New Balance Outdoor Nationals 2012

  KYtrackXC.com Top 12 of 2012   Below is the Top 12 Moments/Races of 2012.  This past year was quite arguably the greatest year in XC/Track history for the state.  Records were set across the board in track and XC.  KYtrackXC.com has sorted through some of the moments/races that really set the state on fire in a sense in 2012.

Arguably West Virginia’s best prep female distance runner of all-time, Maggie Drazba, commits to run for West Virginia University.

   August 20th marked the official start of the Cross Country practice season in the state of Rhode Island.  All of the summer miles will start to pay off as many athletes return to their respective schools for the fall.  MilesplitRI has taken the task of previewing both the Boys and the Girls competition for this coming year. Today we will be focusing on the boys individual competition.

My trip to New Balance Nationals began with another long car ride. I headed to North Carolina on Wednesday morning. We stayed with one of my mom’s friends, who we also stayed with when I go to Foot Locker South. 

Rising senior at Thomas Johnson records top-six finish in discus at New Balance Nationals (via )

Greensboro, NC is a long way from TF Green, Manchester, Logan, and Bradley International Airports, the most likely beginning points for the Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut contingents that headed down to New Balance Nationals to run this weekend. The distance didn’t seem to deter any of them from traveling, competing, and then dominating. For a part of the country that makes up a small fraction of its population, the damage it did was significant. Here are just some of the highlights from those states’ athletes that made the journey and competed in the championship events.

Greensboro, NC is a long way from TF Green, Manchester, Logan, and Bradley International Airports, the most likely beginning points for the Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut contingents that headed down to New Balance Nationals to run this weekend. The distance didn’t seem to deter any of them from traveling, competing, and then dominating. For a part of the country that makes up a small fraction of its population, the damage it did was significant. Here are just some of the highlights from those states’ athletes that made the journey and competed in the championship events.

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Natalie Shields put an exclamation point on her high school career by finishing second at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals two mile with a time of 10:14.16. Photo by Jeff Adams/MileSplit.

Several West Virginia Athletes competed at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals this weekend at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, NC. Jacob Burcham led the way with a National Championship in the One Mile Run added to his resume.

Karina Ernst had Colorado's top individual finish at NBON this weekend with a 4:52.84 mile for fourth place in that event. Photo by Jeff Adams/MileSplit.

A down-to-the-wire photo finish in the boys 4x400 was a fitting end to a meet in which relay performances were the brightest highlights.

Jacob Burcham, junior from Cabell Midland High School, uses a tactical race approach in the boys Mile to win a national title with a time of 4:08.8. Jacob Burcham Video Interview One Mile Championship Race Video Click title to check out another article on Burcham.

The latest edition of New Balance Outdoor Nationals is in the books with Kentucky seeing our biggest group ever compete with one of our biggest successes ever as well.

Marshfield (MA) grinded over the final meters of the race to get the win over powerhouse teams like CBA (NJ).

Photo by Patty Morgan

Covering the New Balance Outdoor Nationals from afar, NJRunners is linking you to our MileSplit Network coverage as well as reports from some of New Jersey's best T&F writers.

NBNI champion Ariah Graham (Wakefield NC) faces an uphill battle trying to add a second 400m title to cap her senior year.

Interview with Jacob Thomson after the 5K on Thursday.  

 Minnesota will be represented by a handful of athletes at the New Balance Outdoors Meet in Greensboro, NC this weekend.  MileSplit will have a large team providing on-site coverage through our MileSplit National Team.

The Smiths Station TC competed Friday in the 1000m Swedish Medley at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals winning the event.  2012 is the first year the event has been competed at NBON.

After a successful year for Frederick track, athletes get one last chance to shine (via )

Williamsport’s Evan Hardy and Boonsboro’s J.R. Lowery both had sensational senior seasons in outdoor track and field this spring — Hardy on the track and Lowery in the field. (via )

    A list of top 8 finishers from Virginia in Friday's events at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals. The Cosby girls won a national title in the sprint medley relay, while David Johnson of Charlottesville in the triple jump and the Westfield boys in the 4x800 were national runners-up.  

Want to see something new at a track & field meet?  Check out Bryn Campbell and the other hammer throwers.

  Holy Cross Junior Jacob Thomson finished as the National Runner-Up in the 5000 Meter Run tonight at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in North Carolina.  

Ashley Erba's 5K was the highlight of the opening day, while Kris Horn took control of the decathlon competition.

Waterville's Bethanie Brown added her name to the record brooks once again with a 7th place finish in the 5k at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals. Brown clocked 17:11.13, which bettered the previous record of Erica Jesseman by 40 seconds

    Top 8 finishers from Virginia in Thursday's events at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals. Battlefield sophomore Galissia Cause won the emerging elite girls' discus competition at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals with a personal best mark of 129'9".

Potomac's Echols; Douglass' Smith; Wise's Page set for junior world qualifying meet (via )

Boonsboro junior Abby Duncan began the spring as the two-time defending Maryland Class 1A state champion in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. (via )

The easy thing for Laurel senior Joel Roberson to do would have been to quit football. (via )

Wesley Frazier returns to defend her 5000m title, plus a new relay has been added to the schedule. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Sides)

Schools from all over the nation are coming to run on the track that hosts OUR state meet, and our athletes are ready to compete.

Check out the Mainers headed to compete in the New Balance Outdoor Nationals this weekend, can more all-time Maine bests be broken?

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A good number of Floridians will be headed to Greensboro, NC this weekend for New Balance Outdoors. We will have a large team there on-site coverage through our MileSplit national team, including our own Todd Grasley, Jeff Adams, and Chris Sumner.  

The National Scholastic Sports Foundation is an organization dedicated to the support of junior age (sub-20) and high school track and field. Aside from offering support to the USATF Junior Track and Field and selected high school track and field meets, we own and operate the NB Indoor Nationals, the New Balance Outdoor Nationals, and the Great American Cross Country Festival. (via )

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