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WORLD
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Grosseto, Italy
Photo by Margaret Gallagher
Kevin Craddock (James Logan HS)
ran the #2 42-inch high hurdles time in U.S.
prep
history, tripping the beams in 13.82, one-hundredth of a second faster
than his previous best!
*** Mike Kennedy's Day
4 recap ***
Day Four Afternoon Session: Clear skies
with temperatures in the high 80s
Men
200 METERS
Final
Andrew Howe of Italy became these championships’
first double winner by leading from start to finish and clocking an
outstanding 20.28. In the last two days, Howe has dropped his personal
best by more than six-tenths from 20.91. As you might expect, the stands
erupted with a thunderous applause and jubilation at the Italians seemed
to have realized that they were seeing a national hero in the making.
Howe’s time qualifies him for the Olympic Games. Two days ago,
Howe captured the long jump with a leap of 26-7½. Leigh Julius
of South Africa was second in 20.88, Jamil James of Trinidad was third
in 21.00 and Hank Palmer of Canada edged Julian Thomas of Great Britain
for fourth, with both timed in 21.13.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 18:10 Wind: 0.1m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 411 Howe Andrew ITA 20.28 (CR) 0.145
2 6 685 Julius Leigh RSA 20.88 0.120
3 7 819 James Jamil TRI 21.00 0.164
4 3 125 Palmer Hank CAN 21.13 0.148
5 4 287 Thomas Julian GBR 21.13 0.159
6 1 281 Fifton Rikki GBR 21.17 0.135
7 8 340 Adade Samuel GHA 21.20 0.175
8 2 156 Grueso Daniel COL 21.45 0.187
800 METERS
Final
Selahattin Cobanoglu of Turkey almost pulled it off. Taking
the lead from almost the start, he had en route times of 25.05, 53.09
and 1:20.48 and remained in front until the final 30 meters, when first
Majed Saeed of Qatar and then Alfred Kirwa Yego of Kenya passed him
to finish one-two in 1:48.36 and 1:48.96, respectively. Cobanolu held
on for third at 1:47.71, with Kevin Hautcouer of France fourth in 1:48.37
and Elijah Kiprono Boit of Kenya fifth in 1:48.76. The first four runners
each achieved personal bests.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 18:25
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 1 663 Sultan Majed Saeed QAT 1:47.33 (PB)
2 2 476 Yego Alfred Kirwa KEN 1:47.39 (PB)
3 7 829 Cobanoglu Selahattin TUR 1:47.71 (NJR)
4 3 260 Hautcoeur Kevin FRA 1:48.37 (PB)
5 6 467 Boit Elijah Kiprono KEN 1:48.76
6 8 263 Kane Bocar FRA 1:49.08 (PB)
7 4 687 Maboa Bonolo RSA 1:49.85
8 5 292 Rimmer Michael GBR 1:50.59
Intermediate split Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m 1 829 Cobanoglu Selahattin TUR 53.09
110-METER HIGH HURDLES
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Six Fastest Qualify For Semifinals
Heat One (wind -0.1 meters per second)—Rodrigo Pereira
of Brazil, Bano Traore of France, Patrick Lee of Jamaica and Jens Werrmann
of Germany were all clear of the rest of the field by the half way point.
Pereira then took opened up a two-meter advantage but had to hold off
Traore who closed rush, 14.07 to 14.11. Lee was third in 14.18 and Werrman
was fourth at 14.22, both in personal bests.
Heat Two (+1.2)—Lilu Liu of China led wire-to-wire winning in
a personal best of 13.88. Edgar Antonio Souza of Brazil moved from third
to an automatic qualifying second over the final two hurdles passing
Alexander John, 14.07 to 14.10. Tomoki Nakamura of Japan was fourth
in 14.13.
