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Pan American Junior Championships
July 28-31, 2005 at Windsor Ontario

juniors (under 20) from Pan American countries


Day 2 - Saturday July 30

Heat Sheets - Results - Highlights with notes by Jim Spier

Video by Marc Davis
M-100 - J-Mee Samuels - M-400 - Justin Oliver - W-800 - Becca Noble W-400 - Natasha Hastings - M-10k - Neal Naughton - M-HJ - Dusty Jonas - W-steeple - Marie Lawrence - W-SP - Sarah Stevens

Highlights

7-gold day for US
Americans sweep gold and silver in four events -- men's 400m (Justin Oliver and Nate Anderson), women's 800m (Becca Noble and Heidi Magill), women's shot put (Sarah Stevens and Melissa Faubus (SP), and men's 10000m (Eastern Michigan teammates Neal Naughton and Josh Perrin). Three more gold medals come from J-Mee Samuels (100m), Natasha Hastings (400m) and Dusty Jonas (HJ). Reuben McCoy and Greg Offerman sweep 400H semifinal heats.

Finish of women's 800m - Becca Noble (right) holds off Heidi Magill
photo by Patrick Davey / RunMichigan.com

  • M 100 semi and final - US high school record holder J-Mee Samuels wins in 10.20 +0.7, with Justyn Warner of Canada second in 10.26.. US swept two of the three semis with J-Mee Samuels 10.29 +0.6 far the fastest and Wopamo Osaisai 10.47 -0.8 winning another heat. With the US high school record set just a week ago (10.08 at the Blunt East Coast Invitational), Samuels looks for more notches on his belt before entering Arkansas University this fall. The other semi was won by Rafael Ribeiro Da Silva of Brazel in 10.52 +02. Fastest of the others were Daniel Bailey of Antigua and Barbados 10.10.49 -0.8 and Justyn Warner of Canada 10.41 +0.6.
    • Jim Spier -- If there is any doubt now that J-Mee Samuels is capable of running 10.08, it should have been allayed by his win here. Running 10.20, and given a great challenge by the Canadian Justyn Warner (10.26), he was the class of the field here. Warner certainly had the better start, but Samuels overcame that slight handicap, passing the Canadian at about 20 meters and never relinquishing the lead. A better start could certainly account for the one-tenth or so difference between the 10.20 run here and the 10.08 NR run in Greensboro, NC.
  • W 800 final - US champion Becca Noble, a recent graduate of Rogers Spokane WA high school, and Brigham Young freshman Heidi Magill swept gold and silver for the US with just 0.05 second separating them - Noble 2:04.07 and Magill 2:04.12 It was another 2 seconds before Analia Vidiaud Quebrun of Cuba 2:06.49 arrived. Becca Noble was the fastest junior 800m runner in the world this year after her 2:03.73 at US Junior Nationals. She didn't get the Pan Am meet record (2:03.70) but she got the win. Noble is headed for the U. of Oregon in the fall.
    • Jim Spier -- A superb race here by the Americans, Oregon-bound Rebekah Noble and BYU soph-to-be Heidi Magill. Magill took it out in 61.9 and 1:33.1, hoping to neutralize Noble's speed. Noble, separated from Magill by Cuban Amalia Vidiaud Quebrun for much of the race, made her move with 180 meters to go. She passed Magill and held the lead though the finish. Magill came back and was gaining on Noble but "ran out track" at the end. Magill did get a PB in second in 2:04.12. Noble does not improve on her World Junior 5th place ranking, but Magill moves up to number 9 as a result of her second place finish.

