Ashton Purvis, (Sr., St. Elizabeth, CA) receiving the Gatorade award from Cleveland Cavaliers forward Leon Powe.

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(Photos by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)

 NIKE ANNOUNCES 24 QUALIFYING CLUBS TO COMPETE IN FIRST EVER “NIKE TRACK NATIONALS” COMPETITION

Blacksburg sets DMR National Record, FitzSimons has 2nd stunning anchor!  (Photos by John Olson and Victah Sailer)

Blacksburg VA won the DMR with a new National Record time of 11:31.26!  (Photo by Victah Sailer)

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Her teammates gathered around with a large piece of paper and a sly grin. She sat surrounded by reporters, dazed and still a bit confused at what just happened until she turned to recognize them.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Katherine Walker remembered crying last year when she failed to even make the Virginia state meet. She remembered when she talked to her mom, who told her that she could either commit, really commit, or hang her spikes up.

People may have witnessed the greatest girls 4x800 relay race in our nation

Megan Goethals, Rochester, Mich., will go for the elusive 10-minute barrier for two miles this weekend.  She'll have company so this will be a "can't miss" race! (Photo by Margot Kelly)

Maddie Meyers won the Girls Dream Mile in 4:41.93 and Lukas Verzbicas won the Boys in 4:04.38.  (Photo by Geoff Decker)

Garden City, Fayetteville-Manlius, and Saratoga Springs stage epic 4x800m battle: 8:49.88  -8:50.54  - 8:50.70  

Boys Dream Mile participants. (Photo by Geoff Decker)

Jeramy Elkaim, Governor Livingston NJ, won the NJ MOC 3200 with a US#1 time of 8:46.08.  The race was tight with Joe Rosa, WWPN, until the last two laps where Jeramy put the hammer down with laps of 64 and 61.  They're both juniors so they will be back at it next year!  Read on to learn more about Jeramy...

Mike Mazzaccaro, Christian Brothers Academy NJ, won his state group 1600 in 4:09.53.  He then finished 3rd in the MOC 3200 with a time of 9:02.46 behind the 8:46.08 of Jeramy Elkhaim and the 8:48.55 of Joe Rosa.  The scary thing is all three are juniors!  Read more about Mike below...

Megan Goethals, Rochester MI, recently bullied her way into history, running an amazing solo-3200 in 10:00.15 for US#7 All-Time.  She continued through Two Miles for a US#2 All-Time run of 10:03.2h.  While impressive, her ultimate goal was sub-10, therefore she gets one more chance, the New Balance Nationals.  Read on to learn something you probably didn't know about the nations most humble distance ace...

US#22 All-Time long jump (25-08.75) and 50--8.25 triple jump/7-00 high jump wins at VA States.  (Photo by Brandon Miles)

Megan Goethals, Rochester MI, recently bullied her way into history, running an amazing solo-3200 in 10:00.15 for US#7 All-Time.  She continued through Two Miles for a US#2 All-Time run of 10:03.2h.  While impressive, her ultimate goal was sub-10, therefore she gets one more chance, the New Balance Nationals.  Read on to learn something you probably didn't know about the nations most humble distance ace...

Final Nike Elite story on Bryan Clay continues our Elite coverage as we get closer to the Nike Track Nationals on June 2nd.  One more video interview to go! (Photo by Vic Sailer, PhotoRun.net)

Nike Track Nationals 6/1/10 updates