Bailey leads way for Swenson girls

Shanae Bailey does have a weakness.

The Swenson sophomore freezes when asked to talk about herself.

Not even a minute into an interview, Bailey becomes very uneasy. The sprinter's eyes wander, and she takes a deep breath before speaking while keeping her hands in her pockets.

"She really doesn't talk a lot," Swenson assistant coach Tim Hickey said. "You never really have to worry about her having a big head."

Instead of using a track meet as a social event, Bailey takes a businesslike approach. Her performances do the talking.

Yesterday, Bailey's effort spoke volumes at the Class AA girls' District 12 championships.

She took individual titles in the 100 and 200 meters and the 100 hurdles in the competition at Northeast High. Bailey also anchored Swenson's winning 4x100 relay. Having a hand in 40 points, the 16-year-old helped lead the Lions to the Class AA district title.

Swenson's 165.5 points were way ahead of the 117 scored by runner-up Engineering & Science. Paul Robeson (113), Masterman (81.5) and School of the Future (27) rounded out the top five.

"She had a good meet," Lions coach Dean Lent said. "She did basically everything we asked her to do."

And then some.

Bailey was not expected to win the 100 hurdles. Her teammate, Anthonia "Mouse" Ballard, was.

But despite being a novice in the event, Bailey had a commanding lead midway through the race and won it in 15.31 seconds. Ballard finished a distant second in 16.19, while Swenson's Khristy Neou was third in 16.64.

"I was proud of myself in the hurdles," Bailey reluctantly said, "because I was hitting the hurdles before. I didn't do as good as I think I can do time-wise."

Now, that's scary, considering that her clocking was among the 20 fastest times in Pennsylvania this season.

While that victory came as a surprise, Bailey's other three wins were expected. She is recognized as the state's fastest girl regardless of classification.

Bailey came into the meet with Pennsylvania best's time in the 100 at 11.81 seconds. But looking merely to advance to the PIAA state championships, Bailey ran at 80 percent of her capacity. And she still dominated.

Bailey easily won the 100 in 12.11. Her time was way ahead of 12.42 posted by Engineering & Science's Cierra White, the runner-up.

Bailey also was the runaway winner in the 200 in 25.01 seconds.

She also teamed with Jayee Wright, Ballard and Vanessa Mack on the Lions' winning 4x100 relay team (47.73 seconds). Engineering & Science (49.19) and Paul Robeson (49.66) finished second and third.

"She just ran four solid races," Hickey said. "None of them were personal records. But they were four solid races."

On the boys' side, Khaliff Featherstone of Simon Gratz and Herman Kirkland of Imhotep Charter had impressive outings.

Competing in the Class AAA meet, Featherstone won the 200 (22.37) and 400 (48.46). He joined Frank Wainwright, Jonathan Williams and Yuwshua Davis on the Bulldogs' winning 4x400 relay team (3:26.13).

One day removed from winning the Class AA long jump, Kirkland won his classification's 100 (11.19) and 200 (20.50) titles.

The Class AA winner and top-two Class AAA finishers in each event automatically advance to the PIAA state championships on May 23-24 at Shippensburg University.

The Results

CLASS AA

The winner qualifies for the state meet, plus any top-eight finisher that reaches the state qualifying standards that appear in parentheses. All times are fully automatic.

GIRLS

Team scoring: Swenson, 165.50; Engineering & Science, 117; Paul Robeson, 113; Masterman, 81.50; School of the Future, 27; Delaware Valley Charter, 22; Communications Tech, 10; Science Leadership Academy 8; Bodine, 7; Strawberry Mansion, 5.

100 (12.80):

1, Shanae Bailey, Swenson, 12.11. 2, Cierra White, Engineering & Science, 12.42. 3, Kelli Byrd, Delaware Valley Charter, 12.79. 4, Jayee Wright, Swenson, 12.87. 5, Nikeyah Stafford, Paul Robeson, 13.09. 6, Esteem Winder, Engineering & Science, 13.37. 7, Krystyna Hayles, School of the Future, 13.69. 8, Jessica Nichols, School of the Future, 13.79.

