Middle-distance competitor DeJah Jones, 12, of Garner ran to victory in the girls Sub-Youth Division 800-meter run in the AAU Junior Olympics on Wednesday.
Jones finished in a time of 2 minutes, 17 seconds, bettering her preliminaries time of 2:18.28.
The competition, which runs Aug. 1-8, is taking place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
