PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, June 19–22 — The boys from Herriman, Utah, came to Franklin Field laser-focused on bringing down an HSR in the 4×8 that had lasted since ’11. That mark, the 7:28.75 by California’s Long Beach Poly, had inspired the Herriman runners ever since they ran 7:43.84 to win at Simplot over the winter. But first they had to overcome the disappointment of a 4 x Mile loss Thursday to Oregon’s Crater (Central Point), which set a MR 16:54.80 to Herriman’s 16:59.28.
Jonah Tang led off the 4×8, and while his 1:54.74 was not far off his recent PR, he handed off in 5th, as Rockhurst (Kansas City) led with first leg William Hayes at 1:51.20. Rockhurst stayed up front for the next carry (Jake Bond’s 1:53.88), while Herriman’s Micah Tang stayed in 5th but made it closer with his 1:52.52. It was Herriman’s third leg, Tayshaun Ogomo, who blew the race open, delivering a 1:48.94 to take over the lead.
Anchor Jackson Spencer, a junior on this otherwise senior squad, would need a 1:52.55 to bring down the record. He confidently strode to a 1:49.94, well under his PR of 1:52.23, and stopped the clock at 7:26.12. Rockhurst took 2nd in 7:32.44.
“[Coach] told us, ‘If you get this record tomorrow, we’re going to forget about the 4 x Mile,’” Jonah Tang told Dyestat. On Sunday, Herriman added a DMR win in 9:50.19.
Quincy Wilson came ready for baton heroics with his Bullis (Maryland) teammates but had to start out with a loss. In Friday’s 4×2, he led off and helped build a lead over rival Carroll (DC), but his teammates were not able to get safely away, and on the anchor, Jake Odey-Jordan claimed the win for Carroll in an MR 1:23.64, with Bullis at 1:23.95.
In Saturday’s individual 400, the Olympic relay gold medalist ran unpressed to a 45.37 to win by nearly a second, 0.24 off his MR from last year. Then on Sunday, Bullis led the 4×4 from the start, with Wilson’s 45.40 capping a meet record 3:08.28, the No. 4 prep mark ever.
Zamarii Sanders, the junior from Newman (West Palm Beach, Florida), won Friday’s 100 in 10.35, using a strong last-half drive to pull away from the 10.42 of Ja’Neil Harris (Andrews, High Point, North Carolina) and Odey-Jordan (10.43). Then on Sunday, Sanders replicated that in the 200, his 20.61 again topping Harris (20.74) and Odey-Jordan (20.99).
One of the most competitive battles came in the high hurdles, where Florida champion Kahiem Carby (Plant City) tangled with Michigan’s Will Jaiden Smith (Belleville). Carby got out best and put the pressure on Smith, who pressed hard to catch up and started banging barriers. In the final strides Smith lunged but fell just short. Carby took the win, 13.44–13.45.
Alternately, one of the least competitive races, in a sense, came in the 800, where Indiana’s Caleb Winders (North, Bloomington) wasn’t even in the fast heat. With a 1:50.88 season best, the junior was relegated to the penultimate competition, where he ran in the pack through a 52.91 first lap and closed well to win in 1:46.85 to become No. 7 ever. The best from the A-listers was a 1:48.13 for Cole Boone (Pulaski, Dublin, Virginia).
NEW BALANCE BOYS RESULTS
100(0.3): 1. *Zamarii Sanders (Crusaders) 10.35.
200(-0.4): 1. Sanders 20.61, 2. Ja’Neil Harris (All American Project) 20.74.
400: 1. *Quincy Wilson (Bullis, Potomac, MD) 45.37; 2. *Jayden Deleon (The House, Washington, DC) 46.33; 3. Cameron Homer (Bullis) 46.35; 4. Andrew Salvodon (Virginia Beach) 46.47.
800: I–1. *Cole Boone (Dublin, Va) 1:48.13; 2. Henry Risser (Momentum TC) 1:48.31.
II–1. *Caleb Winders (Warthan, Bloomington, In) 1:46.85 (7, 10 HS).
Mile: 1. *Carter Smith (Lewistown, Pa) 4:01.20; 2. Robin Lefebvre’ (Can) 4:02.07; 3. *Brody Clark’ (Can) 4:04.14; 4. Luke Pash (Ridgewood, NJ) 4:04.41; 5. Brian Burns (Bentonville, Ar) 4:04.89; 6. Caleb Ten Pas (Urbandale, Ia) 4:04.97.
