Steady rain and temperatures in the 80's greeted athletes in meet #2 of the Metro Harriers Sixth Annual Track and Field Challenge.
The performance of the evening was again in the 800 meters (traditionally the best and most competitive event in the history of the Challenge). Coppin State's Beryl Harris summoned teammate Pete Pinnock to "rabbit" the first 400 meters. Pinnock came through in 53 seconds with Harris on his side. Beryl exploded down the backstretch hitting 600 meters in 1:19 and held on to finish in 1:52.0.
Coppin State's sprinters continued to lead the way. The 200 was the most competitive field as Warren Drummond (fresh of a 49.3 winning 400 meters last week) held off three teammates to win in 22.0. The Eagles then combined to run 1:29.9 easily winning the 800 meter relay.
Old Mill's Stephen Gray had an impressive double winning the 100 in 10.8 and the long jump (despite slippery conditions) in 18'1".
North County graduate Steve Jacobs had a distance double of 1500 (4:30) and 3,000 (9:55). He will attend Salisbury State in the Fall.
The Masters were led by the Mid-Shore Track Club's Glen Whiteley with a 54.0 victory in the 400, and a 23.1 seventh place finish in the loaded 200. Annapolis Strider Dave Webster placed third overall in the 1500 (4:34).
Women were led by sprinter Ehinomen Olumese (Holy Family T.C.) who crushed the fields again in the 100 (12.6) and 200 (26.7).
North County freshmen Natalie Scurto (5th in Maryland State Indoor Championships 1600 in 5:20) had a middle distance double of 1500 (5:21) and 800 (2:29).
New Carrollton Track Club's Alicia Hall won the long jump with a leap of 16'5".
North County High School- 85 degrees- Raining
1500 1. Steve Jacobs 4:30 Salisbury State TC 19 2. Sean Higgins 4:31 Chatanooga TC 31 3. Dave Webster 4:34 Annapolis Striders 48 1st masters 4. Brandon Davis 4:34 Chesapeake TC 15 5. Alex Grant 4:48 New Carrollton TC 16 6. Joshua Johns 4:51 Anne Arundel XC 19 7. Dustin Pellot 4:56 Mid Shore TC 15 8. Joey Depasquale 5:02 Annapolis Striders 15 9. Ryan Kneesi 5:08 Broadneck TC 17 10. Natalie Scurto 5:21 North County TC 14 1st female 11. Sam Ruth 5:51 North County TC 17 12. April Penn 6:12 North County TC 15 13. Alan Jurena 6:38 Mid Shore TC 10 14. Eric Stinchcomb 6:56 Unattached 11 15. Richard Krummerich 7:38 BRRC 48 100m Dash- Heat 1 1. Anthony Christian 17.4 Unattached 8 2. Patrick Jurena 19.9 Mid Shore TC 8 3. Tom Sanders 21.0 Unattached 7 4. Ben Whiteley 21.5 Mid Shore TC 6 5. Rodney Jones 21.9 Unattached 5 6. Evan Kuruth 22.3 Unattached 5 7. Charles Mixon 25.5 Unatached 6 8. Michael Segar 29.1 Mid Shore TC 5 100m Dash- Heat 2 1. Perry Wright 13.7 New Carrollton TC 10 2. Rodney Downs 14.1 Unattached 11 3. Cassandra Trevino 14.8 New Carrollton TC 9 4. Kelsey Whiteley 16.7 Mid Shore TC 9 5. Ken Sanders 18.2 Unattached 8 6. Mark Payne 20.9 Unattached 7 7. Stephanie Kurth 20.9 Unattached 11 100m Dash- Heat 3 1. Azo Odunukwe 14.5 New Carrollton TC 12 2. Simone Jones 14.9 New Carrollton TC 12 3. Arielle Whitaker 15.4 New Carrollton TC 12 4. Michelle Death 16.2 New Carrollton TC 13 100m Dash- Heat 4 1. Lenny Hall 11.6 Chesapeake TC 16 2. Sean Wise 12.0 Mid Shore TC 15 3. Rodney Jones 12.4 Unattached 43 4. Dustin Pellot 12.7 Mid Shore TC 15 5. Randy McFadden 14.2 Mid Shore TC 18 6. Amber Freeman 15.5 New Carrollton TC 16 7. Amber Hall 26.3 New Carrollton TC 19 100m Dash- Heat 5 1. Stephen Gray 10.8 Old Mill TC 17 1st overall 2. Matt Death 11.1 Chesapeake TC 17 3. Rashiene McFadden 11.5 Mid Shore TC 18 4. Ryan Kneesi 11.8 Broadneck TC 17 5. Anthony Hall 13.4 New Carrollton TC 16 6. Laura Paugh 14.4 West Virginia Univ. 18 7. Rebecca Brown 16.4 New Carrollton TC 17 100m Dash- Heat 6 1. Ehinomen Olumese 12.6 Holy Family TC 13 2. Alicia Hall 13.1 New Carrollton TC 17 3. Alicia Raymond 13.5 Unattached 16 4. Ashley Hall 14.0 New Carrollton TC 16 5. Sue Segar 15.2 Mid Shore TC 36 400m Dash- Heat 1 1. Holly Newquist 1:11.23 Annapolis TC 17 1st female 2. Eric Stinchcomb 