Raleigh runner excels stars at Indy
Mayo surprise star at Jr. Nationals
Published: Tue, Jun. 27, 2006 12:00AM
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closeGabby Mayo of Southeast Raleigh startled the track and field world last weekend in the USA Track and Field Junior Nationals in Indianapolis.
Mayo, who will begin her senior year at Southeast in July, won the 200 meters and finished second in the 100 meters behind University of Texas freshman Alexandria Anderson.
The Junior Nationals are open to athletes between the ages of 14 and 20, and the competition is often dominated by collegiate performers.
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The top two finishers in each event qualified for the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships on Aug. 15-20 in Beijing, China.
Mayo improved her career-best time in the 200 by almost a second in a winning 22.88 seconds, the sixth-fastest high school time on record.
Mayo's 11.16 in the 100 was the fifth-fastest high school time ever.
Patience Coleman, a rising senior at Southern Durham, won the girls high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 11.25 inches.
New Bern graduate Karjuan Williams was second in the 800 meters (1:50.26). Kamorean Hayes of Charlotte Harding won the girls shot put (50 feet, 8.25 inches).
Joe Kindred, a graduate of Fuquay-Varina and a freshman at St. Augustine's, won the high jump (7 feet, 1.5 inches) and was fourth in the long jump (24 feet, 6.25 inches).
East Chapel Hill sprinter Antonio Sales finished fifth in the 200 (21.37 seconds).
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