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Omaha July 23-28
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Junior Olympics |
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Day 6
Sunday (Closing Day)
Kenneth Ferguson MI and Kerron
Clement TX go head to head in both hurdle
finals. Sub-40 YM 4x100 final looms with teams lead
by Willie Hordge, Aaron and Ashton Collins, Donnell
Diggs, Brandon Johnson, Antonio Freeman, and Darrus
Joseph going under 41 seconds in heats and 10 more
teams under 42 seconds.
Day 5 Saturday
Lots of familiar names win gold. Alondra Cooper
FL 2:11.07 edges Selena Sappleton NY 2:11.69
for 800m gold and also leads 100H qualifiers at 14.38
+0.0.
YG:
Elizabeth Olear CA 24.00 -0.6 200m winner
(DeAna Carson CA and Bianca Knight MS 24.37).
IG: Jessica Onyepunuka
AZ 23.74 -0.3 200m winner (Courtney Champion
GA 23.78). Kim Oguh TX 19-6.25 +3.9
LJ winner.
YW: Chauntae
Bayne TX 23.84 +0.0 200m winner. Evelyn
Dwyer PA 2:09.21 800m final (Jennifer Hunt
TX 2:10.21). Dawn Harper IL 13.83
-0.4 100H qual. Music City TN 9:09.65
4x800 final. Jenny Green NE 12-5.5
PV final (Sara Young SC 12-5.5). Yvette Lewis
VA 41-8 +3.5 TJ final. Michelle Carter
TX 51-1.75 SP final. DT winner Abby
Emsick IA gets second gold in JT at 129-6.
IB: Lionel Larry
CA 21.48 +0.0. Christopher Woods
GA 1:52.78 edges Michael Haddan CA 1:52.90,
with both beating old IB 800 meter record set in 1985
(Michael Remigino CT, 1:53.37). Frankie Gaston
LA 47-3.5 TJ final.
YM: Chauncey
Harris AL 21.24 +0.0 200m final (Marguel
Russell TX 21.41). Pablo Solares TX
1:51.19 800m final (Brandon Dixon TX 1:51.62). Kenneth
Ferguson MI 13.76 -0.4 and Kerron
Clement TX 13.77 +0.0 win 110H heats (Lorenzo
Mallette MI 13.84 -1.6). Track Houston TC
(with Willie Hordge) 40.06 and Road
Runners TC (with Aaron and Ashton Collins)
40.38 win 4x100 heats, with three more teams under
41.0. Lynx Elite (Michael Grant,
Russell Brown, William Seidel, and Harry Norton) 7:49.82
4x800 winner. Keith Moffatt VA 6-10.75
HJ winner. Chase Shealy SC 15-5 wins
PV on fewest misses over four more at 15-5.
Day 4 Friday
Rain disrupts program. Shaton Palmer NC
10.46 edges World Jr bronze Willie Hordge
TX 10.47 in YM 100m heats. Other top 100m
quals are 8th grader Elizabeth Olear CA 11.92,
Jessica Onyepunuka AZ 11.76, Mary
Ann Erigha GA 11.83, Derrick Jones
CA 10.67. 400m quals include Reggie
Witherspoon GA 47.26 (Ashton Collins LA 47.28),
YG Bianca Knight MS 55.87, Christina
Hardeman CA 54.13. Priya Hoze WI
19-11 LJ. Abby Emsick IA 163-5
DT. Kerron Clement TX 52.35 and World
Jr silver Kenneth Ferguson MI 52.68
win 400H heats. Gavin Ball WI completes
throws double with 60-0.25 SP.
YG:
Elizabeth Olear, a rising freshman
at Louisville HS in Woodland Hills CA, led the Youth
Girls (13-14) 100m qualifiers with a time of 11.92
+1.0. (Terra Evans AZ 11.96 +1.6). Bianca
Knight MS 55.87 400m qual (Brandi Cross TX
56.01, Ebony Collins CA 56.19). Rachel Wittum
MI 4:42.75 1500m qual.
