Youth may be served on SEAG squad

Youth may be served on SEAG squad

JAKARTA: Several young athletes will be vying for places on the
national squad for the Vietnam Southeast Asia (SEA) Games when
they take part in a three-day competition of the National Junior
Track and Field Championships starting here on Sunday.

The competition, which will be held at the Bung Karno Madya
Stadium, features 468 boys' and 261 girls' participants from 27
of the 30 provinces in Indonesia, according to Purnomo M. Yudi,
the chairman of the organizing committee.

Younger athletes, mostly under 20, make up about 50 percent of
the 54 SEAG hopefuls, currently training either in Jakarta or
Pengalengan, West Java.

Purnomo said here on Friday that this track meet would largely
decide the final lineup of the national team. "If they perform
poorly they will certainly be axed from the team. New names could
still probably be added to the list." -- JP