2000 Men's High School All-America Team

compiled by Jack Shepard

(***=frosh; **=soph; *=junior; all others were seniors)
(# = repeater from 1999 team)

A more complete listing of the All-Ams, including details of their seasons, appeared in the November issue of T&FN.

These rankings have a lot to do with big-meet merit and very little to do with where someone placed on the yearly performance list.

100 METERS
1. JOEY HARRIS (Klein Oak, Spring, Texas)
2. **NICHOLAS JOHNSON (Wyatt, Ft Worth, Texas)
3. LEO BOOKMAN (Dickinson, Texas)
4. JUSTIN GATLIN (Woodham, Pensacola, Florida)
5. ***JAMAR ERVIN (Camden, New Jersey)

200 METERS
1. **BRENDAN CHRISTIAN (Reagan, Austin, Texas)
2. LEO BOOKMAN (Dickinson, Texas)
3. BENNIE ROBINSON (Poly, Long Beach, California)
4. BRANDON HILL (Mays, Atlanta, Georgia)
5. **DABRYAN BLANTON (Forney, Texas)

400 METERS
1. OTIS HARRIS (Hinds, Utica, Mississippi)
2. LEVAR NORRIS # (Aldine, Houston, Texas)
3. RICKEY HARRIS (Centreville, Clifton, Virginia)
4. *IVORY McCANN (Forest Brook, Houston, Texas)
5. **KELLY WILLIE (Sterling, Houston, Texas)

800 METERS
1. *JONATHAN JOHNSON (Abilene, Texas)
2. ADAM DAVIS # (Klein, Texas)
3. NICK DEVENPORT (North, Mesquite, Texas)
4. JAMES DOATY # (Male, Louisville, Kentucky)
5. *MARC SYLVESTER (St Ignatius, Cleveland, Ohio)

MILE
1. DONALD SAGE (York, Elmhurst, Illinois)
2. *RYAN HALL (Big Bear, Big Bear City, California)
3. *ALAN WEBB # (South Lakes, Reston, Virginia)
4. RYAN BOUSQUET (Esperanza, Anaheim, California)
5. JOSH SPIKER (Ventura, California)

3200 METERS
1. *DATHAN RITZENHEIN (Rockford, Michigan)
2. ERIC LOGSDON (Canby, Oregon)
3. MATT TEGENKAMP (Lees Summit, Missouri)
4. *NICK SCHNEIDER (B-St Marg, St Louis Park, Minnesota)
5. DONALD SAGE (York, Elmhurst, Illinois)

STEEPLECHASE
1. DUSTIN THOMAS (Franklinville, New York)
2. *JUSTIN ROMANIUK (Suffern, New York)
3. **JUSTIN CORELLI (Shaker, Latham, New York)

110-METER HURDLES
1. RICKEY HARRIS (Centreville, Clifton, Virginia)
2. DeANDRE EILAND (Tupelo, Mississippi)
3. MICHAEL THOMAS (Kimball, Dallas, Texas)
4. JACOB GARLICK (West Jordan, Utah)
5. *JOSHUA WALKER (Stephenson, Stone Mtn, Georgia)

300/400-METER HURDLES
1. RICKEY HARRIS # (Centreville, Clifton, Virginia)
2. *BENNIE BRAZELL (Westbury, Houston, Texas)
3. TREVOR JONES (Npt Harbor, Newport Beach, California)
4. WILLIE AMOS (Sweetwater, Texas)
5. **BERSHAWN JACKSON (Central, Miami, Florida)

4 x 100
1. DUNCANVILLE, Texas
2. WYATT, Ft. Worth, Texas
3. NORTHWESTERN, Miami, Florida
4. SERRA, Gardena, California
5. COPPERAS COVE, Texas

4 x 200
1. WYATT, Ft. Worth, Texas
2. NORTHWESTERN, Miami, Florida
3. REAGAN, Austin, Texas

4 x 400
1. HASTINGS, Alief, Texas
2. SERRA, Gardena, California
3. ABILENE, Texas
4. CAMDEN, New Jersey
5. HOLMES, # San Antonio, Texas

4 x 800
1. YORK, Elmhurst, Illinois
2. DON LUGO, Chino, California
3. CENTRAL, Miami, Florida

SPRINT MEDLEY
1. KLEIN, Texas
2. ANDERSON, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
3. RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey

DISTANCE MEDLEY
1. SOUTH LAKES, Reston, Virginia
2. ROCKFORD, # Michigan
3. WEST HILLS, Santee, California

HIGH JUMP
1. PAUL KLEMIC (Mainland, Linden, New Jersey)
2. ALFRED NEALE (Muskogee, Oklahoma)
3. JIMMY BAXTER (Boca Ciega, St Petersburg, Florida)
4. MARK BRADLEY (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
5. KYLE ODVODY (Wahoo, Nebraska)

POLE VAULT
1. *SAGE THAMES (Frenship, Wolfforth, Texas)
2. TREVOR WOODS (Marshfield, Coos Bay, Oregon)
3. P.J. BROWN (Poplar Bluff, Missouri)
4. KEVIN OPALKA (Memorial, Edmond, Oklahoma)
5. SHANE HACKETT (Verdugo Hills, Tujunga, California)

LONG JUMP
1. ALLEN SIMMS (Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Maryland)
2. MAURICE ROBINSON (Blount, Prichard, Alabama)
3. BILLY MILLS (Copley, Ohio)
4. ROY WILLIAMS (Permian, Odessa, Texas)
5. LEJUAN SIMON (Klein Forest, Houston, Texas)

TRIPLE JUMP
1. ALLEN SIMMS (Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Maryland)
2. MAURICE ROBINSON # (Blount, Prichard, Alabama)
3. LeJUAN SIMON (Klein Forest, Houston, Texas)
4. DANIEL HARRIS (West, Hazelwood, Missouri)
5. *TYLIAN SMITH (MacArthur, Decatur, Illinois)

SHOT
1. **KEVIN BOOKOUT (Stroud, Oklahoma)
2. JEFF CHAKOUIAN (Seekonk, Massachusetts)
3. *JONATHAN REEVES (Ft Bend Austin, Sugar Land, Texas)
4. VINCENT WILFORK (Santaluces, Lantana, Florida)
5. KEN KEMENY (Fremd, Palatine, Illinois)

DISCUS
1. *NIKLAS ARRHENIUS (Mountain View, Orem, Utah)
2. **KEVIN BOOKOUT (Stroud, Oklahoma)
3. JASON CALDWELL (Mentor, Ohio)
4. TRAVIS PENDLETON (Esperanza, Anaheim, California)
5. *MATT McKINNEY (Refugio, Texas)

HAMMER
1. JOSH McCAUGHEY (Hendricken, Warwick, Rhode Island)
2. JOHN BARTH (S Kingstown, Wakefield, Rhode Island)
3. *JOHN-PAUL SMOLENSKI (Kellenburg, Uniondale, NY)

JAVELIN
1. JOSH CARLSON (Oregon City, Oregon)
2. SEAN FUREY (Methuen, Massachusetts)
3. ADAM JENKINS (Gladstone, Oregon)
4. MATT DRESSLER (E Juniata, McAlisterville, Pennsylvania)
5. COLE VAN HEEL (Russell, Great Falls, Montana)

DECATHLON
1. CALEN POWELL (Lake Washington, Kirkland, Washington)
2. TYLER BENGSTON (Horizon, Scottsdale, Arizona)
3. ***DONOVAN KILMARTIN (Eagle, Idaho)