Cunningham, Charleston earn medals at Pan Am Junior Championships
7/22/2017 3:46:00 PM | Track
NC State track & field athletes Cravont Charleston and Gabriele Cunningham each took home medals for Team USA Saturday afternoon at the 2017 Pan America Junior Championships
TRUJILLO, Peru -- Young Wolfpack standouts Cravont Charleston and Gabriele Cunningham each claimed gold medals as Team USA swept 4x100m relay titles Saturday afternoon at the 2017 Pan America Junior Track & Field Championships. As an individual, Cunningham took home a bronze medal in the women's 200m.
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Charleston, the reigning ACC Outdoor Track & Field MVP, ran the second leg of the men's 4x100 as the United States finished with a time of 39.33. On the women's side, Cunningham ran the opening leg for Team USA as the team posted a mark of 44.07.
Cunningham, a rising junior for the Wolfpack, claimed a bronze medal in the women's 200m dash with a time of 23.60 in the finals. She is the first NC State athlete to win a Pan Am Juniors medal as an individual since 2013, when Wolfpack alumna Alexis Perry took home gold in the 100m hurdles.
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Rising sophomore Dylan Peebles represented Team USA in the men's 200m semifinal, placing third in his heat with a time of 21.83 seconds. The Raleigh native missed the finals cut by just one place as he finished ninth overall in the preliminary round.
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Tim Bason, a redshirt freshman for the Wolfpack, competed in the men's 3,000m steeplechase after taking gold at the 2017 USATF Junior Championships. A native of Plainsboro, N.J., Bason finished with a time of 9:12.63 to place 7th in his first career Pan Am Juniors appearance.
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Charleston, the reigning ACC Outdoor Track & Field MVP, ran the second leg of the men's 4x100 as the United States finished with a time of 39.33. On the women's side, Cunningham ran the opening leg for Team USA as the team posted a mark of 44.07.
Cunningham, a rising junior for the Wolfpack, claimed a bronze medal in the women's 200m dash with a time of 23.60 in the finals. She is the first NC State athlete to win a Pan Am Juniors medal as an individual since 2013, when Wolfpack alumna Alexis Perry took home gold in the 100m hurdles.
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Rising sophomore Dylan Peebles represented Team USA in the men's 200m semifinal, placing third in his heat with a time of 21.83 seconds. The Raleigh native missed the finals cut by just one place as he finished ninth overall in the preliminary round.
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Tim Bason, a redshirt freshman for the Wolfpack, competed in the men's 3,000m steeplechase after taking gold at the 2017 USATF Junior Championships. A native of Plainsboro, N.J., Bason finished with a time of 9:12.63 to place 7th in his first career Pan Am Juniors appearance.
For the most up-to-date information on NC State track & field, follow @Wolfpack_TF on Twitter.
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