Iowa HS Athletes in World Youth Trials
Following are Iowa high school athletes qualified for and entered in the World Youth Track & Field Trials, University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville, Illinois June 20-21. The World Youth Trials are open to U.S. citizens ages 16-17 (i.e., born in 1996 or 1997) who meet stated qualifying standards. The Trials is the qualifying meet for the IAAF World Youth Track & Field Championships, Donetsk, Ukraine, July 10-14.
(event; name, class, school, qualifying mark)
800m, girls:
Kaley Ciluffo, So, Pleasant Valley HS, 2:11.62
Rebekah Topham, So, Griswold HS, 2:13.29
1500m, girls:
Rebekah Topham, So, Griswold HS, 4:32.85
1500m, boys:
Josh Evans, Jr, Linn-Mar HS, 4:08.80
3000m, girls:
Rebekah Topham, So, Griswold HS, 10:04.74
3000m, boys:
Thomas Pollard, So, Gilbert HS, 9:10.97 (3200m)
Discus, girls:
Kiana Phelps, Fr, Kingsley-Pierson HS, 156’9”
If we’ve missed others, please email name, school, and event to lknudson@milesplit.us.
For complete World Youth Trials information, go to - http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/World-Youth-Track---Field-Trials.aspx