800 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 ========================================================================= 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 ========================================================================= 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