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Jeneba Tarmoh at
the
What a US Junior National Championship Meet Jeneba Tarmoh of Mt. Pleasant HS in San Jose had! Hot off a state meet double win over 100 and 200 meters, no one was ready for the level of performances that she put up in Indianapolis, where she moved to #8 AT US (#3 AT Calif) off her 11.24 100m third place, then returned to go 23.14 in the 200 for the same place, #22 AT US and #11 AT Californian. She will travel with the US Junior National team to Beijing, China for the mid-August World Jr Championships (we'll be there to report (!), and should be a part of a dynamite 4x100 group that could challenge the World Junior Record with some good baton work)! The first two per event who meet the world standard per regular event go to the worlds in their individual event, with more obviously added to the team for the relays - should all remain healthy Jeneba will probably be a part of the 4x1 relay group. The World Junior Record there is 43.38 from a US squad in an International Junior Meet in 1999 in Tampa, Florida (that we watched in person - that squad - we did a short review of comparing potential at the bottom of this summary) Coach Steve Nelson was good enough to write up a couple of paragraphs for us about Jeneba and the Junior Nationals, with the background to such an impressive performance always interesting to read through - Thanks Coach Nelson and best of luck in prepping Jeneba for the World Jr's - it will be an amazing experience (have taken in a couple ourself!). Doug Speck-DyeStatCal "Jeneba's performance at the Junior Nationals was an outstanding performance among outstanding performances. With the testing we had done on her (we ere big Tony Wells followers) we thought she could run 11.40 and 23.20 this year. The end of the H.S season was hindered with big head winds at Cerritos, which converted, had her in the low 11.40 range, although only 11.58 wind legal 100. Her focus over the last two weeks on finishing really helped, as she was really able to reaccelerate at 60 meters and finish much stronger. She even at times asked to change some of the workouts we were doing to be more finish oriented than I had set them up to be. I tried to listen to her more than usual and she was right. Jeneba has been pretty focused this year and her confidence has been outstanding since the Run for a Dream meet in January. The last couple of weeks she was trying to hold on to what she had accomplished over the season. Jeneba and Stella Dugall (our triple Jumper who participated in the Jr's) had a couple of weeks of fun (speed oriented) non-pressured practices. School being out and little in the way of team commitments made the prep for the nationals easier. Neither of us wanted to go to Golden West or Nike Outdoor Nationals, as the travel and competitions would have only tired her out and taken her away from family and friends. The Juniors Meet is the National Championships, and from the beginning of the season this meet and State Champs has been her focus The weather (humid but not unbearable), track (mondo) and competition all made for a remarkable weekend for everybody involved in the sprints not just Jeneba. Our goal was not to win per say but to run as fast as possible and wherever that puts you it puts you. She was very aware of what it would take to make the team and that became a goal over the last couple of weeks. Jeneba's Mom was able to come to Indianapolis (she usually does not get to come to too many meets due to work) and that helped. Jeneba is very competitive and gives 100 % when the big dogs are running. She welcomes the best competition. Jeneba is a very happy social girl she really likes Gabby, and Bianca and cannot wait to be their teammates as well as competing against them in the future. In general Jeneba's performance(100 meters) exceeded all of my expectations. As a coach we can always find things to improve on. This year Jeneba would tell me after each race what mistake she made, how she felt about the race, and the like. This is what as a coach you want out of all of your athletes. We would then try to address those issues, even if was between trials and finals. Jeneba has a large upside, as this is only her 2nd full competitive season of Track & Field. Hopfully the best is yet to come." thanks My (Doug Speck) Review of the 1999 World Record Holding
Group (story
from Pan Am Meet in Tampa, Florida) I attended in 1999 1999 Bests for World Record Setting Group: 43.38 Wold
Jr Record 2006 US Squad: 2006 World Jr Championship Team potential we'll let you do the math on the 2006 group's potential!!! WOW!!! |
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