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