200 (26.30):

1, Shanae Bailey, Swenson, 25.01. 2, Cierra White, Engineering & Science, 25.66. 3, Vanessa Mack, Swenson, 25.89. 4, Kelli Byrd, Delaware Valley Charter, 26.61. 5, Morgan Heath, Engineering & Science, 26.90. 6, Jayee Wright, Swenson, 27.63. 7, Krystyna Hayles, School of the Future, 28.25. 8, Alexis Bradley, Communications Tech, 28.70.

400 (59.95):

1, Katurrah Hayman, Paul Robeson, 57.99. 2, Acoya Goines, Engineering & Science, 58.90. 3, Jonae McAllister, Engineering & Science, 59.16. 4, Dashera Richardson, Paul Robeson, 59.35. 5, Krystyna Hayles, School of the Future, 1:02.89. 6, Jessica Nichols, School of the Future, 1:03.49. 7, Turqouise Pitts, Paul Robeson, 1:04.36. 8, Christine Dancey, Masterman, 1:05.71.

800 (2:20.60):

1, Benita Taylor, Engineering & Science, 2:20.58. 2, Shatievah Lewis, Paul Robeson, 2:23.63. 3, Quanisha Grimes, Paul Robeson, 2:24.00. 4, Ogadinma Anyanwu, Masterman, 2:24.84. 5, Breyonna Spriggs, Engineering & Science, 2:28.97. 6, Anya Curtis, Paul Robeson, 2:29.70. 7, Helen Levins, Masterman, 2:39.37. 8, Shanique Bucknor, Swenson, 2:46.76.

1,600 (5:18.30):

1, Kasia Taylor, Engineering & Science, 5:39.06. 2, Helen Levins, Masterman, 5:51.70. 3, Alyssa Lott, Masterman, 6:07.28. 4, Riyadh Smith, Paul Robeson, 6:16.03. 5, Shanteau Bucknor, Swenson, 6:16.82. 6, Mari Meas, Masterman, 6:17.29. 7, Lauren Elliott, Swenson, 6:22.14. Jenna Arnold, Engineering & Science, DNF; Bianca Hill, Parkway, DNF; Rebecca Auguste, Swenson, DNF. (There were only 10 competitors in the event.)

3,200 (11:35.00):

1, Jenna Arnold, Engineering & Science, 11:49.03. 2, Alison Campbell, Science Leadership, 13:38.35. 3, Alyssa Lott, Masterman, 14:09.38. 4, Shanteau Bucknor, Swenson, 14:09.96. 5, Marissa McGarry, Masterman, 14:18.09. 6, Rebecca Auguste, Swenson, 15:57.52. 7, Roksolana Voschilo Swenson, 17:03.20. (There were only seven competitors in the event.)

100 hurdles (16.60):

1, Shanae Bailey, Swenson, 15.31. 2, Anthonia Ballard, Swenson, 16.19. 3, Khristy Neou, Swenson, 16.64. 4, Latiffine Gadson, Strawberry Mansion, 19.52. 5, Alecia Thomas, Masterman, 20.66. 6, Brittany Bourne, Bodine, 20.83. 7, Jade Williams, Rhodes, 20.92. 8, Shaniece Price, New Media Charter, 22.82.

300 hurdles (47.64):

1, Anthonia Ballard, Swenson, 44.83. 2, Vanessa Mack, Swenson, 46.58. 3, Katurrah Hayman, Paul Robeson, 46.60. 4, Khristy Neou, Swenson, 49.46. 5, Alecia Thomas, Masterman, 58.69. 6, Muhga Eltigani, Masterman, 59.69 (There were only six competitors in the event.)

4x100 (51.30):

1, Swenson (Jayee Wright, Anthonia Ballard, Vanessa Mack, Shanae Bailey), 47.73. 2, Engineering & Science, 49.19. 3, Paul Robeson, 49.66. 4, Delaware Valley Charter, 52.77. 5, Bodine, 55.19. 6, Masterman, 55.47. 7, School of the Future, 55.52. 8, Rhodes, 56.38.

4x400 (4:09.95):

1, Engineering & Science (Acoya Goines, Benita Taylor, Morgan Heath, Kasia Taylor), 3:56.71. 2, Paul Robeson, 3:58.41. 3, Masterman, 4:16.87. 4, Swenson, 4:27.28. 5, Communications Tech, 4:49.14. 6, New Media Charter, 5:52.45. (There were only six relay teams in the race).

