Rising Southridge Junior Symone Mason is the sole Team USA Florida representative at the 2015 IAAF World Youth Track and Field Championships being held in Cali, Colombia from July 15th-19th.
Symone qualified for the USA's World Youth Team in the 400m after blasting a US #4/FL #2 52.80 to win the USA World Youth Track and Field Championships.
Symone's goal now is to replicate the performance of a fellow Floridian, Robin Reynolds, as she won the 2010 IAAF World Youth Track and Championhsips held in Singapore in the 400m.
USA World Youth Team:
(From USATF.org)
2015 IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS – TEAM USA
MEN
100 – Micaiah Harris, Daniel Estrada
200 – Maxwell Willis, Josephus Lyles
400 – Josephus Lyles, Keshun Reed
800 – Connor Dunne, Cameron Cooper
1500 – Phillip Rocha
2000SC – none met standard
3000 – Mason Coppi
110H – Isaiah Lucas, Norman Grimes
400H – Norman Grimes, Cory Poole
HJ – Darius Carbin, Jaron Brooks
PV – Zach Shugart
LJ – Justes Nance, Denzel Harper
TJ – none met standard
SP – Adrian Piperi, Isaiah Rogers
DT – Adrian Piperi, Gabriel Oladipo
HT – Robert Colantonio
JT – Liam Christensen
Dec – George Patrick
WOMEN
100 – Candace Hill, Jayla Kirkland
200 – Candace Hill, Lauren Rain Williams
400 – Symone Mason, Lynna Irby
800 – Samantha Watson, Amanda Thomas
1500 – Julia Heymach
2000SC – Rylee Bowen
3000 – Destiny Collins
100H – Alexis Duncan, Brittley Humphrey
400H – Sydney McLaughlin, Brandee Johnson
HJ – Madison Yerigan
PV – Carson Dingler, Rachel Baxter
LJ – Tara Davis
TJ – Tara Davis, Lajarvia Brown
SP – Sophia Rivera, Nickolette Dunbar
DT – Josephine Schaefer, Samantha Noennig
HT – none met standard
JT – Sophia Rivera, Katelyn Gochenour
Hept – Jordan Fields, Caice Lanovaz
USA Team Staff
Lisa Morgan |
Head Coach |
Anthony James |
Assistant Coach |
Thaddeus Sligh |
Assistant Coach |
Harold Rose |
Assistant Coach |
Brandon Jiles |
Head Manager |
Irina Watkins |
Asisstant Manager |
Keith Combs |
Asisstant Manager |
Lorraine Williams |
Asisstant Manager |
Ted Hirschfeld |
ATC (Head) |
Alex Breitenwischer |
ATC |
Alexey Kosenkov |
LMT |
Ken Gordon |
MD |
Cristina Fink |
Sport Psych |
The IAAF recently published an ebook statistics handbook chocked full with results and rankings from 1999-2013.