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WY CH DAY FIVE 7/13/03

BOYS

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

HEAT ONE (wind –1.3 mps)—Michael Grant (Stevenson, (Stone Mountain, Ga.) won the heat in 20.96 with Daniel Bailey of Antigua second in 21.27. Nilson De Oliveira of Brazil was third but advanced on time with a 21.42.

HEAT TWO (-1.3)—Lionel Larry (Dominguez, Compton, Ca.) was a nonstarter after complaining of a sore hamstring following the first round. Jamahl Alert of Britain won the race in 21.25 and Graeme Read of New Zealand was second in 21.61.

HEAT THREE (-3.2)—Usain Bolt of Jamaica won as he pleased in 21.08 and Andrew Watkins of Britain was second in 21.59. Mohamed Al Rasheedi of Burundi was a time qualifier in third with a 21.61.

FINAL

Running in windy, rainy and very cold conditions, you could excuse Bolt if he just went through the motions. He didn’t. As the rain continued to come, down he left the blocks with some caution but once he reached the middle of the turn, like his nickname (Thunder), he struck with finality. Running into a 1.7 meter per second wind, he left little doubt that a sub 20-second effort is in the future—the very near future—as evidenced by his winning time of 20.40. Grant, running in Bolt’s slipstream, was an easy second in 21.04 and Alert was third at 21.25.

1,500 METERS

FINAL

Tola Kene of Ethiopia took the early lead and promptly slowed the pack to a funeral as it passed 400 in 66.98, with Cody Harper (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.) 12th and last. Benson Esho and Samson Ngetich, both of Kenya, had enough and picked up the pace with a 57.87 400 to pass 800 at 2:04.95. With one lap to go (2:47.85) it was Ngetich, Isaac Mboyaza of South Africa, Kene and Esho closely grouped. Meanwhile, Harper, who had begin to move up. Ngetich and Esho took over first and second and for a while it looked as Ngetich would be the winner but Esho put on a burst to pull away, 3:44.94 to 3:45.13. Mboyaza moved from fourth to third to nip Kene, 3:48.05 to 3:48.22. Harper in a valiant run, ended up in ninth place with a personal best of 3:53.74.

2,000 STEEPLECHASE

FINAL

It was business as usual for the Kenyan's as Ronald Rutto and Justus Kiprono, took control of the race from the start and it was just a question of which one would win and how fast it would be. After a first kilometer in 2:40.80 (8:00 pace for 3,000) the record was almost assured and when Rutto sprinted by Kiprono on the final straight so was the winner. Both Rutto at 5:30.27 and Kiprono at 5:31.34 bettered the old mark of 5:31.34 set by Mykola Matyushenko of the Soviet Union in 1983. This might have been the only male steeplechase record that Kenya did not hold. Even with the Kenyan’s achievements it was left to Chris Winter of Canada to gain the greatest applause of the championships as he went from fifth to third in the final straight to earn Canada its second medal with a time of 5:44.23. Stefan Patru of Romania finished fourth at 5:44.85 and Marcin Chabowski of Poland was fifth at 5:45.44. Ben DeLay (Bellevue, Neb.) and Andres Urbina (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.) started in 11th and 12th places but DeLay began a long build and eventually got as high as eight place before being passed on the final straightaway. He finished in ninth place with a personal best of 5:57.84. Urbina was 12th at 6:13.52.

MEDLEY RELAY (100, 200, 300, 400)

FINAL

Unfortunately for Jamaica and the fans in attendance, Jamaica was disqualified in the prelims depriving everyone of the sight of Usain Bolt getting the baton about 20 meters behind the field (U.S.) and trying to retake the lead. However based upon how the race was run, Bolt probably could have given Jamaica the win with a relay leg of something under 45.0, a feat well within his capabilities. The U.S. opened up with Jay Cooper (Jenks, Okla.), Michael Grant (Stephenson, Stone Mountain, Ga.) and Jamall Charles (Memorial, Port Arthur, Tx.) and had built up a 10-yard lead when Cedric Goodman (Newnan, Ga.) got the baton and held off both Poland and Japan with a 46.6 leg that gave the U.S. a time of 1:52.03. Poland was second at 1:53.08 and Japan was third at 1:53.11.

