6/25 Bulletin - Houlihan places 5th & 6th in USA Junior Nationals
Shelby Houlihan, recent graduate of Sioux City East HS, today finished 5th (time 2:07.98) in the 800m final and 6th (time 4:26.92) in the 1500m at the USA Junior Championships, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Winners in the respective races were Kenyetta Iyevbele (North Carolina State University, 800m, 2:06.37) and Corey McGee (University of Florida, 1500m, 4:21.91).
Final results are at :
800m - http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/USAJuniorOutdoorTFChampionships/results/107-2.asp
1500m - http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/USAJuniorOutdoorTFChampionships/results/109-2.asp
The USA Junior Championships is the highest level meet available for U.S. high school T&F athletes, serving as the qualifier for the USA National Junior Team 2011. The top two in each event of the Championships will participate in the Pan American Junior Championships, Miramar, Florida July 22-24. To be eligible to compete in the Junior Championships, athletes can be up to 19 years of age and must meet rigid qualifying standards. Therefore, the meet includes mostly college freshman and sophomores, with only the best of the nation’s high school runners, jumpers, and throwers qualifying.
