Anthony Schwartz and Symone Mason, the nation's fastest high school 100m sprinters on record this season, lead lightning fast fields in the boys and girls Dream 100 races on Sunday at the adidas
Boost Boston Games.
The adidas Boost Boston Games take place Sunday, June 4, and sprint and hurdle events will be run on a 200m track erected on Charles Street
between the Public Garden and Boston Common. The pole vault and long jump competitions will
take place on a parallel path on the Common.
Schwartz, a Plantation American Heritage (Fl.) junior, is ranked US No. 1 100m, and with a time of 10.15 seconds, he set a World U18 record earlier this season. Schwartz was knocked out of contention at the FHSAA Track and Field Championships in May due to injury, preventing him an opportunity to
defend his titles in the 100m and 200m.
He's followed closely by US No. 2 Kalon Barnes and US No. 3 Caleb Jolivette. Barnes
(Silsbee, TX), the 2017 state champion in the 100m and 200m, set a Texas Class 4A record with his time of
10.22 in the 100m. Jolivette (Manvel, TX) ran 10.31 outdoors and won New Balance Nationals at in the 60m dash at 6.73 seconds. They will be challenged by Chauncy Smart (Auburndale, FL) and LaVonte Valentine (Clermont, FL).
Smart is the FHSAA's most recent Class 3A 100m state champion while Valentine is the FHSAA Class 4A champion.
In the girls Dream 100, Mason (Miami, FL) is ranked US No. 1 in the nation at 100m (11.24) and 200m (23.00),
and swept the sprint titles at 100m, 200m and 400m at the FHSAA Class 4A championships.
Among the high school girls challenging Mason will be Demi Washington (Clinton, MS), who ran the fastest
all-conditions time in the nation this year for 100m (11.21) -- she's also the 2017 state champion at both 100m
and 200m -- and Kaylor Harris (Mesquite TX), who is ranked US No. 3 in the 100m and is the Texas UIL champion in
the 100m hurdles.
Jayla Kirkland (Birmingham AL) is a New Balance Nationals Indoor champion in 60m
and finished seventh at the 2016 World U20 Championships in the 200m.
The field will have to contend with eighth-grader Tamari Davis (Gainesville FL), who finished third here
last year as a seventh-grader. The 2016 AAU Junior Olympic Champion at both 100m and 200m, Davis last weekend ran the fastest 200m in history by a 14-year-old and won the high school Girls 200m at the
Prefontaine Classic in 23.21 seconds.
If Davis were eligible for the high school lists, she would be tied for the nation's No. 2 time.
Over the years, athletes in the adidas Dream 100 have included Marvin Bracy, who went on to
become the 2014 IAAF World Indoor silver medalist at 60m; Octavious Freeman, the 2013 IAAF
World Championships silver medalist in the 4x100m relay; Trayvon Bromell, the 2015 IAAF World
Championships bronze medalist at 100m; and Candace Hill, who won the 2015 adidas Dream 100 before
going on to become World U-18 Champion at both 100m and 200m.
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