Jera Salters earned the turbo-javelin victory in the 11 year-old division at the AAU Junior Olympic Games with a throw of 100-7.75.
The West-Akron Track Club representative, who competes in a variety of track and field events, completed the rarely achieved three-peat last week in Greensboro. Salters also won the turbo-javelin at the 2017 and 2018 JO's with tosses of 65-9 as a 9 year-old and 71-2 as a 10 year-old.
Results -
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | WIND | H# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jera Salters | Unattached - OH | 100-7.75 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Jada Lubin | Morris Estate Track Club | 92-5.5 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Samiya Rinkin | EDA Flyers Youth Track Club | 90-5.75 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cayley Windham | The HEAT Track Club | 83-2 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Taylor Blue | Track Xplosion | 76-8.75 | 3 | ||||
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