MileStat.com Elite Track Gala 2006

MileStat.com creator Brandon Miles announced today plans to host a high-caliber post-season high school track meet to be held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th. The meet lies on the June weekend in between the Virginia public schools\' outdoor track state meets and the Nike Outdoor Nationals. Meet promoter and director Brandon Miles is hoping to gather many of Virginia\'s top track and field athletes for the post-season invitational as well as bring in talent outside of the state. The event called the MileStat.com Elite Track Gala will be a meet that serves several different purposes for high school track athletes and others.

MileStat.com creator Brandon Miles announced today plans to host a high-caliber post-season high school track meet to be held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th.

Coaches and athletes can now register and enter for the meet online at http://www.hocorunning.com/meetmanager/home.php. Both coaches and individuals can enter entries in the meet. Please email milestat@yahoo.com to receive a registration code to gain access to make entries. The online entry system allows for corrections, updates, additions, and deletions to made to names, relays, entry times and marks. Print off your entries from the site and mail in with your entry fee. The first ever MileStat.com Elite Track Gala will be held on Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond. The event plans to bring in the best of Virginia as well as strong out-of-state talent to make for a high-caliber post-season meet. The meet already has two national champions committed in Mike Morrison and Katie Doswell among what looks to be a growing list of All-Americans and state champions set to compete in the event. Check out the official meet website at https://va.milesplit.com/EliteTrackClassic/ for more meet information and news.

Meet director Brandon Miles is proud to announce the commitment of 300 and 400 meter national record holder Francena McCorory and her Bethel team to the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala to be held June 10th and 11th at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond. At the request of Bethel coach Eddie Williams and the very willing compliance of meet management, the 800 meter sprint medley relay has been added to the tail end of Saturday\'s portion of the meet in hopes of taking down the national record in the event with McCorory on anchor with her 51.93 open 400 meter personal best. McCorory will also be competing in an open event in the meet as well, which has yet to be determined which event. The national record in the 800 meter sprint medley stands at 1:38.73, which was set in 2003 by Poly of Long Beach, California at the Arcadia Invite. McCorory and Bethel add to a growing list of high-caliber athletes and teams that will be attending the first year event hosted by MileStat.com. Online registration for the meet is now available and check the official meet website for more information.

Fresh off his 27:34 10K debut victory over fellow young American Dathan Ritzenhein at Stanford University\'s Payton Jordan Invite (check out the video of the race here!), 2004 Olympian at 1500 meters, American record holder at 2 miles and high school mile record holder Alan Webb has signed on to support the MileStat.com Elite Track Gala by sponsoring the girls and boys mile at the event. Just goes to show that despite all the national success Alan experienced in high school and international success now as a professional, he never forgets his humble beginnings here as a high school athlete at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia.

2006 Southern Track Classic champions Daniel Roberts of Colorado (mile) and Jeremy Samuels of Maryland (400) will be making return trips to Sports Backers Stadium as two of many big out-of-state commitments to come for the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala to be held June 10th and 11th in Richmond, Virginia. Roberts is one of the nation\'s best milers this season as he owns two of the nation\'s five fastest mile times this spring at 4:10. Meanwhile, Samuels is a part of the outstanding DeMatha Catholic squad that is known for their strong relays and individually, Samuels is coming off a 48.18 400 meter dash victory at STC over Virginia\'s premier sprinters. Another recent big out-of-state commitment for the meet is one of West Virginia\'s top distance runners in Kaylin Christopher of Preston High School. Christopher has been racing sensational this spring including a 10:34 3200, 4:58 1600, and 2:15 800. Meet management and others will be working hard behind the scenes to make this an outstanding meet for a first year event. Check out the meet website and register online here.

A revised schedule for the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala has been posted at the following link: https://va.milesplit.com/EliteTrackClassic/schedule.htm. Regular entry deadline for the meet in this Wednesday, May 31st. Avoid a $10 late fee and register now. The late entry deadline is Tuesday, June 6th. Print off your entries online and mail with entry fee payment to 6 N. Rowland St, Richmond, VA 23220. Online meet registration is found at http://www.hocorunning.com/meetmanager/home.php. Email meet management for a registration code. Please keep in mind that will be most likely adjusting and revising the meet schedule in relation to the number of entries in each event to make sure this meet is well run and organized to benefit all involved with the June 10th and 11th event. Expect revisions to event start times following the May 31st entry deadline and June 6th entry deadline.

The first annual Milestat.com Elite Track Gala is slated for June 10-11 in Richmond, Va.

Just wanted to remind all TN athletes and coaches that an entry deadline is approaching for the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday & Sunday, June 10th and 11th.

