A group of local track and field athletes will be competing in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship starting from today at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The event is going to run through Sunday.
The local field comprises of athletes namely, Chelsea Johnson, Maggie Vessey, Sharon Day, Stephanie Brown Trafton, Ben Bruce and Jordan Hasay.
Johnson, who won the second place in previous year’s world championships in the women’s pole vault will be competing on Sunday. Brown Trafton who won the gold medal in women’s discus in 2008 Olympics will also be competing on Sunday, while Day will be competing in the hepthlanon on Saturday and Sunday. She has chosen not to compete in women’s high jump.
Brown Trafton is said to be a champion in Women’s discus. Last year she won her first U.S National Title.
Vessey like Johnson will aim to get her first National title in women’s 800.