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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Madeleine Meyers kicked off the 2011 World Youth Track & Field Trials with an exciting start, as she set a new high school record in the 2,000 meter steeplechase on the first day of the combined trials and USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Updates were provided throughout the day, and can be reviewed below:
World Youth Track and Field Trials
Boy's 3,000m
Darren Fahy of San Diego was able to hold off runner-up Connor Rog to win the trials in 8:35.17.
Boy's shot put
Tyler Schultz of South Dakota won the shot put on his final attempt with a heave of 20.08m/65-10.50.
Girls discus throw
With a throw of 49.41m/162-01 Chamaya Turner brought home the win in the girl's discus trials.
Steeplechase
Madeleine Meyers of Seattle, Wa. set a new high school national record in the 2,000m steeplechase with her time of 6:32.02 on her way a victory in the 2,000m steeplechase. Northwest Florida Track Club's Dillon Worley improved on his seed time to win the boy's 2,000m steeplechase in 6:08.35.
Boy's pole vault
New Balance Outdoor Nationals champ Jacob Blankenship captured another prestigious win with his jump of 4.90m/16-0.75 in the boys' pole vault.
Girls' long jump
California's Kira Moreland only needed one attempt to win the girls' long jump competition with her distance of 5.82m/19-1.25.
USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Multi-events
In the first completed multi-event of the Youth Championships, Margaux Jones took top honors in the youth girls pentathlon. Jones faced stiff competition from Shayla Brougthon of the East New York Impalas who scored an equal number of points in the high jump. But in the end, Jones amassed 3,437 points to runner-up Broughton's 3118 points. In the youth boy's pentathlon, Joseph Jenkins of the Newroc Rockets was named the national champion with 1,011 points. The heptathlon and decathlon competitions are ongoing and will be completed tomorrow.
2,000m steeplechase
Julianna Vanderhout of the Arizona Flames Track Club won the intermediate girls national title in 7:38.55. Meanwhile, in the young women's steeplechase, Destiny Jenkins of the Newroc Rockets ran away from the field to win in 7:20.16.
South Orange County Wildcat team member Drake Johnston brought his club its first win of the meet by winning the intermediate boys steeplechase in 6:29.08. In the young men's division, Joshua Espinoza of Deer Valley won by nearly 22-seconds to brake the tape in 6:10.48.
Race walk
Jacqueline Chazotte of the Asheville Lightning won the title for the young women's 3,000m race walk with her time of 21:02.20. TexaStrong Running Club's Killian Tooke bested teammate Mario Guerra with his time of 16:09.25 for the young men's title.
Isis Welch of Metropolis Track Club was the winner of the youth girls' category with a time of 22:10.90, and Andy Vasquez of the Cornhusker Flyers was the youth boys' winner in 18:18.51.
In the boys' intermediate 3,000m race walk, Travis Menghini won in 19:31.25, while Texas Titans Track Club's Sierrah Martinez walked away with the win in 21:50.47.
Michael Leong claimed the title in the bantam boys' age group with a time of 11:51.06. Rileigh Powers won the bantam girls' race walk with a time of 9:31.53.
Ryan McCulskey of the Comets Track Club won the midget boys' 1,500m race walk in a time of 10:00.98, while Central Florida Track Club's Jenna Terry took the title on the girls' side in 8:44.33.
Competition resumes tomorrow and continues through Sunday, July 3. Results and webcast information can be found online at www.usatf.org
Bailey wins twice on last day of
World Youth Trials
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Aldrich Bailey completed a successful double, taking victories in the 200m and 400m, as the World Youth Trials wrapped up competition. Forty athletes from the Myrtle Beach, S.C., competition were selected to represent Team USA next week at the 2011 IAAF World Junior Championships based on international qualifying standards and placement in the meet.The USA Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships will contnue competition through Sunday.
Updates were provided throughout the day, and can be reviewed below:
World Youth Track and Field Trials
Girls 3,000m
In a duel between Sarah Fakler and Megan Lacy for the 3,000m title, Fakler came out on top with her time of 9:54.48.
