by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
DONETSK, UKRAINE – Alexa Efraimson won bronze in the 1500m and Kenny Selmon finished third in the 400m hurdles during Saturday’s evening session at the IAAF World Youth Championships.
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
DONETSK, UKRAINE – Raevyn Rogers pulled off a difficult double as she took bronze in the women’s 800m and came back only 30 minutes later to run on the gold medal winning medley relay team to help Team USA to win a record of 17 medals at the IAAF World Youth...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
Raevyn Rogers won gold in the Swedish medley relay at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donestk, Ukraine. Rogers ran the third leg of 300m in the event. The Swedish medley relay is a unique event and specific to the World Youth Championships, but there were doubts...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
Tripp Piperi, shot put On competing at World Youth Championships “It was pretty interesting. I was pretty nervous up until the first throw itself. Then I messed up and didn’t think it was going to go as far as it did. It made it, so a lot of nerves were gone after...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
CALI, Colombia — Taking the first medal of World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, Team USA’s Tripp Piperi won gold in the shot put, smashing a U.S. Youth record during the evening session on Wednesday.