What a four-day eventful track and field meet we had! It was a tough meet as Indiana brought some competition. In addition, we battled breathing in poor air quality, rain, and the humidity that followed the rain. We thank all of our parents for holding down the team over the course of competition. Thanks to all of our efforts this weekend but especially on Saturday as we were able to raise funds for the July 22nd meet at the RUSH t-shirt booth — after expenses (materials: t-shirts and transfers) were taken, we successfully raised $600 towards our Medals fund.

Great job Rush Athletes as we had 13 of 15 athletes set new personal records in one or more of their events (total of 19 new event records).

Breylen Shakespeare (9B) set new personal record in 100m (14.98 from prelims – 3rd place ) and in Long Jump (10-8.00 – 3.25m – 3rd place), took 10th in 200m (33.38)

Tamir Rhodes (9B) set personal records in 100m (16.58 shaving 1 second – placed 14th) and in Long Jump (7-7.5 or 2.32m – place 14th)

Bryson Britton (10B) placed 3rd in Shot Put (11-11.00 or 3.63m PR) and set a personal records in 100m (16.93 shaving 1 second – placed 24th)

Khalil Gborigi (12B) set personal records in Turbo Jav (74-11.00 or 22.83m – 2nd place) and in the 800m (2:49.89 – 7th place – just missed qualifying); Long Jump (12-3.75 – placed 11th). He advanced in the Pentathlon due to event cancellation caused by poor air quality.

Bobby Shakespeare III (12B) set personal records in the 100m (13.00 – 2nd place) and in the 200m (26.95 – 2nd place); he took 2nd in Long Jump (14-6.00 or 4.42m)

Dezmond Howard (13B) placed 4th in 200H (PR) and 13th in 100m (15.05)

Ryan Russell (14B) placed 12th in 200H (33.03)

Grant Van Meter (15-16B) placed 4th in Shot Put (35-10.75 or 10.94m) and 9th in Discus (87-4.00 or 26.63m)

Kwabena Osei-Yeboah (15-16B) placed 1st and set a new personal records in Long Jump (22-1.00 or 6.73m)

Anthony House Jr. (17-19M) placed 7th in Triple Jump (39-10.50 or 12.12m just missed qualifying), 10th in High Jump (5-7.00 or 1.70m), 12th in 400H (1:04.92 PR), and 27th in 400m (56.61)

Luis Lopez III (17-19M) placed 1st in 2000m Steeplechase setting a new personal record (7:11.16)

Kiyah Kelly (11G) set personal records in 80H (16.69 – 1st place) and in the 100m (15.04 – placed 12th). She placed 12th in Long Jump (10-8.75)

Skai Lincoln (15-16G) placed 3rd in Discus (94-4.00 or 28.75m), placed 4th in Javelin (60-4.00 or 18.40m) and set personal record in Shot Put (31-2.75 or 9.52m – 6th place)

Kai Lincoln (17-19W) set a new personal record in Triple Jump (31-0.50 – placed 15th)

Maya Kelly (17-19W) advanced in the Heptathlon due to event cancellation caused by poor air quality.

Congratulations to our Regional Champions:
Kwabena Osei-Yeboah (15-16B) placed 1st in Long Jump (22-1.00 or 6.73m)
Kiyah Kelly (11G) placed 1st in the 80H (16.69)
Luis Lopez III (17-19M) placed 1st in 2000m Steeplechase

We would like to congratulate all of our athletes who qualified for the 2023 AAU Junior Olympic Games as we have eleven national qualifiers:

Breylen Shakespeare: 100m and Long Jump

Bryson Britton: Shot Put

Khalil Gborigi: Turbo Jav and the Pentathlon

Bobby Shakespeare III: 100m, 200m, and Long Jump

Dezmond Howard: 200H

Grant Van Meter: Shot Put

Kwabena Osei-Yeboah: Long Jump

Luis Lopez III: 2000m Steeplechase

Kiyah Kelly: 80H

Skai Lincoln: Discus, Javelin, and Shot Put

Maya Kelly: Heptathlon

In addition, we would like to congratulate all of the athletes who BROKE CLUB RECORDS this season and now hold the 1 spot in our club’s record book in their age divisions:

Breylen Shakespeare (9B): 200m (33.20 sec.)

Bryson Britton (10B): Shot Put (11-11.00)

Khalil Gborigi (12B): 800m (2:50.98), 1500m (6:34.73), Turbo Jav (400g: 74-11.00), and Javelin Aero (450g: 65-1.50)

Bobby Shakespeare III: 100m (13.00 sec.) and 200m (26.95 sec.)

Dezmond Howard: 200H (38.35 sec.)

Ryan Russell: 100H (21.16 sec.)

Grant Van Meter: Shot Put (37-9.25) and Discus (94-0.25)

Kwabena Osei-Yeboah: Long Jump (22-1.00)

Kiyah Kelly: 80H (18.50 sec.) and 100m (15.09 sec.)

London Allen: 200H (39.20 sec.)

Maya Kelly: 100H (16.66 sec.)

We had a total of 96 team points. Top male and female scorers (our team’s MVP of AAU Region 13) goes to Bobby Shakespeare (24 pts) and Skai Lincoln (14pts). Awesome job to the following athletes who scored points for the team.

Bobby (24pts)
Skai (14pts)
Khalil (10pts)
Kwabena (8pts)
Luis (8pts)
Kiyah (8pts)
Breylen (6 pts)
Bryson (6pts)
Dezmond (5pts)
Grant (5pts)
Anthony (2pts)

Let’s go Rush! We are looking forward to our athletes continued successes and athletic progress.