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2023 Nike Outdoor Nationals Day 3 HighlightsPublished by
By Ricky Quintana Eugene, OR- Nearly perfect temperature and conditions prevailed on day three of the Nike Outdoor Nationals. And the athletes reciprocated with more outstanding competition and performances. Girls Champ Heptathlon Sophomore JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, Emerald Ridge(South Hill, WA) won the heptathlon in a new personal best of 5,481. It was her first NON heptathlon championship and the second in her high school career after she won last year’s high jump. On the first day, Gero-Holt led from the second event, the high jump, until the final event of the day, the 200m, as she amassed 3,462 points to lead Texas A&M signee Rylee Lydon( Prairie Ridge, Crystal Lake, IL) by 336 points, 3,126, and Stanford signee Catherine Littlewood(Queen Creek, AZ) by 378 points, 3084. On the second day, Gero-Holt maintained her lead to tally her final score of 5,481 which was 80 points better than her personal best of 5,401 set at the USATF U20 Championships last summer. Lydon finished second with 5,152 which was 368 points better than her previous personal best. Littlewood finished third with 5,097. Gero-Holt’s point total set an NSAF meet record and was the ninth best performer in US High School History. The previous NSAF meet record was set by Emma Fitzgerald(Thayer, Braintree, MA) who scored 5,464 on June 18, 2016. Gero-Holt’s total also broke the US High School sophomore record of 5,170 points set by Kendell Williams, Kelly(Marietta, GA, on August 1, 2011. She also raised her own age 16 record. Results and video Girls GARMIN Champ 2 Mile Run What a week for Jane Hedengren, Timpview (Provo, UT)? The sophomore came in with above modest times and comes out as one of the best sophomores in US High School history.
Leachman continued to push the pace as Hedengren, Charlotte Sinke, a junior from Calgary( Alberta, Canada) shadowed her through laps of 74 and 73 second.
Before the bell rung, Hedengren made her way on the inside rail to take the lead. From there the long striding, mechanically sound Hedengren powered away to a 69.94 final circuit to finish in 9:54.38. Sinke finished in 9:56.45 for second place as Leachman dipped under 10 with her 9:57.65. Hedengren’s final mile was run in 4:52.87 and her final 800 was run in 2:23.29. Hedengren’s enroute 3,000m FAT time which was recorded for the meet isthe third fastest in US history for the 3,000. Her 9:17.26 en route mark is behind Katelyn Touhy’s 9:09.91 in 2018, and Ellie Shea’s(Belmont,MA) 9:16.74. Leachman’s time, 9:57.65, was the fastest two mile time ever run by a freshman in US High School history eclipsing the 10:04.73 run by London Culbreath, North(McKinney, TX) in 2017. Her two mile time converts to 9:54.18 3200m which is second only to the 9:50.69 3200m time run by Sadie Englehardt, Ventura, CA in 2022. Leachman set other records as well. Her 3,000m time of 9:19.41 broke the US freshman best of 9:26.32 run by Jordan Hasay, Mission Prep, San Luis Obispo, CA) in 2006. Leachman, age 15 years 5 months and 14 days just missed the age 15 record of 9:19.09 run by Kelsey Chmiel(Saratoga Springs, NY) run in 2017. In fourth place was Sophia Rodriguez(Dallastown Area MS, PA) lowered her personal best to 10:12.33. That lowered the international age 14 best[source: here] she set earlier this year indoors at NIN. The time converts to 10:08.78 for 3,200m which is just behind Jordan Hasay's US age 14 year old record of 10:07.56. Her 3,000m en route FAT was 9:30.72 which was behind Jordan Hasay's mark of 9:26.32. Results and video Boys Champ 110m Hurdles In a battle between the two of the top hurdlers in the nation, Alexander Chukwukelu, North Fortney(Fortney, TX) edged out Squalicum’s(Bellingham, WA) Andrew Korbmacher to win the 13.53-13.56. Korbmacher, an FSU signee, had looked impressive in winning the Brooks PR Invitational on Wednesday in a 13.40 winning time into a -0.5 wind. In the prelims, Chukwukelu, looked to be up for the challenge as he led all qualifiers with a splendid 13.45(+0.4). In the finals, Chukwukelu was lined up in lane 6 with Korbmacher in lane 7. They ran even through seven hurdles. Over the next two hurdles, Chukwukelu edged away from Korbmacher. Chukwukelu then hit the tenth hurdle slowing him some as Korbmacher closed to lose by the narrowest of margins. The times were not their best, but ranked US #5 and US#7 this season.
Results and video Akala Garrett, Albemarle(NC) won her second consecutive NON title in the 100m Hurdles with a dominating 13.37(-0.1) win over Nonah Waldron, Oak Park(MI) who finished second in personal best of 13.50. Garrett entered the meet with a 13.13(+0.6) US #1 clocking on Wednesday at the Brooks PR Invitational to beat out Saira Prince , Williams Field (Gilbert, AZ) who ran a personal best of 13.33, US#5. In the prelims, Prince continued her hot streak as she produced a scorching 13.39 US #8 to Garrett’s US #11 time of 13.45. In the final, Garrett got out quick and quickly separated herself from Prince in lane 6 by hurdle three. She continued to open up her lead through hurdle five. Waldron, in lane 4, matched Garrett’s speed over the final five hurdles, but could not close the gap and finished in 13.50,a US #12 time. Garrett’s 13.37 was a US #7 best.