Athletes from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Colorado, and the District of Columbia are driving or flying in to compete in the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala and you are telling me that you live in Virginia and are not competing in this outstanding track showcase in your own state that will also financially support the website that you visit on almost a daily basis??? That would be a shame. FINAL DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH! MileStat.com Elite Track Gala Official Website Online Meet Entry Email meet management for registration code.

A final time schedule is now posted after the final entries have came in for the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala to be held this Saturday and Sunday, June 10th and 11th at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia. Saturday\'s field events will start at 2 pm and running events witll start at 5 pm. Sunday\'s field events will start at 10 am and running events will start at 1 pm. Final instructions for the meet are also included. We are looking forward to getting this meet off the ground this year for what hopes to eventually become one of the top outdoor track post-season meets in the country. We certainly have an unusually high number of stellar athletes headling the first year event to get the ball rolling and don\'t forget the success and future of this meet may play a large role in the success and future of MileStat.com. A final performance list will be posted by noon on Thursday.

Performance list for the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala to be held Saturday and Sunday, June 10th and 11th at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia.

This weekend\'s first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala will showcase some of the finest track and field talent in Virginia as well as a sprinkling of athletes from a total of 12 other states including Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida as well as the District of Columbia. The meet features two national champions, more than a handful of All-Americans, and dozens of state champion performers. If these are the usual humble beginnings of a first year meet, watch and see how this meet grows over the years.

On Sunday in California at the Golden West Invitational, Jared Jodon won the Pole Vault, Aaron Kauffman was 2nd in the 800, and Travis Miller took runner-up honors in the Javelin. On Friday, it was a great start to little meet in West Chester on a comfortable, sometimes rainy, but never windy 1st Annual Distance Festival. How about three PA PIAA State Champions tuning up for next week\'s Nike Outdoor Nationals. And at the 1st Milestat.com Elite Track Gala, Diana Filtz and Ben Hahn won two distance events on Day One. (Cover photo: Jared Jodon, Laurel Highlands senior, 16-03 PV win - photo courtesy Margaret Gallagher, DyeStatCal)

Many great performances from the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Gala. The meet may have had its humble beginnings, but it will grow into becoming something truly great for the state of Virginia as well as all incoming athletes from other states. To show my appreciation for those who came to attend or compete in the MileStat.com Elite Track Gala...photos and video clips from the meet will made available to all for a full a week! Subscribe anyways if you want to support the future of the site and events like these to continue! Photos from John Herzog from both day 1 and day 2 and video clips from Brandon Herzog are now posted. Click on links below! Some of the top performances include: Great discus competitions filled with state\'s champions with Penn Relays champ Natalie Baird of Park View (141\'9\") and upset winner Chad Lawson of Mills Godwin (176\'10\"). Mike Morrison cleared 16\'6\" in the pole vault with several good attempts at 17\'2\". Great Bridge teammate Kristy Tobin smoked a state best time of 2:12.39 in the 800. Deep boys 800 with 7th place at 1:57 with Delaware\'s Brian Sklodowski the winner at 1:55.93. Katie Doswell wins highly anticipated mile in 4:59. Group A state champion Rasheeta Hundley of West Point picks up double wins in the sprints (100/200), while Manchester\'s Anthony Chesson does the same in the boys. DeMatha Catholic of Maryland\'s Jeremy Samuels smokes a 47.48 400 time, while also helping DeMatha to quick times in the 4x200 (1:27.88) and 4x400 (3:18.85). Other out of staters to pick up victories were Jason Gross of Maryland in the boys triple jump (47\'9.75\"), Theresa Lewis of Maryland in the girls 100 meter hurdles (14.48), Keith Brown of Maryland in the boys 110 meter hurdles (14.88), Diana Filtz of Pennsylvania in the 5K (18:50), Emma Burton of Colorado in the two mile (11:38), Ben Hahn of Pennsylvania in the boys 2 mile (9:37), Dakota Lowery of North Carolina in the boys mile (4:23.69), Callie Pottinger of Georgia in the 400 (56.41), and Geoffrey Daley of Maryland in the 400 meter hurdles (56.35). MileStat.com Elite Track Gala Photo Gallery MileStat.com Elite Track Gala Video Clips Gala gets press coverage: Richmond Times-Dispatch - \"Track standouts gather for meet\" by Stephen M. Lews Richmond Times-Dispatch - \"Elite track \'Gala\' lives up to name\" by Stephen M. Lewis Virginian Pilot - \"Morrison captures pole vault but falls short of his goal\" by Larry Rubama