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53rd Annual
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Saturday  •  June 9, 2012
Folsom High School  •  Folsom, CA

2011 GWI Results

2011 Heat/Flight Sheets

2011 Hurdles
52nd Annual GWI Videos

Hurdles Action (and more)
on YouTube


Courtesy Jesuit Track

52nd Annual GWI Highlights (Sacramento Bee article)
Jonathan Cabral (above) doubles in the hurdles for GWI 2nd best times ever. Hannah Carson breaks meet record in Javelin (168-02) and 2nd best all-time performance.


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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


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 RESULTS

2010 News Article Links

51st Annual Golden West Invitational Top Performances
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Jessica Davis Justin Scott-Wesley Alex Collatz Nick Ridge
Jessica Davis
(Palmdale, CA) doubles in the100m (11.49),
200m (23.58).
Justin Scott-Wesley (Camilla, GA)
100m winner in 10.41.
Alex Collatz (Stockdale of Bakersfield. CA) wins the
discus with a 177'3" toss.
Nick Ridge (Jesuit, Sacramento, CA) clears
7'1" to win the high jump.

Visit these
pages to see
lists of famous GWI Alumni:

Olympians

Pro Football Players


50th Anniversary
GWI Stories and Athlete Profiles

Greg Ashman photo link

Alitta Boyd
Alitta Boyd Profile by Bob Burns: After winning the triple and long jumps at GWI, two weeks later she doubles at the Junior Nationals in Eugene with nation-leading marks. ...read more
Photo by Greg Ashman
Jordan Hasay at Golden West 2009 thumbnail
Jordan Hasay at the 50th Anniversary GWI - story by Patrick Ibarra
tavaris tate
Tavaris Tate - is returning to GWI with a nation-leading 400 meter time (read more...)

Jordan Hasay - To compete in a record 5th Golden West (read more...)
Mason Finley - On track for a GWI Discus record (read more...)

At the 2008 Golden West:

Christian Taylor
Jordan Hasay
D'Angelo Cherry
Taylor Christian (Sandy Creek HS, GA) doubles in the LJ & TJ (photo by Greg Ashman)
Jordan Hasay (Arroyo Grande, CA) wins the 800 meter event.
D'Angelo Cherry (Mt. Zion; Jonesboro, GA.) sets a #10 all time 100m best for all conditions (10.17w). (photo by Don Gosney)

2008 Golden West Invitational Reports

(updated 1/16/2011)

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