After being part of an intense shot put competition in Greensboro last weekend that saw three young men exceed 71 feet, the distances this weekend may have been a bit of a letdown for Bronson Osborn. The end result was certainly not a disappointment, though, as the Esperanza junior finished second to earn an automatic berth in Poland in three weeks! His best mark was 65' 10.25", putting him 4" behind winner Adrian Piperi III but solidly ahead of the rest of the field, which included national leader Jordan Geist.
Osborn joins Fiona O'Keeffe and Elena Bruckner as California high school athletes that have made it onto Team USA for the IAAF World U20 Championship. The meet will be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on July 19th - 24th. Since the age limit for competition is 19, there are numerous college freshmen competing in the USATF trials this weekend in Clovis, along with top high school athletes from across the country.
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More Day 2 performances from California athletes:
- Tara Davis (Agoura) finished 4th in the long jump, posting a mark of 20' 6.75".
- Jasmyne Graham, formerly of Eleanor Roosevelt and now at USC, advanced to the 100 Hurdle finals with a time of 13.21. She then finished 5th in the finals with a 13.24.
- Hannah Waller (Buchanan), running on her home track, clocked 53.50 to advance to the 400 final with the second-best time of the trials.
- Paramveer Chohan (Buchanan) finished 10th in the 400 Hurdles trials, narrowly missing the finals. Connor Meech (San Juan Hills/UC Berkeley) was 11th and Aidan Christensen (Los Osos) 13th.
- Celera Barnes (St. Bonaventure) made her second final of the meet, clocking 23.70 to move on in the 200.
- Michael Norman (Vista Murrieta) posted the top time in the boys' 200 trials with his 20.54.
- Former Mount Pleasant jumper Kurt Felicitas (Cal State Northridge) finished 9th in the triple jump with a mark of 48' 5.5". C.J. Alumbres (Vista Murrieta/UCLA) was 14th.
- Former Harvard Westlake star Alexandria Florent, now at Wake Forest, finished 7th in the high jump, clearing 5' 7.75".
- Mikaela Smith (Clovis North/USC) almost set a new PR, running 2:05.39 in the 800 to finish 4th.
- Rylee Bowen (Sonoma Academy) finished 10th in the 3000 Steeplechase with a time of 11:07.28.
- Destiny Collins (Great Oak) fell just short of qualifying for Poland in the 3000, finishing 3rd with a time of 9:21.44.