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Allen, Bryant, And Obasih Break All Three Dash Records
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The D1 preliminaries on Saturday saw the 100m, 200m, and 400m dash records fall. Rain hampered performances on Saturday but the sunny warm weather on Friday helped an assault on State Dash Records.
Senior Tasha Allen [above left] from Milwaukee North blazed to a clocking of 11.76 in the preliminaries of the 100m dash to break the 1981 record set by Diane Lemmitt of Milwaukee West. Allen who won and set state records in the 100m and 200m for D2 during the 2008 season did the same as a D1 athlete this season.
Also, in another 100m heat on Friday Milwaukee Bradley Tech sophomore Dezerea Bryant [above right] was timed in 11.76 to also break the record.
Another sophomore Chidera Obasih [right] the defending D1 100m State Champion from Brookfield Central came back with a vengence after false starting in her heat of the 100m. In the 200m preliminaries Obasih broke the 1988 24.02 200m record set by Andrea Lee of Milwaukee Riverside by posting a 23.85. [Obasih picture from the Brookfield East Sectional]. In the 100m finals Allen was first [below left] in 12.05 while the Bradley Tech duo of Dezerea Bryant [left] and Symona Gregory [right] finished 2nd and 3rd.
In the 200m finals [below right L-R] Tasha Allen won the Gold Medal with a time of 24.36, Chidera Obasih was third [24.85], Dezerea Bryant was second [24.09] and Becca Schmidt a senior from Whitefish Bay was 7th.
Bradley Tech was the D1 Champion of the 2009 State Meet with 55 points. Brookfield Central, the 2008 D1 Champion, was second with 37.5 points while Wausau West edged out Milwaukee King 37-36 for third place. |
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Tasha Allen won the Triple Crown of the dash events with a record time of 55.19 in the 400m preliminaries. This broke the 2003 State Record of 55.8 set by Joanna Schultz of Homen. Allen is pictured [above right] in the 400m preliminaries. In the finals she won with a time of 57.22 while junior Jessica Waldvogel [left, black jersey, gold stripes] from Wausau West was second [57.55] and Holmen senior Cathryn Helmers was third in 57.74.
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Vazquez And Unser Win D2 Dash Titles
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Junior Maya Vazquez [left] from Arcadia won the D2 100m [12.31] and 200m [25.28]. In the above picture taken by John Reed [L-R] Kelly Stewart of Amery, April Hanson from Clintonville, and Vazquez are shown in their heat of the 400m.
400m D2 State Champion Lauren Unser [below] a senior from West Salem is shown leading her preliminary heat of the 400m. In the finals she was timed in 56.61 to edge out Vazquez who recorded a 56.65.
Third place winner Alaina Murphy a junior from Seymour and seventh place finisher Tia Nowak a junior from East Troy are pictured below. |
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Homan Wins 200m and 400m And Simon Ties D3 100m Dash Record
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Senior Chelsey Simon [left] from Whitehall repeated as D3 100m Champion by posting a time of 12.6. In Friday's preliminaries she tied the 1986 record of 12.20 set by Linda Gassner of Marathon.
After finishing second in the 2008 D3 400m junior Gretchen Homan [right] of Burlington Catholic Central beat 2008 Champion senior Jamie Vandenberg of Niagara. Homan was timed in 57.16 while Vandenberg ran a 57.96.
Homan also won the D3 200m Gold Medal with a time 25.32 edging out Whitehall's Chelsey Simon who was second in 25.43. |
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L-R: Niagara's Jamie Vandenberg. Independence-Gilmanton sophomore Bria Halama who had the fastest time in the 400m preliminaries [56.86] was third in the 400m finals [59.54] She also finished third in the 200m dash. The Lady Hilltopper's Gretchen Homan is shown in the last 60 meters of the 400m finals. Saturday was a very cool day with constant showers. |
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