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Day Five - 4 Golds - W. Wynne 400H, J. Purvis 100H, 2 Relays!!
WY Record 49.01 & Wyatt Gives US 1-2 in 400H; Purvis 13.41; Goodman Silver in 200; Golds for Relays
Mike Kennedy Summaries - Day 5 Results - Jim Spier's Sunday Report - Day 5 Photos -
Team USA Highlights
- William Wynne GA dominates the 400H field with a World Youth leading PR of 49.01 (33" hurdles), with Reggie Wyatt getting the silver in 50.33 for a USA 1-2!!
- Julian Purvis CA powers into lead late for 13.41 100H victory (-1.3w)! USA teammate Jasmin Stowers SC 4th in 13.70.
- The meet-ending medley relays start with Team USA, with Chalonda Goodman GA, Ashton Purvis CA, Ryann Krais PA, and Erica Alexander TX, coming from behind (Alexander) to win in 2:05.74.
- The Team USA boys, with Isaiah Sweeney TX, Ken Gilstrap GA, William Wynne GA, and Danzell Fortson TX, makes it two medley relay golds, with a narrow .08 win over Japan in 1:51.34.
- Chalonda Goodman GA took 2nd in the 200, just .04 behind the winner, in 23.54 (-1.9w). Ashton Purvis CA was 5th in 23.89.
- After leading through 600, Chanelle Price PA is 6th in 800 in 2:06.55, 2 sec. behind winner. Kenya's Winny Chebet is DQ'd for pushing into the lead in the final 200 and Price's fade comes after that.
- Inexperienced miler/1500 runner Blake Shaw TX battles just behind lead group in 1500 final and finishes a gutsy 9th in 3:53.36.
- Ken Gilstrap GA, coming off PR in semi, is 6th in 200 final with near-PR 21.63 (-0.2w).
Mike Kennedy's Summaries
Afternoon (only) Session -
(All Finals)
Highlighted by a one-two finish in the 400 hurdles and two relay wins, the United States closed out the final day of a very successful and highly entertaining fifth World Youth Championship with four gold medals.
William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) won the boys 400 hurdles with a world Youth record of 49.01 with Reggie Wyatt (J.W. North, Riverside, Ca.) in second at 50.33. Both the boys and the girls won the Swedish Relays (100-200-300-400) with world Youth leading times of 1:51.34 and 2:05.47, respectively. The U.S. also got a gold medal-winning performance from Julian Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.), who won the 100-meter low hurdles (30 inches), in 13.41. Jasmin Stowers (Pendleton, S.C.) was fourth at 13.70.
Chalonda Goodman (Newman, Ga.) was second in the 200 at 23.54 and Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) was fifth 23.89. Chanelle Price (Easton, Pa.) was sixth in the girls 800 in 2:06.55 and Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.) was sixth in the boys 200 with a 21.63. Blake Shaw (Skyline, Dallas, Tx.) was ninth in the 1,500 at 3:53.36. Nico Weiler of Germany, who was a foreign exchange student this past spring at Los Gatos High in California, won the pole vault at a championship meet record of 17-3.
In the medal standings the U.S. finished with 14 medals—seven gold, four silver and three bronze—followed Kenya with 11 (6-4-1) and Russia with 10 (4-3-3).
Boys
200 Meters
Ramone McKenzie of Jamaica and Ramil Guliyev of Azerbaijan, the top two Youth runners in the world with bests, of 20.58 and 20.67, respectively, finished in that order, 20.67 to 20.72. Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica was third in a personal best of 20.76.
Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.), who set a personal best of 21.46 in the semifinals, was sixth at 21.63 in a race run into a slight wind. McKenzie was just off of fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt’s championship meet record of 20.40 set in 2003. Both Jamaica and Britain have now won two gold medals.
1,500 Meters
Kenya went one-two with Fredrick Ndunge winning in a personal best of 3:44.27 and Josphat Kithi, the world Youth leader at 3:41.5, finishing second in 3:44.68. Dawit Wolde of Ethiopia also had a personal best of 3:45.03 in third.
Blake Shaw (Cypress Falls, Houston, Tx.) was ninth in 3:53.36. That equals the best previous US finish by Cody Harper in Canada in 2003. The three medalists all led at one time or another with Ndunge in front at 1,200 in 3:04.25. The win give Africa a sweep of the medals for the past four championships and a total of 14 of 15 possible medals. Kenya has now won four golds and three silver medals.
400-Meter Hurdles (33 inches)
William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Md.) ran 49.01 to smash the world Youth record of 49.86 set by Marnus Kritznger of South Africa in the very first World Youth championships in Poland in 1999. Reggie Wyatt (J.W. North, Riverside, Ca.) was second in a personal best of 50.33. Amaurys Valle of Cuba was third at 50.37.
Wynne has run 49.77 over the higher (36 inch) high school height hurdles and Wyatt has run 50.10. Jason Richardson won the only other U.S. gold in Canada in 2003.
