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 | 6th IAAF World Youth Championships
Wed.-Sun., July 8-12, 2009
Day 5 - Sunday
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Day 5 Results - Highlights - What's on tap - Mike Kennedy Reports
Team USA medley relays get the sweep!
WYR for boys; bronzes for Purvis, Keenan, Clayton; US soph 3k mark for Wills
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| Team USA swept the Medley relays, with the boys blazing a World Youth record 1:50.33, and the girls winning by a wide margin in 2:04.32. Photos by PhotoRun
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| Flash Highlights
Single Session
- B Medley Relay final - Team USA, with Colin Hepburn IL, Keenan Brock AL, Dedric Dukes FL, and Josh Mance CA, more than amended for a mediocre prelim with a World Youth record 1:50.33. Team USA has won 5 of 6 titles in this event.
- G Medley Relay final - Team USA absolutely dominated with the team of Jordan Clark MI, Ashton Purvis CA, Briana Nelson SC, and Ebony Eutsey FL, running 2:04.32. They won by nearly five seconds and were just 0.49 off the World Youth record (Team USA in 2001). Team USA has won every World Champs and has the 5 fastest times in WY history.
- G 200 final - Ashton Purvis CA blazed a lifetime PR with US#2 23.15 (+0.9), getting the bronze medal in a brutally tough race. Briana Nelson SC also set a PR to get 4th in 23.63
- B 200 final - Keenan Brock AL just missed the PR he set in semis, running 21.39 (-0.9) for the bronze. Top seed Dedric Dukes FL was 4th in 21.61, while Kirani James GRN completed a 400/200 double
- G Long Jump final - Jen Clayton NY leapt 19-10.25 (-1.4w) on her 2nd jump, for 3rd place, and that's the way it stayed as she took the bronze. A'Lexus Brannon TX was 8th with 19-04.25 (-0.1w)
- B Javelin final - Devin Bogert nailed a huge PR 231-08 on his first throw and wound up 7th with that mark
- B 3000 final - The Kenyans ran away from everyone, but Americans Zach Wills OH and Erik Olson CA ran strong PRs of US#2 8:18.24 and US#3 8:18.84 for 9th and 10th in the 15-runner field, with Wills breaking his own soph class record
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Mike Kennedy Reports
Single Session
Boys
All Finals
200 Meters
Kirani James of Grenada, the winner of the 400 and running in lane three, had Keenan Brock (Carver, Birmingham, Al.), in lane four, and Dedric Dukes (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.), in lane five, in his sight and did not take him long to pass the two Americans. However, he still had to deal with Alberto Gavalda of Spain, in lane seven, who remained close until midway through the straight. James then easily pulled away for the win, 21.05 to 21.33. Brock edged past Dukes in final 30 meters for third, 21.39 to 21.61, as Dukes, whose right leg was taped, noticeably slowed.
1,500 Meters
It is almost like a broken record (especially after the 3,000): when two Kenyans break away form the pack, one of the Kenyans does all the work and the other Kenyan gets the win. That being said, the quality is really, really high. Caleb Ndiku and Gideon Mageka, both Kenyans, took the field through splits of 58.14 and 1:54.97 before the two broke away from the field. Ndiku continued to lead at 1,200, passed in 2:54.73, and it was only coming off the final turn that Mageka took the lead and went on to win, 3:37.36 to 3:38.42. Mageka’s last lap was under 57 seconds. Girma Bekele of Ethiopia was third at 3:39.99, Zebene Alemayehu of Ethiopia was fourth at 3:43.58 and Mohamed Al-Garni of Qatar was fifth at 3:43.86. Mageka’s time leads the World Youth this year.
3,000 Meters
Isiah Koech of Kenya and David Bett, also of Kenya, led a pack of runners through 1,000 meters, passed in 2:45.96 – then just took off, running a 58-second lap, and broke the race wide open. Bett took the lead over the next kilometer, passed in 5:13.78, and led until the final straight, when Koech moved to front and won going away, 7:51.51 to 7:52.13, for the top two Youth times in the world this year. Goitom Kifle of Eretria was third at 8:05.83, Hicham Sigueni of Morocco was fourth at 8:12.08 and Simon-Pierre Niyukuri of Burundi was fifth at 8:14.78.
After the break at 1,000 meters, Zachary Wills (Mason, Oh.) was in eighth, leading a secondary pack with Erik Olson (Novato, Ca.) not far behind. Wills passed 1,600 meters at 4:24.3 and got as high as seventh before finishing in ninth at 8:18.24. Olson was tenth at 8:18.94. The times were personal bests for both athletes and Wills broke his own U.S. soph record.
2,000-Meter Steeplechase
Berhanu Shiferaw of Ethiopia and Peter Lagat of Kenya were the early leaders, clicking off laps of 67 seconds with an inside water jump. With two laps remaining, the pace quickened to 64 seconds and Hillary Yego of Kenya, Desta Alemu of Ethiopia and Abdellah Dacha of Morocco, along with Shiferaw and Lagat, broke away for the field. With just over one lap remaining, Lagat assumed the lead with Yego right behind and that remained the order until the final straight when Yego sprinted ahead for the win, 5:25.33 to 5:26.59. Alemu was third at 5:29.66 and Dacha was fourth at 5:30.51.
Medley Relay (100-200-300-400)
Colin Hepburn (Glenview South, Glenview, Il.), ran an opening leg of 10.5, and handed off smoothly to Keenan Brock (Carver, Birmingham, Al.), who put the U.S. in second with a 20.5 leg. Dedric Dukes (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.), at 33.1, and Joshua Mance (Chino Hills, Ca.), at 46.3, sent the U.S. on its way to a win and a new World Youth medley relay record of 1:50.33, breaking the old mark of 1:50.46 set by Poland in the Second World Youth Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2001. Brazil was second in 1:52.66, Japan was third at 1:52.82 and New Zealand was fourth at 1:53.51.
