Youth athletes bring home gold at Region 2 Championships

 

7/13/17

PITTSBURGH – – TRA youth athletes participated in the Region 2 Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships this past weekend in Brockport, New York. Held at The College at Brockport – SUNY July 6-9, over 300 athletes and 16 teams made the journey to vie for region championship crowns. This site will also serve as the host site for the 2018 USATF Youth Outdoor Championships.

Penn Hills Eagles and Pacer Track club had the largest contingents with 58 and 35 athletes respectively. Among all teams and participants, TRA athletes took home dozens of gold medals with the following athletes winning multiple gold medals: Corinn Brewer (13-14G, 3000m & PV), Emma Callahan (13-14G, SP & DT),  Darcie Frazier (17-18G,  LJ, JT, & Heptathlon), Amina Robinson (8UG, 800 & 1500m), and Faith Wilson (13-14G, 800 & 1500m), Douglas Halo (17-18M, SP & DT), Zahir Ismaeli (8UB, 200 & LJ), Maceo Marshall (11-12B, 100 & 200), Owen Proskin (9-10B, HJ & Triathlon), and Liam Wilson (9-10B 800 & 1500m).

Region 2 Championships from the Three Rivers Association can be found below. Complete competition results can be found here.

Female

First Last Event Team Age Group Time/Mark
Corinn Brewer 3000 Valley Speedsters 13-14 11:21.90
Corinn Brewer PV Valley Speedsters 13-14 1.90m
Emma Callahan SP Unattached 13-14 13.40m
Emma Callahan DT Unattached 13-14 31.19m
Isabella Costa LJ Wings of Moon 9-10 4.19m
Juliana Daughtry 400 Penn Hills 11-12 1:01.56
Sara DeGurian HJ Midas Track 17-18 1.35
Jayla Ellis Hept Midas Track 15-16 4382
Darcie Frazier LJ Unattached 17-18 5.35m
Darcie Frazier JT Unattached 17-18 29.74m
Darcie Frazier Hept Unattached 17-18 3644
Sarah Gilliam SP Midas Track 15-16 11.57M
Grace Henderson HJ Valley Speedsters 15-16 1.55m
Taryn Kurzawa DT South Park Track 11-12 18.90m
Jenna Lang 3000 Pacer 11-12 11:29.05
Ali Petrisek 2000m SC Valley Speedsters 17-18 9:14.57
Amina Robinson 800 Penn Hills 8U 3:07.54
Amina Robinson 1500 Penn Hills 8U 6:05.39
Marie Scarpa 2000m SC Greensburg YMCA 15-16 8:32.56
Mikayla Sharif JT River City Elite 9-10 20.26m
Jordan Williams 100 Homewood Bulldogs 9-10 14.69
Faith Wilson 800 Mountain Top 13-14 2:32.27
Faith Wilson 1500 Mountain Top 13-14 5:05.48
4×100 Penn Hills 8U 1:08.84
4×400 Steel City Express 9-10 4:48.16

 

Male

First Last Event Team Age Group Time/Mark
Michael Gallagher 2000m SC Pacer Track 17-18 6:39.32
Douglas Halo SP Midas 17-18 14.48m
Douglas Halo DT Midas 17-18 44.26m
Sam Hartman 110m H South Parck Track 17-18 15.03
Zahir Ismaeli 200 Homewood Bulldogs 8U 31.82
Zahir Ismaeli LJ Homewood Bulldogs 8U 3.71m
Maceo Marshall 100 Penn Hills Eagles 11-12 13.21
Maceo Marshall 200 Penn Hills Eagles 11-12 26.95
Isaiah Melvin 400m H Valley Speedsters 15-16 57.78
Jordan Pelusi PV Nadia 17-18 4.10m
Owen Proskin HJ Valley Speedsters 9-10 1.25m
Owen Proskin Triathlon Valley Speedsters 9-10 527
Brett Seich 3000 Valley Speedsters 17-18 9:44.57
Corbin Vinglish JT Mountain Top 8U 23.71m
Tyler Weigand JT Mountain Top 17-18 50.30m
Liam Wilson 800 Greensburg YMCA 9-10 2:40.84
Liam Wilson 1500m Greensburg YMCA 9-10 5:27.85
4×100 Penn Hills Eagles 8U 1:13.14
4×400 Future Stars 9-10 4:44.31
4×100 Future Stars 11-12 55.78

 

Athletes who placed in the top 5 of individual events and top 5 relays will advance to the USATF Hershey National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in Lawrence, KS schedule for July 24- 30. Top 2 athletes will advance for combined events.

For more information on the 2017 USATF Hershey National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships visit here.