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2005 World Youth Championships Preview Information!! Who will bring home the gold from this World Level
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Boys 100 and 200 METERS U.S. Entrants: Devin Mays (Lincoln, Stockton), 10.48 and 21.18; Isaiah Green (Poly, Long Beach, Ca.), 10.69, 21, 76. Mays are among the leading entrants with his 10.48 at the Sacramento Meet of Champions but will have to be at his best to make the final. Green, recovering from a pull suffered at the Arcadia invitational, will probably need a personal best if he is to make the finals. The U.S. contingent will probably see a familiar face in the final as Dax Danns of Helix (La Mesa, Ca.), who was forth in the State 100 and second in the 200, and has best of 10.63 and 21.26w, 21.24. The surprise here is the Brits who have their finest sprint group since the first World Youth Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 1999 when Mark Lewis Francis won the 100 and Tim Benjamin took the 200. Harry Atkines-Aryeetey has best of 10.44 and 21.25. Alex Nelson leads the 200 at 10.33 and Daniel Haque has best of 21.60 in the 200. Another surprise is the Japanese duo of Daiki Goto and Takafumi Kumamoto both of who have clocked 10.53. Kosuke Kurisaki at 21.41 and Tetsuo Kurokawa at 21.45 lead the 200. As always, the Jamaican contingent is strong with Cawayne Jervis at 10.71 and Yohan Blake at 10.78. Jervis has a best of 21.65 in the 200 and Tristan Taylor has clocked 21.84. Trinidad and Tobago could easily advance two runners to the 100 final with Keston Bledman having run 10.49 and Kieron Anthony having a best of 10.64.
400 METERS U.S. Entrants: Bryshon Nellum (Poly, Long Beach, Ca.); Zack Chandy (Sage Hill, Newport Beach, Ca.) Nellum, with a best of 46.92 at the Arcadia Invitational, has an excellent chance to make the final but medaling might require a personal best. Chandy, who is peaking at just the right time with a personal best of 47.67 at the National Youth championships, has to be hoping he will be in the final. A familiar nation if not a familiar face could be the biggest challenge to the U.S. duo. Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker of Sudan was the winner in Sherbrooke (Can.) in 2003 at 46.10 and later that year ran 45.20. This year the North African nation is represented by Adam Mohammed Al-Nour, who has a best 46.75. Others to watch are Chriistian Santiago of Puerto Rico (47.36), Victor Josiah of Nigeria (47.39) and five other runners who have broken 48.0. 800, 1,500, 5,000 AND 2,000-METER STEEPLECHASE U.S. Entrants: None 800 METERS Jan Masenamela of South Africa has the fastest entered time of 1:48.95 but two Kenyans, Gilbert Peters and Jackson Kivuna are close behind at 1:49.1 and 1:49.6, respectively. Also under 1:50 is Algeria Nadjim Manceur at 1:49.05. Six other runner have better 1:50.0 but as usual at these championship some 1:54.0 runner will likely make that giant improvement and drop below 1:48.0. 1,500 METERS If Belai Mansour Ali of Baharin had a shirt that said, “well who is finishing second today” he wouldn’t kidding. At 3:31.86 he is the world youth record holder and is almost 15 seconds faster than the next best runner, who happens to be his teammate Bader Khalil Bader at 3:44.81. Five other runners have bettered 3:50.0 led by Leonard Kiplagat at 3:48.0 and Wesley Cheruiyot at 3:48.2. It is interesting to note that neither runner had a notable time until their personal best set in the Kenyan trials. The hometown fans figure to be at a fever pitch with Sami Jaouhar having run 3:45.52 and Mohamed Atik clocking 3:37.15. The best of the non Africans (plus Bahrain) is Laurence Cox of Great Britain at 3:50.41. The race shapes up as a dual meet between Kenya and Morocco. Kenya is led by Bernard Matheka at 8:00.2 and John Mnangat at 8:02.6. However not far behind are Moroccan’s Abaid Ezzamzami at 8:04.57 and Moussa Kartich at 8:05.50. Despite a gap of almost 20 second to the next fastest runner, rest assured there will be a party crasher of two, with Saleh Bakheet of Bahrain at 8:18 45 and Nail El Dod of Sudan at 8:19.1 the most likely candidates. 2,000-METER STEEPLECHASE Just as at the Senior and Junior level the Kenyan’s have “owned” this event. In the three additions of the World Youth championships they have won each time and finished second twice. Keeping that record might be a little tougher this year. Entered for the East African powerhouse are Bisluke Kiplagat at 5:33.1 and Abel Mutai at 5:33.4. Posing the toughest challenge should be Thamer Ali of Qutar at 5:32.13, Tareq Taher of Bahrain at 5:32.72 and Yousif Musa of Sudan at 5:37.52. That being said, it’s still a Kenyan event until proved otherwise. 110-METER HIGH HURDLES (36 inches) U.S. Entrant: Cordera Jenkins (Dickenson, Tx.), 13.64w, 13.71nwi, 13.81 While the rest of the world runs 36 inch hurdles in the youth division, U.S. high schoolers run 39 inches, which probably gives the world a .2 to .3 second time advantage. Jenkins, the Texas State 4-A champion at 13.64 had held his form well throughout the year having run 13.81 it the recent U.S. Youth nationals. The race appears to be very competitive with Quentin Seigel of Germany at 13.66, Vladimir Zhukov Russia and Artur Noga of Poland both entering bests of 13.68 and Abd-Eirahman Taher of Egypt at 13.69.
