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2008 DyeStat All-American Youth T&F Team
Next wave of HSers honored for summer age-group action
  
Doug Speck - Editor DyeStatCal
–The below group was picked from the National Level Youth Nationals and Junior Olympics competitions held by USA Track and Field (USATF) and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). They are made up of the regularly contested prep events, and does not include relays, walks, nor those where the implement size is different at the two competitions (javelin). These athletes are ages 13 and 14 and will be the next wave of stars at the high school level next year or the year after.
Boys 2008 DyeStat Youth All-American Track and Field Squad
(Members listed alphabetically on the two teams)
photo by Doug Speck
Brandon Sanders swept the sprints at
USATF JO's at the Youth level
100 Meters
First Team
Daniel Gray (Florida) - Third place finisher AAU Natl JO 11.13w
Jeremy Hicks (Louisiana) - Second place finisher AAU Natl JO 11.11w - 1st AAU Club Natls 11.20
Brandon Sanders (South Carolina) - 1st USATF Yth Natls 100 11.07w - 1st USATF Natl JO 11.07
Jerimy Strainge (Florida) - 1st AAU JO 10.93w
–It was all about margin of victory at the two National Championship finals competitions, with Strainge and Sanders taking their respective national title contests by two meters as the duo could lead an impressive 2011 US World Youth Championship sprint crew. Southern US domination here.
Second Team
Joel Coleman (Virginia)
Izzy Garrison (Illinois)
Blake Webb (Texas)
Bennie Wesley (Florida)
200 Meters
First Team:
Joel Coleman (Virginia) - 3rd USATF Yth Natls 22.70 - 1st AAU JO 22.33
Daniel Gray (Florida) - 2nd AAU JO Natls 22.39
Brandon Sanders (South Carolina) - 1st USATF Yth Natls 22.37 - 1st USATF Natl JO 21.92
Blake Webb (Texas) - 2nd USATF JO Natls 22.72
–Sanders continued his sprint domination at USATF JO Nationals with another dominating win here. Coleman was third to Sanders at the USATF Youth Nationals earlier in the summer, then raced to a big win at the AAU JO competition in Michigan.
Second Team:
Johnny Beard (California)
Maclom Brown (Oklahoma)
Izzy Garrison (Illinois)
Bennie Wesley (Florida)
photo by Doug Speck
Xavier Jones (North Carolina) took the USATF
Natl JO title at 50.38
400 Meters
First Team:
Malcom Brown (Oklahoma) - 2nd USATF Natl JO 50.53
Joel Coleman (Virginia) - 1st USATF Yth Natls 50.48 - 1st AAU Natl JO 50.28
Arman-Gino Hall (Florida) - 2nd AAU Natl JO 50.54
Xavier Jones (North Carolina) - 2nd USATF Yth Natls 50.44 - 1st USATF Natl JO 50.38
–A little cross-over here with Coleman, an eighth grader from Suffolk, Virginia, taking the USATF Youth Nationals and then winning the AAU Nationals in the year’s top Championship level time at this level.
Second Team:
Kavarah Holmes (Louisiana)
Khalfani Muhammad (California)
Terry Pagano (California)
Christopher Thompson (Florida)
photo by Doug Speck
James Muniz had a busy summer with second at the
USATF Youth Nationals and first at the USATF Natl JO's
800 Meters
First Team:
Mark Matiski (Arizona) - 3rd USATF JO Natls 1:59.85
Matthew Matiski (Arizona) - 1st USATF Yth Natls 1:59.48
James Muniz (Texas) - 2nd USATF Yth Natls 1:59.83 - 1st USATF Natl JO 2:01.94
Cameron Thornton (Georgia) - 1st AAU JO Natls 1:58.79
–Thornton was busy at the AAU JO’s with action at 800 and 1500 meters, where he was second. The Matiski twins sandwiched Muniz at the USATF Youth Nationals before James won the USATF National JO title in 2:01.94.
