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jag4life commented on a news article Mar 4th 2013, 6:51pm
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By Stephen UnderwoodAs we get current on the new DyeStat.com, we catch up on the 2013 indoor season to date, with New Balance Indoor Nationals looming ahead next weekend.  Third in this series is the girls’ sprints and hurdles.55/60 HurdlesH...
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I can see it all in Explorer, too. Not sure why you can't. Here it is pasted in ... please let me know that you can read it this time:

By Stephen Underwood

As we get current on the new DyeStat.com, we catch up on the 2013 indoor season to date, with New Balance Indoor Nationals looming ahead next weekend. Third in this series is the girls’ sprints and hurdles.

55/60 Hurdles

Hall/Wallace rematch looms

The Dior Hall-Sasha Wallace showdown at Brooks last Sunday was pretty much as good as advertised, with Wallace Sasha Wallace, shown at last year's NBNI, is now #3 all-time after beating Dior Hall. Photorun.net photopulling off the mild upset, 8.18 to 8.21. Hall, the George Washington (Denver) junior, had come in with her 8.17 PR this winter than made her #2 all-time. But instead of shaving a few more hundredths off for a USR, she was edged by the Castro Valley (Calif.) senior – who herself became #3 all-time in the process. It hardly could have been a better race.

Unless you’re Hall, that is. But she’ll have the perfect chance to avenge her loss at New Balance Nationals Indoor, where she’ll try and defend her 2012 crown. Fans will recall the win last year by Hall being a dramatic upset over Trinity Wilson, the Californian who’d won Simplot and been World Youth 100H champ in 2011. Wilson was fourth in that race and her fellow Golden Stater – Wallace – was second at 8.35. Wallace has improved since, obviously, prefacing her Brooks win with an 8.24 earlier at U-W and a Simplot win.

Also making waves

Skylar Ross-Ransom – The Brooks PR 60H might have been as big for this Langham Creek (Houston) senior as it was for Wallace and Hall. Ross-Ransom ran 8.50 at Brooks in 2012 and had a best of 8.67 this winter before last weekend, so her third-place finish in 8.33 opened some eyes. At 100H last spring, she was New Balance Nationals Outdoor champ in 13.59.
Kendell Williams –The hurdles is just part of the big picture for this Kell (Marietta, Ga.) senior. Williams is now the national record-holder in the heptathlon outdoors and the two-time NBNI pentathlon champ indoors, but her extreme individual talents include the hurdles, where she ran an 8.35 at Brooks in taking fourth. She is also US#3 over 55H at 7.93.
Leah Lott-Chantel Ray – These two hurdlers have had a great rivalry in Virginia this year. That culminated at the AAA state meet, where Lott (Landstown, Virginia Beach) edged Ray (Hampton), 7.84 to 7.88 – the US#1-2 times for the year. Outside of en route times at 60H national championship races, they are two of the best 55H marks of the past decade.


Peek ahead to NBNI
It’s pretty simple after what we mentioned above – a national record will be on the line when Hall and Wallace have their rematch this coming weekend. Ross-Ransom (seventh last year), Williams (fifth), Lott and Ray will back up the favorites among a monster group of entrants. Five of the eight finalists, in all, return from 2012.



Long Sprints (200 through 600)

Eyes on Baird

Ever since she opened eyes wide last summer with a 51.04 400 at the IAAF World Junior Champs, #5 all-time and the fastest since Sanya Richards’ USR in 2002, Kadecia Baird has been earmarked as the long sprinter to watch during 2013. This indoor campaign, the Medgar Evers (Brooklyn, N.Y.) senior has had her moments, but it probably hasn’t been the smooth performance arc she’d hoped for.

She started the winter with a fast early-season 39.22 300 at Bishop Loughlin in December. But in the big Hispanic Games 400 in January, she injured her hamstring and did not finish. Fortunately, the injury healed fairly quickly and Baird was back on the track in early February, where she blitzed a US#1 37.54 300 in the Armory Collegiates, second only to Francena McCorory on the all-time national list. She ran nearly as fast at the PSAL meet with a 38.00.

