METRO STARS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS!!!

This past weekend the Metro Stars had a pretty good showing at the AAU National Qualifier meet in Hammond. At the National Qualifier meet the top 6 placing athletes in any running event and the top 5 in any field event win a spot in the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Norfolk, Va. We had a lot of people take home hardware and almost the whole team qualified to go to the J.O.s.

Here are our medalists:

Gabriel Byrd       Gold        400m Dash

Gabriel Byrd       Silver       800m Run
Ronald Arso, Jr   Silver       Long Jump

Natalie Rome      Bronze    100m Dash
Marisol Torres    Bronze    1500m Run

Tianna Williams Bronze    200m Dash
                            Bronze    400m Dash
Tyree Arso          Bronze    200m Dash


Here are our National Qualifiers

Natalie Rome            3rd     100m Dash
                                  4th      200m Dash
                                  5th      400m Dash
Alivia Benetrix         4th      High Jump
Marisol Torres          4th      800m Run
                                  3rd     1500m Run
Sydni Harrell            6th      400m Dash
                                  5th     Long Jump
Tianna Williams       3rd     200m Dash
                                  3rd     400m Dash
Asia Pasley               6th     100m Hurdles

Malachi Benetrix      5th     800m Run
Tyree Arso                3rd    200m Dash
                                  5th     400m Dash
                                  4th     Long Jump
Robert Vaughn         4th     Turbo Javelin
Ronald Arso, Jr        2nd     Long Jump
Gabriel Byrd            4th      200m Dash
                                 1st      400m Dash
                                 2nd     800m Run
Bernard Robertson   6th      400m Dash
                                 4th      800m Run
Isaiah Benetrix         6th      200m Dash
                                 5th      200m Hurdles