North Carolina Highlights from New Balance Indoors

Overall Day Three Highlights

 

 Lucas Verzbicas completes an INCREDIBLE distance triple:

8:40.70 2 Mile (US #2 all-time)!

4:10.67 1 Mile!

New USR 5K from Friday!

 

 

Edward Cheserek US #3 all-time 8:42.66 in the same race!

 

 

Shelby Ashe (GA) USR 68-2.50 Weight Throw!

 

 

Aisling Cuffe (NY) 9:56.85 for 2 Miles (US #2 all-time!)

 

 

Ajee Wilson (NJ) 2:06.17 800 (US #6 all-time!)

 

 

Zavon Watkins (NY) 1:50.84 (US #6 all-time!)

Check out his photo!  (Courtesy of Don Rich, PA Milesplit)

 

  

Day Three NC Highlights (Championship Events)

 

Keni Harrison NATIONAL CHAMPION in 60 Hurdles (8.42)!!

 

Sydney White (East Forsyth) 12-10.25 PV (improves her NC #1 all-time mark, 2nd place!)

 

Wakefield girls 3:45.89 4x400 (improves their NC #1 all-time mark, 2nd place!)

 

Wakefield boys 3:18.59 4x400 (NC #2 all-time, 2nd place!)

 

Wakefield girls 1:38.96 for 4x200 (3rd place!)

 

Ariah Graham (Wakefield) 55.10 400 (3rd place!)

 

Knightdale boys 4x200 1:29.38 (3rd place!)

 

Wesley Frazier (Ravenscroft) 10:30.13 for 2 Miles (4th place!)

 

Sean McLean (Word of God) 6.79 for 60 Dash (4th place!)

 

Kendall Kee (Crest) 6.80 for 60 Dash (5th place!)

 

Wakefield boys 4x200 1:30.03 (5th place!)

 

Dannielle Davis 8.59 for 60 Hurdles (6th place!)

 

Briana Haith (Granville Central) 56.16 400 (6th place!)

 

Briana Haith (Granville Central) 25.00 200 (8th place!)

 

 Knightdale boys 3:20.15 4x400 (5th place!)

 

 

 

Other NC Day Three Performances (Championship Events)

 

 

Achsah Brice (Dudley) 37' 10" triple jump

Sarah Rapp (Cardinal Gibbons) 10:43.15 for 2 Miles

 Mitch Mallory (Wakefield) 9:36.96 for 2 Miles

 Tyreek Sparks (HP Central) 43-6.5 TJ

Sarah Graham (Wake Forest Rolesville) 8.88 for 60 Hurdles

Daishon Barger (West Rowan) 8.49 for 60 Hurdles

Gabrielle Gray (HP Central) 7.71 for 60 Dash

Tevin Hester (Granville Central) 6.91 for 60 Dash

Burkheart Ellis, jr (Knightdale) 7.02 for 60 Dash

Eric Winfrey (Douglas Byrd) 7.05 for 60 Dash

Jarrett Samuels (Evelyn Mack Academy) 7.08 for 60 Dash

Ryan Walling (Green Hope) 4:22.38 for 1 Mile

 

 

 

Overall Day Two Highlights

 

 Gunnar Nixon (OK) new US Record for Indoor Pentathlon (4307 points)

 

Red Bank (NJ) 8:56.94 for 4x800 (US #3 all-time)

 

Carla Forbes (MA) 19-5.0 LJ

 

Andrew Irwin (AR) 17-3.75 PV

 

Marquis Dendy (DE) 25-3.25 LJ

 

Nick Vena (NJ) 69-4.25 SP

 

Mark Jones (NJ) 7-0.25 HJ

 

 

Day Two NC Highlights (Championship Events)

 

Green Hope girls 4x 1 Mile 21:40.30 (2nd place!)

 

Jarrett Samuels (Evelyn Mack Academy) 24-7.5 LJ (2nd place, ties NC #1 all-time!)

