MileSplit US will be providing on-site coverage this week from the USATF National Junior Olympic T&F Championships being held in Greensboro, North Carolina from Tuesday, July 28th through Sunday, August 2nd. Expect plenty of race videos and photos from the meet on virtually all days of competition. Visit our meet coverage page throughout the week where videos, pictures, and stories will be added throughout the week. Our emphasis of coverage will be primarily on the high school aged athletes of the intermediate boys/girls and young men/women division, but will also include a good amount of video and photo from the younger age divisions.
Day 1 Highlights: Connor McCullough (CA) & Lauren Chambers (GA) shatter hammer throw records, steeple chase winners recover from bad falls, Gunnar Nixon (OK) & Nemean Wise (FL) out in front dominating multis in first day of competition.
Photo Gallery by Brandon Miles - Photos to be added throughout the first three days of competition. Day 1 highlight pics posted.
Race Videos - More videos from Tuesday's events being uploaded and processed.
Association & Regional Championship Meet Results
Steeplechasers recover well from nasty falls to win USATF Junior Olympic national titles
Destiny Jenkins of Georgia landed on her rear end twice, while David Smith of Texas found the deep end of the water barrier in Tuesday's steeplechase races at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships. Both were able to recover well from their falls to win national titles with Jenkins claiming the intermediate division title in 7:11.73 (13 seconds faster than the young women division winner), while Smith was a three second winner over fellow Texan Jadan Rankins with a 6:18.97 victory in the young men division.
Gunnar Nixon...the next Curtis Beach???
The rising junior from Edmond, Oklahoma appears to be heading into that direction to earn such a distinction after a dominating the field in the intermediate boys division amassing a grand total of 7000 points in the decathlon and placing first in a strong majority of the events.
Points 100 LJ SP HJ 400 Day1 110H DT PV JT 1500
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1 Nixon, Gunnar 11.57 6.74m 11.16m 2.05m 49.50 15.13 34.05m 3.90m 49.49m 4:34.54
09-27 Eastside Steppers TC w: -2.3 w: 3.2 36-07.5 6-08.75 w: -3.9 111-08 12-09.5 162-04
7000 (738) (753) (556) (850) (838) 3735 (834) (545) (590) (581) (715)
Day 1 Event Winners
| Boys Winner | Event | Girls Winner |
| David Smith (Houston, TX) 6:18.97 |
Young Men/Women 2K Steeplechase |
Melissa Parks (Nashua, NH) 7:24.87 |
| Ryan Gil (Wexford, PA) 6:19.73 |
Intermediate Boys/Girls 2K Steeplechase |
Destiny Jenkins (Conyers, GA) 7:11.73 |
| Connor McCollough (CA) 254'10" *NEW Meet Record |
Young Men/Women Hammer Throw |
Lauren Chambers (Marietta, GA) 175'8" *NEW Meet Record *New National Youth Record |
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Enrique Gaitan |
Intermediate Boys/Girls Hammer Throw |
Daina Levy (Kennesaw, GA) 149'8" |
Day 2 Event Winners
| Boys Winner | Event | Girls Winner |
| Neamen Wise (Altamonte Springs, FL) 6959 Points |
Young Men Decathlon Young Women Heptathlon |
Akira McSwain (Nashville, TN) 4789 Points |
| Gunnar Nixon (Edmonds, OK) 7000 Points |
Intermediate Boys Decathlon Intermediate Girls Heptathlon |
Alexandria Gochenour (NE) 4600 Points |
| Jacob Gunderkline (Yellow Springs, OH) 14:55.67 |
Young Men/Women 3000 Meter Racewalk |
Erika Shaver (Dayton, OH) 15:24.62 |
| Michael Nemeth (Moon Township, PA) 13:32.32 |
Intermediate Boys/Girls 3000 Meter Racewalk |
Claudia Ortiz (TX) 16:51.81 |
| Texas Stars Track Club (TX) 7:35.37 |
Young Men/Women 4x800 Meter Relay |
United Stars Track Club (PA) 9:11.24 |
| Texas Stars Track Club (TX) 7:58.77 |
Intermediate Boys/Girls 4x800 Meter Relay |
Wings of Eagles (WA) 9:39.19 |
Day 3 Winners
| Boys Winner | Event | Girls Winner |
| Sheroid Evans (Sugarwood, TX) 20.92 |
Young Men/Women 200 Meter Prelims |
Veronica Jones (Mesquite, TX) 23.75 |
| Brandon Sanders (Columbia, SC) 21.62 |
Intermediate Boys/Girls 200 Meter Prelims |
Robin Reynolds (Miami, FL) 23.37 |
| Kamal Korosa (Jacksonville, FL) 8:51.70 |
Intermediate Boys/Girls 3000 Meter Run |
To be contested |
| Alfredo Santano (Philadelpha, PA) 15:26.52 |
Young Men 5000 Meter Run |
N/A |
| So Cal Running Cougars (CA) 3:13.43 |
Young Men/Women 4x400 Meter Relay |
Wings (Houston, TX) 3:43.91 |
| Jump Start Athletics (White Knoll, SC) 3:20.80 |
Intermediate Boys/Girls 4x400 Meter Relay |
North Texas Cheetahs (DeSoto, TX) 3:46.01 |
| Jarrett Samuels (Charlotte, NC) 23'11.75" |
Intermediate Boys Young Women Girls Long Jump |
Alexis Brannon (Port Arthur, TX) 19'10.25" |
| Lincoln Carr (Fayetteville, NC) 50'7.25" |
Young Men Intermediate Girls Triple Jump |
Ciarra Brewer (Union City, CA) 42'5.50" |
| Nabil Mubarak (Grayson, GA) 61'11" |
Young Men/Women Shot Put |
Breanna Radford Alpharetta, GA 44'2" |
| Gabe Hall (Bloomington, IN) 164'2" |
Intermediate Boys/Girls Discus Throw |
Sarah Tolson |
| Devin Bogert (Tomball, TX) 199'5" |
Intermediate Boys/Girls Javelin Throw |
To be contested |