Then at the NY state meet this past weekend, she won the 55 in 7.08 – just off a recent 7.06 best as she’s been trying the shorter dashes – but then false started in the 300 final. That ruined another great battle with Cardozo rival Deajah Stevens, who also won the Hispanic 400. In fact, Stevens is near the top of the national lists in three events, the 200, 300 and 400. They could race again at NBNI in the 200 and in relays, but neither is entered in the 400.

Also making waves

Felicia Majors – After Baird’s 300, the best long-sprint performance this winter arguably belongs to this South County (Lorton, Va.) senior, who at Virginia Tech blasted a US#1 1:12.57, #7 all-time. Of course, the larger story with Majors is the incredible array of events in which she excels (more on this in upcoming Girls Jumps story), culminating in a 49-point performance in six events at her AAA state meet. She’s also US#7 in the 300 (39.46) and has run 7.17 for 55.
Emma Gallagher – It’s hard to believe that this Garden City (N.Y.) star is still just a sophomore, but she still has two years to improve on her great performances. The peak this winter has probably been the US#1 1:30.35 600 she ran to win Armory Collegiates, #9 all-time and the second best soph ever. She’s also run US#5 55.31 for 400 and 40.07 for 300.
Precious Holmes – Across the country from her home stomping grounds at Hillhouse (New Haven, Conn.), Holmes ran the year’s fastest 400 at the Brooks PR Invite, clocking 54.37 to hold off Shamier Little. She is also US#3 at 300 with a 38.22 (behind Baird and Stevens at Armory Collegiate) and US#11 1:34.07 for 600.
Olivia Baker – This versatile junior from the powerhouse Columbia (Maplewood, N.J.) program shone bright with a then-US#1 55.02 400 to win the New Balance Games, but has run even better since with a blazing 54.72 on a 200m flat track to win her state Meet of Champs. What can she do for 400 at the Armory now? She has also run a 25.05 200, US#9 1:33.56 600, and 2:13.56 800.


Looking ahead to NBNI
Although lacking Baird, the NBNI 400 is going to be a super deep race, full of talent, including the aforementioned Holmes, Baker and Little. Also, the US#2-3-4 performers in the 500 are entered: Virginians MacKenzie Kerr and Kendra Wiles, and Tiana Patillo from North Carolina. Kerr edged the US#1 Majors in their AAA state meet with a US#2 1:13.50 at that distance. Baker was second last year and Holmes was the leading qualifier, but missed the final due to injury.

In the 200, Baird will be one of the favorites, even if it isn’t her best distance, as will Stevens (second last year). But Ariana Washington from Long Beach Poly – probably best known for epic relay legs – has the best overall (outdoor) PR in the field at 23.40. Kendall Baisden – the Michigan star who won the 400 in 2010 and 2011 – is also dropping down and has run a US#1 24.06 (oversized) this year. Then there’s Florida’s Kali Davis-White (see more below) and several others making the event very competitive.



Short Sprints (55, 60)

Davis-White now tops

Most of the winter, Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) senior MaryBeth Sant has been near or at the top of the 60 dash list, highlighted by a US#1 7.30 at the Tony Wells meet (#13 all-time) and a Simplot win. But she was off form at the Brooks PR Invite, missing the final. That opened the door for Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.) senior Kali-Davis White, who triumphed in the final with a US#2 7.31.

It was the second straight victory in this Seattle meet by a Boyd Anderson athlete as now-graduated Shayla Sanders rocketed to the victory in 7.21 (#2 all-time). Sanders and Davis-White were an amazing sprint duo last year, but Sanders was usually ahead and in the spotlight. Now it’s Davis-White’s turn and she’s gotten off to a great start in 2013.

Also making waves

Aaliyah Brown – Probably no short sprinter in the country has that super-experienced veteran vibe going better than this Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.) senior. It seems like she’s been at the elite level forever. She and Jada Martin from Tennessee have led the 55 dash all winter since their 6.94s back in mid-December. At Brooks, Brown was second behind Davis-White with a PR US#3 7.34.
Hannah Cunliffe – This sprint prodigy from Washington, who runs unattached, is now a junior and has quietly been getting better than ever this winter. At Brooks, she knocked down her two-year-old 7.47 PR down to US#4 7.38, running that both in the prelim and the final (third).
Asonya Anderson/Carolyn Brown – Some of the best 55 dash battles in the country this winter have been going on at the AAA level in Virginia, where the Heritage (Newport News) junior Anderson and the Phoebus (Hampton, Va.) soph Brown have been dueling. Both have been in the 6.90s this winter, with Brown winning their Eastern Regional matchup and Anderson taking it at state.


