Metro Stars Have Solid Performance at AAU National Club Championships

Last week the New Orleans Metro Stars took a trip to Orlando Florida to see how we matched up against national competition at the AAU National Club Championships where we competed against clubs from powerhouse states such as Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and Texas.

We had one medalist. Nine year old Robert Vaughn, Jr had an outstanding performance in the Turbo Javelin: throwing 53 Feet, 17 feet farther than his previous personal best throw, earning him a 7th place finish.

We also had many top-15 performances.

Our 9 year-olds were rather impressive this past week. Robert medaled in the Turbo Javelin; Natalie Rome qualified to compete in the semi-finals of both the 100 Meter Dash and 200 Meter Dash and placed 13th in the 400 Meter Dash, and Tyree Arso qualified to compete in the semi-finals of the 200 Meter Dash and placed 11th in the 400 Meter Dash.

Ronald Arso, Jr and Conner Winston we very competitive in the 10 year-old Long Jump, but were bumped out of the finals by the very last jumpers on their very last jump, placing them at 13th and 15th respectively.

Eleven year-old Gabriel Byrd put on a stellar performance in the 800 Meter Run, coming in 14th place and running a personal best time of 2:44.45. But it was Bernard Robertson, IV who stole the show in the 800 Meter Run, winning his heat with a time of 2:40.47 and placing 12th overall.

Many of our athletes ran personal bests this past week.

Athlete                           Age         Event                        Time/Throw/Jump       Place
Natalie Rome                  9            100m Dash                   15.39 sec                  12th
                                                      200m Dash                   32.39 sec                  12th
                                                      400m Dash                   1:17.51                     13th
Tyree Arso                      9            400m Dash                   1:12.64                     11th
Robert Vaughn, Jr           9           Turbo Javelin                53'00"                        7th
Quinnton Marshall, Jr    10           100m Dash                   17.59 Sec                  49th
                                                      Turbo Javelin                34'06"                       16th
Conner Winston             10           200m Dash                   32.59                        49th
Gabriel Byrd                  11           400m Dash                   1:05.05                     17th
                                                      800m Run                     2:44.45                     14th
Bernard Robetrson, IV  11           200m Dash                    30.68 sec                  35th
                                                     400m Dash                    1:08.97                     25th
                                                     800m Run                      2:40.47                     12th
Xavier Maple                 11          1500m Run                    5:47.63                     18th
Sydni Harrell                  13         200m Dash                     29.93                        58th
                                                     Long Jump                     13'00"                      27th
Asia Pasley                    15          200m Dash                      29.30                      90th

Big congratulations to the Metro Stars on their performances at the AAU National Club Championships in Orlando Florida. See you all at the last meet of the season.