4x800 (9:50.40):

1, Paul Robeson (Shatievah Lewis, Quanisha Grimes, Anya Curtis, Dashera Richardson), 9:47.80. 2, Masterman, 9:56.51. 3, Engineering & Science, 10:48.98. 4, Swenson, 11:08.78. (There were only four relay teams in the event.)

BOYS

Team scoring:

Engineering & Science, 131; Imhotep Charter, 106; Masterman, 82; Vaux, 36; Communications Tech, 32; New Media Charter, 32; Paul Robeson, 30; Strawberry Mansion, 26; Delaware Valley Charter, 21; School of the Future, 20.

100 (11.20):

1, Herman Kirkland, Imhotep Charter, 11.19. 2, Ramaan Ansley, Engineering & Science, 11.23. 3, Ishmael Lane, Vaux, 11.27. 4, Dwayne Hyman, Engineering & Science, 11.62. 5, Dimitrious Lambert, Vaux, 11.71. 6, Jibri Jones, New Media Charter, 11.84. 7, Aciazar Boothe, Delaware Valley Charter, 11.93. Isaiah Adams, Imhotep Charter, 12.20.

200 (22.88):

1, Herman Kirkland, Imhotep Charter, 22.50. 2, Ramaan Ansley, Engineering & Science, 22.51. 3, Dimitrious Lambert, Vaux, 23.27. 4, Jibri Jones, New Media Charter, 23.58. 5, Jaleel McCray, School of the Future, 23.63. 6, Ishmael Lane, Vaux, 23.95. 7, Dwayne Lloyd, Strawberry Mansion, 24.40. 8, Justin Carrington, Parkway West, 24.41.

400 (50.70):

1, Byron Dailey, Engineering & Science, 50.63. 2, Dwayne Hyman, Engineering & Science, 50.66. 3, Stephaun Muse, Paul Robeson, 51.46. 4, Aciazar Boothe, Delaware Valley Charter, 53.67. 5, Chris Ellison, Strawberry Mansion, 53.98. 6, Darius Smart, Fitzsimons, 54.05. 7, Ryan Emanuel, Masterman, 55.23. Antonio Maddela, Fitzsimons, 55.42.

800 (1:59.70):

1, Elliot Rhodes, Engineering & Science, 2:03.73. 2, Stephaun Muse, Paul Robeson, 2:04.16. 3, Edwin Miles, Franklin Learning Center, 2:05.93. 4, Hakeem Fields, Imhotep Charter, 2:10.49. 5, Miguel Ruiz, Masterman, 2:11.02. 6, Antonio Maddela, Fitzsimons, 2:12.83. 7, Kristian Fidrych, Masterman, 2:13.59. 8, Anthony Burno, Imhotep Charter, 2:15.85.

1,600 (4:28.06):

1, Terence Lee, Engineering & Science, 4:37.93. 2, Miguel Ruiz, Masterman, 4:45.81. 3, Anton Reid, Parkway West, 4:48.83. 4, Jovan Adkins, Paul Robeson, 5:04.75. 5, Kyle Johnson, Communications Tech, 5:06.77. 6, Dwayne Scott, Engineering & Science, 5:08.85. 7, Anthony Burno, Imhotep Charter, 5:09.87.

3,200 (9:48.01):

1, Beau Feeny, Masterman, 10:29.26. 2, Kyle Johnson, Communications Tech, 10:53.18. 3, Rashad Martin, Engineering & Science, 10:57.79. 4, Anthony Burno, Imhotep Charter, 11:17.32. 5, Jack Denison, Masterman, 11:23.90. 6, Michael Fernandez, Masterman, 11:49.41. Carlton Lyles, New Media Charter, DNF. James Fisher, New Media Charter, DNF. Marcus Shivers, Imhotep Charter, DNF. (There were only nine competitors in the event.)

110 high hurdles (15.35):

1, Ackeeno Jolly, Communications Tech, 17.82. 2, Kevin Tilghman, Parkway, 18.30. 3, Nasiral Din-Edwards, Imhotep Charter, 19.30. 4, Carlton Lyles, New Media Charter, 20.68. Isaiah Smith, Parkway, DNF. Desmont Wade, Communications Tech, DNF. (There were only six competitors in the event.)