Peek ahead to NBNI
If Brown wants to avenge her Brooks loss, or Sant wants another chance to back up her US#1 7.30, they’ll both have their shot in New York. Those two and Davis-White are all entered, as are Martin, Colorado talents Zainab Sanni and Chyna Ries, the Virginia duo of Brown and Anderson, Canadian Clemence Paiement (only returning finalist) and many more.


2013 Quick Girls Sprints/Hurdles Top 20s (plus ties)
For full DyeStat TFX Elite lists, go HERE
(USR in parentheses; o=denotes mark made on oversized track, h=hand time)

55m (6.68)
Time, name, state, grad. year
6.94 Aaliyah Brown IL 2013
6.94 Jada Martin GA 2013
6.95 Cassondria Hall GA 2016
6.97 Asonya Anderson VA 2014
6.99 Carolyn Brown VA 2015
7.00 Haisha Bisilou NJ 2015
7.01 Aleia Hobbs LA 2014
7.02 Mikiah Brisco LA 2014
7.03 Sarah Dunmore CA 2013
7.04 Micha Auzenne CA 2013 2
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7.04 Kali Davis-White FL 2013
7.05 Torie Robinson NJ 2014
7.06 Kadecia Baird NY 2013
7.07 Miaya Dendy DE 2015
7.07 Kate Hall ME 2015
7.09 Emily Carson NJ 2013
7.09 Shekara Martin SC 2013
7.10 Jerayah Davis WY 2014
7.10 Latrice Morris VA 2015
7.10 Sabrina Moore NC 2013
(20)

60m (7.19)
Time, name, state, grad. year
7.30 MaryBeth Sant CO 2013
7.31 Kali Davis-White FL 2013
7.34 Aaliyah Brown IL 2013
7.38 Hannah Cunliffe WA 2014
7.45 Kennadi Bouyer WA 2013
7.47 Jody-Ann Evans PA 2013
7.47 Jada Martin GA 2013
7.47 Zainab Sanni CO 2013
7.47 Ky Westbrook AZ 2014
7.49 Rushell Harvey TX 2013
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7.49 Kendall Baisden MI 2014
7.49 Caitland Smith AL 2014
7.50 Gabriella Cantrell CA 2015
7.51 Alleandra Watt CO 2015
7.52 Marika Brown TX 2013
7.52 Ana Holland CO 2013
7.52 Ariana Washington CA 2014
7.55 Chyna Ries CO 2014
7.60 DeAndra Greer GA 2015
7.60 Sekayi Bracey MI 2016
(20)

200m (22.97)
Time, name, state, grad. year
24.06o Kendall Baisden MI 2014
24.33o Alleandra Watt CO 2015
24.38o Tyra Lea NC 2014
24.38 Deajah Stevens NY 2013
24.49o Jada Martin GA 2013
24.52 Gabriella Cantrell CA 2015
24.52 Kali Davis-White FL 2013
24.58 Aaliyah Brown IL 2013
24.60 Quashira McIntosh RI 2015
24.64 Dior Hall CO 2014
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24.69o Nia Dorner CA 2013
24.70o Shamier Little IL 2013
24.72 Katelyn Jackson PA 2014
24.72 Makenzie Dunmore GA 2016
24.76 Destiny Barnett-Smith CA 2014
24.80 Rushell Harvey TX 2013
24.81o Paige Patterson MI 2013
24.83 Emily Romo CO 2013
24.83o Charday Crawford IL 2013
24.85 Marika Brown TX 2013
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24.85o Cameron Pettigrew IL 2013
(21)