Pole Vault
Nico Weiler of Germany, who was a foreign exchange student at Los Gatos High in California this past spring, was an easy winner with a championship meet record of 17-3, breaking the old record of Scott Roth of the U.S. and Yanshang Yang of China, set in Morocco in 2005. Weiler, opened up with a first try clearance of 16-2 ¾ and that was good enough for the win as three other vaulters could not clear that height.
The world Youth leader, at 17-6 ¼, then went directly to 17-3, which he cleared on his third attempt before missing three times at 17-9 ¾. Shota Doi of Japan and Manuel Concepcion of Spain tied for second with first attempt clearances at 15-11. Nick Cruchley of Britain was fourth, also at 15-11 but he had two misses at that height.
Cory Shank (Northrop, Ft. Wayne, In.), at 17-0 and Mitchell Erickson (Marian Catholic, Chicago Heights, Il.), at 16-9, are the No. 2 and 3 Youth vaulters in the world this year, but were not eligible for the U.S. team because they did not attend one of three national Youth championship meets in the summer of 2006. Shank did not complete at that time do to a serious back injury. The U.S. has won just one medal in five championships.
Swedish Relay (100-200-300-400)
The United States team of Isaiah Sweeney (Hightower, Sugar Land, Tx.); Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.); William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) and Danzell Fortson (Central, Keller, Tx.) won in a world Youth leading time of 1:51.34. Japan was second at 1:51.42 and Jamaica was third at 1:52.18. It was the third straight win for the U.S.
Girls
200 Meters
Barbara Leoncio of Brazil, running in lane three, and world Youth leader Chalonda Goodman (Newnan, Ga.), in lane two, gave the fans a thrilling race with Leoncio prevailing with a personal best of 23.50 run into a 1.9 meter per second wind. Goodman was second at 23.54 and Nivea Smith of the Bahamas third at 23.69.
Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.), who will be eligible for the 2009 championships, was fifth in 23.89.
800 Meters
Elena Lavric of Romania won the race in 2:04.29 with Alison Leonard of Britain second at 2:05.36 and Juana Mendez of Cuba third with a personal best of 2:05.42. Chanelle Price (Easton, Pa.), the world Youth leader at 2:02.38, led at 400 in 58.60, but was bumped by Winny Chebet of Kenya, a medalist at last years World Junior championships, with 100 meters remaining, and finished sixth in 2:06.55. Chebet was later disqualified. Price is the only U.S. runner to reach a Youth 800 final.
100-Meter Low Hurdles (30 inches)
In a race that had no real solid favorite, Julian Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) was the winner in a person best of 13.41 followed by Shermaine Williams of Jamaica, who was sixth in 2005 in Morocco, at 13.48, and Anne Zagre of Belgium, third at 13.58.
Jasmin Stowers (Pendleton, S.C.) was fourth in 13.70. This is the second straight championships were the U.S. and Jamaica have finished one-two. It is interesting to note that Purvis was second at 13.32 in the California State high school meet, which, like the rest of the U.S., runs over 33 inch hurdles. Vashi Thomas (Mt. Pleasant, San Jose, Ca.) won that race, which was run with a maximum allowable 2.0 meter per second wind, in 13.03. Thomas, was age-eligible for this year’s World Youth championships, but was injured in the 2006 California state meet and unable to run in any one of the three national Youth championships required to qualify for the 2007 World Youth championships.
Long Jump
Darya Klishnia of Russia, the world Youth leader at 21-3 ½, was second after the first round at 20-9 and remained there until the final round when, with the second to the last jump of the competition, she leaped an event-winning 21-2 ¾.
Ivana Spanovic of Serbia had taken the lead with opening round jump of 20-10 ½, improved to 20-11 ¾ in the second round, and again improved to 21-0 in the fifth round before losing the lead. She was unable to regain the lead with her 20-4 ¼ on the competition’s final jump. Mariya Shumilova of Russia was third at 20-7 ¾. In the first five championships five different nations have won gold medals.
Javelin
Carita Hinkka of Finland took the lead with a first round throw of 169-4, with Tatyana Jelaca of Serbia second at 157-10 and Tazmin Brits of South Africa third at 157-8. Brits, the world Youth leader at 185-6, moved into second with a second round throw of 165-1 and then, with the third to the last throw of the competition, took the lead by just four inches with a throw of 169-8. Sini Kiski of Finland had moved into second with a fourth round throw of 166-9.
Swedish Relay (100-200-300-400)
A team of Chalonda Goodman (Newnan, Ga.), Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.), Ryann Krais (Methacton, Norristown, Pa.) and Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Friendswood, Tx.) made it five-for-five championship wins for the U.S. with a world Youth leading time of 2:05.74. Jamaica was second at 2:06.77 and Canada was third at 2:09.08. Jamaica has finished second three times..
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