{"id":21673,"date":"2016-12-21T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=21673"},"modified":"2019-01-02T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:42:18","slug":"nations-fastest-10-year-old-sets-another-record-at-start-of-43rd-annual-colgate-womens-games-track-and-field-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/nations-fastest-10-year-old-sets-another-record-at-start-of-43rd-annual-colgate-womens-games-track-and-field-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation\u2019s \u2018Fastest 10 Year-Old\u2019 Sets Another Record at Start of 43rd Annual Colgate Women\u2019s Games Track and Field Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Returning champions and promising newcomers from\u00a0Boston\u00a0to Virginia in first grade through college and beyond competed this weekend at the opening preliminary meet of the\u00a0Colgate Women\u2019s Games,<\/a>\u00a0the nation\u2019s largest female amateur indoor track and field series.<\/p>\n

\"Avery
\nAmong the highlights this weekend; Avery Lewis of Friends’ Central School, who set\u00a0two Colgate Women\u2019s Games Records last season<\/a>\u00a0as an Elementary A competitor, moved up one age\/grade division to Elementary B and set another\u00a0record Sunday at the first preliminary meet of 43rd annual Colgate Women\u2019s Games.<\/p>\n

Lewis of Wynnewood, Pa. has been called one of the fastest girls in the nation every year since her 7th birthday. The ten-year old fifth grader turns 11 years-old today, December 21, 2016.\u00a0Lewis now holds\u00a0Elementary A Records in the 55M (7.75)\u00a0and the 200M (28.08); and the\u00a0Elementary B record\u00a0in the 55M (7.35) (*See NOTE).<\/p>\n

Meet Director Cheryl Toussaint said,\u00a0\u201cAvery is the only\u00a0competitor to hold three Colgate Women\u2019s Games\u00a0concurrently. It\u2019s really exciting when our\u00a0younger participants excel because it inspires so many more to kids to choose athletics as a path to success. The\u00a0Colgate Women\u2019s Games help spotlight their achievements and we\u2019re proud that athletes of all ages across the nation look to our stats and records as a benchmark in all our track and field events.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the High School division Friday evening,\u00a0Dylann Core of Astor Collegiate Academy<\/a>\u00a0in the Bronx scored a double win against a tough field of veteran high school sprinters, crossing the tape in the 55M in 7.25 and the 200m in 26.08.\u00a0Core\u2019s victories are especially notable after placing 4th\u00a0and 7th\u00a0earlier this year at the AAU Invitational behind club teammates and returning high school champions in these fields. Another fast rising star, New Jersey\u2019s\u00a0Athing Mu of Trenton Central<\/a>\u00a0also scored a double win, placing first in the 400M (60.9) and the 800M (2:26.2). National champion My\u2019Khiya Williams, who holds Colgate Women\u2019s Games records in the Elementary B and Mid School high jump, cleared the bar at 5\u20194\u201d for the win.<\/p>\n

In the Mid School division on Saturday, returning champion\u00a0Brianna Brown of Bronx Latin<\/a>\u00a0won\u00a0both the 200m (25.91) and 400 Meters (60.22); faster times than high school leaders in these events. Brown, who holds two national age division USATF records, was awarded the Colgate Games\u2019 trophy for\u00a0\u201cOutstanding Competitor at the Finals\u201d<\/a>\u00a0last season. Now a 7th grader, she began competing in the Colgate Women\u2019s Games as an Elementary A competitor and has placed first overall in every event each year since.<\/p>\n

“This year women\u2019s track and field has been in the spotlight from the 2016 Olympics in Rio where\u00a0Team USA featured six athletes who participated in the Colgate Women\u2019s Games.<\/a> The Games have now produced 26 Olympians and hundreds of national age\/grade division champions, an inspiration to the thousands of girls and young women of all ages and abilities that\u00a0compete\u00a0each year. While top talent often gets the buzz, the Colgate Games are very much about gaining experience and self-esteem and the importance of continuing education for all who participate,” Toussaint said.<\/p>\n

Also on Saturday, in the College Open division,\u00a0Chante Moore of Gwynedd Mercy University<\/a>\u00a0in Pennsylvania won the 200M in 25.38 and the 400M in 58.3; fast opening meet races for the Pennsylvania High School Indoor and Outdoor track state champion, and the division\u2019s best 200M and 400M times in recent history.\u00a0Brooklyn\u2019s Kezzian Jones<\/a>\u00a0won the shot put with a toss of 11.86M. The sophomore broke multiple Kingsborough College throwing records earlier this year including the shot put with a toss of 12.38M.<\/p>\n

Nation\u2019s Fastest 8 year-old:<\/strong>
\nOn Sunday in the Elementary A division, 8-year old track sensation Junior Olympic champion\u00a0Damira Allen of Chester Charter School<\/a>\u00a0in Pennsylvania won the 400M in 1:10.05 and the 800M in 2:34.5. Allen set a record as a 7 year-old in the ESPN Games with a 400M time of 1:09.39; and another this year at the\u00a0AAU Junior\u00a0Olympics\u00a0in August in Texas with an astonishing 1:05.89 performance.<\/a>\u00a0The Colgate Women\u2019s Games division record stands at 1:05.91 set by Philadelphia\u2019s\u00a0Kenai Bey-English in 2015.<\/a>\u00a0Allen\u2019s 800M 2.34.5 is her fastest time at any major meet yet, and less than 2 seconds off a 30 year-old Colgate Women\u2019s Games\u00a0record\u00a0set in 1986 set by All American\u00a0Jawauna McMullen.<\/a><\/p>\n

Participation in the Colgate Women\u2019s Games is completely free. Girls and young women compete within their own age\/grade divisions for ribbons, medals and points. Events include 55 meters, 55-meter hurdles, 200 meters, 400 Meters, 800 meters, 1500 meters, high jump and shot put. Top point scorers advance to the Finals where they compete for trophies and educational grants-in-aid from Colgate-Palmolive Company.<\/p>\n

Four preliminary meets and a semi-finals at Pratt Institute will determine who will compete at the finals at the\u00a0New Balance Track and Field Center at The Armory, New Yor<\/a>k\u00a0Saturday, February 18, 2017, where\u00a0trophies and educational grants-in-aid from Colgate-Palmolive Company<\/a>\u00a0are awarded to top place finishers in each grade division.<\/p>\n

Hopeful young track stars, parents and coaches can find information about the program at\u00a0http:\/\/www.colgategames.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(*NOTE: Hand-timed.\u00a0The hand-timed race will join, not erase an electronic timed 7.40 record set in 2003 by Rayona Lynch.)<\/p>\n

– PHOTO: Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/16-1221s2p-avery-lewis-300dpi.jpg<\/p>\n

– Photo Caption: Philadelphia’s Avery Lewis Sets Her Third Age Division Record at the Opening Meet of the 43rd annual Colgate Women’s Games, at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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