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California Participants at World Youth Meet - Sherbrooke, Canada - July
9-13, 2003 - Boys
2003 IAAF WORLD YOUTH TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 9-13 * Sherbrooke, Canada
Golden State Prospects
Boys
Bill Leung catches Lionel Larry in action.
200 Meters - Lionel Larry (Dominguez, Compton) sat #2 worldwide at this
level until early in the summer behind amazing Jamaican Usain Bolt (20.25
- yes that’s 20.25 as a 16 year old - he will not turn 17 until
August 21st of this year). Bolt is entered at Sherbrooke, with
his 20.25 and 45.35 (400) bests making him a 100-200 threat and a tough
guy to
have coming on the anchor of the only relay run, the 100-200-300-400. The US
went 1-2
in
this
event
in
2001 in Debrecen, Hungary, with Jonathan Wade 20.95 and Michael Grant
21.30. It was a three round event in 2001, so Larry will have to do some
running, and if he has competitive energy left after a long spring he
should bring home a medal, possibly gold if Mr. Bolt does not show up.
Larry is also a part of the relay pool for the meet. Two years ago they
ran a goofy medley relay (me thinks many nations at this level cannot
come up with a respectable 4x100 or 4x400 group, so they run a 100-200-300-400
medley, which the US ended up second in two years back). Larry could
get wrapped up in this event, which was scheduled in the midst of the
200
qualifying and finals action two years back.
800 Meters
Michael Haddan (Woodbridge) 800 at World Youth meet
Michael Haddan (Woodbridge) sat among the top ten at this World Youth
level early in the summer. Elijah Boit (Kenya) led the world at 1:49.21
at that time. This is another tough three rounder, with a time at about
Michael’s personal best to secure a spot in the finals. The gold
went at 1:50.15 two years back, but getting to that finals is the problem.
Courtney Jaworski, a fine prep 800 runner, close to 1:50 flat seasonal
best, two years back was not able to secure a spot past the first round.
Gear changes at the right time could secure Haddan a Finals spot, with
the need for three super efforts over four days the real test.
110M Hurdles
Jr Nationals - Victor Sailer shot of Kevin Craddock - Nat'l Age 15 record
14.36 over the 42" hurdles
They ran like 36" hurdles two years ago and assume they will once
again this time. Dexter Faulk of Georgia, a 13.91 hurdler of the 39"
barriers that year was 6th in the Finals at 13.64 over the smaller barriers.
Kevin Craddock (Logan, Union City) looked very sharp at the Jr Nationals,
breaking his own age-15 National record at 14.36, and appears at about
Faulk’s level from two years ago. We have a sense that things may
not be quite as solid around the other nations as things were a couple
of years back, and some good racing will put the Logan soph in the Finals,
with the fine competitor in line for a medal spot with a perfect meet.
Again, three rounds, with the Semi-s and Finals on the same day two years
back, something new for our folks.
Triple Jump
Angelo Jeffery (Logan, Union City) is in against some super folks here
- China’s Yu Zenwei is out over 52 feet this year (yes, folks do
some amazing field eventing around the world). A mark just short of that
was the third place medal two years back. It look just over 48 feet to
qualify for the Finals in Debrechen, Hungary two years back in these championships,
with a good meet for the Logan junior putting him within that grouping.
Discus
Hammerquist (Jeff Venglass photo) - Ed Cornell
Kyle Hammerquist (Webb, Claremont) and Ed Cornell (Burroughs, Ridgecrest)
have had great underclass US Prep seasons. They threw the 1.5 kilo
implement
at the World Youth Meet two years back, with a winning distance of just
over 203 feet. This is just a tad lighter than the 1.616 of the US
prep
discus weight, maybe enough to have Hammerquist out at 190 feet if he
has maintained his conditioning. It turns out that Arcadia
Invite winner, Leif Arrhenius (Mountain View HS, Utah/Sweden) will
not be
competing at the World Youth Meet, with his 209 foot effort making
him the Sherbrooke favorite. It was
right at 175 feet two years back at the World Youth Meet to make the
finals,
a mark both American throwers should be able to achieve, with right at
200' with the lighter than our folks are used to implement to medal
in
Debrechen. Top six was in the 189 foot range, probably a good goal for
Hammerquist.
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