Alpha Harrison qualifies for 4x100m relay at AAU Junior Olympic Games

Jul 22, 2022 Sports

Kaieteur News – Having dominated the 55m Dash event at the Fastest Kid in the World in February, 2020 when he won the gold medal and has also dominated other races at the club level in the USA, young Alpha Harrison has qualified to compete in the 4x100m relay at the AAU Junior Olympic Games.

Alpha Harrison

These games are set to be contested from the 30th of July to August 6th, 2022 at the North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro NC.

Harrison, no stranger to the athletics world ever since he migrated to the USA, is a member of the Charles County Elite Track & Field Club and will team up with Caleb Stewart-Mason, Messiah Bowen, and Rieyle Wrenn at the Junior Olympics where they will be aiming for the top podium spot in the Male 11+12 4x100m Relay.

The Brooklyn NY-based Harrison has been a consistent performer through the years. He was selected as the USATF New York Youth Athlete of the Month in June 2019 after some outstanding performances.

Also, in June 2019 at the Under-8 level, he racked up a slew of impressive performances; at the New York Junior Olympic Championships, he won the 100m (14.40s) and the 200m in (30.20s), while finishing second in the 400m with a time of 1m 15s.

Contesting the Youth Challenge Series in the same month, the youngster completed the sprint double again with a time of 14.71s in the 100m and 31.52 in the 200m. At the USATF Youth Championship in North Carolina that was contested from June 25-30, Harrison won the 200m in 29.69seconds which was a new record for the USATF New York Zone.

In the 400m, he finished second in 1m 8s which was also a record time for his Zone. He capped off the Youth Championship with a 14.58s performance in the 100m which was good enough for the silver medal.

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