Several current and former area prep athletes made the trip to Eugene, Oregon for the USATF Junior Nationals this past weekend. The top performances include:

Alishea Usery, who just finished her freshman year at Florida after running for Berkeley, won the 400-meter dash in 53.91;

Emily Sisson, who will be a senior at Parkway Central, took second in the 3,000-meter run in 9:55.31 less than a week after winning the 5k at Nike Nationals in the meet’s second fastest time of 16:34.36;

Alyssa Allison, a recent Festus graduate, took second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:55.51 and missed the gold medal by .26 of a second;

Elaine Patten, a recent O’Fallon graduate, tied for third in the high jump at 5 feet, 8 inches;

Precious Selmon, a recent Crystal City graduate, took sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.03 and was 11th in the long jump at 18 feet, 6 1/2 inches;

Brittney Cloudy, who just completed her freshman year at SLU after graduating from Marquette, took seventh in the triple jump at 41-0 1/4;

Erin Wykoff, a sophomore-to-be at Virginia after competing at Triad, took eighth in the discus with a throw of 152 feet, 4 inches, and her sister Kristin Wykoff, who attends SIUE, was 15th with a 133-2;

Ross Larimar, a sophomore-to-be at Oklahoma after running for Parkway West, was 12th in the 1,500 at 3:57.59.

Full results of both the senior circuit, which included former Berkeley standout Michael Rodgers winning the 100-meter dash in 9.91, and the junior meet can be found at http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/schedule.asp