300 hurdles (40.80):

1, Ackeeno Jolly, Communications Tech, 42.62. 2, Phillip Brice, Engineering & Science, 43.16. 3, Jonathan McBride, Vaux, 44.50. 4, Akeem Wells, Masterman, 45.81. 5, Nasiral Din-Edwards, Imhotep Charter, 47.53. David Curtis, School of the Future, 49.45. (There were only six competitors in the race.)

4x100 (44.31):

1, Engineering & Science (Isaiah Adams, Jamal McFadden, Herman Kirkland, Joshua Pointer), 43.49. 2, Imhotep Charter, 44.33. 3, School of the Future, 45.22. 4, Vaux, 45.61. 5, Delaware Valley Charter, 45.86. 6, New Media Charter, 46.34. 7, Parkway West, 48.66. 8. Strawberry Mansion, 48.80.

4x400 (3:29.87):

1, Engineering & Science (Dwayne Hyman, Elliot Rhodes, Austin Perron, Ramaan Ansley), 3:30.87. 2, Imhotep Charter, 3:37.78. 3, Delaware Valley Charter, 3:40.52. 4, Paul Robeson, 3:40.76. 5, Masterman, 3:42.83. 6, New Media Charter, 3:49.58. (There were only six relay teams in the race.)

4x800 (8:15.55):

1, Masterman (Robin Carpenter, Miguel Ruiz, Kristian Fidrych, Rafael Rivera), 8:43.03. 2, Imhotep Charter, 8:46.35. 3, Paul Robeson, 9:09.80. 4, New Media Charter, 9:30.17. 5, Strawberry Mansion, 10:17.83. 6, Engineering & Science, 11:19.72. (There were only six relay teams in the race.)

CLASS AAA

The top two finishers qualify for the state meet, plus any top-eight finisher that reaches the state qualifying standards that appear in parentheses. All times are fully automatic.

GIRLS

Team scoring:

Girls High, 162; Central, 70; Germantown, 60; Dobbins, 42; Northeast, 41; Simon Gratz, 35; William Penn, 25; Washington, 21; University City, 20; Edison, 20.

100 (12.67):

1, Tymerah Burgess, Simon Gratz, 12.41. 2, Dominque Frederick, Germantown, 12.70. 3, Shakira Garner, Ben Franklin, 12.71. 4, Jasmine Wanamaker, Girls High, 12.71. 5, Zafirah Green, William Penn, 12.76. 6, Leeanna Lundy, Dobbins, 13.04. 7, Shaleita Reynolds, Dobbins, 13.12. 8, Yasmin Wooten, Martin Luther King, 13.39.

200 (25.91):

1, Tymerah Burgess, Simon Gratz, 26.08. 2, Jasmine Wanamaker, Girls High, 26.13. 3, Latifah Porter, Girls High, 26.13. 4, Zafirah Green, William Penn, 26.56, 5, Sharika Garner, Ben Franklin, 27.00. 6, Leeanna Lundy, Dobbins, 27.01. 7, Tylena Murray, Washington, 27.23. 8, Aprica Bullock, Germantown, 27.28.

400 (58.72):

1, Zafirah Green, William Penn, 57.92. 2, Latifah Porter, Girls High, 58.45. 3, Nukia Bush, University City, 1:01.30. 4, Kim Tran, Edison, 1:02.17. 5, Jarinet Hernandez, Edison, 1:02.22. 6, Amber Hearns, Germantown, 1:03.50. 7, D'Autra Davis, Dobbins, 1:03.51. 8, Quinshayah Williams, Lincoln, 1:03.81.

800 (2:18.47):

1, Brittany Franks, Girls High, 2:26.46. 2, Janee Douglass, Girls High, 2:27.19. 3, Jaquita Coleman, William Penn, 2:30.31. 4, Ketsia Dornevill, Dobbins, 2:31.00. 5, Candice German, Girls High, 2:33.70. 6, Feleisha Wright, Mastbaum, 2:46.20. 7, Fabiola Castellanos, Germantown, 3:03.33. Tenin Traore, Washington, 3:25.10.

