The last day of the USATF Junior National T&F Championships took place Sunday and the results presented were the perfect way to end an excellent weekend. Six Junior National champions Sunday were high school athletes, including Jordan Hasay (CA), Rachel Laurent (LA), Ryan Fleck (OH), Ryann Krais (PA), Geoffrey Tabor (OK) and Laurynne Chetelat (CA). Each one booked their ticket to Poland to compete at the World Junior T&F Championships, July 8-13. See who brought their best on the final day. (Rachel Laurent pictured left by Margot Kelly) Top Sunday Highlights - Rachel Laurent (LA) vaults 13-10 to win women's pole vault - Ryan Fleck (OH) leaps 7-01.50 to take mens high jump - Jordan Hasay (CA) runs 4:18.44, winning womens 1500m - Ryann Krais (PA) takes womens heptathlon crown, 5217 pts. - Geoffrey Tabor (OK) throws 195-05 to wins mens shot put - Laurynne Chetelat (CA) wins women's 3,000m in 9:29.45 Video Interview - Conor McCullough (CA) throws 233-05, second in hammer - Victoria Jordan (TX) second in womens 200m with 23.73

Cory Leslie was named the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year for boys track and field.  Cory had an outstanding year, highlighted by winning the Boys HS mile at the prestigious Penn Relays (just like the Ohio girls Gatorade Player of  the Year, Stephanie Morgan).   Cory, like Stephanie, also won both the 1600m and 800m at the OHSAA Division II Boys State Championship. Cory won the 1600m in 4:12.44, but more impressively he came back and won the 800m by setting a new PR of 1:50.77 with less than an hour of rest. OHRunners would like to congratulate Cory Leslie on his terrific year and for recieving this Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year for boys track and field. Read the full article at Risemag.com

Conference, regional and state championships galore mark this weekend. With big results coming out of Florida Friday evening, the weekend started with a glimpse of what the rest of this season will hold nationwide. Check out our weekend cover the top highlights and results. Top Boys Weekend Highlights - Nick Vena (NJ) throws U.S.#1 shot put mark of 67-10.25 in NJ - Brandon O'Connor (FL) wins 200m in 20.82, 400m in 47.12 at FL - Kyle Smith (AL) sets javelin state record with toss of 223-08 - Luke Puskedra (UT) runs 8:56.71 3200m, 4:15.85 1600m at BYU - Adam Timo (UT), only a soph., leaps 7-00 in HJ at BYU Invitational - Riley Egan (FL) vault 16-07, breaking Florida state meet record - Miami Northwestern (FL) blazes 3:14.98 in 4x4 at Florida State - Dan Block (IL) throws 58-11 SP, 189-10 discus at DuPage Meet - Jeff Demps (FL) wins Florida State Champs. 100m dash in 10.40 Top Girls Weekend Highlights - Jordan Hasay (CA) runs 4:17.46 in 1500m at Stanford Inv, U.S.#1 - Natalie Stewart (UT) wins 400m dash in 53.39 at BYU Inv., U.S.#1 - Chalonda Goodman (GA) runs 23.69 (200m), 11.45 (100m) in GA - Mountain Brook (AL) wins 4x8 in 9:14.63 at Alabama state meet - Ebony Eutsey (FL) wins 200m in 23.79, 400m in 53.85 at FL State - Ashley Brasovan (FL) wins 3200m in 10:15.93 at Florida State - Rachel Laurent (LA) wins pole vault at LA state meet in 13-06 - Erin Pendleton (OH) throws discus 167-04 at Jesse Owens Inv. - Nachelle Stewart (UT) runs 2:08.48 to win 800m dash at BYU - Bailey Wagner (IL) throws 48-04 SP, 154-09 discus at conference - Tomika Story (FL) wins TJ in 39-06.50 at Florida State Champs.

