Firestone wins YW Javelin... Coon wins YM Shot Put at AAU JR OLYMPICS

PA 2012 Outdoor Weekly

 

On Monday, Overbrook grad Ceaira Brown was the top qualifier in the prelims of the YW's 800, going 2:14.71. On Wednesday, Schuylkill Valley's Jason Coon won the YM Shot Put with a 55-11 effort. Also on Wednesday, Todd Townsend of West Catholic, was 3rd in the YM 400 Hurdles in 53.51; Trayon Williams (Philadelphia), and Deondray Ivey of the Phil HS for Business & Technology went 4-5 in the 2000m Steeplechase in 6:38.62 and 6:40.69, respectively; and Swenson's Haneef Hardy captured 5th in the YM 800 in 1:52.89. On Thursday, Mercerburg Academy's Sarah Firestone captured the YW Javelin with a toss of 138-10. On Friday, rising sophomore Eric Jones of West Catholic was 17th in the prelims of the 400 in 49.96.