The Championships are a national competition with entry based upon qualifying standards for each event. The Junior Olympics feature the following age division: Bantam (10 and under), Midget (11-12), Youth (13-14), Intermediate (15-16) and Young Men/Women (17-18). Entry for this championship is based on athlete performances at preliminary, Association, and Regional levels of the 2006 USATF Junior Olympic Program.

In the Young Women's 100 meters, Keyanna Wilson of Phoenix, Ariz., stole the show, winning in 11.36 seconds. Lakya Brookins of Seneca, S.C. was the runner-up in 11.49 while 2006 USA Junior runner-up Gabrielle Mayo, who won the 200m yesterday, was third in 11.59. Elizabeth Olear of Woodland Hills, Calif., was fourth in 11.65, yesterday's 200m runner-up Porscha Lucas finished fifth in 11.65, and Ebony Collins was sixth in 11.66. Five of the top six finishers (Wilson, Mayo, Olear, Lucas, and Collins) are members of the 4x100m relay pool for the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships.

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BALTIMORE - Ryan Hill, Andie Cozzarelli, Gabby Mayo,  Antonio Sales will all be back for HS track and field 2007. While Hill and Cozzarelli use summer track action in preparation for cross country '06, Mayo and Sales use this to prepare them for the feature of being selected to Team USA Olympic team in 2008 Belgium.

• Ryan Hill won his first national title at 3000M in 8 minutes and 55.14 seconds. Locally Madison HS rising junior Josey Weaver was 21st behind Hill.
• Andie Cozzarelli wins her second national title at 3000M in 10 minutes and 36.59 seconds. Cozzarelli won the 3000M back in June at the Youth Championships in Greensboro.
• Antonio Sales back to his self after missing the NC 4-A state meet in May, due to a serious car accident. Sales wins his first  national title in 200M in 21.07 + 2.1 almost legal wind.
• Another national title for Mayo and a record. Southeast Raleigh rising senior has had the season that J-Mee Samuels had last year. Mayo won the 200 meters in 23.27 a new Junior Olympic meet and Youth National record. Mayo is also in 100M finals on Sunday.
• Lamarr Davis might have Karjuan Williams on his tip toes now, after Davis won the 800 meters in 1 minute 50.58 seconds. He's just a rising senior, that's NC #2 ALL-TIME behind Williams. US#4
• Patience Coleman won her second national title in just a month after winning US junior nationals, Coleman jump 5-8 and 3/4 to win on Saturday morning.

BALTIMORE - Day 4 - Laura Brentnell 5:03.45Q 1500M; Kenneth Brooks 49.16Q 400M; Lamarr Davis 47.50Q; Gabby Mayo 11.24; Atolani Akinkuotu 10.39Q, NON champion Brandon Banks pulls up for the second time in just a week, bother by a hamstring injury. Lakya Brookins 11.59, she's SC unattached from Seneca HS, runs also with the Carolina Mustangs AAU team, based out of Charlotte. 

Day 3 - 1:53.71 for Lamar Davis wins heat, 2nd fastest in prelims; Chrishawn Williams 6th in IG long jump, Nikko Brady 7th, and Ranee Nelson 9th. Track Eastern's Mike Price 7th in IB triple jump; Local Asheville High sophomore Shanarra Wallace 13th in YW Javelin; Track Eastern Relays 2nd fastest in prelims with a time of 3:49.14 YW; the young men 3:13.32 5th in prelims. IB Kenneth Brooks 3rd fastest in 200 prelims, 22.09 in to a negative headwind; YW Gabby Mayo 23.74 -.09 2nd fastest in prelims; Antonio Sales 21.34, 1st Antione Mcneil 21.51 3rd fastest in YM prelims.

BALTIMORE - Day 2 - Track Eastern Carolina IB finishes 2nd place in the 4X800 relay, with a time of 8:04.39. YM TrackEC finish 5th place, with a time of 7:58.69. Crutchfield finishes 16th overall in the heptathlon.

Day 1 - Laura Brentnell finishes 6th in YW 2000M steeple chase (8:06.59); YW Heptathlon Kiara Crutchfield 14th place, after four events; IB Decathlon Kent Jenkins 18th place, after five events; Sid Palas 24th place, after five events in YM Decathlon.

INDIANAPOLIS - The track stars of tomorrow are heading out to the 40^th USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships to be held July 25-30 at Hughes Stadium on the Morgan State University campus in Baltimore, Maryland.

The USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships is the largest and most visible youth athlete developmental program in the world. Many of today's Olympic stars got their start by competing in the USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships.

The Championships are a national competition with entry based upon qualifying standards for each event. The Junior Olympics feature the following age division: Bantam (10 and under), Midget (11-12), Youth (13-14), Intermediate (15-16) and Young Men/Women (17-18). Entry for this championship is based on athlete performances at preliminary, Association, and Regional levels of the 2006 USATF Junior Olympic Program.

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Much to the detriment of the Blues athletics program, Walker will not return next school year to continue that success. The rising junior said Thursday he is transferring to Christchurch School in Virginia, a move that keeps alive an annual tradition for his family - Walker has changed schools every year since the fifth grade

Asheville Citizen-Times prep sports reporter, Andrew Pearson has the full story on Walker.

AAU Region 3A Championships - Gabrielle Glenn double wins in YW 200 24.37, 400 55.74, 2nd in the 100 12.08 + 11.90 in prelims; Bryce Sherman wins in IB 100 10.79, 2nd in the 200 21.90, anchors Parkland HS based track club, Tri City Relays 400-meter relay to 41.82 1st place finish. West Charlotte's Trent Guy & Edward Alexander have a good showing in Knoxville. Guy wins in YM 200 21.43, 3rd in the 100 10.78 + 10.67 in prelims; Alexander 2nd in both the 100 10.76 + 10.66 in prelims, 21.62 200. Guy and Alexander ran key legs on the winning Charlotte Mustangs 400-meter relay team, who ran a time of 41.18. Charlton Rolle double wins in YM 110's 14.03, 400 hurdles 56.10; Spencer Adams 2nd in 14.09. Alphonso Jordan double wins in YM LJ 22-8; 44-9 TJ, he's heading to GA-TECH in the fall. Results on Coacho.

USATF Region 3 Championships - Local field star Asheville High rsing jr. Shanarra Wallace 2nd in YW Javelin 30.65m; she's heading to NATIONALS; alone with Josey Weaver of Madison high and Michael Wilson AC Reynolds. Asheville High's Sid Palas and Kent England will join as well. Asheville Lightning Track Club sending a load to Maryland! Andrea Cozzarelli double wins IG 1500 4:56.32, 3000 10:36.49; Ebony Cunningham wins YW 200 24.15, 2nd in the 400 54.56, both NC ALL-TIME BEST'S; Gabby Mayo, Chalonda Silver, Ashley Hill and Cunningham win in YW 400-meter relay 45.48; also 3:47.38 for TrackEC young women; Kenneth Brooks double wins 200 in 21.75, 400 47.80, 2nd in 100 10.90; Anthony Hendrix wins 800 1:57.08; Ryan Hill double wins 1500 4:08.99; 8:55.53 3000, that's a new Region 3 meet record! In Young Men action Track Eastern roars again! Brandon Banks 10.43 (3.0), A'tolani Akinkuotu 10.57, and Antwone McNeil 10.58 1,2,3 finish; McNeil 21.18 200 in to 1.8 negative wind, that's an NC ALL-TIME; Lamar Davis 47.41 400 2nd place, wins 800 in 1:54.51; Track Eastern Carolina sweeps relays in 40.75, 3:11.72, 8:21.89. James Nickens wins long jump in 7.12m. Results on Cfpitiming.com

Hendersonville T-N prep sports reporter, Jeremy Trantham has the full story on Morgan's stellar season.

Elisabeth Elliott just finished her sophomore year at Polk County High School, but she can already point to a running career that includes five state championships.

She has two consecutive cross-country titles and three outdoor titles to her name. She can now add another accolade to her ever-growing list: 2006 Times-News Girls Track and Field Runner of the Year.

Hendersonville T-N sports reporter, Jeremy Darnell has the full story on the sophomore sensation.

Sunday highlights

• Kenneth Brooks 10.85 2nd IB + 48.09 for 2nd as well.
• Brandon Banks 10.62 2nd by .01 in -2.2 wind.

In the 4x100 Track Eastern Carolina ran 45.88 to win the young women's division. Track Eastern boys A' and B' teams didn't not finish the race. The A' ran 40.01 on Saturday afternoon to win prelims, it was the 2nd fastest time ran this year in the world by juniors.

In the young women's 400-meter relay action, Track Eastern was the fastest qualifiers in prelims, without there national star Gabby Mayo. The team of Ebony Cunningham, Ashley Hill, Christy Johnson, and Chalonda Silver ran 46.57 to win easily. Greensboro Champions and Durham Striders also qualify with times of 47.59 and 48.84 respectively.

