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William Wynne named USATF Youth Athlete of the Year

Posted November 27th, 2007 at 9:23 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, High School

william wynneIAAF World Youth Championships two-time gold and silver medalist William Wynne of Kennesaw, Ga., has been named the 2007 Youth Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field. Wynne will be honored December 1 at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with USA Track & Field’s 2007 Annual Meeting.

Wynne was the most accomplished athlete of any nationality at the 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, winning three medals and setting a world youth record. In his first event of the competition, he brought home the silver medal in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing in 13.44 seconds.
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William Wynne named USATF Athlete of the Week

Posted July 17th, 2007 at 3:46 PM by Allyson Rosen

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

USATF logoWilliam Wynne has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting a world youth record in the boys’ 400 meter hurdles and earning three medals at the IAAF World Youth Championships held July 11-15 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Wynne (Kennesaw, Ga.) sped to a gold medal Sunday in the 400m hurdles with a time of 49.01 seconds. His performance smashed the previous record of 49.86 set by South Africa’s Marnus Kritzinger in 1999. Wynne later ran a leg of the medley relay to pick up his second gold of the meet. Team USA finished in 1 minute 51.34 seconds to edge out Japan by .08. On Thursday, Wynne raced to a silver medal behind teammate Wayne Davis II in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.44.
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USA Names Team for World Youth Championships

Posted May 24th, 2007 at 7:05 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Hasay_Cross_2007_SmallUSA Track & Field named their team for the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships, scheduled for July 11 - 15 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Included in the roster of 16 boys and 15 girls is distance sensation, Jordan Hasay, the tiny sophomore from Arroyo Grande, Calif., who attends Mission College Prep in San Luis Obispo. She will compete in the 3000m. Hasay, the U.S. junior cross country champion at only age 15, ran an impressive 10:07.65 for two miles at the Arcadia Invitational last April, splitting the 3000m in 9:26.9. It will be interesting to see how she fares against the top youth athletes from other parts of the world.

In order for an athlete to compete in the IAAF World Youth Championships, he or she must be 15, 16 or 17 on the last day of the year. The world youth record for 3000m for girls is a stunning 8:36.45 by Ma Ningning of China set in Jinan in 1993. Last year’s world leading time was also by a Chinese athlete, Liu Yingzhu, who ran 8:52.64 in Yantai.
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