2007 USA Track & Field
Jr. Nationals
Wednesday-Sunday, June 20-24
At Indianapolis, Indiana

Meet Schedule
Live results!
Event Summaries
Video
California/Fullentries
Start Lists
Meet Previews - Boys   Girls

SATURDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
 Hasay puts pedal to the metal: 4:16.98!

Photo by Victor Sailer
Mision Prpe sophomore Jordan Hasay established a
grade and age-15 national record with a stunning 4:16.98
win over Danielle Tauro and Co. in the 1500m final!
Saturday's results

FRIDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
 4 more qualifiers for Rio on Friday!
     
Photos by Victor Sailer
Ashton Purvis        Cory Primm        Bryshon Nellum        Reggie Wyatt

Cory Primm (Westlake HS) ran yet another sub-1:50 to win the Junior Nationals title at
800m on Friday. Also winning Jr. Nats titles were Castilleja's Tori Anthony in the pole vault,
and ex-CA prep Zuheir Sharif, who won the triple jump! Also, Fairfield's Dominique Jackson
raced to a strong 2:06.41 to place second in the girls 800m. All four advance to the PanAm Junior
Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil along with all four of California's Thursday's qualifiers. 

FRIDAY'S RESULTS/SUMMARIES, BY EVENT AREAS:
Sprints/Hurd.  Distances  Field Events 

 

THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Herculean efforts qualify 6 for Brazil!

Photo by Victor Sailer
Hercules HS star Jamesha Youngblood (above) soars to lifetime-best 20-08.50 legal LJ win!
In senior (adult) division, Ke'Nyia Richardson bounds 44-04.00 for 6th against world-class types!
Ex-CA HS stars Shana Woods (hept.), Nicole Blood (3k) and Darius Savage (DT) also win.
UCLA's Nick Robinson and Washington's Scott Roth (both CA ex-preps) each placed second to earn
bids to Brazil! The winner in Juniors advances to the Pan Am Junior Championships in Brazil, along
with select 2nd-placers in certain events. See qualifying note below for more qualification details!
All six qualify onto Team USA for next month's prestigious Pan Am Junior Championships in Brazil!

THURSDAY'S RESULTS, BY EVENT AREAS:
Sprints/Hurd.  Distances  Field Events   Decathlon/Heptathlon
THURSDAY'S OUT-OF-STATE HEADLINERS
Rynell Parson(TX) rips 10.23 in 100m final to set nat'l soph record!
Brendan Ames (WY) 13.15w HH! Jackie Coward (TN) 13.21 legal HH is #4
all-time [also 13.17w in final]; Ryann Krais (PA) 5377 heptathlon #4 all-time

WEDNESDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Wonder Woman is at it again!
  
File photos by Victor Sailer
USC's Shana Woods posts best marks in HH and 200 to lead
heptathlon. The ex-LB Poly star has the LJ, JT, 800 on Thursday!

How They Choose Team USA members for Brazil...
The 2007 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships will serve as
the selection meet for the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.
It is planned that one athlete will be selected for each event, except for the following events,
where up to two athletes may be selected: men's & Women's 100m, men's & women's 200m,
men's & women's 400m, men's 110m Hurdles, women's 100m Hurdles, men's & women's
400m Hurdles, men's Shot Put, men's & women's Pole Vault, and men's Long Jump.

Procedures:
1. Athletes will select themselves based on rank order of finish in the final of their event
at the 2007 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
2. Athletes must have met the qualifying standards during the 2007 Outdoor Season.
3. Athletes MUST have a valid passport with them at the USA Junior Outdoor
Track & Field Championships with an expiration date of at least January 2008 in order
to be considered for selection to the team. There will be no exceptions to this policy.

All Times Below Are California Time (PST)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
9:30 a.m.   -- 100m Hurdles jr. women heptathlon   (Shana Woods wins with 5521 points! Liehr 8th with 4628)
10:00 a.m. -- 100m jr. men decathlon  (DeShawn Shead finished 16th overall with 6,129 points)
10:30 a.m. -- High Jump jr. women heptathlon   (Shana Woods wins with 5521 points! Liehr 8th with 4628)
10:45 a.m. -- Long Jump jr. men decathlon   (DeShawn Shead finished 16th overall with 6,129 points)
12:00 p.m. -- Shot Put jr. men decathlon   (DeShawn Shead finished 16th overall with 6,129 points)
1:15 p.m.   -- High Jump jr. men decathlon   (DeShawn Shead finished 16th overall with 6,129 points)
1:30 p.m.   -- Shot Put jr. women heptathlon   (Shana Woods wins with 5521 points! Liehr 8th with 4628)
2:45 p.m.   -- 200m jr. women heptathlon   (Shana Woods wins with 5521 points! Liehr 8th with 4628)
3:45 p.m.   -- 400m jr. men decathlon   (DeShawn Shead finished 16th overall with 6,129 points)

