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YAC is a national competition with open entry instead
of qualifying standards (there are performance guidelines that show
athletes what some of the medal-winning marks will likely be). Youth
Athletics has the same age divisions as USATF Junior Olympics program
- Bantam (10 and under), Midget (11-12), Youth (13-14), Intermediate
(15-16) and Young Men/Women (17-18). YAC is also scored for team
championships in all age divisions.
This meet will serve as one of the selection meets
for the 2003 World Youth Athletics Championships, July 10-13, 2003,
in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Athletes can also qualify for Team
USA at the 2002 USATF National Junior
Olympic Championships in Omaha, Neb., July 23-28.
Highlights
Willie Hordge, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon,
Stephanie Smith, Courtney Clark, Dominique Darden, Tiaerra McLaurin,
Nicole Leach, Elizabeth Olear, Trisa Nickoley stand out -
Clement and Nickoley named most outstanding of meet
Sunday -
YM: Forest Brook Houston TX jr Willie Hordge
won the 100 in 10.70 -2.3 and led Track Houston to
a blazing relay double (39.89 4x100 and 3:09.14 4x400). LaPorte
TX jr Kerron Clement gets hurdle double in 13.97
-0.8 and 52.15 400H, 3rd fastest in the US this year. Wheeler GA
jr Reggie Witherspoon 46.39 400m US#5. Marietta
GA jr Sean Reilly 4:04.98 1500m.
IB: Cedric Goodman, of New Horizon, doubled
in 10.99 -0.7 and 49.18. Ben Delany, of Corn Husker,
4:01.93 1500m.
YW: Northeast Macon GA jr Stephanie Smith 53.89
completes 200-400 double. Norristown PA sr Courtney Clark,
the AOC Raleigh champ and US#2 for the season, won the 400H final
in 1:00.44 (Christina Smith 1:00.51). Harrisburg PA sr Dominique
Darden 13.90 -1.3 100H. Fort Bend TX sr Nina Mayes
12.05 -2.1 (Juanita Broaddus 12.07). Keystone PA
got a fast relay double in 45.52 and 3:37.21.
IG: Wolfson FL freshman Tiaerra McLaurin 11.85
-1.2. Oviedo FL soph Lauren Austin 55.08 (54.41
prelim). J.W. North Riverside CA soph Dominique Manning
14.62 -2.9 100H (14.48 pre). W. Catholic PA freshman Nicole
Leach 1:00.17 400H.
YG: Elizabeth Olear 12.17 completes sprint
double and also runs on Valley United's winning 4x100 relay (47.53).
Jenny Morgan 4:43.51 1500m.
Saturday -
YM: Donnell Diggs TX 21.39. Davon
Johnson FL 1:53.41. Kerron Clement TX
52.48 400H, best qualifier. Reggie Witherspoon GA
47.43 leads 400m qualifiers. Rafeeq Curry 48-10.
Harold Young OK gets throws double with 60-1 and
184-1.
YW: Stephanie Smith GA wins 200m in 23.88
(Juanita Broaddus PA 23.97) and leads 400m qualifiers in 54.93,
both the best times of the year for Smith, who has had injuries.
Briene Simmons GA 2:12.50 (Kelly Wallace NY 2:12.77).
Christina Smith PA 1:02.08 400H, fastest qualifier.
Courtney Johnson OH 14.25 leads 100H qualifiers
(Dominique Darden 14.27).
IG: Shawnee Heights KS soph Trisa Nickoley
wins IG 800 in 2:08.94, US#6 for the year and new USATF IG record
(2:09.69, Liz Mueller, 1991). Lauren Austin FL
54.41 IG400 fastest qualifier. Courtney Champion GA
24.07 IG200. Sierra Hill GA 1:01.44 IG400H, fastest
qualifier. Tierra McLaurin FL 11.86 leads IG 100m
qualifiers. Pavielle James FL leads IG100H qualifiers
in 14.12 +0.6.
