[DEHAI] Petros back to back victory at the Junior Olympics in Greensboro NC


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From: Yohannes Debesai (ydebesai@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Aug 01 2009 - 09:35:45 EDT


Petros back to back victory at the Junior Olympics in Greensboro NC
 
Petros Welday of Maryland won Silver medal on Thursday in the 5000m final of the US Junior Olympics by finishing second with a time of 15:27:19. That is about half of a second behind the winner, Alfredo Santana.
 
With no day of recovery, Petros run the preliminary heat of the 1500m on Friday finishing 2nd with a time of 4:04.98; which is again 0.6 of a second behind the winner. With this place and time Petros is qualified to the finals.
 
Petros is due to run the final heat of the 1500m on Sunday before he heads back to home/ Maryland.
 
EAAA members are expressing their proud moments and are congratulating Petros for his victories.
 
We wish Petros a success on his final heat of 1500m.

 
Eritrean America Atheltics Assocaition
www.eaaarunners.org

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Finals 5000m
  1 Santana, Alfredo             02-08 Juventus        15:26.52
  2 Welday, Petros               10 Hummingbi          15:27.19
  3 Eden, Stacey                 05-41 Westside T      15:34.33

Heat  2 Preliminaries 1500m
  1 Warren, Sirron               26-Texas Stars T       4:04.30Q
  2 Welday, Petros               10 Hummingbi           4:04.98Q
  3 Santana, Alfredo             02-08 Juventus         4:08.21Q
 
 

 
~EAAA: Aspiring to uplift Eritrea in Athletics

 
"Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now."  ~Jonatan Mårtensson.
 
"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."  ~John Locke.



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