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This summer the Bakersfield Grayhound Track Club competed in several track meets in Central and Northern California areas in order to participate in the USA Track & Field (USATF) and the 2008 AAU Junior Olympics held July 11 through 13. Some of our athletes participated in the West Coast AAU Junior Olympics in Reno, Nev.; the USATF National Junior Olympics in Omaha, Neb.; and the AAU National Junior Olympics in Detroit, Mich. May thanks to our coaches: Mark Nichols, Shannon Edwards, Russell Grimes, Jermaine Spence, Danny Alberti, and Libby Tracy. A special thank you to all of our sponsors — without you our trip would not have been possible!

Medals for the West Coast AAU Junior Olympics were given to those who placed first through eighth.
• Sub midget boys 80-meter hurdles — 1, Blake Andrews 18.54 seconds
• Sub midget boys long jump — 4, Blake Andrews 11 feet 9 1/4 inches
• Sub midget boys high jump — 1, Blake Andrews 4-00.00
• Sub youth girls 100-meter dash — 2, Hali Kemp 13.9
• Sub youth girls long jump — 1, Hali Kemp 14-08.0

USATF National Junior Olympics in Omaha, Neb.
• Youth boys 100-meter relay — 5, 45.22: Thomas Grimes, Shannon Edwards, Louis Bennett and Christine King
• Youth boys triple jump — 2, Shannon Edwards 40 feet10 1/2 inches
• High jump young men — 12, 6-02.75 David Charleston

AAU National Junior Olympics in Detroit, Mich.
• Sub midget girls 400 — 31, Tianna Smith 1:06.52
• Sub midget girls 80 — 31, Tianna Smith 2:34.67
• Sub youth girls 200 — 40, Brena Andrews 27.06
• Youth girls 100 — 16, Kortney Herring 12.71
• Youth girls 200 — 19, Kortney Herring 25.93
• Youth girls 1,600 relay — 37, 4:20.92: Brena Andrews- Kortney Herring- Jazmine Louis- KiareTanner
• Youth girls 100 relay — 10, 49.48: Brena Andrews, Kortney Herring ,Jazmine Louis, and Kiare Tanner
• Young women 400 — 62, Shanea Anderson 1:03.20
• Young women long jump — 12, Shanea Anderson 17-11.25
• Intermediate girls 100 hurdles — 10, Taylor Jackson 16.07
• Intermediate girls 1,600 relay — 17, Dominique Alexander, Jenise Anderson, Acacia Ingram, Taylor Jackson 4:02.49
• Intermediate girls 400 hurdles — 14, Taylor Jackson 1:06.25
• Intermediate girls 400 — 45, Jenise Anderson 1:01.10
• Midget boys 100 — 58, Daniel Alade 13.74
• Midget boys 400 — 8, Tristan McGee 1:03.95
• Primary boys long jump, 48th place: Nicholas Edwards 8-05.00
• Youth boys 200 hurdles — 13,Christian King 26.83
• Youth boys 100 hurdles — 15, Christian King 14.80
• Youth boys 100 relay, fourth place 45.52: Louis Bennett-Shannon Edwards-Christian King-Thomas Grimes
• Youth boys 1,600 relay, fourth place: Louis Bennett-Shannon Edwards-Christian King- Thomas Grimes
• Youth boys long jump — 7, Thomas Grimes 20-05.50; 9th Place Shannon Edwards 19-11.0
• Youth boys triple jump — 4, Shannon Edwards 40 feet 5 3/4 inches; 11th place: Thomas Grimes 37-05.75
• Youth boys high jump — 1, Louis Bennett 5-10.00
• Young men triple jump — 2, David Charleston 47-06.75
• Young men long jump — 30, David Charleston 20-11.50
• Intermediate boys triple jump — 21, Nolan Mearse 42 feet 6 1/4 inches
• Intermediate boys long jump — 40, Nolan Mearse 19 feet 8 3/5 inches
• Intermediate boys shot put — 18, Joshua Esteban 41-04.25