All-Time Marks & Meet Records Fall At Eastern Indoors
* Freshman King Combest clocked a 6.92 in the 60m finals to be the top freshman in the country this indoor season
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Athletes rewrote the record books at Eastern Indoors on Saturday inside the Norton Healthcare Sports and Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
To kick off the morning, freshman King Combest of Owensboro (KY) entered wearing a blue USA jersey and slotted into lane two of the 60m.
The 15-year-old was the first boy out of the blocks but was overtaken by Jasiah Rogers of Park Tudor (IN) who clocked a 6.91 to win
But Combest improved on his personal best to a 6.92 and became the fastest freshman so far this indoor season; he also moved up to No. 8 all-time for the class. This became his third performance this winter that broke the seven-second barrier in the short sprint.
Jakoby Graves of Central (KY) finished third with a 7.02.
-- insert results here -- Event 65 Boys 60 Meter Dash High School =================================================================== NSLC HS: H 6.84 2/12/2022 Terrance O'Bannon, Eastern Name Year School Finals H# =================================================================== 1 # 143 Rogers, Jasiah 12 Ata Ignite 6.91 1 2 # 1315 Combest, King 9 Team Kentuck 6.92 1 3 # 312 Graves, Jakoby 12 Central 7.02 1 4 # 744 Jackson, Elijah 12 Lawrence Cen 7.03 1 5 # 666 Brown, Jeremiah 12 Hero Sprint 7.04 2 7.035 6 # 1105 Woods, Clint 12 Pulaski Coun 7.04 1 7.040 7 # 1540 Powell, Dower -- Unattached 7.05 1 7.044 8 # 183 Sy-Savane, Abdoul 12 Atl Zoom Ath 7.05 2 7.045
* Claire Stegall clocked a 4:44.62 to set a new meet record in the mile
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In one of the most anticipated races of the weekend, we saw a battle between Kentucky's Ciara O'Shea and Tennessee's Claire Stegall in the girls mile.
The five-time Kentucky cross country champion led the race from the gun, but Stegall only allowed a small amount of daylight between them for the first seven laps.
With one lap to go on the indoor oval, Stegall had another gear that was waiting to be unleashed. In her first indoor race of the season, the TSSAA cross country state champion finished with a 4:44.62 to break her own meet record which she set last year in 4:55. Stegall proceeded to climb the national rankings to claim spot No. 5.
The sophomore shaved 10 seconds off her previous best of 4:54 from the New Balance Nationals Indoor Championships last winter.
O'Shea finished second with a new personal best of 4:49.39. Tula Fawbush of Oldham County was the third girl to break five minutes in the mile with her 4:55.47 performance.
* Keegan Smith won the 800m in a new meet record of 1:53.50
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In a competitive boys 800m field, it was dead sprint to the line as seven boys broke two minutes in the field.
Leading from the front over the final 200 meters was Colin Lakomek and Keegan Smith. Lakomek was out aggressively and took complete control of the race, until the last 100m.
Smith remained within striking distance until he decided to make his move on the final turn. The sophomore from Knoxville Catholic (TN) continued to rewrite the record books in Kentucky as he crossed the finish line with a new lifetime best of 1:53.50.
Smith dropped 11 seconds since his 800m opener at the KYA HS Indoor Classic the first week of January.
This performance moves Smith up to No. 11 in the country and No. 9 all-time in Tennessee history. Meanwhile, he also became the fastest sophomore and penciled himself in as the seventh-fastest sophomore in class history.
Lakomek dove at the finish line for second with a 1:53.60 and Noah Price of Liberty Christian School (IN) crossed the finish line in 1:58.36.
Other Notable Mentions:
- Elyse Wilmes was just off the Missouri state record of 2:11.67 set in 2011 by Samantha Levin. She won the individual title in 2:12.11 to set a new indoor personal best in the four-lap race.
- Jordan Ware of Memphis Central (TN) debuted in the 200m with a victory with a 21.41 for a new personal best and eclipsed the previous meet record by half a second. Ware's performance makes him the eighth-fastest boy at this distance in the country.
- Lyric Steele tied the meet record in the 200m with a 24.14.
- St. Xavier's Christian Coleman clocked an 8.09 in the 60mH to shatter the previous meet record.
- Rachel Mehringer ran the fastest time in meet history to win the 60mH title by six-hundredths of a second with a 8.66.
- In the boys 400m, Trey McGinnis set a new personal best and meet record with a 48.89.
- Four boys dipped under the previous meet record of 9:19 in the two mile. Will Conway ran to the fastest time in meet history with a 9:07.69 for the win. He clocked the eighth-fastest time in the country so far this indoor season.
- In the girls two mile, Chesney McPherson was one of three girls who dipped under 11 minutes at this distance. The junior won the title with a 10:51.88.
- Samuel Reagan of South Oldam (KY) grabbed double victories in the jumps. He leaped to 24-00 in the long jump, which ties him for US No. 8. He also snagged the triple jump victory with a 46-01.
- With a toss of 51-11.75 in the weight throw, Hannah Alexander threw the second-best performance in the country. She's one of two girls to throw over 50 feet this season.
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