HIGH JUMP

FINAL

Four jumpers cleared 6-11 1/4 with the places being decided on misses. Martin Gunther of Germany and Oleksandr Nartov of Ukraine each cleared 6-11 1/4 attempt on their first attemps but Gunther had no total misses and Nartov had six. Hikaru Tsuchiya of Japan cleared 6-11 1/4 on his second attempt to earn the bronze medal while Philipp Britner of Russia needed three attempts and placed fourth. There were U.S. participants in the final.

DISCUS

FINAL

Yao-Hui Wang of Taiwan opened the competition with a throw of 196-10, a mark that stood up for the bronze medal. Jian Wu of China took over first with the final throw in the first round with a 197-11 and improved to 205-0 in the second round. He held the lead until Ronnie Buckley threw 206-11 in the fifth round. In the final round on the second to last throw of the competition, Wu responded with a 207-3 only to see Buckley respond with a championship meet record of 211-0. Kyle Davis-Hammerquist (Webb School, Claremont, Ca.) opened up with a 186-4 to place him sixth after the first round and improved to 189-0 in the third round to place him seventh going into the final three rounds. He was unable to improve, although he had another excellent throw of 184-11, and finished eighth. His best throw here (with a 1.5 kilogram disc) compares very favorable with his personal best of 186-5 made with the high school that weighs 1.62 kilograms.

10,000 RACEWALK

FINAL

Aleksandr Prokhorov of Russia took over the lead from Edgar Sanchez of Mexico in the first kilometer and held it until the four-kilometer mark when Sanchez retook the lead only to lose it again to Prokhorov in the seventh kilometer. Prokhorov went on to win in a championship meet record of 42:16.16, with Makoto Sawada of Japan in second in 42:17.61 and Vyacheslav Golovin of Russia in third at 42:37.15. Sanchez was disqualified in the later stages of the race. Zach Pollinger (Mahwah (N.J.) was 11th in a personal best of 46:08.59.

GIRLS

800 METERS

FINAL

Maria Chapaeva and Ekaterina Martynova, both of Russia, took the lead and passed 200 at 28.64. Larisa Chrstea of Romania joined the two at 300 and then took the lead had the halfway point reached in 59.69. The two Russians then retook the lead down the final backstraight and were at 1:30.82 with 200 remaining. Chapaeva pulled away in the final straight but it was Olga Christea of Moldavia that generated the most attention as she came from far back to snatch the silver medal from Arcip, 2:04.30 to 2:04.31. Martynova held on for fourth at 2:05.52. Chapaeva’s time was a championship record as the first five had personal bests.

400-METER LOW HURDLES

FINAL

Mackenzie Hill (Wilson, Long Beach, Ca.) was out fastest with Katya Kostetskaya, who attends Jonesboro High School in Ark. and is representing Russia, was two strides behind in second and world leader Zuzana Hejnova of Czech Republic was a close third. Hill began to slow around the second turn and by the eight hurdle Hejnova had drawn almost even with Kostetskaya. The two passed Hill and were dead even over the ninth hurdle and with Hejnova beginning to gain a very small advantage, Kostetskaya barely clipped the tenth hurdle but is slow her momentum just enough to give Hejnova the win in a championship meet record and world leading 57.544. Kostetskaya was second in 58.37 and Hill was a solid third in 59.15. Nicole Leach of West Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) was never in contention for a medal and finished seventh at 60.80.

MEDLEY RELAY (100, 200, 300, 400)

FINAL

This race was almost over before it began. Jessica Onyepunuka (Peoria, Az.) gave the U.S. a lead it never lost. Alexandria Anderson (Morgan Park, Chicago, Ill.) ran the 200 leg, Krystin Lacy (Skyline, Dallas, Tx.) took care of the 300 leg with a 36.0 and Natasha Hastings (A.P. Randolph, N.Y.C.) brought home the 400 in 52.6 to gain the win with a 2:03.87. Jamaica was second at 2:07.05 and Russia was third at 2:07.52.

