National Scholastic Athletics Foundation

A quick, bare bones summary of how Team USA (part of Team Americas) did in qualifying in Wednesday evening’s opening session.

• Boys 110m Hurdles – Amere Lattin (Fort Bend Marshall, TX rising senior) was 2nd in his heat and qualified 3rd overall (making ‘A’ final) with a PR 13.53(-0.3w) (36” hurdles).
• Girls 400m Dash – Brittny Ellis (Warren Twp, IL rising senior) was 2nd in her heat and qualified 4th overall (making ‘A’ final) with a 54.11.
• Boys Discus – Tyler Merkley (Los Osos, CA rising senior) qualified 5th of 17 (making ‘A’ final) with a PR throw of 185-8 (1.5kg discus).
• Girls Long Jump – Rhesa Foster (Clovis North, CA rising junior) qualified 6th of 15 (making ‘A’ final) with a jump of 18-10.75(+0.2w).
• Girls 100m Hurdles – Kimani Rushing (Hallendale, FL rising junior) was 3rd in her heat and qualified 7th overall (making ‘A’ final) with a PR 13.73(+0.5w) (30” hurdles).
• Girls Discus – Haley Showalter-Stevens (Valor Christian CO rising senior) qualified 8th of 16 (making ‘A’ final) with a throw of 142-4.
• Boys 400m Dash – Andrew James (Westminster Acad., FL rising junior) was 4th in his heat and qualified 13th of 21 (making ‘B’ final) with a 49.06.