Three No. 1s From The Last Chance Invitational
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The Last Chance Invitational Results
Twenty days in track and field can feel like a lifetime.
But for those who use those days wisely, good things will come.
Which brings us to Max Armstrong.
It was just 20 days ago that the Vestavia Hills senior opened with an 800m time of 1:55.20 in Birmingham.
On Saturday, he cropped a full three seconds off that performance, scoring a U.S. No. 1 time of 1:52.17 at the Last Chance Invitational, highlighting a weekend that saw three nation-leading efforts go down at the meet.
Armstrong's ascendance comes just a year after the graduation of Alex Leath, who was a national indoor runner-up at the distance indoors and a seventh-place finisher at Brooks PR with a PR -- and school record -- of 1:49.84.
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The Boys 800m Results
| PLACE | VIDEO | ATHLETE | TEAM | MARK | WIND | HEAT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Max Armstrong | 12 | Vestavia Hills HS | 1:52.17 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Mitchell Schaaf | 11 | Vestavia Hills HS | 1:56.46 | 1 | ||
| 3 |  Jack Chapman | 11 | Mountain Brook HS | 1:56.67 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Ethan Meadows | 10 | Vestavia Hills HS | 1:58.87 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Tate Hoffman | 11 | Mountain Brook HS | 1:59.40 | 1 | ||
| 6 |  Bailey Kosko | 11 | Oxford High School (MS) | 2:01.36 | 1 | ||
| 7 |  Aspen Warren | 12 | Helena High School | 2:03.22 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Stewart Griswold | 12 | Mountain Brook HS | 2:03.27 | 2 |
Elsewhere, Cold Springs (AL) senior Ethan Edgeworth continued his assault on the Alabama leaderboard, hitting for a new career best time of 4:10.53, giving him two state-leading performances in the 1,600m and 3,200m.
That performance also leap-frogged him into the U.S. No. 1 position in the country.
In the field, Etowah's Luke Stradley pocketed a new career best mark of 24 feet, 9.75 inches in the long jump, also a new U.S. No. 1 effort.
His winning triple jump of 47-3 puts him at U.S. No. 11.
INDEX:
Page 2: Foot Locker runner-up Ryan Pajak returns to the track, plus more from SPIRE
Page 3: Max Armstrong, Ethan Edgeworth and Luke Stradley star at Last Chance
Page 4: Montverde Academy makes splash at Legends of Alachua County
Page 5: Jonathan Simms opens with two top 10 performances in Oklahoma
Page 6: Diving into top performances from the Bulldog Invitational