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Track athletes bring AAU Junior Olympics medals home from Humble

  • From left, Leilana Decker, Kyla Perez, Cailyn Matchuk, Angelisse Medina Perez, Alyus Decker and Kalel Perez competed and brought home a number of medals from the AAU Track and Field Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas. (Photo/Will Power Athletics)
    From left, Leilana Decker, Kyla Perez, Cailyn Matchuk, Angelisse Medina Perez, Alyus Decker and Kalel Perez competed and brought home a number of medals from the AAU Track and Field Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas. (Photo/Will Power Athletics)
  • Leilana Decker won the AAU Junior Olympics steeplechase by over 20 seconds. (Photo/Will Power Athletics)
    Leilana Decker won the AAU Junior Olympics steeplechase by over 20 seconds. (Photo/Will Power Athletics)

    It’s awfully hot and humid to go for a run, but members of the local Will Power Athletics Club qualified for the AAU Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas.

    They competed—and they won.

    Leilana Decker, a St. Cloud High senior, won the Age 17/18 2000 meter steeplechase in 7:41.58, beating the field by over 20 seconds.

    Fellow Bulldog Kyla Perez placed 15th in the 1500 meters in 4:55.68 after winning regional and National Club championships at that distance.

    Alyus Decker and Cailyn Matchuk earned a bronze medals in the boys’ and girls’ 16-year-old 3000 meter race walk, after also winning regional and National Club championships. Angelisse Medina Perez was 15th among girls, and Kalel Perez was a regional champion and 15th overall in the decathlon.