Pole Vault
Talk about playing with fire: Minsub Jin of South Korea, a 16-8 ¾ vaulter, had two misses at his opening height of 15-9, before a third round clearance. He then passed to 16-4 ¾, which he cleared on his first attempt, and then passed again this time to 16-8 ¾, which he cleared on his second attempt. That left him in third place behind Carlo Peach and Daniel Clemens, both of Germany, and both of whom cleared on their first attempts. Jin then cleared 16-10 ¾ on his second attempt and when both the Germans missed twice and then took their final tries at 17-0 ¾ and missed, Jin had the gold. Peach finished second with fewer misses. Vitaliy Podgorbunshikh of Russia was fourth at 16-6 ¾.
Javelin
Devin Bogert (Tomball, Tx.) a home-schooled athlete, took the lead after the first round with a big PR throw of 231-8. Braian Toledo of Argentina was second at 231-5, and Valeriy Iordan of Russia, the World Youth leader at 272-4, was third at 226-10. Shih-Fen Huang took over the lead in the second round at 242-9, which turned out to be the gold medal throw. Marcin Kurkowski of Poland moved into second at 242-9 and Florian Janischek of Germany took over third at 235-10. In the third round, Killian Durechou of France had a silver medal throw of 241-3. Toledo, who had slipped to seventh going in the fifth round, regrouped to throw 240-11 and move into third. None of the throwers improved in the sixth round. Bogert had an excellent series of 231-6, 220-3, 221-11, 215-2, 222-5 and 204-6, to finish seventh.
Girls
All Finals
200 Meters
Both of the U.S. entrants, Ashton Purvis in lane five, and Briana Nelson (J.L. Mann, Greenville, S.C.), in lane three, ran relaxed through the turn. Coming off the turn, Purvis had a small lead on Jodie Williams of Britain, the winner at 100 meters, running in lane six. However, in lane four, Allison Peter of Virgin Islands was on the move. First, however, Williams pulled ahead of Purvis with about 20 meters remaining and then Peter appeared to have caught Williams five meters before the line. But Williams recovered just enough to earn the win, as both were timed in 23.08, to share the World Youth lead this year. Purvis was just behind the top two in 23.15 for the third fastest Youth time in the world. She also ranks No. 2 on the high school list. Nelson was also very strong in the final straight, finishing fourth with a personal best of 23.63. Shaunna Thompson of Britain was fifth at 23.67.
800 Meters
Rose Mary Almanza of Cuba, Alawia Maki Andal of Sudan and Olha Layakhova of Ukraine took the field through 200 in 28.77, and then slowed the pace so that Tisitga Bogale of Ethiopia and Almanza were the leaders at 400, passed in 59.95. With 220 meters remaining, Cherono Koech of Kenya jumped the field, passed 600 in 1:31.21, and built up a 10-meter lead before she came out of the turn. Ciara Mageean of Ireland gave chase but it was too little, too late, and Koech had the win, 2:01.67 to 2:03.07. Rowena Cole of Britain was third at 2:03.83 and Almanza was fourth at 2:04.31. Koech’s time leads the World Youth this year.
Medley Relay (100-200-300-400)
After a bit of a shaky start, the U.S. rolled. Jordan Clark (Lathrop, Southfield, Mi.) ran leadoff in l1.4, but she and Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) needed two tries before the exchange was made. Purvis, who ran her leg in 23.4, had the lead before a smooth handoff to Briana Nelson (J.L. Mann, Greensboro, N.C.), who completed her leg in 37.1 to give Ebony Eutsey (Southridge, Miami, Fl.) a 12-meter lead. Eutsey finished with a 52.5 carry to give the U.S. the win in 2:04.32 for the fastest Youth time in the world this year. Hungary got a great final leg from Lilla Lorand to move from fourth to second in the final 10 meters, clocking 2:09.22. Romania was third at 2:09.25. Team USA has never lost a Medley Relay final in six World Championships.
Long Jump
Minjia Lu of China took the first round lead at 19-9 ½, and Jennifer Clayton (Suffern, N.Y.), jumping next, hit 19-8 to move into second. Krystyna Hryshutyna of Ukraine was third at 19-5 ½. The second round settled the medals when Alina Rotaru of Romania jumped 19-11 ¾ to move into first, only to see Lu on the very next jump hit 20-4 ¾ to retake the lead and Clayton, jumping next, solidify third place with a 19-10 ¼ effort. For the first time in the competition, the weather came into play as all of the jumpers were running into winds of up to two meters per second, and the top places were unchanged the rest of the way.
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What's on tap
Single Session
- DONE G 200 final - Briana Nelson SC has lane 3 and Ashton Purvis CA lane 5. Based on PRs, Purvis is seeded 2nd and Nelson 5th
- DONE B Javelin final - Devin Bogert TX was the 12th and final thrower to make the final
- DONE B 3000 final - Based on prelims, Zach Wills OH is seeded 10th and Erik Olson CA 12th
- DONE G Long Jump final - Jen Clayton NY's huge prelim leap makes her #2 seed overall. A'Lexus Brannon TX is ranked 5th
- DONE B 200 final - Keenan Brock AL is in lane 4 and Dedric Dukes FL in lane 5. Dukes is WY#1 and had the fastest semi. Brock won his semi, too, and is seeded 3rd
- DONE G Medley Relay final - Team USA dominated the semis, even without Ashton Purvis CA in the lineup, and is heavily favored
- DONE B Medley Relay final - Team USA squeaked in the final and will probably be without Prezel Hardy TX. They did run the semi without Josh Mance CA, however, and he'll be in the lineup today.
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