By Justin Janssen '11
Ahh, it's been quite a long time since I've last updated this blog, primarily because nothing has really been happening in the high school sports world.
But the biggest track meet of the year looms one week from today. The second Nike Track Nationals meet stationed at Nike and University of Oregon headquarters will unveil a national champion.
High school track is different than most high school sports because scoring is based off of times and distances rather than points on a scoreboard.
In track, more than two teams compete on the track/field, expanding the amount of teams that can compete at once.
No. 10 Arizona D-I state champion Brophy Prep auto-qualified for this prestigious meet a second year in a row by winning the southwest region.
Brophy will be amongst 12 men's teams vying for the title.
The decathlon scoring used to qualify high schools for this prestigious meet converts times, heights, or distances into a certain amount of points.
Brophy has their own version of "The Big Three" with Devon "scrub" Allen '13, Tommy Williams '11, and Will Firth '11.
Allen was Brophy's leading scorer in the state meet placing in the 100, 200, 400, 4 X 100 relay, and the 110 meter hurdles.
In this meet Allen will just run the 100 meter and 110 meter because Nike limits an athlete to two events.
Williams, the reigning Arizona D-I 800 meter champion and owner of that school record, will run that event in the meet.
Firth is Brophy's 1600 meter runner (approximately 1 mile) after tying a school record in the event.
Josh Dennard '11 is jumping, Cole Walsh '13 is pole vaulting, James Harper '12 is high jumping, and Danny Vimmerstadt '12 is throwing the discus.
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