Heat Three (+1.8)—Dayron Robles of Cuba, running in lane eight,
won as he pleased in 13.82, which was just off his personal best of
13.75. Maksim Lynsha of Belarus held off Ahmed Aymen Ben of Tunisia
for third, 13.99 to 14.17, with Ben setting a national junior record.
Garfield Darien of France was fourth in 14.18.
Heat Four (+1.8)—Aries Merritt (U.S., Tennessee, Wheeler HS, Marietta,
Ga.) got out well, showed a good snap down, to win easily in 13.83.
Ruan De Vries of South Africa was second in 14.13 and John Burstow of
Australia was third in 14.27, both with personal bests.
Heat Five (+1.3)—Kevin Craddock (U.S., James
Logan HS, Union City, Ca.). looking a lot like Merritt did in the previous
heat, had no trouble winning in 13.82, a personal best by one one-hundredth,
that moved him to No. 2 on the all-time high school list with the third-best
performance of all time.
Heat 1 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:55
Wind: -0.1m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 1 104 Pereira Rodrigo BRA 14.07 Q 0.173
2 4 268 Traore Bano FRA 14.11 Q 0.188
3 6 440 Lee Patrick JAM 14.18 q (PB) 0.167
4 7 337 Werrmann Jens GER 14.22 q (PB) 0.136
5 2 702 Byvakin Denis RUS 14.46 0.145
6 5 399 Minenko Yevgeniy ISR 14.73 0.230
7 8 539 Sharuddin Shinar Shazua MAS 14.99 (SB) 0.177
8 3 143 Lu Chunsheng CHN 15.05 0.172
Heat 2 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:03
Wind: 1.2m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 144 Liu Lilu CHN 13.88 Q (PB) 0.164
2 4 100 de Souza Eder Antonio BRA 14.07 Q 0.152
3 1 322 John Alexander GER 14.10 q 0.137
4 5 459 Nakamura Tomoki JPN 14.13 q (PB) 0.152
5 6 743 Samake Seleke SEN 14.29 (NJR) 0.145
6 8 5 Bitincka Elton ALB 14.31 (NJR) 0.203
7 7 203 De La Calle Christian ESP 14.51 (PB) 0.226
8 2 666 Baciu Aurel ROM 14.54 0.154
Heat 3 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:11
Wind: 1.8m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 8 169 Robles Dayron CUB 13.82 Q 0.192
2 4 76 Lynsha Maksim BLR 13.99 Q (PB) 0.154
3 6 824 Ben Ahmed Aymen TUN 14.17 q (NJR) 0.163
4 3 249 Darien Garfield FRA 14.18 q 0.249
5 2 704 Filev Pavel RUS 14.31 (PB) 0.140
6 5 58 King Jesse BAR 14.67 (SB) 0.153
7 7 423 Petrolli Stefano ITA 14.73 0.151
Heat 4 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:19
Wind: 1.8m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 894 Merritt Aries USA 13.83 Q 0.166
2 7 679 de Vries Ruan RSA 14.13 Q (PB) 0.160
3 3 36 Burstow John AUS 14.27 (PB) 0.179
4 2 497 Al-Mabadi Mubarak KSA 14.41 (SB) 0.139
5 5 811 Kuo Hung-Yi TPE 14.47 0.151
6 8 547 Norhiher Marín MEX 14.68 0.186
7 6 403 Abate Emanuele ITA 14.84 0.167
Heat 5 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:27
Wind: 1.3m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 870 Craddock Kevin USA 13.82 Q (PB) 0.154
2 1 344 Filandarákis Nikólaos GRE 14.35 Q 0.158
3 5 681 Fourie Leon RSA 14.49 0.163
4 6 187 Jorge Carlos DOM 14.50 0.177
