Colorado/New Mexico Athletes at World Youth Trials

Eldorado High School's Lauren Martinez goes into the World Youth Trials with a 12-2 PR in the pole vault. Photo by Blake Wood.

Edwardsville, Illinois, will be the site where a few hundred of America's top 16 and 17-year-old athletes converge for the oppotunity to compete in the World Youth Championships to be held in the Ukraine on July 10 - 14. Qualifying takes place on June 25 and 26.

As is the case with the USA Junior Outdoor Championships going on in Iowa this weekend, the states of Colorado and New Mexico are well represented. Some of the entries below may end up as scratches, but the list below shows current entries from the states of Colorado and New Mexico:

100 - Jerayah Davis (not sure if she has moved to Colorado or not, but she has been active in Colorado meets for the last month), Chyna Ries, Alleandra Watt, Shayna Yon

200 - Jerayah Davis, Alleandra Watt

400 - Alleandra Watt, Payton Miller, Nicole Montgomery

800 - Bailey Roth

1500 - Bailey Roth

3000 - Darby Gilfillan

100H - Dior Hall

400H - Mackenzie Howie

2000 Steeple - Chuck Bisbee, Bailey Roth

High Jump - Trevor Rex

Pole Vault - Megan McCabe, Lauren Martinez

Long Jump - Jerayah Davis, Chyna Ries, Shayna Yon

Triple Jump - Connor Turnage

Discus - Haley Showalter

Hammer Throw - Haley Showalter