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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

IAAF 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 logo William 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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Taylor takes triple jump gold at World Youth Champs

Posted July 14th, 2007 at 8:30 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

On the first warm day of the meet Saturday, conditions were tailor-made for Team USA’s Christian Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.), as he shattered his previous personal best and won the triple jump with a final-attempt leap of 15.98 meters/52-5.25 on the fourth day of the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships.

Taylor, the long jump bronze medalist whose best coming into the meet was 15.22m/49-11.25, had a hip problem and was behind the board on his first three attempts, but managed to improve on each try. His fourth-round effort of 15.64m/51-3.75 put him into the lead for good, and with the gold assured he uncorked a massive final attempt to record the best jump by a youth in the world this year. Bryce Lamb (Chandler, Ariz.) was eighth at 14.99m/49-2.25.
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2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships get under way Wednesday

Posted June 18th, 2007 at 10:31 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The stars of track and field’s next generation are coming to Indianapolis to aim for a spot on the Team USA Pan American Junior Athletics Championships roster during competition this weekend at the 2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships.

The competition will take place June 20-24 at the Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis. The 2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships is the qualifying meet for the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and is being held in conjunction with the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the final meet of USATF’s 2007 Visa Championship Series. The top two finishers in each event will be eligible for selection to the Team USA junior roster. The final roster will be selected by the conclusion of competition on Sunday.

ESPN2 will broadcast the Championships live from 8-9 p.m. on Friday, June 22, and tape-delayed from 7-8 p.m. Saturday, June 23. The meet will air live on NBC from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, June 23, and from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24. All times are Eastern.

Among the top junior athletes to watch are:
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Team USA roster announced for 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava

Posted May 23rd, 2007 at 8:08 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

USA Track & Field announced Wednesday the Team USA roster for the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships, held July 11-15, in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

A total of 31 athletes - 16 men and 15 women - will be part of the U.S. delegation for the World Youth Championships. The U.S. roster was based on performance as well as required participation in either the 2006 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships, the 2006 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships, or the 2006 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships.

Team USA will be led at the IAAF World Youth Championships by Jordan Hasay and William Wynne. At the 2004 and 2005 USATF Junior Olympics, Hasay completed a record-breaking double in the youth 1,500m and 3,000m. She then went on to win the 3,000m at the 2006 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships and the 2007 USA Junior Cross Country Championships.

The 2005 USATF Junior Olympic 400m hurdle champion, Wynne, in 2006, took home titles in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles at both the USA Youth Track & Field Championships and the USATF Junior Olympics.
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