On July 24th in Miramar, Florida, Trevor and Tyler toed the line against the best boys in the western hemisphere. After many attempts, the boys were going after their first international medal. It would not be an easy task as the 2010 World Racewalk Cup champion, Eider Arevalo from Colombia was also in the race.The gun went off and Trevor and Tyler started off in the group going through the first km in a very conservative 4:18. After 6km's Trevor started to push and dropped everyone in the group except for Eider. Trevor knew going into the race that he had to try and push the pace early because Eider has a strong kick. Trevor dropped a few 4:00 km's and Eider was still there. It came down to the final 250m's when Eider put down a final sprint and Trevor could not respond. Trevor finished the race giving all he could as he weaved off the track. Even though he didnt win, he finally won a medal at an international competition, finishing off his Junior career on a high.
Tyler dropped off the group early, suffering from the heat and humidity which he is definitely not used to in his hometown of San Diego. Coming off of his strong race in Italy a few weeks earlier, he couldnt duplicate it however he finished in 5th place and finished his season eager for more next year. Men 10000 Meter Race Walk
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Pan Am Jr.: * 39:50.73 7/15/1993 Jefferson Perez, ECU
Name Age Team Finals
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1 448 Arevalo, Eider 18 Colombia 41:29.81
2 376 Barron, Trevor 18 United State 41:39.16
3 447 Montana, Leonardo 19 Colombia 42:00.88
4 266 Palma Olivares Jr. 19 Mexico 42:03.47
5 422 Sorensen, Tyler 17 United State 44:38.17
-- 162 Thorne, Benjamin 18 Canada DQ
Next up for the TEAM we have the Canada vs. USA Dual Meet competition that is taking place in Boston, Mass next weekend, August 14th. We have Molly representing the USA team and Bruno representing Canada in his last Junior competition of his career. In the open 10km race we have Maria and Lauren looking to walk some solid times.
Stay tuned!
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