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The nation’s top ranked jumper, Riyon Rankin, Brunswick, GA cleared 6-09 to win the high jump competition. Emmitt Kietlinski, Gresham Community/Bowler(Gresham, WI) and Hayden Smith, Unon(Rimersburg,PA) finished second and third with the same clearance height, but had more misses than Rankin. Rankin, a future Georgia Bulldog, entered the competition at 6-01.25 and proceeded to clear each successive height on his first attempt. Kyren Washington, Santa Fe(Alachua, FL), a University of Oklahoma signee, and Osawese Agbonkonkon, Wakeland(Frisco, TX), a UCLA signee, matched Rankin’s first attempt clearance through 6-07 before missing all three of their attempts at 6-09.
Kietlinski, who only took up track as a sophomore and Smith, a junior, both got over 6-09 on their third and final attempt. Rankin, Kietlinkski and Smith all missed on their three attempts at 6-11 resulting in their final places. Results and video Sophomore Jonathan Simms, Allen, TX won the 400m in 46.09 to claim his first NON championship. Hard charging senior and Stanford bound Tyler Floyd, Seattle Preparatory(WA) finished second in a personal best of 46.22. Simms got out quickly in lane eight and had a 5 meter lead at the top of the straight as Floyd closed, but could not catch Simms. It was the second major title for Simms this week. He won the Brooks PR Invitational on Wednesday in a personal best of 45.90. Results and video University of South Carolina JaMeesia Ford , Jack Britt(Fayetteville, NC) overtook Tyler Lowe, Chattahoochee(Alpharetta, GA) to win the 400m in a new personal best time of 52.60. Lowe was second in 53.63. Ford’s time was the US#6 fastest time this season. Results and video Boys GARMIN Champ 800 Meter RUN Penn State-bound Kaleb Nastari(United, Hanover, OH) led wire to wire to claim his first NON title of his career in a time of 1:49.25. Junior Tyler Mathews, Red Mountain(Mesa, AZ) was second in 1:49.60. Nastari took command of the race from the beginning, leading through an opening 400m of 54.38. At the bell, he made a concerted effort to break away from the pack over the next 200m gaining a three meter advantage. He gained some ground over the pack, but in the final 100m, Mathews began to close the gap, but Mathews’ negative split of 54.14(55.46 first 400m) fell short of Nastari’s 54.86 final circuit. Andrew Lutkenhaus(Northwest, Justin TX), 1:50.04, Shalom Trowbridge(Central, Grand Junction, CO), 1:50.34, and Jackson Heidesch(Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines, IA) all set personal bests to take third, fourth and fifth place. Results and video Girls GARMIN Champ 800 Meter RUN Stanford signee Madison Shults, Niwot(CO) won the 800m in 2:06.94. Her future teammate, Amelia Everett, Newton South(Newton Center, MA) finished second in 2:08.16. Berkeley Engelland, Mt. Vernon, Plankinton, SD took the pace in a quick 61.23 as Shults followed in sixth in 63.18. Shults then powered away in the final 200m to claim the victory. Her even splits of 63.18/63.76 were just the ticket she needed to get the win. On Wednesday, she had finished fourth at the Brooks PR Invitational in 2:06.69 using the same strategy. Boys Champ Hammer Senior Jack McEachern, Lloydminster, Alerta Canada won the event on his final throw of 233-0. Hart(MI senior Kellen Kimes was second with a mark of 223-04.75. Girls Champ Shot Put
Hamlin(Hayti, SD) senior and University of Florida bound Gracelyn Leiseth threw the shot 52-01.75 to win the shot put in the final round. Texas A& M signee, Carlie Weiser, Giddings(TX) finished second with a mark of 49-04.25. Boys Champ Long Jump Irondale(New Brighton, MN) junior Juriad Hughes Jr, third round leap of 24-09(+0.5) held off Ashton Torns’(Westlake, Austin, TX) fourth round mark of 24-07.75 to win the long jump. The marks were US # 6 and US #8 furthest jumps this season. Results and video Girls Champ Javelin Throw
Central Catholic’s (Portland, OR) Kyeese Hollands threw a personal best of 164-05 to win the Javelin throw. The Texas Tech bound Hollands best mark was nearly nine feet better than her previous best mark of 155-07 and moved her to #5 in NSAF met history.
Results and video Girls Champ Triple Jump Guyer(Denton, TX) senior Sophia Day bounds 39-05 to win the triple jump by one inch over Anika Sukumar, West Linn(OR) on her final attempt. Day opened the competition with a 38-11 jump to take the lead, but then Sukumar’s next three attempts were over 39’ with the fourth round being her best of 39-04. That left the door open for Day’s final jump heroics as Sukumar ended the competition with a 39-01 jump. Boys GARMIN Champ 2 Mile Run Weston Brown, Bozeman, MT, used a 4:21.4 last mile to narrowly defeat teammate, Nathan Neil 8:53.02-8:53.77 to win the GARMIN 2 mile championship. A pack of 25 of the 27 starters were within two seconds of each other at the mile reached in 4:31. With two laps to go, Brown dropped his pace from 69 seconds to 64 seconds to whittle the pack down to four. Neil(60.12) was the only one who could match the pace as he followed Brown(60.27), a Princeton signee and MT 1600m and 3200m champion, as the Hawks swept the top two places. Their times were US # 9 and US #10 this season.
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