Bowman top qualifier in 1500, 4th in 800 finals, Boone & McCorory finish in top 4

CARSON, CA -- In the second day of events at the USATF Junior Nationals Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Fauquier senior Sarah Bowman posted the top time in the preliminaries of the 1500 meter run, while finishing fourth in the 800 meter finals two hours later. Bowman, coming off a US high school #3 all-time mile performance last weekend, clocked a time of 4:32.71 to win her heat with the fastest preliminary time to advance to the finals as the favorite. Bowman then doubled back later in the day to compete in the 800 meter finals. Bowman led through 400 meters in 62 seconds, but the trials of the 1500 earlier in the day and 800 the day before caught up to her as she was chased down to finish fourth in the heat in a respectable time of 2:07.88. Thomas Dale senior Dennis Boone and Bethel junior Francena McCorory had much better second days at USATF Junior National meet as Boone finished fourth in the long jump with a leap of 23-9, while McCorory finished third overall in the 200 meter dash finals with personal best and state leading clocking of 23.22.