IG: Jessica Onyepunuka
AZ led the Intermediate Girls 100m qualifiers
at 11.76 +0.0 (Courtney Champion GA 11.81, Kyra Sullivan
MO 11.93). Lauren Austin FL 55.03
400m qual (Nicole Leach PA 55.16, Brook Turner OH
55.80, Brittany Washington TX 56.15). Nicole
Leach PA 1:01.80 400H qual (Nyoka Norman
SC 1:01.86, Sierra Hill GA 1:02.60). Jessica
Trujillo TX 11-3.75 PV winner. Missy
Faubus CA 143-3 DT winner (Rachel Talbert
KS 142-6).
YW: Mary Ann
Erigha GA 11.83 +0.4 led Young Women 100m
qualifiers (Nina Mayes TX 11.85). Christina
Hardeman, California and Golden West champion
and World Juniors 4x400 gold medal winner, led 400m
qualifiers in 54.13. (Jerrika Chapple TX 54.86, Kou
Luogan MN 56.09). Celeste Tyson TX 4:41.38
1500m qual (Sarah Selby IL 4:41.91, Kristin McKnight
TN 4:42.69). Lauren Tillman GA 1:02.1
400H qual. Priya Hoze WI 19-11 +1.0
(Kemesha Whitmire SC 19-1.25, Christina Taylor 19-0.).
Abby Emsick IA 163-5 DT winner, US#8
this year.
IB: Derrick Jones
CA 10.67 +0.0 led Intermediate Boys 100m
qualifiers. Cedric Goodman GA 48.48
400m qual. Michael Webley NY 4:09.40
(Ryan Birkholz WI 4:09.80) and Michael Haddan
CA 4:09.62 won 1500m heats. Jason
Richardson TX 54.22 400H qual.
YM: Shaton Palmer
NC 10.46 +1.2 edges World Jr bronze Willie
Hordge TX 10.47 in Young Men 100m heats (Braylon
Davis TX 10.52 +0.5). Reggie Witherspoon GA
47.26 400m qual (Ashton Collins LA 47.28, Arthur Davis
AL 47.88). Pablo Solares TX 3:57.95
1500m qual. Kerron Clement TX 52.35
400H qual (Kenneth Ferguson MI 52.68). Richard
Jones GA 23-6 +0.0 LJ winner. Gavin
Ball WI 60-0.25 SP winner. |
Webb Watch
Frustration, Homesickness, Burnout caused Webb to leave
Michigan
WASHINGTON DC 7/25/02 --
A Washington Post story today describes Alan Webb's freshman
year at the University of Michigan and discusses his decision
to return to Northern Virginia and high school coach Scott
Raczko. Michigan coach Ron Warhurst reportedly told Webb,
"You can't serve two masters." Parents wanted
Webb to stay at Michigan, but also wanted Alan to pursue
his dream, story says. Story
by Jeff Passan.
Alan Webb pro contract may be near
WASHINGTON DC 7/18/02 - The Washington Times
reported today that high school mile record holder Alan
Webb is close to signing a lucrative professional contract
with a shoe company. The Times said Webb "acknowledged"
that Nike, Reebok, and adidas were interested in signing
him. Citing "sources," the Times also said that
Nike has offered $250,000 a year through 2008. According
to the Times, Reebok marketing director Mark Bossardet wants
to sign Webb, and he expects Webb to make a decision in
the next couple of days. The
Times article.
Blunt East Coast Invitational
July 19-21 - Durham NC - Complete
Results and 29 DyeStat Elite marks listed
2 big sprint doubles
- J-Mee Samuels NC 10.54
+0.2 and 21.44 -0.7. In Youth Girls (13-14), Rhysheka
Whitmore, who is 13 years old, doubled
in 11.97 +1.1 and 24.64 -0.3, which was faster than the
intermediate winners. Stephanie Woodfin won
YW 100 in 11.97 +0.4 and Priscilla Gaines
won YW 200 in 24.34 +2.1. Gaines doubled
in the 400 in 54.97. Andre English OH 14.18.
Michael Loyd NC 21.59. Shaton Palmer
NC 10.58. Michael Morrison NJ
6-9.75. Kelly Wallace 2:14.09. Fatmata
Fofanah 14.01 +1.7. Sherina Steele 18-10.5
and 39-2.25.
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World
Juniors Day 6 Sunday
Closing Day - 35,000 screaming fans
Stories inside
NEW
- Event by event analysis - Mike Byrnes brings the raucous
relays right through your computer.
