Long jumper Jacob Clizbe seems to fly over track & field official Jenny Prentice during the Pacific Northwest Association Track & Field Championships at Chief Sealth Field Saturday, June 26. CLICK ONTO FIRST PHOTO FOR SLIDESHOW.
Athletes are running, leaping, and vaulting this weekend, June 26 & 27 during the 2010 Junior Olympics Pacific Northwest Association Track & Field Championships. Winning athletes are from greater Seattle qualify for the Regional Finals here, where athletes compete statewide at Sealth Field July 8-11.
Girls and boys ages 8-18 compete. Many represent clubs, like the Barron Park Striders in Olympia, Flying AJS Track Club in Federal Way, Rainier Beach Track Club and Kent Xtreme Speed. Some athletes are "unaffiliated" and do not compete with a club.
Those winners advance to the National Junior Olympic meet in Sacramento July 27 - August 1.