Boys 800m h1 time
Boys 800m h1 Girls 800m h3 Girls 800m h2 Girls 800m h1
Boys 1600m h2 Girls 1600m h2 Boys 1600m h1

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Gary Smith Invitational

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Nancy Erme Relays

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

Poland Invitational Track & Field Classic

Meet Results

The 2012 Poland Invitational was contested with some 60 plus teams participating. The temperature did not get out of the 30s but all-in-all it was a good day; 2 records were broken in the boys 800 and 1600. Nicholas Pupino a senior from Copley set the 1600 meter record with a clocking of 4:18.00. In the 800 meters, Sean Poholski of St. Vincent St. Mary set the record at 1:57.07. Akron St. Vs girls won the girls team title going away with 119 points over 2nd place GlenOak(60). On the boys side a strong Austintown Fitch team captured the title scoring 81 points to 2nd place and newcomer to the Poland Invitational, Cleveland Heights (50) points. Taylor McDonald of Nordonia captured the running MVP award winning both hurdle events and anchoring the 2nd place 4 x 400 meter relay. She also won the Iron Bulldog Award for scoring the most points in the meet on the girls side. Valentino Sewell, a senior, from Youngstown East had a strong performance capturing both hurdle events. He also won the Iron Bulldog Award. The girls field event MVP was Megan Tomei who won both the shot put and the discus. There was a three way tie for field MVP on the boys side among Jay Jakovina and Billy Price of Austintown Fitch and Stephen Lyons of Springfield. Each won an event and had a 3rd place finish. All-in all it was a great meet

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

St. Francis Knight Relays

Meet Results

Boys Highlights

The Penn Relays Carnival

On-Site Coverage

Penn Relays Saturday Recap: Westfield dazzled on Penns final day

In the much-anticipated USA versus the World competition during the final day of the 118th Penn Relays Carnival, the Americans put on a show for the nearly 50,000 that filled the stands at Franklin Stadium by sweeping all six events. (Photo by Don Rich)

Penn Relays: Burcham 2nd in Mile in 4:09.49

Jacob Burcham, a junior distance standout at Cabell Midland High School, placed second in the High School Boys' Mile Run Championship in a time of 4:09.49 at the Penn Relays Carnival on Friday, April 27th, 2012 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA.

Gazette.Net : Churchill senior places 18th at Penn Relays

For one time in Winston Churchill High School's Nadim Elhage's career, his definition of a win would not come down to how many feet he would throw in the shot put or what place he got, the victory was just the accomplishment of getting to the Penn Relays. (via )

Virginians @ Penn Relays (Friday Highlights)

Westfield boys were the fastest qualifiers of all teams in the 4x800 trials with a state best time of 7:48.39 from the indoor AAA state 4x800 relay squad and now insert themselves as a far in the Championships of American finals on Saturday. Splits for Westfield were as followed: Max Chambers (1:59.5), Jeff Edmondson (1:57.8), Nathan Kiley (1:54.8), Tyrone Walker (1:56.3). Another Northern Region relay in Annandale clocked the swiftest time among all Virginians in the 4x100 heats at 42.48 for 11th fastest overall to qualify for the large school finals tomorrow. Another Atom from Annandale in Ahmed Bile was part of a contigent of four Virginians in the Penn Relays high school mile and ended up fifth overall with a season best performance of 4:12.81.   Best race of the day from Virginia and a big surprise came from Skyline's Thomas Madden scoring his biggest win so far of his high school career as the Group AA state cross country champion won the 3000 meter title at the Penn Relays in a resounding 5 second victory at 8:25.54.  The Skyline junior Madden, who boasts a 3200 meter PR of 9:14, would have chopped off roughly 12 seconds and threatened a 9 minute flat time if he had continued on for another 200 meters. Albemarle's Adam Viskokay, who was a national runner-up indoors in the 2 mile, placed fifth in 8:34, while the state had five of the top 11 finishers with Madden, Visokay, W.T. Woodson's Paul Gates, Lake Braddock's Nick Tuck, and Princess Anne's Matthew Schwartzer.

Drazba 7th Place Penn Relays 3000m in 9:55.66

Maggie Drazba, a junior distance standout at St. Marys High School, placed seventh in the High School Girls’ 3000-meter run in a new PR of 9:55.66 at the Penn Relays Carnival on Thursday, April 26th, 2012 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA.  

2012 Penn Relays - Jersey Style

Final day of the fabulous Penn Relays! Still lots of action for Jersers at Franklin Field and we'll be there to bring it all to you. MileSplit / NJRunnrs and Penn...what a combination!! Posting as much "Jersercentric" information as possible. Follow along as the BIggest Relay Carnival in the World happens at Franklin Field. 

Penn Relays: SAC Qualifies for 4x100 Finals

St. Augustine's College, anchored by Shaunae Miller, finished with the tenth overall fastest time in the 4x100 prelims (combined small and large school). They qualified for Friday's small school finals.

