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Vegas Valley's Avionne Allgood, the national high school record holder in the javelin, set a new record in the young women's javelin throw as competition wrapped up at the USATF National Junior Olympics Championships. ©US Track & Field
USA Track & Field – News – Allgood sets javelin record on last day of Junior Olympics
| WICHITA, KAN. – Vegas Valley's Avionne Allgood, the national high school record holder in the javelin, set a new record in the young women's javelin throw as competition wrapped up at the USATF National Junior Olympics Championships.
Allgood's toss of 52.30m/171-7 bettered Sarah Malone's 12-year-old record by four meters. "It was pretty cool," Allgood said. "It was like, finally." Allgood had some troubles in the preliminary round, only managing a 47 meter throw, before smashing the record on her first attempt in finals. "I was trying new things with my technique [in prelims]," she said. With the national high school and young women's records under her belt, Allgood has even loftier goals for her senior season. "I want to break the American record," Allgood said. Krah earns third gold "It was great," Krah said. "I had a great start. Went over the hurdles kind of clean, felt good. The third or fourth hurdle, I kind of came over a little high and tried to get back with my rhythm." Although Krah has been competing in the horizontal jumps for a while now, the hurdles are a more recent addition. "I just started hurdles this year," he said. "At practice we do hurdles, everyone. My coach told me to try training with the hurdle group because he was like you're going over the hurdles like everyone else is, so you should probably see what you can do." Krah took quickly to the event, and it is rapidly becoming one of his signature events. "It's kind of coming up on the triple and the long," Krah said "It might be my favorite." McDonald barely misses record "[The record] was my goal," Mcdonald said. "I knew I had to have a good get-out and stay focused. At the 50m mark, I knew I was going to PR. Mcdonald shocked even himself with his winning time. "I was surprised a lot because my PR was a 12.9," he said. Mcdonald, who just turned 10, hopes to keep breaking records in the future. "I want to go to the Olympics and break some world records," Mcdonald said. Gregory kicks for the win "My plan was stay with the lead people, and hopefully if everything turned out right, out-kick them at the last 100m and 200m," Gregory said. "At the end, I couldn't even think about it. I just wanted to win." In Saturday's 3,000m contest, Gregory took second in a close race with winner Julia Bounds. "I'm so happy, it's hard to describe because I really wanted to catch up to Julia yesterday and at least like photo-finish," she said. "But to come back [and win this race], it feels so good." For Gregory, the 1,500m victory was a redemption of sorts. "I've taken either second or third for the past like three national meets," Gregory said. "To actually take for the second time ever feels great." Bailey takes home 400m gold "I wanted to go 45, but I had a groin injury at the end of practice, and I've been struggling since," Bailey said. "I tried to get out and start lifting my knees, but I felt like it was going to pull. I'm done for the season now, so I'm just going to rest up." Although Bailey wasn't able to break the into the 46-second-barrier, he's still happy to walk away with the win. "I know I could go a lot faster," he said. "But I thank God for the win, and I'm happy I finished my season." Other notable performances The Speed City Track Club also had a national record-setting performance with its time in the bantam boys' 4x400m. The relay team, which was highlighted by triathlon champion Jalen Johnson and 100m winner Tyson Mcdonald, as well as Dorien Mars and Joshua Wilcox, finished in 4:10.69. Their time bettered the previous record, which was also held by Speed City, by a little under a second. Jasmyne Graham of Quiet Fire completed a successful double victory with wins in both the youth girls' 100m and 200m hurdles. Graham, who holds the national age group record in the 200m hurdles, ran a 14.04 in the 100m hurdles and a 27.78 in the 200m hurdles to close out a successful day of competition at Junior Olympics. Other event winners from today's competition include the following: -Jonathan Jones, Carrollton Track Team-young men's 110m hurdles (13.69)
WICHITA, KAN. – Addyson Smith of Central Valley Track Club continued her dominance in the midget girls' throws with a victory in the shot put on day five of the USATF National Junior Olympics Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Smith's toss of 12.55m/41-2.25 was three feet farther than the second-place finisher. On Thursday, Smith topped the discus competition with her winning mark of 32.32m/106-0. Hirsch earns first national title "It was hot today, and it was hard coming down the backstretch running into the wind, but I felt good," Hirsch said. "I got the record at state, so I was just trying to get the win today." Hirsch has only been involved in distance running for a few years and with this victory, earned his first ever national title. "My sister started cross country in high school, and I just started running with them, and I liked it," he said. "Now I just run a lot." Looking ahead, Hirsch has lofty goals for his running career, at least at the Junior Olympics level. "I want to break the national record in the youth when i get there, and win every year," Hirsch said. Love nearly betters record "I wanted to lower [my record] a little bit," Love said. "It felt good. I felt like I was going pretty fast towards the end, sped up. I got a bad start though." Love is not done racing though; Sunday he will compete in the 100m and 400m as well. "I thought we had to do semis in all of [the sprints[, so I thought I had to race nine times," he said. "So I was trying to conserve, but it turns out we don't have to." Although Love dabbles in all the sprints, the 200m is his favorite. "I like how [the 200m] is a mix of the 200m and the 100m," Love said. "You've got to save at some points, and just go all out at others." Proteau keeps up winning ways "My goal was definitely six feet," Proteau said. "I felt good coming in my first couple jumps. Even though I cleared, I could tell my approach was off so I nicked them. But towards the end, I felt like, 'Okay, I'm here. I can do this. I just want to go for it,'" Entering this year, Proteau's personal best was 1.63m/5-4. Since then, she has had a break-out season, topping out at 1.80m/5-10.75 at USA Junior Outdoor Championships. "I've been able to practice a lot more this season because the club coach I practice with is an hour and a half from my house, and I just got my license this year," she said. "Also, I've gotten stronger through weight training and volleyball, so I was able to incorporate more speed in my approach." Proteau's sudden success has made her re-evaluate her track and field goals for the next two years. "By the end of my senior year, my goal was originally six feet, but now I want to chase Amy Acuff's national record for high school," Proteau said. Other event winners from today's competition include the following -Aysha Shaheed, North County Jaguars-sub-bantam girls' long jump (3.72m/12-2.5) |
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