Thursday, June 21, 2007
7:00 a.m.   -- 110m Hurdles jr. men decathlon  (DeShawn Shead finished 16th overall with 6,129 points)
7:30 a.m.   -- High Jump jr. men final  (Staphon Arnold no-heighted at 6-06.75)
8:00 a.m.   -- Long Jump jr. women heptathlon  (Shana Woods wins with 5521 points! Liehr 8th with 4628)
8:00 a.m.   -- Discus Throw jr. men decathlon  (Shead finished 16th overall for 10 events with 6,129 points)
8:20 a.m.   -- 110m Hurdles jr. men 1st round  (Terry Prentice wins heat in 13.69; Trevor Habberstad, 14.37)
8:45 a.m.   -- 100m Hurdles jr. women 1st round  (Vashti Thomas [13.37] & Julian Purvis [13.51] make Final;
                     Dahlys Marshall [14.17] & Emani Truluck [14.58] do not advance)
9:10 a.m.   -- 100m jr. women 1st round  (Ashton Purvis advances to Final in 11.49w; Andra Harris, 12.06w)
9:30 a.m.   -- 100m jr. men 1st round  (No Californians entered)
9:30 a.m.   -- Javelin Throw jr. women heptathlon  (Shana Woods wins with 5521 points! Liehr 8th with 4628)
9:30 a.m.   -- Shot Put jr. men final  (Nick Robinson to Team USA 2nd in 61-4.25; J Canavan, 5th in 60-9.50)
9:45 a.m.   -- Long Jump jr. men final  (Terry Prentice 4th in Finals in 23-10.75w)
9:50 a.m.   -- 800m jr. women 1st round  (Dominique Jackson 2:07.51 heat winner! Renisha Robinson, 2:14.56)
10:00 a.m. -- Long Jump jr. women final  (Jamesha Youngblood wins gold in huge 20-08.50! Ashika Charan,
                     3rd in 19-9.75; Karyn Dunn, 5th in 19-4.25; Ashtynn Baltimore, 9th in 18-7.25w)
10:10 a.m. -- 800m jr. men 1st round  (Cory Primm 1:51.09 heat winner!)
10:30 a.m. -- 3000m jr. women final  (Nicole Blood wins in 9:27.81! Cecily Lemmon, 7th in 9:59.98)
10:45 a.m. -- 3000m Steeplechase jr. men final  (Marco Anzures, 9:25.95 for 4th; Jake Matthews lane DQ)
10:45 a.m. -- Pole Vault jr. men decathlon  (Deshawn Shead now 15th after 8 of 10 events)
11:00 a.m. -- 100m Hurdles jr. women final  (Vashti Thomas 13.42 for 5th; Julian Purvis, 13.70 for 7th)
11:10 a.m. -- 110m Hurdles jr. men final  (Terry Prentice 4th in 13.52w)
11:15 a.m. -- Discus Throw jr. men final  (Darius Savage wins in 200-07! Derek Johnson, 3rd in 185-00; Nick
                     Robinson, 4th in 181-04; Cameron Carter, 9th in 171-00)
11:20 a.m. -- 100m jr. women final  (Ashton Purvis, 6th in 11.61)
11:30 a.m. -- 100m jr. men final  (No Californians entered)
11:30 a.m. -- Shot Put jr. women final  (Jameena Hunt, 24th at 40-00.50; Kayla Smith, 26th at 37-06.50)
11:40 a.m. -- 800m jr. women heptathlon   (Shana Woods wins with 5521 points! Whitney Liehr 8th with 4628)
1:30 p.m.   -- Javelin Throw "A" jr. men decathlon   (Shead finished 16th overall for 10 events with 6,129 points)
2:15 p.m.   -- Pole Vault jr. men final   (Scott Roth to Team USA, 2nd at 16-10.75! Casey Roche, 5th at 16-4.75)
2:30 p.m.   -- Javelin Throw "B" jr. men decathlon  (Shead finished 16th overall for 10 events with 6,129 points)
2:30 p.m.   -- Hammer Throw jr. women final   (Jameena Hunt, 9th at 147-00)
4:00 p.m.   -- 1500m jr. men decathlon   (Deshawn Shead finished 16th overall for 10 events with 6,129 points)
5:00 p.m.   -- 5000m jr. men final   (Alex Crabill, 4th in 14:40.81; Daniel Gonia, 7th in 14:54.92)

