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WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY THREE - 7/11/03

The day opened with steady showers (sometime light and sometimes heavy), gentle winds and temps in the low 50’s. By early afternoon the rain hand stopped but a cold 15-20 mile per hour wind continued.

BOYS

100 METERS (first two in each heat plus next six fastest qualify for semifinals)

HEAT ONE (+1.9 mps)—A very bunched start with Jay Cooper (Jenks, Okla.) in the top four at 70 meters but it was Renaldo Rose of Jamaica who caught the pack with a winning 10.75. Jay Cooper held on for second in 10.76 followed by Graeme Read of New Zealand with a personal best of 10.81.

HEAT TWO (+0.3)—David Pedneault of Canada was in control of the race from the beginning and noticeably let off to win in 10.74. Andre Wellington of Jamaica was second at 11.04.

HEAT THREE (+1.2)—Rafael Da Silva of Brazil got out cautiously but once he was upright looked easy winning in 10.66. Peter Krcmarek of Slovakia was second in 10.91.

HEAT FOUR (+1.0)—Patrick Sihler of Germany is another sprinter who displayed an average start at best but once he was in full stride showed great form in running a personal best of 10.67. Phili Stanek of Austria was second, also with a personal best of 10.79. Oluwole Ogunde of Nigeria, the world youth leader at 10.38, showed little of that form as he got out of the blocks poorly and was just able to get up for third in 10.84 that got him through to the semifinals but only as a time qualifier.

HEAT FIVE (+1.4)—Yahya Al-Gahes of Saudi Arabia displayed a world-class start that would make him a heavy favorite----at 60 meters. Running in lane one he had total control of the race until 90 meters when Craig Pickering of Canada, running in lane eight, showed great finishing power to win, 10.53 to 10.66. Whether Al-Gahes ever saw Pickering is the real question. Ramon Gittens of Barbados was third in 11.85 to advance as a time qualifier.

HEAT SIX (+1.1)—Shinya Saburi of Japan led from start to finish, winning, but just barely. Michael Grant (Stephenson, Stone Mountain, Ga.), was out well but waited until the second have of the race to move from third to second in the final 10 meters just miss catching Saburi, 10.69 to 10.71. Miklos Szebeny of Hungary was third at 10.80 but advanced on time.

HEAT SEVEN (+0.3)—Nelson Andre of Brazil looked great in winning with a personal best of 11.76. Yavid Zackey of Peru moved from third to second in the last 10 meters and recorded a personal best of 10.93

HEAT EIGHT (+0.8)— Daniel Bailey of Antigua looked very much like a finalist with a very complete race, winning in 10.56, just .02 off his personal best. Pierre-Hans Horacius, who looked for all the world as if he was from South Central L.A. and not Canada, was a clear second in 10.73, also just .02 off his personal best.

HEAT NINE (+2.1)—Dariusz of Poland and Yahya Habib of Saudi Arabia were the class of the field with Kuc moving from second to first in the final five meters to win, 10.68 to 10.70.

400 METERS (first two in each heat plus next two fastest qualify for final)

HEAT ONE—Frank Puriza of Namibia got clear early lead and won easily in 47.94 due primarily to the absence of Usian Bolt of Jamaica (best of 45.35), who had a stomach ache Alexandr Sigalovskiy of Russia was the only other qualifier in 49.02. Jerrith Jones of St. Augustine (New Orleans, La.) was never a factor finishing last in 51.09.

HEAT TWO—Jamil James of Trinidad and Tobaco led early but was caught by Zeljko of Croatia in the last 15 meters with a personal best of 47.26. James was timed in 47.60 and followed by time qualifiers Rafal Blocian of Poland (48.09) and Myung-jun of South Korea (48.14).

HEAT THREE—Cedric Goodman (Newnan, Ga.) and Nagmeldin Abubakr of Sudan were both clear of the field by the backstretch. The silky smooth slightly built Abubakr, looking more and more like a runner who could run in the mid 45’s if necessary, held a small lead at 300 before pulling away for Goodman, 46.56 to 47.84.

800 METERS (first two in each heat plus the next two fastest qualify for the final)

HEAT ONE—Michael Haddad of Woodbridge (Irvine, Ca.) ran a very heady race and was rewarded with a spot in the final. Early on things did not look good. After being in fourth place at the break he fell back to to seventh at 300 after the 200 was passed in 26.26. He than ran wide on the outside to move to second behind world youth leader Mohammed Al-Salhi of Saudi Arabia at the 400-meter mark reached in 56.48. However, David Takacs of Hungary and Cesar Barquero of Peru put on a burst of speed then sent Haddad back to four at 600 (1:25.51). Then with less than 100 meters remain Haddad move out to lane three and blue past both Takacs and Barquero to claim his place in the final behind Al-Salhi, 152.85 to 1:53.35.