NEW -
Mike Byrnes: the Closing Ceremonies - a joyous sight
--IAAF: Final day is magic in Kingston
--USATF: Best ever WJ performance by Team USA - 21 medals,
9 gold
--IAAF: US quartet strikes again
--IAAF: Kingston WJC the best of a decade
--Best Marks - DyeStat Elite performances
by US high school athletes
USA wins 3 of 4 relays
USA men run 38.92!
- new World Junior record
M 4x100:
The team of Ashton Collins, Wes Felix, Ivory Williams,
and Willie Hordge ran into the history books. They
put down the home team Jamaica squad 39.15, led by
200 meter gold medal winner Usain Bolt, and Penn Relays
champion Trinidad & Tobago team 39.17, led by
100 meter gold winner Darrel Brown. The silver and
bronze teams both set new national junior records.
The old world record was 39.00, set by USA at Colorado
Springs CO in 1983. The new record was a 19th birthday
present for Wes Felix.
USA men 3:03.71
M 4x400:
Kenneth Ferguson, Darold Williamson, Ashton Collins,
and Jonathan Fortenberry held off Jamaica's national
junior record 3:04.06. Japan 3:05.80 won bronze.
USA Women 3:29.95 !
W 4x400:
Shaking off injuries to Sanya Richards and Allyson
Felix, USA missed the world record but won the gold
in US junior record time with Christina Hardeman,
Monique Henderson, Tiffany Ross, and Lashinda Demus.
Great Britain 3:30.46 and Russia
3:30.72 claimed the other medals in front
of Jamaica 3:31.90. Lashinda Demus,
the world record winning 400m hurdler, started the
anchor lap with a slight lead but was caught by Great
Britain and Russia before surging past Great Britain
anchor Lisa Miller 30 meters from the finish line.
W 4x100:
Jamaica 43.40,
USA 43.66.
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Antwon Hicks 13.42
wins hurdle gold for USA
M 110 METRES
HURDLES FINAL - Antwon Hicks USA
completed his victorious march with
a better PR each round by winning gold in 13.42
+2.6, comfortably ahead of Dongpeng
Shi CHN 13.58. Kenneth Ferguson
USA was fifth in 13.91 after hitting
his knee on a hurdle..
photo by Joy Kamani, NSSF
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The big climax will come with
the relays, and the
stadium will be rocking because Jamaican teams are
in contention, as are USA's. The Jamaica-USA rivalry
will give it a Penn Relays air, except that this time
almost the entire crowd will be roaring for Jamaica.
World records are in jeopardy - keep these numbers
handy:
Event |
WJR Men |
WJR Women |
4x100 |
39.00 USA, Colorado Springs CO,
1983 |
43.38 USA, Tampa, 1999 |
4x400 |
3:01.90 USA, Athina, 1986 |
3:28.39, German DR, Sudbury,
1988 |
The US women's 4x400 relay team has
been hit by injuries that make the finals lineup problematic.
Running the third leg of the 4x400 semis, Sanya Richards
tripped over the railing after successfully handing
off to anchor Lashinda Demus. Richards was taken off
the track on a stretcher and has a strained ligament
in her right ankle. Richards was running the semis
after six rounds of open 200 and 400 races only because
Allyson Felix and Tiffany Ross also have nagging injuries.
That leaves only three of the six declared US 4x400
relay members healthy.
Also of US interest are the men's
110 hurdles (Antwon Hicks and Kenneth Ferguson won
the semis), men's 1500 (Chris Lukezic), and women's
5000 (Laura Zeigle and Lindsay Zinn).
Closing session
Time Event Round Status
18:00 M POLE VAULT
FINAL - Ukrainian teammates Maksym Mazuryk
and Vladyslav Revenko each
cleared 5.55 18-2.5, with Mazuryk getting the gold
by getting it on his second try to Revenko's third.
The next four vaulters cleared 5.40 17-8.75.
18:10 W 100 METRES
HURDLES FINAL - Anay Tejada of Cuba blew
open the finals with a 12.81 mark that would be a
new world junior record except for the +3.4 mps tail
wind. Second was Agnieszka Frankowska POL
at 13.16. Ashlee Williams USA was
fourth at 13.36.
18:25 M 110 METRES
HURDLES FINAL - Antwon Hicks USA completed
his march through the meet with a better PR each round
by winning gold in 13.42 +2.6, comfortably ahead of
Dongpeng Shi CHN 13.58. Kenneth
Ferguson USA was fifth in 13.91.
