Trujillo, Peru – Four Aggies will compete in the Pan American Junior Championships this weekend as three represent the United States and one competes for the Bahamas.
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The 19-and-under track and field competition will include three Texas A&M athletes who completed their freshman season with the Aggies – Serena Brown (Bahamas, discus), William Petersson (United States, javelin) and Jaevin Reed (United States, 400m, 4x400) – along with incoming freshman Gabriel Oladipo (United States, discus).
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Coverage of the Pan American Junior Championships will be available online at http://bit.ly/PanAmJrsLive. Competition in the three-day meet begins Friday and concludes on Sunday.
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Reed currently ranks third on the 2017 world junior list in the 400m with her career best time of 51.52, which she set as the runner-up finisher in the final at the USATF Junior Championships. Brown ranks fourth on the world junior list in the discus with a season best of 186-6 (56.84), which placed her first at the SEC Relays and improved her national record for the Bahamas.
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Petersson enters the meet with a career best of 225-4 (68.69) in the javelin while Oladipo produced a best of 215-2 (65.58) in the discus during his senior year of high school and won the USATF Junior title with a mark of 196-9 (59.97) using the junior implement. Among the entries for the Pan American Junior field, Petersson ranks third and Oladipo ranks fifth in their respective events.
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2017 Pan American Junior Championships – Schedule for Texas A&M Athletes
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Friday, July 21
 10:20 a.m.         W 400m      Semi                       Jaevin Reed
   2:30 p.m.         W 400m      FINAL                     Jaevin Reed
   3:20 p.m.        M Discus      FINAL                     Gabriel Oladipo
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Saturday, July 22
    8:00 a.m.        W Discus      FINAL                     Serena Brown
 10:20 a.m.       M Javelin      FINAL                     William Petersson
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Sunday, July 23
 10:00 a.m.        W 4x400      Semi                       Jaevin Reed
   1:00 p.m.        W 4x400      FINAL                     Jaevin Reed
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The 19-and-under track and field competition will include three Texas A&M athletes who completed their freshman season with the Aggies – Serena Brown (Bahamas, discus), William Petersson (United States, javelin) and Jaevin Reed (United States, 400m, 4x400) – along with incoming freshman Gabriel Oladipo (United States, discus).
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Coverage of the Pan American Junior Championships will be available online at http://bit.ly/PanAmJrsLive. Competition in the three-day meet begins Friday and concludes on Sunday.
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Reed currently ranks third on the 2017 world junior list in the 400m with her career best time of 51.52, which she set as the runner-up finisher in the final at the USATF Junior Championships. Brown ranks fourth on the world junior list in the discus with a season best of 186-6 (56.84), which placed her first at the SEC Relays and improved her national record for the Bahamas.
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Petersson enters the meet with a career best of 225-4 (68.69) in the javelin while Oladipo produced a best of 215-2 (65.58) in the discus during his senior year of high school and won the USATF Junior title with a mark of 196-9 (59.97) using the junior implement. Among the entries for the Pan American Junior field, Petersson ranks third and Oladipo ranks fifth in their respective events.
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2017 Pan American Junior Championships – Schedule for Texas A&M Athletes
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Friday, July 21
 10:20 a.m.         W 400m      Semi                       Jaevin Reed
   2:30 p.m.         W 400m      FINAL                     Jaevin Reed
   3:20 p.m.        M Discus      FINAL                     Gabriel Oladipo
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Saturday, July 22
    8:00 a.m.        W Discus      FINAL                     Serena Brown
 10:20 a.m.       M Javelin      FINAL                     William Petersson
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Sunday, July 23
 10:00 a.m.        W 4x400      Semi                       Jaevin Reed
   1:00 p.m.        W 4x400      FINAL                     Jaevin Reed
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