Dylan Ferris of East Forsyth ran the fastest time in the US this outdoor season at the Milestat.com Elite Track Gala. His time of 1:49.27 also breaks the All-Time North Carolina best and he's only a junior. Earlier in the season, Dylan spoke with me and said his goal was to break 1:50. This was just after the Arcadia Invitational where he was leading at 600m, but then tied up.
Dylan looks like he will go into next week's Nike Outdoor National meet ranked #1 in the country and thus the favorite for the national title.
Also:
Drew Tucker of West Stokes ran 1:53.01 to finish 2nd behind Dylan. Sean Sewell of Cardinal Gibbons made it 3 NC athletes in the top 5 with his 1:55.11 fifth place.
Dakota Lowery of West Johnston placed 2nd in the 1500, coming off his 4:12 full mile last weekend. Dakota ran 3:57.45.
Sophomore Amanda Jones of East Forsyth, finished 6th in the girls 800 running a time of 2:18.90.
Andy Wacker won the 5,000m run with a time of 15:22.22. Second place in the event was almost 40 seconds back. His teammate, Amanda McKinney or Pinecrest was 6th in the girl's race with personal best time of 18:53.91.