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WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Grosseto, Italy
15:52.88!! Nat'l HS record!

Photo by PhotoRun

Photo courtesy of Cedric Walker, Team USA Sprint Coach
Kyle Alcorn (ex-Buchanan HS, now U of Oregon), far left, smiles while
taking in the early festivities along with new teammates in Italy! Kyle
win partake in the 3,000m steeplechase qualifying later this week!

Mike Kennedy's Day 1 Morning + Afternoon Session Recap!

Reported by Mike Kennedy
Morning competition began under clear skies with temperatures in the low 70s and clean crisp air. Gentle breezes aiding the sprints and and performances were quite good for first round activity.
Afternoon session had temperatures in the 70 with swirling winds at the afternoon session opened at 4:30 p.m.

Men

100 METERS
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Six Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

Heat One (wind -0.2)—Ivory Williams (U.S., Central, Beaumont, Tx.) utilized a very quick start to dominate the field, winning in 10.41. Edmund Yeboah of Sweden was second in 10.64. Heat Two (+1.9)—Uzodima Alozie of Nigeria pulled away in the final 40 meters to win in 10.53, just in front of Jacob Groth of Australia in 10.61. Heat Three (-1.6)—Daniel Omole (U.S., Wisconsin) played with the field for 50 meters then pulled away to win in 10.45. Yahya Ibrahim Hassan of Saudi Arabia, who finished second in the 2003 World Youth (under 18) championship, was just a foot behind Omole at the half way point, but then fell behind finishing second in 10.63. Heat Four (-0.2)—Renaldo Rose of Jamaica ran a patient first 50, then turned on the jets to win in 10.67 just in from of the fast-closing Derek Carey of Bahamas, who clocked 10.75. Heat Five (+1.4)—Efthimios Steryioulis of Greece, who has run 10.33 this year, won easily in 10.49. Andre Wellington of Jamaica closed very well for second in 10.56 and looked capable of better. Heat Six (+1.0)—Leon Baptiste of Great Britain, running in lane one, appeared not see Grafton Ifill of Bahamas, running in lane eight, until the halfway point but was able to eke out the win, 10.53 to 10.54. Heat Seven (0.9)—Leigh Julius of South Africa led wire-to-wire, running 10.53 just in front of Naoki Tsukahara of Japan, who clocked 10.60. Both have identical personal best of 10.32. Heat Eight (+1.8)—Yahya Al-Gahes of Saudi Arabia, the World Youth Championship in 2003, got his typical fast start and won easily in 10.42, with David Zachey of Puerto Rico second in 10.57. Heat Nine (-0.7)—Daniel Bailey of Antiqua, one of the favorites with a personal best of 10.33, won the final heat impressively with a 10.44. James Ellington of Great Britain was second in 11.59.

Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:50 Wind: -0.2m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 911 Williams Ivory USA 10.41 Q 0.154
2 2 791 Yeboah Edmund SWE 10.64 Q 0.144
3 4 123 King Shannon CAN 10.67 q 0.139
4 3 680 Du Randt Jean RSA 10.80 0.170
5 8 255 Laurier Cédric FRA 10.93 0.142
6 5 443 Al Masri Mohammad A. JOR 11.61 (PB) 0.177
7 297 Micha Ndong Reginaldo GEQ DNS

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:56 Wind: 1.9m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 8 581 Alozie Uzodima NGR 10.53 Q 0.190
2 7 24 Groth Jacob AUS 10.61 Q 0.150
3 5 549 Rubio Moroni MEX 10.78 0.158
4 1 180 Smotek Jaroslav CZE 10.93 0.164
5 3 745 Loizeau Mervin SEY 10.94 (PB) 0.191
6 6 559 Mallia Jeandre MLT 11.15 0.272
7 4 747 Tang Yue Han SIN 11.20 (SB) 0.155
8 2 229 Telawa Matavesi FIJ 11.23 0.189

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:02 Wind: -1.6m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 8 896 Omole Demi USA 10.45 Q 0.155
2 7 501 Hassan Yahya Ibrahim KSA 10.63 Q 0.147
3 6 134 Becerra Kael CHI 10.73 0.138
4 4 125 Palmer Hank CAN 10.76 0.120
5 5 645 Abrantes Arnaldo POR 10.93 0.136
6 3 363 Wong Ka Chun HKG 11.39 (PB) 0.176
7 2 361 Fevry Jean Homère HAI 11.79 (SB) 0.153

Heat 4 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:08 Wind: -0.2m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 434 Rose Renaldo JAM 10.67 Q 0.175
2 7 56 Carey Derek BAH 10.75 Q 0.160
3 5 632 Kuc Dariusz POL 10.83 0.160
4 2 247 Bonnet Christophe FRA 10.84 0.163
5 8 110 Pg Hj Ibrahim Ak Aki Firdaus BRU 11.90 0.156
3 536 Raqib Othman MAR DQ
6 313 Vona Mario GER DNF 0.140

Heat 5 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:14 Wind: 1.4m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 347 Steryioúlis Efthímios GRE 10.49 Q 0.140
2 8 433 Wellington Andre JAM 10.56 Q 0.147
3 1 3 Mariano Brian AHO 10.69 q 0.163
4 2 801 Suwannarangsri Sompote THA 10.70 (PB) 0.156
5 3 422 Minen Alessandro ITA 10.74 (PB) 0.187
6 6 70 Tota Lovintz BER 10.75 0.132
7 5 799 Uhila Kumi Moui-He TGA 11.65 0.183
8 7 543 Khaleel Moosa MDV 12.03 (PB) 0.190

Heat 6 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:20 Wind: 1m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 273 Baptiste Leon GBR 10.53 Q 0.155
2 7 49 Ifill Grafton BAH 10.54 Q 0.138
3 4 112 Gunev Desislav BUL 10.71 0.162
4 3 400 Mor Ram ISR 10.91 0.159
5 8 750 Krasevec Matija SLO 10.95 0.169
6 5 512 Phommanivong Viphakone LAO 11.84 (PB) 0.186
7 6 271 Rodriguez Elterson FSM 12.13 0.191

Heat 7 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:26 Wind: 0m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 685 Julius Leigh RSA 10.53 Q 0.174
2 6 450 Tsukahara Naoki JPN 10.60 Q (SB) 0.152
3 7 156 Grueso Daniel COL 10.70 q 0.219
4 4 27 Davies Matt AUS 10.70 0.146
5 8 583 Emelieze Peter NGR 10.81 0.248
6 3 45 Stanek Philip AUT 11.04 0.171
7 2 129 Rockette Rhymeich CAY 11.17 (PB) 0.148

Heat 8 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:32 Wind: 1.8m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 495 Al-Gahes Yahya KSA 10.42 Q 0.137
2 1 652 Zackey Yavid PUR 10.57 Q 0.154
3 5 311 Welz Joachim GER 10.64 q 0.120
4 6 636 Sienkiewicz Karol POL 10.65 q 0.170
5 4 622 Lui Anton PNG 10.82 (PB) 0.149
6 3 754 Iroga Jack SOL 11.32 (PB) 0.156
7 8 807 Harvey Omar TKS 11.79 0.165
8 7 590 Baguga Deamo NRU 11.89 (PB) 0.199

Heat 9 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:38 - Revised Wind: -0.7m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 15 Bailey Daniel ANT 10.45 Q 0.146
2 7 280 Ellington James GBR 10.59 Q 0.155
3 2 782 Strandquist Per SWE 10.70 q 0.150
4 8 567 De Wee Chriswill NAM 10.79 0.160
5 5 565 Aung Wai Phyo MYA 11.13 (NJR) 0.151
6 6 478 Nawai Rabangaki KIR 16.70 (PB) 0.206
7 3 117 Ouédraogo Dramane BUR 39.39 0.173

Ivory Williams (100m) Central High (Beaumont, Texas): -- "I got out well and then was able to cruise on in to the finish, and save energy for tomorrow. I will try to do better tomorrow."

Semifinals
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify For Final

Heat One (wind +1.6)—Demi Omole (U.S., Wisconsin) got out well and seemed content to run with Daniel Bailey of Antigua, as both clocked 10.19, with Bailey getting the nod. Renaldo Rose of Jamaica was third in 10.36. Heat Two (+0.3)—Yahya Al-Gahes of Saudi Arabia again got a rocket start and dared the rest of the field to catch him—a challenge that none of them seemed capable of accepting, as Al-Gahes won in 10.33. Efthimios Steryioulis of Greece was second in 10.46 and Edmund Yeboah of Sweden was third in 10.53. Heat Three (0.0)—Ivory Williams (U.S, Central, Beaumont, Tx.) got out well and reached 70 meters with a small advantage before relaxing and pulling away from the field to win in a seasonal personal best of 10.30. James Ellington and Leon Baptiste both of Great Britain was second and third in 10.41 and 10.48, respectively.

Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:55 Wind: 1.6m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 15 Bailey Daniel ANT 10.19 Q (NJR) 0.131
2 5 896 Omole Demi USA 10.19 Q 0.165
3 3 434 Rose Renaldo JAM 10.36 q 0.178
4 4 49 Ifill Grafton BAH 10.39 q (PB) 0.123
5 7 123 King Shannon CAN 10.47 (PB) 0.139
6 8 3 Mariano Brian AHO 10.55 0.152
7 1 24 Groth Jacob AUS 10.63 0.182
8 2 501 Hassan Yahya Ibrahim KSA 11.37 0.148

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 18:01 Wind: 0.3m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 495 Al-Gahes Yahya KSA 10.38 Q (PB) 0.121
2 3 347 Steryioúlis Efthímios GRE 10.46 Q 0.123
3 1 791 Yeboah Edmund SWE 10.53 0.148
4 2 450 Tsukahara Naoki JPN 10.55 (SB) 0.134
5 5 685 Julius Leigh RSA 10.56 0.127
6 8 636 Sienkiewicz Karol POL 10.67 0.169
7 6 433 Wellington Andre JAM 10.72 0.147
8 7 156 Grueso Daniel COL 10.73 0.235

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 18:07 Wind: 0.8m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 911 Williams Ivory USA 10.30 Q (SB) 0.157
2 1 280 Ellington James GBR 10.41 Q (PB) 0.122
3 5 273 Baptiste Leon GBR 10.48 0.171
4 4 581 Alozie Uzodima NGR 10.56 0.168
5 2 782 Strandquist Per SWE 10.63 0.147
6 8 311 Welz Joachim GER 10.75 0.159
7 7 56 Carey Derek BAH 10.78 0.166
8 3 652 Zackey Yavid PUR 10.83 0.193

400 METERS
First Round
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Three Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

Heat One—Keith Hinnant (U.S., Bay Shore HS, N.Y.) was seventh after 100 meters but he showed no sign of concern as pick of runner after runner before entering the final straight with the lead and went on to win in a personal best of 46.54. Andres Rodriguez of Panama was second in a personal best of 47.09.

Heat Two—Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker of Sudan, the World Youth Champion in 2003, won wire-to-wire with ease in 46.68 and showed that he will be a factor in determining the medalist. Corey Innes of New Zealand was second in a personal best of 47.31.

Heat Three—Kazunori Ota of Japan had the early lead but was reeled in by first Rusan Grobler of South Africa and then by Maksim Aleksandrenko of Russia, who won in 47.47 just in of the fast closing Ota’s 47.88.

Heat Four—LaShawn Merritt (U.S., Wilson HS, Portsmouth, Va.) got out of the blocks well and ran a solid curve before breezing the next 190 meters. The national junior champion held a three-meter lead entering the home straight then put on a small burst of speed to finish in 46.70. Sean Wroe of Australia was second in a personal best of 47.17.

Heat Five— Kumara Pushpa of Sri Lanka moved from third to in the middle 200 but he could not hold of Serdar Tamac of Turkey who sat a national junior record of 47.14 to nip Pushpa by .02.

Heat Six—Valentin Kurglytakov of Russia bided his time and powered his way to a convincing 46.48 for the fastest time of the entire round and just miss his personal best of 46.45. Richard Buck of Great Britain was second 47.00 and Michael Gardener of Jamaica was third in 47.06, both personal bests.

Heat Seven—Zeljko Vineck of Croatia, who has run 46.13, took the early out of lane eight and then relinquished that lead to Obakeng Ngwigwa of Botswana, who showed a very smooth and quick stride in winning with a national junior record of 46.92. Meanwhile, Vincek allowed himself to fall back to third before closing with easy to finish second in 47.68.

Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:05
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 880 Hinnant Keith USA 46.54 Q (PB) 0.176
2 3 611 Rodríguez Andrés PAN 47.02 Q (PB) 0.162
3 6 820 Quow Renny TRI 47.19 Q 0.394
4 5 54 Bain Andretti BAH 47.25 q (PB) 0.177
5 4 682 Gebhardt Chris RSA 47.58 0.168
6 1 429 Carlington Morgan JAM 48.41 0.154
7 7 504 Salem Khalid H.B. KSA 49.22 0.173
8 8 809 Chang Chia-Wei TPE 50.43 0.149

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:11
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 761 Abubakr Nagmeldin Ali SUD 46.68 Q 0.336
2 2 593 Innes Cory NZL 47.31 Q (PB) 0.184
3 4 31 Offereins Ben AUS 47.54 Q 0.163
4 3 918 Pérez Carlos VEN 47.68 0.259
5 5 269 Venel Teddy FRA 47.73 0.167
6 6 576 K.C. Gopal NEP 54.53 0.201
8 188 Side Antonio DOM DNS

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:17
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 698 Aleksandrenko Maksim RUS 47.47 Q 0.143
2 7 455 Ota Kazunori JPN 47.88 Q 0.170
3 4 683 Grobler Ruaan RSA 48.09 Q 0.136
4 5 584 Erete Udomsinachi NGR 48.70 0.177
5 8 841 Waiswa Wilson Lukungu UGA 48.73 (SB) 0.217
6 3 342 Vassallo Daryl GIB 49.38 (NJR) 0.277
7 2 198 Fujiwara Takeshi ESA 49.66 0.158

Heat 4 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:23
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 895 Merritt LaShawn USA 46.70 Q 0.181
2 5 30 Wroe Sean AUS 47.17 Q (PB) 0.187
3 4 631 Kempa Damian POL 47.43 Q (PB) 0.186
4 8 185 Polydore Roger DMA 47.43 q (NJR) 0.172
5 3 136 Reyes Cristian CHI 48.14 (SB) 0.150
6 2 667 Bobos Vasile ROM 48.67 0.259
7 6 620 Mangham Nicholas PLW 58.29 0.207

Heat 5 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:29 - Revised
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 831 Tamac Serdar TUR 47.14 Q (NJR) 0.181
2 3 758 Pushpa Kumara Manoj SRI 47.16 Q 0.171
3 1 94 Orlando Paulo Roberto BRA 47.48 Q 0.174
4 7 641 Pryga Lukasz POL 47.93 (SB) 0.141
5 8 242 Toivonen Antii FIN 48.09 0.186
6 649 Martinez Felix PUR DQ 0.173
5 158 Brenes Cardenas Nery CRC DNS
4 840 Twijukye Reuben UGA DNS

Heat 6 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:35
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 712 Kruglyakov Valentin RUS 46.48 Q 0.180
2 4 274 Buck Richard GBR 47.00 Q (PB) 0.224
3 5 431 Gardener Michael JAM 47.06 Q (PB) 0.192
4 3 414 Licciardello Claudio ITA 47.35 q (PB) 0.195
5 8 775 Holly Roman SVK 47.74 0.161
6 6 568 Puriza Frank NAM 48.07 (SB) 0.158
7 2 917 Acevedo José VEN 48.95 0.188

Heat 7 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:41
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 91 Ngwigwa Obakeng BOT 46.92 Q (NJR) 0.198
2 8 163 Vincek Zeljko CRO 47.68 Q 0.212
3 2 454 Sasaki Yudai JPN 47.83 Q 0.221
4 3 78 Ratnikau Mikhail BLR 48.06 0.238
5 6 660 Musa Mohammed Abdulrahman QAT 48.66 0.263
6 7 525 Sou Chon-Kin MAC 51.72 0.188
5 190 Aguirre Francisco ECU DNS

Keith Hinnant: (400m) University of South Carolina-bound: -- "I came out nervous in the beginning, as this is my first international competition. My nerves went away at the start because I knew I just had to make the top three to qualify for the next round. I tried to maintain phases and work off the people in front of me so I could pace myself. I'd rather work off the other athletes than them work off of me."

800 METERS
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Six Fastest Qualify For Final

Heat One—Off a 53.18 first lap, Majed Sultan of Qatar led for 795 meters before being passed by Alfred Yego of Kenya and Bonolo Maboa of South Africa who clocked 1:48.96 and 1:49.31, respectively. Sultan was third in 1:49.34. Heat Three—Tim Harris (U.S., Northwestern HS, Miami, Fl.) let the pace drag with a medium slow 53.77 first 400 and then then found himself in a fight for one of the top two automatic qualifying spots with 200 to go. When he tried to reel in the field he could not. Rueben Uganda was first in 1:49.50, Kevin Hautcoeur of France was second in 1:49.88 and Diego Gomes of Brazil was third in 1:49.93. Harris, with a last 200 of 28.9, was fourth in 1:50.75. Heat Three—With a first lap in 56.01, the race was made for sprinters and both Elijah Boit of Kenya and Rene Bauschinger of Germany were up to the task. Boit was content to remain in third for much of the race before taking the lead and winning in 1:51.77. Bauschinger moved from fifth to second over the final 120 meters and clocked 1:51.96 for second. Luis Alberto Marcos of Spain was third in 1:52.85. Heat Four—Marcus Mayes (U.S., Missouri) was at the back of the pack that passed the 400 mark at 55.0 and then drifted backward to finish sixth in 1:53.18. Thomas Matthys of Belguim and Jozef Repcik of Slovakia were first and second in 1:50.98 and 1:51.30, respectively. Heat Six—Selahattin Cobanoglu of Turkey led the field through the 400 in 53.46 and held that position to the finish line clocking 1:49.19. Olexandr Osmolovych of Sweden made up about five meters over the final 50 to just grab second from Michael Rimmer of Great Britain, 1:49.58 to 1:48.64.

Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:00
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 8 476 Yego Alfred Kirwa KEN 1:48.96 Q (PB)
2 7 687 Maboa Bonolo RSA 1:49.31 Q
3 4 663 Sultan Majed Saeed QAT 1:49.34 q (SB)
4 3 103 Kleberson Davide BRA 1:50.44 q
5 6 375 Takács Dávid HUN 1:50.98
6 2 793 Magagula Sifiso SWZ 2:01.92
5 488 Al Salhi Mohammed KSA DNS

Intermediate Split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 663 Sultan Majed Saeed QAT 53.18

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:06
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 2 840 Twijukye Reuben UGA 1:49.50 Q
2 3 260 Hautcoeur Kevin FRA 1:49.88 Q
3 6 102 Gomes Diego Chargal BRA 1:49.93 q
4 7 877 Harris Timothy USA 1:50.75 q
5 5 283 Gowell Chris GBR 1:51.31
4 553 Boldbaatar Shijirbagana MGL DNS

Intermediate Split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 260 Hautcoeur Kevin FRA 53.77

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:12
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 4 467 Boit Elijah Kiprono KEN 1:51.77 Q
2 2 300 Bauschinger René GER 1:51.96 Q
3 6 206 Marcos Luis Alberto ESP 1:52.85
4 5 688 Mafologela Sydney RSA 1:52.94
5 7 626 Gawrys Kamil POL 1:53.74
6 3 32 Ridgewell Ross AUS 1:54.88
7 8 656 Brinkfield Telva PYF 2:03.53

Intermediate Split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 688 Mafologela Sydney RSA 56.01

Heat 4 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:18
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 2 66 Matthys Thomas BEL 1:50.98 Q
2 4 777 Repcìk Jozef SVK 1:51.30 Q
3 7 835 Akena Stephens Larubi UGA 1:51.51
4 5 29 Botha Werner AUS 1:51.64
5 3 826 Omar Alaya Rachid TUN 1:52.42
6 6 890 Mayes Marcus USA 1:53.18
7 8 561 D'Aumale Xavier MON 2:08.65 (SB)

Intermediate Split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 29 Botha Werner AUS 55.11

Heat 5 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:24
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 2 829 Cobanoglu Selahattin TUR 1:49.19 Q
2 4 851 Osmolovych Olexandr UKR 1:49.58 Q
3 6 292 Rimmer Michael GBR 1:49.64 q
4 5 263 Kane Bocar FRA 1:50.72 q
5 3 669 Gania Florin ROM 1:50.89
6 7 406 Bortolotti Fabio ITA 1:56.63

Intermediate Split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 829 Cobanoglu Selahattin TUR 53.46

Marcus Mayes (800m) University of Missouri: -- "The race was really physical at first, which was something I was not expecting. I really wanted to set the pace through the 200 and 400 meters, but I allowed the physical part of the race through my rhythm off. It was a learning and growing experience given the conditions, I think I did well. I'm glad to be here."

1,500 METERS
First Round
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Three Fastest Qualify For Final

Photo courtesy of Cedric Walker, Team USA Sprint Coach
Former Loyola HS (CIF-SS) distance standout David Torrence has been
doing some major damage his freshman season at UC Berkeley, including
a 4:04 mile there. Today, David was "representin' " , as they say, taking
fourth in his 1500m heat in a lifetime-best 3:46.60! Above, David (dark
hair, in the foreground) observed the action while donning Team USA gear!

Heat One—A group of 10 including Russell Brown (U.S., Stanford) was content to run 59.26, 2:02.60 and 3:03.65 before Abdelati Iguider of Morocco strung out the field to win in 3:43.96. Antar Zerguelaine of Algeria second in 3:46.07 and Benson Esho of Kenya third in 3:46.46. Brown was able to move up from ninth to sixth on the final lap to finish in 3:49.02.

Heat Two—Sultan Khamis Zaman of Qutar and Brimin Kipruto of Kenya took the field out and remained in that order the entire way running, 3:42.08 and 3:42.31. During the latter stages of the race they were joined by Thomas Lanchaster of Great Britain and Michael Woods, who finish third and fourth at 3:42.48 and 3:42.49, respectively. David Torrence (U.S., California, Loyola HS, Los Angeles) was in the top group of six for the first three laps then briefly fell back to eight before making a late charge to finish fourth in 3:46.60. Torrence earned the last spot to the final, having the same time -- 3:46.60 -- as the fastest nonqualifier, but advancing by thousandths of a second. David was #2 on his HS team to Mark Matusak ... and now he's in the World Juniors Final!

Heat Three --Mohamed Boustaoui of Morocco was the race winner in 3:45.43 and Barnabas Bene of Hungary, with a great finish was second in 3:45.83 and Aissa Dahmar of Algeria was third in 3:46.60.

Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:25 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 531 Iguider Abdelati MAR 3:43.96 Q
2 511 Zerguelaine Antar ALG 3:46.07 Q
3 469 Esho Benson Marrianyi KEN 3:46.46 Q
4 224 Dinku Hailu ETH 3:48.12
5 866 Brown Russell USA 3:49.02
6 351 Koutríkis Adónios GRE 3:49.78
7 336 Waldmann Moritz GER 3:50.51
8 201 Bote Juan Diego ESP 3:54.22
9 277 Davenport Gary GBR 3:58.84
10 588 Garba Hamidou NIG 4:01.99 (SB)
11 183 Waberi Robleh Abdillahi DJI 4:15.30
412 Iannone Gilio ITA DQ
618 Abukwaik Yousef PLE DNF

Intermediate Splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 469 Esho Benson Marrianyi KEN 59.26
800m 1 469 Esho Benson Marrianyi KEN 2:02.60
1200m 1 531 Iguider Abdelati MAR 3:03.65

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:35
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 470 Kipruto Brimin KEN 3:42.08 Q
2 664 Zaman Sultan Khamis QAT 3:42.31 Q
3 290 Lancashire Thomas GBR 3:42.48 Q (PB)
4 127 Woods Michael CAN 3:42.49 q (PB)
5 208 Montaner Víctor ESP 3:45.23 q (PB)
6 219 Vedjohhin Nikolai EST 3:46.60 (NJR)
7 633 Parszczynski Lukasz POL 3:47.08
8 394 Costello Colin IRL 3:49.42
9 226 Tsege Solomon ETH 3:50.12 (PB)
10 264 Maquin Romain FRA 3:50.68
11 304 Eberhardt Stefan GER 3:53.40
12 735 Mika Setefano SAM 4:03.03 (SB)

Intermediate Splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 470 Kipruto Brimin KEN 56.92
800m 1 470 Kipruto Brimin KEN 1:57.35
1200m 1 470 Kipruto Brimin KEN 2:59.50

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 534 Moustaoui Mohamed MAR 3:45.43 Q
2 365 Bene Barnabás HUN 3:45.82 Q
3 7 Dahmar Aïssa ALG 3:46.13 Q (PB)
4 903 Torrence David USA 3:46.60 q (PB)
5 395 Darcy Danny IRL 3:47.75 (PB)
6 545 Haro Isaias MEX 3:49.51
7 258 Gras Victor FRA 3:51.96
8 625 Danilewicz Adrian POL 3:54.75
9 119 Benninger Kurtis CAN 3:54.82
10 760 Abdelgadir Abdalla SUD 4:10.61 (SB)
11 357 Mandell Derek GUM 4:27.27
12 578 Wieczorek Ben Martin NFI 4:28.05 (NJR)

Intermediate Split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 119 Benninger Kurtis CAN 1:03.04
800m 1 119 Benninger Kurtis CAN 2:04.71
1200m 1 534 Moustaoui Mohamed MAR 3:03.06

David Torrance (1,500m) Cal-Berkeley: -- "I thought the race would be faster than the way it ended up. I wanted to stay in the front pack as long as I could. With 300m to go, I decided to make my move."

HIGH JUMP
Top 12 Qualify For Final

Norris Frederick (U.S., Roosevelt HS, Seattle) was able to manage only 6-8 ¾ in Group A and did not advance. Matt Carter (U.S., Santa Ana College, El Modena HS) cleared the opening height of 6-4 ¾ and also did not advance. Eight jumpers cleared 7-0 ½ to lead the qualifying.

Group A - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 16:45 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 678 Carelse Ramsay RSA 2.15 q
1 788 Thörnblad Karl Linus SWE 2.15 q
1 317 Hanniske Marius GER 2.15 q
4 465 Tsuchiya Hikaru JPN 2.15 q
5 241 Tasala Jussi FIN 2.15 q (PB)
6 142 Liu Yang CHN 2.10 q
7 729 Ukhov Ivan RUS 2.10 (PB)
8 250 Diaz Michael FRA 2.10
9 854 Shymansky Kyryl UKR 2.10
10 405 Bedin Alberto ITA 2.10
11 872 Frederick Norris USA 2.05
12 483 Kim Young-min KOR 2.00 (SB)
131 Nzaou Kany Therge Foster CGO DNS

Athlete 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.15
Carelse Ramsay - O O O O
Hanniske Marius - O O O O
Thörnblad Karl Linus - - - O O
Tsuchiya Hikaru - - O XO O
Tasala Jussi - - O O XXO
Liu Yang - O O O XXX
Ukhov Ivan - XO XO O XXX
Diaz Michael O O O XO XXX
Shymansky Kyryl - - O XXO XXX
Bedin Alberto O O XO XXO XXX
Frederick Norris XO O O XXX
Kim Young-min O O XXX

Group B - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 16:45 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 138 Hu Tong CHN 2.15 q
2 672 Popa Bogdan ROM 2.15 q (PB)
2 293 Stanisavljevic Nick GBR 2.15 q (PB)
4 124 Mason Michael CAN 2.15 q
5 215 Gorjatsihh Anton EST 2.10 q
6 318 Haverney Matthias GER 2.10 q
7 173 Xenofontos Emilios CYP 2.10
8 352 Mathioudákis Theódoros GRE 2.10
9 701 Britner Philipp RUS 2.05
10 374 Szabó Robert HUN 2.05
11 555 Selman Redzhep MKD 2.05 (SB)
12 867 Carter Matt USA 1.95

Athlete 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.15
Hu Tong - - XO O O
Stanisavljevic Nick - XO O O XXO
Popa Bogdan - O O XO XXO
Mason Michael - XO O XO XXO
Gorjatsihh Anton - - O O XXX
Haverney Matthias - O XO O XXX
Xenofontos Emilios - O XO XO XXX
Mathioudákis Theódoros O O O XXO XXX
Britner Philipp XO O O XXX
Szabó Robert XO XXO O XXX
Selman Redzhep XO O XO XXX
Carter Matt O XXX

Matt Carter (High Jump) Santa Ana Junior College: -- "It was a new experience for me to compete against international athletes. It was a mental thing for me today. My approach was not as good as it should have been. I was coming to the bar too slow, when it seemed like I was moving too fast. I definitely won't miss next year!"

