Horn, Usery Complete Day One of Pan Am Championships
Saturday, August 1, 2009 | Track and Field
Florida decathlete Gray Horn (Wapakoneta, Ohio) currently is in second place through five events and sprinter Alishea Usery (St. Louis, Mo.) finished fourth in the finals of the women's 400-meter dash to wrap up the opening day of the 2009 Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Horn, a 2009 NCAA Outdoor All-American, currently is in second place in the men's decathlon through the opening five events with a score of 3,740. He captured the men's long jump and posted runner-up finishes in the 100-meter dash and the high jump. Fellow American Curtis Beach leads the decathlon after the opening day with a score of 3,866.
Usery placed first overall in the preliminary round of the women's 400-meter dash in a time of 54.87, before finishing fourth in the finals in a time of 54.33.
The Pan Am Junior Track and Field Championships continue Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. from Hasely Crawford Stadium. For all of the latest information on Florida athletes participating in the event, please log on to www.GatorZone.com/trackfield. For up-to-the-minute information on Florida track and field, log on to www.twitter.com/GZTrackField.
2009 PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – JULY 31, 2009
Men's Decathlon (Through Five Events)
2. Gray Horn – 3,740
Men's Decathlon 100-Meter Dash
2. Gray Horn – 11.29 (+0.0) – 797 points
Men's Decathlon Long Jump
1. Gray Horn – 23-7.50/7.20m (+3.9) – 862 points
Men's Decathlon Shot Put
7. Gray Horn – 40-7.50/12.38m – 629 points
Men's Decathlon High Jump
2. Gray Horn – 6-5.50/1.97m – 776 points
Men's Decathlon 400-Meter Dash
5. Gray Horn – 53.12 – 676 points
Women's 400-Meter Dash Preliminaries
1. Alishea Usery – 54.87 Q
Women's 400-Meter Dash Finals
4. Alishea Usery – 54.33
END OF REPORT
