The top two boys in the nation faced off today at the New Balance Indoor Nationals for the third and final time during the indoor season. Rudy Winkler (Averill Park, NY) had won the first two competitions over Joe Velez (Classical, Providence, RI) and was again succesful in the third matchup. Winkle jumped out to a big lead in the first round with a personal best of 24.68 meters (80-11.75). With that throw, Winkler became the 11th thrower ever to break 80 feet in the weight. He now ranks ninth on the high school all-time list. All of Winkler's four legal throwers were good enough to win the competition. Velez also turned in a solid performance with several consistent throws just under his personal best. Reuben Horace (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) and Bryan Rhodes (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) both also broke 70 feet for third and fourth place respectively. Rhodes throw was also a personal best my more than three feet.
National leader Avana Story (Woodward Academy, College Park, GA) not only dominated the girl's competition, but she also threw a one-and-a-half foot personal best with her toss of 19.24m (63-01.50). As with Winkler, all four of her legal throws were good enough for the win, except her mark ranked her an outstanding third on the national high school all-time list. Her Throw1Deep teammate Monica Phillips (Pope, Marietta, GA) took second place and Brittany Mann (Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day, MI) produced the highest finished ever for a Michigan athlete with her third place finish.
2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals - 3/9/2012 to 3/11/2012
New Balance Armory
New York, NY
Boys' weight throw
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Meet: 92-07.50 2009 Conor McCullough, Chaminade, W Hills, CA
NSIC Meet: 93-03.25 2009 Conor McCullough, Chaminade, W Hills, CA
Freshman: 63-06.25 2005 Wes Wright, Villa Rica, GA
Natl, Armory: 93-03.25 2009 Conor McCullough, Chaminade, W Hills, CA
Sophomore: 75-00.50 2005 Walter Henning, St. Anthony's, S Hunt,NY
Junior: 87-10.25 2008 Conor McCullough, Chaminade, W Hills, CA
Senior: 93-03.25 2009 Conor McCullough, Chaminade, W Hills, CA
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Final
1 Rudy Winkler 13 Averill Park Tc-Ny 24.68m 80-11.75
24.68m FOUL 24.23m 24.40m FOUL 24.65m
2 Joe Velez 12 Classical Tc-Ri 23.01m 75-06.00
22.57m FOUL 23.01m 22.65m FOUL 22.56m
3 Reuben Horace 12 Una-Ri-Warwi 21.79m 71-06.00
20.69m 21.46m 21.79m 20.91m FOUL FOUL
4 Bryan Rhodes 12 St. Anthony's Tc-Ny 21.46m 70-05.00
21.13m FOUL FOUL 21.46m FOUL 20.39m
5 Cameron Brown 12 Steel Throwe 21.17m 69-05.50
18.39m 20.87m 21.17m 21.07m 19.06m 18.21m
6 Kevin Conway 12 Westerly Tc-Ri 20.12m 66-00.25
18.17m 20.12m 20.07m 19.86m 19.27m FOUL
7 Logan Pressley 12 Una-Nc-Ashev 20.05m 65-09.50
20.05m 19.02m 18.79m 18.21m 19.40m 19.28m
8 Mahlik Handley 13 South Kingst 19.44m 63-09.50
19.44m FOUL 19.11m 19.05m 17.81m 17.89m