HEAT TWO—Bernard Kiptum of Kenya and Michael Rimmer of Britain traded leads and elbows at least three times of the first 700 meters, including one time at about 550 meters when Kiptum high-fived a runner as he went by him before retaking the lead from Rimmer. As they entered the final straightaway Rimmer, in second, checked behind him to see that both and Kiptum would be the automatic qualifiers and then proceeded to stare down Kiptum the entire homestretch before finishing a half-step behind the Kenyan, 152.63 to 1:52.66. Rimmer later said he did say anything to Kiptum but just want him to know he did not appreciate the contact.

HEAT THREE—Abraham Ngeno of Kenya, Florin Gania of Romania and Abdalla Abdelgadir of Sudan ran as a group and were dead even three abreast at 600 meters in 1:21.93 with Steven Fennell a close four before Ngeno and Gania gained the automatic qualifying spots in 1:50.93 and 1:51.67 respectively. Fennell nosed out Abdelgadir for third, 1:52.03 to 1:52.32 but both advanced as time qualifiers

1,500 METERS (first four in each heat plus next for fastest qualify for final)

HEAT ONE—Samson Ngetich of Kenya, running almost effortlessly with through fraction of 58.70, 1:59.81 and 3:03.59 before easing off, an action that allowed Tola Kene of Ethiopia and Isaac Mboyaza of South Africa close the margin of victory and earn personal best of 3:50.13 and 3:50.21, respectively, behind Ngetich’s 3:49.44. Johannes Raabe of Germany was the final automatic qualifier at 3:55.33.

HEAT TWO—After failing to make the U.S. in the 800 Cody Harper of Albuquerque Academy (N.M.) qualified in here but his prospects did not appear too bright since he had only the eighth fastest time in the race. Benson Esho of Kenya and Edgar Santoyo of Mexico led with 200 with 200 to go and were never challenged with Santoyo getting a personal best of 3:54.67 behind the winners 3:54.21. Luis Marco of Spain closed fastest to grab third in 3:55.95. Meanwhile Harper worked his way into fourth with one lap remained before slipping to sixth but his time of 3:58,77 was good enough to grab the final qualifying spot in the final.

110-METER HIGH HURDLES

FINAL

Mubarak Al-Mobadi of Saudi Arabia got out to an early lead with Jason Richardson of Cedar Hill (Tx.) and Alexander John of Germany just slightly behind over the third hurdle. Richards slowly moved up on Al-Mobadi until he was just inches behind over the final barrier. Richardson then sped away opening up more than a meter advantage to win, 13.29 to 13.41, with a 1.9 meter per second wind at the runner back. Richardson’s win is particularly impressive in view of the fact that less than thirty minutes earlier he had won a semifinal heat of the 400 hurdles in 51.30. John easily gained the Bronze medal with a 13.50 in front of Carlos Jorge of Dominica, who ran 13.85. Kevin Craddock of James Logan (Union City) got out well but struggled during the middle of the race before covering to pass Dayron Robles of Cuba in the last meters to take fifth, 13.87 to 13.91.

400 LOW HURDLES (first four in each heat qualify for final)

HEAT ONE—Midway through the race Wouter Le Roux to charge and was never challenged, winning in 51.55. Jamaal Charles of Memorial (Port Arthur, Tx.) open strongly and was in second approaching 200 meters when began to have step problems that saw him drop back to seventh before coming on the finish third in 52.36 behind Yuki Iwataki of Japan, who clocked 52.36. Mohammed Daak of Saudi Arabia was the final qualifier in 52.64.

HEAT TWO—Jason Richardson of Cedar Hill (Tx.) had built a good sized lead by 200 meters before relaxing to the point that Go Tanabe of Japan had almost caught him at 300 meters. Richardson then reasserted himself and pulled to win in 51.30. Tanabe was passed in the final 100 by Milton Dias of Portugal (52.12) and Johann Hanekom of South Africa (52.14) but did hold on to the final qualifying spot in 52.28.

3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE (first four in heat plus next four fastest qualify for final)

HEAT ONE—Justus Kiprono of Kenya (surprise, surprise), Marcin Chabowski of Poland, Ryota Komano of Japan and Martin Muzik of Chech Republic each expended just enough energy to gain the automatic qualifying sport, with Kiprono at 5:52.75 and Muzik at 5:54.98. Ben Day of Bellevue (Neb.) was ninth with 800 to go and moved up to seventh at the finish, clocking a personal best of 6:00.80.

