PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, June 13–16 — On a track that has seen far more than its share of legendary relay races, the final contest of the New Balance Nationals will be long remembered. The clash of the titans finally came in the girls 4×4 between Florida’s Montverde Academy and Maryland’s Bullis School.
On the opening leg, Bullis’s Tatum Lynn ran 54.1 to lead Montverde by a step with New Jersey’s Union Catholic close. Then Montverde’s Skyler Franklin blew the race open with a 51.1 blinder on leg 2. She handed off to Dasia Reed, whose 54.31 was just enough to stay ahead of the fast-closing 52.80 from Payton Payne of Bullis. On anchor, Alivia Williams hit 52.10 to bring Montverde home in a record-crushing 3:31.68, as Bullis also went under the High School Record of 3:35.17 it set at the Penn Relays with its 3:32.29, Morgan Rothwell anchoring in 52.38.
Montverde coach Gerald Phiri: “Their goal was to get me a national record as my Father’s Day gift. I think when you have great athletes and great people in one location, great things happen.”
Union Catholic decimated the HSR for the girls 4×8, its 8:34.20 slicing an even 7 seconds off the record the foursome had set at Penn. The splits: Jimmiea King (2:09.22), Peyton Hollis (2:09.00), Sophia Thompson (2:10.46), Paige Sheppard (2:05.52).
The HSR in the boys distance medley also fell hard. Crater High of Central Point, Oregon, running as the Oregon Distance Project, clocked a 9:44.30 to narrowly win over the 9:44.44 of Ridgefield (Connecticut), both teams well under the 9:49.78 that South Lakes (Reston, Virginia) clocked in ’01 with Alan Webb on anchor. Crater led off with Tayvon Kitchen at 3:00.03, then Nicholas Kube (49.48) and Caleb Doddington (1:52.75). A 100th apart at the last exchange, anchor Josiah Tostenson rallied for a 4:02.04 to edge the 4:02.18 of Ridgefield anchor Steven Hergenrother.
Cuthbertson (Waxhaw, North Carolina) won the girls DM in 11:20.44, the fastest outdoor time ever. Justine Preisano (3:29.12), Tatiana Blake (57.85), Stella Kermes (2:11.63) and Charlotte Bell (4:41.84) finished nearly a straightaway ahead.
One of the meet’s top performances didn’t even come in the finals. In his Friday 100 semi, after a weather delay, Floridian Christian Miller blitzed a 9.95 in 1.2 wind, just 0.02 shy of the High School Record he set in April. “It felt great. I was just thinking, ‘I’m ready for the Trials.’” Miller later revealed that having achieved his objective, he would bypass the final to prepare for Eugene.
Another headliner, soph Quincy Wilson of Bullis, captured the 400 in a prep-leading 45.13, then anchored his 4×4 squad to another list leader, his 45.10 anchor tying up a 3:09.43.
Sadie Engelhardt (California) took the mile in 4:37.04 in a kicker’s match with Allie Zealand (Virginia), who claimed 2nd in 4:39.16. Engelhardt’s final lap took 61.76, her last 800 an impressive 2:08.60. The next day junior Engelhardt anchored her Ventura team to 2nd in the DMR with a 4:42.35 split.
Drew Griffith (Pennsylvania) took the boys mile in 3:59.00, topping the 3:59.62 of Zachary Hillhouse (Utah) with a 57.76 final 400.
NEW BALANCE BOYS RESULTS
100(1.8): 1. **Zamarii Sanders (American Heritage, Plantation, Fl) 10.27; 2. *Gabriel Scott (Central Dauphin, Harrisburg) 10.37; 3. Ajani Dwyer (Washington, Sewell, NJ) 10.38;… dnc—Christian Miller (Creekside, St Johns, Fl).
Semis: I(1.2): 1. Miller 9.95 (x, 2 HS; x, 4 AJ).
200(0.1) 1. **Jake Odey-Jordan (Carroll, Washington, DC) 20.55; 2. Sanders 20.75.