18:45 W 1500 METRES
FINAL - The Kenya-Ethiopia distance rivalry played
out once more as Viola Kibiwot KEN ran
a personal best 4:12.57 to prevail over Berhane Herpassa
ETH 4:13.59. Kibiwot took the lead at the 1200 meter
mark in 3:25.48 after Lisa Dobriskey GBR set the pace
through 400 meters in 1:07.09 and 800 meters ion 2:18.76.
Dobriskey ended up fourth in 4:14.72, just missing
a medal to Olesya Syerva RUS 4:14.32.
19:00 M JAVELIN
THROW FINAL - Igor Janik POL 74.16
243-4.
19:05 M 1500 METRES
FINAL - Chris Lukezic USA got another
PR at 3:46.01, but it was only good enough for 11th
in the rarefied air of the world finals. Yassine
Bensghir MAR 3:40.72 won gold, taking the
lead late from Isaac Songok KEN, who led through 800
meters in 2:03.60 and 1200 meters in 3:00.57.
19:25 W 4 X 100
METRES FINAL - Jamaica 43.40
(Simpson Sherone, Stewart Kerron, McLaughlin Anneisha,
Facey Simone) edges USA
43.66 (Williams Lauryn, Williams Ashlee,
Solomon Shalonda, Hooker Marshevet), just
missing the world junior record by 0.02.
19:45 M 4 X 100
METRES FINAL - New world junior record
for USA 38.92 (Collins Ashton, Felix Wes,
Williams Ivory, Hordge Willie). National
junior records for silver winning Jamaica 39.15 (Hutton Winston,
Nicely Orion, Plummer Yhann, Bolt Usain)
and bronze winning Trinidad & Tobago (Simpson Chevon,
Burns Marc, Holder Kevon, Brown Darrel).
20:05 W 5000
METRES FINAL - Meseret
Defar ETH 15:54.94 doubled (she won the 3000
earlier), with Ethiopia also getting silver with Tirunesh
Dibaba 15:55.99. Vivian Cheruiyot
of Kenya was third at 15:56.04.
20:40 W 4 X 400
METRES FINAL - Shaking off injuries to Sanya Richards
and Allyson Felix, USA missed the world record but
won the gold with Christina Hardeman, Monique Henderson,
Tiffany Ross, and Lashinda Demus. Great Britain
3:30.46 and Russia 3:30.72 claimed
the other medals in front of Jamaica
3:31.90.
21:00 M 4 X 400
METRES FINAL - Kenneth Ferguson, Darold Williamson,
Ashton Collins, and Jonathan Fortenberry held off
Jamaica's national junior record 3:04.06. Japan 3:05.80
won bronze.
See the Events
Index for start lists, results, photos, and commentary.
Everything about each event on one page.
DyeStat has on-site reports and photos from the NSSF
team of Jim Spier, Mike Byrnes, and Joy Kamani.
Lashinda Demus -- In the awards ceremony
Thursday, they played video of her world junior record
400H and superimposed Lashinda watching the video.
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DyeStat
Elite - 4,196 performances listed! List #3
as of July 6 includes 4,196 performances from 582 meets. Young girls of Poly
Long Beach CA lead three events. Chris Lukezic WA leads
two events and had a big hand in Auburn WA's US#1 rank in two
relays. Other double leaders are Kelly Willie, Sanya
Richards, Bershawn Jackson, Molly Huddle,
and Carter Dallas TX boys relay team. Deadline for submitting
performances is July 20. Details College
Choices 7/6
1,560
choices by the class of 2002 based
on information received through 7/6. Recent choices of note:
Washington 3A triple gold and Mt. SAC Relays hurdle champ
Ginnie Powell is travelling down the coast
to Southern California. Georgia 4A 200 meter champ Carolyn
O'Hora signed with Tennessee. Arizona and Great
Southwest hurdles champion Jaime Cluff
signed to run for UCLA. Jefferson Forest VA twins Shannon
and Kristin Saunders will run for James Madison.
