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In the hottest part of the Florida afternoon, rising sophomore Tyrese Cooper blazed the track at the AAU National Club Championships with a time of 20,66 in the 200m PRELIMS! The time is two one-hundredths better than his freshman national record of 20.68 set in week one of the season, back in February, at the Louie Bing Classic. Over the course of the 2016 outdoor season, the sixteen year old sensation has run sub 21 seconds an outstanding twelve times!
Don't fret, high school fans -- we've found the next Noah Lyles and Michael Norman
Amuru Patterson and Katia Seymour, two of the top class of 2017 sprinters in the state of the Florida and the United States will face off for the first time at 200m in their careers Saturday at the AAU National Club Championship. Let's take a further look at this match up.
FSU signee Nicole Breske of Winter Park won the pole vault while freshman phenom Tyrese Cooper broke another meet record at AAU National Club Championships to highlight Thursday's action in Orlando.
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Katia Seymour and Tyrese Cooper proved just how fast Florida really is bringing home a combined five gold medals in the sprints and a record setting final day for Sunshine State athletes at the AAU National Club Championships.