Former Butler great Tretez Kinnaird won the USATF Junior National Championship in Eugene in 1:48.01 in the 800m Run. The World Championships start July 22nd in Eugene, Oregon. This will be Tretez's 2nd World Championship for Team USA, he was a member of the IAAF World Youth Championship in France in 2011.
Kinnaird was a multiple time state champion in the 800m while in high school as well as the fastest high school 800m in Kentucky ever. His freshman year at Indiana University he was an Indoor All-American in the Distance Medley Relay.
| Place | Athlete | Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tre'tez Kinnaird Indiana |
1:48.01 | ||||||
| 2 |
Myles Marshall Unattached |
1:48.43 | ||||||
| 3 |
Derek Holdsworth Growing Runners Track Club |
1:49.07 | ||||||
| 4 |
Charles Jones St. Louis Express Track Club |
1:49.54 | ||||||
| 5 |
Robert Ford Unattached |
1:50.04 | ||||||
| 6 |
Drew Piazza New Hampshire |
1:51.06 | ||||||
| 7 |
Carlton Orange Unattached |
1:51.07 | ||||||
| 8 |
Robert Uhr Jr Texas |
1:51.54 |
Interview about the race before USATF Junior Nationals.
Tretez Kinniard Interview about USA Junior Nationals this Weekend and his 1st Year at Indiana
