New Balance National Scholastic Championships
Armory Track & Field Center
March 10-12, 2000
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Results: Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3
Photos: Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3

Gloucester MA, coached by Pat Barry, shattered the National DMR Record by 11 seconds!  Their time of 9:59.94 broke the record, set at the National Scholastics Championships in 1998 by West Springfield (Va) in 10:10.30. 
The possibility looked real when, in late February, the Gloucester quartet had an outstanding day at the Massachusetts State Meet: Otieno was 55m Champ (6.57), Milne was 1000m runner-up (2:34.45), Palazola was 1600m champ (4:16.84), and Tristan Colangelo added a State 2 Mile gold (9:25.23) to his growing war chest of hardware (Millrose Mile & Dartmouth Mile ).  Assuming Ireland's St. Malachy will again descend upon the Penn Relays with its usual array of middle distance talent (sub 10:00 winner in 1999), an intriguing matchup looms.
The Splits: Josh Palazola 3:04.1, Ngai Otieno 49.5, Shawn Milne 1:56.4, Tristan Colangelo 4:09.9.