39th USATF Junior Olympics
July 26-31, 2005 at Indianapolis IN

See DyeStatCal coverage with Doug Speck and Mike Kennedy

Friday July 29

DyeStatCal saturation coverage - Doug Speck's video and photo albums, Mike Kennedy's summaries.
Video of Nkosinza Balumbu, Karynn Dunn, and YM triple jump competition.

Complete Results -

Ebony Collins and David Klech advance to 400H finals. Nkosinza Balumbu wins TJ. Katie Veith 13-1.5 is big winner in IG PV. Brian Webb and Sade Williams lead 400m finalists. Nicole Jones and Matthew Frerker are strong in intermediate 1500 heats. Bianca Knight and Ebony Collins rule 100m prelims. Jordan Hasay 4:28.61 is new YG 1500m record, and she doesn't enter high school until next month (Mission Prep CA). Two more California 8th grade phenoms starred -- Turquoise Thompson 54.22 in YG 400m and Karynn Dunn 19-2 +2.0 YG LJ.

  • 100m prelims
    • YM - Will Glover IN 10.55 +2.1 and Jerek Hewitt NC 10.55 +1.8 lead qualifiers into finals.
    • YW - Kenyanna Wilson AZ 11.79 -01 and Seun Adigun IL 11.80 +2.0 are fastest qualifiers.
    • IB - Donald Monroe 10.69 +1.4 is fastest qualifier.
    • IG - World Youth champion and US#1 Bianca Knight 11.70 -1.1 and Ebony Collins CA 11.72 +0.0 rule.
  • 400m prelims
    • YM - Bearden TN sr Bryan Webb 46.98 is fastest qualifier for the finals, with Jacob Scheuerman CO 47.03 next.
    • YW - Katie Baker TX 54.48 and Myra Hassan CA 54.78 head the finals qualifiers..
    • IB - Bryshon Nellums CA 48.05 cruises into finals.
    • IG - US#1 Sade Williams CA 54.26 , Erica Alexander TX 54.89, Meshawn Graham OH 55.06 and Devon Williams MD 55.21 and Brittany Hall GA 55.66
  • 400H prelims
    • YM - California, Youth National champion and US#3 David Klech 51.93, and Washington champion Jake Hanson 53.01 are fastest qualifiers for the finals.
    • YW - McEachern GA sr Kishelle Paul 1:01.40 leads qualifiers.
    • IB - North Carolina champion Johnny Dutch 54.68 leads qualifiers into finals.
    • IG - US#1 and World Youth champion Ebony Collins CA 58.92 is 3.5 seconds ahead of anyone else.
  • 1500m prelims
    • YM - Jonathan Gest 4:00.68
    • YW - Cassi Sokol 4:45.34
    • IB - Freshmen Matthew Frerker WA 4:05.80 and Andrew Perkins WI 4:09.27 win heats.
    • IG - Youth Nationals champion Nicole Jones TX 4:29.17 is 9 seconds faster than anyone else. Georgia champion Emily Reese 4:42.93 wins other heat, and Virginia AAA champion Aurora Scott 4:38.30 is second in Jones' heat.
  • Pole Vault-
    • YW - Indiana champion and US#7 Brianna Neumann 12-7.5 wins, as Texas champion and US#2 Britany Parker no heights.
    • IG - Indiana runner-up Katie Veith gets a PR 13-1.5 US#9 and wins big.
  • LJ - IB - Diamond Ranch CA soph Terry Prentice 23-1.25 +0.7 wins.
  • Triple Jump
    • YM - US#1 and California and Golden West champion Nkodinza Balumbu 51-1.75 +0.0 wins, with Alabama champion Andre Black second at 50-0.5 +2.1.
    • YW - LJ champion Ashika Charan CA.
  • DT - IG - Ohio champion Emily Pendleton 141-9 wins, with Indiana champion Rachel Deloney second at 137-8..
  • SP - YW - Tennessee champion Brittany Cox 44-4 edges Pennsylvania champion Allyn Laughlin 44-3.5, with US#5 and Nebraska champion Jenny Svoboda third at 43-11.25.
  • JT - IG - Rhode Island and New England champion Leigh Petranoff wins with throw of 137-11.

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