Saturday highlights

• James Nickens wins YM LJ 23-8
• Ashley Hill 2nd YW LJ 18-9
• Kenneth Brooks 2nd IB 200 21.88 -0.8
• Antonio Sales 2nd in YM 200 21.74 -2.2
• Trenton Guy Jr. 3rd in YM 200 21.84 -2.2
• Johnny Dutch 1st in prelims YM 110's 13.99 -0.9

In the young women 400-meter prelims, Southeast Raleigh grad Ebony Cunningham finish 3rd in the first round with a time of 55.70, Providence rising junior Gabrielle Glenn finish 7th with a time of  56.84. Last week Cunningham ran in to the state record books, at the USATF NC Championships she ran 54.64; #3 NC ALL-TIME. Finals is set for Sunday.

Hopewell grad Alphonso Jordan finish 2nd in the young men's triple jump, with a jump of 47 feet, 4 inches and half. Ragsdale grad Caitlin Thornley finish 2nd in the young women's pole bault, with a vault of 11 feet, 5 inches and 3/4's. East Wake rising senior Lamarr Davis was the 3rd fastest qualifier in the young-men's 400-meter prelims, with a time of 47.68.

The following sprinters have qualify for the 100-meter finals to be held Sunday. 

• A'tolani Akinkuotu 3rd in YM 100 prelims 10.56
• Brandon Banks 4th in YM 100 prelims 10.58
• Antonio Sales 6th in YM 100 prelims 10.71
• Trenton Guy Jr. 7th in YM 100 prelims 10.72
• Bryce Sherman 3rd in IB 100 prelims 10.96
• Gabrielle Glenn 5th in YW 100 prelims 12.12

Saturday we should see a good young men's 200-meter dash final between East Chapel Hill's Antonio Sales, Track Eastern Carolina's own Brandon Banks (Garner), the 100-meter dash Nike champion, West Charlotte junior's Trenton Guy, and Edward Alexander. Bryce Sherman, the rising Parkland junior was the fifth fastest qualifier in the intermediate boys prelims with a time of 22.13.

• Antonio Sales 2nd in YM 200 prelims 21.38
• Brandon Banks 3rd in YM 200 prelims 21.44
• Trenton Guy Jr. 4th in YM 200 prelims 21.58
• Edward Alexander 6th in YM 200 prelims 21.74

Southern Durham rising senior, Patience Coleman finish 2nd in the young women's high jump, with a jump of 5 feet, 8 inches and 3/4's. Coleman miss more attempts to clear the height early on, then Jessica Merriweather, a unattached competitor from Tennessee. In the last 3 weeks Coleman has been on the national scene twice with All-American performances. Last week at Junior Nationals she won the high jump, June 17th she finish 3rd at the Nike Outdoor Nationals.

In the 200-meter dash Mayo ran a personal-best of 22.88, in the process Mayo broke the 1992 meet record of Olympian sprinter Marion Jones. Thursday, Mayo ran another personal-best in the 100-meters of 11.16. Mayo's performances put her at US#1 in both events. Her 100 time is now #5 all-time high school behind Jones, 200 is #6 all-time.

Mayo's video files on DyeStat.com, courtesy of Marc Davis at the Video Vault

• 100M - 11.16 #5 HS ALL-TIME
• 200M - 22.88 #6 HS ALL-TIME

Nike Outdoor Nationals
Johnny Dutch's 13.54 (-1.6) and Karjuan Williams' 1:49.97 best in nation for '06; Charlotte Harding wins 4x100: 46.61 !; Brandon Banks (Garner) wins 100 in 10.42 (-0.2); Gabby Mayo (SE Ral. junior) takes girls 100, 11.42 (-0.7); 3rd in 200 23.55 (-0.7); Kamorean Hayes (Harding junior) wins Shot (50-10); New Bern:  Meet Record in Sprint Medley; West Rowan's Lamont Savage 2nd in LJ 23-9 1/2 (2.0); So. Durham Jr. Patience Coleman 3rd in HJ (5-8 3/4); E. Chapel Hill Jr. Antonio Sales 4th 21.42 (-0.3); E. Wake Jr. Lamarr Davis 4th (1:51.17); RJR Jr. Charleton Rolle 4th (53.13);Chapel Hill 4th in DMR with Bolas' 4:03.7 anchor; Pinecrest 7th, 7:45.51 (NC All-Time #1)

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