Ben Malone to Defend 800 Meter Title at NB Indoor Nationals

Ben Malone (r) winning the NBIN 800m championship in 2012

Villanova recruit Ben Malone ran the all-time prep USA #2 indoor 800 meter time of 1:49.94 last year in winning the New Balance Indoor national championship.  He's back this year to defend that title this weekend against stiff competition. He's had a great indoor season so far, highlighted by convincing victories over one mile at the Millrose Games and two miles at Eastern States. Here is Mile Split's analysis of the 800 meter competition at this weekend's prep indoor national championship meet.

Ben Malone, a senior from River Vale, NJ is the defending champion in the [800 meters], with a #2 All-Time 1:49.94 blitzing of the track.  Look for Malone to be right back near the front this year for a repeat performance.  Tretez Kinnaird, a senior from Butler KY, adds to the strong field in the 800. Kinnaird owns the No. 1 time in the country this year with his season-best of 1:50.97, a clocking he recorded to place second at the Brooks PR Invitational.  Senior Isaac Clark of Pleasantville NJ (1:51.72, US#4), senior Derrell Manhertz of Kingsway NJ (1:51.80) and senior Jacob Clark of Pleasantville (1:51.15 US #7) should also battle near the top.

Here are the heat sheets:

Event 7  Boys 800 Meter Run
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Sunday 3/10/2013 - 10:25 AM
 Sec 1-2 at 10:25am; Sec 3 at 2:18pm
        Meet:  1:49.94  3/11/2012   Ben Malone, Pasc Val,Hillsdale,NJ          
   NSIC Meet:  1:49.21  3/15/2009   Robby Andrews, Manalapan, NJ               
    Freshman:  1:55.45  4/9/2005    Andrew Perkins, Watertown, WI              
Natl, Armory:  1:49.21  3/15/2009   Robby Andrews, Manalapan, NJ               
   Sophomore:  1:51.11  3/13/1994   Michael Granville, Bell Gardens, CA        
      Junior:  1:49.94  3/11/2012   Ben Malone, Pasc Val,Hillsdale,NJ          
      Senior:  1:49.21  3/15/2009   Robby Andrews, Manalapan, NJ               
           Name                        Year School                          
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Section 1  Timed Finals
  1   1731 Turner, Adam                  13 Lawrence Cen, In            
  2   1787 Deluna, Danny                 13 Long Island, Sea            
  3   4150 Rooney, Patrick               13 Wilson Memor, Ce            
  4   1251 Steck, Brian                  13 Gill St. Ber, Gl            
  5    142 Carmichael, Griffin           13 Atlee Tc-Va, Mec            
  6   2305 Emrich, Zachery               14 North Kingst, No            
  7   4256 Wallin, Jordon                14 Ymca-Team Id, Bo            
  8    871 Sagers, Jackson               13 Davis Tc-Ut, Kay            
  9   3618 Dolan, Bill                   14 Una-Nj-Mulli, Mu 

Section 2  Timed Finals
  1   2965 Rolim, Andre                  13 Somerville T, So            
  2   1852 Buser, James                  14 Mahwah Tc-Nj, Ma            
  3   2146 Ballard, Payton               13 Mountain Bro, Bi            
  4   1036 McCarty, Cory                 13 Elmira Tc-Ny, El            
  5   3329 Greene, Sidgie                13 Thomas Jeffe, Br            
  6   2535 Logue, Joseph                 14 Pennridge TC, Pe            
  7   4115 Kiley, Nathan                 13 Westfield TC, Ce            
  8   2265 Montague, Gabe                14 Newton Tiger, Ne            
  9   1350 Wiseman, Jeffrey              14 Hawk Tc-Pa, Holl 

Section 3  Timed Finals
  1   2580 Clark, Jacob                  13 Pleasantvill, Pl            
  2   3426 Lee jr, Donnie                13 Tuscaloosa C, No            
  3   2451 Malone, Ben                   13 Pascack Vall, Ri            
  4   3734 Rivera, Brad                  13 Una-Pa-Bensa, Be            
  5   3470 Kinnaird, Tretez's            13 Una-Ky-Louis, Lo            
  6    998 Marco, Chris                  13 Egg Tc-Nj, Toms             
  7    556 Bussiere, Alex                13 Caul-Qbc, Quebec            
  8   3776 Ibarra, Chris                 13 Una-Tx-Atlan, At            
  9   1681 Manhertz, Derrell             13 Kingsway Tc-, Wo            
 10   2579 Clark, Isaac                  13 Pleasantvill, Pl