Phyllis Francis can admit it. Moments before she was set to race at the Millrose Games on Friday night at the Garden, she battled a serious case of nerves.
"Yeah," the Catherine McAuley HS senior says. "I was nervous."
Not that anyone would blame her. A week before the Games, Francis had received a special invitation to compete in the women's 400-meter dash. Instead of competing against...
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Phyllis Francis is naturally shy. So it was no surprise the Catherine McAuley senior kept to herself during warm ups for the women's 400 meters at the 103rd Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Francis was given the opportunity to race against some of the world
INDIANAPOLIS - Phyllis Francis has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after breaking the National Youth and Junior Olympic meet records in the intermediate girls' 800 meter run at the 2008 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in Omaha, Nebraska.
Competing for Team Evolution, Francis ran a scorching 2 minutes 4.83 seconds in the intermediate girls' 800m run...
Somewhat lost in the team battle was Catherine McAuley sophomore Phyllis Francis, who turned in one of the greatest 600-meter runs in history. Francis, a sophomore, won the event in 1:29.65, the second-fastest performance in United States history, the fastest in the country this season. The time is also a national sophomore record, breaking a mark of 1:30.67 set by Jevon Benjamin, a Hempstead...
As reported in the New York Daily News on Tuesday, Brooklyn native Phyllis Francis has decided to sign with Oregon.
Francis placed third in the 400 at the Millrose Games last month, clocking 55.38 seconds, but her specialty is the 800 meters.
Francis has run at Oregon
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The Armory Athlete of the Week returns for the 2008-2009 season. The latest award will be posted every Wednesday from now until after NSIC in March.
Each week a girl...
Rising junior Phyllis Francis of Brooklyn's Catherine McAuley won the Intermediate Girls 800 meter run going away in a huge PR of 2:04.83. The mark is US#3 behind only...
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Catherine McAuley High School is a small, all-girls Catholic school. McAuley was founded in 1942 by the Sisters of Mercy, and has provided young women with an "Education For Life" for over 67 years. Our track team is made up of some of those young women who are working together as a team to become leaders not only in education but on the track & field! follow our team on facebook GuestbookPost a commentYou must be logged in to post. Login or Register.
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