It has been a good year for current NC athletes as well as former NC athletes. Johnny Dutch, formerly of Clayton HS, won the NCAA 400m hurdle championships and has one of the fastest times in the world this year, 48.12. He currently runs for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Two former NC high schoolers made the finals of the men's 1500m at the NCAA championships. Jack Bolas, Chapel Hill HS, was 4th overall and Dylan Ferris, East Forsyth, had the lead at one point. Jack runs for Wisconsin and Dylan for Stanford.
Ronnie Ash of Oklahoma was 3rd in the 110m hurdles after winning national championships in the past.
Also, this past weekend, the current NC high schoolers did very well at the New Balance National meet in Greensboro. They were led by Hopewell HS who won the national title in the boy's 4x200m relay. Also, Sean McLean won the boy's 100m dash in a quick 10.41.
This coming weekend, the US Track & Field Championships are in Des Moines, Iowa. The Junior Track Championships are run side by side with the US Champs. Here's a look at which former NC athletes and current NC HS athletes will be competing.
US Junior Championships
Men's 100m Dash:
Fuquwan Greene, New Bern HS
Landon Powell, Appalachian State University (North Davidson HS)
Men's 200m Dash:
Benjamin Majors, NC State University (E.E. Smith HS)
Fuquwan Greene, New Bern HS
Men's 400m Dash:
Eric Winfrey, Douglas Byrd HS
Men's 800m Run:
Alex Taylor, Appalachian State University (Providence HS)
Paris Reddick-Simmons, NC A&T University (SE Raleigh HS) *pending, may not run
Men's 1500m Run:
Alex Taylor, Appalachian State University (Providence HS)
Dakota Peachee, High Point University (West Johnston HS) *scratched from event
Men's 5,000m Run:
Dillon Hawley, East Carolina University (Nash Central HS) *pending, may not run
Men's 10,000m Run:
Burk Staub, Appalachian State University (Broughton HS)
Men's 110m Hurdles:
Justin Crawford, Georgetown University (Ashbrook HS)
Men's 400m Hurdles:
Benjamin Majors, NC State University (E.E. Smith HS)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase:
Dakota Peachee, High Point University (West Johnston HS) *#2 seed going in
Men's High Jump:
Tanner (Joseph) Anderson, East Burke *#2 seed going in
Women's 100m Dash:
Zakiya Tyson, Jordan HS
Stormy Kendrick, Clemson University (Forestview HS) *#2 seed going in
Women's 200m Dash:
Zakiya Tyson, Jordan HS
Stormy Kendrick, Clemson University (Forestview HS) *#2 seed going in
Women's 400m Dash:
Sanura Eley-O'Reilly, Jack Britt HS
T'Sheila Mungo, Independence HS *doesn't look to be competing
Women's 800m Run:
Maraya Slatter, Queen's University (West Johnston HS) *pending
Women's 5,000m Run:
Kimberly Spano, Syracuse University (North Mecklenburg HS) *#3 seed
Women's 100m Hurdles:
Sherice Walker, NC A&T University (Cummings HS) *pending
Women's 400m Hurdles:
Allie Johnson, Athens Drive HS *doesn't look to be competing
Miata Morlu, Providence Day *doesn't look to be competing
Women's Discus:
Aslynn Halvorson, University of Tennessee (Butler HS) *#2 seed
US Championships
Travis Padgett, Adidas, Shelby HS, 100m dash
Antonio Sales, University of South Carolina, East Chapel Hill HS, 200m dash
Karjuan Williams, Adidas, New Bern HS, 800m run
Jack Bolas, University of Wisconsin, Chapel Hill HS, 1500m run
Ryan Hill, NC State University, Hickory HS, 1500m run
Matt Debole, New York Athletic Club, Mount Tabor HS, 1500m & 5,000m runs *provisional times
Bobby Mack, The Athlete's Foot Racing, North Forsyth HS, 5,000m run
Ronnie Ash, Univeristy of Oklahoma, Knightdale HS, 110mH
Johnny Dutch, University of South Carolina, Clayton HS, 110mH & 400mH
Spencer Adams, Clemson University, Butler HS, 110mH *doesn't look like he's running
Charlton Rolle, Clemson University, RJ Reynolds HS, 110mH *doens't look like he's running
Jesse Williams, Nike, Broughton HS, High Jump
Gabby Mayo, Texas A&M University, SE Raleigh, 100m *injured at NCAA Championships
Blake Russell, Reebok, Forsyth Country Day, 10,000m
Addie Bracy, Carrboro Athletics Club, NW Guilford HS, 10,000m
Latoya James, University of NC Chapel Hill, Cummings HS, 400mH *doesn't look like she's running