POLE VAULT

FINAL

With three vaulters clearing 13-1 1/2 on their second attempts and Elizaveta Ryshich of Germany, having two misses, Ryshich passed her third try, meaning that she would have just one try at 13-3 1/2 and if she missed it she would finish fourth. She did not miss and became the youngest champion of the meet at 14 years old. Svitlana Makarevich of Belarus was second and Charmaine Lucock of Austrlia was third with the placings decided on misses at 12-9 1/2. Germany’s Kim Kuhnert was fourth based on two misses at 13-1 1/2. It is interesting to note that: 1) both German’s will be eligable for the next World Youth Championships in 2005 and 2) they were not the best Germany eligible for this meet. The 2001 champion Silke Speigelburg, who won at 13-1 1/2, was home sick. Tori Allen (Lawrence Central, Indianapolis, Ind.) made 11-5 3/4 and 11-9 3/4 on her first attempts but had three missed at 12-1 3/4 to place tenth. Jessica Trujillo (Martin, Arlington, Tx.) had first-time clearances at 11-0 and 11-5 3/4 before three misses at 11-9 3/4 to take 12th.

LONG JUMP

FINAL

With eight jumpers ahead of Erica McLain (East Plano, Tx.) after two rounds, she needed a big jump and she got it with a 19-4 3/4, aided by a 1.5 mps wind, to move into seventh and earn three more jumps. After a first round foul, Christine Spataru of Romania, the triple jump winner, took over first place with a 21-0 1/2 effort that won the competition. Denisa Scerbova of the Ukraine took over second place in the same round with a 20-5 1/4 and scared Spataru with a 21-0 on the second to the last jump of the competition. Ganna Demydova of Ukraine claimed the bronze medal, also in the second round, with a 20-2 1/4. McLain remanded in seventh until the final round when she dropped to eighth
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JAVELIN

Juan Xue of China,with a first-round throw of 172-8 gave her a lead she never lost and her final effort of 186-5 set a championship meet record. Bo-ra Shin of South Korea was second after the first round with a 167-8 effort but dropped to third in the fifth round behind Maria Abakumova of Russia, who threw 171-11. Shin then retook second later in the round with a 176-4. Vivian Zimmer of German moved fourth to third in the final round with a 171-3 effort. There were no U.S. participants.

HEPTATHLON

Second Day

After the first day, Gayle Hunter (J.W. North, Riverside, Ca.) was sixth with 3,126 points and Alondra Cooper (Suncoast, Riviera Beach, Fla.) was 15th with 2,912 points. The top three were Jessica Ellis of Britain at 3,380, Susan Kern of Germany at 3,224 and Maria Goncharova of Russia at 4,448.

LONG JUMP

Hunter leaped 19-5 1/4 for the best jump of the competition to give her 825 points and a five-event total of 3,951 points that moved her into fourth place behind Ellis at 4,017, Kern at 3,971 and Goncharova at 3,967. Cooper’s 16-8 3/4 was worth 587 points and moved her to 14th place.

JAVELIN

Hunter’s throw of 108-8 was worth was worth 536 points and left her in fourth place with a total of 4,487 with one event remaining. Marisa De Anticeto of France, who had a throw of 143-5, worth 739 points, moved from seventh to first place with 4,584 points. Jalima Sales de Lima of Brazil, with a throw of 118-8 worth 549 points, jumped from fifth to second. Kern was now third with 4,508 points after a throw of 108-11. Cooper had no fair throw and was left with 3,499 points in 23rd place.

800 METERS

With one event remaining competition was very close with just 91 points separating second and seventh. Hunter, running in the final heat made up of the eight leaders, finished fifth with a 2:21.42 that gave her 804 points and a total of 5,291 that placed her sixth, just 47 points out of a bronze medal. That total would have placed her fifth on the all-time high school list but since the HS height is 33 inches whereas the World Youth division height is 30 inches, she will not included there but will be listed separately. The difference in height probable cost her about 30 points and at an estimated 5,260 she would place sixth on the HS list. In a very unfortunate occurrence, Cooper running in the first heat was placed in lane eight along with a another and after running a great 2:18.33 to win her race was disqualified for running out of her lane!!!!! In such cases you would think there might be leeway. In the final standings, De Anticeto held on to first with 5,458 points after running 2:16.36, Kern came back to get second with 5,445 points and a great 2:11.92 and Goncharova claimed the bronze with 5,338 points off a 2:15.22 in the 800.

FINAL MEDAL LEADERS

United States, 6 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze, total 14; Russia, 4-5-3, 12; Kenya, 3-4-2, 9; Germany, 2-2-4, 8; Saudi Arabia, 2-3-2, 7; Japan, 1-1-4, 6; Australia, 2-1-2, 5; South Africa, 0-2-3, 5; China, 3-1-0, 4; Jamaica, 4.

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