Leach, now a junior, absolutely smoked a 600 yards in 1:25.2, winning by seven seconds. Thomas, her sophomore teammate at West Catholic, went 2:46.0 for 1000 yards. The two then teamed Kneshia Sheard and Katie Motyka to win the 4x400 in 4:09.2. Wissahickon junior Krista Simkins ran alone to win the 400 in 58.6, and got second in the 55 Dash to Great Valley junior Janessa Murphy, both timed in 7.3. Gratz senior Sabrina Shaw cruised to an easy win in the 55 Hurdles, going 8.4 in the Prelims, while teammate Angela Wells soared 18-08.50 to win the Long Jump. In other field events, William Tennent senior Nicole Kulp triple jumped 35-09.50, and Tayvon Gray, a Coatesville junior, won the Shot Put with a throw of 37-08.50.
Nicole Leach, Latavia Thomas, Krista Simkins - the names are well-known and not one of the three stars is yet a senior. Our good fortune, as the three got off to fast starts with the 2004 indoor season at Lehigh University.