LONG JUMP
Top 12 Qualify For Final

Norris Frederick (U.S., Roosevelt HS, Seattle), competing in his second event of the day, was a nonqualifying 8th in Group B with a mark of 23p-6¾. Andrew Howe of Italy (25-2 ¾), Zhenwei Yu of China (24-8 ¼) and Rogerio Da Silva of Brazil (24-6 ¼) were the top qualifiers in the group. John Thornell of Australia (25-5 ½), Godfrey Mokoena of South Africa (25-2) and Nachiro Shinada of Japan (25-0) in Group A which included no Americans.

Group A - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:05 - Revised Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 23 Thornell John AUS 7.76 Q
2 692 Mokoena Godfrey Khotso RSA 7.67 Q
3 449 Shinada Naohiro JPN 7.62 q (SB)
4 207 Martínez Jonathan ESP 7.48 q
5 441 Walker Wilbert JAM 7.43 q
6 344 Filandarákis Nikólaos GRE 7.34 q
7 257 Gomont Nicolas FRA 7.34
8 384 Koilparambil Jackson Clinton IND 7.33
9 668 Bujin Claudiu ROM 7.28
10 149 Wang Minsheng CHN 7.28
11 301 Bayer Sebastian GER 7.27
12 728 Trubchaninov Yevgeniy RUS 7.12
13 21 Dermoyan Arsen ARM 6.99
14 752 Gorrieri Federico SMR 6.78

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Thornell John 7.76 (-0.8) NM NM
Mokoena Godfrey Khotso 7.57 (-0.4) 7.67 (-0.6) NM
Shinada Naohiro 7.62 (0.7) 7.53 (-0.1) NM
Martínez Jonathan X 7.19 (-0.4) 7.48 (0.7)
Walker Wilbert 7.39 (0.4) 7.43 (0.3) 7.25 (0)
Filandarákis Nikólaos 7.30 (0.5) 7.21 (0.3) 7.34 (0)
Gomont Nicolas 7.34 (-1.2) X 7.23 (-0.1)
Koilparambil Jackson Clinton 7.33 (-0.8) 5.93 (-0.1) 7.19 (0.6)
Bujin Claudiu 7.15 (-0.9) 7.28 (-0.4) 7.27 (0.8)
Wang Minsheng 7.24 (0.3) 7.28 (0.4) X
Bayer Sebastian 4.58 (-3.3) 5.40 (0.5) 7.27 (0.1)
Trubchaninov Yevgeniy 7.12 (0.6) 7.07 (0.4) 6.82 (-0.2)
Dermoyan Arsen 6.99 (-0.8) 6.78 (-0.6) 6.60 (0.3)
Gorrieri Federico 6.78 6.73 (0.1) X

Group B - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:05 Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 411 Howe Andrew ITA 7.69 Q
2 150 Yu Zhenwei CHN 7.52 q
3 97 da Silva Rogerio BRA 7.47 q
4 844 Bilotserkiv'kyy Dmytro UKR 7.35 q
5 446 Imai Yuki JPN 7.35 q
6 39 Noffke Chris AUS 7.34 q
7 314 Jakubczyk Lucas GER 7.22
8 872 Frederick Norris USA 7.18
9 481 Kim Duk-hyun KOR 7.12 (SB)
10 289 Kirk Chris GBR 7.06
11 70 Tota Lovintz BER 7.02
12 486 Su Suk-kyun KOR 6.98 (SB)
13 582 Anota Shola NGR 6.93

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Howe Andrew 7.69 (-1.5) NM NM
Yu Zhenwei X 7.52 (-0.3) -
da Silva Rogerio 6.87 (-1) 7.29 (0) 7.47 (-0.8)
Bilotserkiv'kyy Dmytro X 7.35 (0.1) 7.34 (-0.8)
Imai Yuki 7.26 (-0.7) X 7.35 (-0.6)
Noffke Chris 7.31 (-0.3) 7.34 (0) 7.29 (0.2)
Jakubczyk Lucas 7.05 (-1.2) 7.05 (-0.4) 7.22 (-0.3)
Frederick Norris 6.70 (-1.2) 7.13 (-0.5) 7.18 (0.3)
Kim Duk-hyun 7.12 (-1.2) 7.00 (-1.1) 7.06 (0.3)
Kirk Chris 7.06 (-0.7) 6.11 (0) X
Tota Lovintz 6.55 (-0.1) 7.02 (-1) 6.81 (0.5)
Su Suk-kyun 6.98 (-0.2) X X
Anota Shola 5.78 (-0.4) 6.18 (0.4) 6.93 (-0.8)

Norris Frederick (HJ & LJ) University of Washington bound: -- "My shoes ripped during my first attempt, so I had a hard time to adjusting to my new shoes during the high jump. I felt pretty good in the long jump. I kept leaning backwards every time I landed in the pit. My approach off the board went well going down the runway."

SHOT PUT
Final

Georgi Ivanov of Bulgaria was never out of the lead and had his winning put of 67-11 in the fourth round. Jakub Giza of Poland finish second at 65-9 and Aleksander Grekov of Russia was third at 65-6 ¾ as both putters achieved their best in the sixth and final round. Cory Martin (U.S., Auburn) was 11th at 59-9 ¾ and Justin Clickett (U.S., Pittsburgh) was last at 59-4 ¾.

Results
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 114 Ivanov Georgi BUL 20.70
2 627 Giza Jakub POL 20.05 (PB)
3 706 Grekov Aleksander RUS 19.98
4 391 Shahrokhi Seyed Mahdi IRI 19.80
5 148 Sun Ke CHN 19.22
6 739 Rujevic Luka SCG 19.15
7 628 Golba Piotr POL 19.12
8 122 Helf Kyle CAN 19.03 (PB)
9 295 Tugushi Mamuka GEO 18.56
10 80 Shkolnikau Aliaksandr BLR 18.44
11 889 Martin Cory USA 18.23
12 869 Clickett Justin USA 18.10

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Ivanov Georgi 19.76 20.02 19.85 20.70 X X
Giza Jakub 17.76 19.41 19.68 18.91 19.73 20.05
Grekov Aleksander 19.70 19.34 X X 19.80 19.98
Shahrokhi Seyed Mahdi X 19.65 X 19.80 19.11 X
Sun Ke X X 18.80 X 19.11 19.22
Rujevic Luka 18.92 X X X 19.15 X
Golba Piotr 18.37 18.21 18.79 19.12 18.88 18.37
Helf Kyle 17.85 19.03 X X 18.66 18.66
Tugushi Mamuka 18.17 18.56 18.31 NM NM NM
Shkolnikau Aliaksandr X 17.91 18.44 NM NM NM
Martin Cory 18.23 X X NM NM NM
Clickett Justin X 17.12 18.10 NM NM NM

SHOT PUT
12 Qualify for Final (now posted above)

Justin Clickett (U.S.), putting in Group A, had his best effort with the 5-kilo junior implement (just under 11 pounds) in the first round at 60-8 and that was just good enough to be the 12th and final qualifier. Georgi Ivanov of Bulgaria (64-5 ¼), Kyle Helf of Canada (61-8 ½), who was second in the 2003 World Youth Championships, and Jakub Giza of Poland (61-8 ½) were the top three Group B qualifiers. Cory Martin (U.S., Auburn) flirted with dangers as he fouled his first two puts before hitting 61-4 that made him the 9th best qualifier overall. Seyed Mahdi Shahrokhi of Iran (64-10 ¾), Aleksander Grekov of Poland (62-5) and Piotr Golba of Poland (62-1) were the top three qualifiers in Group B.

