by Larry EderThe 2012 Brooks PR Invitational was the second edition of a unique event. What if a core running brand, in support of high school track & field, put on a celebration of track and invited the best runners at 60m, 60m hurdles, 400m, 800m, one mile and two mile in the country?
Shayla Sanders, 2012 Brooks PR Invitational, photo by PhotoRun.net
What if that brand (let’s say, for sake of argument, it is Brooks), invited the athletes to the Dempsey Stadium at the University of Washington (Seattle), and let them run on a very fast indoor track facility?
Last year, the races were astounding. The girls two mile had seven of the ten fastest times in country. The boy’s two mile was just the same. And the miles, well, they were just insane!
Now, with some street rep, the Brooks PR had kids training since end of cross country just to see how fast that they could go on the 307 meter plus indoor track that is Dempsey. A crowd of perhaps 1,000 people yelped it up at the best that the US has to offer!
Donovan Robertson, a senior, from Berea, Ohio, set the new high school record in the 60 meter hurdles. In his round, he ran 7.77, taking second. Hurdling with perfection, and staying focused, Donovan Robertson made no mistakes, sprinting over the finish line, in 7.57 seconds, breaking the former U.S. high school record of 7.60!
The boy’s 400 meters, was something quite special. Najee Glass, a senior from Woodbridge, New Jersey and Aldrich Bailey, a senior from Arlington, Texas, took each on from the first meter! Running neck and neck, Glass who, outleaned Bailey, 46.06 to 46.07! Not only did they run the number one and two times of 2012, they also are now the number two and three all-time high school boys at 400 meters.
And then came the next surprise. Jesse Williams, the Brooks athletics sports marketing manager, came over and said, ” That 400 meters was the fastest EVER run in Dempsey!” Stunning! And, in a high school meet!
Then came Shayla Sanders, who ran 7.21 for the 60 meters, after having run 7.26 in the first round. Shayla’s 60 meters was .02 off the U.S. high school record for girls at 60 meters.
A night of some tremendous performances (we will break them all out over the next few days), with 120 athletes from 26 States and Canada running and have some fun! What a way to celebrate our sport!
(click event name/sections for video)
Event 5 Girls 2 Mile Run =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 10:17.47 2/27/2011 WESLEY FRAZIER Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Siedel, Molly JR 10:13.45 2 Pierce, Haley SR 10:14.54 3 Finn, Erin JR 10:18.82 4 Frazier, Wesley JR 10:21.07 5 Nightngale, Samantha SR 10:24.86 6 Knight, Katie JR 10:28.50 7 Manett, Taylor JR 10:49.44 8 Olson, Chandler JR 10:49.46 9 Abrahamson, Emma SO 10:50.80 -- Souza, Shanoah JR DNF
Event 6 Boys 2 Mile Run =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 9:00.62 2/27/2011 AMMAR MOUSSA Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Vertiz, Daniel SR 8:59.15 2 Leingang, Jake JR 8:59.66 3 Fahy, Darren SR 9:01.63 4 Diaz, Jonah SR 9:03.44 5 Smorageiwicz, Tony SR 9:04.18 6 Luna, Luis SR 9:07.83 7 Bishop, Kevin SR 9:07.88 8 Graham, Thomas SR 9:08.29 9 Gardner, Andrew JR 9:12.18 10 Martinez, Danny SR 9:12.37 11 Rog, Conner SR 9:15.59 12 Armstrong, Anthony SR 9:17.12 13 Yorks, Izaic SR 9:17.66 14 Engels, Craig SR 9:18.30