YG: Elizabeth Olear wins YG 200
at 24.34 -0.6 and is fastest qualifier in 100m at 11.98 +0.0. Eighth
graders Latavia Thomas PA 2:13.32 and Janean
Morris NY 2:14.40 make DyeSat Elite in YG 800.
Friday - Top qualifiers are Willie
Hordge 10.51, Marquel Russell 21.60 and
Kerron Clement 14.21.
Thursday - Maria Michta
wins 5k intermediate race walk in 26:51.0
Best Marks - performances qualifying
for DyeStat Elite 2002 outdoor national
ranking
B-100 10.51 +0.3 p Hordge, Willie, 2003, Forest Brook Hou TX Place:
1 at YAC YM/YW
B-200 21.39 +0.2 Diggs, Donnell, 2002, Houston TX Place: 1 at YAC
YM/YW
B-200 21.45 Woodard, Robert, 2003, Germantown MD Place: 2 at YAC
YM/YW
B-200 21.6 +0.0 p Russell, Marquel, , Westfield TX Place: at YAC
YM/YW
B-400 46.39 Witherspoon, Reggie, 2003, Wheeler GA Place: 1 at YAC
YM/YW
B-400 47.23 p Johnson, Davon, , Homestead FL Place: 2 at YAC YM/YW
B-400 47.25 Davis, Arthur, 2003, Williamson AL Place: 2 at YAC YM/YW
B-800 1:53.41 Johnson, Davon, , Homestead FL Place: 1 at YAC YM/YW
B-1500 4:01.93 Delany, Ben, , Place: 1 at YAC Intermediate
B-1500 4:04.98 Reilly, Sean, 2003, Marietta GA Place: 1 at YAC YM/YW
B-110H 13.97 -0.8 Clement, Kerron, 2003, LaPorte TX Place: 1 at
YAC YM/YW
B-110H 14.23 -0.8 Miller, Jerome, , Hastings TX Place: 2 at YAC
YM/YW
B-110H 14.29 +0.4 p Merritt, Aries, , Wheeler GA Place: 4 at YAC
YM/YW
B-400H 52.15 Clement, Kerron, 2003, LaPorte TX Place: 1 at YAC YM/YW
B-400H 53.55 Burton, Jeremy, 2003, Stephenson GA Place: 2 at YAC
YM/YW
B-400H 53.56 Keddo, Eric, 2002, GA Place: 3 at YAC YM/YW
B-400H 53.98 Merritt, Aries, , Wheeler GA Place: 4 at YAC YM/YW
B-400H 54.49 Moore, Lyle, , Place: 5 at YAC YM/YW
B-400H 54.54 Lyles, Carjay, 2001, Stephenson GA Place: 6 at YAC
YM/YW
B-LJ 23' 5.25 Moore, Andrew, , Place: 1 at YAC YM/YW
B-LJ 23' 4 Jones, Richard, , Cedar Grove GA Place: 2 at YAC YM/YW
B-SP 60' 1 Young, Harold, 2002, Midwest City OK Place: 1 at YAC
YM/YW
B-DT 184' 1 Young, Harold, 2002, Midwest City OK Place: 1 at YAC
YM/YW
B-DT 184' 1 Musil, Bobby, 2003, Pawnee City NE Place: 2 at YAC YM/YW
G-100 11.85 -1.2 McLaurin, Tiaerra, 2005, Wolfson FL Place: 1 at
YAC Intermediate
G-100 11.94 -0.6 p Anderson, Alexandria, 2005, Morgan Park IL Place:
3 at YAC Intermediate
G-100 11.98 +0.5 p Mayes, Nina, 2002, Fort Bend TX Place: at YAC
YM/YW
G-100 11.98 +0.0 p Olear, Elizabeth, , Place: 1 at YAC Youth
G-100 12 +0.2 p Erigha, Mary Ann, 2003, Chamblee GA Place: at YAC
YM/YW
G-200 23.88 +0.0 Smith, Stephanie, 2003, Northeast Macon GA Place:
1 at YAC YM/YW
G-200 23.97 +0.0 Broaddus, Juanita, 2003, Wm Penn PA Place: 2 at
YAC YM/YW
G-200 24.07 Champion, Courtney, 2004, Collins Hill GA Place: 1 at
YAC Intermediate
G-200 24.24 McLaurin, Tiaerra, 2005, Wolfson FL Place: 2 at YAC
Intermediate
G-200 24.34 -0.6 Olear, Elizabeth, , Place: 1 at YAC Youth