Results
Group A - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:10 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 114 Ivanov Georgi BUL 19.64 Q
2 627 Giza Jakub POL 18.81 q
3 739 Rujevic Luka SCG 18.79 q
4 122 Helf Kyle CAN 18.75 q (PB)
5 80 Shkolnikau Aliaksandr BLR 18.73 q (PB)
6 869 Clickett Justin USA 18.49 q
7 38 Laurins Raffaell AUS 18.44
8 329 Rödiger Alexander GER 18.14
9 366 Kürthy Lajos HUN 18.05
10 845 Boychuk Vadym UKR 18.03
11 420 Mannucci Eugenio Umberto ITA 17.94
12 217 Niit Andrus EST 17.37
13 200 Anglés Daniel ESP 17.32
14 670 Grasu Mihai ROM 17.09
15 675 Barnard Kosie RSA 16.71
16 178 Marcell Jan CZE 16.64
498 Al-Yami Saeed KSA NM

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Ivanov Georgi 19.64 NM NM
Giza Jakub X X 18.81
Rujevic Luka 18.79 X X
Helf Kyle 18.04 18.30 18.75
Shkolnikau Aliaksandr 18.42 18.73 X
Clickett Justin 18.49 X 18.20
Laurins Raffaell X X 18.44
Rödiger Alexander 17.87 17.40 18.14
Kürthy Lajos 17.62 17.46 18.05
Boychuk Vadym 17.39 18.03 17.42
Mannucci Eugenio Umberto 17.59 17.94 17.86
Niit Andrus 17.35 17.37 X
Anglés Daniel X 17.32 17.28
Grasu Mihai 16.69 17.09 16.54
Barnard Kosie 16.71 X X
Marcell Jan X X 16.64
Al-Yami Saeed X X X

Group B - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 391 Shahrokhi Seyed Mahdi IRI 19.78 Q
2 706 Grekov Aleksander RUS 19.02 Q
3 628 Golba Piotr POL 18.92 q
4 889 Martin Cory USA 18.69 q
5 148 Sun Ke CHN 18.65 q
6 295 Tugushi Mamuka GEO 18.62 q
7 282 Gearing Christopher GBR 18.48
8 853 Samolyuk Viktor UKR 18.19
9 490 Al-Aradi Ameen KSA 18.11 (PB)
10 323 Keller Stefan GER 17.87
11 177 Machura Remigius CZE 17.82
12 510 Said Ali Ahmad KUW 17.69
13 520 Kriziokas Mindaugas LTU 17.54
14 193 Abd Elhamid Mostafa EGY 17.50
15 212 Zuasti Antonio Luis ESP 16.66
684 Jordaan Ross RSA NM

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Shahrokhi Seyed Mahdi 18.82 19.78 NM
Grekov Aleksander 18.91 19.02 NM
Golba Piotr 18.92 X 18.25
Martin Cory X X 18.69
Sun Ke X 18.65 X
Tugushi Mamuka 18.62 X 18.03
Gearing Christopher 18.23 18.35 18.48
Samolyuk Viktor 17.53 17.48 18.19
Al-Aradi Ameen 18.11 X X
Keller Stefan X 17.87 17.84
Machura Remigius 17.62 X 17.82
Said Ali Ahmad 16.80 16.84 17.69
Kriziokas Mindaugas 17.40 X 17.54
Abd Elhamid Mostafa 17.34 17.16 17.50
Zuasti Antonio Luis 16.66 X X
Jordaan Ross X X X

Photo courtesy of Joy Kamani, NSSF
California state 100-meter champion Jasmine Baldwin
(left, in the Team USA uniform) had to shake out some
the cobwebs and jitters during her first-round sprint
race in Italy, but she still advanced after clocking 11.72!

Women

100 METERS
Semifinals
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final

Heat One (wind -0.1)—Jasmine Baldwin (U.S., Bishop Amat. La Puente, Ca.) had the second worse start and then compounded that by coming upright three steps out of the blocks thus leaving her in last place after twenty meters. From then on Baldwin just picked her way through the field until five meter from the finish she passed Sally McLellan (check spell in morning this is right) to win, 11.46 to 11.49. For McLellan it was a personal best. Wenshan Wang of China just nipped Verena Sailer of Germany for third, 11.68 to 11.69. Heat Two (+0.6)—Ashley Owens (Liberty HS, Colorado Springs, Colo.), display the same almost perfect start the allowed to set the U.S. high school 60-meter indoor record of 7.19 earlier this year, blasted away from the field and was never challenged in winning 11.35 for the fastest time of the day. Schillonie Calvet of Jamaica just edged Lucy Sargent of Great Britain for second as both clocked 11.77. Wanda Hutson of Triniday and Iwona Brzezinska of Poland were out fastest with Hutson holding a slight advantage at 50 meters. Brzezinska then began to fade and Hutson went on to win in 11.60. Lina Jacques-Sebastien of France closed with a rush to finish second in 11.74.

Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:00 Wind: -0.1m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 709 Baldwin Jasmine USA 11.46 Q 0.161
2 5 18 McLellan Sally AUS 11.49 Q (PB) 0.135
3 4 114 Wang Wenshan CHN 11.68 q 0.199
4 3 271 Sailer Verena GER 11.69 q 0.141
5 8 443 Grincikaité Lina LTU 11.71 (PB) 0.151
6 7 87 Thibault Genevieve CAN 11.74 (PB) 0.141
7 1 76 das Graças Krasucki Franciela BRA 11.86 0.158
8 2 177 Conde Ruth ESP 11.98 0.157

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:06 Wind: 0.6m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 740 Owens Ashley USA 11.35 Q 0.148
2 6 375 Calvert Schillonie JAM 11.77 Q 0.165
3 7 256 Sargent Lucy GBR 11.77 0.185
4 2 382 Powell Jodi-Ann JAM 11.81 0.207
5 8 261 Börner Katja GER 11.85 0.150
6 3 351 Salvagno Maria Aurora ITA 11.88 0.153
7 1 135 Hinestroza Yomara COL 12.24 0.145
4 486 Omojuwa Seyi NGR DNS

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:12 Wind: 0.1m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 664 Hutson Wanda TRI 11.60 Q 0.131
2 4 225 Jacques-Sébastien Lina FRA 11.69 Q 0.154
3 6 507 Brzezinska Iwona POL 11.74 0.148
4 2 198 Keskitalo Sari FIN 11.83 0.119
5 3 559 Stewart Cindy RSA 11.95 0.141
6 8 397 Kitakaze Saori JPN 12.00 0.146
7 7 92 Trusty Rhonda-Kaye CAN 12.07 0.164
8 1 43 Rigby Tamara BAH 12.08 0.152

First Round
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Six Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

Heat One (-0.4)—Schillonie Calvet of Jamaica had little trouble winning in 11.79 over Maria Aurora Salvagno of Italy, who was second at 11.94. Heat Two (+0.9)—Wanda Hutson of Trinidad, who has run 11.38, had her hands full before edging Seyi Omojuwa of Nigeria, 11.58 to 11.60. Heat Three (+0.6)—Ashley Owens (U.S., Liberty HS, Colorado Springs, Colo.) got her usual quick start but was no quite as dominant as she has been between 20 to 50 meters, pulled away to win in 11.47. Cindy Stewart of South Africa was second in a personal best of 11.85. Heat Four (+0.3)—Verena Sailer of Germany grabbed the lead at 40 meters and went on to win in 11.58. Lina Jacques-Sebastien of France just held of Lucy Sargent of Great Britain for second, 11.69 to 11.72. Heat Five (-0.7)—Sally McClellan of Australia, who was the World Youth 100 hurdles champion in 2003, showed that she can also sprint, winning in 11.66 and defeating Jasmine Baldwin (U.S., Bishop Amat HS,. La Puente, Ca.), who appeared tentative out of the blocks and was never able to get into rhythm, clocked 11.72 for second. Heat Six (-0.1)—In the closest race of the morning session, Iwona Brzezinska of Poland and Wenshaw Wang of China, both clocked 11.77, with Brzezinska getting the nod. Lina Grincikaite of Lithuania was third at 11.78.

Results
Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:50 Wind: -0.2m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 911 Williams Ivory USA 10.41 Q 0.154
2 2 791 Yeboah Edmund SWE 10.64 Q 0.144
3 4 123 King Shannon CAN 10.67 q 0.139
4 3 680 Du Randt Jean RSA 10.80 0.170
5 8 255 Laurier Cédric FRA 10.93 0.142
6 5 443 Al Masri Mohammad A. JOR 11.61 (PB) 0.177
7 297 Micha Ndong Reginaldo GEQ DNS

Jasmine Baldwin (100m SF) Mt. SAC College-bound: -- "I really wasn't thinking about much besides focusing on the finish line. My start does need work, but if I'm trailing I always seem to find myself coming back into the race. I don't panic. When I panic, I get tight and don't run as well. I'm not a quitter. I'm a finisher."

Ashley Owens (100m SF) UNLV-bound: -- "I'm trying to break the record this week (WJR record is 10.88, set in 1977 by Marlies Oelsner-Gohr; AJR is 11.04, by Angela Williams in 1999) and I wanted to run faster in the semis than I did this morning. I was not as focused this morning as I am now. I slowed down after the first 60 meters to save energy when I should have ran all out. I tend to shut down when I'm in front."

400 METERS
First Round
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Four Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

Heat One—Natasha Hastings (U.S., A.P. Randolph, N.Y.C., N.Y.) had no problem winning in a very easy 52.61. Heat Two—Ashley Kidd (U.S., Georgia Tech) ran an even first 100 to enter backstretch with a small lead, which she extended over the next 200 meters before winning in an eased up in 53.63. Annemarie Schulte of Netherlands closed with a rush from lane eight to finish second in a national junior record of 53.67. Heat Three—Carline Muir of Canada opened up with an ambitious first 200 but faded after 300 as Sonita Sutherland of Jamaica won easily in 53.52. Liliya Piulyuhina of Ukraine started slowly but ran a strong home straight to grab second in 54.08. Heat Four—Anja Polmacher of Germany tried to steal the race for lane eight but was corralled at the top of the home straight by first Abigail David of Trinidad and then Olga Soldatova of Russia, who finished one-two in 53.48 and 53.54.