5 4 563 Du Mée Christophe MRI 14.51 (NJR) 0.135
6 8 492 Al-Bouainain Badar KSA 14.52 (SB) 0.140
7 7 172 Georgiou Gregorios CYP 14.70 (SB) 0.199
3 168 Lismet Yasser CUB DNS
400-METER INTERMEDIATE HURDLES
Final
Brandon Johnson (U.S., UCLA, West
Orange-Stark HS, Orange, Tx.) took the early lead, but was overtaken
by NCAA Division I National champion Kerron Clement (U.S., Florida,
La Porte HS, Tx.) just before 200 meters. Despite balking at the seventh
hurdle, Clement was able power his way down the final straight to win
in 48.51 and become the second fastest Junior of all time, behind record
holder Danny Harris (U.S, Iowa St., Perris HS, Ca.), who ran 48.02 in
1984. Johnson remained in second into the final
straight and when pressed by Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi of Saudi Arabia, responded
with burst of speed that resulted in a personal best of 48.62 to move
to third on the all-time world junior list. Al-Hamaidi was third
in 48.94 to rank 10th on the all-time list. Louis van Zyl of South Africa
was forth in 49.06 and Yasser Lisment of Cuba was fifth in 50.24.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:55
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 868 Clement Kerron USA 48.51 (CR) 0.241
2 3 884 Johnson Brandon USA 48.62 (PB) 0.161
3 5 496 Al-Hamaidi Ibrahim KSA 48.94 (AJR) 0.191
4 2 696 van Zyl Louis RSA 49.06 (SB) 0.168
5 8 168 Lismet Yasser CUB 50.24 0.158
6 7 686 le Roux Wouter RSA 51.17 0.152
7 4 278 Davenport Richard GBR 51.59 0.159
8 1 93 Venâncio Diego BRA 52.07 0.180
DISCUS
Top 12 Qualify for Final
Robert McDade (U.S., Villanova, Cardinal O’Hara
HS, Springfield, Pa.), throwing in Group A, had a best 179-5 with the
1.75-kilogram discus—the college weight is 2.0 and the high school
weight is 1.5—in the first round but it was not good enough to
advance to the final. The group leaders were Roman Ruzhyy of Ukraine
at 192-7, Ronnie Buckley of Australia at 191-0 and Oleg Pirog of Russia
at 190-5. In Group B, Jens Kujacznswki (U.S.,
West Valley College, Los Altos HS, Ca.) opened with a foul then got
his best effort of 176-1 in the second round but it was not good enough
to advance to the final. The group leaders were Ehsan Hadadi
of Iran at 200-7, Dmytro Isnyuk of Ukraine at 196-3 and Luka Rujevic
of Serbia Montanegro at 191-6.
Group A - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 852 Ryzhyy Roman UKR 58.71 Q
2 35 Buckley Ronnie AUS 58.22 Q
3 715 Pirog Oleg RUS 58.04 Q (PB)
4 216 Hunt Margus EST 55.87 q (SB)
5 409 Di Marco Nazzareno ITA 55.12 q
6 493 Al-Dawoodi Sultan Mubarak KSA 54.96 q
7 891 McDade Robert USA 54.70
8 323 Keller Stefan GER 53.95
9 670 Grasu Mihai ROM 52.97
10 815 Wang Yao-Hui TPE 52.64
11 141 Wu Jian CHN 51.83
12 72 Mesic Kemal BIH 49.06
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Ryzhyy Roman 55.86 58.71 NM
Buckley Ronnie X 56.35 58.22
Pirog Oleg 58.04 NM NM
Hunt Margus 48.08 X 55.87
Di Marco Nazzareno X 55.12 X
