New Balance Collegiate Invitational 2011

Located in the Hall of Fame area at Abington High is a plaque hanging right next to the locker room entrance. It’s not just any plaque to the members of the boys’ track & field team.   (Photo courtesy of Brian Deck)

Strymar Livingston (NY) US#2 All-Time 1:18.01 | Verzbicas US#3 All-Time 4:03.88 | Shenendehowa (NY) girls 9:10.91, Abington (PA) boys 7:45.93 4x8's. (Photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)

Texas A&M senior Jessica Beard didn’t have the same field with her. She didn’t have Francena McCorory streaking down the home stretch this time.

The only thing that Strymar Livingston could do was shake his head. On a day when runners took a giant eraser to the record books Saturday, the one national record that could have been knocked off remained on the books.

For years, Emily Lipari toiled through workouts alone, or sometimes with her older brother, Tom, or some members of the boys team at Roslyn. She couldn’t wait for a training partner that could push her finally. The Villanova freshman surely got one.

Photo courtesy of ArmoryTrackXC.com

New York, N.Y. – Two Long Island University school records were shattered on day one of the New Balance Invitational on Friday by junior Jessie Gaines and sophomore Brian Richards. Gaines set a new mark in the 60-meter hurdles while Richards set a new mark in the long jump.

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Zach Lawson provides updates during the day from the New Balance meet.

The first day of action at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational is in the books at the New York Armory, with events on Friday afternoon and evening now complete. Villanova had a number of athletes in competition on Friday, with the meet set to continue on Saturday morning.

Kansas sophomore thrower Mason Finley set the meet and venue record in the shot put with a throw of 20.40m (66-11.25ft.) at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational Friday night in New York City. His record throw earned him a first place finish, which was just one of several high finishes by other Jayhawks on the night, giving the team a solid start in day one of the two day meet. Finely was just one of six Jayhawks that finished in top five of their respective events.

The first day of action at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational is in the books at the New York Armory, with events on Friday afternoon and evening now complete. Villanova had a number of athletes in competition on Friday, with the meet set to continue on Saturday morning.

Sophomore clocked personal-best 7.69; Senior Jamal Wilson set a PR in the high jump (7-3, 2.21m).

Jeremy Greenwald charged hard down the backstretch and Zavon Watkins decided he needed to beat Greenwald to the last turn. Watkins has nothing to prove. But he ran like he did.

Duke coach Norm Ogilvie didn’t have much reservation when he threw two freshmen on the front of his distance medley relay. Ogilvie still didn’t have any even after Demenick DeMatteo and Ben Raskin almost blew the first stick pass either.

  Photo by Ryan Kelly   Grassfield senior Jeremy Greenwald had not run the 1000 meters in competition since the 2010 state meet, but he certainly didn’t show any rust at the Suffolk Stars Invitational in mid-January.  Taking the lead before the pack rounded the first turn, Jeremy clicked off metronome-like splits of :29, :59, 1:29, and 1:59 to finish in a US#1 2:29.76. Jeremy (pictured right by Ryan Kelly) was gracious enough to give MileStat.com some of his time this week in between a college visit and a trip to the New Balance Collegiate Invite at the Armory this weekend.  Jeremy will compete in the 1000 meter run on Friday night against an absolutely loaded field featuring 6 runners ranked in the top 9 in the nation at that distance this year. 

The No. 15 Horns head to New York this Fri.-Sat., for a two-day meet at the Armory, where they'll face seven of the nation's top 20 teams.