400: 1. **Quincy Wilson (Bullis, Potomac, Md) 45.13 (7, 11 HS);
2. Mateo Medina (Elyria, Oh) 46.41; 3. Jadan Marchan (Leonia, NJ) 46.58.
800: 1. Patrick Hilby (Central Catholic, Aurora, Il) 1:47.55 (=6, =11 HS);
2. *Brendan Herger (Northville, Mi) 1:48.08; 3. Raynier Galvez (Tech, Wayne, NJ) 1:49.37; 4. Gabriel Cuffey (Carroll) 1:49.70; 5. **Caleb Winders (North, Bloomington, In) 1:49.74; 6. Ethan Walther (Salesianum, Wilmington, De) 1:49.76.
Mile: 1.Drew Griffith (Butler) 3:59.00; 2. Zach Hillhouse (Pleasant Grove, Ut) 3:59.62; 3. O’Reilly 4:01.16; 4. Ben Gabelman (North, Westerville, Oh) 4:02.68; 5. Clay Shively (Trinity, Wichita) 4:03.55; 6. Ryan Pajak (Ringgold, Monongahela) 4:04.19; 7. William Steadman (Herriman, Ut) 4:04.40; 8. *Josiah Tostenson (Crater, Central Point, Or) 4:04.44; 9. Peyton Shute (Woodbury, NJ) 4:04.92; 10. **Noah Strohman (Holliday, Tx) 4:07.35; 11. Daniel Simmons (American Fork, Ut) 4:07.52.
2M: 1. Simmons 8:38.49; 2. *Jack Graffeo (Academy, Westford, Ma) 8:52.67; 3. *Tamrat Gavenas (Academy, Andover, Ma) 8:54.75; 4. Maxwell Hofheins (Herriman, Ut) 8:55.62; 5. *Keegan Smith (Catholic, Knoxville) 8:55.63;.
5000: 1. Nolan Sutter (Chaska, Mn) 14:36.44.
2000St: 1. Noe Kemper (Boise, Id) 5:43.50 (3. 3 HS);
2. *Soheib Dissa (Newtown, Sandy Hook, Ct) 5:49.15; 3. Connor Long (Wayne, Whitehouse, Oh) 5:52.21.
110H(0.1): 1. Yashahya Brown (Washington Township) 13.52; 2. Anthony Waterman (DeMatha, Hyattsville, Md) 13.55; 3. Bradley Franklin (Thompson, Alabaster, Al) 13.69; 4. Ty Jackson (Mayfield, Oh) 13.70.
400H: 1.**Davian Booker (Massaponax, Fredericksburg, Va) 51.92; 2. Marchan 52.11; 3. James Ledbetter (Jordan, Fulshear, Tx) 52.42.
MileW: 1. Rowan McDonald (Bonny Eagle, Standish, Me) 7:04.14; 2. Colin Graham (Dumont, NJ) 7:11.13;3. *Hans Bakke (York, Me) 7:11.13.
Relay Events
4 x 100: 1. Parkland, Winston-Salem 40.47; 2. Colonial Forge, Stafford, Va 40.57; 3. Carroll 40.62.
4 x 200: 1. Carroll 1:24.56; 2. Southridge, Miami 1:26.20; 3. Windsor, Ct 1:26.23.
4 x 400: 1. Bullis 3:09.43 (Wilson 45.10); 2. McNamara, Forestville, Md 3:12.73; 3. Windsor 3:12.94.
4 x 800: 1. Westfield, NJ 7:36.26; 2. Northville, Mi 7:37.01(Herger 1:48.43); 3. North, Bloomington, In 7:38.02;
4. Olentangy, Lewis Center, Oh 7:40.37.
4 x Mile: 1. Boston College, Dorchester, Ma 17:15.79; 2. Christian Brothers, Lincroft, NJ 17:16.62; 3. Tech, Brooklyn 17:19.81.
SpMed: 1. McNamara 3:23.62; 2. Union Catholic, Scotch Plains, NJ 3:25.36; 3. North, Toms River, NJ 3:25.69.