HEAT TWO—Ronald Rutto of Kenya burned the early part of the race passing the first kilometer in 2:44.35 (sub 8:15 pace for 3,000 meters) before letting of and finishing at 5:38.02. Chris Winter of Canada was second at 5:52.38, Stefan Patru of Romania was third at 5:57.34 and Adem Belir of Turkey grabbed the final automatic qualifying spot with a 6:00.32. Andres Urbina of Albuquerque Academy (N.M.) remained in distance contact with field in the early going before moving up to seventh with 800 to go and sixth with 400 to go and finally gaining fifth in 6:01.39. For their efforts both now will have the privilege of facing Rotto in the final.

HIGH JUMP (13 qualify for final)

GROUP ONE—Six jumper cleared 6-6 3/4 to advance to the final with Thomas Krasa of Czech Republic and Oleksandr Nartov of Ukraine has the only clean slates.

GROUP TWO—Seven jumpers advanced led by Martin Gunther of Germany who cleared 6-8 1/4. Gordon Smith of Rocky Mount (N.C.) did not advance after missing three times at 6-2 3/4.

LONG JUMP

FINAL

Nachiro Shinada of Japan at 24-11 3/4 won the gold medal, Yves Renaux of France the silver medal at 24-4 1/2 and Ahmed Al-Sharfa of Saudi Arabia the bronze medal at 23-5 1/2.

HAMMER

FINAL

Mihkail Levin of Russia won the gold medal at 250-8, Kristof Nemeth of Hungary took the silver medal at
247-11 and Sandor Palhegyi also of Hungary captured the bronze medal with a throw of 247-7. Zack Midles of Olympia (Wa.) was 12th at 190-3.

JAVELIN

FINAL

Julio De Oliveira of Brazil won the silver medal with a championship record of 266-3, Robert Oosthuizen of South Africa took the bronze with a throw of 265-11 and Raldu Potgieter also of South Africa took the bronze medal at 247-11. Chad Brown of Barbe (Lake Charles, La.) finished in seventh with a throw of 226-7.

GIRLS

100 METERS (first two in each heat plus the next two fastest qualify for final)

HEAT ONE (+1.2)—Kyrstin Lacy of Skyline (Dallas, Tx.) dominated the race leading by two meters over Kelly-Ann Baptiste of Trinidad and Tobaco and extending her lead to win, 11.55 to 11.94.

HEAT TWO (+1.9)—Francis Das Gracas of Brazil and Jenni Hucul of Canada were battling for the lead at 40 meters before Hucul appeared to cramp up and eventually drop to last. Das Gracas continued on for the win over the fast closing Kadi-Ann Thomas of Britain, 11.59 to 11.65. Monique Cabral of Trinidad and Tobaco held on for third in 11.78 to advance to the final as time qualifier.

HEAT THREE (+1.4)—Jessica Onyepunuka of Peoria (Az.) established a solid lead and just relaxed the final 30 meters to win in 11.58. Sherline Duncan of Jamaica moved from fourth to second in the final 20 meters to grab the final automatic qualifying spot. Lina Grincikaite of Lithuania was a time qualifier in 11.82.

FINAL

Jessica Onyepunuka never let up, from a booming start to an all-out effort for the full 100 meters, in setting a championship record of 11.31. The wind reading was an almost ideal +1.9 but that has to be counterbalanced with the biting crosswind in temperatures that hovered in the low 50s. It is the second best high school time in the nation behind Allyson Felix’s 11.29. Krystin Lacy could stay with Onyepunuka but Lacy had little trouble in finishing second in 11.50. Kelly-Ann Baptiste moved from seventh to third over the second half of the race to gain the Bronze medal in 11.59

200 METERS (first two in each heat plus next ten fastest qualify for semifinals)

HEAT ONE (+4.0)—Courtney Champion of Collins Hill (Suwanee, Ga.) left little doubt who was the best running a strong turn and moving strongly down the stretch to record a personal best (wind aided) 23.50. Darlenis of Colombia was a clear second in 24.00. Bianka Varga of Hungary was a time qualifier in 24.44.

HEAT TWO (+1.0)—Salley McLellan of Australia ran a hard turn to take a large lead into the straight only to have Elena Khvashevskaya of Russia cut the margin to just two meters. McLellan got a personal best of 23.88 and Khvashevskaya clocked 24.04. Ayako Kawano of Japan also advanced with a personal beest of 24.36.