Second Team:
Aldrich Bailey (Texas)
Brandon Chase (Missouri)
Joel Coleman (Virginia)
Kameron Long (Tennessee)
photo by Doug Speck
Conner Smock winner of USATF JO and AAU JO Titles over 1500m
1500 Meters
First Team:
Nathaniel Jones (Texas) - 2nd USATF Natl JO 4:19.46
Taylor Hybl (Oregon) - 4th USATF Natl JO 4:19.72
Dillon Worley (Texas) - 3rd USATF Natl JO 4:19.56
Conner Smock (Iowa) - 1st USATF Natl JO 4:16.62 - 1st AAU Natl JO 4:18.81 - 3rd USATF Youth Natls 4:23.17
–The aggressive Smock hit the circuit, taking both the USATF and AAU National titles, the latter by nearly a full seven seconds. Jones, Worley, and Hybl trailed Conner at the USATF Nationals.
Second Team:
Blake Goodin (Missouri)
Jared Moses (Lightning TC - ?)
Matthew Nelson (New Jersey)
Tate Schienbein (Indiana)
photo by Doug Speck
Tate Schienbein of Indiana Summer Sweep of 3k titles!!
3000 Meters
First Team:
Matthew Nelson (New Jersey) 4th USATF Natl JO 9:29.24
Tate Schienbein (Indiana) - 1st AAU Club Natls 9:27.60 - 1st USATF Yth Natls 9:22.75 - 1st USATF Natl JO 9:14.19 - 1st AAU JO Natls 9:14.52
Conner Smock (Iowa) - 3rd USATF Yth Natls 9:47.04 - 2nd USATF Natl JO 9:23.23 - 2nd AAU JO Natls 9:37.58
Dillon Worley (Texas) - 3rd USATF Natl JO 9:27.86
–Schienbein, who will be a ninth grader at Union County HS in Indiana this Fall, was busy this summer, with a 9:14.19 USATF JO National win that was not far off a fifteen year old Divisional record there. He swept the four summer age-group title contests at this distance and was successful at the 1500 also.
Second Team:
Erik Garcia (California)
Josiah Jenkins (Georgia)
Nathaniel Jones (Texas)
Andrew Osgood (California)
photo by Doug Speck
San Francisco Bay area star Kenneth Walker took the USATF JO
100 and 200 Hurdle Titles
100 Meter Hurdles
First Team:
Nicholas Beavers (Alabama) - 2nd AAU JO Natls 13.65
Terrell Clements (Texas) - 1st USATF Yth Natls 100mH 13.87 - 2nd USATF JO Natls 13.63
Drake Johnson (Michigan) - 1st AAU JO Natls 13.39
Kenneth Walker III (California) - 1st USATF Natl JO 13.52
–Ann Arbor area star Drake Johnson, who will be a freshman at Community High School in the Fall, was close to legendary Toya Jones (Texas) and his 13.34 AAU Youth record with his 13.39 run in that title meet, with the powerful Kenneth Walker III from California’s San Francisco Bay area the USATF JO winner at 13.52-13.63 over smooth striding Terrell Clements (Texas).
Second Team:
Dapo Akinmoladun (Missouri)
Jordan Bracy (Texas)
Arman-Gino Hall (Florida)
Devin Hickey (California)
photo by Doug Speck
Terrell Clements was a close second in the 100 and
200 Hurdles at the USATF JO's behind Kenneth Walker
200 Meter Hurdles
First Team:
Dapo Akinmoladun (Missouri) - 1st AAU JO Natls 24.98
Terrell Clements (Texas) - 2nd USATF JO Natls 25.06
Drake Johnson (Michigan) - 2nd AAU JO 25.13
Kenneth Walker III (California) - 1st USATF JO Natls 25.01
–Walker outleaned Texan Clements a the USATF JO National meet, with Akinmoladun winning the showdown of the midwest stars with a 24.98 AAU National JO win.
Second Team:
Jacolby Cooper (Louisana)
Tyrell Gibbs (New Jersey)
Devin Hickey (California)
Antonio Whitfield (Ohio)
High Jump
First Team:
Louis Bennett (California) - 1st AAU Natl JO 5-10
Evan Eggenberg (California) - 2nd USATF JO Natls 5-08.75
Jaylon Holt (Missouri) - 1st USATF JO Natls 5-08.75
Tevin Whitney (Florida) - 2nd AAU Club Natls 5-10 - 3rd AAU JO 5-08
--Bennett and Whitney took the AAU summer meets with the best leaps in those competitions at 5-10.
