USA Today's 2014 All-USA Boys Track & Field team, teams coordinated by Fred Baer, TFWA, boys selections by Jack Shepard, HS editor of Track & Field News (the bible of the sport)

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USA TODAY’S 2014 All-USA BOYS TRACK & FIELD TEAM

Teams coordinated by Fred Baer, founder, Track and Field Writers of America.

Boys selections by Jack Shepard, high school editor of Track and Field News.

Criteria included ranking on USA TODAY and Track and Field Newsnational lists, the number of top performances and head-to-head competition during the regular season and in major postseason meets.

Athletes are listed alphabetically in each general event area.

Races in meters unless noted. [Field events in feet and inches]

w = wind-aided (more than 2.0 meters a second).

i = performed indoors.

Implements and hurdles (H) are high school unless noted: (jr) junior, (intl) college/international.

* = repeat All-USA performer.

Sprints (100 & 200)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Christian Coleman, Sr. Our Lady of Mercy (Fayetteville, Ga.) 10.30, 100;

Trentavis Friday, Sr. Cherryville, N.C. 10.00, 100; 20.33 (20.03w), 200.

Darryl Haraway, Jr. DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 10.20, 100.

Terry Jernigan, Sr. East Ridge (Clermont, Fla.) 10.27, 100.

*Kendal Williams, Sr. Stanton Prep (Jacksonville, Fla.) 10.27, 100; 20.55, 200.

Long Sprints / Middle Distance (400 & 800)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Donovan Brazier, Jr. Kenowa Hills (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1:48.61, 800.

Ricky Faure, Sr. Rock Springs, Wyo. 1:48.14, 800.

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Devante Lacy, Sr. Klein Oak (Houston) 46.10, 400.

Josephus Lyles, So. Williams (Alexandria, Va.) 46.23, 400.

Myles Marshall, Jr. Kingwood, Texas 1:48.43, 800.

Distances (1,500, mile, 3,200, 2-mile, steeplechase)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Grant Fisher, Jr. Grand Blanc, Mich. 3:46.71, 1500; 4:02.02, mile; 8:51.28, 2-mile.

*Blake Haney, Sr. Stockdale (Bakersfield, Calif.) 4:04.08, mile; 8:46.80, 3,200.

Matthew Maton, Jr. Summit (Bend, Ore.) 4:03.23, mile; 8:18.66. 3,000.

Garrett O’Toole, Sr. Middlesex School (Concord, Mass.) 3:45.55, 1500; 4:01.89, mile.

Bailey Roth, Sr. Coronado (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 5:41.67, 2k steeple; 9:03.92 3k steeple.

Hurdles (110, 300, 400)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Robert Grant, Sr. Brophy Prep (Phoenix 36.24, 300H; 51.16, 400H.

Isaiah Moore, Sr. Cummings (Burlington, N.C.) 13.40, 110H.

*Kenny Selmon, Sr. Pace Academy (Atlanta) 50.13, 400H.

Misana Viltz, Sr. Millikan (Long Beach, Calif.) 13.42, 110H.

Vertical Jumps (high jump, pole vault)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Paulo Benavides, Jr. Franklin (El Paso, Texas) 17-2 3/4, PV.

*Randall Cunningham, Sr. &nbsp
;Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) 7-2, HJ.

*Devin King, Sr. Sumner (Kentwood, La.) 17-9 3/4, PV.

David Njoku, Sr. Cedar Grove, N.J. 7-1, HJ.

Horizontal Jumps (long jump, triple jump)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Keandre Bates, Sr. Burges (El Paso, Texas) 50-9 1/2, TJ.

*Adoree Jackson, Sr. Serra (Gardena, Calif.) 25-5 1/4, LJ.

*Nate Moore, Sr. Castro Valley, Calif. 25-8 3/4, LJ; 50-10 1/4 (53-7w), TJ.

Ja’Mari Ward, So. Cahokia, Ill. 24-6 1/2 (25-6 3/4w), LJ; 50-6 1/2. TJ.

John Warren, Sr. Prince George, V
a. 50-6 3/4 (51-3 i), TJ.

Throws (shot put, discus, hammer, javelin)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Ben Bonhurst, Sr. Smithtown West (Smithtown, N.Y.) 67-3, SP.

Kord Ferguson, Sr. Ottawa, Kans. 67-10, SP; 210-3, DT; 201-0, DT (jr).

Daniel Haugh, Jr. St. Pius X (Atlanta) 204-1, DT; 188-1, DT (jr), 235-4, HT.

John Nizich, Sr. Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.) 224-1, JT.

Curtis Thompson, Sr. Florence Township Mem. (Florence, N.J.) 224-10, JT.

Decathlon (high school & jr. international decathlon)

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Harrison Williams, Sr. University (Memphis) 7525 HS, 7734 jr.

ALL-USA SECOND TEAM SELECTIONS:

Sprints

Athlete High school (location) Performances

Curtis Godin, Sr. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 10.36 (10.29w) 100; 20.85, 200.

Jaalen Jones, Sr. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.) 10.35, 100.

Long Sprints / Middle Distance

Derek Holdsworth, Jr. Lafayette (Williamsburg, Va.) 1:48.97, 800.

Ricky Morgan, Sr. Forest Park (Woodbridge, Va.) 46.71, 400.

Distances

Mike Brannigan, Jr. Northport, N.Y. 8:53.59, 2-mile.

Josh Evans, Sr. Linn-Mar (Marion, Iowa) 4:04.38, mile

Hurdles

John Lint, Sr. Columbus Academy (Gahanna, Ohio) 36.32, 300H; 51.63, 400H.

Marquis Morris, Sr. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 13.68, 110HH.

Vertical Jumps

Blaine Listach, Jr. Meyer (Waco, Texas) 7-1, HJ.

Deakin Volz, Jr, South (Bloomington, Ind.) 17-3, PV.

Horizontal Jumps

Joey Souza, Jr. Kingsburg, Calif. 24-10 (25-7w), LJ.

Karsten Wethington, Sr. Logan (Union City, Calif.) 50-7, TJ.

Throws

Carlos Davis, Jr. Blue Springs, Mo. 212-5, DT.

Nick Demaline, Sr. Liberty Center, Ohio 68-10 1/2, SP.

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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