NSAF x AthleticNET Distance Festival Recap: Big Individual DMRs highlight the action

by Steve Underwood


Two outstanding individual DMR performances and 10 other combined 800-1600 or 1600-3200 efforts were among the highlights for the NSAF x AthleticNET Distance Festival, which ran from July 8-21.

Top performances were featured in Runnerspace.com’s Bell Lap Webcast.

You can see Distance Festival Full Results HERE, broken down by each individual event (400m, 800m, 1200m, 1600m, 3200m, 5000m, 3000m walk) and by Middle School, Freshman and Varsity divisions.

Matti Erickson (L.V. Rogers HS, B.C., CAN) and Landon Sturdevant (Ferndale HS, WA) each took on the Individual Distance Medley Relay (Varsity division) – 1200-400-800-1600 – and turned in outstanding efforts across the board.

Matti Erickson

  • 1200 – 3:07.8
  • 400 – 49.7
  • 800 – 1:54.9
  • 1600 – 4:17.6

Landon Sturdevant

  • 1200 – 3:10.4
  • 400 – 51.6
  • 800 – 1:55.3
  • 1600 – 4:26.4


Here’s a breakdown of the other top combined event performances, with competitors in six different divisions.

Girls Varsity 800+1600

Kayla Hermiston (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)

  • 800  2:48.8  453pts
  • 1600  6:10.4  504pts
  • Total  8:59.2  957pts

Boys Freshman 800+1600

Jacob Story (Henrietta MS, TX)

  • 800  2:20.9  334pts
  • 1600  5:12.0  361pts
  • Total  7:32.9  695pts

Girls Middle School 800+1600

Raiya Matonovich (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)

  • 800  2:20.3  827pts
  • 1600  5:16.9  797pts
  • Total  7:37.2  1624pts

Danica Renwick (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)

  • 800  2:37.3  591pts
  • 1600  5:39.0  668pts
  • Total  8:16.3  1259pts

Boys Middle School 800+1600

Mitchel Erickson

  • 800  2:28.0  228pts
  • 1600  5:28.8  253pts
  • Total  7:56.8  481pts

Andrew Humphrey (B.C., CAN)

  • 800  2:40.5  91pts
  • 1600  5:49.8  143pts
  • Total  8:30.3  234pts

Girls Varsity 1600+3200

Jamie Gladish (Valleyview HS, B.C., CAN)
1600  5:38.0  673pts
3200  12:25.0  646pts
Total  18:03.0  1319pts

Kayla Hermiston (B.C., CAN)
1600  6:10.4  504pts
3200  13:23.6  515pts
Total  19:34.0  1019pts


Girls Middle School 1600+3200

Danica Renwick (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)
1600  5:39.0  668pts
3200  12:16.0  667pts
Total  17:55.0  1335pts

Heidi Menchaca
1600  7:20.0  223pts
3200  17:14.0  143pts
Total  24:34.0  366pts


Here are the individual leaders in each event, by division.

400m

Girls Middle School
Anna Vidolova 59.8h (Chelsea Greyhounds)

Boys Middle School
Alexander Califano 1:02.7h (Garden State T.C.)

Boys Varsity
Matti Erickson 49.3h (L.V. Rogers HS, B.C., CAN)


800m

Girls Middle School
Raiya Matonovich 2:20.3 (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)

Boys Middle School
Mitchel Erickson 2:28.0h (Nelson, B.C., CAN)

Girls Freshmen
Victoria Vidolova 2:23.0h (Chelsea Greyhounds)

Boys Freshmen
Jacob Story 2:20.9h (Henrietta, TX)

Girls Varsity
Kayla Hermiston 2:48.8h (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)

Boys Varsity
Matti Erickson 1:54.9h (L.V. Rogers HS, B.C., CAN)


1200m

Boys Freshmen
Nikko Webb 3:56.9h (Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy MS, DC)

Boys Varsity
Matti Erickson 1:54.9h (L.V. Rogers HS, B.C., CAN)


1600m

Girls Middle School
Raiya Matonovich 5:16.9 (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)

Boys Middle School
Mitchel Erickson 5:28.8h (Nelson, B.C., CAN)

Boys Freshmen
Ryan Hesler 4:50.5 (Niskayuna HS, NY)

Girls Varsity
Adeline Johnson 5:07.3h (Branson HS, CA)

Boys Varsity
Matti Erickson 4:17.6h (L.V. Rogers HS, B.C., CAN)


3200m

Girls Middle School
Danica Renwick 12:16.0h (Kamloops, B.C., CAN)

Girls Varsity
Anna Grabowski 11:36.8h (Speed Unlimited)

Boys Varsity
Christopher Crowe 10:44.8h (British Columbia, CAN)


5000m

Boys Middle School
Keegan Smith 17:23.9 (Catholic MS of Knoxville, TN)

Girls Varsity
Katherine Taylor 20:08.0h (Point Loma HS, CA)

Boys Varsity
Douglas Droessler 21:36.9h (Milton HS, WI)


3000m RW

Girls Middle School
Calley Starr 17:50.0h (JC Spirit Multi Event Club)

Girls Varsity
Aliceana Lin 26:11.0h (Stuyvesant HS, NY)

 

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