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2008 IAAF World Junior
Championships

July 8-13, 2008 - Bydgoszcz, Poland

Official Meet Site

RESULTS
Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3
Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6
Medal Table - Placing
Table

Timetable/LIVE Results

Winner's Table

Schedule

PREVIEWS:
Mike Kennedy
Men's Track
Men's Field
Women's Track
Women's Field

Prior Years on DyeStat
2006
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Earlier IAAF coverage
2000
1998


2008 NSSF coverage

Joy Kamani PHOTOS
Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3
Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6

Jim Spier's Blog
Day 0/1 - Day 2 AM
Day 2 PM - Day 3 AM  Day 3 PM - Day 4 AM  Day 4 PM - Day 5 -
Day 6
Dominating performance by Team USA

The Americans claimed the most GOLDS (11) and medals overall (17), while also showing the most depth with most points on an 8-place scoring system - IAAF Medal Table - IAAF placing table.

A Look Back ... and Forward - In this analysis, Mike Kennedy breaks down the Team USA's success and makes some points for improvement.

US talent shines through - In the July 15 Talking Track, the column from Doug Speck of DyeStatCal, he reflects on reasons why assembling a great team for World Juniors can be a tough sell and some of the outstanding performers that emerged anyway.

Top Prep Performers:
GOLD - Marquise Goodwin TX (at right, photo Joy Kamani) - LJ & 4x100, Erica Alexander TX and Lanie Whittaker FL 4x400

SILVER - Conor McCullough CA - HT, Booker Nunley NC - 110H

4th - Jordan Hasay CA - 1500, Rachel Laurent LA - PV

6th - Laurynne Chetelat CA - 3000

7th - Anna Jelmini CA - DT, Lanie Whittaker FL - 400

8th - Leslie Brost SD - PV, Christian Taylor GA - LJ

Day 6 - Nunley 2nd 110H, Hasay 4th 1500; relay sweep completed - Booker Nunley NC 2nd in 110H 13.45 (+1.1); Jordan Hasay 4th in 1500 kicker's race in 4:19.02. Team USA sweeps 4x400s with preps Lanie Whittaker FL and Erica Alexander TX running 52s. Anna Jelmini and Erin Pendleton 7th/11th in discus final.

Day 5 - Henning, McCullough 1-2 in HT; Rodgers, both 4x1s win Gold - Walter Henning and Conor McCullough became first-ever US hammer medalists, setting AJ and HS records in winning Gold and Silver. Collegian Teona Rodgers won 100H and both 4x1s took Gold, with Marquise Goodwin taking his 2nd Gold of the meet. Preps Laurynne Chetelat (6th in 3k) and Ryann Krais (9th Hept) added to strong showing.

Day 4 - Laurent, Krais fight for medals; Golds for 400H collegians - Rachel Laurent 4th in PV, Ryann Krais 6th in Hept after Day 1. Jeshua Anderson and Takecia Jameson sweep 400H titles for Team USA. Preps Jordan Hasay, Booker Nunley, Anna Jelmini, and Erin Pendleton advance in prelims.

Day 3 - Gold for collegian Marcus Boyd - Team USA collegians claimed 3 medals in 400s. Preps Lanie Whittaker FL, Shanay Briscoe TX placed in finals. Preps Conor McCullough CA (HT, 2nd overall), Christian Taylor GA (men's TJ) advanced to finals.

Day 2 - Golds for prep Marquise Goodwin, collegian Jeneba Tarmoh - Marquise Goodwin TX scored the first US gold at the World Juniors with a 25-4.75 leap in the men's LJ. Prep Lanie Whittaker FL qualified for the finals in the women's 400, and collegian Jeneba Tarmoh grabbed 100 gold. Earlier, prep vaulters Rachel Laurent LA and Leslie Brost SD each made the women's PV Final

Day 1 - Prep jumpers make finals - Christian Taylor GA and Marquise Goodwin TX easily advanced in LJ qualifying, as did prep Shanay Briscoe TX in HJ. All but one Team USA 100 and 400 runner made it through the early rounds, including prep Lanie Whittaker FL in w400. Elijah Greer OR (800) also moved to semis.

MIKE KENNEDY PREVIEWS - Men's Track - Men's Field - Women's Track - Women's Field

Stunning Bydgoszcz (bÄ­d'gôsh) Stadium resides in the beautiful city in northern Poland of the same name.




Winner's Table
MEN
WOMEN
Event Result Event Result
100
 Dexter Lee - JAM - 10.40
100
 Jeneba Tarmoh - USA - 11.37
200
 Christophe Lemaître - FRA - 20.83
200
 Sheniqua Ferguson - BAH - 23.24
400
 Marcus Boyd - USA - 45.53
400
 Folashade Abugan - NGR - 51.84
800
 Abubaker Kaki - SUD - 1:45.60
800
 Elena Mirela Lavric - ROU - 2:00.06
1500
 Imad Touil - ALG - 3:47.40
1500
 Stephanie Twell - GBR - 4:17.06
5000
 Abreham Cherkos - ETH - 13:08.57
3000
 Mercy Cherono - KEN - 8:58.07
10000
 Josphat Kipkoech Bett - KEN - 27:30.85
5000
 Sule Utura - ETH - 16:15.59
Steeple
Jonathan Muia Ndiku - KEN - 8:17.28
Steeple
Christine Kambua Muyanga - KEN - 9:31.35
110H
 Konstantin Shabanov - RUS - 13.27
100H
 Teona Rodgers - USA - 13.40
400H
 Jeshua Anderson - USA - 48.68
400H
 Takecia Jameson - USA - 56.29
4x100
United States Junior
(Dante Sales; Antonio Sales; Marquise Goodwin; Terrell Wilks) - 38.98
4x100
 United States Junior
(Jeneba Tarmoh; Shayla Mahan; Gabrielle Glenn; Tiffany Townsend) - 43.66
4x400
 United States Junior
(Marcus Boyd; Bryan Miller; O'Neal Wilder; Jeshua Anderson) - 3:03.86
4x400
 United States Junior
(Lanie Whittaker; Jessica Beard; Erica Alexander; Takecia Jameson) - 3:30.19
HJ
 Bohdan Bondarenko - UKR - 7' 5"
HJ
 Kimberly Jess - GER - 6' 1 1/4"
LJ
 Marquise Goodwin - USA - 25' 4 3/4"
LJ
 Ivana Spanovic - SRB - 21' 8 1/4"
TJ
 Teddy Tamgho - FRA - 56' 10 1/4"
TJ
 Dailenys Alcántara - CUB - 46' 9"
PV
 Raphael Holzdeppe - GER - 18' 0 1/2"
PV
 Valeriya Volik - RUS - 14' 5 1/4"
SP
 David Storl - GER - 69' 2"
SP
 Natalia Ducó - CHI - 56' 6 1/2"
DT
 Gordon Wolf - GER - 203' 5"
DT
 Shangxue Xi - CHN - 180' 3"
HT
 Walter Henning - USA - 252' 4"
HT
 Bianca Perle - ROU - 222' 11"
JT
 Robery Szpak - POL - 255' 11"
JT
 Vira Rebryk - UKR - 206' 8"
Decathlon
 Jan Feliz Knobel - GER - 7896
Heptathlon
 Carolin Schäfer - GER - 5833
10K Walk
 Stanislav Emelyanov - RUS - 39:35.01
10K Walk
 Tatyana Mineeva - RUS - 43:24.72
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