PORT ARTHUR, Texas — The top six teams from the Regional Qualifier advance to the AAU Junior Olympic Games. Four girls from Port Arthur and one girl from Orange have secured their spot in North Carolina.
Golden Triangle Track and Field's Teryn Antione, Khloe Joubert, Payten Gonzales and Laila Booker placed first at the AAU 8U Regional Girls Meet.
The girls ran the 4x100m in 1:03.14.
Golden Triangle Track Club has six kids competing at nationals at the end of the month. 14-year-old Matthew Christian qualified in high jump and 11-year-old Demijah Gorrer qualified in the 100m dash.
Amaya Meadows, 14, of Orange, will be running for the Orange Tigers Track Club. She'll be heading to the junior Olympic games to compete in the 100m hurdles and the 200m hurdles.
The AAU Junior Olympic Games start on July 30 and go through Aug. 6 in Greensboro, N.C.