Girls Track Team Breaking Records
Excerpts from taken from ESPN HS Track & XC Webpage
Will the record book or the rule book take a beating at the Armory Track & Field Center on Saturday night?
Seeking to continue a hot streak that has made her the female prize of the indoor season, Samantha Nadel of North Shore High on Long Island stands to give both a working over while defending her title in the Millrose Games girls’ high school mile.
The Vikings Fab Four at 10:04 or better for 3k last month were the victorious Nadel in a brilliant 9:31.65; the Vikings’ other senior star, Brianna Nerud (also in the Millrose mile), in 4th in 9:50:32; and juniors Elizabeth Caldwell and Jessica Donahue, 9th and 10th, respectively, in 10:04.43 and 10:04:73. It’s doubtful any school has ever had four girls run that fast in the same race. That quartet may rival anything that even Fayetteville could put together on the track. We’ll find out at nationals next month when North Shore aims for the national 4 x mile record (19:59.24), the team’s main goal for the season…”
For more about the NS Vikings Women track team read the ESPN article titled, Saturday Night Lights: Nadel and mates break training 'rules,' gain strength, feel fresh in its entirety at
http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/track-and-xc/post/_/id/1724/saturday-night-lights-nadel-breaks-training-rules-gains-strength-feels-fresh