Lynas competes in Junior Olympics 3,000-meter run

Avery Lynas placed 23rd among the 40 runners who competed in the 3,000-meter race for 11-year-old and 12-year-old girls at the national Junior Olympics competition in Greensboro, North Carolina, July 29.

The De Luz 12-year-old had a time of 11:42.98 on the North Carolina A&T college track.

"It was really tiring," Lynas said. "It was just really hard because there was so much humidity."

Lynas had qualified for the national Junior Olympics by finishing fifth at the regional qualifying race for San Diego, Los Angeles, and Imperial counties which took place June 24 on the Cerritos College track. H...