Down the Backstretch

A recap of the seventh day at the AAU National Junior Olympics in New Orleans.

Prelims:Youth Girls 400: Maddie Gourley (Eagan, Track Minnesota Elite) qualified for finals with fifth fastest time in the heats 56.98; Sub-Youth Girls 400: Brieasha Hunter (Saint Paul) 61.42 32nd; Cori Bond (Brooklyn Park, Track Minnesota Elite) 66.95 89th; Girls Intermediate 400: Kiera Joiner (Woodbury) 61.62 67th; Young Women 400: Erin Hayden (Medina) 66.16 80th; Youth Girls 4 by 100 Meter Relay: Track Minnesota Elite A(Bond, Jedah Caldwell, Myna Clark, Alexis Britten, Gourley) 51.51, 46th; Boys Intermediate 400: Preston Webb (Rosemount) 55.06, 99th; Matthew Johnson (Woodbury) 56.64 101st.

The rest of the action:
Midget Girls DT:Madison Scholder (Plymouth)63'7" (19.38m) 16th; Sub Youth Girls Javelin: Mariama Gillespie (Minneapolis) 65' (19.81m) 9th, Cameron Downey (Minneapolis) 64'10" (19.76m) 10th; Bantam Boys HJ: Matthias Algarin (Little Falls) 13'6.5" (4.12m) 25th, Cole Ewald (Hopkins) 11'9.25" (3.58m) 72nd; Youth Boys SP: Antwian Westbrook (Fridley) 33'(10.05m) 57th.

Thursday result(was not posted until Friday):
Youth Boys 1,500: Mitchell Dickerson (Maple Grove) 4:35.74, 13th.