Ypsilanti's Savannah Roberson wins pair of AAU national track titles
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Savannah Roberson won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes Saturday.
Courtney Sacco | AnnArbor.com file
On the final day of the AAU Junior Olympic track competition at Eastern Michigan University, a local runner stole the show.
Savannah Roberson of Ypsilanti took home both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash titles Saturday at Rynearson Stadium. She is the only local runner to take home a national running title during the weeklong event.
Roberson ran an 11.86 100-meter dash, edging out Taylor Andersen of Brooklyn Park, Minn., by two hundredths of a second.
Savannah Roberson poses with her gold medal and former Olympian Tyson Gay.
Courtesy of Rad Greaves
Later in the afternooon, she increased her margin of victory in the 200. Roberson ran a 23.89, the top time by more than a tenth of a second.
Roberson will start her senior year at Lincoln High School in the fall. She trains down the road from Rynearson Stadium with the Michigan All-Stars track club.
Multiple other area runners competed in the 11-day junior olympics. Complete results are now available at the junior olympics web site.
Comments
Rick Stevens
Sun, Aug 4, 2013 : 4:54 p.m.
Surprised to see Tyson Gay at an AAU event after failing more than one drug test by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) - including a positive at the US National Championships and subsequently surrendering his spots on the US team for the World Championships next week in Moscow.
MichU
Sun, Aug 4, 2013 : 1:35 p.m.
Congratulataions!!
MyOpinion
Sun, Aug 4, 2013 : 11:39 a.m.
Recall that her track club was just highlighted last week in AnnArbor.com - losing its space: http://bit.ly/1cAqfmZ I hope some local business, university, etc. lends them some support.
CoachT75
Sun, Aug 4, 2013 : 1:59 a.m.
Congratulations Savannah! You are a shining example of hard work paying off.
Justice4all
Sun, Aug 4, 2013 : 1:50 a.m.
Way to go Savannah. Watched some amazing athletes all week and you shined.