* The House from Washington, D.C. has the first ever sub-40 performance at the AAU Junior Olympic Games
Photo Credit: Dan Loughlin/MileSplit
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The dust has settled and the AAU Junior Olympic Games have officially ended.
AAU Track and Field national chairman Charles Oliver, better known as "Coach O," spoke with MileSplit on the second to last day of the meet and said that, above all else, AAU is the beginning of track careers for many youth athletes -- and 2024's installment had nearly 13,000 of them descend on the track at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, North Carolina over those eight days.
"We want to help them attain that goal of going to Paris or the Olympics and winning that gold medal after they win this one," Coach O said.
Coach O also said that 46 AAU alumni are currently competing in Paris, including Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Grant Holloway.
Numerous national records fell across track and field events, including a 27-year-old record in the 15-16yo boys 110m hurdles final.
Here's a look at the top five races from the AAU Junior Olympic Games.
15-16yo Boys 110m Hurdles Final
Zacchaeus Brocks broke a 27-year-old AAU national record on Aug. 1.
The Class of 2026 runner from Michigan Racers Track Club and Ypsilanti, Michigan finished with a wind legal time of 13.73 to win.
Brocks' time in Greensboro bumped him up the national order as the fastest high school boy in the sophomore class.
17-18yo Girls 4x100m Relay Semifinal
It may not have come in the finals, but this race in the girls 17-18yo girls 4x100 semifinals was the fastest time AAU's crowd saw all week.
Greensboro-based Daniels High Performance went 44.22 to break the previous AAU national record of 44.48 set in 2023.
Dana Wilson, Jalee Brown, Joslyn Hamilton and Nilijah Darden also won gold in the finals, finishing in 44.62.
14yo Boys 3,000m Race Final, Heat 3
Ruel Newberry shattered the AAU record in the boys 14yo 3,000m, finishing in 8:24.53.
The previous record was set at 8:59.75.
Newberry is in the Class of 2028, hails from Denton, Texas, and will enter high school this fall.
17-18yo Boys 4x100m Relay Finals
The House earned the first ever sub-40 performance in the boys 4x100 at the AAU Junior Olympic Games on Aug. 2, finishing in 39.92.
Damilola Oyeniran, Jaden Deleon, Jaylen Aboyme and Quentin Braithwaite broke a nearly 12-year-old AAU national record, beating the previous time of 40.00.
17-18yo Girls 100m Semifinal
University of Southern California signee Olivia Pace broke an almost two-year-old AAU national record on Aug. 1, finishing in 11.36.
The previous record was 11.46.
The runner for Ohio Heat took gold in the 100m finals, going 11.54.
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