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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) |