CF athletes
capped off another great season with 4 national records, 11 national
champions and 46 medals in 30 at the AAU National Junior Olympics
Track and Field Championships in Norfolk Virginia from July 28
to August 4, 2001. CF's 70 athletes, one of the largest contingents,
earned their way to the Olympics by finishing in the top four
at the five state AAU regional championship last month in Savannah.
Four CF athletes
set or tied national AAU records. Taylor Hancock, 7, and
Brandon Jones, 13, led the way with a national AAU record
and three gold medals. Hancock set the primary boys mark in the
400 meters with a time of 1:06.52 and he also won gold in the
100 and 200 meters with times of 14.32 and 29.65. At the spotlight
event of the opening ceremonies Jones set the youth boys (13-14)
record blazing to a 1:58.97 finish. He also won the 1500 meters
with a time of 4:15.88 and anchored the 3200-meter relay to gold.
Not to be
outdone, two CF girls made their mark on the AAU record book.
Jasmine Isley, 11, set posted a time of 12.80 in the sub-midget
girls 80-meter hurdles and copper, 8th, in the 400-meter relay.
Taryn Wentz, 12, tied the midget girls national mark in
the long jump with a 17" 3 ½" leap. She also
earned gold in the pentathlon, while earning silver in the high
jump (4' 8") and copper, 6th, in the 80-meter hurdles.
Other gold
medal performers included Brandon Key, 7, winning the primary
boys long jump with a bound of 12' 7," and Antonio Guy,
14, who netted 2718 point to win the youth boys pentathlon. While
William Scott, Nigel Orr, Michael Edwards
and Brandon Jones, 13-14, surged to come from behind victory
in the
youth boys 3200-meter relay team with a time of 8:42.98. Earning
bronze included Shamaya Poe, 15, in the youth girls 100
meters with a time of 12.19; the youth girls 400 meter squad of
Poe, Jessika Gresham, Janell Joyner and Aisha
Lide (15-16) clocking 47.95; and the bantam boys 400 meter
relay team of Sedric Little, Larry Kennedy and Davion
Waters (10) posting 55.09.
Other highlights
of the CF season include dominating several developmental meets,
the Jim Law Invitational Track Meet as team winners, AAU State
meet advancing 166 athletes; winning the Blunt East Coast Invitational,
earning runner up honors at the Region III Championship.
Confirmation
of these results can be found at www.aausports.org
or www.dyestat.com.
AAU Junior
Olympics awards medals to all 8 finalists in each event. The first
3 places receive gold, silver and bronze, while places 4 through
8 receive copper medals.
Photos are
available, contact Duane Orr below.
CF is one
the largest community based youth sports teams in the nation with
over 400 athletes ages 5-18 CF has produced 7 nation AAU records,
25 national champions and over 100 national medalists in its 10-year
history.
Nearly 100
of CF athletes have received athletic or academic scholarships
to study and/or compete at colleges & universities throughout
the US.
For More Information:
Contact: Anthony James, Head Coach, at 704-336-5956 or
Duane Orr, Board Member, at (w) 704-864-3007 or (h) 704-579-9942.
