AAU Junior Olympics

The final track meet of the season has arrived - The AAU Junior Olympics National Championships. It is being held in Virginia this year, at Norfolk State University. Kiana will participate in two events, the 100m held Monday, August 2, and the Long Jump on Saturday, August 7. Ryan will run the 1500m on Thursday, August 5.
Congratulations to both athletes on making it this far, and Good Luck at the Olympics!

Ryan's 1500m At Nationals

Ryan's 800m At Nationals

Kiana At the AAU Primary Nationals

AAU Primary National Championships

Kiana brings home two medals from Nationals!!!
Despite stumbling at the first hurdle of the 40m Hurdle finals, she finished strong and with loads of heart. Kiana took the 8th place medal with an effort of 10.97.
Way to go Kiana!!! We are so very proud of your hard work, glad you had fun, and had a great experience.

AAU Primary Nationals Championships

Kiana jumped 8'0" in the Long Jump, placing 13th.
She advanced to the finals of the 40m Hurdles with a fifth place effort of 9.55.
Awesome performance Kiana, we are so proud of you. Good Luck tomorrow!

AAU Primary National Championships

At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Track & Field Complex in Orlando, Kiana took 6th place in the Primary Girls 8 Triathlon with 518 points. She ran a 16.35 in the 100m, jumped 7'6.25" in the long jump, and threw the shot put 13'1.25". Way to go Kiana!
She will jump again in the long jump and run the 40m hurdles later today. Bring home some more National Championship medals!!!!

AAU Primary National Championships

This weekend Kiana will be competing in multiple events in Orlando at the 2nd annual AAU Primary National Championships. Best of luck in competition Kiana, make those pink spikes fly! We are all rooting for your success!

Three National Championship Medals

Sunday

The final of the 1500m was run Sunday morning. On the third lap, as with the previous laps, Ryan sat in 4th, boxed in and hugging the rail. With 75m to go, Ryan kicks past Batista to take second place with a time of 4:15.78. Five athletes in this race were below 4:20.

Saturday

Saturday was the finals for the 800m. After sitting back in 5th place for most of the first lap, Ryan accelerates with 150m to go. He finished a close second, 2:01.56, to earn his second trip to the medal podium.

Friday Afternoon

Friday afternoon Ryan competed in the triple jump. His last of six jumps was his best, with a 34'6.75" effort. He received a fifth place medal for that jump.

Friday Morning

Friday morning brought the prelims for the 1500m. Shown here on the second lap, in sixth place, Ryan eventually moved up and took second in his heat with a 4:20.57. His time placed him third seed for the finals.

Thursday

Ryan ran the prelims for the 800m, finishing first in his heat with a 2:07.07. Shown here with 250m to go, he starts his kick.

Wednesday

We arrived in Chicago Tuesday morning, and Wednesday made it out to Lisle to get a feel for the track and meet atmosphere. Ryan got a couple laps in on the track, and said it was a fast one.

Final Day of USATF Nationals

Sunday brought Virginia-like weather to Lisle, and two southern boys rocked the field in the 1500m. Ryan took second to Bailey Roth, from Atlanta. Ryan ran a smart race, taking another five seconds off his previous PR for a 4:15.78.
Final medal total was two seconds and a fifth. He dropped his 800 time six seconds, and 1500 time almost eleven seconds. He increased his TJ mark by almost a foot.
Good to be home, and congrats to Ryan.

USATF Nationals - Day3

Saturday brought the heat and the finals of the 800m. Ryan finished second, .29 seconds off the first place time. He shaved six seconds from Thursday's PR, with a new PR of 2:01.56.

USATF Nationals - Day 2

Friday was another incredible day at the Outdoor Championships. In the morning, Ryan ran the semis for the 1500m. Going in seeded 6th, Ryan placed second in his heat. His time of 4:20.57 moved him up to 3rd seed in the finals, and took over four seconds off his PR.
Friday afternoon brought the triple jump, and Ryan started as tenth seed. After prelims, he made the finals and was re-seeded as 6th. His final jump of 10.53m (~34'7" & PR) landed him on the medal podium as 5th in the nation. Ryan nailed all 6 jumps without a scratch.

USATF Outdoor Championships

Greetings from Chicago. Ryan's first day of competition was awesome, running in the semis of the 800m. Seeded third going in, Ryan finished with a PR 2:07.07 and will go into Saturday's finals seeded second.