Friday, June 22, 2007
7:00 a.m.   -- Javelin Throw jr. women final (Tara Ross finished 10th in 132-06)
7:15 a.m.   -- Hammer Throw jr. men final (No Californians participated)
8:05 a.m.   -- 200m jr. women 1st rd  (Ashton Purvis wins heat in 23.78; Khrystal Carter, q in 24.12; Harris, 24.83)
8:30 a.m.   -- 200m jr. men 1st round   (No Californians participated)
8:55 a.m.   -- 1500m jr. women 1st round  (No prelim -- all advance to final)
9:00 a.m.   -- Pole Vault jr. women final  (Tori Anthony wins in 13-03.50! Allison Stokke, 8th in 12-03.50)
9:15 a.m.   -- 1500m jr. men 1st round  (A.J. Acosta wins heat in 3:50.52; Marlon Patterson, 3:57.71)
9:35 a.m.   -- 400m jr. women 1st round  (Myra Hasson, 56.03 in heats, does not advance)
9:55 a.m.   -- 400m jr. men 1st round  (Bryshon Nellum wins heat in 46.40, top qualifying time to final)
10:00 a.m. -- Javelin Throw jr. men final  (No Californians participated)
10:15 a.m. -- 3000m Steeplechase jr. women final  (Kauren Tarver, 3rd in 10:59.51)
10:10 a.m. -- Triple Jump jr. women final  (Ke'Nyia Richardson wins in 44-02.50! Ashika Charan,2nd in 43-00.25;
                     Vashti Thomas, 3rd in 41-01.25; Allison Wilder, 8th in 39-08.00; Stella Dugall, 10th in 38-11.50;
                     Amanda Hunter, 15th in 37-11.25; Madeline Leduc, fouls)
10:20 a.m. -- Triple Jump jr. men final  (Zuheir Sharif wins in 52-00.50! Steve Taylor, 5th in 49-06.5; Richard
                      Sherman, 6th in 49-04.25)
10:30 a.m. -- 800m jr. women final  (Dominique Jackson, 2nd in 2:06.41!)
10:30 a.m. -- Discus Throw jr. women final  (L. Guerrieri, 13th 143-5; J. Hunt, 21st 137-4; K. Xavier, 23rd 120-1)
10:40 a.m. -- 800m jr. men final  (Cory Primm wins in 1:49.76!)
10:50 a.m. -- 400m Hurdles jr. women 1st round  (Jamesha Youngblood, heat winner in 58.66)
11:10 a.m. -- 400m Hurdles jr. men 1st round  (Reggie Wyatt, 51.94 to advance to final; Jeshua Anderson, DNS)
11:30 a.m. -- 200m jr. women final   (Ashton Purvis, 5th in 23.27; Khrystal Carter, 6th in 23.73)
11:40 a.m. -- 200m jr. men final   (No Californians participated)
3:00 p.m.   -- High Jump jr. women final   (Jasmin Day places 2nd in 5-09.25)
6:00 p.m.   -- 10,000m jr. men final  (D. Gonia, 4th in 31:30.01;M. Petrillo, 10-32:29.86; C. Vizcaino, 12-32:56.43)

Saturday, June 23, 2007
5:30 a.m.    -- 10 km Race Walk jr. men final (No Californians entered)
12:05 p.m.  -- 400m jr. women final (No Californians qualified)
12:15 p.m.  -- 400m jr. men final (Bryshon Nellum)
12:25 p.m.  -- 400m Hurdles jr. men final (Reggie Wyatt)
12:35 p.m.  -- 400m Hurdles jr. women final (Jamesha Youngblood)
2:25 p.m.    -- 1500m jr. women final  (Jordan Hasay & Shannon Murakami)
2:38 p.m.    -- 1500m jr. men final (A.J. Acosta)
3:05 p.m.    -- 5000m jr. women final (Nicole Blood)

Sunday, June 24, 2007
5:45 a.m. -- 10 km Race Walk jr. women final (No Californians entered)

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