The 114th Annual Penn Relays this past weekend was a site to behold. With numerous meet records broken, the second largest attendance ever and near perfect weather, every event seemed to produce a few moments perfect for a 2008 track and field highlight reel. As the chaos of this weekend winds down and the preparation for the coming weekend starts to rev up, we take a look back at the best of the best from this year's Penn Relays (Pictured left: Eleanor Roosvelt (MD) hoisting 4x4 title, photo by Tim Fulton).   Don Rich Photos: Thursday / Friday / Saturday More Photos: NY Gallery / NJ Photos Christopher Hunt Articles (Armory Track): Corning's Johnson Leaps to Victory, Germantown Friends Wins DMR, Roosevelt Dominates at Penn, Roxbury Wins DMR at Penn More Penn: Video Interviews / Results

Vena wins SP with 63-06 toss, wins Athlete of the Meet Pictures and results from overall winners as well as NY highlights and pictures. Boys Winners Table and Highlights photo NJRunners.com  

**U.S. Girls 4x800m Relay Record: Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) in 8:43.12!!! Friday just keeps on getting better. In the girls 4x800m relay, Holmwood Tech (Jamaica) beat Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) (photo left by Tim Fulton) 8:41.52-8:43.12 in a simply perfect race. Eleanor Roosevelt's performance broke the U.S. record by seven seconds. Eleanor Roosevelt then came back to win the 4x400m relay in 3:37.16. Thursday marked day one of the high school portion of the Penn Relays. Topping the way in the highlights Thursday was Ryann Krais' (PA) (pictured above by Don Rich) big 400m hurdle win in 59.62. Edwin Allen (Jamaica) ran 45.28 in the 4x100m relay for the top time of the day and Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) ran 3:38.40 in the girls 4x400m relay, top advancing time of the day! We'll be brining you the best coverage around this weekend, so keep checking back inside. Results: Friday Boys / Friday Girls / Thursday Girls Schedule / Live Results / Girls Winners Table / Boys Winner Table Video Interviews / Meet Preview / Official Website

auto_orange_DoFSCommand(command, args, 0) auto_orange_DoFSCommand(command, args, 0) auto_orange_DoFSCommand(command, args, 0) auto_orange_DoFSCommand(command, args, 0 Stephanie Morgan (Left) of Barnesville, and Emily Infeld of Beaumont finished 1-2 in the Girls 1 Mile Run at the Penn Relays on Thursday. Morgan finished with a time of 4:41.22 while Infeld followed with a 4:43.31. Cor Leslie (Right) of Sandusky Perkins won the Boys 1 Mile Run in a time of 4:12.76 completing the Ohio sweep in the Mile. Results: Friday Boys / Friday Girls / Thursday Girls Official Website / Schedule / Live Results / Girls Winners Table / Boys Winners Table / Video Interviews

It was the first busy weekend for Ohio Indoor Track and Field with seven different meets taking to the track to heat up the competition for qualifying to the state meet. Many great performances were ran, jump and thrown this weekend. Click on the title to read about each meet.

  Global Athletics officially announced today the elite boys mile field for the Boston Indoor Games on January 26.  The mile field may very well be the best boys mile field assembled during the indoor track season, with four of the top five finishers at Foot Locker Nationals participating and four of the top six returnees in the event from last spring.  Elite Boys Mile Field - Mike Fout (IN) - Foot Locker National champion - Charles White (CO) - 2007 Indoor National Mile champ - Luke Puskedra (UT) - Fifth place FLN finisher - Colby Lowe (TX) - Fourth place FLN finisher - Chris Derrick (IL) - Second place FLN finisher - Mac Fleet (CA) - Top junior returnee; 4:08.09c as soph. - Joseph Franklin (FL) - 4:07.36 1600m in 2007 - Cory Leslie (OH) - 7th at USATF Juniors in 2007; 4:09.47c mile - C.J. Brown (TX) - FLN qualifier in 2007 as a junior - Sintayehu Taye (MA) - 2007 Indoor National Mile runner-up

Seven athletes already verbally commit to Stanford next fall Despite the NCAA dropping the early decision option for high school athletes prior to the 2007-2008 school year, the top distance runners are committing themselves to their future college in large numbers. National editor Scott Bush takes a closer look at the recruiting process and where the stars of the sport plan to attend next fall.

  Since 1987 the Mid-East Cross Country Championships have brought together states in the Mid-East to match-up their top runners against one another.  This year six states compete in the field.  Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are bringing some of their best to earn regional bragging rights.

Highlights and recaps of all the races from the OHSAA State Cross Country Championship.