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Photo: Stephanie Morgan (OH) (photo by Don Rich) makes her break to win the girls mile.
Girls Mile Run: A battle of four led to incredibly fast times. From the gun freshman star Chelsey Sveinsson (Greenhill, TX) took the lead, pushing an early fast pace and stringing the field out in her typical fashion. The fast pace created a group of four with Sveinsson, Emily Infeld (Beaumont, OH), Stephanie Morgan (Barnesville, OH) and Anna Shields (Lewis S. Mills, CT). At the quarter the group ran through in 67, then the same pack came through 800m in 2:29. From there Shields dropped off a bit and the trio came through the 1200m in 3:33. As the gun sounded, Sveinsson and Morgan started to pull away, Morgan simply sitting on Sveinsson's shoulder and looking ready to make a move. With 200m to go Morgan shot past Sveinsson and pulled away to a thrilling victory in 4:41.22. Last year after taking second in this race, Morgan said, "It definitely feels good to come back here and finish in first. I love this meet." Infeld finished strong and took second in 4:43.31, while Sveinsson placed third in 4:43.51.
Boys Mile Run: Similar to the final leg of the DMR the event before, the pace of the boys mile went out very conservatively. Coming through the 400m in 67-68 seconds, the pack was bunched up people were positioning for space. While the race picked up it wasn't nearly enough, heading through the 800m mark in a pedestrian 2:14. From there the pre-race favorites of Kyle Merber (NY), Chris Aldrich (PA), Robby Andrews (NJ), Charles White (CO) and Cory Leslie (OH) (pictured left by Don Rich) shot to the lead, running single file, but much faster than the prior two laps. As the bell sounded Alrich fell off a bit, while the other four surged ahead, crossing the 1200m point in 3:15. Into the final lap they went, all four kickers looking to see just who is best. Down the backstretch Merber took the lead, then with 250 meters to go Leslie shot up front and really made his move. Into the final turn all four athletes went but Leslie showed he was tops on the day crossing the line victoriously in a close lean at the finished with Andrews. Leslie finished in 4:12.76, running his last lap in 57 seconds, while Andrews finished second in 4:12.82 and White third in 4:14.29.