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Congratulations to WTC member Carla Forbes, who won the triple jump at the USATF World Youth Track & Field Trials in Myrtle Beach, SC, yesterday, June 29!

Her winning jump of 42′ 1 1/2″—the best jump ever by a Massachusetts high school athlete—earned her a spot on Team USA, to compete in the World Youth Championships in Lille, France, next week. She will train with the team in Myrtle Beach, before flying to France this Saturday.

To even compete at the World Youth Trials, athletes had to have met a US qualifying standard. To be eligible for the World Youth Championships, they also had to meet a World qualifying standard and finish among the top 2 (of other World qualifiers) at the Trials. The Team USA selection staff then chose those athletes that they felt had the best chance to score in Lille, based on previous years’ results.

More than 1000 athletes, ages 16-17, from as many as 175 countries will participate in the World Youth Championships.

Read more about Carla’s jump at Wicked Local.

Kayla Wong finished 2nd in the 100H, Carla Forbes was 2nd and 3rd in the TJ and LJ, Laurie Femmel was 3rd in the 400H, Mimi Narbonne and Ivy Watts were 4th and 5th in the 400, Margo Gillis was 7th in the 800, Ellen Goldberg was 7th in the DT, and TJ Noonan was 8th in the JT. Full results can be found here.

Club members scored well at their respective MIAA Divisional Meets over Memorial Day weekend. In Division 1, Carla Forbes won both the LJ and JT, Ellen Golberg won the discuss, Kayla Wong was 2nd in the LJ and 3rd in the 100H, Ivy Watts was 3rd in the 400, Kayla Prior was 5th in the LJ, Megan Brophy was 7th in the 2 mile, Amy Ren was 7th in the LJ and 8th in the JT, Katherine Sexton was 8th in the 400 and Emily Hutchinson was 8th in the HJ. In Division 2, Laurie Femmel was 3d in the 400H and 4th in the 400. In the Central Division, Mimi Narbonne won the 400 and Moriah Arnold was 8th in the 100H. TJ Noonan was 3rd in the JT at the Division 4 meet with 155’8″. Full results can be found here.