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Hall continues record-breaking streak on Day 5 of Junior Olympics
8-2-2003

Hall continues record-breaking streak on Day 5 of Junior Olympics MIAMI – Rannell “Speedy” Hall continued his record breaking streak in the bantam boys 200m and 4x100m relays on the fifth day at the 2003 SATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships at Tropical Park. The meet is the third stop on USA Track & Field’s 2003 Verizon Youth Series.

The 10-year-old Hall ran 25.83 to break his own record in the bantam boys 200m finals, bettering the national youth record of 25.88 seconds he set Thursday in the second heat of the 200m preliminaries. The previous record was 26.01 by Richard Crawford of Texas set in 1996. Hall ran the anchor leg on the record breaking Metro Dade (Miami) track club in the fourth heat of the bantam boys 4x100m relays. Metro Dade had a time of 51.96, bettering the previous mark of 52.30 by the Valley United track club set in 2002.

Jon Allen of the NW Flyers set a record in the bantam boys 6lb shot put with his toss of 12.44m/40-9.75, bettering Kevin Bookout’s 12.16m/39-10.75 set in 1993.

World Youth Team member, Toni Aluko of Maryland cleared 1.75m/5-8.75 to win the young women’s high jump. D’Andra Carter of the Texas Throwbacks continued her winning family tradition throwing 43.71m/143-05 in the intermediate girls discus throw. Carter’s older sister Michelle broke her own national youth shot put record on Thursday en route to her win in the young women’s division.

Team USA members Alexandria Anderson and Krystin Lacy claimed first and second in the intermediate girls 200m dash. The 16-year-old, Anderson won with a time of 23.48 while teammate Lacy ran 23.61 to claim second place. “After the drive, I knew I had to pick it up because I was in third place coming around the curve,” said Anderson. “I was just focusing on trying to get ahead because I did not have the best start.”

In the young men’s 200m, Jason Craig took a winning dive at the finish line to pull an upset photo finish from World Youth team member, Michael Grant. Craig of Huber Heights, Ohio, and Grant of Georgia both clocked a time of 22.11. “I ran my own race. I tried to catch everyone before I got on the curve because I knew everyone would catch on strong at the end,” said Grant.

Cleo Tyson ran 23.63 to win the young women’s 200m dash. “My start is the weakest part of the race which is why I try to be the first one out of the curve,” said Tyson. “I kept seeing her (Loche –2nd), so I just pushed harder down the homestretch.”

Karjuan Williams of the Comets track club came from behind down the homestretch to win the intermediate boys 800m run in 1:52.83. Team USA member Cody Harper claimed second place in 1:53.07. “I never saw him (Williams) there, he just came up on me out nowhere,” said Harper. “I started out way too slow, but the first 200m was good. I got boxed in early on and felt like I was trying too hard when I’m usually relaxed,” Harper continued.

In the young women’s 800m run, 2001 World Youth team member and Seton Hall-bound Crystal Anyanwu won in 2:10.15 while 2003 World Youth team member Selena Sappleton claimed second. The 17-year-old Sappleton had a time of 2:10.56. “I tried to stay with the first person and kick with 150 meters to go,” said Sappleton. “I’m satisfied with my performance as I kept my arms open and pumped my knees high down the homestretch,” Sappleton continued.

The 5th place finisher at the 2003 Pan American Junior Championships Jennifer Reekie ran 10:28.65 to win the young women’s 3000m run. On Wednesday the 17-year-old also won the young women’s 5000m race walk.

Over the first four days of the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships more than 29,000 viewers have tuned in to www.usatf.org for the live webcast provided in cooperation with i2sports. Last year’s meet in Omaha attracted 25,000 viewers over six days. This year, for the first time, two streams of live video are available, covering the running events and the field events.

More than 22,000 people have logged on to watch the races on the track, and close to 7,000 have tuned in for the field event coverage.

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