1,600 (5:13.37):

1, Brittany Franks, Girls High, 5:40.77. 2, Mary Morgan, Central, 5:44.20. 3, Olivia Coran, Central, 6:21.62. 4, Amber Coleman, West Philadelphia, 6:25.67. 5, Fabiola Castellanos Germantown, 6:36.56. 6, Jazmin Mears, Dobbins, 7:38.64. (There were only six competitors in the event.)

3,200 (11:13.30):

1, Rayna Kratchman, Central, 12:42.81. 2, Oriana Moore, Girls High, 13:08.59. 3, Julia Zhukava, Washington, 13:25.28. 4, Fabiola Castellanos, Germantown, 14:55.22. Tiffany Debnam-Benson, Northeast, DNF. Mandisa Thomas, Girls High, DNF. (There were only six competitors.)

100 hurdles (15.65):

1, Jasmine Wanamaker, Girls High, 15.97. 2, Jessica Alston, Northeast, 16.20. 3, Karen Pankey, Central, 16.95. 4, Lynette Jones, University City, 18.24. 5, Kim Tran, Edison, 18.26. 6, Jasmine Poulson, Germantown, 18.43. 7, Ashlee Pitts, Northeast, 19.48. 8, Marquitta Davis, Dobbins, 19.70.

300 hurdles (46.60):

1, Jasmine Wanamaker, Girls High, 44.93. 2, Karen Pankey, Central, 48.14. 3, Kim Tran, Edison, 49.61. 4, Tylena Murray, Washington, 50.40. 5, Chelsea Smith, Franklin Towne Charter, 50.57. 6, Jasmine Poulson, Germantown, 51.76. 7, Tahira Washington, Olney, 52.48. 8, Antoinette Williams, Ben Franklin, 52.77.

4x100 (49.96):

1, Germantown (Tynesha Cheeseboro, Rushyna Wallace, Dominque Frederick, Erica Smith), 50.26. 2, Dobbins, 51.25. 3, Northeast, 52.07. 4, Simon Gratz, 52.89. 5, Martin Luther King, 52.95. 6, Washington, 53.13. 7, Girls High, 54.32. Franklin Towne Charter, 55.31.

4x400 (4:02.50):

1, Girls High (Latifah Porter, Janee Douglas, Joelle Neilson, Brittany Franks), 4:07.84. 2, Dobbins, 4:10.09. 3, Central, 4:12.87. 4, Simon Gratz, 4:19.97. 5, West Philadelphia, 4:25.56. 6, Germantown, 4:29.49. 7, Franklin Towne Charter, 4:33.30. 8, Edison, 4:42.90.

4x800 (9:35.48):

1, Central (Shavon Smith, Lilly Kay, Olivia Coran, Jasmyne McDuffie), 10:14.17. 2, Girls High, 10:21.37. 3, Dobbins, 10:36.26. 4, West Philadelphia, 11:25.79 .5, Washington, 13:45.07. (There were only five relay teams in the event.)

BOYS

Team scoring: Northeast, 89; Simon Gratz, 82; Dobbins, 45; Germantown, 40; Lincoln, 37; Central, 34; Olney, 30; Edison, 30; Martin Luther King, 29; Ben Franklin, 29.

100 (11.10):

1, Shahid Bundy, Germantown, 11.24. 2, Evan Emery, Central, 11.28. 3, Joshua Truett, Lincoln, 11.31. 4, Samir Artist, University City, 11.38. 5, Nafis Muhammad, Northeast, 11.51. 6, Phillip Washington, Ben Franklin, 11.64. 7, Tajay Gibson, Overbrook, 11.69. Keenan Allen, Northeast, 11.76.

200 (22.50):

1, Khaliff Featherstone, Simon Gratz, 22.37. 2, Joshua Truett, Lincoln, 22.38. 3, Evan Emery, Central, 22.47. 4, Jonathan Williams, Simon Gratz, 22.80. 5, Paul McPherson, Dobbins, 22.81. 6, John Melvin, Overbrook, 23.24. 7, Brendan Miller-Robinson, Northeast, 23.29. Keenan Allen, Northeast, 23.39.