      800 m - World Junior leaders
      1  2:02.46      Yekaterina Martynova RUS 
      2  2:02.51      Olga Cristea   MDA 
      3  2:02.78      Nataliya Lupu   UKR 
      4  2:03.00      Mariya Shapayeva   RUS 
      5  2:03.73      Rebekah Noble   USA 
      6  2:03.98      Liu Qing   CHN 
      7  2:03.99      Ayako Jinnouchi   JPN 
      8  2:04.02      Laura Finucane   GBR
      9 2:04.12 Heidi Magill USA 
      10  2:04.15      Larisa Arcip   ROM 
  • M 800 final - St. Augustine LA jr Karjuan Williams 1:50.97 is nosed out by Gilder Barbonza of Venezuela 1:50.76. Third was Jacob DeBois 1:51.01 of the US, who was given the nod over Jamaal James of Trinidad and Tobago, who had the same time.
    Williams was the US#2 prep this year and was the US junior champ, but he was just one of a bunch of 1:51+ runners in the semi. Also in that bunch was US teammate Jacob DeBois, Edson Da Silva of Brazil and Cesar Barquero of Peru.
    • Jim Spier -- This was one terrific race! The Brazilian, Fernando Lina Da Silva, took the pack through a decent pace at 200m (25.1) and 400m (53.4). Karjuan Williams, who had not looked especially sharp in the trials, was in the middle of the pack. The group passed 600 meters at 1:22.0 with most still in contention. Williams took the lead coming off the final turn with Da Silva fading. With 40 meters to go, the pack began to challenge and, seemingly "out of nowhere" came Gilder Barbonza of Venezuela to pass Williams and hold on for the win. Running wide was Jacob De Bois (Eastern Michigan) who edged Jamaal James of Trinidad for the bronze medal, both running 1:51.01. Barbonza's time was 1:50.76 to Williams' 1:50.97.
  • M 400 final - The US sweeps with the US#2 and US#4 preps this year. Texas A&M recruit Justin Oliver won in 46.73 (he was champion of the US Jr Nationals, Nike Outdoor and the Golden West) and Benson Portland OR jr Nate Anderson was second in 46.91 (he was the Oregon state champion).
    • Jim Spier -- Justin Oliver completed a perfect season, not beaten in 2005 at this distance indoors or out. In this race, he ran a relaxed first 200 and saved enough to hold off the challenge by teammate Nate Anderson down the homestretch. Oliver, a very personable and confident young man, will be a freshman at Texas A+M in September. Nate Anderson returns for his senior year at Benson High School in Portland, Oregon.
  • W 400 final - South Carolina freshman Natasha Hastings, a year removed from a gaudy prep career in New York City, wins with room to spare at 52.15 over Carlene Muir of Canada 52.38 and Sonita Sutherland of Jamaica 52.68.
    • Jim Spier -- There were no surprises here as reigning World Junior champion Natasha Hastings of the US got the win in 52.15. She had a race on her hands, however, with hometown favorite Carline Muir of Canada, who ran a PB 52.38 chasing Hastings. From lane 8, having run a lackluster semi, came Jamaica's Sonita Sutherland to get third in 52.68, well off her seasonal best of 52.10.
  • M 400H semi - US sweeps semifinal heats with Nike Outdoor National champ Greg Offerman 51.78 and collegian Reuben McCoy 50.86.
  • W 400H semi - Semi eliminated with only seven entries. Final is Sunday. This is a US-Jamaica show like Penn Relays. UCLA recruit Nicole Leach of West Catholic PA 57.25 ruled the prep scene for 2 years until she staggered after the last hurdle at Nike Outdoor Nationals and was passed by Krystal Cantey NJ 56.83, fastest US high school time this year. Jamaica is ably represented by Sherene Pinnock 57.18 and Nickiesha Wilson 57.38. This is a belated showdown between Leach and Pinnock, who traded wins last year and toed the starting line at Penn Relays this year before Pinnock was DQ'd for a false start and Leach won in meet record time for the second straight year..
  • M HT - postponed.
  • W LJ - Nike Outdoor National champ Arantxa King 20-4.5 -0.7 wins. King is a rising junior at Medford MA high school, but she is competing for her native Bermuda here. The US got 2nd and 5th with collegian Gayle Hunter 20-2.25 +1.5 and Boca Ciega FL jr Neidra Covington 19-9 -0.6, the US junior champion and Florida 3A champion.
  • W 3000m steeple - Prep Marie Lawrence 10:27.44 of Reno NV and collegian Lindsay Allen 10:28.49 were a distant second and third to Sabine Leticia Heitling 10:04.74 of Brazil, who set a Pan Am junior record. Lawrence set a US high school record.
    • Jim Spier -- Sabine Leticia Heitling of Brazil showed why she is one of the best in the world. She will certainly be in contention for a medal in next year's World Junior Championships in Beijing. Her 10:04.71 was a meet and Pan Am Junior record. The Americans ran well. In fact, Marie Lawrence had a surprising race considering she had run the 3000 meters the night before. Her time of 10:27.44 is a new high school (and sophomore class) record, bettering that of teammate Lindsay Allen when Allen was a senior at College Park HS in Pleasant Hill, CA last year. Allen had run 10:40.62 in 2004. Lindsay was third here, getting the silver in a charge down the homestretch passing Lilian Priscila Leonoel and beating her by .15 seconds in a time of 10:28.49.
  • M HJ - Collegian Dusty Jonas 7-3 won gold for the US. Andrew Brunson 6-8.75 was sixth.
  • W SP - US sweeps gold and silver with collegians Sarah Stevens 52-10 and Melissa Faubus 50-4.5..
  • M 10000m final - Eastern Michigan teammates Neal Naughton 30:12.14 and Josh Perrin 30:19.53 win gold and silver, same as at US Junior Nationals except the order was reversed.

 

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