400-METER LOW HURDLES (30 inches) U.S. Entrants: Dave Klech (California, Danville, Ca.), 51.28 (36 in.); Tim Grier (Hiram, Ga.) 52.86. Another event where the U.S. uses a different height that the rest of the world. Mohammed Daak of Saudi Arabia is the slight favorite over Klech. Daak, who has some international experience, has run 51.22 over the 30 inch hurdles and 51.93 over the 36 inch hurdles. Klech was the California state champion in 36.06 and second in the nation to Jamal Charles (Memorial, Port Arthur, Tx.), who ran 36.03. It is interesting to note that two years ago in this meet at Sherbrooke (Can.), Charles finished third in 51.48. Klech’s best over 36 inch hurdles in 51.28 at the U.S. Youth nationals. Grier’s best of 52.86 came at the Nike Outdoor meet in Greensboro, N.C. and with just nine athletes with better times (most of them over 30 inch hurdles) he has a good chance to make the final. In addition to Daak, major contenders include: Ricardo Todd of Barbados at 52.11, Pieter Botha of South Africa at 52.46, Christoph Kaesmaher of Germany at 52.48 and Vyacheslav Sakayev of Russia at 52.64. HIGH JUMP U.S. Entrants: Phillip Feinberg (Corona del Sol, Tempe, Az.) 6-10; Dante Nall, 6-7½. At Sherbrooke it took 6-6 ¾ to make the final. With 26 entrants at 6-8, that, or possibly 6-9 (19 entrants have cleared this height) Feinberg, the Arizona State 5-A champion, will have to be at the top of his game to be in the final 12. Eight jumpers have bettered 7-0 led by Olsksandr Nartov of the Ukraine at 7-5 ¾ and Haiqiang Huang of China at 7-4 ¼.
POLE VAULT U.S. Entrants: Scott Roth (Granite Bay, Ca.), 17-2¼; Jordan Scott (Oconee County, Watkinsville, Ga.), 17-0. Three vaulters have shown with their consistency at a high level that they are capable of winning the gold. Roth has been over 17-0 four times this year including a 17-2¼ win at the Nike Outdoor meet that was a national sophomore class and U.S. age 16 records. Both Albert Valez of Spain and Yansheng Yang of China have identical bests of 17-4 ½; and multiple meets over 17-0. Scott had his best of 17-0 at the Golden South meet and at his best has a good shot to make the final. Seventeen vaulters have bettered 16-0. LONG JUMP U.S. Entrants: Tim Grier (Hiram, Ga.), 23-10¼. TRIPLE JUMP U.S. Entrants: None The battle for the gold should be a good one. Zhivko Petkov of Bulgaria and Stanislav Ionov of Russia have each jumped 53-3 but just ¾ of an inch behind is Hector Fuentes of Cuba, a nation long know for its three-jump Prowse. In the previous three world youth championships the island nation has won four medals including the gold in 2003.
