The Scoop: Recapping A Massive Weekend Of Action At New Balance Nationals Indoor


By Ryun Anderson l Md.MileSplit

We're only shortly into New Balance Nationals Indoor, but already have a few records have gone down.

Bullis School (MD) sophomore Leah Phillips, who currently is third on the Maryland leaderboard in the 55mH, won the Emerging Elite 60mH finals on Friday at the Armory in New York in a new meet record of 8.49 seconds. Her time was 0.03 seconds faster than the old EE record of 8.52 and gave her a US No. 9 performance.

Her teammate, Cierra Pyles, finished first in the prelims and went fourth in the finals.

PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTH#
1Leah Phillips10Bullis School8.491
2Serenity Rogers11Dash Track Club8.561
3Chibugo Obichere11Valley Stream South8.611
4Cierra Pyles12Bullis School8.681
5Sophia Myers12Queens HS of Teaching8.681
6Grace O'Shea11Ramapo HS8.711
7Tania Dunbar11Tallwood8.871
8Shataeya Ligon10James Clemens9.091