Karina Shepard

With adidas Nationals in a week we look at the best performances at NC A&T's venue's history.

Milton junior captures three title at Sunday's meet.

The following 8 individuals have been selected to the MileSplit All-American Team in the girls 800 meter run from the 2014 outdoor season as they have been chosen by MileSplit as the 8 best national performers in their event from this past spring.

We took a look at who who were the most popular female high school track & field athletes this past year on MileSplit across the nation. See who made up the the top 25 most popular and viewed high school girls athletes on MileSplit over the past year

Video preview from Flotrack for the 2014  Brooks PR Invitational on Saturday. More in-depth meet preview to be posted tomorrow. Check out final start lists of entrants and more on the Brooks PR on Flotrack, which MileSplit will be assisting in on-site meet coverage.

Here are the Top returners for the girls 800 Meter Run.

Stanford University is the home to an outstanding cross-country and track & field program, one that has consistently been among the elites in the Division I ranks. In about five more months it will also be the home to four of New England’s finest middle/long-distance runners. Connecticut’s Claire Howett of Westhill, Rhode Island’s Maddy Berkson of Classical and the Massachusetts’ duo of Dracut’s Karina Shepard and Bishop Feehan’s Abby McNulty have all officially decided to run for the Cardinals the next four years.

Three No. 1 recruits -- Olivia Baker, Elise Cranny, and Harrison Williams -- headline an outstanding 20-member track and field recruiting class as announced by Stanford head coach Chris Miltenberg. (via www.paloaltoonline.com)

The prestigious Coaches Elite Meet, which is widely regarded as the best competition of the indoor season along with the all-state meet, was once again loaded with strong performances and several records fell along the way. BC High's Jordan Samuels used the Coaches Elite Invitational as a launching pad for the second half of the indoor season and all that was left were vapor trails by the time he was done at the Reggie Lewis Center. The talented Samuels, was fast out of the blocks in the 55 hurdles and ran away with the event in a personal best of 7.50 that equaled the meet record. Just fifteen minutes later Samuel did his best long jumping of the season and owned the runway with a 22-0 effort.

A list of the top 25 indoor track & field girls performances nationally according to results and performances entered in the MileSplit database as of January 7th. Email any updates, mistakes, corrections, or missing performances/results to brandon.miles@flocasts.com. We will make any updates as soon as possible

While the Freshman / Sophomore Invitational dominated the headlines all weekend, a few upperclassmen ran some impressive times. Newburyports' Nick Carleo turned in a US#1 time of 4:15.80 at the Boston University mini meet. The Junior was just ahead of Garrett O'Toole of the Middlesex School in Concord, Ma. O'Toole's time was 4:16.1 which lands the prvate school runner in both the US and Ma # 3 spots. Gabe Montague of Newton North recorded a 4:15.82 last weekend at the Holiday Chalenge. This should lead to a very interesting New Balance Grand Prix Mile on February 8th.