KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three Gore Pirates track athletes, Weston Cunningham, Trenton Cunningham and Devon Mannon, participated in the United States Region 9 Junior Olympic Track Meet on July 11-12, in which all three did well enough to qualify for this week’s U.S. National Junior Olympic Championships, which will take place next week in Savannah, Ga.
At the Region 9 Meet, Weston Cunningham was second in the 110-meter hurdles and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in the age 1516 age division, Trenton Cunningham was third in the 110-meter hurdles and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles in the age 15-16 division and Mannon was third in the 400-meter hurdles and fifth in the 110-meter hurdles in the age 17-18 division.
All three Pirates qualified last May for the Class 2A State Meet, which took place at Oklahoma City Western Heights High School.
At the state meet, Mannon was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (41.63 seconds), while Weston Cunningham was seventh (15.8) and Trenton Cunningham was 15th (17.14) in the 110-meter hurdles.
