Trounces pros and Marion Jones’ 200m record; wind +1.4
“It wasn’t even close,” said an observer, after Los Angeles Baptist high school star roared off the turn at Mt. SAC and never let Angela Williams and Inger Miller in the race. Olympic champion Marion Jones set the old high school record in 1992 while running for Thousand Oaks CA HS. ----DYESTAT
thats crazy…legal wind too.
the womens 200 might acutally become a powerful field within the next 2 years…
muna lee, michelle collins, cydodine mothersill, veronica cambell, kelli white and now allison felix.
who will be the first to break 22?
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=21029.html
A new sprint star is born in Jones’ absence
Sunday 20 April 2003
Walnut, California - USA - A blustery spring week finally ended with sunny skies and warm temperatures, and the Mt SAC competitors responded with eight world-leading performances at the 45th edition of the traditional early-season competition in the valley east of Los Angeles, yesterday 19 April.
Kenta Bell triple jumping at 2003 Mt SAC Relays
(Kirby Lee)
Marion Jones may be on maternity leave at the moment, but the void left by her absence - at least here at the Mt SAC Relays - has been amply filled by high school student Allyson Felix.
The seventeen-year-old, who placed fifth in the 200 at last year’s World Junior Championships and already has senior international experience at the World Indoor Championships last month in Birmingham, sped away to a 22.51 in the 200 metres.
As Natasha Mayers (23.00) and former World silver medallist Inger Miller (23.04) watched from behind, Felix broke Jones’ eleven-year-old national high school record of 22.58 (1992, Olympic Trials). Prior to today’s run, Felix’s best 200 had been 22.83 in 2002.
Felix was a highly touted athlete even last season, but she sustained a slight hamstring pull in winning the 200 metres - one of two titles she captured - at the California state high school championships at the end of her school’s competitive season. This led to a month of struggle and therapy which miraculously saw her reach the finals in Kingston. But her fifth place was far from the goal she had set the previous spring.
This past winter, Felix placed second in the 200 metres at the US indoor championships, ahead of Kelli White, a holder of a bronze medal in that event at the Edmonton World Championships. In Birmingham, she advanced to the semi-finals before being eliminated. But it gave her a good idea of what the future holds.
Today, when asked if she had ever met Marion Jones, Felix shyly answered, “Yes, when I got her autograph last year at Mt SAC.” It won’t be long before Felix herself will be doing the signings.
don’t feel bad, Paula Radcliffe can beat you (and me, and others) in a marathon! But then again, who really cares?
She would ahve beaten me a couple times last year… that’s really sad!
She is also one year younger than me… That’s really disturbing…
Mt. San Antonio Community College
Mt. SAC Relays - 4/11/2003 to 4/19/2003
Walnut, CA
Event 313 Girls 100 Meter Dash Invitational High School
Name Year Team Finals
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Section 1 Wind: 2.7
1 Allyson Felix Los Angeles Baptist 11.24
2 Shalonda Solomon Long Beach Poly 11.43
3 Jessica Onyepunuka Peoria (Arizona) 11.59
4 Carol Rodriguez Western 11.68
5 DeAna Carson Vista Del Lago 11.83
6 Judith Onyepunuka Peoria (Arizona) 11.91
7 Amy Menlove Alta 12.05
8 Tiana Hood Long Beach Wilson 12.35
9 Teneshia Peart Pearson 12.98
Section 2 Wind: 1.3
1 Kristina Davis James Logan 11.98
1 Sparkle Anderson Serra (Sd) 11.98
3 Tara Davis-Quarrie St. Lucy’s 12.11
4 Patrice White Miller, A.B. 12.25
5 Ashley Bowens Laguna Creek 12.36
6 Quita Gaffney Florin 12.62
7 Aundrea Carter Crenshaw 12.67
8 Ashley Taylor St. Bernard 12.84
– Meagan Chacon Glendora SCR
Section 3 Wind: 2.3
1 Mackenzie Hill Long Beach Wilson 11.90
2 Unique Andersen Temescal Canyon 12.13
3 Jeanne Newman Moorpark 12.25
4 Jessica Branker-Schanez Temescal Canyon 12.39
5 Ana Marta Coutino Mexico 12.56
6 Shirfa Arnold Lancaster 12.71
7 Genice Kennebrew Walnut 12.75
8 Cortney Emmons South Hills 12.91
9 Eghosa Isa Notre Dame S 13.05
Name Year Team Finals Wind H#
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Finals
1 Allyson Felix Los Angeles Baptist 11.24 2.7 1
2 Shalonda Solomon Long Beach Poly 11.43 2.7 1
3 Jessica Onyepunuka Peoria (Arizona) 11.59 2.7 1
4 Carol Rodriguez Western 11.68 2.7 1
5 DeAna Carson Vista Del Lago 11.83 2.7 1
6 Mackenzie Hill Long Beach Wilson 11.90 2.3 3
7 Judith Onyepunuka Peoria (Arizona) 11.91 2.7 1
8 Sparkle Anderson Serra (Sd) 11.98 1.3 2
8 Kristina Davis James Logan 11.98 1.3 2
10 Amy Menlove Alta 12.05 2.7 1
11 Tara Davis-Quarrie St. Lucy’s 12.11 1.3 2
12 Unique Andersen Temescal Canyon 12.13 2.3 3
13 Jeanne Newman Moorpark 12.25 2.3 3
13 Patrice White Miller, A.B. 12.25 1.3 2
15 Tiana Hood Long Beach Wilson 12.35 2.7 1
16 Ashley Bowens Laguna Creek 12.36 1.3 2
17 Jessica Branker-Schanez Temescal Canyon 12.39 2.3 3
18 Ana Marta Coutino Mexico 12.56 2.3 3
19 Quita Gaffney Florin 12.62 1.3 2
20 Aundrea Carter Crenshaw 12.67 1.3 2
21 Shirfa Arnold Lancaster 12.71 2.3 3
22 Genice Kennebrew Walnut 12.75 2.3 3
23 Ashley Taylor St. Bernard 12.84 1.3 2
24 Cortney Emmons South Hills 12.91 2.3 3
25 Teneshia Peart Pearson 12.98 2.7 1
26 Eghosa Isa Notre Dame S 13.05 2.3 3
– Meagan Chacon Glendora SCR
:mrt::mrt:
HOPE SHE PANS OUT.
CIAO