The Junior Olympic Regional Championship meet in Greensboro this weekend provided 3 hot days of great performances against strong competition! We had 16 athletes travel to Aggie Stadium who competed like champions and came home with 16 medals and qualified in 8 races for nationals! It was hot and competitive out there on the track but our athletes ran smart and confident. It was so fun to watch them run strategic races; finishing strong, passing their competition all the way to the finish line. That made for some fun and exciting racing to watch!
Congratulations to the whole team on a great season and some fun and fast racing on the track!
Full Results for the Regional Championships can be found here: http://www.durhamstriders.com/results/18reg16/
The following athletes Qualified for Nationals:
Ben Jaster – Qualified (11-12) Boys 800 Meter, 3,000 Meter
Nate Jaster (13-14) Boys 800 Meter, 3,000 Meter
Justine Preisano (11-12) Girls 800 Meter, 1,500 Meter 3,000 Meter
Valeria Mas (13-14) Girls 800 Meter
COMPLETE LIST OF ATHLETES WHO MEDALED AND/OR QUALIFIED:
800 METER 11-12 BOYS
Ben Jaster- 3rd***Qualified***
800 METER 13-14 BOYS
Nate Jaster- 1st ***Qualified***
Joshua Washington 8th
800 METER 11-13 GIRLS
Justine Preisano 3rd ***Qualified***
800 Meter 13-14 girls
Valeria Mas 3rd ***Qualified***
1500 METER 11-12 boys
Gavin D’Souza 6th
1500 METER 13-14 BOYS
Caden Townshend 7th
1500 METER 11-12 GIRLS
Justin Preisano 2nd ***Qualified***
1500 METER 13-14 GIRLS
Lucy Ratterree 7th
Valeria Mas 8th
3000 METER 11-12 GIRLS
Justine Preisano 3rd ***Qualified***
3000 METER 11-12 BOYS
Ben Jaster 2nd ***Qualified***
Gavin D’Souza 6th
Justin Bevacqua 8th
3000 METER 13-14 BOYS
Nate Jaster 1st ***Qualified***
Caden Townshend 6th