9 Ndailor Sheriff 12 Classical Tc-Ri 19.08m 62-07.25
10 Charles Ionata 13 Barrington Tc-Ri 19.07m 62-06.75
11 Chase Carroll 13 Throw1deep Club-GA 18.62m 61-01.25
12 Dylan Gardner 13 Pilgrim Tc-Ri 17.97m 58-11.50
13 John Celona 12 Bishiop Hend 17.38m 57-00.25
14 Carlos Mangum 13 Providence C 17.37m 57-00.00
15 Robert Palazzo 12 Classical Tc-Ri 17.27m 56-08.00
16 Isaiah Dexter 14 Lancaster Tc-Oh 17.16m 56-03.75
17 Angel Rosario 12 Bay Shore Tc-Ny 17.02m 55-10.25
18 Joe Colao 13 Westerly Tc-Ri 16.32m 53-06.50
19 Olusegun Vadis 14 Classical Tc-Ri 16.27m 53-04.50
Girls' weight throw
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Ntl,Meet,Arm: 68-02.50 2011 Shelby Ashe, St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA
Freshman: 57-03 2008 Katie Kraychir, Twentynine Palms, CA
Sophomore: 57-11 2008 Patrice Gates, Villa Rica, CA
Junior: 65-04.25 2010 Shelby Ashe, St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA
Senior: 68-02.50 2011 Shelby Ashe, St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA
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1 Avana Story 12 Throw1deep Club-GA 19.24m 63-01.50
FOUL 18.29m 18.42m 18.44m 19.24m FOUL
2 Monica Phillips 12 Throw1deep Club-GA 17.35m 56-11.25
16.47m 16.25m 17.19m 16.65m 17.35m 17.02m
3 Brittany Mann 12 Una-Mi-Bever 16.98m 55-08.50
16.74m 16.43m 16.98m 15.28m 15.87m 15.29m
4 Kelli Thomas 14 Throw1deep Club-GA 16.37m 53-08.50
16.37m 15.08m FOUL 15.44m FOUL FOUL
5 Gabrielle Figueroa 14 Austintown F 16.26m 53-04.25
15.36m 15.65m 16.26m FOUL FOUL 15.44m
6 Marthaline Cooper 13 Classical Tc-Ri 16.12m 52-10.75
15.16m FOUL 16.12m FOUL 15.17m 15.08m
7 Torie Owers 12 Throw1deep Club-GA 16.10m 52-10.00
15.96m FOUL 16.10m 14.87m FOUL FOUL
8 Sabrina Gaitan 15 Throw1deep Club-GA 15.87m 52-01.00
15.87m FOUL FOUL 15.74m FOUL FOUL
9 Ann Dagrin 12 Classical Tc-Ri 15.13m 49-07.75
10 Maggie Dufault 12 Pigrim Tc-Ri 15.12m 49-07.25
11 Becca Leppelmeier 13 McComb Tc-Oh 15.03m 49-03.75
12 Grace Janes 12 Rogers Tc-Ri 14.95m 49-00.75
13 Adrienne Thornton 12 John D. O'Br 14.69m 48-02.50
14 Destinee Barrette 13 Pilgrim Tc-Ri 14.49m 47-06.50
15 Jennifer Slagus 13 North Pocono Tc-Pa 14.45m 47-05.00
16 Dominique Darby 12 Una-Ny-Graha 14.40m 47-03.00
17 Dorienne Ordaz 12 Fransisco Br 13.77m 45-02.25
18 Leia Mistowski 14 Narragansett Tc-Ri 13.34m 43-09.25
19 Emily Jacobs 13 Una-Ny-Lakev 13.26m 43-06.00
20 Brianna O'Grady 13 South Kingst 13.25m 43-05.75
21 Alex Miller-Wampler 13 Redskin Throwers-NY 13.20m 43-03.75
22 Danielle Borriello 14 Hudson Valle 13.18m 43-03.00
23 Courtney Drozdowski 14 Redskin Throwers-NY 12.98m 42-07.00
24 Casidy Callahan 13 Throw1deep Club-GA 12.76m 41-10.50
25 Manuela Vadis 12 Classical Tc-Ri 12.61m 41-04.50
26 Danely Rodriguez 12 Bay Shore Tc-Ny 11.84m 38-10.25
27 Maddison Caron 14 Pilgrim Tc-Ri 11.73m 38-06.00
28 Venetcia Ortiz 13 Una-Ri-Centr 11.51m 37-09.25
29 Acacia Larson 13 Una-Ny-Troy-Holston 11.48m 37-08.00
30 Aysha Moreino 12 South Kingst 10.84m 35-06.75
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