Nansemond River senior James Taylor was attempting to pull off the feat of winning two national titles at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships with the 400 and 200 meter dashes. In his first finals race on Sunday in the 400 meter dash, Taylor went out aggressively in the first 200 meters at 22.0, but was overtaken by Daundre Barnaby of Connecticut in the final 100 meters. Taylor in a rare defeat this season, still ran a personal best and US #6 time of 47.66 for runner-up. Taylor quickly bounced back from the defeat in the 200 meter dash to light up the field and flash a 21.34 US #2 time on the board at the Armory. (Photo by Mary Dibiase Blaich of WingedFootPhotos.com)
Also winning a national title at the Amory this weekend from Virginia was Deep Run senior Matthew Armentrout, who has had his struggles since winning a state title as a sophomore, but easily made up for any missed opportunities at state championships since then by winning the national title in New York with a personal best clearance of 15'9". His clearance is an inch better than the previous state leader and AAA state champion Allen Kelly as well as ranks him among the top 10 in the nation this season.
More to come from the Armory as fellow MileSplit US affiliate site ArmoryTrack.com has plenty of coverage posted already and more on the way including videos and pictures.