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2002 Nike Athletes of the Yearthe dominant high school track and field athletes Rachel Walker2002, Benton LA |
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Benton LA is a town of 2,000 people about 10 miles north of Shreveport. It is also the home town of Rachel Walker, the best girls javelin thrower in the US. Her 164-4 win in the Louisiana 3A state meet gave her US#1 ranking, which she confirmed by winning the Golden West. Then, her second in the USA Junior Nationals at Stanford (best HS thrower) earned a spot on Team USA at the World Junior Championships in Jamaica. It was Rachel's second straight summer of international competition, as she was on the USA team in the World Youth Championships in Hungary in 2001. Rachel will throw for Texas A&M next year. Rachel Walker at the Golden West
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