Natasha Hastings (400m) University of South Carolina-bound: -- "I did not feel that I was going as fast as I was which was a boost for my confidence heading into the next round. My performance today lets me know that I am shape and ready to break the 52 barrier. I definitely did not plan to run 52.60 today."

Ashlee Kidd (400m) Georgia Tech University: -- "I felt good but ran conservative today to save my energy for the next round. My goal was to win my heat, which is what I did."

800 METERS
First Two in Each Heat Plus next Six Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

Heat One—Trisa Nickoley (U.S., Shawnee Heights HS, Tecumsah, Kn.) stuck with the leaders through a 62.54 first 400 but faded to sixth finishing 2:09.66. Ekaterina Martynova of Russia was the winner in 2:05.94, Halima Hachlaf of Morocco was second in 2:06.81 and Olena Bondar of Ukraine was third in 2:06.81. Heat Two—Charlotte Moore of Great Britain led at 400 meters in 63.32 but could not hold off Natalya Koreyvo of Belarus, who won in 32:08.68. Moore was second in 2:07.73. Heat Three—Latavia Thomas (U.S., West Catholic, Philadelphia) hung with the leaders through 62.45 but succumbed to the speed of Binnaz Uslu of Turkey, who won in 2:05.46 and Elodie Guegan of France, who was second in 2:05.49. Thomas finished third with a personal best of 2:07.17 that made her the final qualifier by time for the semifinals. Heat Four—It took four heats but finally someone, in the person of Kay-Ann Thompson of Jamaica, took the pace out, passing 400 in 58.21. And she had plenty of company. Simona Barcau of Romania won the race in 2:04.30 with Mariya Shapaeeva of Russia in second at 2:04.31, Diana Dienel of Germany in third at 2:04.34 and Thompson in fourth at 2:06.11. Also qualifying for the semifinals from the heat was Brooke Simpson of Australia in fifth at 2:06.71 and Lydia Wafula of Kenya in sixth at 2:07.39.

Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:55
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 6 585 Martynova Ekaterina RUS 2:05.94 Q (SB)
2 7 452 Hachlaf Halima MAR 2:06.44 Q (PB)
3 2 683 Bondar Olena UKR 2:06.81 q
4 3 488 Elden Marte NOR 2:07.55 (SB)
5 4 432 Feldberga Linda LAT 2:07.63 (SB)
6 5 739 Nickoley Trisa USA 2:09.66
8 150 Peña Diosmelis CUB DNS

Intermediate split - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 585 Martynova Ekaterina RUS 1:02.54

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 20:01
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 7 66 Koreyvo Natalya BLR 2:07.68 Q (SB)
2 3 253 Moore Charlotte GBR 2:07.93 Q
3 8 425 Kliushkina Anna KGZ 2:08.22
4 5 562 Wagner Angela RSA 2:08.27
5 4 638 Terwiel Marjolein SUI 2:09.26
6 2 25 Katsanevakis Katherine AUS 2:09.36
7 6 439 Mafata Moleboheng LES 2:21.15 (PB)

Intermediate split - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 253 Moore Charlotte GBR 1:03.32

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 20:07
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 2 679 Uslu Binnaz TUR 2:05.46 Q (SB)
2 3 230 Guegan Elodie FRA 2:05.49 Q
3 8 747 Thomas Latavia USA 2:07.17 q (PB)
4 4 401 Kobayashi Yuriko JPN 2:07.56
5 Suprun Tatsiana BLR 2:08.42
6 7 241 Nsourou Marlyse GAB 2:14.73 (NJR)
7 6 137 Gonçalves Nadia CPV 2:32.58 (SB)

Intermediate split - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 230 Guegan Elodie FRA 1:02.45

Heat 4 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 20:13
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 2 536 Barcau Simona ROM 2:04.30 Q (SB)
2 4 597 Shapaeva Mariya RUS 2:04.31 Q (SB)
3 8 262 Dienel Diana GER 2:04.34 q (PB)
4 3 391 Thompson Kay-Ann JAM 2:06.11 q
5 5 36 Simpson Brooke AUS 2:06.71 q
6 7 422 Wafula Lydia Nasimiyu KEN 2:07.39 q
7 6 39 Baier Julia AUT 2:10.08

Intermediate split - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 391 Thompson Kay-Ann JAM 58.21

Heat 5 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 20:19
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 4 246 Finucane Laura GBR 2:07.10 Q
2 7 534 Arcip Larisa ROM 2:07.32 Q (SB)
3 8 224 Gaudin Marie-Noëlle FRA 2:07.93
4 3 692 Lupu Nataliya UKR 2:09.30
5 6 400 Kishikawa Akari JPN 2:09.38
6 5 365 Spigarolo Anna Chiara ITA 2:10.85
7 2 419 Muia Jane Mwikali KEN 2:12.04

Intermediate split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 246 Finucane Laura GBR 1:03.47

Photo courtesy of Joy Kamani, NSSF
Caitlin Chock, en route to the national record!

5,000 METERS
Final

If you can run a controlled and gusty race at the same time that is exactly what Caitlin Chock (U.S., Granite Bay HS, Ca.) did. She started out in 15th place and had moved to 13th place at 1,600—that was the bad news—the good news was that she passed in that point in 5:01.8. Chock then began a relentless drive that resulted in a national high school record of 15:52.88 breaking her own record of 16:10.60 set in the national junior championships. Along the way Chock clocked 9:24.1 for 3,000 meters and 10:02.1 for 3,200. To put Chock’s 3,200 time in prospective it is the sixth fastest high school performance of all-time, and she still had 1,800 meters to run. Her personal best of 9:58.51 run in winning the Golden West Invitational ranked third on the All-time high school list. Chock continued to roll and eventually pulled herself into fourth place before tiring slightly to finish fifth with the finest U.S. distance performance ever in World Junior Championship competition. The race was won by Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia in 15:21.52 with Catherine Chikwakwa of Malawi was second in 15:36.22, Chiaki Iwomoto of Japan was third in 15:39.59 and Weiwei Sun of China was fifth in 15:52.88.

Results
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 19:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 193 Melkamu Meselech ETH 15:21.52 (CR)
2 457 Chikwakwa Catherine MAW 15:36.22 (NJR)
3 395 Iwamoto Chiaki JPN 15:39.59
4 118 Sun Weiwei CHN 15:50.67 (PB)
5 715 Chock Caitlin USA 15:52.88 (PB)
6 192 Kedir Rehima ETH 15:54.34 (PB)
7 403 Nohara Yuko JPN 15:57.51
8 69 Minina Volha BLR 15:58.93 (NJR)
9 579 Kharitonova Viktoriya RUS 16:04.41 (PB)
10 418 Kiplagat Viola Jemutai KEN 16:23.85
11 414 Chelimo Edith KEN 16:25.24
12 628 Musa Hind SUD 16:50.02
13 345 de Soccio Adelina ITA 16:51.12 (PB)
14 546 Todorán Paula ROM 17:24.76 (SB)
15 471 Thet Phyu War MYA 18:07.91 (SB)
669 Aissaoui Safa TUN DNF

Intermediate splits - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
1000m 1 418 Kiplagat Viola Jemutai KEN 2:52.97
2000m 1 193 Melkamu Meselech ETH 5:55.73
3000m 1 193 Melkamu Meselech ETH 9:04.63
4000m 1 193 Melkamu Meselech ETH 12:15.80

Caitlin Chock (5,000m) University of Richmond bound: -- "I wanted to go in the race and get a PR," said Chock. "I had to pace myself as I made up the time to catch one person at a time. I really surprised myself and could not be happier."

3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Three Fastest Qualify For Final

Heat One—With one lap remaining Yuliy Mochalova of Russia, Ancuta Bobocel of Romania and Asli Cakir of Turkey appeared to be clear of the field but Zenaide Viera of Brazil joined the group and eventually finished third in 10:10.66 for a South American junior record behind Cakir and Mochalova, who were first and second in 10:08.87 and 10:09.83, respectively. Amber Harper (U.S., BYU) was sixth in 10:32.96.

Heat Two—Gladys Kipkemoi of Kenya won as she pleased in 10:13.25 and Catalina Oprea of Romania was second in 10:26.16. Olga Derevyeva of Russia was third in 10:31.25 and Karatzyna Kowalska of Poland was fourth in 10:35.22. Selina Sekulic (U.S., Wake Forest) was sixth at 10:50.03.

Heat Three—Mercy Njoroge of Kenya pulled away from a group of three with one lap to go, winning in 10:16.17. Biljana Jovic of Serbia Montanegro moved from fourth to second on the last lap running 10:18.26. Verena Drier of Germany was third in 10:19.52 and Aleisha Anderson of Australia was fourth in 10:27.44.