300m (36.96)
Time, name, state, grad. year
37.54 Kadecia Baird NY 2013
37.90 Deajah Stevens NY 2013
38.22 Precious Holmes CT 2013
38.76 Tyra Lea NC 2014
38.85 Andrea Wright VA 2013
39.38 Quashira McIntosh RI 2015
39.46 Felicia Majors VA 2013
39.50 Kim Bailey NY 2013
39.51 Tiffany Harris VA 2016
39.54 Imani Solan NY 2015
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39.62 Arianne Strunkey NY 2015
39.64 Madeline Kopp NY 2013
39.67 Brandee Johnson VA 2016
39.72 Gwen Shaw MD 2013
39.74 Carolyn Brown VA 2015
39.78 Symone Darius NY 2016
39.96 Mercedes Tillman MD 2013
40.01 Ebony Williams NC 2015
40.05 Brittni King VA 2013
40.07 Dominique Hall MA 2014
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40.07 Emma Gallagher NY 2015
(21)

400m (51.93)
Time, name, state, grad. year
54.37o Precious Holmes CT 2013
54.65o Shamier Little IL 2013
54.72 Olivia Baker NJ 2014
55.19 Deajah Stevens NY 2013
55.31 Emma Gallagher NY 2015
55.58o Deja Parrish FL 2014
55.68o Sydney Over CT 2013
56.01 Caela Williams PA 2013
56.01o Cameron Pettigrew IL 2013
56.07o Kendall Ellis FL 2014
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56.09 Haisha Bisiolu NJ 2013
56.12o Hanna Green PA 2013
56.15o Paige Patterson MI 2013
56.18 Chimere Ezumah CA 2013
56.21o Tiana Patillo NC 2013
56.30 Makenzie Dunmore GA 2016
56.31o Lauren Baxter UT 2013
56.42 Ellisa Bryant CA 2013
56.44 Erica Johnson RI 2013
56.46o Lauren Burnett MI 2013
(20)

500m (1:10.30)
Time, name, state, grad. year
1:12.57 Felicia Majors MD 2013
1:13.50 Mackenzie Kerr VA 2015
1:13.87 Tiana Patillo NC 2013
1:14.20 Kendra Wiles VA 2014
1:14.84 Jewel Christian VA 2014
1:14.94 Layla White NC 2015
1:14.99 Sharon Dorsey MD 2014
1:15.02 Farrah Suber 2015
1:15.42 Carolyn Bethel VA 2013
1:15.52 Ellison Grove VA 2014
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1:15.53 London Freeland DC 2014
1:15.73 Maya Evans NC 2013
1:15.89 Jasmine Hill VA 2014
1:15.92 Andrea Wright VA 2013
1:16.12 Sydney Anderson VA 2013
1:16.24 Jessica Harris MD 2014
1:16.26 Sidney Hayes MD 2014
1:16.35 Sarah Clough CO 2013
1:16.41 Devonni Farrar MD 2014
1:16.46 Ebony White VA 2014 3
(20)

600m (1:29.27)
Time, name, state, grad. year
1:30.35 Emma Gallagher NY 2015
1:31.46 Emma Keenan PA 2013
1:31.85 Erin Jaskot NY 2014
1:32.4h Erica Johnson RI 2013
1:32.56 Amy Piccolo MA 2015
1:32.81 Yazmin Wilson Jones NY 2014
1:32.8h Maddy Berkson RI 2014
1:33.06 Meghan Bellerose MA 2013
1:33.56 Olivia Baker NJ 2014
1:33.95 Sydney Over CT 2013
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1:34.07 Precious Holmes CT 2013
1:34.27 Heather MacLean MA 2013
1:34.48 Shanee Grant NY 2014
1:35.10 Katie O'Neill NY 2014
1:35.0h Sarah Adler NY 2013
1:35.17 Krista Webb MA 2013
1:35.46 Camila Isern MA 2013
1:35.58 Ceara Watson NY 2015
1:35.60 Molly McCabe NH 2014
1:35.70 Sarah Burke NH 2013
(20)

