Javan Lanier, shown here at the Colorado USATF Junior Olympic Championships, has been on a steady curve of improvment all season. Colorado Track XC file photo.
It's now mid summer and a lot of athletes have slipped from the competitive edge they maintained in the middle of May, but not all. We did a quick scan of the rankings to see who are still setting high-level* season-best marks this weekend at the USATF Region X Junior Olympic Championships. Here's what we found:
Girls
100 Meters
Alexis Groce, 11.84
Audra Koopman, 11.94
Gianna Tesone, 12.55
200 Meters
Haley Rogers, 24.82
Chasidy Horton, 25.78
100 Hurdles
Zoe Gilbertson, 14.61
Rhyan Pettaway, 14.70
High Jump
Heather Betz, 5-3
Pole Vault
Andrea Willis, 12-3.5
Long Jump
Kiana Gomez, 18-2.25
Boys
100 Meters
Javan Lanier, 10.68
Chris Youngs, 10.98
200 Meters
Jai'Shawn Thompson, 22.25
Chris Youngs, 22.36
400 Meters
Aaron Ragin, 48.14
Stanford Cooper, 48.31
Brock Miller, 49.26
Pole Vault
Victor Zimmerman, 12-8
Discus
Adam Tate, 149-11
Hats off to these athletes who are still very much on top of their events when there would be every excuse for things to have slipped a little!
* - defined as a mark making a state top-50 ranking in any of the events contested this past weekend that was also a regular event of the CHSAA-sanctioned season.
Javan Lanier, shown here at the Colorado USATF Junior Olympic Championships, has been on a steady curve of improvment all season. Colorado Track XC file photo.
It's now mid summer and a lot of athletes have slipped from the competitive edge they maintained in the middle of May, but not all. We did a quick scan of the rankings to see who are still setting high-level* season-best marks this weekend at the USATF Region X Junior Olympic Championships. Here's what we found:
Girls