GWI Alumni
Recent Prep/Collegiate Stars
AJ Acosta
Jeshua Anderson
Tori Anthony
Scott Bauhs
Jessica Beard
Nicole Blood
D’Angelo Cherry
Caitlin Chock
Jordan Clarke
Bobby Curtis
Kevin Craddock
Wayne Davis
Trevor Dunbar
Ashton Eaton
Brie Felnagle
German Fernandez
Mac Fleet
Mason Finley
Chad Hall
Jordan Hasay
Walter Henning
Alysia Johnson
David Klech
Bianca Knight
Alex Kosinski
Lionel Larry
Marie Lawrence
Tim Nelson
Jessica Pressley
Luke Puskedra
Scott Roth
Tommy Skipper
Calvin Smith
Duane Solomon
Tavaris Tate
Christian Taylor
Ryan Whiting
Rachel Yurkovich
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About the Golden West Invitational
- The Golden West Invitational brings together top high school athletes from throughout the country and provides them with the very highest levels of competition.
- We invite all athletes who achieve the Golden West Invitational event standards to enter!
Past participants have represented the United States in every Olympic Games since 1964 and have filled more than 200 positions on the American Olympic Track & Field teams. They have won more than 90 medals, 48 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 Kerron Clement, Stacy Dragila, Allyson Felix, Hyleas Fountain, Joanna Hayes, Monique Henderson, Bershawn Jackson, Meb Keflezigh, David Neville, Lauryn Williams and Jeremy Wariner. NFL football stars Terry Bradshaw, Michael Carter, Russ Francis, Bob Hayes, James Lofton, Art Monk, Mel Renfro, and many more also competed at the Golden West..
2011 events will include Freshman Mile, Freshman 100 Meter and Freshman 400 Meter events for both boys and girls!
2010 News Article Links
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51st Annual Golden West Invitational Top Performances
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Jessica Davis
(Palmdale, CA) doubles in the100m (11.49),
200m (23.58).
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Justin Scott-Wesley (Camilla, GA)
100m winner in 10.41.
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Alex Collatz (Stockdale of Bakersfield. CA) wins the
discus with a 177'3" toss.
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Nick Ridge (Jesuit, Sacramento, CA) clears
7'1" to win the high jump.
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