 

Alisha Bradshaw (Salisbury) 42-8.25 SP

 

Xavier Jones (Ragsdale) 49.91 400 (did not advance)

 

Briana Haith (Granville Central) 55.40 for 400 (advances to finals), 24.50 for 200

 

Ariah Graham (Wakefield) 56.07 for 400 (advances to finals)

 

Olicia Sharp (Wakefield) 24.83 for 200 (did not advance)

 

Kendall Kee (Crest) 21.83 for 200 (did not advance)

 

Sean McLean (Word of God) 21.92 for 200 (did not advance)

 

Eric Winfrey (Douglas Byrd) 21.95 for 200 (did not advance)

 

Cary Girls 4x800 9:20.77 (new NC #1 all-time)

 

Other Day Two NC Performances

 

Madison Rayfield (East Forsyth) 8.04 for 60 Dash

Mar-Keo Jones (Knightdale) 7.08 for 60 Dash

Aaron Faison (Southern Alamance) 7.16 for 60 Dash

Da'Quan Smalls (Knightdale) 7.17 for 60 Dash

Jamil Ray (Vance) 7.18 for 60 Dash

Chris Boyd (BL Smith) 7.18 for 60 Dash

Demari Boswell (BL Smith) 7.20 for 60 Dash

Mollie Williams (Clayton) 9.10 for 60 Hurdles

Nora McKiver (HP Andrews) 9.25 for 60 Hurdles

 Marvin Ridge girls 4x200 1:50.37

Wakefield girls SMR 4:21.57

Marvin Ridge girls SMR 4:38.11

Wakefield Boys SMR 3:36.62

Courtney Barrino (Vance) 51.52 for 400

Jeremy Williams (HP Central) 52.66 for 400

Lena Elliott (Parkland) 59.32 for 400

Naomi Alston (Douglas Byrd) 1:01.18 for 400

Aalayah Faulcon (Southern Durham) 1:01.42 for 400

Jaleah Wilder (Southeast Raleigh) 1:03.77 for 400

Tevin Hester (Granville Central) 22.01 for 200

Jarrett Samuels (Evelyn Mack Academy) 22.28

Chris Boyd (BL Smith) 22.53

 


 

 

Overall Day One Highlights

 

Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) girls 11:39.58 DMR (US #4 all time)

 

 

Waverly Neer (IN) 16:35.15 for 5000 (new US Record!)

 

 

Warwick (NY) boys 10:02.74 DMR (US #3 all time)

 

 

Lucas Verzbicas 14:06.78 for 5000 (new US Record!)

 

 

Day One NC Highlights

 

Jennie Cunningham (Pinecrest) 2:14.42 in EE 800 (1st place!)

 

Wesley Frazier (Ravenscroft) 16:50.55 in Championship 5000 (4th place!)

National Sophomore Class Record!

 

Whitney Thornburg (Asheville Christian) 18:28.53 for 5000

 

Chris Colo (Marvin Ridge) 9:30.28 in EE 2 Mile (5th place!)

 

Sarah Rapp (Cardinal Gibbons) 5:03.09 in EE 1 Mile (5th place!)

 

Abraham Faison (Southern Alamance) 8.32 in EE 60 Hurdles

 

 

Jazmen Genske (Hibriten) 7.84 in EE 60 Dash (4th place!)

 

Xavier Jones (Ragsdale) 22.15 in EE 200 (3rd place!)

 

Sarah Graham (WFR) 5-5 in Championship HJ

 

Frank Quarles (Douglas Byrd) 22-10 in EE LJ (2nd place!)

 

Cary Girls 12:23.78 Championship DMR

 

Audrey Diener (Apex) 11-2.5 PV (tied 5th place!)

 

Sydney Cook (Watauga) 11-2.5 PV

 

 

 More Day One NC Performances

(Emerging Elite Events)

 

Edmond Duvall (Marvin Ridge) 8.57 for 60 Hurdles

Green Hope Girls 4x800 10:09.70

RJ Reynolds Girls 4x800 10:10.73

Marvin Ridge Girls 4x800 10:17.98

Marvin Ridge Boys 4x800 8:18.90

Cruz Vargas-Sullivan (Douglas Byrd) 59.89

Taylor Berry (Marvin Ridge) 1:02.65

Kway Taylor-Greene (Cary) 51.81

Jamar Collins-Hall (Jack Britt) 52.24

Nora McKiver (High Point Andrews) 25.97

Madison Rayfield (East Forsyth) 26.06

Jamil Ray (Vance) 22.82

Courtney Barrino (Vance) 23.20

Green Hope Girls 4x400 4:10.56

Marvin Ridge Girls 4x400 4:33.98

 Bakri Abushouk (Cary) 4:25.69 for 1 Mile

Matt Townsend (Marvin Ridge) 43-1 SP

Tara Trivette (Watauga) 5-3 HJ

Davona Dula (Harding) 35-11.25