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DATE: SUNDAY, June 12, 1994                   TAG: 9406140211
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Medium

AREA ATHLETES IN REGIONALS

Meredith Bowden, Richard Mason and Amy Speas each placed in three events Saturday at the Virginia Association USA Track and Field Junior Olympics and advanced to regional competition.

Eight athletes competing for the Roanoke Valley Amateur Track and Field Club, all from Patrick Henry High School, recorded 17 top-five finishes. The top five finishers in each event advance to the Region III USATF Junior Olympics at Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland July 6-10. Region III consists of Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

Bowden won the javelin in the Young Women's division with a throw of 65 feet, 11 inches, and she placed fifth in the Shot put and 200-meter run. Mason win the Young Men's javelin with a personal-best toss of 125-11 and was third in the shot put and the discus. Speas won the Young Women's 3,000 in a time of 12 minutes, 8.1 seconds and was second in the 1,500 and the javelin.

The Roanoke club earned seven medals in the javelin, placing first and second in all three divisions and also taking third in the Intermediate Women's Division.

The heptathlon and decathlon were not part of Saturday's competition, but several Roanoke athletes already had earned regional berths. In the heptathlon, Bowden, who was 15th in the nation last year, advanced in the Young Women's Division, and Shana Waller will compete in the Intermediate Division. Mason, Robert McGrath and Jack Edwards will compete in the Young Men's decathlon.

Saturday's results for Roanoke athletes: INTERMEDIATE WOMEN (AGE 15-16)

Javelin - 1, Kehler Black, 43 feet, 1 inch; 2, Jill Garrett; 3, Dabney Edwards. 800 run - 3, Garrett; 4, Black. YOUNG WOMEN (AGE 17-18)

Javelin - 1, Meredith Bowden, 65-11; 2, Amy Speas. Shot put - 5, Bowden. 3,000 run - 1, Speas, 12 minutes, 8.1 seconds. 1,500 run - 2, Speas. 200 - 5, Bowden. YOUNG MEN (AGE 17-18)

Javelin - 1, Richard Mason, 125-11 ; 2, Marcell Michelli. Shot put - 3, Mason. Discus - 3, Mason. 5,000 - 3, Michelli. 800 - 5, David Andrews. - Staff report 


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