Leach-Thomas-McDade lead PA performances @ USATF Jr. Outdoor Champs with titles!

West Catholic teammates Nicole Leach and Latavia Thomas, and Cardinal O\'Hara graduate Robert McDade, now at Villanova,won individual titles at the USATF Junior National Championships in College Station, Texas. Their performances headlined a great meet by PA athletes. Justin Clickett, Pitt (Union City) was 2nd in the 6kg Shot Put with a throw of 63-07. Andrew Rademacher, Hickory, tied for 2nd in the Pole Vault, clearing 16-00.75. And Williamsport\'s Rubyi Radocaj was 2nd in the Javelin with her throw of 150-07. Their performances headlined a great meet by PA athletes. The complete list is here.

Quotes from the USATF site

Nicole Leach, (16, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, West Catholic HS) Women\'s 400m Hurdles Winner: \"I\'m relieved now that it\'s over. I felt good coming in today. The goal was to make the team, and that\'s what I did. I\'m very excited.\"

LaTavia Thomas, (15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, West Catholic HS) Women\'s 800m Winner: \"Winning came as a surprise to me. I didn\'t think I could win it, so I am pretty proud. Going into the race I had a lot of nerves. I didn\'t think I could do it. I just came out here and tried to do my best.\"

Women

400 Hurdles Finals
1 Nicole Leach Unattached (West Catholic) 58.48 2 Christina Smith Lady Tiger T C (Clemson/William Penn) 59.53 400 Hurdles Trials (BR> 1 Nicole Leach Unattached (West Catholic) 59.37Q 4
4 Christina Smith Lady Tiger T C (Clemson/William Penn) 1:01.58Q 3
17 Christa Sawko Bucknell (Montoursville) 1:05.17

800 Finals

1 LaTavia Thomas Unattached (West Catholic) 2:08.11
5 Julie Cameron BYU (former Upper St. Clair) 2:12.17

800 Trials
7 LaTavia Thomas Unattached (West Catholic) 2:09.47q
8 Julie Cameron BYU (former Upper St. Clair) 2:10.01q
17 Melissa Ferry Unattached (West Chester Henderson) 2:22.08

Javelin
2 Ruby Radocaj Javelin USA (Williamsport) 45.91m 150-07
45.91m 41.98m 43.40m 43.91m 45.80m 43.90m

5000
5 Rachel Papin La Salle (St. Hubert\'s) 18:13.44

200 Finals
5 Juanita Broaddus Unattached 23.59 0.3

200 Trials
6 Juanita Broaddus Unattached 23.68q

100 Finals
8 Juanita Broaddus Unattached (Barton CC/William Penn) 11.57 2.5

100 Trials
7 Juanita Broaddus Unattached (Barton CC/William Penn) 11.54q 2.9 1

100 Hurdles
18 Jasmine Rogers Unattached 14.86 0.4 1

Triple Jump
19 Ashley Mondie Unattached (Georgetown/Milton Hershey) 11.06m 36-03.50
FOUL(NWI) 11.06m(+0.0) FOUL(NWI)

Pole Vault
-- Melanie Buczko Bucknell (Butler) DNS
-- Lindsay Regan Easton - scratched due to injury

Men

Discus 1.75 kg
1 Robert McDade Villanova (Cardinal O\'Hara) 58.53m 192-00
50.21m 53.56m 52.91m FOUL FOUL 58.53m

Pole Vault
Tie 2 Andrew Rademacher Unattached (Hickory) 4.90m 16-00.75
4.65 4.80 4.90 5.00
O O O XXX

Shot Put 6kg
2 Justin Clickett Pittsburgh (Union City) 19.38m 63-07.00
19.05m 18.61m 19.38m FOUL FOUL 19.04m

4 Michael Whitehead Unattached (Michigan/Norristown) 15.29m 1.0 50-02.00
14.57m(0.7) FOUL(NWI) 15.29m(1.0) 14.85m(2.3) FOUL(NWI) 14.94m(1.6)

5000
4 Thadeus Meyers Unattached (St. Joseph\'s/Bethel Park) 15:10.67

5 Jon Hart Liberty U. (Wyomissing) 58.73m 192-08
54.05m FOUL 57.76m FOUL 58.73m FOUL

10,000
6 Michael Kenny Unattached (Hatboro-Horsham) 32:30.07
9 Joseph Dare La Salle (Souderton) 33:14.57

400 (final on time-one race because of Fri storms)
7 Drew Eckman Villanova (Oxford) 48.14 2

800
29 Mark Korich Unattached (Villanova/Springfield Montco) 1:57.29