June 25-28, 2009
Eugene, Oregon
Report & Quotes courtesy of USATF
2008 World Junior champion Marquise Goodwin won the men's long jump for the second year in a row on his only legal jump with a mark of 7.96m/26-1.5. Just a few hours later, Goodwin came back and competed in the open men's long jump and took fifth with a national high school record jump of 8.18m/26-10. American junior triple jump record holder Will Claye was the runner-up in the junior long jump with a mark of 7.80m/25-7.25. On the women's side, Alitta Boyd won with a leap of 6.28m/20-7.25.
2008 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year Jordan Hasay won her heat of the women's 1,500m in 4:28.96. Blake Shaw has the top time in the men's 1,500m (3:50.75) heading into the final tomorrow. Chanelle Price posted the fastest women's 800m in the rounds with 2:06.32 and Washington State's Joe Abott was the fastest man at 1:49.78.
Jordan Hasay – Winner Junior Women’s 1500M
On her race:
“It was really windy on the backstretch, so I was a little worried about that. The plan was to lay low on the first two hundred and then I decided to take the lead and go for it. My coach told me once I got the lead to run 68s or 69s, and that’s what I tried to do.”
On her plans after this:“I’m not really sure yet. I might run at the Pan Am’s and I might not. Originally I was just going to run the senior race, so the Pan Ams aren’t really in my schedule. I might just lay low.”
Alitta Boyd - Winner Junior Women’s Triple Jump
“This was my best jump since last year. This whole entire year has been going kind of slow, so I’m very happy. That’s what I was planning to do.”
On winning the long jump and triple:
“It feels great. I was not expecting the long jump, but I was just feeling good and I jumped good. I’m pleased. They were both PR’s, so it was just a great weekend.”
Alitta Boyd – Winner Junior Women’s Long Jump
On her winning jump:
“I did what I had to do out there. I just made sure to get my foot on the board. When I landed it didn’t feel like a good jump, it felt very average but I won and I’m very happy to make the team.”
Marks of PA-Connected Junior Athletes at the 2009 U.S. Track & Field Championships
| Women | |||||
| Event | Name | Perf | Place | Affiliation | |
| 100m | Amber | Purvis | 11.42 | 2 | Oregon |
| 100m | Ashton | Purvis | 11.61 | 5 | E.O.Y.D.C. |
| 100m | Lauryn | Newson | 11.69 | 7 | E.O.Y.D.C. |
| 200m | Amber | Purvis | 23.42 | 4 | Oregon |
| 1500m | Jordan | Hasay | 4:18.99 | 1 | San Luis D C |
| 100 H | Trinity | Wilson | 13.55 | 2 | E.O.Y.D.C. |
| LJ | Alitta | Boyd | 6.28m | 1 | Oakland P A L |
| LJ | Lauryn | Newson | 6.24m | 2 | E.O.Y.D.C. |
| TJ | Alitta | Boyd | 13.31m | 1 | Oakland P A L |
| TJ | Jordan | Merback | 12.13m | 13 | Stanford |
| Heptathlon | Tatum | Souza | 4641 | 7 | Napa Track Club |
| Men | |||||
| Event | Name | Perf | Place | Affiliation | |
| 800m | Dylan | Ferris | 1:51.89 | 3 | Stanford |
| 800m | Sebastian | Sam | 1:52.57 | 5 | Cal |
| 110 H | Jordan | Goffena | 14.41 | 15 | Cal Poly SLO |
| 400 H | Eric | Suprenant | 52.80 | 7 | Cal Poly SLO |
| PV | Ethan | Ostrom | 4.85m | 7 | UC Davis |
| Javelin | Brock | Bennett | 58.38m | 12 | UC Davis |
| 10k RW | Tyler | Sorensen | 45:36.65 | 2 | Pleasanton Heat |