Results
Heat 1 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 18:15 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 678 Cakir Asli TUR 10:08.87 Q (NJR)
2 586 Mochalova Yuliya RUS 10:09.83 Q
3 79 Vieira Zenaide BRA 10:10.66 Q (AJR)
4 537 Bobocel Ancuta ROM 10:13.30 q (NJR)
5 186 Urbina Teresa ESP 10:26.89 q (NJR)
6 722 Harper Amber USA 10:32.96
7 235 Orhant Clémence FRA 10:58.76
8 96 Percival Claire CAN 11:02.86 (PB)
9 520 Stanek Angelika POL 11:07.80
10 524 Azevedo Laura POR 11:11.60
11 348 Ghiazza Valentina ITA 11:15.20 (PB)
12 640 Stykova Jana SVK 11:20.31
13 189 Jatsenko Tatjana EST 11:53.30
14 9 Sánchez Ivana ARG 12:13.28
323 Wágenhoffer Judit HUN DNF

Intermediate splits - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
1000m 1 586 Mochalova Yuliya RUS 3:14.49
2000m 1 586 Mochalova Yuliya RUS 6:40.86

Heat 2 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 18:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 417 Kipkemoi Gladys Jerotich KEN 10:13.25 Q
2 542 Oprea Catalina ROM 10:26.16 Q (SB)
3 574 Derevyeva Olga RUS 10:31.25 Q
4 511 Kowalska Katarzyna POL 10:35.22
5 29 Hendon Pippa AUS 10:41.24
6 742 Sekulic Selina USA 10:50.03
7 448 Achahbar Sanae MAR 10:52.46
8 528 Santos Andreia POR 10:52.67 (NJR)
9 95 McGregor Meredith CAN 10:54.17 (NJR)
10 308 Thalassinoú Ánna GRE 10:56.53
11 341 Bernardi Locatelli Paola ITA 11:12.64
12 184 Sánchez Wanda ESP 11:12.68
13 211 Skyttä Saara FIN 11:21.11 (PB)
14 554 Makhanya Mapaseka RSA 11:44.70 (SB)
15 155 Korkokiou Evgenia CYP 11:54.72

Intermediate splits - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
1000m 1 417 Kipkemoi Gladys Jerotich KEN 3:17.35
2000m 1 417 Kipkemoi Gladys Jerotich KEN 6:43.72

Heat 3 - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 18:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 421 Njoroge Mercy Wanjiku KEN 10:16.70 Q
2 607 Jovic Biljana SCG 10:18.26 Q (NJR)
3 264 Dreier Verena GER 10:19.52 Q
4 15 Anderson Aleisha AUS 10:27.44 q
5 49 de Schryder Selien BEL 10:28.52
6 555 Moekoa Masello RSA 10:38.77
7 236 Paumard Emilie FRA 10:52.90
8 325 Byrne Linda IRL 10:59.34 (NJR)
9 78 Heitling Sabine BRA 11:01.09
10 318 Madarasz Viktória HUN 11:05.55
11 449 Daoud Laïla MAR 11:10.36
12 618 Lindic Mojca SLO 11:13.05 (PB)
13 674 Karakaya Dudu TUR 11:16.25
14 207 Kurki Marja-Leena FIN 11:22.31
15 100 Lobos Isabel CHI 12:03.62

Intermediate splits - Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
1000m 1 15 Anderson Aleisha AUS 3:13.89
2000m 1 264 Dreier Verena GER 6:48.61

Amber Harper (3,000 steeplechase) BYU: -- "I was not in the race from the beginning. It is hard for me to get in the race when I don't start out good. I am tired because it has been a long season, but I am definitely glad to be here."

TRIPLE JUMP
12 Qualify For Final

Yvette Lewis (U.S., Notre Dame), competing in Group A, opened up with a 41-11 and improved to 42-6 in the third round but that left her almost 10 inches short of the automatic qualify mark of 43-3 ¾ which was reached by all twelve finalists. Limei Xie of China (44-10 ¾), Cristina Bujin of Romania and Anastasiya Taranova of Russia (both 44-2) were the leading qualifiers from Group A. Erica McLain (U.S., East HS, Plano, Tx.), jumping last in Group B leaped 41-10 ¾, which left her six after the first round but a second-round 43-7 ¾ exceeded the automatic qualifying standard and guaranteeing her a place in the final. Tatyana Yakovleva of Russia (44-1), Yudelkis Fernandez of Cuba (44-0 ¾ and Huijing Qui of China (43-10 ½) were the top qualifiers from Group B.

Group A - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:40 - Revised Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 123 Xie Limei CHN 13.68 Q
2 538 Bujin Cristina ROM 13.46 Q (PB)
3 602 Taranova Anastasiya RUS 13.46 Q (SB)
4 688 Dyachenko Tetyana UKR 13.36 Q
5 450 Ezziraoui Latifa MAR 13.15
6 30 House Alysha AUS 13.04
7 730 Lewis Yvette USA 12.96
8 434 Savenkova Olga LAT 12.51
9 376 Duncan Althea JAM 12.25
10 81 Denkova Elena BUL 12.15
11 764 Shinibekova Elvira UZB 12.00
12 644 Etim Mfon SWE 11.14 (SB)
128 Bahanag Marie Thérèse CMR DNS

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Xie Limei 12.82 (-1.7) 13.68 (0.3) NM
Bujin Cristina 12.70 (0.4) 12.77 (-0.9) 13.46 (-0.1)
Taranova Anastasiya 13.46 (-0.3) NM NM
Dyachenko Tetyana 13.06 (-0.1) 13.14 (-0.6) 13.36 (-0.1)
Ezziraoui Latifa 13.15 (-2.1) 13.07 (-1.2) 12.49 (-0.9)
House Alysha 12.93 (-1.7) X 13.04 (0)
Lewis Yvette 12.78 (1.3) 12.40 (-1.7) 12.96 (0.2)
Savenkova Olga 12.44 (0.1) 12.51 (-0.7) 12.34 (-1.5)
Duncan Althea 12.25 (-0.7) 12.16 (1.7) 11.75 (-1.5)
Denkova Elena 12.13 (0.7) 12.10 (0.1) 12.15 (-0.2)
Shinibekova Elvira X 12.00 (1.7) 10.33 (-0.4)
Etim Mfon X X 11.14 (-1.7)
Bahanag Marie Thérèse NM NM NM

Group B - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:40 - Revised Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 604 Yakovleva Tatyana RUS 13.45 Q
2 149 Fernández Yudelkis CUB 13.43 Q (SB)
3 117 Qiu Huijing CHN 13.37 Q (SB)
4 339 Alesiani Vanessa ITA 13.35 Q (PB)
5 686 Dobrobobova Margaryta UKR 13.33 Q (PB)
6 543 Popescu Alina ROM 13.31 Q
7 734 McLain Erica USA 13.30 Q
8 85 Yotova Darinka BUL 13.27 Q
9 75 da Silva Tania Ferreira BRA 12.84
10 761 Plumaki Diana UZB 12.55
11 426 Sardi Rakhima KGZ 12.47
7 Rossell Laura AND NM

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Yakovleva Tatyana 13.11 (1.8) 13.45 (0.6) NM
Fernández Yudelkis 13.43 (-1) NM NM
Qiu Huijing 13.37 (0.1) NM NM
Alesiani Vanessa X 13.35 (1.1) NM
Dobrobobova Margaryta 12.76 (-0.7) 13.33 (1.4) NM
Popescu Alina 13.31 (1) NM NM
McLain Erica 12.77 (-0.7) 13.30 (-0.3) NM
Yotova Darinka 12.97 (1.8) 12.53 (-1.4) 13.27 (2.3)
da Silva Tania Ferreira 12.84 (0.4) X 12.82 (0.3)
Plumaki Diana 11.29 (-1.6) 12.55 (-0.1) 12.49 (-0.9)
Sardi Rakhima 12.39 (-2.1) 12.06 (-0.9) 12.47
Rossell Laura X X X

Photo courtesy of Cedric Walker
Missy Faubus (girl furthest to the right, near the front) of Centennial HS
in Bakersfield (Central Section!) enjoys the moment while sitting with
teammates before the start of Day 1 action in Grosetto. She made the final!

DISCUS
Twelve Qualify For Final

Melissa Faubus (Centennial HS, Bakersfield), throwing in Group An opened well with a 155-3 and as it turned out that was just good enough to advance as the final qualifier. She threw 135-3 in the second round and fouled on her final attempt. Darya Pischchalnikova of Russia (183-7), Xuejun Ma of China (177-6) and Nadine Muller of Great Britain (176-6) were the top three Groups A qualifiers. Lindsay Grigoriev, throwing in Group B, opened with 152-10 and improved to 152-11 in the third round after fouling her second effort, but fell six inches short of qualifying for the final. Top qualifiers in Group B were Yu Wang of China at 176-7, Calista Lyon of Australia at 166-6 and Svetlana Ivanova of Russia at 165-3.