HEAT THREE (+3.0)—Anneisha McLaughlin of Jamaica, the silver medallist in last years World Junior (under 20) championships, led by six meters after the first 100 and was a convincing winner in 23.73. Maike Dix of Germany closed on McLaughlin in finishing second in 24.12. Emily Johnson of Canada and Kendal Blair of New Zealand were time qualifiers at 24.31 and 24.55, respectively.

HEAT FOUR (+3.3)—Sherline Duncan of Jamaica won easily in 23.93 with Barbora Michalikova of Slovakia (24.35) and Jessica Perea of Ecuador (24.42) also advancing.

HEAT FIVE (+4.0)—Tavara Rigby of Bahamas (24.21) and Amanda Kotze of South Africa (24.37) were easy qualifiers. Angela Morosanu of Romania also qualified on time with a 24.49.

HEAT SIX (+4.9)—Damola Osayomi of Nigeria ran a very hard turn to lead after 100 meters but then watched Giulia Arcioni of Italy easily move to the lead and then had to hold off Danijela Gregic of Croatia, 24.13 to 24.15. Arcioni’s winning time was 23.85 in race that also produced time qualifiers Eleni Artymata of Cyprus (24.31) and Yomara Hinestroza of Colombia (24.43).

HEAT SEVEN (+1.9)—Cleo Tyson (Huntsville, Tx.) ran a hard turn and had control of the race until the final 10 meters when she let up and was passed Carley Wenham of Britain for the win, 23.59 to 23.61, as both runners got personal best

400 METERS (first four in each heat qualify for final)

HEAT ONE—Brandi Cross (Marshall, Missouri City, Tx.) and Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen of Australia were off quickest and joined by Sonita Southernland of Jamaica and Antonina Krivoshapka of Russia as the four were clear of the rest of the field with 100 meters remaining. Hoebergen and Krivoshapka crossed the line almost together at 54.23 and 54.25, respectively. Cross edged Suthrland for third, 54.80 to 55.07.

HEAT TWO—Natasha Hastings (A.P. Randolph, New York City, N.Y.) got out well and was leading down the backstretch before floating the turn—a move that allowed Anastasiya Shuyvalova of Russia to take the lead. Hastings then regrouped and regained the lead to win in 54.03, followed by Muna Adam of Sudan and Gemma Nicol of Britain, in 54.80 and 54.80, respectively. Queen Ogbemudia of Nigeria from fifth to four over the final stages of the race to gain the final qualifying spot with a 54.91.

800 METERS (first three in each heat qualify for semifinals)

HEAT ONE—Larisa Arcip of Romania was the leader from start going by 400 at 62.49 and pushing the third 200 to go by 600 in 1:34.76 before coasting to a 2:07.36 seasonal best win. Brooke Simpson of Australia was second at 2:09.73, just holding off Imene Badraoui of Tunisia, who stumbled near the finish and still got a personal best of 2:09.99.

HEAT TWO—Maria Chapaeva of Russia was another wire to wire winner in a comfortable 2:09.92 after a quick first 400 of 61.86. Halima Hachlaf of Morocco and Kieko Shinada of Japan were second and third in 2:12.66 and 2:12.95, respectively.

HEAT THREE—Irina Zudikhina of Uzbekistan took the early lead in a race that saw Trisa Nickoley of Shawnee Heights (Tecumseh, Kan.) get bumped around in getting bounced around from second to four before settling into third at 400 meters, passed in 61.83. Nickoley moved to second at 600 meters in 1:35.02 and took the lead with 100 meters before winning in 2:09.57. A fierce fight developed between for runners for the remaining two automatic qualifying spots. Morag Maclarty of Britain grabbed second in 2:09.85 and Zudikhina held on to third at 2:10.03. Agnes Mutune of Kenya and Pinki Paramanik of India, were fourth and fifth in 2:10.46 and 2:10.51, respectively, and had to wait until all of the heats were before they knew that they had advanced on time.

HEAT FOUR—Although the race was close, Olga Cristea of Modavia was in control the entire way, winning in 2:11.04 off a 62.15 first 400. Nicole Edwards of Canada was second at 2:11.60 and Ayuma Takada of Japan was third at 2:11.91.

HEAT FIVE—Ekaterina Martynova of Russia went to the front immediately and led Tshotlego Moranja of Botswana and Elizabeth McWilliams through 400 in 60.49 before slowing the pace to 1:34.08 at 600. The three qualified easily in 2:09.39, 2:11.60 and 2:11.92, respectively. The surprise was Canadian Chloe Allen who came from a long way back and almost catch the automatic qualifiers with a personal best on 2:11.19. Allen did advance as a time qualifier.

HEAT SIX—Laura Finucane of Britain at 2:12.47, Camila De Mello of Uruguay at 2:14.66 and Cherotich Ruto of Kenya at 2:14.87, were all easy qualifiers after separating themselves from pack at the halfway point, passed in 63.31.