Event 7 Girls 400 Meter Dash =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 54.26 2/27/2011 COURTNER OKOIO DEMPSEY: 53.57 3/5/2005 Ashley Purnell, Stanford Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Section 1 1 Okolo, Courtney SR 53.21 2 Holmes, Precious JR 53.53 3 Watson, Sage SR 54.05 4 Over, Sydnee JR 55.61 Section 2 1 Brown, Felcia SR 53.53 2 Graham, Ariah SR 54.72 3 Weissenbach, Amy SR 57.40 =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 54.26 2/27/2011 COURTNER OKOIO DEMPSEY: 53.57 3/5/2005 Ashley Purnell, Stanford Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Okolo, Courtney SR 53.21 2 Holmes, Precious JR 53.53 3 Brown, Felcia SR 53.53 4 Watson, Sage SR 54.05 5 Graham, Ariah SR 54.72 6 Over, Sydnee JR 55.61 7 Weissenbach, Amy SR 57.40
Event 8 Boys 400 Meter Dash =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 47.45 2/27/2011 ARMAN HALL DEMPSEY: 46.09 2/14/2009 Jordan Boase, Washington Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Section 1 1 Glass, Najee SR 46.06 2 Bailey, Aldrich SR 46.07 3 Evans, Ayrian SR 47.86 4 Chambers, Marcus JR 49.07 Section 2 1 Duke, Isaiah SR 47.97 2 Newton, Michael SR 48.16 3 Gray, Adolphus SR 50.03 =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 47.45 2/27/2011 ARMAN HALL DEMPSEY: 46.09 2/14/2009 Jordan Boase, Washington Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Glass, Najee SR 46.06 2 Bailey, Aldrich SR 46.07 3 Evans, Ayrian SR 47.86 4 Duke, Isaiah SR 47.97 5 Newton, Michael SR 48.16 6 Chambers, Marcus JR 49.07 7 Gray, Adolphus SR 50.03
Event 1 Girls 60 Meter Hurdles ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 8.44 2/27/2011 KENDELL WILLIAMS DEMPSEY: 7.98 3/4/2006 Virginia Powell, USC Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 Preliminaries 1 Willams, Kendell JR 8.42q 2 Philson, Lateisha SR 8.46q 3 Ross-Ransom, Skylar JR 8.58q 4 Munford, Jordan JR 8.69q Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 Hill, Dior SO 8.32q 2 Morrison, Deshaunda SR 8.69q 3 Pugh, Daje SR 8.74q ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 8.44 2/27/2011 KENDELL WILLIAMS DEMPSEY: 7.98 3/4/2006 Virginia Powell, USC Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Preliminaries 1 Hill, Dior SO 8.32q 2 Willams, Kendell JR 8.42q 3 Philson, Lateisha SR 8.46q 4 Ross-Ransom, Skylar JR 8.58q 5 Munford, Jordan JR 8.69q 6 Morrison, Deshaunda SR 8.69q 7 Pugh, Daje SR 8.74q
Event 1 Girls 60 Meter Hurdles =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 8.44 2/27/2011 KENDELL WILLIAMS DEMPSEY: 7.98 3/4/2006 Virginia Powell, USC Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Section 1 Finals 1 Hill, Dior SO 8.28 2 Philson, Lateisha SR 8.36 3 Willams, Kendell JR 8.39 4 Ross-Ransom, Skylar JR 8.50 Section 2 Finals 1 Munford, Jordan JR 8.68 2 Morrison, Deshaunda SR 8.73 3 Pugh, Daje SR 8.74 =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 8.44 2/27/2011 KENDELL WILLIAMS DEMPSEY: 7.98 3/4/2006 Virginia Powell, USC Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Hill, Dior SO 8.28 2 Philson, Lateisha SR 8.36 3 Willams, Kendell JR 8.39 4 Ross-Ransom, Skylar JR 8.50 5 Munford, Jordan JR 8.68 6 Morrison, Deshaunda SR 8.73 7 Pugh, Daje SR 8.74
Event 2 Boys 60 Meter Hurdles ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 7.82 2/27/2011 TORREY CAMPELL DEMPSEY: 7.75 2/12/2011 Ronald Brookins, Sacramento S Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 Preliminaries 1 Moore, Jordan SR 7.75q 2 Allen, Devon JR 7.83q 3 Jones, Jonathan SR 7.92q 4 Humphrey, Marlon JR 8.20q Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 Echols, Dondre SR 7.76q 2 Robertson, Donovan SR 7.77q 3 Barclay, Bruce SR 7.95q 4 Bermea, Randy SR 8.05q ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 7.82 2/27/2011 TORREY CAMPELL DEMPSEY: 7.75 2/12/2011 Ronald Brookins, Sacramento S Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Preliminaries 1 Moore, Jordan SR 7.75q 2 Echols, Dondre SR 7.76q 3 Robertson, Donovan SR 7.77q 4 Allen, Devon JR 7.83q 5 Jones, Jonathan SR 7.92q 6 Barclay, Bruce SR 7.95q 7 Bermea, Randy SR 8.05q 8 Humphrey, Marlon JR 8.20q