G-200 24.41 Anderson, Alexandria, 2005, Morgan Park IL Place: 3
at YAC Intermediate
G-200 24.45 +0.0 Erigha, Mary Ann, 2003, Chamblee GA Place: 3 at
YAC YM/YW
G-200 24.55 +0.0 Rooks, Cyntheia, 2003, Garysburg NC Place: 4 at
YAC YM/YW
G-400 53.89 Smith, Stephanie, 2003, Northeast Macon GA Place: 1
at YAC YM/YW
G-400 54.41 p Austin, Lauren, 2004, Oviedo FL Place: 1 at YAC Intermediate
G-400 54.45 Adams, Kimberly, 2002, Stone Mtn GA Place: 2 at YAC
YM/YW
G-400 54.6 Freeman, Ashley, 2003, LB Wilson CA Place: 3 at YAC YM/YW
G-400 54.86 Gaines, Priscilla, 2003, McEachern GA Place: 4 at YAC
YM/YW
G-400 56.1 Cooper, Alondra, 2004, Suncoast FL Place: 2 at YAC Intermediate
G-400 56.12 Joseph, Zanquandria, 2004, Boynton Beach FL Place: 3
at YAC Intermediate
G-800 2:08.94 Nickoley, Trisa, 2004, Shawnee Hts Tec KS Place: 1
at YAC Intermediate
G-800 2:10.99 Cooper, Alondra, 2004, Suncoast FL Place: 2 at YAC
Intermediate
G-800 2:12.5 Simmons, Briene, 2003, Columbia GA Place: 1 at YAC
YM/YW
G-800 2:12.77 Wallace, Kelly, 2002, Randolph NY Place: 2 at YAC
YM/YW
G-800 2:13.32 Thomas, Latavia, 2006, Philadelphia PA Place: 1 at
YAC Youth
G-800 2:13.36 Morris, Lavera, 2004, Oak Ridge Orl FL Place: 3 at
YAC Intermediate
G-800 2:13.71 Dix, Thea, , GA Place: 3 at YAC YM/YW
G-800 2:14.4 Morris, Janean, 2006, Brooklyn NY Place: 2 at YAC Youth
G-1500 4:43.51 Morgan, Jenny, , Place: 1 at YAC Youth
G-100H 13.9 -1.3 Darden, Dominique, 2002, Harrisburg PA Place: 1
at YAC YM/YW
G-100H 14.12 +0.6 p James, Pavielle, 2005, Northwestern Mia FL Place:
3 at YAC Intermediate
G-100H 14.2 -1.3 Johnson, Courtney, 2003, Brookhaven Col OH Place:
2 at YAC YM/YW
G-100H 14.39 -1.3 Fofanah, Fatmata, 2003, Bronx Science NY Place:
3 at YAC YM/YW
G-100H 14.46 +0.0 p Cooper, Alondra, 2004, Suncoast FL Place: 2
at YAC Intermediate
G-100H 14.48 +0.9 p Manning, Dominique, 2004, North Riv CA Place:
1 at YAC Intermediate
G-100H 14.49 +0.8 p Woods, Renitta, , Jefferson P.A. TX Place: 8
at YAC YM/YW
G-400H 1:00.17 Leach, Nicole, 2005, W. Catholic Phil PA Place: 1
at YAC Intermediate
G-400H 1:00.44 Clark, Courtney, 2002, Norristown PA Place: 1 at
YAC YM/YW
G-400H 1:00.51 Smith, Christina, 2003, William Penn PA Place: 2
at YAC YM/YW
G-400H 1:00.59 Hill, Sierra, , Landmark Chr GA Place: 2 at YAC Intermediate
G-400H 1:01.01 McGuire, Taryn, , Place: 3 at YAC YM/YW
G-400H 1:02.15 p Hill, MacKenzie, 2003, LB Wilson CA Place: 3 at
YAC Intermediate
G-400H 1:02.33 p Tillman, Lauren, 2003, Collins Hill GA Place: 4
at YAC YM/YW
G-400H 1:02.61 p Junck, Marianne, 2002, Oregon WI Place: 5 at YAC
YM/YW
G-400H 1:02.74 p Thomas, Tyeshia, 2002, Wm Penn PA Place: 8 at YAC
YM/YW
G-LJ 18' 9 Mills, Candace, 2003, Marian Omaha NE Place: 1 at YAC
YM/YW
G-LJ 18' 8.5 Duree, Roshena, 2002, Burton CA Place: 2 at YAC YM/YW
G-TJ 39' 10.75 Daniels, Brittany, 2005, Merrill W. Tracy CA Place:
1 at YAC Intermediate
