BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, March 13–16 — Quincy Wilson and his Bullis School (Potomac, Maryland) teammates saved their best for last.
In the final event at New Balance Nationals Indoor, the Bulldogs crushed their own HS 4X4 Record, becoming the first quartet to break 3:10 indoors. Their 3:09.44 defended their 2024 title and bested their record by 2.43 seconds.
Wilson didn’t even need a PR split on his anchor to bury the old standard, thanks to Cameron Homer (47.53), Alexander Lambert (47.62) and Mickey Green (48.36). The Paris Olympic 4×4 gold medalist finished with a 45.94, extending Bullis’s lead to almost 5 seconds over 2nd. Coach Joe Lee’s powerhouse also took the sprint medley in 3:23.41 — second only to their 3:22.50 HSR from earlier this winter — and without Wilson.
Can Bullis challenge Hawthorne’s legendary 40-year-old 3:07.40 HSR outdoors? “I think we can,” said Wilson to DyeStat.com, citing the 2-second improvement from indoor to outdoor in ’24. “If that’s the case, that’s 3:07 right there.”
Bullis’s 4×4 was the national-record bookend for the meet to the 4×2 HSR that rival Carroll (Washington, D.C.) — just 14M down the Potomac — authored on Friday. The Lions had already broken their own record (1:25.36 in ’24) twice this winter, 1:25.21 at the Virginia Showcase and 1:25.15 at Millrose. This time, the squad of Elijah Amenra, Niles Briggman, Keenen Davis and 200 individual champ (20.90) Jake Odey-Jordan buried the 1:25 barrier with a 1:24.37 — in the prelims.
In Saturday’s final, Carroll tinkered with its lineup, adding Chase DeJesus to the anchor following Briggman, Odey-Jordan and Davis. While they couldn’t quite beat their prelim standard, the 1:24.99 triumph was still faster than any other school has run indoors.
Wilson faced a much tougher challenge competitively in his individual showcase event Saturday. In fact, Andrew Salvodon (Bayside, Virginia Beach, Virginia) had handed Wilson his only loss at any distance this winter in any distance, when he beat him by 2 seconds over 500m with a national record 1:00.49. This time, Salvodon nearly overcame Wilson’s fast start, but couldn’t quite surpass his final drive: Wilson’s 45.71 was just 0.05 off his HSR, while Salvodon’S 45.84 became No. 2 all-time and the first prep to break 46 indoors and not win.
Like Wilson, Cole Boone (Pulaski, Dublin, Virginia) came in as a national record-setter and withstood a stiff challenge. In this case, Boone had set a new 1000 standard (2:20.14 at his state championships) and was racing at 800 — where he had 1:51.11 and 1:49.58 bests from this winter and spring of ’24. He prevailed at 1:48.29, but it wasn’t easy. With early splits of 25.87 and 51.57, Boone left himself hanging on for dear life during a last lap of nearly 30 seconds as Canadian Robin Lefebvre (1:48.63) and Carter Smith (Mifflin, Lewiston, Pennsylvania; 1:48.66) nearly caught him. Boone and Smith land as preps Nos. 5 and 8 all-time indoors.
Surprisingly, Boone said a 25-second first lap was by design. “That was the plan going in,” he told DyeStat “The last 100m, whew, I locked up. But it was good.” Lefebvre came back Sunday and won the mile in 4:05.22.
Crater’s (Central Point, Oregon) sub-4:00 duo of Josiah Tostenson and Tayvon Kitchen passed up the open mile for the 2M and 5000. Kitchen broke open Thursday’s 5K at 2800 and ran the final 1600 just under 4:24 to win by 13 seconds. Friday, Tostenson let a sub-8:40 pace slow in the middle, but then finished in 29 seconds and held off Aiden Monistere (Parkview, Baton Rouge,) for the win, 8:46.09–8:46.78.
Finally on Saturday, Crater triumphed in the 4xM with 16:59.08, becoming the fourth school to break 17:00 indoors or out. Kitchen came from 6th and more than 50m back to catch Christian Brothers (Linwood, New Jersey) as he and Tostenson closed out the win in unofficial splits of 4:07 and 4:09.
“I was confident in Josiah and I was confident in myself,” said Kitchen of the comeback effort to DyeStat. “I just focused on staying comfortable and on my own pace… and by the last lap, I knew I’d catch Joe [Barrett of Christian Brothers].”
The 4×8 nearly produced another HSR, with St. John’s (Washington, DC) hanging on to win with 7:37.52 over Bentonville (Arkansas), timed in 7:37.95 after the closing rush of Brian Burns (1:50.73). The two schools ascended to Nos. 2 & 3 all-time behind the ’09 HSR of Albemarle (Charlottesville, Virginia).
