As we enter the final weeks of the indoor season there were big changes on this week’s national performance list. Trey Knight (Ridgefield, WA) extended his national lead by a massive six feet and challenged the national junior class record with his win at the Simplot Games. Over at the Rhode Island State Championships Kyle Moison continued his hot streak with a three foot best to jump up to second place nationally. Tyler Arbaugh (Van Buren, OH) also added more than four feet to his best to climb to third nationally. On the girl’s list, the top mover was Samantha Kunza, who moved up to fifth with an improvement of more than three feet.

The order didn’t change at the top on this week’s national performance list, but the level keeps getting higher. Three of the nation’s top four throwers improved their mark over the last week, led by Trey Knight (Ridgefield, WA) extending his national lead at the Nike Boise Indoor. Behind the top four there were also some changes to the rankings in the boy’s rankings, including six improvements in total among the top ten. Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) was the top mover in the girl’s rankings, maintaining her fourth position and closing in on the nation’s top three.

After major changes on the national performance lists last week, things were a bit quieter this week. Kyle Moison moved up to fourth on the boy’s list after improving his best at the East Coast Championships. On the girl’s list, two more athletes broke 50 feet brining the total up to 13 athletes so far this season.

With lot of action over the weekend, the national performance list saw a few changes at the top again this week. In the girl’s rankings, there were three improvements in the top 10, led by sophomore Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY) solidifying her fourth position and Voski Armenakyan (Toll Gate, Warwick, RI) improving to sixth at the Rhody Classic. On the boy’s list, an improvement by Kyle Moison (Lincoln, RI) at the World Trophies Invitaitonal moved him up to fifth, and Chris Burkhart (Hilliard Darby, Hilliard, OH) moved to sixth with a three foot improvement at the Otterbein Early Bird HS Qualifier in Ohio.

Junior Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) improved her best by four feet on Saturday at the New York Section 5 Rochester Winter Track League to move into then national lead on this week’s performance lists. Hardy was one of five improvements among the nation’s top six throwers. On the boy’s side, Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI) was the top mover. At the RITCA Invitational he broke 70 feet for the first time to secure the second spot on the boy’s list.