Delaware Athletes at Penn Relays

3 Sam Parsons Tatnall (DE)   9 Michael Jensen Appoquinimink (DE)   7 Amanda Rickert Wilmington Charter (DE)   11 Octivia Booker Hodgson Vo-Tech (DE)   22 Latazah Coleman Appoquinimink (DE)   16 Kadijah Doughty Cape Henlopen (DE)  

Penn Preview: Boys

To some, winning a Penn Relays Gold Watch is a goal just as, and even sometimes moreso important than winning a national championship.  Watches are awarded only to the overall American winners in Championship of America events at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, kicking off for the 118th time next Thursday at Franklin Field.  In some cases, most notably the sprints, it is harder to win a spot on the top of the medal stand than it is to win a national championship.  This fact is because of the international draw the relays bring to Philly; currently, there are 62 schools registered that are not from the United States, with Jamaica the most represented foreign country with 32 individual schools.  For some, winning a watch means beating the world. While the main events remain the short relays, specifically the 4x100m and 4x400m, the distance relays and open events are available on an invite basis.  And with the the high quality meet comes a high caliber field in each of the 4 invitational distance events.  We broke down the competition to help you see where the action may take place.

Penn Preview: Girls

To some, winning a Penn Relays Gold Watch is a goal just as, and even sometimes moreso important than winning a national championship.  Watches are awarded only to the overall American winners in Championship of America events at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, kicking off for the 118th time next Thursday at Franklin Field.  In some cases, most notably the sprints, it is harder to win a spot on the top of the medal stand than it is to win a national championship.  This fact is because of the international draw the relays bring to Philly; currently, there are 62 schools registered that are not from the United States, with Jamaica the most represented foreign country with 32 individual schools.  For some, winning a watch means beating the world. While the main events remain the short relays, specifically the 4x100m and 4x400m, the distance relays and open events are available on an invite basis.  And with the the high quality meet comes a high caliber field in each of the 4 invitational distance events.  We broke down the competition to help you see where the action may take place.

Penn Relays College Preview

Seven days! This isn’t some cheesy reference to an early 2000s “horror” movie but is a show of elation for the 118th Penn Relays Carnival. Now lets not kid ourselves, everyone has ThePennRelays.com as their homepage like myself and is ready for next week like I am, if you aren’t you very well should be.

Penn Relays - All HS Event Acceptances

They may be held at historic Franklin Field in Philly, but the PENN RELAYS are very much ingrained into the New Jersey T&F psyche. NJRunners starts it's Penn Relays Coverage with the lists of all accepted HS entries. JUST ADDED: Final Penn Relays HS Event Acceptances

2012 Penn Relays to Feature New Discus and Hammer Area

With the construction of Penn Park on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, plenty of new spaces have opened for the athletes of The Penn Relays. One such space is a brand new throwing area for the hammer and discuss events. (via www.thepennrelays.com)

Tatnall senior Pierce gains national fame in winter

With faster performances in more events at increasingly elite levels, Haley Pierce this winter achieved national prominence unprecedented for a Delaware runner.   Tatnall’s Haley Pierce has broken state and national high-school records and also bounced back from tendinitis, which kept interrupting her season for six important weeks. / The News Journal/FRED COMEGYS

Videos

Mary Cain - COA Mile Champ - 4:39.28 Alexis Franklin - 400H Champ - 59.05 Christine Streisel - Javelin Champ - 154-11 Sophie Chase - COA 3000m Champ - 9:37.86
Taylor Morgan - COA HJ Top American Angel Piccirillo - COA Mile 2nd 4:47.49 Chris Callinan - Boys Coach @ Cherokee (NJ) Emma King
Fayetteville-Manlius - COA 4x800 2nd 9:04.22 Long Beach Poly - COA 4x100 Champs - 46.35 Billy Stanley - COA Javelin Champ - 223-3 Relays Record Tatnall Coach Pat Castagna - COA DMR Champs
David Reinhardt - 2nd Place HSB Javelin Braheme Days jr - HS Boys SP Champion St. Benedict's Prep - COA DMR Champs - 10:07.76 Strymar Livingston - 46.5 split on New Horizon TC 4x400
Dustin Wilson - COA 3000 2nd - 8:30.18 Craig Engels - COA Mile Champ - 4:09.42 Thomas Madden - COA 3000m Champ - 8:25.54 Eric Futch - COA 400H Champ - 51.77
Lenny Jordan - Penn Wood Coach COA 4x100 Boys Junipero Serra - Small School 4x100 Champs - 41.82 Westfield (VA) - COA 4x800 Champs - 7:39.73
Anaquan Peterson - Boys TJ Champ - 50-00 2012 Penn Relays 4x800 HS qualifier Northern Highlands In 9_12.M Bill Cosby Honorary Race Start Potomac - COA 4x100 - 41.47

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights

Tusky Valley Invitational

On-Site Coverage

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights