Streich, Braun Win Junior Olympic Titles

After winning a silver medal in the Intermediate Boys' 3000-meters on Friday, Waseca's Shane Streich struck gold at 1500-meters at the USA Track & Field Junior Olympics in Baltimore.

A day earlier, Mark Braun won the Boys' Wheelchair 800-meters title at the meet.

Streich (pictured, left), the MSHSL Class A runner-up in both the 800 and 1600-meters as a 9th-grader last spring, edged Michael Brannigan by 13 one-hundreths of a second for his title, clocking 3:59.17.

Bloomington Jefferson's Matt Rosen (pictured, right) finished seventh in the race in 4:06.87.

Braun won his event by a whopping 16 seconds, establishing a meet record with his 1:56.94.

At the MSHSL Class AA State Meet, Braun swept the wheelchair events, winning the 800 and 1600-meters as well as the shot put and discus throw.

Below, find a recent WCCO-TV feature on Braun.

Weekend Results ... Here's USATF Minnesota Youth Chair Chris Dallager's review of the rest of the Junior Olympic action from Saturday and Sunday:

National Medalists

Pole Vault

Young Man Tyler Tappe (Flight Deck Athletics/Brainerd HS) 8^th place 4.70m (15’ 5”)

400 meter Hurdles

Intermediate Girl Shaina Burns (Lakeville South HS) 5^th place 1:03.91

800 meter Run

Midget Boy Montrea Talabi (Eagles Wings Track Club) 8^th place 2:21.78

Intermediate Boy Matthew Rosen (Bloomington Jefferson HS) 8^th place 2:01.72

The Rest of the Action

200 meter Hurdles Semi-Final

Youth Boy Clayton Johnson (Team Woodbury) 14^th place 27.20

800 meter Run

Sub-Bantam Girl Aleah Miller (Alexandria) 33rd place 3:16.33

Midget Girl Emily Covert (Eagles Wings Track Club) 27^th place 5:24.05

1500 meter Run

Sub-Bantam Girl Jaelyn Miller (Alexandria) 32^nd place 7:38.41

3000 meter Run

Midget Girl Emily Covert (Eagles Wings Track Club) 10^th place 11:21.74

Midget Boy Willem Gokemeijer (Edina) 21^st place 11:10.61

Youth Boy Cole Streich (Waseca) 31^st place 10:22.67

Pole Vault

Young Man Lee Bares (Lakeville HS) 9^th place 4.70m (15’ 5”)

Young Man Mitchell Valli (Fuzion Athletics/Buffalo HS) 16^th place 4.55m (14’ 11”)

Young Man Grant Krieger (Blake HS) no height

High Jump

Intermediate Boy Jacob Buller (Fuzion Athletics/St. Croix Luteran HS)

24^th place 1.75m (5’ 8.75”)

Young Man Denzell Oats (Park Flyers Track Club/St. Louis Park HS)

28^th place 1.90m (6’ 2.75”)

Long Jump

Sub-Bantam Boy Justin Gleason (Owatonna) 14^th place 3.38m (11’ 1.25”)

Bantam Girl Grace Robinson (St. Louis Park) 13^th place 3.73m (12’ 3”)

Shot Put

Bantam Girl Calista Johnson-Snyders (Park Flyers Track Club/St. Louis Park)

35^th place 5.05m (16’ 7”)

Javelin Throw

Young Man Melvyn Curry (Park Flyers Track Club) 22^nd place 47.08m (154’ 5”)

Young Man Jonathan Sutton (Eagles Wings Track Club) 40^th place 37.25m (122’ 2”)

Find complete USATF Junior Olympic results HERE.

Photo courtesy of Delores Streich.