Texas Tech's Shade Weygandt highlighted a great weekend for the Tech track teams, as she automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the women's pole vault and cleared the highest mark by an American female under the age of 20 with her 4.40M/14'-5.25", on the final day of the Texas Tech Invitational held at the Athletic Training Facility.
Shade Weygandt (pole vault) and Julian Wruck (discus) both advanced to the finals of their respective events at the IAAF World Junior Championships being held in Moncton, Canada.
Two Texas Tech Red Raiders are headed to Moncton, Canada, to compete in the IAAF World Junior Championships as Shade Weygandt (USA) and Julian Wruck (AUS) will compete for their respective countries.
The decision for many athletes this year was hard. Go to Nike Outdoor Nationals, our sports high school track and field champion, or take their talents to Ohio and compete at the USATF Junior National T&F Championships and try to make the world team. Both meets fell on the same weekend this year, so athletes had to make a choice. Well, it turns out many of the top athletes across the country want their shot to make Team USA and the Junior National meet is loaded with talent. See who's got a shot to make the team.
Five seperate states host state meets this weekend as Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma all crown individual and team champions. While Florida should produce some of the best and deepest results of the weekend, every state meet has at least a few national caliber individuals worth watching. Along with the state championships, the BYU Invitational and Anchorage Invitational should provide some fantastic marks as well.
The indoor season pretty much wrapped up this weekend, while outdoors continued to press forward, creating numerous national highlights. In this week's Monday News & Notes, we discuss the growing rivalry between Rachel Laurent (LA) and Shade Weygandt (TX) in the girls pole vault, a great 3200m race between Foot Locker finalists Evan Appel (CO) and Bobby Nicolls (CO) (pictured to left by Beth O'Neill) and a few more tidbits.
News & Notes Highlights
- Laurent (LA) v. Weygandt (TX) pole vault rivalry continues
- Foot Locker finalists Appel (CO) v. Nicolls (CO) at 3200m in CO
- Pennsylvania & Texas weekend wrap-ups
- Preview of the exciting week ahead
The UH/All-Comers Meet in Houston had some great High School Indoor times. Led by Fort Worth Dunbar's JR Victoria Jordan. ran #3 all-time indoor 60m with a quick 7.24. That time would put her on top of the NCAA List. Another young sprinter continued his solid indoor season. Rynell Parsons tied the Sophomore indoor record with a 6.73 60m. The scary part was that it was in the prelims. He had a false start in the finals and did not have a chance to lower the record. Mansfield Sophomore Pole Vaulter Shade Weygandt continued a great season with a 12-05.50 clearance. She holds the class record with a 13-00.00 in Reno early this year.Results Found Here
