5/27/08
By David Monti
(c) 2008 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

U.S. junior 800m runner Chanelle Price put in another outstanding performance last Saturday at the
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (PIAA) Track and Field Championships in
Shippensburg. The 17 year-old athlete, who is in her final year at Easton High School, dominated the
two-lap event with a 2:02.90 clocking, ten seconds up on runner-up Shaniel Chambers of Chester
(2:12.18). Her mark broke four-time Olympian Joetta Clark-Diggs' National Federation of High Schools
record (2:04.50) and two-time Olympic medalist Kim Gallagher's PIAA meet record (2:05.47),
according to USA Track & Field.

Price, who turns 18 on August 22, actually has a faster personal best, but it was not set in a
high school meeting. At last summer's AT&T USA Track & Field Championships she made the final,
finishing seventh in 2:02.38, still her fastest time.

It's a longshot, but Price will attempt to make her first Olympic team at the USA Olympic Team
Trials in Eugene, Ore., which begin on June 27. The Olympic Games "A" standard is 2:00.00.

ENDS

Next up, Price will go for the record again at Pre!

800 METERS
Maria Mutola (Mozambique)
Nicole Teter
Hazel Clark-Riley
Alice Schmidt
Miho Sato (Japan)
Diane Cummins (Canada)
Chanelle Price