by Larry Eder
The NB Nationals start tonight, Thursday, June 17, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The New Balance Nationals will host some of the best high school athletes in the U.S. In the boy’s
two mile, there are ten qualifiers who have broken nine minutes. The battle, which could be, like last weekend at the adidas Grand Prix, be between Lukas Verzbicas and the Rosa brothers, could challenge the 3,200 meter record of German Fernandez (8:34.3) or the two mile record of Jeff Nelson (8:36.7). Last weekend, Verzbicas stayed behind the early pace and took off just after 1200 meters, to win in 4:04.38!
Lukas Verzbicas, winning adidas Jim Ryun Mile, photo by PhotoRun.net.
Verzbicas told RBR last week, in an interview, that he wants to break the two mile record real bad. And Lukas Verzbicas has the tools and training to run 8:32-8:36. He is a talent! Good luck to all at the New Balance Nationals this weekend! And a special thanks to the National Scholastic Federation and New Balance, for, respectively, managing and sponsoring the meet.
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
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The New Balance Nationals, the premier post-season meet for U.S. preps,
got underway today and will continue through Saturday. Tonight’s
featured events are the girls and boys 5000-meters, beginning at
8pm(ET).
Flotrack is providing live streaming video of all the action. (See below)
Host Site
http://www.nationalscholastic.
Schedule
http://www.nationalscholastic.
Live Streaming Video
(Free registration required)
http://www.flotrack.org/
Pre-Meet Articles
http://www.nationalscholastic.
Dyestat Coverage
http://rise.espn.go.com/track-
Milesplit Coverage
http://nc.milesplit.us/meets/
Armory Coverage
www.armorytrack.com
