Jones Dominates 100 Field in Junior Championships

Marion Jones of Thousand Oaks High scored an overwhelming victory in the women’s 100 meters in The Athletics Congress Junior (age 19 and under) track and field championships at Ohio State University on Saturday.

Jones, who was fifth in the 100 in the U.S. Olympic trials in New Orleans last month, timed 11.33 seconds to best runner-up Benita Kelley (11.52) of Southside High in Greenville, S.C. Jones’ lifetime best is 11.14.

For Jones, 16, the win marked her second consecutive junior title in the 100. She will attempt to successfully defend her 200 title today.

The top two finishers in each event qualify for the U. S. team that will compete in the World Junior championships in Seoul, Sept. 16-20, if they meet or exceed the qualifying standard.

Laura Hayward, who graduated from Agoura High last month, placed second in the women’s 10,000 in a personal best of 38 minutes 4.40 seconds, but her time is shy of the World Junior standard of 36:30.

Derek Scurry, who will be a sophomore at Cal State Northridge this fall, finished third in the men’s long jump (wind-aided 24 feet 5 1/2 inches), and Marcus Stokes, a June graduate of Thacher School, advanced to the final of the men’s 110-meter high hurdles (heat-winning 14.77).