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Nike Outdoor Nationals and the Strip...

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Rossco   Jun 23rd 2008, 3:27am
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Here I sit, just blocks from the MGM Grand, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay.  No gambling, and no boxing.  However Nike Outdoor Nationals was INSANE.  The tale of my journey thus far (I still have one flight to go before I touch down in Track Town) shall be told later. 

 

GERMAN, GERMAN, GERMAN.  This was the cry of the crowd as German Fernandez of Riverbank California came through 3000 meters in an unreal 7:59.  Being the first high schooler ever under 8 minutes wasn't enough as this time was en route to his new 2 mile record running an incredible 8:34.40.  German in his final race of the season took down one of the more coveted records in high school track and field and did it in grand style leading 90% of the race in breezy conditions.  Making this record more significant is the fact that he did it in a field composed entirely of high school athletes!  I would like to give a shout out to Robert Finnerty of Burnsville MN Midwest Distance Gala Mile Champion.  .  Finnerty put up 4th place finish in a stacked field in the two mile at NON.  Also to Kevin Williams winner and new meet record holder in the 3200 at the Kansas Relays.  Williams was 5th at NON in the two mile with a big 11 second PR of 8:51.3.

In what meet directors called the best high school shot put competition ever assembled featuring every top high school shot put specialist save one, number 1.  Indiana Senior Brandon Pounds came up with a P.R. and a win with a throw of 68'11.25 inches.  Super Freshman Nick Vena of New Jersey took the number 2 spot.  Vena, the national freshman class record holder, fell just short of his personal best with a 67 foot put.  It took nothing less than a 60 foot toss to even reach the finals as 9 athletes surpassed the 60 foot barrier.  

Exciting is the only way to describe the NON relay action.  The girls 4x100 meter relay was a barn burner as 5 teams turned in times between 46.00 and 46.99.  Skyline took the NON title to Texas edging Withrow and Oak Ridge by a margin of .06.

The boys 4x4 turned in a great race as the Wagoner Raiders upset California's Dominguez Hills in a fast 3:11 dual.  

With one more teaser before my flight boards, the girls of Warwick Valley RC ran away with the Girls Distance Medley meet and national records thanks in part to a superb 4:50 anchor leg from Lillian Griebesland.  

North Carolina did not disappoint.  

-Rossco-

(My travel marathon continues)

 

 

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