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USA Championships
Silmon Makes USA Junior Squad In Des Moines
6/24/2010 12:00:00 AM
June 24, 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa - Fresh off an appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, freshman Charles Silmon secured a spot on the United States Junior National Team on Thursday night, placing second overall in the men's 100 meters at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.Silmon, the Mountain West Conference Men's Most Outstanding Performance honoree, breezed to second-place accolades with a time of 10.33 seconds to grab the final spot on the USA Junior Squad. He qualified for the finals by clocking a preliminary time of 10.28 seconds, which was the fastest preliminary time at Drake Stadium. By crossing the finish line in second-place, the freshman from Waco will compete at the IAAF Junior World Championships in Canada next month.
In the women's 100-meter hurdles, fellow freshman Larissa Matthews just missed making the national team on Thursday, posting a time of 13.44 seconds to place third overall. Matthews, who is now an alternate for the national squad, qualified for the finals, winning preliminary heat No. 4 with a time of 13.64 seconds.
Kelsey Samuels also had a strong outing in the women's shot put in Des Moines, tossing the shot 49 feet, 1 inch on her fourth attempt to finish in third-place.
In the senior division of the women's triple jump, Neidra Covington, a six-time All-America honoree, soared to sixth-place accolades with a leap of 44 feet, 2 inches. At the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Covington, who tied her school record in the event on Thursday, earned All-America accolades in both the long and triple jump.
TCU will continue action tomorrow at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Des Moines. Fans can follow all the action live online through www.usatf.org.
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