Junior Olympic State Championships
Mesa CC: June 15-16
Athletes from Southern Arizona brought home 14 state champions from the Junior Olympic State Track & Field Championships held at Mesa Community College this past weekend.
The Region 10 Championships will take place July 4-7 at Mesa CC and the JO National Championships are scheduled for July 22-28 in Sacramento.
STATE CHAMPIONS
100 Meter Dash 9-10 Division Girls
1 Hatchett, Aliyah: 10 Vail Vipers 14.01
200 Meter Dash 9-10 Division Girls
1 Hatchett, Aliyah: 10 Vail Vipers 22.43
Long Jump 15-16 Division Girls
1 Peebles, Samantha: 15 Tucson Elite 5.06m
100 Meter Hurdles 17-18 Division Girls
1 Lewis, Ajaysha: 18 Tucson Elite 15.09
Triple Jump 15-16 Division Girls
1 Kwinn, Jade: 16 Tucson Elite 10.48m
400 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Girls
1 Blockburger, Alyssa: 17 Tucson Elite 58.87
400 Meter Hurdles 17-18 Division Girls
1 Ratliffe, Iasia: 18 Tucson Elite 1:11.95
High Jump 17-18 Division Girls
1 Walls, Abigail: 17 Tucson Elite 1.60m
100 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Boys
1 White-Austin, Trayvion: 18 Tucson Elite 10.87
200 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Boys
1 Blockburger, Johhnnie: 17 Tucson Elite 21.91
400 Meter Hurdles 17-18 Division Boys
1 Williams, Tayvien: 18 Tucson Elite 56.77
Shot Put 17-18 Division Boys
1 Bays, Parker: 18 Tucson Elite 17.08m
Discus 13-14 Division Boys
1 Schilb, Kyan: 13 Unattached 35.20m
Javelin 13-14 Division Boys
1 Schilb, Kyan: 13 Unattached 37.89
SECOND PLACE
100 Meter Hurdles 17-18 Division Girls
2 Walls, Abigail: 17 Tucson Elite 16.03
Shot Put 13-14 Division Girls
2 Kwinn, Emerald: 14 Tucson Elite 11.36m
Discus Throw 13-14 Division Girls
2 Kwinn, Emerald: 14 Tucson Elite 23.36m
Javelin Throw 13-14 Division Girls
2 Martinez-Pompa, Aislin: 13 Vail Vipers 31.35m
Javelin Throw 15-16 Division Girls
2 Kwinn, Jade: 16 Tucson Elite 33.34m
200 Meter Dash 9-10 Division Boys
2 Hinton, Christian: 10 AZ Titans 28.23
400 Meter Dash 9-10 Division Boys
2 Hinton, Christian: 10 AZ Titans 1:06.13
High Jump 11-12 Division Boys
2 Simmers, Oliver: 11 Tucson Elite 1.35m
2 Kammerer, Terrance: 11 AZ Titans 1.35m
Shot Put 13-14 Division Boys
2 Barrow, Alexander: 14 Tucson Elite 11.03m
100 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Boys
2 Blockburger, Johhnnie: 17 Tucson Elite 11.04
200 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Boys
2 White-Austin, Trayvion: 18 Tucson Elite 21.99
110 Meter Hurdles 17-18 Division Boys
2 Williams, Tayvien: 18 Tucson Elite 15.36
Discus Throw 17-18 Division Boys
2 Bays, Parker: 18 Tucson Elite 41.73m
THIRD PLACE
100 Meter Hurdles 17-18 Division Girls
3 Ratliffe, Iasia: 18 Tucson Elite 16.73
400 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Girls
3 Watson, Kyara: 18 Adrenaline 1:09.11
200 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Girls
