Posted: May 27, 2008

(RRW) Athletics: Price Breaks USA High School 800M Record

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com Watch over 50 IAAF Events Live and On-Demand at WCSN.com U.S. junior 800m runner Chanelle Price put in another outstanding performance last Saturday at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (PIAA) Track and Field Championships in Shippensburg. The 17 year-old athlete, who is in her final year at Easton High School, dominated the two-lap event with a 2:02.90 clocking, ten seconds up on runner-up Shaniel Chambers of Chester (2:12.18). Her mark broke four-time Olympian Joetta Clark-Diggs' National Federation of High Schools record (2:04.50) and two-time Olympic medalist Kim Gallagher's PIAA meet record (2:05.47), according to USA Track & Field. Price, who turns 18 on August 22, actually has a faster personal best, but it was not set in a high school meeting. At last summer's AT&T USA Track & Field Championships she made the final, finishing seventh in 2:02.38, still her fastest time. It's a longshot, but Price will attempt to make her first Olympic team at the USA Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., which begin on June 27. The Olympic Games "A" standard is 2:00.00. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest