Track Madness is here! Voters have 24 hours to voice their opinions in Round One - today's poll features the East Region and will stay open until tonight at 12 a.m. CT / 1 a.m. ET
Round 1:
7/27, 12 a.m. - 7/28, 12 a.m. - North Region
7/28, 12 a.m. - 7/29, 12 a.m. - West Region
7/29, 12 a.m. - 7/30, 12 a.m. - East Region
7/30, 12 a.m. - 7/31, 12 a.m. - South Region
ROUND 2 BRACKET RELEASED: 7/31
Round 2 Voting Opens Monday, 8/3
Vote below for your favorite moments!
MATCHUP ONE
1) Grant Fisher becomes the seventh American high schooler to break four minutes in the mile. He ran a U.S. No. 3 All-Time mark of 3:59.38, exactly what Matthew Maton ran earlier this spring. 2015 marks the first year that two different American high schoolers broke 4:00 in the full mile in the same year.
Grant Fisher 3:59.38 -2015 Festival of Miles
2) Kate Murphy surprised the world when she won the 1500m at USATF Jr. Champs, beating out a field of collegiate athletes and running a U.S. No. 10 All-Time 4:16.9. The rising junior closed the race in a blazing fast 62 second last lap. Her fastest 1600m time before that time was a solo 4:46, which she ran at the Dogwood Track Classic earlier this season. Given conversions, her 1500m time is about a 10-second personal best!
Kate Murphy US #10 A-T 4:16.9 1500 - 2015 USATF Jr. Champs
MATCHUP TWO
1) On June 20, 2015, Donovan Brazier ran US #4 All-Time 1:47.55 in the 800m at the Brooks PR Invitational. The Michigan state champion from Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills not only beat the national class field, but won by a full three seconds as a man amongst boys.
Watch Donavan Brazier Even Split US #4 All-Time 1:47.55 800mDonavan Brazier after US #4 All-Time 1:47
2) The USATF Junior 200m race was hands down the fastest 200m high school race this year in a West vs. East Coast showdown. We saw two U.S. All-Time performances come from Noah Lyles of T.C. Williams, Va., who ran a U.S. No. 3 All-Time 20.18, and Michael Norman of Vista Murrieta, Calif., who ran a U.S. No. 5 All-Time 20.24. Ryan Clark of Banneker, Ga. placed third, running a blazing fast 20.46. All three out-raced college freshman to claim the top three spots.
Noah Lyles No. 3 All-Time 20.18 200m - 2015 USATF Jr. Champs
Michael Norman US #5 A-T 20.24 200m - 2015 USATF Jr. Champs
Ryan Clark, 3rd 200m - 2015 USATF Jr. Champs
MATCHUP THREE
1) Ryen Frazier of Ravenscroft, N.C. pulled off arguably one of the toughest triples in the sport of track and field. The senior raced and won the 5k (16:20.72), 2 Mile (10:07.16) and Mile (4:45.23) at New Balance Nationals Outdoor. Only one other person has ever pulled off the distance triple crown at NBNO, and that was Ryen's older sister, Wesley. Wesley, who now runs for NC State, won the triple crown back in 2013 running 15:55.94, 10:07.35, and 4:39.66. Ryen will run with her sister at NC State in the fall.
Frazier after 5k
Frazier after 2 Mile
Ryen and Wesley Frazier after 1 Mile (Final event)
2) The stare down says it all. On the anchor leg of the 4x400m at the Arkansas High School Invitational one seemingly normal winter weekend, Terrell Jackson of Memphis, Tenn. shot out of a cannon with 150m and unleashed a kick nobody in the field could match. What made the young man a viral sensation was him looking down his competition as he made the pass. Terrell, or what he came to be known after this moment, "Kick of the Century," possessed swagger that few athletes in this world can pull off successfully.
MATCHUP FOUR
1) From nearly unknown to a two-time national champion and a national record holder, to say Brian Bell shocked the world is an understatement. The senior anchored his Dunbar, OH team to an SMR National title and National Record by hunting down US #1 800m runner John Lewis of Cheltenham, Pa. In the open 800m, before the meet started, Bell was not seeded in the fastest heat, but rather the second fastest heat. Meet management saw his SMR leg and moved him to the fast heat. Bell went on to win the 800m individual title out of the fast heat. Both of his emotional post-race interviews are priceless.
SMR National Record Race
800m Race
Bell after setting National Record in the SMR
Bell after winning the 800m National Title
2) In mid-June, Kate Hall broke the National Record in the long jump with a 22-5 jump at New Balance Nationals Outdoor to win in a landslide. Her 22-5 beat Kathy McMillan's previous record that stood since 1976 by two inches. The senior from Lake Region High School in Maine broke one of the longest-standing national records recorded in girls' track and field that day by setting a massive personal record by 1 foot and 5.75 inches.
Photo Slideshow Of Kate Hall's 22-5 National Record Long Jump!