The Scoop: Indoor Season Ramps Up With Top Performances

The Armory Officials Hall Of Fame Invitational Rewrote Record Books

* Jayden Mims-Horton at the Armory Hispanic Games earlier this season

Photo Credit: Kyle Brazeil / MileSplit

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Have a day, Jayden Mims-Horton.

At the Armory Officials Hall of Fame Invitational, Mims-Horton of Imhotep Institute Charter (PA) lined against Quincy Wilson of Bullis School (MD) in the varsity gold 300m.

Both athletes were coming off weekends that consisted of personal bests. 

Mims-Horton competed at the Kristian Marche Memorial Invitational and ran a new lifetime best of 47.60 to win the 400m title. On the other hand, Wilson also raced the previous weekend at the VA Showcase and clocked a No. 2 all-time performance in the 500m.

In New York, they met right in the middle for a lap-and-a-half race.

Mims-Horton raced his first 300m race of his career and he left New York with an all-time performance.

The junior clocked a blazing 32.92, which is the seventh-fastest time in high school history. He also became the seventh boy as well to dip under 37 seconds in this distance.

The sophomore finished second with a lifetime mark of 33.12, which respectively puts him No. 9 on the all-time list. This makes him the second-fastest sophomore in history behind Tyrese Cooper's 32.87 from 2019. 

* Olivia Cieslak at the New Balance Games

Meanwhile, there was a tight matchup in the girls 600m. Pennsylvania's Olivia Cieslak of Haverford Township and Allison DeLisi of Penn Charter faced each other for the first time this indoor season.

Cieslak, who set a new lifetime best of 2:09.25 in the 800m last weekend, won the title in 1:32.45. DeLisi finished just behind her in 1:33.53. These are the No. 2 and No. 3 performances in the nation so far in 2024. 

In the 1K, Isabel Conde De Frankenberg of Cedar Park (TX) ran the fastest time in the U.S. this season with a 2:47.60. Bullis School's Colin Abrams once again put down a fast time this year as he ran a new U.S. No. 1 mark of 2:27.63. Abrams also won the boys 600m title in 1:20.84.

In the sprints, Kiera Davis of Hillcrest (NY) ran a U.S. No. 5 mark in the 55m as she went 6.89 to grab the victory. In the boys field, Delbarton School's (NJ) Ryan Johnson won the short sprint in 6.39, which ties him for U.S. No. 12 so far this indoor season. 

Also at this meet, Saratoga Springs (NY) put together a new U.S. leading performance in the DMR as the boys came together and won the title in 10:21.80. 

In the sandpit, Winslow Township's (NJ) Ma'Syiah Brawner leaped to the nation's eighth-best long jump this season with a 19-3.5. 

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