New Balance Outdoor Nationals 2011

Stoic Bellport leader aiming for a breakthrough this fall

  Longwood's Fuller takes talents to other runway; Port Jeff athlete does it the unorthodox way  

  When it comes to girls’ track and field, the Harvard-Westlake School (photos above by Jeff Sides) is one of those teams that can often get lost in the shuffle.  The small independent college preparatory school, located in Los Angeles, has an enrollment (grades 7-12) of roughly 1,600 with slightly more than half that total comprising its high school student body.

Lawrence Central (Ind.) team talks about traveling back home Saturday night after New Balance Nationals.

Post-meet interview with Knightdale (N.C.) coach David Castell.

Christal Green (S.C.) talks about running in the 200 and 400 finals.

  Wesley Frazier stole the show, plus NC brings home BOTH team national champions!

Interview with Charlotte HS (FL) coach Chris George after his team's state record and all-time US #2 4x800 at New Balance Outdoor.

Interview with Charlotte HS (FL) coach Chris George after his team's state record and all-time US #2 4x800 at New Balance Outdoor.

Interview with Charlotte HS (FL) coach Chris George after his team's state record and all-time US #2 4x800 at New Balance Outdoor.

Arman Hall (Fla.) talks about winning New Balance Nationals 400.

Mary Cain (N.Y.) talks about the New Balance Nationals girls mile and her fifth place finish.

Kendall Baisden talks about winning New Balance Nationals girls 400-meter dash.

Austin Mudd (Ind.) talks about winning the 800-meter run.

The deadline for entry in the 2011 USA Youth Championships is Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

Christopher Hunt recaps day three action at New Balance Nationals.

  Kendell Williams (Kell GA) dominated the heptathlon in record fashion, while the decathlon was up for grabs.

  Greensboro, N.C.--While West Virginia is known nationally for its ability to produce outstanding distance runners, it was a sprinter that stole the show at New Balance Outdoor Nationals.   Harpers Ferry-native and current Jefferson star Dante Price won the Boys’ Emerging Elite 200-meter dash with a time of 21.95 seconds. Price, who is one of only two West Virginia sprinters to break 22 seconds in the event this year, missed his season personal best by .01 seconds.   Price also ran in the Boys’ Emerging Elite 100-meter dash clocking a time of 11.03 seconds, but failed to qualify for finals.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Fayetteville-Manilus (N.Y.) senior Courtney Chapman summed it best when she explained why she could close the gap on Cami Chapus of Harvard-Westlake (Calif.). Chapman grinded a 15-meter lead down to a single step.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Anyone who has ever seen Edward Cheserek knows that he doesn’t waste any time. The St. Benedict’s star sophomore doesn’t like being behind and regardless of the size of a deficit, he will try to erase it in one towering, intimidating move.

Race Footage from Tretez Kinnaird and Ronnie Baker's All-American Races.

The city of Louisville is rocking as two of the best earn All-American honors in a matter of minutes.

Harvard-Westlake (CA) ran an earth-shattering 11:22.23 for the DMR National Record!  (Photo by Pat Montferrat)

Edward Owens (N.Y.) talks about winning the boys steeplechase.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Mary Kate Anselmini said since she joined the Ward Melville track team in eighth grade, she had as much fun as she did this season.

Mary Kate Anselmini (N.Y.) talks about winning the steeplechase.

Christopher Hunt recaps day two of New Balance Nationals.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Some of New York’s top teams were stuck in airports or at home while their events went off at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals because of severe storms that rocked the New York City area yesterday.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The last individual race that Aisling Cuffe will run as a high school athlete told everything about who she is as a runner.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Everything seemed out of wack when Myles Andrews took over the anchor leg in the 4x800 for Long Beach Poly.

Josh Lampron wins the mile and Wachusett smokes another distance relay. (Photo by Vic Sailer)

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Rudy Winkler arrived at the point in his competition where he figured the whole thing a wash.

Photo by Patty Morgan

Abbey Leonardi (Kennebunk) chased a fast time in the 2 Mile at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, NC tonight. Abbey ended up 9th overall with her 2nd fastest 2 mile of her outstanding career, 10:29.84. In the girls Mile racewalk Abby Dunn (Edward Little) earned 2nd place (7:44.24), Courtney Williams (Waterville) placed 3rd (7:48.17) while Gardiner's Annie Schide placed 6th (8:13.36). All 3 earned All-American status. On the Boys side Ian Rixon (Medomak Valley) placed 3rd (7:27.91) while Falmouth's Matthew Goldstein was 4th (8:21.62), both earned All-American Stataus.

Lake Wales (Fla.) sprinter Octavious Freeman talks about her final high school 100-meter dash.

Sean McLean (Raleigh) talks about winning the championship boys 100-meter dash.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – They took two different routes but two records fell on the first day of the national championships.

Christopher Hunt highlights day one action of New Balance Nationals.

Edward Cheserek (N.J.) talks about winning the New Balance Nationals 5,000-meter run.

Wesley Frazier (N.C.) talks about winning Championship girls 5,000-meter run at New Balance Nationals.

Massachusetts distance strength was on display in the 5,000m and Nicole Genard set a new meet record in the javelin. (Photo by Maroon News).

The 2011 New Balance Outdoor Nationals get underway on Thrusday afternoon and MileSplitMass will be following all of the athletes from the state.