June 25, 2009

Kaitlyn Griffith Heads to USATF Junior Outdoor Championships

    Eugene, Ore. -- Youngstown State freshman thrower Kaitlyn Griffith (Orrville, Ohio) will compete in the Hammer Throw at the 2009 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene at the University of Oregon. Griffith will compete in Flight 1 along with 12 other competitors. The event is scheduled to start at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time.
    The top eight qualifiers out of the 26 participants advance to the finals in the hammer throw.

    At the 2009 Horizon League Outdoor Championships, Griffith placed second in the javelin, third in the shot put and seventh in the hammer throw. At the 2009 HL Indoor meet, she placed third in the shot put and was eighth in the weight throw.

    She qualified for the Junior meet with a season-best throw of 49.13 meters to eclipse the qualifying mark of 48 meters at Campbell-Wright Open on May 8 in Akron.
    Griffith joins past Penguin qualifiers for the junior national meet in Aaron Merrill, Breanne Romeo, Katie Betts, Emily Schnitkey and Keith Gorby.   

Flight 1 Finals

1. Kristin Cameron (unattached)

2. Samantha Gable (Miami/Ohio)

3. Natalie Baird (William & Mary)

4. Maddy Midles (Camas Hammer)

5. Katherine Bragg (Throw 1 Deep)

6. Kaitlyn Griffith (Youngstown State)

7. Olivia Midles (Barron Park)

8. J'Quyra Moncur-Blue (Throw 1 Deep)

9. Shant'e White (Buffalo)

10. Emily Niehaus (Centre College/KY)

11. Laishema Hampton (Iowa State)

12. Patrice Gates (Throw 1 Deep)

13. Jane Swenson (unattached)

Flight 2 Finals

1. Meaghan McGovern (Richmond)

2. Elizabeth Rohl (unattached)

3. Symmone Fisher (Monmouth)

4. La Quoya Kelly (Tennessee)

5. Cassandra Woodall (BYU)

6. Lauren Chambers (Throw 1 Deep)

7. Katie Kraychir (VS Athletics)

8. Victoria Flowers (Connecticut)

9. Amanda Bingson (UNLV)       

10. Danielle Frere (Iowa State)

11. Jacquelyne Leffler (Kansas State)

12. Casey Kraychir (VS Athletics)

13. Sharayah Kenady (Concordia/Portland)