(Photo by Donald Lamb)
This week is the week of the AAU Club championships in Orlando at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. This meet is where all the high school athletes come out and strut their stuff before they end their season. Kids come from all over America, from as local as Orlando and as far as Seattle, Washington. July 10th through the 15th, I will be doing a blog to let you know who’s blowing out the competition. Wednesdays events included the 3000m run, the 100m dash and the1600m sprint medley.
The main event of the day though was the 100 meter dash as there were more than 80 kids in each age group. As for the 15 and 16 year old girls, few from Florida stood out and made it to the semifinal. There were a total of 125 girls that ran the 100 meter dash in that age group and majority of the girls ran under 12.8. As for the 17 and 18 year old girls, there were only 90 of them, not as many as the age groups before them, but they did have ample enough competition. Regine Williams of Hallandale High School stole the show with a time of :11.79 The Floridians ladies that were in the top 30 are:
15 and 16 year old girls
- Erin Ford (Royal Palm Beach) #4
- Khalifa St. Fort (St. Thomas Aquinas) #9
- Jadzia Beasley ( Lincoln Hish School) #20
- Sydney Woods (Park Vista) #28
- Ebony Brown (Calvary Christian) #29
17 and 18 year old girls
- Regine Williams (Hallandale High School) #1
- Deanna Hill (Lake Highland Prep High School) #4
- Krysten Golden (St. Thomas Aquinas) #5
- Destiny Washington (West Orange High School) #15
- Adrianna Allen ( Dr. Michael Krop High School) #17
The Girls 100 meter dash was pretty close as the top 24 girls who made the semifinals all went under 12.78. While Eriana Henderson, who placed 25th, ran a :12.79 and missed out on the semifinals by one hundredth of a second.
As for the boys 100 meter dash, in the 15-16 year old age group, one man dominated the competition; Andrew James. Andrew stole the show by running 10.97 by himself to get the #1
rank going into the semifinals. As for the rest of the boys in the age group, their times were very close, three maybe four tenths apart for each place. The final time to get into the semis was 11.556 and it was a three way tie between Jaylen Jones, Stephon Howard, and Cornelius Scott Jr.
Now on to the 17-18 year old men, these boys really showed out when it came to this race. The fastest time going into the semifinal is Maurice Eaddy, who ran :10.75. Here are the Top 30 Floridian men in both 15-16 and 17-8.
As for the boys 100 meter dash, in the 15-16 year old age group, one man dominated the competition; Andrew James. Andrew stole the show by running 10.97 by himself to get the #1
rank going into the semifinals. As for the rest of the boys in the age group, their times were very close, three maybe four tenths apart for each place. The final time to get into the semis was 11.556 and it was a three way tie between Jaylen Jones, Stephon Howard, and Cornelius Scott Jr.
Now on to the 17-18 year old men, these boys really showed out when it came to this race. The fastest time going into the semifinal is Maurice Eaddy, who ran :10.75. Here are the Top 30 Floridian men in both 15-16 and 17-8.
15 and 16 year old boys
Andrew James (Westminster Academy) #1
Stephon Howard #24
Michael Poole (Lincoln High School) #28
17 and 18 year old boys
- Andre Ewers (Piper High School) #4
- Devric Foster (Miami Norland High School) #12
- Leo Simmons (Miami Monsignor Pace High School) #22
That was the major recap for the day, make sure you tune in to see what’s going on. Keep running fast!
