EDITOR'S NOTE: Sawyer Loe's name was misspelled in the original post of this article. It was corrected as of Friday, June 3 at 6:20 p.m.
Once again the area will be well-represented at the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics in track and field. In all, 27 athletes from Supersonic Track Club (18) and Mach I Track Club (nine) will be competing July 29-Aug. 8 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Leading all qualifiers for Supersonic is Sawyer Loe in the Boys 14-Under division. He advanced in five events with silver medals in the pentathlon, 800-meter run and 200 dash, along with running a leg of the first-place 4x800 relay (with Carlito Richards, Colsen Ing, and Rayce Blair), and the second-place 4x400 relay (with the same trio).
Jenna Fink topped all Mach I qualifiers, winning gold medals in three events in the Girls 11-Under division, the 1500 race walk, along with the 1500 and 3000 runs.
Her brother, Josh Fink, won the Boys 15-16 race walk and is seeking a fourth consecutive national championship in race walking.
In all, Supersonic won five gold medals, six silver, and three bronze as the top six in each event qualified for nationals. Mach I also captured five gold medals, with three silver and a bronze.
“I expected it. These athletes have been working hard since spring break, some since Saturday workouts in January and February,” Supersonic coach Richard Searcy said. “When I give them time off, they still come to practice. I knew they would do great.
“We are going to continue to work hard for the next four weeks and hopefully we get some All-American status.”
The top eight finishers at the Junior Olympics are named All-Americans.
“Everyone competed well. We also had a lot of personal-best times in this meet, and hopefully will continue to get those times down at the Junior Olympics,” Mach I coach Lupe Torres said.
At The University of Texas at Arlington
June 24-28
Top six in each event qualify for Junior Olympic in Des Moines, Iowa June 29-Aug. 8
Running events in meters, field events in feet
Males
8-Under
Long jump: 3. Mark Kupchynskyi, 11-1.5.
800: 5. Ryan Kelly, 3:05.
10-Under
800: 3. Bridger Jarrett, 2:41.
1500: 1. Jarrett, 5:07.
13-Under
3000 race walk: 1. Lawson Loe, 23:25.
14-Under
Pentathlon: 2. Sawyer Loe, 2,181 points.
800: 2. Loe, 2:07.
200: 2. Loe, 27.71.
4x800 relay: 1. Loe, Carlito Richards, Colsen Ing, Rayce Blair, 9:11.
4x400 relay: 2. Loe, Richards, Ing, Blair, 3:35.
Long jump: 2. Richards, 19-3.
Shot put: 3. Easton Lawrence, 38-11.
Discus: 5. Lawrence, 121-11.
Pole vault: 2. Mason Griggs, 9-6.
1500: 6. Aiden Wallace, 4:57.
3000: 4. Wallace, 11:04; 6. Blake Galbreaith, 11:20.
16-Under
Javelin: 1. Henry Westvang, 137-8; 5. Justin Fidler, 84-0.
Discus: 4. Westvang, 153-2.
Females
13-Under
200 hurdles: 6. Ashlyn Gunter, 32.95.
100 hurdles: 5. Gunter, 18.0.
14-Under
800: 4. Luciana Craven, 2:32.
16-Under
2000 steeplechase: 1. Evelyn Woody, 8:03.
800: 4. Anna Wyatt, 2:27.
1500: 5. Wyatt, 5:17.
Males
9-Under
800: 1. Miguel Martinez, 2:41.
1500: 2. Martinez, 5:23; 5. Bear Wilberts, 5:58.
15-16
3000 race walk: 1. Josh Fink, 15:08.
3000: 3. Fink, 10:15.
17-18
3000: 5. Cole Bettger, 11:38.
Females
9-Under
1500: 5. Josephine Heady, 6:24.
11-Under
1500 race walk: 1. Jenna Fink, 8:39.
1500: 1. Fink, 5:26.
3000: 1. Fink, 11:43.
13-Under
1500: 5. Kambria Evans, 6:36.
3000: 2. Corrina Lanham, 13:35.
17-18
2000 steeplechase: 2. Emmy Strathmeyer, 8:37.
3000: 4. Strathmeyer, 13:11.
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