Golden South 400m winner Jamal Torrance (46.56)
of Evans Orlando FL will go to South Carolina. Woodson Washington
DC sprinter Erica Johnson will run for
Pittsburgh. Roger Bacon Cincinnati OH sprinter Cedric
Powell will run for Barton County CC. St. Mary's
Berkeley CA thrower Kamaiya Warren will
attend UCLA. Bryce Ruiz VA has chosen North
Carolina State. Lance Vanderberg, Mona
Shores MI, will run at Taylor IN. New Jersey sprint champ
Todd Dutch will attend Essex Community
College. California pole vault champ David Moore
is signed with Oregon. Arkansas has signed two
of the top high jumpers of the year -- Golden West and Jr
National champion Andra Manson TX (7-4)
and Virginia champion Keith Moffatt (7-3).
California and Golden West shot put champ Noah Bryant
CA will go to Southern California. Canadian hurdler
and sprinter Priscilla Lopes will run for
Nebraska.
DyeStat hears . . .
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Former York Elmhurst IL
and Grinnell College runner Noah Lawrence won
the Mad City Marathon, Madison WI, in 2:37.57. Lawrence,
who had never run more than 16 miles before, said the
victory might keep him running seriously after college.
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Mindy Sullivan,
who had signed with Florida, obtained a release and will
follow former Florida coach J.J. Clark to Tennessee. Mindy
is 2-time Texas 800 meter champion and a Foot Locker Cross
Country national finalist.
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Jeremy Zagorski
, of Parsippany Hills NJ, set a New Jersey sophomore
record with his 4:16.40 for 12th place at AOC Raleigh.
It is one of the oldest records in track-rich New Jersey
history; Zagorski broke the record held jointly by Marty
Liquori (1967) and Kevin Byrne (1977). [from Ed Grant]
Summer TV from Europe
Telecast schedule per Walt
Murphy's News and Results Service:
6/29 @ 5pm on ESPN, Bislett Games, Oslo Norway
7/6/02 @ 5pm on ESPN Meeting Gaz de France(Paris, 7-5)
7/13/02 @ 12pm on ESPN Golden Gala (Rome, 7-12)
7/20/02 @ 12am on ESPN2 Herculis Zepter (Monaco, 7-19)
(This means the Monaco meet will be at midnight Friday night
Eastern time.)
8/17/02 @ 1am on ESPN2 Weltklasse (Zurich, 8-16)
8/31/02 @ 1am on ESPN2 Memorial Van Damme (Brussels, 8-30)
9/8/02 @ 1am on ESPN2 ISTAF (Berlin, 9-6)
9/16/02 @ 11pm on ESPN2 Grand Prix Final (Paris, 9-14)
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Chantelle Dron, a
home schooled freshman from New Hampshire, made a big splash
this summer. First she ran 4:30.92 1500, US#6 in 2002
DyeStat Elite rankings, in the USA Jr Nationals at Stanford,
and then she won the Maine
Distance Festival HS girls mile (below) in 4:58.13 with
a 21-second margin.
photo by Victah Sailor, PhotoRun
2002-2003
Calendar - We have hundreds
of cross country meets listed, but we need more. We want all
important invitationals and all state meets, and we also want
information on 2003 indoor and outdoor meets now. Details
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Kyle
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Kelly
French, Indianapolis IN
17:15.0 - Women's 25-29 |
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Tim
Mylin, Carmel IN
15:41 - Men's 40-44 |
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USA National Indoor to Boston?
Agence
France-Presse reports that the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston is close to agreement
with USATF for the USA National Indoor championships to be held at Reggie Lewis
next year after a 1-year stay at the New York Armory. It's
Official Foot Locker Cross Country National
Finals are returning to San Diego NEW
YORK, July 11, 2002—Foot Locker today announced that the Foot Locker Cross
Country Championships National Finals race will be held at Morley Field in Balboa
Park in San Diego, Calif. on Dec. 14, 2002. This move marks the return to the
site of the first National Finals race held in 1979. Headquarters will be the
Hotel Del Coronado. Details
Great
American update Three months before the
4th running of the Great American Cross Festival in Charlotte
NC September 27-28, here are some eye popping figures: - 562
teams entered. - Over 4000 runners from 41 states. - Kingwood and Saratoga
return to defend titles. - Saratoga goes for three in a row but 14 state champs
from 2001 to challenge. - Solinsky and Kaltenbach lead elite individual entries.
- Finke named new Meet Director. - Resort Hotels sold out. - Nike signs
on for three-year sponsorship. More
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