Another top sprint performance came from Kyler Brown (Washington, Tulsa), whose 6.61 edged Cole Cramer (Southern Regional, Manahawkin, New Jersey) in the 60 by 0.01 and pushed him to No. 5 all-time.
On the field, Shamrock Thoun (Woonsocket, Rhode Island) won the weight with 79-9¼ a day after throwing 82-6¼ at Nike Indoor. Isaiah Whitaker (Central Catholic, Bloomington, Illinois), already the No. 2 all-time vaulter at 18-1, settled for 17-10½ after missing 18-4½. Matthew Kathiravelu (Peterborough, Ontario) came down from Canada to hit a breakout triple jump PR 50-6½ — farther than any U.S. prep this winter.
NEW BALANCE BOYS RESULTS
60: 1. Kyler Brown (Washington, Tulsa) 6.61 (=4, =4 HS); 2. Cole Cramer (Southern Regional, Manahawkin, NJ) 6.62 (=7, =7 HS).
200: 1. *Jake Odey-Jordan (Carroll, Washington, DC) 20.90; 2. Jesse Myers (State College, Pa) 20.99.
400: 1. *Quincy Wilson (Bullis) 45.71 (x, 2 HS); 2. Andrew Salvodon (Bayside, Virginia Beach) 45.84 (2, 4 HS).
800: 1. Cole Boone (Pulaski, Dublin, Va) 1:48.29 (5, 5 HS);
2. Robin Lefebvre’ (Can) 1:48.63; 3. *Carter Smith (Mifflin, Lewistown, Pa) 1:48.66 (8, 8 HS); 4. Tsedeke Jakovics (Old Mill, Millersville, Md) 1:49.72.
Mile: 1. Lefebvre’ 4:05.22; 2. Aiden Monistere (Parkview, Baton Rouge) 4:06.31; 3. Juan Gonzalez (Fremont, Nb) 4:07.44; 4. Riku Sugie (Nelson, Bardstown, Ky) 4:07.56.
2M: 1. Josiah Tostenson (Crater, Central Point, Or) 8:46.09; 2. Monistere 8:46.78; 3. Jack Anstrom (Seaforth) 8:48.63;
4. Daniels 8:49.39.
5000: 1. Tayvon Kitchen (Crater) 14:01.14 (6, 7 HS);
2. Hayden Boaz (Summit, Bend, Or) 14:13.28; 3. *Jackson Spencer (Herriman, Ut) 14:15.97.
60H: 1. Tyler Burgess (Palmyra, Pa) 7.67; 2. Jabari Armstrong (Steinbrenner, Lutz, Fl) 7.76; 3. Lucas Andrade (Brockton, Ma) 7.78.
MileW: 1. *Ian Britt (Mt Ararat, Topsham, Me) 6:57.64; 2. *Joshua Rothery (Urbana, Ijamsville, Md) 7:07.52.
4 x 200: 1. Carroll 1:24.99 (2 HS);
2. South County, Lorton, Va 1:26.17.
Heats: V-1. Carroll 1:24.37 HSR (old HSR 1:25.15 Carroll ’25) (Amenra, Briggman, Davis 21.02, Odey-Jordan 20.68).
4 x 400: 1. Bullis 3:09.44 HSR (old HSR 3:11.87 Bullis ’24) (Homer 47.53, Lambert 47.61, Green 48.36, Wilson 45.94);
2. North, Toms River, NJ 3:14.35 (8 HS).
4 x 800: 1. St. John’s, Washington, DC 7:37.52 (2 HS); 2. Bentonville, Ar 7:37.95 (3 HS).
4 x Mile: 1. Crater 16:59.08 (3 HS); 2. Christian Brothers, Lincroft, NJ 17:06.61 (6 HS); 3. American Fork, Ut 17:07.18 (8 HS).
SpMed: 1. Bullis 3:23.41 (2 HS) (Lambert 46.45, Abrams 1:52.03); 2. North, Toms River 3:25.68 (10 HS).
DisMed: 1. Herriman 10:04.76; 2. St. John’s 10:05.56; 3. Huntsville, Al 10:06.06.
4 x 55H: 1. North, Toms River 29.31 (5 HS);
2. Catholic, Paramus, NJ 30.30.
HJ: 1. *Ryan Buskey (Colonie Central, Albany, NY) 7-1. PV: 1. *Isaiah Whitaker (Central Catholic, Bloomington, Il) 17-10½. LJ: 1. Quincy Isaac (Canton, Mi) 24-4¼. TJ: 1. Matthew Kathiravelu’ (Can) 50-6¾. SP: 1. Anthony Liakhnovich (Hammonton, NJ) 66-3¾; 2. Peter Donini (Delbarton, Morristown, NJ) 65-9. Wt: 1. Shamrock Thoun (Woonsocket, RI) 79-9¼. Pent: 1. Miles Lipka (Algonquin, Hillsborough) 3872; 2. *Garrett McNeil (IMG) 3829.
