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| Taylor Christian (Sandy Creek HS, GA) doubles in the LJ & TJ (photo by Greg Ashman) |
D'Angelo Cherry (Mt. Zion; Jonesboro, GA.) sets a #10 all time 100m best for all conditions (10.17w). (photo by Don Gosney) |
49th Annual GWI Rocks Folsom HS!
Photo Gallery courtesy of Don Gosney and Greg Ashman
Meet Review from GWI's Steve Fagundes with GREAT photos from Don Gosney and Greg Ashman
In Depth Report from Mike Kennedy, Dystat Cal
Dangelo Cherry (Ga) super 10.16w B100 - #10 All-Conditions All-Time US Prep
Meet Preview by Fred Baer
Meet Preview by Steve Fagundes
2008 adidas GWI Entrants List
2008 adidas GWI Heat Sheets
2008 GWI Information
The 2008 adidas Golden West Invitational features a meet with two qualifying standards, an A Standard and a B Standard. Having the two standards allows more athletes to participate in the adidas Golden West experience. The A and B standards are posted under Athlete Entry Information. All defending Champions from the GWI meets will be automatically accepted into the meet as A Standard athletes, provided they enter by the meet deadline.
New for 2008: The Freshman Girls Mile!
General Meet Information
ONLINE ENTRY
Field Events Schedule
Running Events Schedule
GWI Background
The adidas Golden West Invitational made its debut in 1960. The meet brings together top high school athletes from throughout the country and provides them with the very highest levels of competition.
This year will be the 49th adidas Annual Golden West Invitational. Past participants have represented the United States in every Olympic Games since 1964 and have filled more than 150 positions on the American Olympic Track & Field teams. They have won more than 75 medals, 40 of them gold. An additional nine GWI athletes represented their native countries of France, Ireland, Japan, Trinidad/Tobago, Fiji, Jamaica and Cape Verde Islands.
GWI alums include track legends Evelyn Ashford, Bob Beamon, Marion Jones, Marty Liquori, Steve Prefontaine, Jim Ryun, Tommy Smith, and Dwight Stones.
Recent Olympic medalists include Stacey Dragila, Allyson Felix, Joanna Hayes, Monique Henderson, and Meb Keflezighi and Jeremy Wariner. NFL football stars Terry Bradshaw, Michael Carter, Russ Francis, Bob Hayes, James Lofton, Art Monk, and Mel Renfro also competed at the Golden West.
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