Team USA athletes that have ties in New Jersey are performing well at World Juniors this week! Advancing to the finals and semi-finals from their qualification rounds. Here are their video interviews with MileSplit about their results and experience so far.
Keturah Orji advances to the finals in the Triple Jump!
Keturah Orji advances to the finals on Saturday in the Triple Jump with the third best mark out of Qualifying! 13.46 / 44-02.00!
— NJ MileSplit (@NJMileSplit) July 24, 2014
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Braheme Days Jr advances to the finals in the Shot Put!
Braheme Days Jr. who now throws for UCLA but was a Bridgeton HS (2013) star advances in the 6kg Shot Put with a 19.61 / 64-04 throw!
— NJ MileSplit (@NJMileSplit) July 24, 2014
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Yesterday Olivia Baker advanced to the Semi-Finals in the 400 meter Dash! She'll be taking that race on later tonight. The first two in each of the three heats and the next two fastest advance from there to the finals.
She's just keeps moving on. Onto the next round at World Juniors for @obaker64 after 54.09 400 prelim win. pic.twitter.com/DrQSL0VWdN
— MileSplit US (@milesplit) July 23, 2014
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