100 METER LOW HURDLES (first three in each heat qualify for final)

HEAT ONE (+1.4)—Domenique Manning of J.W. North (Riverside, Ca.) entered the meet with no time since she was running over the 30 inch hurdles for the first time (regular high school height for the 100 hurdles is 33 inches) but she quickly rectified have no time with a scintillating 13.50 to move into second on the yearly world youth division list. Although leading all the way she was pressed by Eline Berings of Belgium at 13.63 and Azusa Ichiki of Japan in 13.87.

HEAT TWO (+0.5)—Leaving little doubt that she is the heavy favorite to win the title Sally McLellan of Australia dominated the race showing great speed between the hurdles as well at great technique over the barriers in winning in 13.14 to improve on her world leading mark of 13.42. Earlier in the day McLellan had set a personal best in the 200 qualifying with a 23.88. With McLellan’s performance it was easy to overlook Latoya Greaves of Jamaica at 13.44, to move into second on the yearly list, Josephine Onyia of Nigeria at 13.64 and Jaime Cruichkshank of Canada at 13.86, all personal best.

HEAT THREE (+0.9)—Cindy Billaud of France and Nikita Holder of Canada were even coming off the ninth hurdle but things quickly changed as first Bullaud appeared to stumble two steps before the tenth hurdle and Nadine Jacobs of Germany moved from third to first to win in 13.84. Holder held on for second in 13.91 and Billaud fell to third in 14.17.

HEAT FOUR (+3.1)—Lanes one, two and three held all the action. At thirty meters Pavi’elle James of Northwestern (Miami, Fla.), running in the middle held a slight advantage of Veronica Borsi of Italy on her inside and and Arna Erega of Croatia on her outside. Things then began to change and by James dropped back to second and then to third and Borsi moved from third to first and won with a time of 13.43. James regained second in 13.49 and Erega dropped to third in 13.54.

SEMIFINALS (first four in each heat qualify for final)

HEAT ONE (+1.0)—It was like watching a mirror image to see Domenique Manning and Eline Berings running step for step and stride the entire race with neither athlete ever have more than one or two inches of advantage. In the end Berings was declared the winner, 13.24 to 13.35. How good is Manning’s time over the 30-inch hurdles? Although the event is now rarely run at the high school level, where 33 inches is the norm, it once was. Yolanda Johnson (Washington, Denver) at 13.06 A,Candy Young (Beaver Falls, Pa.) at 13.30 and Janeene Vickers (Pomona, Ca.) at 13.34 are the only runner in front of her and who did Manning replace as No. 4 on the all time list? Multi Wrold and Olympic champion Gail Devers (National City, Ca.). Josephine Onyia of Nigeria and Veronica Borsi of Italy were the final two qualifiers at 11.52 and 11.56, respectively.

HEAT TWO (+1.1)—Sally McLellan and Latoya Greaves were 1-2 the entire way at 13.15 and 13.22, respectively. Pavi’elle James was out well but fell as far behind as fifth before getting up for third in 13.51. Nadine was the final qualifier at 13.63.

POLE VAULT

Advanced to a straight final

TRIPLE JUMP

The only constant in this competition was Critine Spataru of Romania who had the only four jump over 13 meters (42-8) and win with a 45-5 3/4. After that it would take at least a couple of pages to delineate the changes that took place. It is enough to say that six of the eight jumpers who advance to the final were at one time or another in temporary possession of a medal. In the end Elina Sorsa of Finland jumped 42-6 on her final attempt to gain the gold in front of Aliki-Yvoni Askitopoulou of Greece who had just moved into second in fifth round with a jump of 42-5 1/4. Brittany Daniels of Merrill West (Tracy, Ca.), who was as high at second in the early rounds finished in fifth at 42-1 1/4 into a 2.2 mps wind and Erika McLain of West (East, Plano, Tx.) was seventh at 41-10 into a 2.4 mps wind. The wind that aided the runners for most of the day was in the face of the jumpers, making this competition all the more remarkable.

DISCUS

Kristina Gehrig of Germany took the early lead with first and second round throws of 156-0 and 158-5. Julie Bennell of Australia took over the lead late in the second round with a throw of 158-6 only to see Lisandra Rodriguez of Cuba take over first for keeps with a toss of 159-4 in the fourth round and settle the final medal order. Both D’Andra Carter of Red Oak (Tx.) and Misti Barber of Northwestern (Miami, Fla.) made the final eight with Carter grabbing fifth with a throw of 147-8 and Barber finishing eighth at 142-1.

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