SHOT PUT and DISCUS THROW U.S. Entrant: Darius Savage (Morse, San Diego, Ca.), 59-11. Two more events were there is a difference in what the U.S. uses and the rest of the world. U.S. high schoolers put a 12-pound implement while the world youth division uses a 5-kilo shot that is just over 11 pounds. The difference is not as great in the discus where the the U.S. throws a 1.62-kilo implement and the rest of the world uses a weight of 1.5-kilos. Savage was outstanding at the end of the high school season--6th in the California State meet shot put with a personal best of 59-11¼ and also winning the discus at 194-8 after throwing 196-10 in the San Diego section finals and 196-10 in the State meet qualifying round. However three weeks later he threw just 54-08.25 and 173-05. So it remains to be seen if Savage was “on holiday” after the state meet or he was back in serious heavy training. Competition in the shot is very imposing with 11 putters over 62-0 feet and 18 having bettered 59-0 led by Bulgatrian Rosen Karamfilov at 67-8, South African Jan Hoffman of South Africa at 67-0 and Vladislav Tulacek of the Czech Republic at 66-11½. Savage’s chances appear to be much better in the discus where 17 throwers have bettered 180-0 feet but just nine, including Darius, have throws over 185-0 feet. U.S. Entrant: Walter Henning (St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, N.Y.), 226-6. Yet another event where there are differences between the U.S. and the rest of the world. U.S. high schoolers throw the 12-lb weight while the world youth throw a 5-kilo (about 11.4 pounds) implement. In an event where the U.S. has found itself far behind the rest of the world Henning has an outside chance to make the final. His best of 226-6 was a national sophomore record but he will have to be near his best to make the final 12. Seventeen throwers including Henning have bettered 226-4. Leading the way are Sandor Palhegyi of Hungary at 261-10, Artem Vynnyk of Ukraine at 25-92 and Antonio Silva of Portugal at 248-7. JAVELIN U.S. Entrants: Daniel Haddock (Arizona), 191-11. Of the 28 entrants, Haddock ranks, 26th with his best of 191-11 set in 2003. Twelve entrants have thrown over 230 led by Noel Meyer of South Africa at 253-2, Victor Fatecha of Portugal at 250-2 and Roman Avramenko of Ukraine at 249-6. OCTATHON U.S. Entrant: Michael Morrison (Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Va.), 6,952 (for junior decathlon). Since this event is never contested in the U.S. it is a little hard to get a handle but Morrison’s marks of 6,953 at the Junior national decathlon holds the promise of a top 10 finish. Unfortunately for Morrison his best event, the pole vault where he has gone 16-10, is not one of the eight events in the octathon. Eight athletes have scores over 5,800 led by Bruno Carton Delcourt of Belgium at 6,276, Yodanis Garcia Barrizontes of Cuba at 6,099 and Mantas Silkauskas of Lithuania at 6,082, MEDLEY RELAY (100-200-300-400) The U.S. along with Great Britain, Poland and Japan are among the favorites to win. The U.S. has won two of the three finals contested.
GIRLS 100 METERS U.S. Entrants: Ebony Collins (Wilson, Long Beach, Ca.), 11.50; Bianca Knight (Ridgeland, Ms.), 11.66. Baring a major upset or an injury both Collins and Knight should make the final. But that is when things might get interesting. In the case of Collins, who won the California State meet in a personal best of 11.50 which also happens to be the best 2004 time entered in the World Youth championships. Knight spread her talents over all three sprint races and raced least frequently in the 100 but at the U.S. Youth Championships she won the 100 in a seasonal best of 11.66 just off her personal best of 11.56 sent in 2004. Collins is trying the difficult 100-400 hurdles double and therefore providing she reaches the 100 final will have to run a heat of the 400 hurdles one hour, 40 minutes before that final. However, both Collins and Knight are two of the most experienced youth runners in U.S. history and could both medal. Competition for the two Americans figures to come from Natalya Pogrebnyak of Ukraine at 11.54, Francieta Krasucki of Brazil at 11.58, who also has listed best of 11.48 in 2004, and Schillionie Calvert of Jamaica at 11.64.
