The USA Track & Field National meet kicks off today, featuring competition in two divisions: Junior (19 and under) and Open (sometimes referred to as "Senior Nationals"). The open classification is where professional athletes compete along with elite collegians, and it serves as the qualifier for the IAAF World Championship in Daegu, Korea. The junior division is composed of young college athletes (usually freshmen) and high-schoolers, and there is no World Juniors this year. North Carolina will be well-represented at the US Nationals, as you can see from the lists below.
Current NC prep athletes competing in USATF Junior Nationals:
Sean McLean (Word of God) 100 4th place, 10.30w
Sean McLean (Word of God) 200 20.64 USA JUNIOR CHAMPION!
Kendall Kee (Crest) 100 20th place
Eric Winfrey (Douglas Byrd) 400 48.34 6th place
Former NC prep athletes competing in USATF Junior Nationals
Kenyetta Iyevbele (Olympic - NC State) 800 USA JUNIOR CHAMPION!
Isaac Presson (Asheville - UNC) 1500 6th place
Vashti Bandy (Butler - South Carolina) 200 7th place
Joseph Cotto (Jack Britt - Charlotte) 10,000 16th place
Jack "John" Klecker (Ardrey Kell - Furman) 1500 19th place
Jake Hurysz (Eastern Alamance - UNC) 1500 30th place
Vashti Bandy (Butler - South Carolina) 100 10th place
Cassie Crawford (Panther Creek - Appalachian) PV NH
Sean Kluttz (South Stanly - Charlotte) 800 16th place
Steven Bell (Southeast Raleigh - Cornell) LJ 6th place
Tristine Johnson (Jordan - UNC) TJ 4th place
Aaron Tribble (Highland School of Technology - Western Carolina) 400 7th place
Bryan Spreitzer (Green Hope - NC State) 5000 6th place
Jake Hurysz (Eastern Alamance - UNC) 5000 3rd place
Steven Bell (Southeast Raleigh - Cornell) TJ 19th place
Former NC prep athletes competing in USATF Senior Nationals
Jesse Williams (Broughton - NC State - Oregon TC) HJ US CHAMPION!
Johnny Dutch (Clayton - South Carolina - unattached) 400 Hurdles 5th place
Latoya James (Cummings - UNC) 400 Hurdles 7th place
Ronnie Ash (Knightdale - Oklahoma - Nike 110 Hurdles 6th place
Spencer Adams (Butler - Clemson) 110 Hurdles 13th place
Travis Padgett (Crest - Clemson - adidas) 100 Advanced to Finals, DNS
Aiesha Goggins (Riverside - East Carolina - unattached) 400 13th place
Alphonso Jordan (Hopewell - Georgia Tech - unattached) TJ 7th place
Bobby Mack (North Forsyth - NC State - unattached) 10000 9th place
Addie Bracy (Northwest Guilford - UNC - Carrboro Athletics) 10000 15th place
Julia Lucas (Myers Park - NC State - Oregon TC) 1500 20th place
Karjuan Williams (New Bern - adidas) 800 11th place
Jack Bolas (Chapel Hill - Wisconsin - New Balance) 1500 18th place
Ryan Hill (Hickory - NC State) 5000 8th place
Adu Dentamo (Vance - Charlotte - Brooks) 3000 Steeplechase 17th place
Joanna Wright (RJ Reynolds - Georgia Tech) PV 8th place