Girls' shot put
Torie Owers led the other competitors by three feet on her way to a win in the girls' shot put with a toss of 15.41m/49-6.25.
High jump
Consistency paid off for Morgan Taylor who won the girls' high jump. Both Taylor and the runner-up, Mimieux Land tied with a clearance of 1.70/5-7, but Morgan was awarded the title based on the number of missed attempts. Justin Fondren cleared the seven-foot mark to win the boy's high jump. On his second attempt at the height, Fondren successfully sailed over the bar set at 2.19m/7-00.5 to win the title.
Girls' pole vault
Top seed Sydndey White came out on top of the girls' pole vault competition, jumping 3.85m/12'7.5 for the victory.
100m/110m hurdles
Trinity Wilson followed up her personal best performance at USA Juniors with the World Youth Trials title in the 100m hurdles, running a time of 13.42. The boys' 110m hurdlers were led by Todd Gurley who won with a time of 13.88.
100m
Warren Marshall of Carolina Elite Track Club took home the title in the 100m with his time of 10.74. Myasia Jacobs ran to victory in the girls' 100m dash, clocking a time of 11.82.
1,500m
Jacob Burcham edged out Justin Brinkley by a second to win the final of the boys' 1,500m with a time of 3:58.34. On the girls' side, Hannah Meier won a close battle with Camille Chapus for the 1,500m victory in 4:24.92.
Multi-events
The Heat Track Club's Kendell Williams scored a personal best of 5225 to best the heptathlon field by 500 points and capture the win. In a rare finish to the boy's octathlon, Devon Williams of The Heat Track Club and George Wayda scored an identical 5,332 points. Williams was awarded the win by beating Wayda in five of the eight events.
400m
Last year's intermediate girls' 400m champ Robin Reynolds sped to victory in the event with her time of 52.84. Aldrich Bailey won the boys' competition, running a time of 46.57.
Discus
Ethan Cochran outdistanced the rest of the field by nearly 5 meters to win the boy's discus throw in a mark of 58.16m/190-10.
400m Hurdles
In a close finish of the top-three competitors, Nnenya Hailey of the First Light Track Club leaned at the finish to take the win in 58.69. Meanwhile, in the boys' race, Jonathan Russell of Northern Virginia Athletic Association finished nearly half a second ahead of runner-up Erin Jenkins to take the win in 52.48.
800m
In a thrilling finish to the girls 800m, Ajee Wilson narrowly edged out Amy Weissenbach to take the win in 2:09.39, only two-tenths of a second faster than Weissenbach. The boys' race was as equally dramatic, as Tre'tez Kinnaird finished first in 1:50.56 and Cameron Thornton of the Titans Track Club finished second in 1:50.99.
Javelin
Haley Crouser continued her family's winning ways by opening with a five-meter improvement over the previous World Youth Trials record. She secured the win on her first attempt, with a toss of 51.09m/167-07.
Girls' triple jump
Carla Forbes stayed consistently over the 12-meter mark and won the triple jump with her best leap of 12.84m/42-1.5.
Boys long jump
Cameron Burrell was the dominant competitor in the long jump competition with his meet record jump of 7.51m/24-2.25.
Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Multi-events
Jaiden Woodbey of the California Rising Stars Track Club won the midget boys' pentathlon with his score of 2,248. In the midget girls' pentathlon. Long Beach Sprinters' Kalyah Williams led all midget girls' pentathlon competitors with a total of 2,161 points.
Shaina Burns of the Real Track and Field Club scored 3,874 points to top the rest of the field in the intermediate girls' heptathlon.
Ciana Baron was victorious in the young women's heptathlon, scoring 3,852 points.
4x800m
In the 4x800m competition, the Arizona Cheetahs Track Club won the midget girls' division, and Fasst Track and Field Club took the midget boys' category.
Jenks America Track Club was victorious for the youth girls, and So Cal Roadrunners topped the youth boys'.
TexaStrong Running Club bested the intermediate girls' race, and Jenks America Track Club led the intermediate boys' teams.
Kansas Flyers Track Club was awarded the win for young women, and Jenks America Track Club won yet another race in the young men's division.
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