200 METERS U.S Entrants: Bianca Knight (Ridgeland, Ms.), 23.41; Khrystal Carter (Valley Christian, San Jose), 23.44w, 23.69. Knight, as mentioned before, has spread her talents among the three sprint events, but her 23.41 best in 2005 and especially her 23.06 run at the National Junior Olympics, make her a solid medal threat. Carter, a late add to the team, ran a wind-aided 23.44 in the California state meet heats before finishing second in the final. Other than the two Americans, only five other runners have bettered 24.00. Schillonie Calvert of Jamaica is the most serious threat with a best of 23.44. Vanda Gomes of Brazil also has a best of 23.44, LaToya King of Jamaica has run 23.68 followed by Marika Poopwicz of Poland at 23.72 and Joey Duck of Great Britain at 23.86. 400 METERS U.S. Entrants: Brandi Cross (Marshall, Missouri City, Tx.), 52.46; Elan Hilaire (Park School, Baltimore, Md.) Two years ago Cross was fifth in this meet and her best of 52.46 run in winning the Texas state 4-A title puts her right in the hunt for a medal. Hilaire has a best of 54.01 run indoors in February but had her first outdoor meet of the year at the U.S. Youth Nationals, where she finished last in the 400. Including Cross, only six runners have bettered 54.00 including Aymee Martinez of Cuba at 52.57, Nawal El Jack of Sudan at 52.73, Danijela Grgic of Croatia at 53.15, Jaimee-Lee Hoeberen of Australia at 53.48 (2004) and Olha Myhaylychenko of Ukraine at 53.80. Two weeks ago El Jack ran a hand timed 51.8 in a small meet.
800 METERS U.S. Entrant: Latavia Thomas (West Catholic, Philadelphia, Pa.), 2:06.76 The U.S. has it best chance in four tries to place a runner in the 800 final but it will not be easy. Thomas, who best of 2:06.76 came in winning the Arcadia Invitational, faces a field that included nine other runners who have run under 2:08.0 and another nine runners who have broken 2:10.0 including two Kenyan’s. Think the two East African’s might be a little quicker than 2:08.0? 1,500 METERS With a little luck, Jones could become only the second 1,500 runner to make the final. Twelve runner qualify for the final and Jones time of 4:27.01 is the thirteenth best of all the entrants. When you figure that Jones has a best of 2:11.0 run indoors in a comfortable win and three times under 4:28.0 all involving large winning margins, a drop in time to 4:23.0 or 4:24.0 just might be good enough to gain the final. Yuriko Kobayashi of Japan has the fastest entered time of 4:14.55 followed closely by the Kenyan duo of Irene Jelagat and Sheila Chepkirui at 4:16.6 and 4:17.9, respectively, and Great Britain’s Lexy Gilmour and Heidi Gregson, both just a shade under 4:21.0. 3,000 METERS U.S. Entrants: None The race as always been a straight final so the standard of 9:35.0 is very tough. Fourteen runners are entered with 2005 times that have bettered that standard led by Kenyan’s Veronica Wanjiru at 8:52.9 and Pauline Korikwiang at 9:00.0, Latvia’s Daniela Fetchre at 9:10.70 and Hitomi Niiya of Japan at 9:13.74. It is interesting to note that Jordan Hasay, who is an 8th grader in Arroyo Grande, has run 9:37.0 but is to young (being born in 1991) to run in the World Youth Championships. 100-LOW HURDLES (30 inches) U.S. Entrants: Theresa Lewis (Western, Baltimore, Md.), 13.64w, 13.88; April Williams (Skyline, Dallas, Tx.), 13.71w, 13.89. This is the only girls event where is a difference between the high school events and the world youth events. The high schools run 33 inch hurdles while the world youth division runs 30-inch hurdles. Nine runners, excluding the Americans have broken 14.00, led by Manuela Galtier of France at 13.68, Arna Erega of Croatia at 13.69 and Natasha Ruddock of Jamaica at 13.72 and Annimari Korte of Finland at 13.75.
400-LOW HURDLES U.S. Entrants: Ebony Collins (Wilson, Long Beach, Ca.), 57.87; April Williams (Skyline, Dallas,Tx.), 61.29 (59.99 in 2004). Collins, who earlier in the year won the California state meet 300 hurdles in 40.10 to make here the second fastest high schoolers of all-time and the sophomore class record holder stretched out to the 400 hurdles at for only the second time this year at the U.S. Youth nationals and ran 57.87 making her the fastest youth runner in the world this year. Including the U.S. runners there are nine entrants who have bettered 1:00.00. Behind Collins there are Lauren Boden of Australia at 58.59, Aya Miyahara of Japan at 58.88 and Russian’s Irina Reshetkina and Yekaterina Kuzmenko at 59.28 and 58.40, respectively.
