ROCKWALL —
Rockwall and Club Vaultitude standout Kaylee Hinton kicked off the 46th USATF Junior Olympic Championships in Baltimore, Md., with a fifth-place finish in the Intermediate Girls Heptathlon and earned All-American honors for the feat.
The grueling two-day Heptathlon competition features the 100 Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put and 200 meters on Day 1 and follows with the Long Jump, Javelin and 800 meters on Day 2.
Hinton, who racked up 2,635 points for fourth place after Day 1, came in second in the 100 Hurdles (15.21), fifth in the High Jump (5-01), 11th in the Shot Put (23-08) and first in the 200 meters (26.02) with three events left on the second day.
She then posted a first place in the Long Jump (17-10 1/4), fifth place in the Javelin (90-00) and seventh place in the 800 meters (2:46.11) on Day 2 for fifth place overall with 4,251 points.
The Top-8 finishers at the championships earn medals and also All-American honors.
According to head coach Toby Howell, Hinton was great on both days of the event. “Not bad for only her second Heptathlon ever,” said Howell.
Howell also praised decathlete Gaines Kinsey, who was also competing in only his second Decathlon . “He didn’t have a good first day, but set personal records in every event but the Pole Vault on Day 2.”
Kinsey, who won the Young Men’s Decathlon at the Region 12 Championships in Lubbock, finished 19th with 5,240 points at the National Championships against a very talented field.
He kicked off the 10-event Decathlon with a 22nd place in the 100 (12.15), a 19th place in the Long Jump (18-09 3/4), a 25th place in the Shot Put (23-11 3/4), a tie for 18th place in the High Jump (5-05) and a 14th place in the 400 meters (53.93) on Monday.
He followed on Tuesday with a 19th place in the 110 Hurdles (16.54), 17th place in the Discus (90-03), tie for 11th place in the Pole Vault (10-11 3/4), 16th place in the Javelin (114-06) and closed with his best effort, a third place in the 1,500 meters (4:34.50).
In other action on Tuesday, Texas Titan Sierrah Martinez came in 10th in the Intermediate Girls 3.000 Race Walk with her time of 19:08.46 and Sara Cuzick finished 16th in the Young Women’s 3,000 Race Walk with her 21:41.77.
Titan athletes were scheduled for several events on Wednesday and Thursday with five (Steeven Martinez, Madison Ramirez, Christina Rowlands, Austin James and Lizzie Lehew) running the 2,000 Steeplechase on Thursday afternoon.
Multi-event qualifiers for the Titans expected to perform well in Baltimore include Cuzick (Shot Put and Discus), Madison Ramirez (1,500 and 3,200 meters), Allissa McClain (800 and 1,500 meters), Cameron Defebaugh (Shot Put and Discus) and Steeven Martinez (800, 1,500 and 400 Hurdles).
Club Vaultitude vaulters Clark Norris, Garrett Dennard and Colten Laraway were scheduled to compete this weekend, with Norris and Dennard in the Intermediate Boys competition on Saturday and Laraway in the Young Men’s Pole Vault on Sunday.
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