World Junior Record-Tying Bromell Highlights National Athletes of the Week

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World Junior Record-Tying Bromell Highlights National Athletes of the Week
March 31, 2014

NEW ORLEANS – Given the weekend Baylor frosh Trayvon Bromell had at the Texas Relays, not even Division I Men’s National Athlete of the Week honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Monday could top his recent list of accomplishments.

USTFCCCA NATIONAL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Division I Division II Division III
Men:

Trayvon Bromell
(Baylor)

Women:

Shelbi Vaughan
(Texas A&M)
Men:

Justin Welch
(Findlay)

Women:

Samantha Elliott
(Johnson C. Smith)
Men:

Chancise Watkins
(La Verne)

Women:

Lucy Cheadle
(Washington (Mo.))



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That list is topped by his world-leading 10.01 (+1.5 m/s) win over 100 meters at the Texas Relays to equal the event’s World and American Junior Records.

With his win in the final, Bromell (St. Petersburg, Fla./Gibbs HS) entered into a four-way tie atop the World Junior record book with Darrel Brown (Trinidad, 2003), Jeff Demps (USA, 2008) and Yoshihide Kiryu (Japan, 2013) after having nearly equaled it the day prior with a 10.02 (0.9 m/s) in the prelims.

For comparison’s sake, Brown’s time was run in August, Demps’ in June and Kiryu’s at the end of April.

As if the times themselves weren’t impressive enough, this weekend marked his collegiate debut at 100 meters after just last weekend claiming the early-season top spot on the 200 meters qualifying list at 20.23w (+3.3 m/s) in his outdoor collegiate debut. He also ran a leg of the Bears’ third-place 4×100 relay two hours before his historic 100 meters showing.

The Texas Relays also produced the Division I Women’s National Athlete of the Week, as Texas A&M’s Shelbi Vaughan (Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield Legacy HS) kept it completely in-state with her winning 198-10 (60.61m) in the discus. Each and every one of her five legal throws would have garnered her the win in Austin, which she ultimately claimed by more than 24 feet with a 4½ foot personal best.

With her winning mark she moved into a tie at No. 10 on the all-time U.S. collegiate performers list with defending national champion and current member of The Bowerman Watch List Anna Jelmini of Arizona State, and also jumped to No. 10 on the 2014 world leaders list.

Division II men’s honoree Justin Welch of Findlay (Luckey, Ohio/Eastwood HS) turned in a historic throws performance of his own as he won the hammer throw at the Raleigh Relays with a mark of 230-1 (70.13m) by almost 20 feet over Michigan State’s Antonio James.

The mark is fourth-best among collegians in 2014 and No. 4 on the all-time Division II performers list.

Samantha Elliot of Johnson C. Smith (Kingston, Jamaica) earned the Division II women’s award following a weekend at the Raleigh Relays that saw her win the 400-meter hurdles in 57.52, giving her a share of the 2014 collegiate lead with Texas’ Danielle Dowie.

If she didn’t already occupy the No. 2 spot on the all-time DII performers list, it would have put her at No. 14. She also ran legs of the Division II-leading 4×100 relay and the Division’s second-fastest 4×400 relay.

La Verne’s Chancise Watkins (Blythe, Calif./Palo Verde Valley HS) earned the Division III Men’s National Athlete of the Week award following a pair of Division III-leading performances at 200 and 400 meters. He won both events at the SCIAC Quad in personal-best fashion, claiming the 200 in 21.29 into a stiff 1.1 m/s headwind and winning at 400 meters in 47.72.

He also ran a leg of La Verne’s winning 4×100 relay, which is ranked No. 2 in DIII.

Washington (Mo.)’s Lucy Cheadle (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt HS) won the Division III women’s honor with her dominant performance in the 3000-meter steeplechase at her home Washington (Mo.) Invitational. Her school-record winning time of 10:29.58 was 45 seconds clear of the mixed Division II and III field, and is tops among DIII performances in 2014 by 15 seconds.

National Athletes of the Week are announced each Monday throughout the season, with male and female awards for all three NCAA Divisions. Nominations are open to the public and can be completed here.


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