39th USATF Junior Olympics
July 26-31, 2005 at Indianapolis IN

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Complete Results on DyeStatCal

Highlights

Bianca Knight continues her hot post-season run with win in 200m. Brittany Hall edges Chanell Price in IG 800m scorcher. California 8th grader Jordan Hasay's 9:35.12 3000m in Youth Girls completes double and is US#2 this year.

  • 200m finals
    • YM - Evander Wells, of New Horizon TC, wins in 21.30 -1.2, with Trey Harts second in 21.44.
    • YW - Peoria AZ soph Kennyanna Wilson 23.81 -0.5, Porsche Ries MI 23.91.
    • IB - Jahvid Best lived up to his name, edging East Chapel Hill NC soph Antonio Sales, 21.18 -0.3 to 21.20.
    • IG - Ridgeland MS soph Bianca Knight, the World Youth runnerup, won easily here in 23.46 into a -1.3 headwind, with no one else under 24 seconds.
  • 800m finals
    • YM - Milwauke WI sr James Groce 1:53.15
    • YW - Tennessee champion Krishna Curry 2:11.16, a junior at University Nashville high school, edges Reynoldsburg OH jr Ariane Sloan 2:11.57.
    • IB - Jake Stephens of Mountain Brook AL wins in 1:55.11
    • IG - Georgia champion Brittany Hall, a sophomore at Meadowcreek Norcross, edges Easton PA freshman Chanell Price in a scorcher, 2:08.47 to 2:08.72.
  • YM 5000 - West Covina CA jr Danny Mercado 15:18.70 won with room to spare.
  • 3000m
    • YW - Renaissance Detroit MI sr Kelly Sampson 10:22.97, winning by 20 seconds over Asia Diaz 10:42.12.
    • IB - Watertown WI freshman Andrew Perkins 8:49.01 wins by 6 seconds over Matthew Frerker WA 8:55.87.
    • IG - Caitlin Lane NY, former Saratoga Springs runner now running unnattached, won handily in 9:37.09 over another soph Aurora Scott VA 9:48.80. Emily Reese GA 9:52.52 and Nicole Jones 9:53.82 were third and fourth.
  • JT -
    • YM -
    • YW - JFK Richmond VA sr Brittani Williams 143-9 edges Forest Grove OR sr Lauren Sexton 143-0.
    • IB - Benjamin Davies, of Personal Best, wins with a throw of 192-5.
  • HJ
    • YW - Stockdale Bakersfield CA jr Desirae Gonder 5-8.75
    • IB -
    • IG - Southern Durham NC soph Patience Coleman 5-7
  • SP
    • YM - Springfield PA sr Nick Panezich 62-10.75
    • IB - Union County IN soph Benjamin Stephens 60-7.75
    • IG - Indiana discus champion Rachel Deloney, who was second in the discus here, gets the shot put win at 44-0.75
  • 100/110H - prelims
    • YM - Georgia champion Tavaris Washington 13.91 -0.7 led a gang of quality hurdlers. Other qualifiers were Nike Outdoor runnerup Carrington Queen PA 13.99 -0.8, North Carolina 4A champion Charles Derrickson 14.08 -0.1, and Arcadia and Golden West champion David Klech 14.26 -0.5.
    • YW - Evanston IL jr Shalina Clarke, tied for US#1 ranking this season, won her heat in 13.90 -1.0, but Cypress Falls Houston TX sr Alexis Rogers was a tick faster in another heat at 13.88 +0.8.
    • IB - North Carolina 3A champion Johnny Dutch 14.09 -1.4 was clearly best.
    • IG - North Carolina 4A champion Gabby Mayo 14.14 +1.5 is fastest qualifier.

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