Pennsylvania
Track Carnival Saturday, February 12, 2000 Lehigh University Boys
Highlights The performance of the meet was the 15' 7" pole vault
which came from State College senior Kevin Dare, as he hit a new US #4.
Kevin Kelly of Strath Haven cleared 14-3 to qualify for NSI. In the
boys mile Sean Duffy and Dan Coval had quite a duel. Coval was clearly
not in top shape the last 400 as he tried to take the legs from 800
specialist Duffy with a 2:09 first half. Coval took lead on 2nd lap.
Duffy closed on the fifth lap, and they went through the next quarter in
66. At the start of last quarter, Duffy surged past Coval, who responded
for the next 100 before Duffy pulled away and held a 10 meter lead
entering the final lap. North Penn's Dan Michael closed on a tired
Coval, as Duffy pulled a 64 final quarter and missed a meet record
by less than a second. Karl Dusen, who has the second best 3000 in PA
this year, finished fourth with an NIC time of 4:26.55. It was great to
see a 4:20 mile by a high schooler at Lehigh. Troy Roberson of
William Tennent ripped through the 200 to with a 22.31 New US#9, over
Terrance Day of Simon Gratz, with his 22.51 (new US #15). Tyrone Diggs,
Glen Mills, ran an NSI 22:62. PA Football Player of the Year, Mark Jones
of Strath Haven was fourth at 22:91, followed by Jamal Huff, the winner
of the 60 meters, with a 23:11, both DyeStat Elite times. Roberson
also won the 60 meter dash with a 6:96 (new US#6). Eight runners in the
event ran DyeStat Elite times. In the 60 meter hurdles, Jamal Huff
from West Catholic, won in an NSI qualifier and new US# 4 of 8:13.
The first six runners in the boys 800 broke two minutes, as Joe
Plevelich of Henderson (1:56.10 new US#6), and Pat Nash of Cardinal
O'Hara (1:56.41 new US #9) continued their season long duel in the 800.
Both runners were content to tuck in for the first two laps before
hitting the last quarter hard. Plevelich pushed his advantage to a
slight gap on Nash entering the final lap, which Nash couldn't make up.
NIC times were run by Central's Tony Fulton (1:58.28) and Beaufort
Jenkins of Simon Gratz, 1:58.71. Joe Weigner of Council Rock (1:59.65)
and Paul Hallman of Neshaminy (1:59.88) ran DyeStat Elite times.
Gerren Ryans, Central High, (50:26) nipped Conestoga's Rich Watson
(50:32) in the 400. Both are NSI times. The next six runners in the boys
400 ran NIC times. Glen Mills (Curtis Smith, Bronte Mills, Bobby
McCall, Tyrone Diggs) won the boys 4 x 200 by a mere .01 with a 1:31.79
over Simon Gratz. Both are NSI times. Strath Haven's 1:32.6 took third,
and Central's 1:32.96, fourth - both NIC times. The boys 4 x 800 was
won in NSI time by North Penn (Jim Farrow, Gerry Lichsch, Steve Craig,
Dan Michael) with an 8:07.22. Father Judge also ran an NSI qualifier,
with their 8:09.71. Upper Merion was third at 8:17.61 (NIC). In the
4x400, the Central team of Curtis West, Geren Ryans, Mike Majors, and
Tony Fulton, set a new meet record with a 3:23.16 (new US$ 9) NSI time.
Simon Gratz (3:23.34 -new US#10) and Glen Mills (3:25.34) also ran NSI
qualifiers. Southern Lehigh's Mike Newhard, who had cleared 6-10
earlier this season, won the high jump with his 6-8. The shot boasted
two NSI performances. Mike Stellefson of Cumberland Valley (just west of
Harrisburg), won by just under four inches with his 54-9 3/4. Chris
McKelvey of North Penn, was second with his 54-6. Both are NSI throws.
In the Long Jump, Jesse Patterson of Cheltenham won with an NSI leap
of 23-2 1/4. Philly area boys next compete at the Meet of Champions,
Saturday, February 19 at Lehigh. |