The 2013 USATF Mid-Atlantic Association Junior Olympic Track and Field Championship

Daniel received two silver medals today.

The Mid-Atlantic Association Championship took place at Widener University in Chester, Pa. on June 23, 2013. This meet is the start of the road that ends with the National Junior Olympic Championships on July 22-28 at North Carolina "A and T" University in Greensboro, N.C.

Today, Daniel participated in the Long Jump, 1500 Meter, and 800 Meter runs. The top 6 individuals in each event will go on to participate in the USATF Region 2 Championships to be held in Jamestown, N.Y. from July 11 to 14. The top five in each event will go on to the National Championships.    

Daniel started with his weakest event, the Long Jump.

 

Here is a cell phone picture of Daniel in the Long Jump. He jumped 6 Feet, 7.25 Inches. That gave him 8th place. That is not good enough to advance to the Region 2 meet. Even if he jumped his best, 8 Feet that would still not be good enough to advance to the Region 2 Meet.

After that event, Daniel participated in the 1500 Meter Run with a time of 6 Minutes, 11.2 Seconds. This won him 2nd place but he will have to work between the meets to compete in the Region 2 meet and advance to Nationals.  He needs a time below 6 Minutes to participate at Nationals.

Daniel's last event was the 800 Meter Run finishing with a time of 3 Minutes, 19.01 seconds. That was good enough to give him second place in this race but again, he got to get his time down to below three minutes if he plans to run this race at Nationals.

The Jamaican Flash has participated in two of the three USATF National Meets; Cross Country and Indoor Track. The summer Outdoor Track Nationals is the only national meet that he has not participated in. If he places from first to fifth in either event in the next Region 2 meet, he will participate in the Outdoor National Meet.