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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">August 9, 2017</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">Columbia youth win four championships, 13 All-American crowns at AAU</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">A total of 51 athletes from Columbia's Blue Thunder Track Club qualified and 39 competed in the AAU National Junior Olympic Games track and field events held at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The athletes also competed in the USA Track and Field (USATF) Jr. Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas. More than 10,000 athletes from all over the U.S. and Puerto Rico competed from July 29 to Aug. 5 in Ypsilanti and 8,000 competed in Lawrence the week prior.</p>
<p>Four total national championships were won; and 13 All-American crowns were earned.</p>
<p>Blue Thunder's All American performances are:</p>
<p> AAU</p>
<p>Jackson Cantwell, 9-year-olds, shot put, 30-6 1/2, 2<sup>nd</sup> place</p>
<p>Jackson Cantwell, 9-year-olds, turbo javelin, 89-9, 4<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p>Nicholas Timbrook, 9-year-olds, triathlon, 551 points, 4<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p>Collin Wise, 10-year-olds, 1500-meter race walk, 8:14.35, national champion </p>
<p>Jayden McCaster, 10-year-olds, high jump, 41 1/4, 4<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p>Jayden McCaster, 10-year-olds, turbo javelin, 83-4, 6<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p>Brock Schweikert, 10-year-olds, 1500-meter race walk, 9:12.67, 2<sup>nd</sup> place</p>
<p>Chiasia Maxwell, 10-year-olds, 1500-meter race walk, 9:01.44, 2<sup>nd</sup> place</p>
<p>Kaleb Schweikert, 12-year-olds, 1500-meter race walk, 9:42.82, 7<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p>Hannah Wise, 13-year-olds, 3000-meter race walk, 18:59.98, 4<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p>Kevin Schweikert, 14-year-olds, 3000-meter race walk, 17:19.66, national champion</p>
<p>Joshua Henderson, 14-year-olds, discus, 151-4, 3rd place</p>
<p>Mya White, 14-year-olds, 3000-meter race walk, 23:37.72, 8<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p>Kurtis Schweikert, 15-16-year-olds, 3000-meter race walk, 17:30.86, 3<sup>rd</sup> place</p>
<p>Peyton Davis, 15-16-year-olds, high jump, 6-3/4, 5<sup>th</sup> place</p>
<p> USATF</p>
<p>9-10 year olds Collin Wise 1500-meter race walk 8:38.37 national champion</p>
<p>15-16 year olds Peyton Davis decathlon 6112 Points national champion</p>
<p>Those remaining of the young men & women that qualified for the national championships from Blue Thunder who did not medal are: Stefan Appold, Tate Fletcher, Zachary Henderson, Tara Hillebrand, Aleah Horn, Keylan Horn, Conner McCullah, Bailey Moore, Serena Newby, Iyannah Newsom, Deryon Newsome, Julian Newsome, Karly Parcell, Lacey Pavlak, Savannah Pemberton, Kayshun Prince, Holly Schweikert, Tommy Signars, Micah Stevens, Reese Tennison, Dominic Viet, Makaylin Viet, Me'Khi Williams, Zaida Williams, Jacob Wright, and Zachary Wright.</p></div>
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