Northern Indoor National Championships

Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Adkins Trak Results

In AAU track and field competition the nine age divisions are determined by year of birth. Athletes of all ages 6 to 18 competed at the Shirk Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University. Families played a big part in the competition as mothers and fathers and friends of the athletes helped in coaching and encouraging the competitors.

The young athlete on the right from Mullica Hills, New Jersey, was a National Champion last year. Over the past year she has grown 4 inches. A friend of the family from Seattle traveled to the meet and was giving her coaching pointers prior to her event.

Above left: A father and daughter from the Chicago area enjoy a break while waiting for her event. Above right: A father from the stateline area [far right] and his daughter and a coach from the Illinois Jets wait for the HJ event to begin. The jets have team members from the Rockford area up to the state line with Wisconsin.
Left: A father and two of his children watch a family member run the 800m race. The athlete on the right is in the 'primary' class [born 2003 or later], the youngest class of athletes in an AAU track and field meet.

The old record in the 800m run for the primary level was 3:10.50. The athlete below from Kansas posted a 2:57+ to set a new National Record for the AAU Northern Indoor Meet.

New AAU Northern Indoor Primary National Record Holder in the 800m run.



Some of the Wisconsin athletes at the meet competed 'unattached' but most of the Wisconsin athletes were from three Milwaukee area track clubs. Above L-R: Chisom Obasih [unattached from Brookfield. Obasih is an eighth grader], Erin Hunt [Silver Spring Spartans from Milwaukee], Azya McLin [Mustangs from Milwaukee], and a Silver Springs Spartan in the Bantam class [born 2001]. Obasih was 2nd in the Girls-Youth 55m [7.63] finals.

Above L-R: Casey Allen [Blue- Milwaukee Mustangs] and Angel Malone [White uniform- Wings of Glory from Milwaukee].

Right: Angel Malone [831] and Toney Lock [Milwaukee Mustangs]. Lock will be a sophomore at Sussex Hamilton this season. Lock won the Intermediate 55m [7.42] and Malone was 2nd [7.52].

The Mustangs Track Club placed second in the 4x4 with a time of 401.82. The St Louis Lightning won the Women-Young 4x4 with a time of 3:55.91. Mustang relay members were: Danielle Barbian, Dezerea Bryant, Demetra Camble, and Micaela Creighton.

Above: Wings of Glory athletes in the youth 55m dash. Right: Mustang dash athletes: Right center-South Milwaukee sophomore Micaela Creighton. Far right-Demetra Camble a senior at Milwaukee Riverside.

L-R: Tierra Brown [Wings of Glory, senior at Milwaukee Lutheran], Danielle Barbian [Mustangs, senior at Sussex Hamilton], Briana Carter from Kansas City, and Dezerea Bryant [Mustangs, senior at Milwaukee Bradley Technical]. The athletes above ran in the 55m dash [Women - Young (18 and under)]. The Northern National Indoor record in the 55m dash was 6.96 set in 2008 by Alishea Ursery from St. Louis. Bryant broke this record in her preliminary heat [above] by blazing to a 6.89 clocking. In the 55m dash women-young finals Bryant set another record with a 6.86 time and a first place finish. Tahje Whittley was second in 7.13, Danielle Barbian 7th in 7.37, and Angelina Howard 8th with a time of 7.42.

Bryant's time in the 55m was #2 in the USA for high school indoor competition [as of 2/23/2011] . Her winning time in the 200m of 24.16 at the Northern Nationals was #1 in the USA [as of 2/23/2011].

Above: Brown and Barbian in heat 1 of the Women's [young] 55m dash prelim. Right L-R: Brown Deer senior Ariel Kinlow [Wings of Glory from Milwaukee], Angelina Howard [Mustangs, senior at Milwaukee Bradley Technical].

Above L-R: Tahtyana Peer [Mustangs,sophomore from Brown Deer], Tahje Whittley [Mustangs, senior from Milwaukee Bradley Technical], and Crystal Malone [Wings of Glory, sophomore from Milwaukee Riverside]. Above right: Tahje Whittley in the 55m prelims. Whittley was 3rd in the 400m finals [58.68].

Above: Brookfield Central D1 State LJ Champion Chidera Obasih helps in the pit as Mustang athlete Micaela Creighton [sophomore, South Milwaukee] competes in the LJ. Creighton won the Women-Young LJ with a distance of 17' 11.


Above L-R: Claudette Day [Dashers Track Club-East St. Louis] and Jaelan Hatton [Houston VISI Track Club-Houston, TX] in the 55m HH [Girls - Intermediate (born 1995-96)].