Durham Striders North Carolina HS Opener 2008

With most teams only having participated in "Polar Bear" meets thus far, the Durham Striders HS Opener looks to be a good one. A few schools have traveled to Virginia for indoor meets, but for most this is it, the FIRST of the year. Later this week, I'll take a closer look at some of the events, but for now. Here is the performance list, also found on DurhamStriders.com.  IMPORTANT UPDATE ON ENTRIES!!!! New CUTOFF STANDARDSGirls Preview | Boys Preview 

Here's a quick glimpse into this weekend's events for the girls.  Every year, there are a number of coaches who enter some pretty crazy times, 2008 has begun the same way. There are a number of girls ranked highly in some events who I don't know about. Hopefully, they will prove to be for real this weekend.  

The boy's meet looks to be exciting with a few of the nations top returning individuals headed to the Eddie Field House.  

North Carolina has a limited amount of indoor meets in the state. Appalachian State hosted one in December, the Durham Striders hosted the NC Opener, and they will also host the Eastern HS Challenge later this month.  With few actual indoor meets, many of the states track athletes all converge on one place. This is what happened at the Durham Striders HS Opener. Kids from all over the state, New Bern to Wilmington to Charlotte to Hendersonville to Boone to Raleigh and everywhere inbewteen, made the trip to Chapel Hill.  There were some fine performances by North Caroilina athletes. RESULTS: Boys | GirlsTOP PERFORMERS: NCRunners' ElitesDurham Striders HS Opener Video - Various clips from the meet