Day 3 - Sunday July 31
Heat Sheets - Results - Highlights with Jim Spier's notes -
Video by Marc Davis
Men's 200m - Otis McDaniel/Tremaine Smith. Women's 200m - Anneisha McLaughlin tops US. Men's 4x100 - Women's 4x100 - Men's 4x400 - Women's 4x400. Men's 1500 - Canadians top Matusak/Webb. Women's 1500 - Sarah Bowman wire to wire again. Women's Pole Vault. Closing Ceremonies.
Highlights
Gold medals keep on coming for Team USA
Sarah Bowman wins 1500m in US#4 all time high school time, with Erin Bedell getting silver
Ryan Whiting gets second gold (DT-SP).
Boldizsar Kocsor wins hammer.
Reuben McCoy and Greg Offerman 1-2 in 400H
Otis McDaniel and Tremaine Smith 1-2 in 200m
Rachel Yurkovich and Kara Patterson 1-2 in javelin.
US sweeps all four relays
57 medals for US, 2nd most ever by any team in this meet.
. . . and also . . . .
M 1500 - Canadians upstage Matusak and Rupp
W 200m - US women fall to Anneisha McLaughlin JAM
W 400H - Krystal Cantey 2nd, Nicole Leach out of money
W 5000 - Peruvian beats Blood and Anderson.
- 4x400 relays
- Men - US 3:05.34 in a romp over Jamaica 3:08.64 with Lionel Larry, Terrance Reid, Nate Anderson, and Justin Oliver.
- Women - US 3:32.82 just misses meet record, but wins by more than 4 seconds with Nicole Leach, Deonna Lawrence, Brittany Jones, and Natasha Hastings.
- Jim Spier -- Though this was not the greatest Junior 4x400 the US has ever fielded, it was still a fine group, and they were the favorites. The team of Lionel Larry (USC - 46.1), Terrance Reid (Northern Iowa - 46.4), Nate Anderson (Benson HS, Portland, OR - 46.4) and Justin Oliver ( Texas A+M - bound - 46.5) won by over 3 seconds in 3:05.34. Jamaica, despite 46.1 and 46.3 legs by Leford Green and Keron Robinson in the middle, could manage only 3:08.64 for second. Canada, with a leadoff of 46.6 by Gavin Smellie and a 46.6 third leg by Brian Cummings was third in 3:09.50.
- 4x100 relays
- Men - US caught Canada on last exchange, 39.36 to 40.25. US ream consists of Wopamo Osaisai, Otis McDaniel, Tremaine Smith and J-Mee Samuels.
- Jim Spier -- Canada was leading until the final exchange, thanks in part to a great third leg by 100 meter silver medallist Justyn Warner. But the final exchange was bungled badly by them, leaving the door open to the US team. With J-Mee Samuels anchoring and Canada no longer a factor, the Americans won easily, running 39.36, only .07 off the meet record. The winning team consisted of Wopamo Osasai (Stanford), Otis Mc Daniel (TCU), Tremaine Smith ( Houston) and J-Mee Samuels (Arkansas-bound). Canada rebounded nicely, nipping Jamaica at the finish, 40.25 to 40.27.
- Women - US romps in 43.97 (Trinidad and Tobago 45.45) with Amberly Nesbitt, Alexandria Anderson, Kristina Davis and Cleo Tyson).
- Jim Spier -- The US's main competition was to be Jamaicans, who seemed to have the lead after 2 legs, nothwithstanding the fine second leg by Alexandria Anderson. But the baton pass between Jamaica's Rose-Marie Whyte and Anneisha Mc Laughlin was disastrous, as was their final exchange, almost guaranteeing a US win. The Amberly Nesbitt ( South Carolina) - Alexandria Anderson (Texas-bound) - Kristina Davis (Valley Christian HS - CA) - Cleo Tyson ( Tennessee) combo won in 43.97, with Trinidad second in 45.45 and Brazil third in 45.75.
- W-200m semis and final - Anneisha McLaughlin of Jamaica 23.00 +2.0, who tied for slowest qualifyhing time in the semis, rose up in the final, leaving silver and bronze to the US pair of Alexandria Anderson 23.06 and Brittany Jones 23.23. In the semis, US pair sweeps two of three heats decisively -- Alexandria Anderson 23.14 +3.1 and Brittany Jones 23.16 +3.0. Aymee Martinez Biart of Cuba ran a close second to Jones in 23.24. Alex the Great (Alexandria Anderson of Morgan Park Chicago IL) squared off again with Florida phenom Brittany Jones, a sophomore from Deerfield Beach. At the Nike Outdoor Nationals, Jones took the US high school lead away from Anderson in the semis, only to have Anderson take it back in the final. Anderson improved again in the US Jr Nationals to 22.96 US#1 for preps this year. Cleo Tyson beat both in the US Jr Nationals and won the 100m here on Friday, but the US went with the younger runners in this event.
