17-18 Year Old Boy's 200m and 400m
Current Records: 20.58, J-Mee Samuels, 2004 & 45.45, Aldrich Bailey, 2012
The Challenger: Tyrese Cooper
Tyrese Cooper doesn't need to improve to break a record at the AAU Junior Olympic Games. Last year, Cooper shocked the world by splitting a 45.23 400m at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympic Games. That mark was not only a boy's 15-16 record, but it also would have broken the current standing boy's 17-18 record of 45.45. Fans of the young sprint star will be wondering whether he can provide some history again. He also has a very good shot at the 20.58 200m record -- his 2016 mark in that event was just four-hundredths of a second off in 20.62.
