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ALL RESULTS ONE - FILE
Thanks Don Chadez - Flash Results West

53.93 for an 8th grader!!!
Mike Kennedy Day 6 Summaries!!

Photo by Doug Speck
Turquoise Thompson, who will attend Long Beach Poly next season,
gave Golden State track and field fans an idea of what's to come after
running a sensational 53.93 to win the Youth Girls Division
400-meter dash final at the Junior Olympics on Sunday morning in Indianapolis!
Turqoise raced 53.55 to win the USATF Association Meet June 12th at Carson
for her personal best

Turqoise also has the "sock" thing kind of going!!

SUNDAY HEADLINERS
Turquoise Thompson, 53.93 to win Youth Girls 400
Thandi Stewart, 55.15 for 2nd in Youth Girls 400
Sa'de Williams, 53.48 to win Intermediate Girls 400
Myra Hasson, 54.24 to take third in Young Women 400
Jordan Hasay, 4:31.24 to win Youth Girls 1500
Ebony Collins, 58.26 to win Intermediate Girls 400mH
Randall Carroll, 11.02 to win Youth Boys 100 into wind
Jahvid Best, 10.67 to take third in Intermediate Boys 100
Bryshon Nellum, 47.16 to win Intermediate Boys 400
David Klech, 51.30 to take second in Young Men 400mH
Carlyle Fletcher, 6-08.75 to take second in Young Men HJ

Video Added Monday 8/1
Youth Boys 1500m - Int Girls 1500 - Int Boys 1500
Yng Wom 1500 - Yng Men 1500
In the Young Men's 1500 check closely for Travis Prejean (Chautqua Striders/
Jamestown, NY) who lost a shoe and finished third, racing over the last couple of laps
barefooted! (ouch!)

Danny Mercado (left) took the Young Men's 5k - (L-R) Johnny Dutch IntB110mHH
(14.09) - Tavaris Washington YngM110mHH (13.91) - Alexis Rogers YngW100mH (13.88)
led barrier qualifying in their divison Saturday!!
SATURDAY ALBUM OF ACTION!!

Day 4 (Friday, July 29)

Day 4 COMBINED results - Mike Kennedy Summary of Day!
All of Friday's 53 events now linked above.
Day 4 Video - Need Broadband
Nkosinza Balumbu Interview - Huge TJ Win!
Karynn Dunn Interview - Youth LJ Record (19-02!)
Young Men's TJ competition Jumps!

First Family of Sprinting + Another Hasay record!

Photo by Doug Speck
Sisters Sa'de (left) and Brittneeh Williams were "quarterhorses"
(as in metric quarter milers) in hot action in Indianapolis on Friday!
At right, amazing junior high school talent Jordan Hasay notched yet another
age-group record at 1500 meterss. She'll attend Mission Prep in the Fall!

David Klech (California HS, San Ramon) blazes 51.93 in Young Men 400IH qualifying!
Jordan Hasay races to eye-popping 4:28.61 age-group record in Youth Girls 1500m qualifying!
8th grade phenom Turquoise Thompson scorches 54.22 in Young Girls 400m qualifying!
Sa'de Williams of Rancho Cucamonga HS nails a 54.26 in Intermediate Girls 400 qualifying!
Myra Hasson (Gardena HS) rips a 54.78 in Young Women's 400m qualifying!
Thandi Stewart (to Logan HS?) a dallzing 55.88 in Youth Girls 400m qualifying!

Thumbnail-sized images by Doug Speck. Full-sizes versions in link below!
David Klech - Jordan Hasay - Sa'de Williams - Thandi Stewart - Turquoise Thompson

Doug Speck's photo album of Day 4 headliners!
Other Albums - Long Hurdle Heats - Young Men's Triple Jump -
1500 Meter Heats - 400 Meter Heats (more coming)

Day 3 (Thursday, July 28)

***Day 3 COMBINED results***
All 52 of Thursday's events now linked above.
Mike Kennedy's Daily Summary of the Action!!

Jordan Scott (left in left photo) of Georgia and California state champion
Scott Roth of Granite Bay HS each broke the JO's Boys Intermediate Division
Pole Vault record with clearances at 17-1.50. Jordan cleared on 1st try to win!
At right, Salesian HS of Richmond (Sac Joaquin Section) speedburner
Jahvid Best found a new gear and blazed to a meet-leading 21.41 during
opening-round action of the Intermediate Boys 200m Dash. Jahvid's previous
lifetime bests were 22.17 legal and 21.90 windy. Nice improvement!
California has 12 HS athletes ranked among the top 45 in the nation in the 200m
this year, easily the most of any state and almost twice as many as Texas!

