>Great event for professionals. Great event for NCAA runners.
> But the high school relays are what makes this the greatest
>track event in the US. I ran in it in 1997, but I remember
>almost nothing about the actual competition. Obea Moore
>anchored the 3:08 John Muir team in the low 45s.

Obea Moore. How could I forget...olympic trials at 16

A guy I know raced against him in a tourney (he was from
some school in New Jersey) in the 1600 relay, ran anchor
and was ahead of Moore's team until he said he heard the
announcer: "And Obea More hits the corner..." after which
Moore just galloped past his ass..and my boy's form broke
down and he almost fell....and my boy was prettyfast,
ran 400 at a I-AA school


>Some Irish
>kid named Gareth Turnbull anchored the 1600 leg of the boys
>DMR in 4:00 flat and walked down DC area prep legend Sharif
>Karie in the final 100m. The Jamaican/American flags came out
>in greatest volume during the high school races, too.

Yeah, I was chasing Jamaican girl tail the whole time.
I recall that being a huge draw (for my demographic)

Saw 2 races, maybe.

Had personal animosity against the mile, because I was
did the pentathalon and would have been great if I didn't
suck miserably at the mile. The mile and high jump where
my nemesis. I could discus, long and hurdle pretty well


>Anyhow. I think it works best if you pick favorites (even
>arbitrarily) and let yourself get into it. Don't be an
>analyst. Be a fan and let some teenage kid too dumb to
>realize he's (or she... don't ignore the girls' races)
>supposed to be scared of the atmosphere do something great.

Very good perspective.


>And eat around the stadium. I didn't do this because I was
>racing, but it smelled delicious all weekend.

I didn't race that weekend. We missed qualifying

GREAT event, though


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