400 (50.09):

1, Khaliff Featherstone, Simon Gratz, 48.46. 2, Paul McPherson, Dobbins, 49.70. 3, Tony Baylor, University, 49.73. 4, Jonathan Williams, Simon Gratz, 51.51. 5, Lamont Fitzgerald, Frankford, 52.47. 6, Jeffery Collier, Germantown, 52.94. 7, Alexander Holland, Martin Luther King, 53.04. 8, Chukqumwewijw Otuonye, Olney, 53.17.

800 (1:57.32):

1, Jaleel Rogers, Martin Luther King, 1:59.93. 2, Jonathan Holland, Dobbins, 2:07.18. 3, Daryl Hodge, Swenson, 2:07.32. 4, Yuwshua Davis, Simon Gratz, 2:08.29. 5, Samuel Diaz, Edison, 2:10.81. 6, Dennis Dyson, Frankford, 2:11.72. 7, Niquon Johnson, Germantown, 2:12.24. 8, Jessie Mustapha University City, 2:12.71.

1,600 (4:24.22):

1, Derrick White, Martin Luther King, 4:54.78. 2, Carlos Mejia, Franklin Towne Charter, 4:55.93. 3, Chukqumwewijw Otuonye, Olney, 5:07.95. 4, Angel Castro, Northeast, 5:13.84. 5, Cedric Destin, Washington, 5:15.69. 6, Raymond Lee, Northeast, 5:15.74. 7, Vincent Sawyer, Dobbins, 5:20.52. 8, Nicholas Buelna, Edison, 5:25.30.

3,200 (9:31.71):

1, Zhafar Badalov, Northeast, 11:21.18. 2, Brian Morales, Northeast, 11:21.41. 3, Zach Nichols, Central, 11:26.19. 4, Louis Garcia, Olney, 11:43.23. 5, Chris Eife, Franklin Towne Charter, 11:47.29. 6, Angel Castro, Northeast, 12:02.55. 7, Alex Hutchinson, Olney, 13:20.15. Daniel Venditti, Franklin Towne Charter, DNF. Vincent Sawyer, Dobbins, DNF. Yadiel Blas-Lopez, Germantown, DNF. Raymond Melone, Franklin Towne Center, DNF. (There were only 11 competitors in the event.)

110 high hurdles (15.10):

1, Frank Wainwright, Simon Gratz, 15.58. 2, Reginald Smalls, Northeast, 15.81. 3, Larry Tripett, Edison, 17.21. 4, Rashid Graham, Edison, 17.74. 5, Calvin Quan, Central, 17.85. 6, Mark Greer, Olney, 18.02. 7, Quinton Canada, Olney, 19.02. 8, Malik Meredith, Martin Luther King, 20.01.

300 hurdles (39.80):

1, Frank Wainwright, Simon Gratz, 38.12. 2, Shannon Foreman, Swenson, 41.61. 3, Brandon Thompson, Germantown, 41.69. 4, Amir Griffin, Washington, 43.26. 5, Rashid Graham, Edison, 44.16. 6, Theodore Ramsey, Overbrook, 44.27. 7, Bryan Henderson, Bok, 44.93. 8, Jeffrey Lyles, Swenson, 45.01.

4x100 (43.53):

1, Central (Mark Clarke, Corey Barkers, Wayne Lamb, Evan Emery), 42.97. 2, Simon Gratz, 43.24. 3, Ben Franklin, 43.75. 4, Lincoln, 43.82. 5, Germantown, 43.85. 6, Northeast, 43.97. 7, Frankford, 44.03. 8, Overbrook, 44.20.

4x400 (3:24.03):

1, Simon Gratz (Frank Wainwright, Jonathan Williams, Yuwshua Davis, Khaliff Featherstone), 3:26.13. 2, Dobbins, 3:30.23. 3, Martin Luther King, 3:31.63. 4, Frankford, 3:32.99. 5, Swenson, 3:33.58. 6, Northeast, 3:34.06. 7, Germantown, 3:34.50. 8, Overbrook, 3:35.74.

4x800 (8:02.04):

1, Dobbins (Paul Catchings, Jermaine Leslie, Dominique Robinson, Jonathan Holland), 8:44.01. 2, Frankford, 8:44.02. 3, Overbrook, 8:52.86. 4, Simon Gratz, 8:55.37. 5, Franklin Towne Charter, 8:56.98. 6, Northeast, 9:00. 7, Edison, 9:04.17. 8, Germantown, 9:28.21.