Video footages: Big jumps from Jordan Scott & Scott Roth!
Interview with CA State Champ Scott Roth & Jordan Scott!
Interview with Mississippi sprinter Bianca Knight!
Young Women's LJ Finalist Video
Young Men's LJ Finalist Video
Note: Broadband connection recommended for above videos!

Photo Albums: 800m - 200m - YMLJ - IGTJ/YWLJ

Scheduled: Selected age-group Finals for LJ, TJ, HJ, PV, DT & JT
Qualifying in the 200m, 800m, 4x400.

Super Young Men's PV field - Scott Roth 17-02.75 faces Georgia's
Jordan Scott 17-00- Illinois star Phil Hanson 16-06 - Seager Wilson Indiana 16-03
and 16-footer Jonathan Hall from Indiana!

Young Women's Long Jump - Shana Woods 20-10i faces Rachel Lewis Virginia 19-09
Claremont's Ashika Charan (19-08.5w) & Kristin Holmes 19-07.5
and Angela Jenkins of Virginia 19-04.75!

Day 2 (Wednesday, July 27)

File photo by Doug Speck
Diamond Ranch HS and SoCal Cheetahs club star Terry Prentice rode a fine 23-00.50
effort to gain 818 big points in the long jump on Day 1, then scored big in the high hurdles
(14.83 for 870 more points) to start Day 2. Terry scored a lifetime-best 6303 points to place
second to Tennessee frosh phenom Benjamin Davies, whose 6645 ranks #3 in U.S. in 2005!

Photo by Kirby Lee
Muir High and Pasadena Running Roses standout Kiani Profit enjoyed two big
scoring bursts in Day 1 of the Intermediate Girls Heptathlon, netting 822 points
from a 15.15 clocking in the 100-meter high hurdles and an additional 836 points
from her 25.56 effort in the 200-meter dash. Kiani ended up placing fourth in
the two-day competition with 4245 points, with Gabrielle Gioia winning with 4483.
Sarah Brown of Tri-City Christian HS in the San Diego area, was second with 4424!

Roll Call of Day 2 Junior Olympic Champions
Intermediate Girls 5k Racewalk: Susan Muraida 10-Albuquerque TC 27:40.12
Young Women 5k Racewalk: Christina Peters 05-Miami Valley TC 26:21.87
Bantam Girls Triathlon: Ashlee Moore 10-Arizona Flames 1157 points
Midget Girls Pentathlon: Lashea Shaw 06-Memphis Hurdlers TC 2954 points
Intermediate Girls Heptathlon: Gabrielle Gioia 06-Personal Best 4483 points
Young Women's Heptathlon: Brittani Williams 12-Wings 4815 points
Midget Girls 4x800: 02-United Stars TC 'A' 9:51.38
Youth Girls 4x800: 03-DC Redwings 'A' 9:30.24
Intermediate Girls 4x800: 02-United Stars TC 'A' 8:54.95
Young Women 4x800: 06-Music City TC 'A' 9:03.60

Intermediate Boys 5k Racewalk: Ricardo Vergara SoTX Walk Club 25:16.54
Young Men 5k Racewalk: Jared Swehosky unattached-13 21:53.80
Bantam Boys Triathlon: Dustin James II 15-Long Beach Sprinters 962 points
Midget Boys Pentathlon: James Douglas 15-California Rising Star 2730 points
Intermediate Boys Decathlon: Benjamin Davies 06-Personal Best 6645 points
Young Men's Decathlon: Tim Wunderlich unattached-Region 3 6806 points
Midget Boys 4x800: 03-Glenarden TC 'A' 9:41.62
Youth Boys 4x800: 12-Wildcat Youth Sports 'A' 8:24.03
Intermediate Boys 4x800: 05-Ohio Flyers TC 'A' 7:54.10
Young Men 4x800: 12-After Burner TC 'A' 7:49.82

Day 2 results! Day 2 results! Day 2 results!

Scheduled: Multi-Events/RaceWalks/4x800m Relays

The 39th USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships will be conducted at the Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium, located on the IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) campus in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Over 6,000 athletes are expected. Entry is based on athlete performances at preliminary, Association, and Regional levels of the 2005 USATF Junior Olympic program. Competition age divisions are as follows: Bantam (10 yrs and under), Midget (11-12 yrs), Youth (13-14 yrs), Intermediate (15-16 yrs) and Young Men/Women (17-18 yrs).

In 2004 at Hayward Field, Louisiana's Kenny Hall (56-02.5w Young Men's Triple Jump and national record 54-10.25 legal), California 7th-grader distance ace Jordan Hasay (California 7th grader), Illinois star Alexandria Anderson and Mississippi flash Bianca Knight topped the girls sprint. For the boys, California sprinter Bryshon Nellum headlined the action in "Track City".