Peak Performance at Junior Olympics

The Peak Performance Track Club finished the season with a great showing at the U.S. National Junior Olympics Track & Field Championships in Omaha, Neb., this weekend. The team had three athletes earn medals at the prestigious meet.
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Breonna Gibson was second place in the shot put in the bantam girls division (9-10 yr. olds) with a personal best of 26 feet, 8 1/2 inches.

Joshua Cox was third place in the javelin in the intermediate boys division (15-16 yr. olds) with a throw of 171-10.

Jennifer Goss was eighth place in the javelin in the young women’s division (17-18 yr. olds) with a throw of 118-9. (The first eight places earn medals at the national championships.)

Jennifer Goss also competed in three other events, earning 16th place in hammer throw; 22nd place in discus; and 29th place in shot put.

Placing 12th in the 1500-meter race walk in the bantam girls division was Aubrey Gamble.

Note: The USA National Junior Olympics Track & Field Championships is the largest gathering of athletes for one sport in the world with 6000 athletes in attendance.