AAU All-Stars: 10 Elites Who Competed As Kids

Baisden is one of the most successful youth and junior runners in U.S. history. She was a member of two World Junior gold medal-winning 4x400m relays and was the 400m world junior champion in 2014 before she chose to run for the Texas Longhorns. As a freshman, she finished third in the NCAA 400m indoors and outdoors. As a sophomore, she was the runner-up in the NCAA outdoor 400m. Before signing a professional contract with Adidas in 2016, Baisden was the top collegiate finisher in the 400m at the USATF Outdoor Championships, where she finished seventh.

Shamier is a favorite on the watchlist for 2016 Bowerman Award. As a freshman at Texas A&M, Little was the NCAA champion in the 400 meter hurdles and defended her title as a sophomore in 2015. As a senior this year, she earned eight first-team, All-American honors not just in her marquee event, but also the 400m and 4x400m relay. In 2015, Shamier was a gold medalist at the Pan-American Games, and was a semifinalist for the Bowerman Award.

Williams, a multi-event athlete for the Georgia Bulldogs, is also generating buzz on this year's Bowerman watchlist. Before her college career even began, she set a U.S. junior record in the heptathlon at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona to earn Athlete of the Meet honors. A three-time NCAA Indoor champion in the pentathlon and two-time NCAA Outdoor champion in the heptathlon, Williams has racked up a total of six national championships in her three years at Georgia.

The Washington native won three state titles as a senior in the 100m, 200m and 4x100 relay, and also competed for Team USA at the 2013 World Junior Championships, where she finished fourth in the 200m. During her freshman year at the University of Oklahoma, Cunliffe was the runner-up in the 60m at the Big 12 Championships, where she ran a personal best of 7.28 and earned second-team, All-American honors. After transferring to the University of Oregon for the 2015-2016 season, Hannah made an instant impact for the Ducks in both the sprints and relays. She led the squad to a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100m to clinch the Pac-12 title, but pulled up with a hamstring injury this year in the NCAA prelims.

The former Arkansas Razorback was a three-time All-American and gold medalist at the 2005 Pan-American Junior Games. Samuels went on to compete as a professional specializing in the 100m. He represented Team USA at the 2007 World Championships and won bronze at the 2007 Pan-American Games.

Barber's duel Canadian-American citizenship makes his story somewhat unique. Though he has represented Canada in several world championships, Barber made Ohio proud as a three-time NCAA champion in the pole vault for Akron. In 2015, he set a collegiate record of 5.91m to win the pole vault title at the Texas Relays. As a professional, he won gold at the Pan-American Games and World Championships in 2015.

Bailey set a U.S. high school record of 45.19 in the 400m at his Texas Regional meet in 2012. He committed to run at Texas A&M before transferring to the University of Texas his senior year. Bailey found success as a Longhorn, where he was a two-time Big 12 champion in the 4x100m relay and NCAA Outdoor 200m in 2016. He was also a member of 4x400m relay team that placed fourth this year at NCAA Indoors.

Though RG3 didn't run track after his high school years, he was an undeniable Texas talent on the AAU circuit. Plus, he still managed to win a Heisman Trophy and play in the NFL, which are rather elite athletic accomplishments.