G-TJ 39' 0.5 Hunter, Gayle, 2004, King Riverside CA Place: 2 at
YAC Intermediate
G-PV 11' 0.25 Mayes, Jodie, 2005, Woodland Faye AR Place: 1 at YAC
Intermediate
G-SP 43' 8 Wallerstedt, Michaela, 2005, Ralston Omaha NE Place:
1 at YAC Intermediate
G-DT 148' 2 Lathan, Akera, 2003, Southridge FL Place: 1 at YAC YM/YW
Preview
Young Women’s Sprints – 2001 World Youth team member
Tissilli Rogers of
Georgia is one of the leading entries in the 100, but the favorite
may be
fellow Georgian Mary Ann Erigha, a double state sprint champ in
class 3A .
Erigha ran 11.81/24.03 to win that double. Her toughest challenge
should
come from Houston’s Nena Mayes and LaTashia Kerr, as well
as Juanita
Broaddus of Philadelphia. The 200 will see Broaddus match up with
Dominique
Dorsey of California, who has the fourth fastest time in the nation
by a
high schooler at 23.51. Broaddus has a 2002 best of 23.71w. World
Youth
champion Stephanie Smith of Georgia tops the 400 list but has battled
injuries all year. If she isn’t in top form, look for California’s
Ashley
Freeman, who has a best this year of 53.71. Smith won the Georgia
state 3A
title at 55.53, while Freeman was third at the California state
meet. Texas
4A fourth-placer Sheretta Jones is also in the field.
Young Men’s Sprints – Houston’s Willie Hordge
was second in the 100 at the
recent USATF Junior Nationals in California and will represent the
U.S. at
the IAAF World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica July 14-21.
He has
a best of 10.21 this year, one of the fastest wind-legal prep times
in
history. Hordge also won silver in the dash at last year’s
World Youth meet
and picked up silver on the U.S. sprint medley relay. Another pair
of
Houstonians, Marquel Russell and Donnell Diggs, are the top entrants
in the
200 and have dipped under 21 seconds this year. Robert Woodard,
a relay
medalist at the World Youth meet is also in the 100 and 200. The
top one-lap
entrants, Arthur Davis of Alabama and Reggie Witherspoon of Georgia,
are
among the top 10 high schoolers nationally in the 400 this season,
with
Davis sitting at No. 7 with a best of 46.58. Joshua Walker of Georgia,
a
member of the ’01 World Youth team, is also entered.
Intermediate Sprints – World Youth veteran Michael Grant
of Georgia is
favored in the 200 after picking up silver in Hungary, and the Intermediate
Girls’ 400 features a match up between Natasha Hastings of
New York and
Lauren Austin. Hastings has the third fastest time by a prep this
year at
53.42, while Austin was sixth at the USATF Junior Championships
last week.
Young Women’s 800 - Robin Mortel of New York was on the
1999 World Youth
team and was the anchor leg on Randolph High School’s silver
medal 4x400 at
the Penn Relays this year. Briene Simmons of Georgia won last year’s
USATF
Junior Olympics crown and has a best of 2:08.98.