1:23.92 Unattached 11 3. Sherika Payne 1:28.17 Holy Family TC 12 4. Lexi Whiteley 1:29.27 Mid Shore TC 10 5. Alan Jurena 1:31.11 Mid Shore TC 10 6. Anton Christian 1:32.39 Unattached 8 7. Kelsey Whiteley 1:36.01 Mid Shore TC 9 8. Rodney Jones 1:37.1 Unattached 5 400m Dash- Heat 2 1. Glen Whiteley 54.0 Mid Shore TC 40 1st masters 2. Justin Szech 56.1 Lumberjack TC 18 3. Steve Jacobs 1:00.2 Salisbury State TC 19 4. Cassie Trevino 1:16.5 New Carrollton TC 9 4 X 100m Relay 1. NC Cougars "A" 46.0 2. MSTC 49.5 3. NC Cougars "B" 1:02.6 4. Deep Sea Blues 1:06.3 5. Little Trackers 1:17.7 800m 1. Beryl Harris 1:52.0 Coppin State TC 21 2. Craig Schmidt 2:09.0 Broadneck TC 17 3. Brandon Davis 2:12.0 Chesapeake TC 15 4. Steve Jacobs 2:13.1 Salisbury State TC 19 5. Joey Depasquale 2:13.9 Annapolis Striders 15 6. Alex Grant 2:17.0 New Carrollton TC 16 7. Haroon Ahmad 2:18.0 North County TC 15 8. Natalie Scurto 2:29.0 North County TC 14 1st female 9. Matt Mace 2:32.1 Annapolis Striders 40 10. Sam Ruth 2:50.2 North County TC 17 200m Dash- Heat 1 1. Omonigho Olumese 36.5 Holy Family TC 11 2. Patrick Jurena 41.9 Mid Shore TC 8 3. Tom Saunders 44.6 Unattached 7 4. Ben Whiteley 48.5 Mid Shore TC 6 5. Evan Kurth 49.3 Unattached 5 200m Dash- Heat 2 1. Mayne Hairston 30.0 Holy Family TC 12 2. Asia Stith 31.5 Holy Family TC 12 3. Shenika Roque 32.9 Holy Family TC 12 4. Cassie Trevino 33.8 New Carrollton 9 5. Ken Saunders 37.9 Unattached 8 6. Lexi Whiteley 39.5 Mid Shore TC 10 7. Stephanie Kurth 42.9 Mid Shore TC 11 200m Dash- Heat 3 1. Azo Odunukwe 29.4 New Carrollton TC 12 2. Kareem Downs 29.9 New Carrollton TC 11 3. Perry Wright 31.0 New Carrollton TC 10 4. Eric Stinchcomb 35.2 Unattached 11 200m Dash- Heat 4 1. Ehinomen Olumese 26.7 Holy Family TC 13 2. Alicia Hall 28.3 New Carrollton TC 17 3. Alice Raymond 29.1 Unattached 16 4. Ashley Hall 33.6 New Carrollton TC 18 5. Michell Death 36.2 New Carrollton TC 13 6. Rebecca Brown 36.8 New Carrollton TC 17 200m Dash- Heat 5 1. Chris Menendez 22.9 New Carrollton TC 16 2. Lenny Hall 24.3 New Carrollton TC 15 3. Sean Wise 24.8 Mid Shore TC 15 4. Ronaldo Jones 25.8 New Carrollton TC 16 5. Dustin Pellot 27.2 Mid Shore TC 15 200m Dash- Heat 6 1. Warren Drummond 22.0 Coppin State TC 22 2. Enkinnyti 22.1 Coppin State TC 21 3. Karanja 22.3 Coppin State TC 21 4. Pete Pinnock 22.6 Coppin State TC 22 5. Matt Death 22.9 Chesapeake TC 17 6. Stephen Gray 22.9 Old Mill TC 17 7. Glen Whiteley 23.1 Mid Shore TC 40 8. Justin Szech 25.3 Lumberjack TC 18 3000m 1. Steve Jacobs 9:55 Salisbury State TC 19 2. Sean Higgins 9:57 Chattanooga TC 31 3. Brandon Davis 10:26 Chesapeake TC 15 4. Matt Mace 10:47 Annapolis Striders 40 5. Joshua Johns 10:54 Anne Arundel CC XC 19 6. Sam Ruth 13:25 North County TC 17 7. April Penn 13:41 North County TC 15 8. Alan Jurena 14:41 Mid Shore TC 10 9. Richard Krummerich 16:10 BRRC 48 4 X 200m Relay- Heat 1 1. Fireworks TC 2:48 2. Mid Shore TC 3:20 3. Fort Meade TC 3:22 4 X 200m Relay- Heat 2 1. Coppin State TC 1:29.9 2. New Carrollton "A" 1:47.7 3. Holy Family TC 2:01.6 4. New Carrollton Youth 2:06.6 Men's Long Jump 1. Stephen Gray 18'1" Old Mill TC 17 2. Rashieme McFadden 18' Mid Shore TC 18 3. Lenny Hall 15'9" Chesapeake TC 15 4. Ronaldo Jones 15'1" Glen Burnie TC 16 5. Ronald Clinton 14'5" Towson Masters TC 54 6. Perry Wright 13'4" New Carrollton TC 11 7. Kareem Davis 11'8" New Carrollton TC 11 8. Azu Odunukwe 8'8" New Carrollton TC 12 Women's Long Jump 1. Alicia Hall 16'5" New Carrollton TC 17 2. Leslie Donnelly 14'4" Southern TC 21 3. Laura Paugh 14'0" West Virginia Univ. 18 4. Amber Freeman 13'8" New Carrollton TC 16 5. Michelle Death 10'3" New Carrollton TC 13 6. Stephanie Kurth 8'0" Unattached 11 7. Rebecca Brown 7'5" New Carrollton TC 17 Women's Shot Put 1. Emily Deinlein 28' North County TC 15 2. Leslie Donnelly 26'6" Southern TC 21 Women's Discus 1. Emily Deinlein 78'4" North County TC 15 2. Leslie Donnelly 68' Southern TC 21 3. Kelsey Whiteley 23'3" Mid Shore TC 10