Alwayne Green of Manchester (Jam.) has been named as the High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet in Relay Events after leading his team to victory in the 4×800m relay with a come-from-behind final carry. His 1:53.0 split capped Manchester’s time of 7:43.22.
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High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet
April 26, 2008High School Boys 4×400 Championship
April 26, 2008After the two Philadelphia Area heats, we have perhaps the acoustic climax of the meet, the always raucous High School Boys 4×400. Last year, as Long Beach Poly (CA) broke 3:10 while holding off St. Jago of Jamaica, the stadium literally started to shake. We have a number of excellent teams for the [...]
Philadelphia Area H.S. 4×400
April 26, 2008First up, the boys. Engineering & Science wins in 3:22.24, with North Penn second in 3:22.40. Results are posted here.
In the girls race Chester and West Catholic turned it into a two-team race, with Chester coming out ahead, 3:53.31—3:54.49. Results here.
High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet
April 26, 2008Nicholas Vena of Morristown (NJ) High School is the High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet for individual event for winning the shot put with a throw of 63-6 3/4, the ninth-best throw in Relays’ history. With his performance, Vena sets an all-time outdoor U.S. high school record for ninth graders.
High School Boys 4×800 Championship
April 26, 2008Our next high school championship is the 4×800. Our top 5 qualifying teams are Hillsborough (NJ), Washington Township (NJ), Manchester (Jamaica), Albermarle (VA), and Kellenberg Memorial (NY). Hillsborough’s top seed time is 7:47.
Unofficially at the first handoff, its Jamaica College in 1:57.4. Many teams are in the mix at this point.
2nd Exchange, [...]
High School Boys 4×100 Championship
April 26, 2008Our next championship is the High School Boys 4×100. In the last decade or so, this has been the exclusive domain of our Jamaican and Trinidadian friends - they own 9 out of the 10 top times ever including the only time under 40 seconds. St. Jago of Jamaica is our top seed [...]
HSB 4×400m Qualifiers
April 26, 2008Qualifiers to the High School Boys’ 4×400m Championship of America
Event 253, Saturday, 5:30 pm
Ln Bib School
2 H Camperdown (JA)
3 G Jack Hayward (BA)
4 F Wolmer’s Boys’ (JA)
5 E Long Beach Poly (CA)
6 A St. Jago (JA)
7 B Holmwood Tech (JA)
8 C Meade (MD)
9 D Bethel (VA)
Qualifiers to the High School Boys’ 4×400m Philadelphia Area
Event 251, Saturday, 5:20 pm
Pos Bib School
1 A Winslow (NJ)
2 B Engineering & Science (PA)
3 C Simon Gratz (PA)
4 D Abington (PA)
5 E Father Judge (PA)
6 F Central Bucks South [...]
High School Boys 4×400
April 26, 2008Here we go, the High School Boys 4×400. We’ll be running these races for 4 hours !
The first heat was won by Smyrna (DE) in 3:38.24 at 9:05 AM.
As we start to see fast times, we’ll post them here. Typically, a time around 3:15 or faster will get you in the finals this [...]
High School Girls’ Athletes of the Meet
April 26, 2008For the second year in a row Tasha Stanley of Eleanor Roosevelt High (Greenbelt, MD) was named the High School Girls’ Athlete of the Meet for relay events. On Friday she anchored Roosevelt’s winning team in the 4×400m with a 54.2 split as her team clocked a 3:37.16 time. She also ran a 2:09.6 anchor [...]
H.S. Girls 4×400 Championship
April 25, 2008This is the deepest field in Relays history, with seven teams running sub-3:40 in Thursday’s heats!
Boys & Girls of Brooklyn takes the early lead by a big margin. Eleanor Roosevelt of Maryland closed well but the lead is still 20 meters after two legs. At the final exchange Eleanor Roosevelt had just edged into the [...]