Second Team:
Adam Augustyn (California)
Uriah Bethea (Maryland)
Marsalis Jackson (Georgia)
Brady Swiling (Georgia)
Pole Vault
First Team:
Parker Brush (Kansas) - 1st USATF JO Natls 12-03.5
Tanner Callihan (Oklahoma) - 1st AAU JO Natls 12-00
Andrew Hinkley (Texas) - 3rd USATF JO Natls 11-03.75
Jeffrey Linta (South Carolina) - 1st USATF Yth Natls 11-05.75 - 2nd USATF JO Natls 11-03.75
--Two were over 12-00 or better in the Summer Championship action at the National level, with Brush a 12-03.5 USATF JO win in Nebraska.
Second Team:
Logan Chaney (Ohio)
Scott Greenman (California)
Alex Howden (West Virginia)
Karson Novacek (Nebraska)
Long Jump
First Team:
Ronald Geohaghan (South Carolina) - 1st USATF Natl JO 21-05.25
Marsalis Jackson (Georgia) - 2nd AAU JO 21-03
Byron Marshall (California) - 1st USATF Youth Natls 22-04.5
Christopher Thompson (Florida) - 1st AAU JO 21-11
--Byron Marshall of a successful San Jose area track and Field family has been over 22-00 a number of times, with a bit 22-04.5 win at the USATF Youth Nationals for the best effort of the Summer Championships series of title affairs.
Second Team:
Cameron Hudson (North Carolina)
Jalen James (Louisiana)
Johnny Locher (Washington)
Shawn Muller (Texas)
Triple Jump
First Team:
Dapo Akinmoladun (Missouri) - 1st AAU JO Natls 46-11.75
Ronald Geohaghan (South Carolina) - 1st USATF Yth Natls 41-09.25 - 1st USATF Natl JO 41-10.75
Shawn Muller (Texas) - 2nd AAU JO 42-01
Jaelen Strong (Pennsylvania) - 3rd AAU JO 41-11.25
--Akinmaladun had an absolutely stunning performance at the AAU JO National meet of 46-11.75 that monstrously out-spanned the efforts of anyone else in the Summer series of Championship meets at this level!
Second Team:
Shannon Edwards (California)
Calvin Haines (North Carolina)
Jamaal Jones (Arizona)
Irving Adams (Alabama)
Shot Put
First Team:
Jerod Cody (Nevada) - 4th USATF JO Natls 50-06.75
Travis Colby (Arizona) - 2nd USATF JO Natls 52-10
Estelle Kennedy (Texas) - 1st USATF JO Natls 55-05
Jalen Petrkin (North Carolina) - 3rd USATF JO Natls 51-05
-Houston area star Estelle Kennedy was far ahead of the pack at this level this past summer.
Second Team:
Steven Deshazer (Missouri)
Lavonne Gauthney (Ohio)
Blake Hocking (Kansas)
Jason Zahn (Wisconsin)
Discus
First Team:
Jerod Cody (Nevada) - 1st USATF Natl JO 163-10
Steven Deshazer (Missouri) - 1st AAU JO Natls 167-09
Terry Hughes (Louisiana) - 2nd AAU JO 158-10
Ryan Pearce (Illinois) - 2nd USATF Natl JO 160-11
--Missouri's Deshazer emerged ahead of double-weight star Jerod Cody of Nevada with the top mark of the summer Championship series.
Second Team:
Jameel Cox (Missouri)
Reggie Moreno (Texas)
Daniel Roberts (Dakotas - ?)
Jason Zahn (Wisconsin)
Pentathlon
First Team:
Joseph Delgado (Idaho) - 1st USATF Natl JO 2950
Vedall Grant (Maryland) - 2nd AAU Natl JO 2794
Kolby Gray (Florida) - 1st AAU Natl JO 2932
Andrw Hewitt (New York) - 3rd AAU Natl JO 2783
--Delgado from Idaho took the summer point championship with his USATF JO win over Floriday's Gray
Second Team:
Blake Gray (California)
Jamaal Jones (Arizona)
Kyle Smith (Maryland)
Michael Smith (Georgia)
Feedback: Doug Speck/DyeStatCal
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