2M: 1. Aiden Monistere (Baton Rouge) 8:52.31; 2. Tamrat Gavenas (Andover, Ma) 8:53.71; 3. Ben Crane (Wilmette, Il) 8:56.42.
5000: 1. *Noah Bontrager (Shipshewana, In) 14:20.89.
2000St: 1. Soheib Dissa (Newtown, Ct) 5:43.98 (HSL) (5, 5 HS);
2. Samuel Darmanie (Springboro, Oh) 5:46.07; 3. Parker Macdonald’ (Can) 5:51.53; 4. *Nicholas Mazzeo (Lower Merion-Ardmore, Pa) 5:52.04.
110H(0.7): 1. Kahiem Carby (813 Elite) 13.44; 2. Will Jaiden Smith (Ann Arbor Youth) 13.45; 3. *Rylan Hainje (Flashes TC) 13.52.
400H: 1. Camryn Thomas (North Track) 51.66; 2. *Davian Booker (Ponax Panthers) 51.75; 3. *Nyan Brown (NC PD Elite) 51.84; 4. **Amari Scott (Mark Trail Flying Eagles) 51.84.
MileW: 1. *Ian Britt (MERW) 6:46.15 (HSL).
Relay Events
4 x 100: 1. Forge TC 40.69; 2. Flanagan, Fl 40.72.
4 x 200: 1. Carroll, DC 1:23.64; 2. Bullis 1:23.95.
4 x 400: 1. Bullis 3:08.28 (4 HS) (Wilson 45.40);
2. North Track, NJ 3:10.31; 3. Vandalia Butler, OH 3:10.96; 4. Carroll, DC 3:11.41; 5. IMG 3:11.64.
4 x 800: 1. Herriman, UT 7:26.12 HSR (old HSR 7:28.75 Poly [Long Beach, Ca] ’11) (Jonah Tang 1:54.74, Micah Tang 1:52.52, Tayshaun Ogomo 1:48.94, *Jackson Spencer 1:49.94);
2. Rock RC (11 HS) 7:32.44; 3. IMG 7:35.00; 4. Warthan TC 7:35.37 (Winders 1:48.20).
4 x Mile: 1. Crater, Central Point, OR 16:54.80 (HSL) (4 HS); 2. Herriman 16:59.28 (8 HS);
3. American Fork, Ut 17:03.41.
SpMed: 1. North Track, NJ 3:23.33; 2. Hackensack, NJ 3:23.62; 3. Dobbs AA 3:24.43; 4. Motor City TC 3:24.70.
DisMed: 1. Herriman, UT 9:50.19 (HSL) (5 HS);
2. Brookline, Ma 9:55.24; 3. Ridgefield, Ct 9:55.47; 4. Bernards, NJ 9:55.83; 5. Manheim Township, Pa 9:56.35.
4 x 110H: 1. North, Toms River, NJ 56.10 (2HS) (Camryn Thomas, **Jael Hester, Mordecai Ford, Mamadi Diawara);
2. Paladins 58.20; … dq—[1] Ann Arbor Youth [55.68]
Field Events
HJ: 1. *Vance Harris III (Carroll, Washington, DC) 6-9½;.
PV: 1. Garrett Guinther (Sidney, Oh) 17-4½; 2. *Luke Beattie (Warwick, NY) 17-¾.
LJ: 1. Justin Woulard (Vero Beach, Fl) 24-5½.
TJ: 1. *Aiden Bryant (Midlakes, Clifton Springs, NY) 51-2¼; 2. Matthew Kathiravelu’ (Can) 50-9½; 3. **Amar Skeete (Baker St) 50-5¼; 4. *Alexander Chapman-Evans (Enloe, Raleigh) 50-2.
SP: 1. Peter Donini (Summit, NJ) 66-5¾; 2. Samuel Blount (Grassfield TC) 65-6.
DT: 1. Benjamin Shue (Bergen, Oradell, NJ) 199-1; 2. *Max Martire (Adrenaline-Wilmington, De) 196-11.
HT: 1. Owen Spira (Ocean State Hammerheads) 231-11; 2. *Charles Sullivan (Yorktown Heights, NY) 229-5; 3. Marshall Potter (Trojans) 227-9.
JT: 1. Markos Hantsoulis (Highland Park, NJ) 203-3; 2. *Landon Cruz (Edison, NJ) 202-9.
Dec: 1. ***Winston Schroeder (IMG Elite) 7092 (frosh-class record); 2. *Owen Proskin (Plum) 6967.