Event 2 Boys 60 Meter Hurdles ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 7.82 2/27/2011 TORREY CAMPELL DEMPSEY: 7.75 2/12/2011 Ronald Brookins, Sacramento S Name Year School Finals ================================================================ Section 1 Finals 1 Robertson, Donovan SR 7.57 2 Echols, Dondre SR 7.79 3 Allen, Devon JR 7.80 4 Jones, Jonathan SR 7.80 5 Moore, Jordan SR 7.91 Section 2 Finals 1 Humphrey, Marlon JR 7.89 2 Barclay, Bruce SR 7.91 3 Bermea, Randy SR 8.23 ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 7.82 2/27/2011 TORREY CAMPELL DEMPSEY: 7.75 2/12/2011 Ronald Brookins, Sacramento S Name Year School Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 Robertson, Donovan SR 7.57 2 Echols, Dondre SR 7.79 3 Allen, Devon JR 7.80 4 Jones, Jonathan SR 7.80 5 Humphrey, Marlon JR 7.89 6 Barclay, Bruce SR 7.91 7 Moore, Jordan SR 7.91 8 Bermea, Randy SR 8.23
Event 9 Girls 800 Meter Run ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 2:08.59 2/27/2011 SHELBY HOUILHAN DEMPSEY: 2:02.56 3/5/2011 Geena Gall, Oregon Track Cl Name Year School Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 Chapus, Cami SR 2:10.69 2 Westaway, Jenna SR 2:12.47 3 Davis, Kellie JR 2:12.89 4 Dampier, Morgan SR 2:13.11 5 Edwards, Kaela SR 2:13.83 6 Anderson, Reagan SR 2:14.03 7 Paul, Rachel SR 2:14.76 8 Boyert, Anna SR 2:16.16 9 Hatfield, Taylor SR 2:23.31 -- Camacho, Savannah SR NT
Event 10 Boys 800 Meter Run =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 1:50.92 2/27/2011 KEFFRI NEAL DEMPSEY: 1:46.36 2/13/2010 Andrew Wheating, Oregon Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Smith, Tyler JR 1:51.83 2 Boersma, Nick SR 1:53.12 3 Watkins, Zavon SR 1:53.69 4 Hartle, Nick SR 1:53.80 5 Swanson, Matthew SR 1:53.84 6 Thornton, Cameron SR 1:53.91 7 Tarango, Danny SR 1:54.39 8 Kinnaird, Tre'Tez JR 1:55.49 9 Prince, Quamel SR 1:56.67 10 Drinkwater, Will SR 1:56.79 11 Hernandez, Hector SR 1:57.74 12 Waddell, Alex SR 1:58.89
Event 3 Girls 60 Meter Dash ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 7.26 2/27/2011 DESEREA BRYANT DEMPSEY: 7.23 2/26/2011 Amber Purvis, Oregon Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 Preliminaries 1 Sanders, Shayla SR 7.26q 2 Gray, Gabrielle SR 7.55q 3 Bouyer, Kennadi JR 7.57q 4 Gause, Destinee SR 7.62q 5 Cunliffe, Hannah SO 7.63q Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 Madu, Jennifer SR 7.31q 2 Jacobs, Myasia SR 7.34q 3 Davis-White, Kali JR 7.44q 4 Sant, Marybeth JR 7.45q 5 Hill, Deanna SO 7.79q ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 7.26 2/27/2011 DESEREA BRYANT DEMPSEY: 7.23 2/26/2011 Amber Purvis, Oregon Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Preliminaries 1 Sanders, Shayla SR 7.26q 2 Madu, Jennifer SR 7.31q 3 Jacobs, Myasia SR 7.34q 4 Davis-White, Kali JR 7.44q 5 Sant, Marybeth JR 7.45q 6 Gray, Gabrielle SR 7.55q 7 Bouyer, Kennadi JR 7.57q 8 Gause, Destinee SR 7.62q 9 Cunliffe, Hannah SO 7.63q 10 Hill, Deanna SO 7.79q
Event 3 Girls 60 Meter Dash =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 7.26 2/27/2011 DESEREA BRYANT DEMPSEY: 7.23 2/26/2011 Amber Purvis, Oregon Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Section 1 Finals 1 Sanders, Shayla SR 7.21 2 Madu, Jennifer SR 7.36 3 Jacobs, Myasia SR 7.40 4 Davis-White, Kali JR 7.44 5 Sant, Marybeth JR 7.48 Section 2 Finals 1 Gray, Gabrielle SR 7.46 2 Cunliffe, Hannah SO 7.48 3 Gause, Destinee SR 7.50 4 Bouyer, Kennadi JR 7.58 5 Hill, Deanna SO 7.74 =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 7.26 2/27/2011 DESEREA BRYANT DEMPSEY: 7.23 2/26/2011 Amber Purvis, Oregon Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Sanders, Shayla SR 7.21 2 Madu, Jennifer SR 7.36 3 Jacobs, Myasia SR 7.40 4 Davis-White, Kali JR 7.44 5 Gray, Gabrielle SR 7.46 6 Cunliffe, Hannah SO 7.48 7 Sant, Marybeth JR 7.48 8 Gause, Destinee SR 7.50 9 Bouyer, Kennadi JR 7.58 10 Hill, Deanna SO 7.74
