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