Women: 200 Meters

Pictures and commentary by Doug Speck

Another dynamite group would battle over 200 meters. 23.99w by Rhondale Jones (De) did not make the Finals, as Texas prep Monique Hall (23.41w +2.4), Tracey Ball (SMU 23.75w +2.7), Amber Robinson (Univ Florida 23.39w +2.9), Amaris Buchanan (LB State 23.87w +3.3), and Me'Lisa Barber (Univ So Carolina 23.58 +1.7) took Heat races leading to the Finals. Again, the Championship run would be a desperate struggle for the two team spots! First year University of Florida star Amber Robinson cranked the turn in the Finals, emerging into the straightaway in her white, orange, and blue uniform with a meter lead. She gradually stretched that out to two meters by the finish over Aleah Williams, the Montclair New Jersey prep, who had her running over the last two years affected by injury after a 23.44 two years ago in the Junior Championships. Aleah was 23.42 for a PR here, with a hard-earned team spot for the Junior Pan Ams. The first five in the race finished with personal bests!

W World Jr.: 22.19 Natalya Bochina (SU) 07/30/80 A American Jr.: 22.58 Marion Jones (CaHS) 06/28/92

Preliminary Results - Sunday 06/20/99 8 Advance: Top 1 Each Heat Plus Next 3 Best Times

PLACE ATHLETE NAME TEAM TIME ===== ============================ ========================= ======= Heat 1 Wind Reading: 2.4 1 Monique Hall Unattached 23.41 2 Aleah Williams WILL RISE TC 23.76 3 Ashlee Williams BISHOP DUNNE HS 24.24 4 Melinda Smedley ALEX VAN DYKE TC 24.29 5 Bromeka Holmes KANSAS ST. UNIV. 24.91 6 Gladys Harvey RISING STAR TC 25.94 Heat 2 Wind Reading: 2.7 1 Tracey Ball SOUTHERN MEDODIST UNIV 23.75 2 Mechelle Lewis SOUTH CAROLINA 24.15 3 Jimyria Hicks OKLAHOMA 24.43 4 Rhonda Williams DENTON TC 24.72 5 Nakeya Crutchfield FLORIDA ST. 24.77 6 Tevarnte' Carter LONG REACH HS 25.10 Heat 3 Wind Reading: 2.9 1 Amber Robinson UNIV. FLORIDA 23.39 2 Teshai Bogar JAMES MADISON HS 23.95 3 Rhondale Jones INTERSTATE TC 23.99 4 Nicole Ireland MOJAVE 24.08 5 Rochell Evans TEXAS ATHLETICS 24.55 6 Mary Alice Russell ELGIN HS 24.72 Heat 4 Wind Reading: 3.3 1 Amaris Buchanan LONG BEACH ST. 23.87 2 Jerrika Chapple OAK CLIFF LIONS 24.09 3 Tiffany Green HAMLIN HS 24.36 4 Kim Pouncy NORTHWESTERN STATE 24.46 5 Tori Respass-Parsons HERITAGE TC 24.62 6 Camille Pouncy NORTHWESTERN STATE 25.02 Heat 5 Wind Reading: 1.7 1 Me'Lisa Barber SOUTH CAROLINA 23.58 2 Moushaumi Robinson BROOKHAVEN HS 23.88 3 Chauntae Bayne TEXAS HEAT TC 24.14 4 Rachelle Boone ATLANTIC COAST 24.76 5 Krystal Harris CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 25.31 6 Shakeithia Deckard NACOGDOCHES HS 25.65

PLACE ATHLETE NAME TEAM TIME ===== ============================ ========================= ======= Wind Reading: 1.0 1 Amber Robinson UNIV. FLORIDA 23.21 2 Aleah Williams WILL RISE TC 23.42 3 Tracey Ball SOUTHERN MEDODIST UNIV 23.56 4 Me'Lisa Barber SOUTH CAROLINA 23.57 5 Monique Hall Unattached 23.59 6 Amaris Buchanan LONG BEACH ST. 23.72 7 Moushaumi Robinson BROOKHAVEN HS 23.79 8 Teshai Bogar JAMES MADISON HS 24.09

1999 Junior Nationals

Women's 200 meters

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