Event 4 Boys 60 Meter Dash ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 6.70 2/27/2011 DAMIERE BYRD DEMPSEY: 6.58 1/15/2011 Josh Norman, Unattached Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 Preliminaries 1 Whitfield, Levonte JR 6.80q 2 Williams, Kendal SO 6.88q 3 Muhammad, Khalfani JR 6.94q 4 Brandt-Sims, Isaiah SO 6.99q 5 Greene, Damian SR 7.03q Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 Collins, Leshon SR 6.75q 2 Taylor, Tatum JR 6.76q 3 Burrell, Cameron JR 6.85q 4 Harris, Marcus JR 6.93q 5 Jones, Jonathan SR 6.99q ================================================================ BROOKS PR: 6.70 2/27/2011 DAMIERE BYRD DEMPSEY: 6.58 1/15/2011 Josh Norman, Unattached Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Preliminaries 1 Collins, Leshon SR 6.75q 2 Taylor, Tatum JR 6.76q 3 Whitfield, Levonte JR 6.80q 4 Burrell, Cameron JR 6.85q 5 Williams, Kendal SO 6.88q 6 Harris, Marcus JR 6.93q 7 Muhammad, Khalfani JR 6.94q 8 Jones, Jonathan SR 6.99q 9 Brandt-Sims, Isaiah SO 6.99q 10 Greene, Damian SR 7.03q
Event 4 Boys 60 Meter Dash =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 6.70 2/27/2011 DAMIERE BYRD DEMPSEY: 6.58 1/15/2011 Josh Norman, Unattached Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Section 1 Finals 1 Whitfield, Levonte JR 6.71 2 Taylor, Tatum JR 6.71 3 Collins, Leshon SR 6.74 4 Williams, Kendal SO 6.81 5 Burrell, Cameron JR 6.84 Section 2 Finals 1 Harris, Marcus JR 6.83 2 Brandt-Sims, Isaiah SO 6.83 3 Muhammad, Khalfani JR 6.89 4 Greene, Damian SR 7.00 =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 6.70 2/27/2011 DAMIERE BYRD DEMPSEY: 6.58 1/15/2011 Josh Norman, Unattached Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Whitfield, Levonte JR 6.71 2 Taylor, Tatum JR 6.71 3 Collins, Leshon SR 6.74 4 Williams, Kendal SO 6.81 5 Harris, Marcus JR 6.83 6 Brandt-Sims, Isaiah SO 6.83 7 Burrell, Cameron JR 6.84 8 Muhammad, Khalfani JR 6.89 9 Greene, Damian SR 7.00
Event 11 Girls 1 Mile Run =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 4:49.48 2/27/2011 AJEE WILSON DEMPSEY: 4:28.41 2/11/2012 Sally Kipyego, OTC Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Meier, Hannah JR 4:43.28 2 Neale, Amy-Eloise JR 4:44.03 3 Meier, Haley JR 4:48.10 4 Carlos, Carmen JR 4:48.28 5 Hiltz, Nikki JR 4:50.55 6 Sturges, Allison SR 4:53.87 7 Bates, Heather JR 4:54.18 8 George, Samantha SR 4:54.31 9 Williams, Lily SR 4:54.95 10 Meyers, Maddie SR 4:56.49 11 Lawson, Kelly JR 5:03.61
Event 12 Boys 1 Mile Run =============================================================== BROOKS PR: 4:07.52 2/27/2011 JANTZEN OSHIER DEMPSEY: 3:54.52 2/12/2011 Chris Solinsky, Nike Name Year School Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Dickson, Marcus SR 4:07.18 2 Burcham, Jacob JR 4:07.20 3 Nowak, Craig SR 4:08.29 4 Kidder, Brannon SR 4:09.11 5 Marsella, Mike SR 4:10.54 6 Wallace, Cale SR 4:12.00 7 Albertston, CJ SR 4:12.29 8 Brinkley, Justin SR 4:13.24 9 Gaudreau, Billy SR 4:14.25 10 Krotzer, Korey SR 4:16.15 11 Gilley, Trevor JR 4:18.79
For more meet highlights, see the below release and attached photos.
For complete results, visit
http://www.flotrack.org/article/10913-RESULTS-2012- .Brooks-PR-Invitational