Group A - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 9:00 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 590 Pishchalnikova Darya RUS 55.96 Q
2 110 Ma Xuejun CHN 54.11 Q
3 289 Müller Nadine GER 53.51 Q
4 61 Brel Anna BLR 50.34 q
5 40 Watzek Veronika AUT 49.43 q
6 701 Zelenska Vasylysa UKR 48.93 q
7 50 Peetroons Annelies BEL 48.01 q
8 719 Faubus Melissa USA 47.49 q
9 33 Motuliki Sharmane AUS 46.47
10 566 Venter Magdel RSA 46.42
11 304 Komótoglou Magdaliní GRE 46.06
12 337 Jean Sivan ISR 45.82
13 139 Bušljeta Katarina CRO 45.44
14 759 Kot Oksana UZB 45.13
15 218 De Castro Lucie FRA 44.88

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Pishchalnikova Darya 55.96 NM NM
Ma Xuejun 54.11 NM NM
Müller Nadine 53.51 NM NM
Brel Anna X 47.87 50.34
Watzek Veronika 44.56 49.43 X
Zelenska Vasylysa 39.35 45.60 48.93
Peetroons Annelies 44.80 48.01 41.98
Faubus Melissa 47.49 41.23 X
Motuliki Sharmane 46.47 41.06 X
Venter Magdel 44.23 46.42 X
Komótoglou Magdaliní X 46.06 44.13
Jean Sivan X 45.82 44.43
Bušljeta Katarina 45.44 X 44.81
Kot Oksana 42.16 42.82 45.13
De Castro Lucie 44.88 X 44.86

Group B - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:25
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 121 Wang Yu CHN 53.82 Q
2 31 Lyon Calista AUS 50.76 q
3 577 Ivanova Svetlana RUS 50.38 q
4 267 Gehrig Kristina GER 46.77 q
5 721 Grigoriev Lindsay USA 46.60
6 477 Kemkers Denise NED 46.04
7 52 Van Geel Inge BEL 45.59
8 525 Cá Liliana POR 45.22
9 68 Mialeshka Tatsiana BLR 45.01
10 145 Jelicic Josipa CRO 44.85 (SB)
11 550 Knoetze Marli RSA 43.62
12 233 Michel Sophie FRA 43.49
13 632 Studer Klara SUI 41.51
14 203 Kämäräinen Sanna FIN 41.42
15 689 Karsak Kateryna UKR 39.29
151 Rodríguez Lisandra CUB DNS

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Wang Yu 53.82 NM NM
Lyon Calista 50.76 50.20 50.39
Ivanova Svetlana 49.84 50.38 46.47
Gehrig Kristina 45.90 X 46.77
Grigoriev Lindsay 46.59 X 46.60
Kemkers Denise X X 46.04
Van Geel Inge 34.28 45.59 X
Cá Liliana X X 45.22
Mialeshka Tatsiana 45.01 37.03 X
Jelicic Josipa 43.86 41.91 44.85
Knoetze Marli 37.97 43.62 42.12
Michel Sophie X X 43.49
Studer Klara 41.51 40.39 X
Kämäräinen Sanna X 41.42 41.06
Karsak Kateryna 39.29 22.55 X
Rodríguez Lisandra NM NM NM

Melissa Faubus (Discus Throw) Cal-Berkeley bound: -- "My technique was great, and I felt good, but my release is not what I wanted. I'm trying to PR and move up in the standings. I'm excited for tomorrow. It's been an awesome and enriching experience - with world championship competition and the tremendous atmosphere here. I'm happy to have made it into the Finals."

HAMMER
12 Qualify For Final

Laci Heller (U.S., Kansas St.) did not advance after having no fair throw in Group A. Nataliya Zolotukhina of Ukraine (211-1), Vanda Nickl of Hungary (198-0) and Malwina Sobierajska of Poland (197-0) were the top three throwers in Group A. Kristin Callan (U.S., Virginia Tech) open at 173-8 in Group B and improved to 183-2 in the second round but after a foul in the third round she was still two and one-half feet short of advancing. Mariya Smolkanchkova of Belarus (198-4), Youyu Yang of China (198-0) and Laura Gibilisco of Italy (193-7) were the top three qualifiers in Group B.

Group A - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:55
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 702 Zolotukhina Nataliya UKR 64.35 Q
2 321 Nickl Vanda HUN 60.36 q
3 517 Sobierajska Malwina POL 60.04 q
4 573 Bulgakova Anna RUS 59.70 q
5 363 Salis Silvia ITA 59.65 q
6 164 Ledvinová Lenka CZE 57.85 q
7 237 Roux-Bonnardel Julie FRA 56.61 q
8 147 Srša Valentina CRO 55.60
9 288 Motzenbbäcker Melanie GER 54.90
10 210 Schvedoff Nina FIN 52.55
11 526 Durão Ana POR 52.13
12 173 Alashry Eman EGY 51.42
13 676 Sahutoglu Tugce TUR 50.07
725 Heller Laci USA NM

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Zolotukhina Nataliya 60.11 64.35 NM
Nickl Vanda 60.36 54.53 56.12
Sobierajska Malwina 60.04 X X
Bulgakova Anna 58.18 59.70 X
Salis Silvia 59.65 55.95 57.45
Ledvinová Lenka X X 57.85
Roux-Bonnardel Julie 56.61 X 52.12
Srša Valentina X X 55.60
Motzenbbäcker Melanie 54.90 X 53.68
Schvedoff Nina X 52.55 X
Durão Ana 52.13 X 52.10
Alashry Eman 40.61 51.42 50.62
Sahutoglu Tugce X 50.07 X
Heller Laci X X X

Group B - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 13:10 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 72 Smolyachkova Mariya BLR 60.47 q
2 124 Yang Youyu CHN 60.38 q
3 349 Gibilisco Laura ITA 59.01 q
4 320 Németh Orsolya HUN 57.09 q
5 696 Razynkova Liliya UKR 56.69 q
6 521 Stonoga Dorota POL 56.14
7 280 Hoppe Johanna GER 55.86
8 713 Callan Kristen USA 55.84
9 535 Artenie Georgiana ROM 54.90
10 572 Bespalova Mariya RUS 54.42
11 771 Rodríguez Rosa VEN 53.10
12 3 Toska Enxhi ALB 52.83 (PB)
13 527 Fernandes Marisa POR 52.23
14 645 Hjelm Annika SWE 51.72
15 143 Habazin Dorotea CRO 51.64

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Smolyachkova Mariya 60.47 X X
Yang Youyu 59.91 60.38 60.06
Gibilisco Laura X X 59.01
Németh Orsolya 54.19 57.09 53.50
Razynkova Liliya 55.26 56.69 X
Stonoga Dorota X 55.91 56.14
Hoppe Johanna 52.58 55.86 X
Callan Kristen 52.93 55.84 X
Artenie Georgiana X 54.90 49.12
Bespalova Mariya 54.42 X X
Rodríguez Rosa 53.10 51.41 X
Toska Enxhi 48.08 47.10 52.83
Fernandes Marisa 51.53 51.69 52.23
Hjelm Annika 51.72 X X
Habazin Dorotea X 51.64 46.25

JAVELIN
Top 12 Qualify for Final

Asdis Hajlmsdottir of Iceland (182-1), Annabel Thomson of Australia (178-11) and Vivian Zimmer of German (175-4) were the top three qualifiers in Group A, where no Americas were entered. Mallory Webb (U.S., Fresno St.) was 14th in Group B with a 140-8 effort. Annika Suthe of Germany (177-7), Hanna Lindregn of Finland (171-7) and Doriane Gilibert of France (170-11) were the top qualifiers in that group.

Group A - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 17:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 335 Hjálmsdóttir Ásdís ISL 55.51 Q (NJR)
2 37 Thomson Annabel AUS 54.54 Q (PB)
3 301 Zimmer Vivian GER 53.45 Q
4 583 Kozhenkova Yekaterina RUS 53.13 Q (PB)
5 407 Yoshida Emika JPN 52.32 Q
6 53 Willemsen Elfje BEL 51.95 q (SB)
7 687 Dorozhon Margaryta UKR 49.23
8 239 Ugatai Romina FRA 49.12
9 541 Negoita Maria Nicoleta ROM 48.77
10 310 Zóhou Varvára GRE 48.73
11 63 Hamza Volha BLR 47.56
12 431 Dzalbe Madara LAT 47.36
13 475 Crolla Bregje NED 43.93
14 146 Kozjak Ruzica CRO 41.83

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Hjálmsdóttir Ásdís 49.51 49.00 55.51
Thomson Annabel 54.54 NM NM
Zimmer Vivian 53.45 NM NM
Kozhenkova Yekaterina 53.13 NM NM
Yoshida Emika 51.52 48.44 52.32
Willemsen Elfje 46.39 51.95 47.46
Dorozhon Margaryta 49.23 45.32 X
Ugatai Romina X 49.12 45.50
Negoita Maria Nicoleta 48.77 48.19 46.87
Zóhou Varvára 42.17 48.73 48.52
Hamza Volha 40.25 47.56 40.35
Dzalbe Madara 47.36 X 45.14
Crolla Bregje 43.93 X 43.15
Kozjak Ruzica 41.83 X X

Group B - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 18:40 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 299 Suthe Annika GER 54.13 Q
2 208 Lindgren Hanna FIN 52.30 Q
3 229 Gilibert Doriane FRA 52.11 q
4 51 Schoenmaekers Sofie BEL 51.65 q
5 393 Ebihara Yuki JPN 51.12 q
6 105 Jin Ting CHN 49.89 q
7 34 Pelbart Zoe AUS 49.51
8 62 Buksa Maryna BLR 48.85
9 428 Shin Bo-ra KOR 47.91
10 672 Demirci Berna TUR 47.81
11 244 Bartlett Rebecca GBR 46.88
12 343 Carli Silvia ITA 44.65
13 568 Abakumova Mariya RUS 43.95
14 756 Webb Mallory USA 42.89
15 531 Ortiz Coralys PUR 42.71

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Suthe Annika 52.23 54.13 NM
Lindgren Hanna X 52.30 NM
Gilibert Doriane 50.45 51.92 52.11
Schoenmaekers Sofie 50.71 48.53 51.65
Ebihara Yuki 50.63 X 51.12
Jin Ting 49.89 49.46 49.78
Pelbart Zoe 49.51 38.01 X
Buksa Maryna 48.38 47.62 48.85
Shin Bo-ra X 47.91 X
Demirci Berna 39.08 47.81 47.04
Bartlett Rebecca 46.05 46.15 46.88
Carli Silvia 43.94 43.89 44.65
Abakumova Mariya X 43.95 41.49
Webb Mallory X 42.27 42.89
Ortiz Coralys 42.71 42.66 42.38

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