55H (7.50y)
Time, name, state, grad. year
7.84 Leah Lott VA 2013
7.88 Chantel Ray VA 2014
7.93 Kendell Williams GA 2013
7.98 Christine London MD 2013
8.01 Patrycja Dziekonska NJ 2014
8.01 Betsy Garnick NH 2013
8.03 Akayla Anderson NY 2013
8.05 Jasmyne Graham CA 2015
8.07 Micha Auzenne Ca 2013
8.07 Ashley Wiggins NY 2014
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8.10 Hunter Roberts NC 2013
8.10 Joanna Moore NJ 2013
8.10 Shamier Little IL 2013
8.10 Anna Cockrell NC 2016
8.11 Mollie Williams NC 2013
8.11 Breanne Bygrave NC 2016
8.11 Nora McKiver NC 2013
8.12q Heather Smith VA 2013
8.12 Alexia Fortenberry LA 2013
8.13 Jacklyn Howell NC 2014
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8.13 Kayla Coley PA 2013
8.13 Mikiah Brisco LA 2014
(22)
7.7h Iana Amsterdam NJ 2013

60H (8.16)
Time, name, state, grad. year
8.17 Dior Hall CO 2014
8.18 Sasha Wallace CA 2013
8.33 Skylar Ross-Ransom TX 2013
8.35 Kendell Williams GA 2013
8.59 Quenee Dale MI 2014
8.62 Ariel Jones TX 2014
8.62 Kourtni Smyers-Jones CA 2013
8.65 Kayla Coley PA 2013
8.66 Mollie Williams NC 2013
8.68 Alexis Duncan TX 2016
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8.73 Amy Hicks PA 2013
8.75 Brittley Humphrey AL 2016
8.75 Shamier Little IL 2013
8.76 Shanel Burr GA 2014
8.76 Cecelia Jackson WA 2013
8.77 Alexa Harmon-Thomas KS 2014
8.79 Breanne Bygrave NC 2016
8.82 Claudette Day IL 2014
8.82 Alexia Fortenberry LA 2013
8.82 Antonisha Stewart TX 2013
(20)

Read more: DyeStat.com - News - Girls Sprints/Hurdles Update: Great Wallace-Hall rivalry http://www.runnerspa...5#ixzz2Mb8tgSWO
SteveU
Or can you read it all at the top of this thread? If you still can't either way, let me know and what the heck ... I can just paste it in here again! ;)
jag4life
Thanks for posting the article. I really appreciate it and find your perspective/analysis insightful.
SteveU

jag4life, on , said:

I try scrolling up and down, clicking "read the full article" and it is being cut off by the, "Like, Comment, Share, Email section."


That's really odd ... which browser are you using?
jag4life
This is a tease. I want to read the full article :-)
I am using Internet Explorer version 9.0.8112
SteveU

jag4life, on , said:

I think Kadecia is probably one of the more talented runners to come along in a while for the Long Sprints. I know she will have her hands full with Kendall Baisden and Deajah Stevens in the 200m. They are not listed in the 400m where Precious Holmes is leading the nation (Brooks) and will probably do battle with Olivia Baker and Chimere Ezumah.


Yep, that's pretty much what I said. In the 400, Shamier Little from Illinois, plus 500 standouts Virginians MacKenzie Kerr and Kendra Wiles, and Tiana Patillo from North Carolina should all be tough, too. Also in the 200, look out for Kali Davis-White, among others.
SteveU

jag4life, on , said:

My apologies. The rest of the article is being cut off.


Did you try clicking "show full article" where it cuts off?
jag4life
I try scrolling up and down, clicking "read the full article" and it is being cut off by the, "Like, Comment, Share, Email section."
SteveU

jag4life, on , said:

Is Kadecia Baird the only person competing for the Long Sprints?


No, if you read just a little further, you see Deajah Stevens, Felecia Majors, Precious Holmes, Emma Gallagher and others are mentioned. Each article in this series starts with a focus on one of the top athletes, then notes others as well.
jag4life
My apologies. The rest of the article is being cut off.
jag4life
I think Kadecia is probably one of the more talented runners to come along in a while for the Long Sprints. I know she will have her hands full with Kendall Baisden and Deajah Stevens in the 200m. They are not listed in the 400m where Precious Holmes is leading the nation (Brooks) and will probably do battle with Olivia Baker and Chimere Ezumah.
jag4life
Is Kadecia Baird the only person competing for the Long Sprints?
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