DisMed: 1. Crater 9:44.30 HSR (old HSR 9:49.79 South Lakes [Reston, Va] ’01) (*Tayvon Kitchen 3:00.02, *Nicholas Kube 49.49, Caleb Doddington 1:52.75, (*Josiah Tostensen 4:02.04);
2. Ridgefield, Ct 9:44.44 (2 HS) (Manley 3:00.48, Diana 49.72, Lovett 1:52.06, Hergenrother 4:02.18); 3. Westfield 9:50.11 (4 HS);
4. Herriman 9:56.09; 5. Academy, Westford 9:57.63; 6. Ridgewood, NJ 9:58.01 (Pash 4:02.24).
4 x 110H: 1. Belleville, Mi 57.81; 2. North 59.85; 3. Scotlandville, Baton Rouge 59.98.
Field Events
HJ: 1. Khalil Antoine (Hillhouse, New Haven) 7-2¼.
PV: Mason Bucks (Palmyra) 16-8¾; 2. Tony Kene (Harrisburg, Il) 16-4¾; 3. Alex Georgiev (Academy, Montverde, Fl) 16-¾; 4. *Lukas Brauc (Oak Park-River Forest, Oak Park, Il) 16-¾.
LJ: 1 *Quincy Isaac (Dearborn, Mi) 24-2¼.
TJ: 1. Antoine 51-6¼; 2. *Joachim Johnson (Episcopal, Newtown Square) 49-7¾w; 3. **Aiden Bryant (Midlakes, Clifton Springs, NY) 49-4½.
SP: 1. Josh Huisman (St Rose, Belmar, NJ) 66-8¾; 2. Benjamin Shue (Bergen, Oradell, NJ) 66-3.
DT: 1. Shue 200-6; 2. Zack Frieden (Kankakee Valley, Wheatfield, In) 190-1.
HT: 1. Zack DelSasso (Coventry, RI) 224-5; 2. Aidan Ifkovits (New Paltz, NY) 221-1.
JT: 1. Scott Sloan (Wheeler, Providence, RI) 206-6; 2. Tyson Schiele’ (Canada) 201-7.
Dec: 1. *Colton Dean (Canon-McMillan, Canonsburg, Pa) 6961.
NEW BALANCE GIRLS RESULTS
100(1.3): 1. **Lisa Raye (West Warwick, RI) 11.26, 2. **Sianni Wynn (Pennsauken, NJ) 11.49, 3. Adaejah Hodge’ (Academy, Montverde, Fl) 11.51.
200 (0.5): 1. **Raye 22.77, 2. **Skyler Franklin (Montverde) 23.00, 3. Hodge’ 23.01.
400: 1. Alivia Williams (Montverde) 52.99, 2. **Maddison Brister (Grovetown, Ga) 53.83, 3. **Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest, Lebanon) 53.89.
800: 1. *Elyse Willmes (Tolton, Columbia, Mo) 2:04.92, 2. *Alexandra O’Rourke (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Burnt Hills, NY) 2:04.98; 3. Allison Ince (Community, Normal, ll) 2:05.10, 4. *Oluwatosin Awoleye (South Cobb, Austell, Ga) 2:05.58, 5. Nicki Southerland (Delta, Muncie, In) 2:05.64.
Mile: 1. *Sadie Engelhardt (Ventura, Ca) 4:37.04 (61.7) (4:20.65), 2. Allie Zealand (Home, Lynchburg, Va) 4:39.16; 3. Rachel Forsyth (Pioneer, Ann Arbor) 4:40.68 (4:22.98), 4. Bethany Michalak (Air Academy, Air Force Academy, Co) 4:43.02, 5. Southerland 4:44.38.
2M: 1. *Logan St. John Kletter (Mt Lebanon, Pittsburgh) 9:58.44 (9:19.79), 2. *Ava Jarrell (Heights, Pendleton, In) 10:11.20; 3. *Hanne Thomsen (Montgomery, Santa Rosa, Ca) 10:11.69 (9:33.69), 4. Keeghan Edwards (Mountain Vista, Highlands Ranch, Co) 10:13.48.
5000: 1. Addison Knoblauch (Homestead, Fort Wayne) 16:42.90, 2. Morgan Boonshaft (Providence Day, Charlotte) 16:45.34, 3. *Abby Faith Cheeseman (Webb, Bell Buckle, Tn) 16:45.68.
