All,

The following 13 AATC athletes competed at the USATF Hershey Youth Indoor National Track & Field Championships, which was held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, NYC last Friday-Sunday March 10-12:

Ashton Brann
Braxton Brann
Chase Lockhart
Gabriella Newman
Maya Rollins
Julia Martin
Clara James-Heer
Sofia Jimenez
Mackenzie Robinson
Jamari Harris-Pryce
Julian Harris
Xavier Hill
Khalid Crawford

The link to the complete results can be found on the main web-site for the meet, and I also attached it for your convenience:
http://www.usatf.org/Events-/Events-/-Calendar/2017/USATF-Hershey-Youth-Indoor-Championships.aspx

Here are the medal winners:

Gabriella took 2nd place in the age 13-14 High-Jump, with a jump of 1.60 meters
Maya Rollins took 5th place in the age 11-12 Long-Jump, with a jump of 4.22 meters
Clara James-Heer took 3rd place in the age 11-12 1500 meter run, with a time of 5:03.51
Clara also took 1st place in the age 11-12 3000 meter run, with a time of 10.21.74 — a new meet record!!
Ashton Brann took 4th place in the age 9-10 400 meter dash, with a time of 1:05.64
Julian Harris took 6th place in the age 17-18 55 meter dash, with a time of 6.69

In addition, Kyle Martin (competing unattached) took 6th place in the age 15-16 200 meter dash, with a time of 23.05

Congratulations to all the medal winners!!

Congratulations to all the athletes who competed in this meet!!

Thanks to Head Coach Tim Harris and Assistant Coach Stacey Jackson for their coaching and getting our kids ready to compete!!

Thanks also to all the parents for their support!!

In addition, Assistant Coach Gary Morgan (who also works for Michigan Runner magazine) covered some of the events and also interviewed members of the track club during the meet. They can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0diM0U0hgl0

Thanks to Coach Gary for providing this footage!!

Ron Beasley (734-330-7931)
Ann Arbor Track Club — Youth Division Director
youth@aatrackclub.org