| It was not exactly a record-breaking year but the | | | | previously held by Muir High School of Pasendena, CA. |
| 2009 Simplot Games at Idaho State University's Holt | | | | In the 4x200 Relay, Fuqauwn Greene ran the opening |
| Arena in Pocatello still showcases some of the | | | | leg in 21.72, followed by Mike Sparks (22.28), Arthur |
| nation's best high school talent. | | | | Hendrix (21.91) and Andrew Hendrix (21.69) as the |
| This year's indoor meet did not produce a national | | | | Track Eastern Carolina team broke its own meet |
| record for the first time in 3 years. Jackie Coward of | | | | record of 1:27.96 set in the 2004 meet. |
| Tennessee clocked 8.18 to set the national 60-Meter | | | | Perhaps the outstanding individual of the meet was |
| Hurdle record in 2008, and Bianca Knight of Mississippi | | | | Kyle Macintosh of ATS Elite in Littleton (CO). |
| ran 22.97 to set the national 200-Meter record in | | | | Macintosh won the 60 Hurdles in 7.90, won the 400 |
| 2007. These two records and two more from | | | | Meter in 48.06, and anchored the ATS Elite team |
| 2004-Elzie Coleman's 45.92 in the 400 Meter and | | | | that won the 4x400 in 3:20.98. Running for ATS Elite |
| Ashley Owens' 7.19 in the 60 Meter-still stand. | | | | was Kevin Scheuerman, Kumar Pinkney and Nate |
| The Simplot Games and Idaho State's noisy, old | | | | Guthals; Macintosh ended a close race by running the |
| banked-board track at Holt Arena still draws prep | | | | 3rd leg in 49.04. |
| athletes from around the nation. The Arena, built in | | | | Other outstanding performances at the meet |
| 1970 and seating 12,000, was the nation's first domed | | | | included: |
| stadium on a collegiate campus, and the world's | | | | Ashton Purvis of St. Elizabeth High School in Oakland |
| second indoor football stadium after the Houston | | | | (CA) recorded a sprint double by winning the 60 |
| Astrodome, pretty heady stuff for Pocatello, Idaho. | | | | Meters in 7.47 and the 200 Meter in 23.99. Purvis, |
| The Simplot Games feature the biggest indoor track | | | | only a junior, won both events last year and has now |
| and field meet in the West, the largest indoor high | | | | positioned herself to become a 3-time sprint double |
| school meet in the West, and would not happen | | | | champion. |
| without the sponsorship and support of the J. R. | | | | Ciarra Brewer of James Logan in Union City (CA) |
| Simplot Company. | | | | went 41-6 (41 feet, 6 inches) in winning the Triple |
| The Track Eastern Carolina team from New Bern in | | | | Jump, setting a national sophomore class record in |
| North Carolina led the way this year by setting the | | | | the process. |
| only two meet records by winning the Sprint Medley | | | | Trinity Wilson of St. Mary's in Berkeley (CA) clocked |
| Relay in 3:26.28 and the 4x200 Relay in 1:27.60. In the | | | | 8.44 to win the 60-Meter Hurdles, setting a national |
| Sprint Medley, Andrew Hendrix ran the opening 400 | | | | freshman class record in the process. |
| leg in 48.72, and following the two 200 legs by | | | | Anna Jelmini of Shafter (CA) had progressively better |
| Fuqauwn Greene and Mike Sparks and a bobbled | | | | throws before recording a 51-5 to win the Shot Put, |
| baton exchange, Anthony (not Andrew) Hendrix ran | | | | the first female to top 50 feet this year. |
| the 800 leg in 1:54.33 to break the 3:27.80 record | | | | |