USATF & AAU Junior Olympics Coverage Central: Baisden, Brown roll to AAU bests in 400's!

Saturday Highlights

- Kendall Baisden, MI, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) won the Intermediate girls 400 dash with an AAU National Record time of 52.71. 

- Kamaria Brown, LA, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) won the Young women 400 dash with an AAU National Record time of 52.99.

- Laquisha Jackson, TN, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) won a tight Intermediate girls 200m over Kendall Baisden, MI, 24.06 to 24.11 into a 3.0 headwind.

- Jerimy Strainge, FL, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) won the Intermediate boys 200m with a time of 21.65 and the Intermediate boys 100 dash with a time of 10.86.

- Kamaria Brown, LA, won the Young womens 200m with a time of 23.79.

- James Harris, AL, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) added the Young mens 200m to his earlier 400 victory with a time of 21.80.  His Young mens 400 dash time was 47.43.

- Kayahra Holmes, LA, won the Intermediate boys 400 dash with a time of 47.66.

- Oliver Bradwell, KS, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) won the Young mens 100 dash with a time of 10.52.

- Jordan Clark, MI, won the Young womens 100 dash with a time of 11.90.

- Aaliyah Brown, IL, won the Intermediate girls 100 dash with a time of 11.80.

- Paul Lewis, MI, won the Young mens 3000 meter run with a time of 8:55.50.

- Kamal Koroso, FL, won the Intermediate boys 3000 meter run with a time of 8:42.87.

Friday Highlights

- James Harris, AL, was the fastest boys Young 400m qualifier with a time of 47.15.

- Kendall Baisden, MI, was the fastest girls Intermediate 400m qualifier with a time of 53.96.

- Champ Page, MD, was the fastest boys Intermediate 400m qualifier with a time of 47.81.

Thursday Highlights 

- Kendell Williams, GA, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) won the girls Intermediate 100H with a time of 13.67.

- Kenneth Minkah, TX, (Photo, below, by John Herzog, MileStat.com) won the boys Young 110H with a time of 13.73.

- Keith Davis, NJ, won the boys Young Javelin with a toss of 206-08. 

- Seth Arnold, TX, beat out statemate John Feazell in the boys Young Pole Vault with both clearing 16-00.  

- Kendall Baisden, MI, is through to the girls Intermediate 200m final with the fastest qualifiying time of 23.42.

- Dezerea Bryant, WI, is the fastest finals qvualifier in the girls Young 200m with a time of 23.51.  Kamaria Brown, LA, was right on her heels in 23.53.

- Jerimy Strainge, FL, was the fastest boys Intermediate 200m qualifier with a time of 21.42.

- High Jump winner James Harris, AL, is the fastest Young 200m qualifier with a time of 21.39.

Saturday-Wednesday Highlights

- Kendall Baisden, MI, (Photo, below, by Ryan Kelly, MileStat.com) won the Intermediate 400H with a national record time of 58.63, breaking the old record from 2007.  She is also the top Intermediate qualifer in the 100H (13.99) and the 200m (24.31).  

- James Harris, AL, (Photo, below, by Ryan Kelly, MileStat.com) broke the Young HJ record from 2003 by .25 with his winning leap of 7-03.25.

- Quamel Prince, TN, (Photo, below, by Ryan Kelly, MileStat.com) won the Intermediate 800, also breaking a national record from 2006 with his time of 1:51.68.

- Marquis Dendy, DE, won the Young TJ with a leap of 51-05.75.

- Kianna Ruff, MO, (8085) outdueled Samantha Levin, MO, (8236) (Photo, below, by Ryan Kelly, MileStat.com) in the Young 800 with times of 2:09.46 to 2:10.54.

- Keri Emanuel, SC, (Photo, below, by Ryan Kelly, MileStat.com) won the Young TJ with a leap of 40-10.75.

- Jlani Pryce, PA, won the Young 400H with a time of 52.70.

- Kellie Davis, CT, won the Intermediate 800 with a time of 2:13.52.

- Jerimy Strainge, FL, was the top Intermediate 100m boys qualifier with a time of 10.58.

- Oliver Bradwell, KS, was the top Young 100m qualifier boys with a time of 10.45.

- Myasia Jacobs, NJ, was the top Intermediate 100m girls qualifier with a time of 11.51.

- Dezerea Bryant, WI, was the top Young girls qualifier in the 100m (11.59) and the 200m (23.81).