3 Blockburger, Alyssa: 17 Tucson Elite 25.92
Shot Put 15-16 Division Girls
3 Johnson, Myra: 15 Tucson Elite 7.78m
Javelin Throw 8 & Under Division Girls
3 Readicker, Nia: 7 Vail Vipers 9.69m
400 Meter Hurdles 15-16 Division Girls
3 Tuck, Eleanor: 16 Tucson Elite 1:13.95
800 Meter Run 11-12 Division Girls
3 Watson, Imani: 11 AZ Titans 2:39.10
Long Jump 11-12 Division Boys
3 Bryant, Nathaniel: 11 AZ Titans 4.62m
Discus Throw 13-14 Division Boys
3 Barrow, Alexander: 14 Tucson Elite 32.69m
100 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Boys
3 Thomas, Octavius: 17 Tucson Elite 11.38
FOURTH PLACE
200 Meter Dash 17-18 Division Girls
4 Lewis, Ajaysha: 18 Tucson Elite 26.63
400 Meter Hurdles 15-16 Division Girls
4 Skog, Alycia: 14 Tucson Elite 1:15.15
Discus Throw 17-18 Division Girls
4 Bergstrom, Shailey: 17 Tucson Elite 25.42m
100 Meter Dash 9-10 Division Boys
4 Hinton, Christian: 10 AZ Titans 14.31
Javelin Throw 9-10 Division Boys
4 Trumpinski, Connor: 9 Vail Vipers 19.91m
100 Meter Dash 13-14 Division Boys
4 Hinton, Dajon: 12 AZ Titans 12.35
Javelin Throw 13-14 Division Boys
4 Barrow, Alexander: 14 Tucson Elite 29.37m
400 Meter Dash 15-16 Division Boys
4 Salaria Jr, Vansh: 16 Tucson Elite 53.92
400 Meter Hurdles 17-18 Division Boys
4 Mars, Lorenzo: 16 Tucson Elite 1:04.75
Shot Put 13-14 Division Boys
4 Schilb, Kyan: 13 Unattached 9.34m
FIFTH PLACE
400 Meter Dash 11-12 Division Girls
5 Watson, Imani: 11 AZ Titans 1:06.91
1500 Meter Run 11-12 Division Girls
5 Watson, Imani: 11 AZ Titans 5:45.83
400 Meter Dash 15-16 Division Girls
5 Peebles, Samantha: 15 Tucson Elite 1:05.32
3000 Meter Run 11-12 Division Girls
5 Cornwell, Keira: 12 Marana Elite 13:15.90
400 Meter Dash 13-14 Division Girls
5 Frederick, Alaya: 12 Tucson Elite 1:03.86
1500 Meter Run 13-14 Division Girls
5 Chavez, Mariza: 13 Marana Elite 5:20.63
High Jump 13-14 Division Girls
5 Argue, Kailey: 14 Marana Elite 1.35m
Discus Throw 15-16 Division Girls
5 Johnson, Myra: 15 Tucson Elite 21.85m
200 Meter Dash 11-12 Division Boys
5 Bryant, Nathaniel: 11 AZ Titans 28.13
RELAYS
4×100 Meter Relay 17-18 Division Boys
1 Tucson Elite 42.38 1) White-Austin, Trayvion 18 2) Blockburger, Johhnnie 17 3) Fike, Eric 18 4) Thomas, Octavius 17
4×400 Meter Relay 17-18 Division Boys
1 Tucson Elite 3:41.73
1) Beas Jr, Dominique 18 2) Blockburger, Johhnnie 17 3) Williams, Tayvien 18 4) Fike, Eric 18
4×100 Meter Relay 15-16 Division Girls
2 Tucson Elite 54.15 1) Lopez, Victoria 14 2) Peebles, Samantha 15 3) Skog, Alycia 14 4) Tuck, Eleanor 16
4×100 Meter Relay 11-12 Division Boys
2 AZ Titans 55.76 1) Bryant, Nathaniel 11 2) Berryhill, Romeo 11 3) King, Synzere 11 4) Kammerer, Terrance 11
4×100 Meter Relay 13-14 Division Girls
4 Tucson Elite 53.48 1) Crawford, Nadya 13 2) Frederick, Alaya 12 3) Frederick, Alenzia 14 4) Williams, Mikayla 13
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