- Jim Spier -After watching Alexandria Anderson in the trials, there seemed to be no competition for the Texas-bound Chicagoan. But that was not to be. Anderson and Brittany Jones seemed to have a sweep in hand for the US, finishing 1-2 in the middle of the track. As they crossed the finish, the Jamaican fans erupted in cheers. Anneisha Mc Laughlin, the experienced internationalist from that country, had surprised the Americans from lane 8 (because of the configuration of the stadium, lane 8 was not visible to most on the homestretch side). Mc Laughlin took the gold in 23.00, with Anderson second in 23.06 and Jones third in 23.23..
- M-200m semis and final - US sweeps gold and silver with Otis McDaniel 20.67 +2.5 and Tremaine Smith 20.78. In semis, they won two of the three heats, with McDaniel 20.82 +3.1 and Smith 20.93 +2.3. .
- Jim Spier - The Americans were the class of this field. Texans Otis Mc Daniel (TCU) and Tremaine Smith ( Houston) were the only runners under 21.00 in the semis and were the favorites to sweep in the final. Mc Daniel edged Smith in the final, with a windy (+2.5 mps) 20.67 to Smith's 20.75. Two others got under 21.00: 2004 Olympian Daniel Bailey of Antigua (20.80) and Hawer Murillo of Colombia (20.93).
- W 1500 final - Sarah Bowman wins decisively in 4:17.61, moving up to #4 on the all-time US high school list. Bowman, who ran the US#3 all time prep mile (4:36.95) at Nike Outdoor Nationals and ran the US#5 all time 1500m (4:18.48) at the US Junior Nationals. was hoping for the US prep 1500m record (4:16.6 by Kim Gallagher in 1982) in her last high school race before going to the U. of Tennessee. She had a 5-second margin at the end over Baylor-bound Erin Bedell, who was just 2 seconds behind Bowman (4:20.64) at Jr Nationals.
- Jim Spier -This was another Sarah Bowman wire-to-wire event. The Tennessee-bound Virginian led from the gun to attain a PR 4:17.61, the #4 high school time ever. There was a tumble at the 100 meter mark as two athletes went down, slightly disturbing Bowman's pace who, nonetheless, passed 400m at 65.2, 800m at 2:16.1 and 1200m at 3:23.9. Her final 400m was 68.04 (auto-timed). The Canadian, Nicole Edwards who will be a sophomore at Michigan in the fall with a PB of 4:19.29, was never in contention and finished well back in fifth. Erin Bedell of the US maintained second through the second half of the race and finished in that position in 4:22.87.
- M 1500 final - It was supposed to be a repeat dual between Americans Mark Matusak and Galen Rupp, who were 1-2 in the US juniors, but Canada didn't get the word. Two north of the border runners blew open the race -- Mike Woods 3:45.72, a meet record, and Braden Novakowski 3:48.92. Matusak 3:49.81 beat Rupp 3:50.96 again to salvage a silver medal. UC Berkeley-bound Mark Matusak of Loyola Los Angeles high school caught and passed Galen Rupp in a thriller at Jr Nationals, just as he caught and bet Chris Barnicle in the Nike Outdoor Nationals 2-mile. It's not a two-man race, though, with Canadian Mike Woods coming in with the fastest seed time (3:42.49).
- Jim Spier -- Mike Woods from Canada and the U. of Michigan, who had run sub 3:58 for a mile on Thursday night, was the prohibitive favorite here. The pack went through 400 meters in a pedestrian 62.7, then picked it up through 800m in 2:02.8 (60.1). Woods "opened it up" through 1200m with a 59.1 400 (3:01.9) and finished well ahead of the pack, waiving to the crowd as he passed the finish line. His final time of 3:45.72 was a meet record by .08, with his final 400 meters run in 56.76. Canada got the "sweep" with Braden Novakowski finishing second in 3:49.81. American Mark Matusak came on strong at the end to get third (3:49.81). Galen Rupp, who looked sluggish through much of the race, was never really a contender, finishing fourth in 3:50.96.
- M 400H final - US entry was top seeded after sweeping semis and lived up to it by sweeping gold and silver in the final -- collegian Reuben McCoy 50.28 and Nike Outdoor champ and US#1 prep Greg Offerman 51.84. Offerman is staying in Iowa to attend Northern Iowa next year.
- Jim Spier -- This one was "true to form" as those favored to get medals got them. Reuben Mc Coy ( Auburn) ran an excellent race and showed why he is this year's preeminent US junior intermediate hurdler, winning in 50.28. Greg Offerman, who will be a freshman at Northern Iowa in the fall, ran a "raggedy" race, but still managed second at 51.84. Terry Marshall of Barbados got the bronze for his country running 52.12.
- W 400H final - Nickiesha Wilson of Jamaica wins in 57.40 over Krystal Cantey 59.26, with Sherene Pinnock of Jamaica and Nicole Leach of USA literally falling out of contention. With only seven entries, the scheduled semi Saturday was eliminated. This was 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.
