Intensity Athletics sending 18 to Junior Olympics

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 18 Middle Georgia athletes are getting ready for a trip to the Junior Olympics.

They’re going to Norfolk, Virginia at the end of the month with Intensity Athletics, an Amateur Athletic Union track and field program based in Houston County.

They’re coached by Hoy Thurman III, a former runner on the U.S. Air Force track and field team. Even with a coach like that and with all the training they’ve done in this Georgia humidity, they’re still a bit nervous.

“I’ve been against people who are better than me,” says 12-year-old Zakkary Megee, who’s making his first appearance at the Junior Olympics. “I’ve heard about other people who are really good. I don’t want to make a fool of myself, like do really bad or something.”

The 2015 AAU Junior Olympics will be held July 31 through August 8 at Norfolk State University. For more information, click here or check out Intensity Athletics on Facebook.

Boys:

Boys 8 and Under:
Adrian James 4 x 100m relay
Brisco Anderson-Freeman 4 x 100m relay
Kamari Turner 4 x 100m relay
Kenyan Johnson 4 x 100m relay

Boys 9:
Josiah Shackelford 100m dash, 200m dash

Boys 11:
Dmitry Wells 800m, 1500m, 4 x 100m relay
Micah Thurman 100m dash, 200m dash, 4 x 100m relay

Boys 13:
Grant Morgan 3000m
Zakkary Megee 800m, 1500m, 3000m

Boys 12:
Ishaaq Dunlap 3000m
Jarrian Creamer 4 x 100m relay

Boys 10:
Jayden Jackson Turbo-Javelin

Girls:

Girls 10:
Anijah James Long Jump

Girls 13-14:
Adia Clark 4 x 100m relay
Jordan Shealey 4 x 100m relay
Jordan Thomas 4 x 100m relay
Sydney Dawsey 4 x 100 m relay

Girls 15-16:
Terris Ervin High Jump