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updated February
9th, 2005
THIS WEEKEND AT THE
NEW
BALANCE TRACK & FIELD CENTER
AT THE ARMORY
WEST 168th STREET
THIS WEEKEND AT THE
NEW BALANCE TRACK & FIELD CENTER AT THE
ARMORY, WEST
168th STREET
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The 22nd Annual
National Scholastic Indoor Championships
will be held at the New Balance
Track & Field Center at the
Armory on West 168th Street on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, 3/11-3/13. Events on
Friday will start at 9:50 a.m., while
Saturday competition will begin at 10:30
a.m. and Sunday’s action will start at
9 a.m.
Traditionally the deepest high school indoor
meet in the country, the National
Scholastic Indoor Championships will
feature eight national record holders,
13 returning champions and 15
U.S. #1 ranked athletes.
There could
be a record attempt by outdoor national
record holder Brittany Daniels (CA) in the
Girls Triple Jump.
Mary Saxer
(Lancaster, NY) has broken the national
record in the Girls Pole Vault four times
this season.
The U.S.
leader in the Girls High Jump, Lauren
Biscardi (Shoreham
Wading River,
Shoreham, NY), is returning to
defend her title.
2004 NSIC
double winner Francois Gatson (LA) will
defend his Boys Triple Jump and Long Jump
titles.
2003 Girls
Mile champion Chantelle Dron (NH) and
Canadian Avril Ogrodnick, who both have
sub-4:50 personal bests, will compete in
that event.
The Boys
Mile will include Bryan Scotland (St.
Benedict’s, Newark, NJ, see Boys 800 Meters
below), Kevin Tschirhart (Northport, NY),
Dan McManamon (Shenendehowa, NY) and Simplot
Games champion Josh Adams (UT).
The Girls
Two Mile will feature Millrose Games and
National Foot Locker champion Aislinn Ryan
(Warwick
Valley High School,
Warwick, NY).
Edino
Steele, unable to compete in the PSAL due to
the fact that Pacific
High School does not have a track team, is looking forward to competing in the Girls
200 Meters and 400 Meters.
Sophomore
national 600 Meter record holder Lionel
Williams of St. Peter’s (Staten Island) will
compete in the Boys 800 Meters against U.S.
#1 Bryan Scotland (NJ).
Shaquan
Brown of Paterson-Kennedy (NJ), who set the
national 600 meter record at 1:17.9
(hand-timed) at the Armory this season in
the Varsity Classic, will run either the
Boys 400 Meters or 800 Meters. The 400 will
feature Clemore Henry (East New York Transit
Tech) and two Texans, Quentin Summers and
Quentin Young.
In the Girls
Relays, look for Long Beach Wilson and West
Catholic (PA) to stage a battle in both the
4x200 Meters and 4x400 Meters. West Catholic
will be making a national record attempt in
the Girls Sprint Medley Relay. Junior
sensation Shana Woods will attempt to break
her own national record in the Pentathlon.
Thurgood Marshall returns all four of its
national class sprinters including
quartermiler Brandi Cross and will be tough
in the Girls 4x200 Meters and 4x400 Meters.
With teams like Simon Gratz, Transit Tech,
Mountain View, St. Augustine, St. Benedict’s
Prep, Shendendehowa, Shaker, Long Beach Poly
and Newburgh
Free Academy, the Boys Relays
will also be highly competitive.
*Admissions
to the National Scholastic Indoor
Championships:
>Friday
3/11: $10/adult and $8/student
>Saturday
3/12: $15/adult and $8/student
>Sunday
3/13: $20/adult and $8/student
There are
3-day adult passes available for $30.
Saturday-Sunday 2-day adult passes
for $25 and 2-day student passes for
$12.
*The New York Road
Runners Foundation Youth Jamboree on
Saturday, March 19th, also
sponsored by the Armory and Morgan Stanley
Children’s Hospital-New York Presbyterian,
will be a friendly, fun competition for kids
from ages four to 15. More than 1,500 boys
and girls are expected to participate in a
full range of track and field events. The
Jamboree will also include health
information, health screenings and nutrition
instructions for parents and children.
Please visit
www.nyrrf.org
to register and obtain a schedule of events.
*Kids get in
free (athletes and spectators), while
admission is $2 for adults.
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