- Jim Spier - This was one of the strangest 400 meter hurdle races ever run. Those in the middle four lanes were in contention for the three medals: Nicole Leach and Krystal Cantey of the US and Sherene Pinnock and Nickeisha Wilson of Jamaica. The drama began at hurdle one, when Leach hooked her trail leg and went tumbling to the track. She recovered after a few seconds but, by then, it was too late. The Jamaicans took off and had a commanding lead through the last hurdle, with Pinnock in the lead. (Pinnock had been the favorite to win this event at this year's Penn Relays, but was disqualified for a false start). At hurdle 10, both Pinnock and Jen Cotton of Canada went down, and Wilson went on for the easy win at 57.40. Krystal Cantey, who may have been "out of the money" but for the falling, finished second in 59.26.
- W-HT - US is represented by Brittany Riley and Michelle Amete, who are outclassed in the seeds by Arasay Tondike SAntovenia of Cuba at 225-6.
- M-HT - Boldizsar Kocsor 223-7 of the US topples topseeded Roberto Janet Durruty of Cuba 219-0, with America's John Freeman 211-10 winning silver.
- W-HJ - The top four women cleared the same height, 5-10.5, so misses sorted out the order. Alabama-bound US junior champ Chelsea Taylor, top-seeded off her Colorado state meet win at 6-0.5, got third place. The win went to Rhonda Watkins of Trinidad and Tobago, Latroya Darrell of Bermuds was second, and Fabiola Elizabeth Ayala of Mexico was fourth. Taylor's US teammate Carmia Carroll 5-9.25 was 5th.
- W-TJ - Top seed Yanelis Veranes Heredia 44-5.25 +1.7 wins. US team gets 5th and 7th with Ke'Nyia Richardson 41-7 +2.1 and Cassandra Stickland 40-1.5. The top US juniors -- Erica McLain and Brittany Daniels -- competed in the US senior championships instead of juniors.
- M-TJ - US high school record holder Ken Hall, who dropped out of high school in his senior year, finished 2nd to Cuban Denny Fernandez Deraliz, 55-1.5 +2.1 to 54-3.75 +1.6.
- W-PV - Venezuela's Keisa Monterola was far the best at 13-5.25. Rachel Greff 12-11.5 was second for the US and Idaho high school champ Annelise Bertleson 11-3.75 was fifth.
- M-10k Walk - Zach Pollinger, former US champion prep, and Roberto Vergara are 8th and 9th as top seed Marco Antonio Rodriguez of El Salvador 44:49.62 wins.
- W-JT - New US high school record holder Rachel Yurkovich, a recent Newberg OR grad who will stay in state to be a duck in the fall, and Kara Patterson went 1-2 -- Yurkovich 172-6 and Patterson 164-11 -- with both breaking the old meet record.
- M DT - Central Dauphin PA sr Ryan Whiting 201-5 for a throws double (he won the SP yesterday), winning by 12 feet over top seeded Jorge Hernandez of Cuba 189-10. Edward Cornell of the US won silver with a throw of 180-7.
- M-3k Steeple .- Jose Sanchez Cairo of Cuba won in 8:43.96, a meet record, with the US team getting 4th and 6th -- New York preps John Martinez 9:18.71 and Kevin McDermott 9:35.85.
- Jim Spier -- Alex Genest is the Canadian junior recordholder at 8:37.83 and was the favorite. However, there were several other sub-9:00 runners in the field and they had other ideas. One of those was Jose Alberto Sanchez Cairo, the Cuban who eventually won in 8:43.96. He and Genest battled for most of the race but Cairo emerged the victor. Genest settled for second in 8:47.00 with teammate and 2003 World Youth Championships bronze medallist Chris Winter third in 8:58.49.
- W-5000 -Ines Melchor of Peru trumped the US aces by winning comfortably in 16:48.06. Top seeded Nicole Blood, with a chance to regain some of the glory she gave up by leaving the famed Saratoga NY program this season, ran 25 seconds slower than at US Juniors and salvaged second in 16:55.17. Recent Summit Frisco CO graduate and Duke recruit Whitney Anderson was also much slower than her US Juniors time and finished third in 17:04.22.
- Jim Spier -
Nicole Blood was the favorite here and "took it out" early, mounting a 30 meter lead into the first mile (5:10) and even into the two mile (10:38). But that pace and the relatively hot day began to take its toll on the upstate New Yorker. Slowly making her way up from the pack was defending champion Ines Melchior of Peru, who passed Blood with less than three laps remaining. Blood tried to stay with her but could not hold the pace, with Melchior pulling away over the final lap and winning in 16:48.06. Blood was second in 16:55.17, totally spent. Whitney Anderson, who will enroll at Duke in the fall, was third in 17:04.22.
- Heptathlon - Lauren Stewart and Shevell Quinley are US hopes in small 6-women field. .
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