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Boys 800m

The fastest entrant Nectaly Barbosa from Seattle charged to the lead early on the first lap but was closely followed by New Jersey’s Mike Pachella. After going through the 200m in 27.1 Pachella took the lead  both hit the halfway split in 55.3. The New Jerseyan continued to lead opening a small gap on Barbosa and hitting the 600m in 1:23.8. But the West Coast junior displayed his superior leg speed, passing Pachella with 150m to go and holding on to win in an indoor PR of 1:52.40.

Barbosa admitted afterwards, “You always feel pressure going into the race as the favorite, but I had the confidence.” It was only his second indoor race of the season. His strategy was to lead from the gun, so he was “a little concerned” when Pachella was ahead of him in the middle of the race. Yet he held on to record the biggest accomplishment of his career, getting close to his outdoor PR of 1:51.7. Barbosa added, “I still felt a little bit of jet lag despite coming here three days ago.”

This was his first-ever race on the East coast.

Boys 800 Meter Run
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Two Alleys: 2 Turn Stagger
National HS: * 1:50.55  3/12/1995   Michael Granville, Bell Gardens, CA
        Meet: # 1:50.55  3/12/1995   Michael Granville, Bell Gardens, CA
          FR:   1:55.45  2005        Andrew Perkins, Watertown, WI
          SO:   1:51.11  1994        Michael Granville, Bell Gardens, CA
          JR:   1:50.55  3/12/1995   Michael Granville, Bell Gardens, CA
          SR:   1:51.26  1987        George Kersh, Pearl, MS
    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals
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  1  1585 Barbossa, Nectaly   JR Seattle, WA          1:53.26    1:52.40
  2   340 Pachella, Michael   SR Hamburg, NJ          1:53.44    1:52.81
  3  1661 Apwah, Jason        JR Succasunna, NJ       1:54.38    1:53.24
  4   639 Williams, Lionel    JR Staten Island, NY    1:54.64    1:53.75
  5   788 Lozier, Aaron       SR East Greenbush, NY   1:54.59    1:53.98
  6  1758 Mosley, Corey       SR Woodbridge, CT       2:28.06    1:54.28
  7   291 LaMastro, Anthony   SR Sparta, NJ           1:54.10    1:55.48
  8  1638 Ray, Remi           SR Westport, CT         1:54.42    1:55.87
  9  1777 Eldridge, Dustin    SR Toronto, ON          1:56.62    1:56.02

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