Intermediate Girls’ Race Walk - Maria Michta was third at
the Junior
Nationals in California and is one of the nation’s most promising
walkers.
In the Young Women’s walk, Lauren Olivieri was eighth at the
USATF Junior
Championships.
Young Men’s/Women’s Hurdles – Courtney Clark,
a member of the ’01 World
Youth squad, ranks second on this year’s national prep list
in the 400
hurdles and is also entered in the 100H, where she will meet up
with fellow
Pennsylvanian Dominique Darden. Darden has a best of 13.64w this
year. The
men’s races will feature a clash between double Texas state
champ Kerron
Clement and ’01 World Youth team member Jonathan Walker of
Georgia. Clement
narrowly missed the national prep record in the 300H at the Texas
state meet
and has already dipped under 52 seconds for the one-lapper. He romped
to a
13.48w win in the 110H, well clear of his nearest challenger at
this meet.
Jumps – Chaunte Howard of California is a triple threat
in the Young Women
’s jumps, ranking among the national prep leaders in the high
jump, long
jump and triple jump. The national leader in the high jump at 6-1.5,
Howard
has also long jumped 20-6.5 and triple jumped 41-3 this year. She
may be
challenged in the triple jump by ’01 World Youth team member
LaToya Legree
of Georgia. National Junior champ Rafeeq Curry of Miami is the top
entrant
in the men’s triple jump, sporting a 51-11.75 best. Alabama’s
Abraham Jones
was a World Youth team member in ’01 and will contend for
gold in the long
jump and triple jump.
Throws – Tampa’s Garrett Johnson won two Florida state
titles last month
and will be looking to add a USATF medal or two to his collection.
Johnson
has a shot put best of 65-11.75 in ’02, one of the best tosses
in the
nation, and is also capable of 200+-feet efforts in the discus.
He will need
every bit of that talent to top USATF Junior champ Michael Robertson
in the
discus. Robertson, who recently graduated from the International
School of
Brussels, Belgium, is among the world’s best with the platter
and has thrown
208-10 with the high school implement this year. The Ft. Lauderdale
native
will represent the U.S. at the IAAF World Junior Championships in
Kingston,
Jamaica.
USATF news release
Youth Athletics Championships begin July 3 in Miami
MIAMI - More than 2,000 of the top youth track and field competitors
in the
U.S. will be on hand this week as the 2002 USA Track & Field
Youth Athletics
National Championships are held July 3-7 at Tropical Park Stadium
in Miami,
Fla. The meet is the second stop of the Verizon Youth Series.
In order to be eligible to compete at the 2002 USA Track &
Field Youth
Athletics Championships, a competitor must be a U.S. citizen and
born after
July 29, 1983. Athletes compete in one of five age groups, determined
by
birth year. Those age divisions are Bantam (1992 or later), Midget
(1990-1991), Youth (1988-1989), Intermediate (1986-87) and Young
Men/Women
(1984-85). Athletes born in 1983 are also eligible if they do not
turn 19 on
or prior to July 29, 2002.
This meet will serve as one of the selection meets for the 2003
World Youth
Athletics Championship, July 10-13, 2003 in Sherbrooke, Quebec,
Canada.
Athletes also can qualify for Team USA at the 2002 USATF National
Junior
Olympic Championships in Omaha, Neb., July 23-28. With a chance
to compete
in an international competition, the field in Miami will be loaded
with
talented youth from across the country.
“The USA Track & Field Youth Athletics National Championships
gives our
grass roots athletes a tremendous opportunity to compete against
some of the
best athletes in their age division,” said Mark Springer,
USATF Director of
Grass Roots Programs and Planning. “The Verizon Youth Series,
established in
2001, remains an important step toward shaping the next generation
of
champions and helping to maintain our status as the World’s
#1 Track & Field
Team.”
For more information on the 2002 USA Track & Field Youth Athletics
National
Championships and the Verizon Youth Series, including results and
a complete
coverage of this year’s event, visit the USATF Web site at
www.usatf.org.
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