2000St: 1. Katherine Bohlke (Newington, Ct) 6:25.93 (5, 7 HS);
2. *Lillie Bogdan (Frontier, Hamburg, NY) 6:34.96, 3. **Brooke Chapman (Olentangy Orange, Lewis Center, Oh) 6:37.31; 4. ***Caitlin Kasten (Covenant Day, Matthews, NC) 6:39.98 (frosh-class record).
100H (-1.5): *Taylor Cox (Union Catholic, Scotch Plains, NJ) 13.38, 2. *Madeline Cooper (Drew, Atlanta) 13.56, 3. Makeriah Harris (Scotlandville, Baton Rouge) 13.59.
400H: 1. **Natalie Dumas (Eastern, Voorhees, NJ) 58.32.
Relay Events
4 x 100: 1. Carroll, Washington, DC 45.36, 2. Union Catholic 45.48, 3. IMG, Bradenton, Fl 45.70
4 x 200: 1. Union Catholic 1:38.48, 2. Clayton, NJ 1:38.82, 3. South Dade, Homestead, Fl 1:38.92
4 x 400: 1. Montverde 3:31.68 HSR (old HSR 3:35.17 Bullis ’24) (**Nakira Hudson 54.2, **Skyler Franklin 51.1, ***Dasia Reed 54.3, Alivia Williams 52.1);
2. Bullis 3:32.29 (2 HS) (Lynn, Brown, Payne 52.8, Rothwell 52.4);
3. Union Catholic 3:41.17, 4. Winslow, Atco, NJ 3:44.43, 5. Oak Park, Mi 3:45.24, 6. Bullis B 3:45.58.
4 x 800: 1. Union Catholic 8:34.20 HSR (old HSR 8:41.20 Union ’24) (**Jimmiea King 2:09.2, Peyton Hollis 2:09.0, ***Sophia Thompson 2:10.5, ***Paige Sheppard 2:05.5);
2. Cuthbertson, Waxhaw, NC 8:45.58 (6 HS) (Preisano 2:12.3, Schihl 2:16.7, Kermes 2:09.2, Bell 2:07.4); 3. Padua, Wilmington, De 8:47.68 (9 HS);
4. Assumption, Louisville 8:54.67.
4 x Mile: 1. Pioneer 20:03.82 (Forsyth 4:41.93).
SpMed: VIII–1. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Burnt Hills, NY 3:56.73. IX–1. Oak Park, Mi 3:54.95, 2. IMG, Bradenton, Fl 3:59.32.
DisMed: 1. Cuthbertson, Waxhaw, NC 11:20.44 (2HS) (Justine Preisano 3:29.1, *Tatiana Blake 57.9, Stella Kermes 2:11.6, Charlotte Bell 4:41.8);
2. Ventura, Ca 11:32.43 (Engelhardt 4:42.4); 3. Assumption, Louisville 11:34.34, 4. Hamilton Southeastern, Fishers, In 11:35.61.
4 x 100H: 1. Bullis 56.47 (7 HS) (Russell, Flynn, Hopkins, White).
Field Events
HJ: 1. **Ella Michelitch (Minisink Valley, Slate Hill, NY) 5-10, 2. Hannah Riolo (Independence, Ashburn, Va) 5-10,.
PV: 1. *Lilyana Carlson (Bermudian Springs, York Springs, Pa) 13-5.
TJ: 1. *Gabrielle Pierre (Lincoln-Sudbury, Sudbury, Ma) 42-2¼, 2. *Destini Smith (Souderton) 41-11¼, 3. Corintia Griffith (Webster-Schroeder, Webster, NY) 41-8½.
SP: 1. *Jessica Oji (Livingston, NJ) 50-2, 2. *Gwen Howard (Whitko, South Whitley, In) 47-8, 3. Emarie Jackson (Greensburg, In) 47-3¾.
DT: 1. Russell 166-11, 2. Giordano 158-6, 3. *Oji 155-11.
HT: 1.* Adelaide Caron (Woonsocket, RI) 182-1, 2. Shyla-Mae Constable’ (Can) 164-7, 3. **Nadia Henley (IMG, Bradenton, Fl) 162-2.
JT: 1. *Sophia Mazzoni (Derry) 156-11.
Hept: 1. Avery Miller (Allegany, Cumberland, Md) 5057, 2. Yuliya Maslouskaya’ (IMG) 4992.