HIGH JUMP U.S. Entrant: Desirae Gonder (Stockdale, Bakersfield), 5-10. Gonder, who won the California State meet at 5-9 and has a best of 5-10 in 2005, will have to be at her best if she is to reach the final. Fourteen jumpers in the field have done 5-10 led by Biwei Gu of China, who jumped 6-2 indoors, Sophie Berg of Australia with a best of 6-1½ and Yekatrina Yevseyeva of Kazakhstan and Yekatrina Bolshova of Russia, both at 6-1¼. POLE VAULT U.S. Entrants: None. It is too bad that Allyson Stokke of Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, Ca.), who was originally selected for the team and had a best of 13-5 ¾, broke her leg in May and will not able to make the trip. Her best would have placed among the top six entrants at Marrakech. Defending champion Elizaveta Ryshich of Germany is back to defend her title but that could be easier said than done. Although she has improved here best to 14-1¼ in 2004, she now finds herself behind Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece, who has jumped 14-4 indoors, and Keisa Monterola of Venezuela at 13-11¼. LONG JUMP U.S. Entrants: LaRoya Johnson (Elsik, Alief, Tx.), 19-8w; Quin’Shundolyn McPherson (Taylor, Alief, Tx.), 19-8w. Another event where the U.S. was hurt by injury. Shana Woods of Poly (Long Beach, Ca.), who had jumped 20-10 indoors and would have been among the favorites at Morocco, was sidelined with a strained hamstring in May and was never able to return to form. With 19 jumpers entered in the field having bettered 19-8, the U.S. duo will be fortunate to make the final. The leading jumpers are Kaire Leibak of Estonia at 21-0, Eloyse Lesueur and Manuela Galtiere, both of France at 20-10¾ and 20-10, respectively, and Christina Sandu of Romania at 20-7¾. TRIPLE JUMP U.S. Entrants: None Jie Jin of China has the leading jump at 45-4 ½, followed by Cristian Bujin and Carmen Toma, both at Romania, at 44-8 ¾; and 43-2½, respectively, and Anastasslya Suleimanova of Kazakhstan at 42-11. It is interesting to note that McPherson, who best of 40-1½ in the triple jump was well past the triple jump qualifying standard of 38-8, was not entered. SHOT PUT U.S. Entrants: Kamorean Hayes (Harding, Charlotte, N.C.), 51-1; Jenny Svoboda (Howells, Nb.), 49-6. Hayes is another performer who appears to be peaking at the right time and with her best of 51-1 coming at the Nike Outdoor meet in mid June she could challenge for a medal. Svoboda’s best of 49-6 gives the U.S. a good chance of placing two performers in the final. With just eighteen entrants this event could scratch down to a straight final. Hays find herself behind just three performers, but they are three very good performers. Bo Li of China leads the way with an indoor put of 53-9 ¾, followed by Simone Du Toit of South Africa at 52-7½ and Dani Samuels of Australia at 50-10¼. DISCUS U.S. Entrants: Paige Newby (Colorado City, Tx.), 153-1; Kamorean Hayes (Harding, Charlotte, N.C.), 150-3. Newby improved by almost 30 feet in just one year and finds herself with a change to make the final. With her best of 153-1, she has the 11th best mark of all entrants. Leading the is Dani Samuels of Australia at 180-3 followed by Simone DuToit of South Africa at 172-11 and Ionela Vartolomei of Romania at 162-0. Hayes, whose discus was far behind her shot put to open the season, had made steady improvement with the platter and could also make the final. HAMMER THROW U.S. Entrants: None. The leading entrants are Bianca Perie of Romania at 213-8, Anna Bulgakova of Russia at 211-9 and Zalina Marghieva of Moldova at 202-9. JAVELIN U.S. Entrants: None The leading entrants are Li Zhang of China at 189-7, Vira Rebryk of Ukraine at 188-7 and Ynthi Coetzee of South Africa at 187-11. HEPTATHLON U.S. Entrants: None. Shana Woods, who was entered her as well as the long jump, but lost to injury, would have been a solid threat to make the top eight. Russia should dominate here with Tatyana Chernova at 5,991 and Yana Panteleyeva at 5,705. Christina Tsavidi of Greece ranks third at 5,495. MEDLEY RELAY (100-200-300-400) The U.S. has won all three world championship races and stands a good chance of making it four in a row. Russia could provide a stiff challenge.
SCHEDULE Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Time Event Round Status Afternoon session Thursday, July 14, 2005 Afternoon session Friday, July 15, 2005 Morning session Afternoon session Saturday, July 16, 2005 Time Event Round Status Afternoon session Sunday, July 17, 2005 World Youth Team Photo Album - thanks Kirby Lee and others Golden Staters on the US World Youth Team in a week in Morocco!!
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