Saturday, July 11, 2009

USATF Regional Junior Olympics

July 11, 2009
Omaha, Nebraska
USATF Regionals - 200 Meter Dash - 1st Place in Heat 2

Sixteen members of the Milwaukee Mustangs Track Club traveled to Omaha, Nebraska yesterday for the U.S. Track and Field Regional Junior Olympics. Athletes from Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin will compete this weekend. Each athlete that placed in the top six of their events in their home state's qualifying meet are eligible.

Today, Jayne ran preliminary heats in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. She qualified in both events and will run in the finals tomorrow. Jayne was 2nd in her 100 meter dash heat, with a 4th place overall, and in the 200 meter, she won her heat and placed 6th overall.

Unfortunately, a member of her 4 x 100 relay team was unable to travel, so the girls were not able to participate in the relay. This would have been a great race as the Mustangs relay team was seeded first for this event. It would have been safe to say that they would have qualified for Nationals. The relay team will get their chance next weekend in Indiana.

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