Greetings:
Our athletes, coaches, parents and fans withstood some challenging conditions which included heat, humidity and thunderstorms at the Georgia Junior Olympic T&F Championship this weekend. We are very proud of the way our athletes competed. The Lanier Running Club had 19 athletes from Hall County compete and in spite of conditions turned in some outstanding performances with 9 athletes advancing in 19 events to the Region Championships July 8-11, 2010 in Greensboro, NC. Most of the athletes had big personal bests in their events.
Erika Rucker repeated as a State Champion in 400 meter dash, this time in the Young Women's Division with a personal best of 54.27 seconds. This ranks Erika #2 in the State this year for the 400 meters among high school girls. Kiara McCue- Woods finished as a State Champion in the Young Womens 3000 meter run with a time of 10:44.60.
Silver Medalists were RaJeanna Jarrett, Young Women's triple jump (11.02 meters); Erika Rucker, Young Womens 800 meters (2:22.28); Kenny Slavik, Young Men's 5000 meter run(16:37.51); Ansley Lawson, Young Womens 3000 meter run(11:28.40) and Sara Hayes, Youth Girls pole vault(6'-6.75")
Bronze Medalist were RaJeanna Jarrett, Young Womens long jump (17'-10"); Emmanuel Ibarra, Young Mens 1500 meter run(4:18.64) and Sara Hayes, Youth Girls pentathlon(2271 points)
Sara Hayes, Gainesville, was the work horse for the Club. Sara advanced to the Region 3 Championships in 4 of her 5 events; 3rd in the pentathlon which is 5 events, 2nd in pole vault, 4th in 1500 meter run; 5th in 3000 meter run and 16th in the long jump right after finishing the 3000 meter run.
All our athletes represented our Club and Hall well.
Thanks for all of your support,
Coach Charlie
