Diablo Valley Track and Field Club brings home gold from national Junior Olympics
Submitted by Erika Pringsheim-Moore
Boys 11-12 4x800m relay team: Tyler Hunt, Tyler Bergren, coach Harlan Lopez, Trevor Rogers and Alex Lodewick
The 2017 National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships in Lawrence, Kansas was one of the most successful in the Club's 49-year history, producing five National Champions and nine medals in total. Eighteen Diablo Valley athletes attended the event, in which nearly 10,000 athletes competed at Rock Chalk Park July 25-30.
Gold medal winners included Tyler Hunt in the boys 11-12 800 and 1500 meter, Kai Rednour in boys 13-14 long jump, and both the boys 11-12 and men's 17-18 4x800 meter relay teams, pictured here.
Other medal winners included:
Alex Lodewick, 3rd place in boys 11-12 3000 meter
Niki Moore, 3rd place in men's 17-18 1500 meter
Dylan Gunn, 4th place in boys 13-14 3000 meter
Tyler Bergren, 4th place in boys 11-12 800 meter
Men's 17-18 4x800m relay team: Parker Wilkerson, Andy Buchanan, Jason Gomez and Niki Moore
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