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Jacob Burcham, a junior from Cabell Midland High School, earned All-American honors and completed a great weekend of running by taking 3rd in the mile in 4:10.82 at the prestigious New Balance Indoor Nationals today The Armory Track & Field Center in New York, NY.
The first six finishers in each event attending who reside in the U.S. or its possessions will be named to the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals All America Team and receive All America certificates. This applies to the high school division only and not to the freshman or Emerging Elite division.
Burcham (L), Cheserek (R), and Nye (Center) beginning last lap - Tim O'Dowd photo
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Brad Nye edging out Edward Cheserek Photo by Tim O'Dowd
Brad Nye of Davis High School in Kaysville, UT pulled the upset over the favorite but tired Edward Cheserek by outkicking the St. Benedict's Prep standout of Newark, NJ in a winning time of 4:08.67. Nye was watching from a safe distance as Burcham and Cheserek battled it out for most of the race, and when fresh legs were needed Nye was the only one able to get more out of his body. Nye ran a 59 second last quarter of mile. Cheserek took 2nd in 4:09.07.
Section 2
1 Brad Nye 12 Davis Tc-Ut 4:08.67O
2 Edward Cheserek 13 St. Benedict 4:09.07O
3 Jacob Burcham 13 Ona Elite-WV 4:10.82F
4 Brannon Kidder 12 Lancaster Tc-Oh 4:12.83F
5 Joel Hubbard 12 Marshfield Tc-Ma 4:13.67F
6 Sean McGorty 13 Xbc TC 4:13.81F
7 Mike Marsella 12 Chariho Tc-Ri 4:13.87F
On Friday night, St.Benedict's Prep won the boys DMR with a time of 10:10.08 and Cheserek anchored with a solid 4:08 leg
Cheserek anchoring DMR - Don Rich Photo
On Saturday Burcham led his Ona Elite 4 x 800m relay team to a 17th place finish with a school record time of 8:01.24. Burcham posted a 1:53 in running the first leg.