Al-Dawoodi Sultan Mubarak 48.14 X 54.96
McDade Robert 54.70 53.39 49.81
Keller Stefan X 53.95 53.21
Grasu Mihai 52.16 X 52.97
Wang Yao-Hui 52.64 51.32 X
Wu Jian 51.22 51.04 51.83
Mesic Kemal 49.06 49.04 X
Group B - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:35
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 389 Hadadi Ehsan IRI 61.15 Q
2 847 Isnyuk Dmytro UKR 59.83 Q (PB)
3 739 Rujevic Luka SCG 58.37 Q
4 707 Gribkov Sergey RUS 56.46 q (PB)
5 338 Wierig Martin GER 55.93 q
6 366 Kürthy Lajos HUN 55.00 q
7 38 Laurins Raffaell AUS 54.55
8 171 Antoniadis Orestis CYP 54.38
9 887 Kujacznski Jens USA 53.69
10 629 Grzegorczyk Kamil POL 53.54
11 276 Cooke Simon GBR 52.30
12 491 Al-Baqme Saad H.S. KSA 51.24
13 235 Laitasalo Henrik FIN 50.05
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Hadadi Ehsan 61.15 NM NM
Isnyuk Dmytro 55.15 59.83 NM
Rujevic Luka X 58.37 NM
Gribkov Sergey 51.25 56.46 X
Wierig Martin 54.23 53.97 55.93
Kürthy Lajos 55.00 54.30 51.50
Laurins Raffaell X 49.73 54.55
Antoniadis Orestis 54.38 51.57 49.77
Kujacznski Jens X 53.69 53.00
Grzegorczyk Kamil 49.97 X 53.54
Cooke Simon 52.30 49.56 50.88
Al-Baqme Saad H.S. 51.24 6.25 X
Laitasalo Henrik 49.32 48.28 50.05
TRIPLE JUMP
Top 12 Qualify for Final
Paul Hubbard (U.S. Wisconsin, Widefield, Colorado Springs,
Colo.) fouled twice before reaching 50-4 in Group A, but that was not
good enough to advance to the final. Vikor Kuznetzov of Ukraine was
the group leader at 53-9 1/4 followed by Dzmitry Dzetsuk of Belarus
at 53-3 ¾ and Shujing Zhu of China at 53-0. Michael Whitehead
(U.S.) got his jump of 49-10 in the third round of Group B but did not
advance to the final. Group leaders were Godfrey Mokoena of South Africa
at 52-6 ¾, Dennis Fernandez of Cuba at 52-6 ½ and Alwyn
Jones of Australia at 52-3 ¼.
Group A - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 19:00 Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 849 Kuznetsov Viktor UKR 16.39 Q
2 74 Dzetsuk Dzmitry BLR 16.25 Q (PB)
3 152 Zhu Shujing CHN 16.15 Q
4 115 Ivanov Petar BUL 16.00 Q
5 202 Capellán Andrés ESP 15.74 q (PB)
6 699 Alekseyev Andrey RUS 15.73 q
7 259 Harmenil Fabien FRA 15.72
8 484 Ko Dae-young KOR 15.67 (SB)
9 388 Habibigalankashi Ali Reza IRI 15.36
10 882 Hubbard Paul USA 15.34
11 47 Abbasov Teymur AZE 15.33 (SB)
12 353 Vlahávas Apóstolos GRE 15.06
13 915 Moiseenko Taras UZB 14.89
14 805 Agaliyev Dovran TKM 14.77
15 499 Alkam Qarqaran Mousa Abdou KSA 14.70 (SB)
166 Copello Alexis CUB DNS
592 Davie Tom NZL DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Kuznetsov Viktor 16.39 (0.2) NM NM
Dzetsuk Dzmitry X X 16.25 (-0.4)
Zhu Shujing 16.15 (-0.2) NM NM
Ivanov Petar 15.06 (0.8) 16.00 (-0.5) NM
Capellán Andrés 15.74 (-0.1) 15.55 (0) X
Alekseyev Andrey 15.22 (-0.8) 14.99 (0.3) 15.73 (-0.2)
Harmenil Fabien 15.38 (0.5) 15.62 (0.1) 15.72 (-0.1)
Ko Dae-young 15.67 (-0.2) 13.88 (-0.1) 14.25 (0.2)
Habibigalankashi Ali Reza 15.31 (0.4) 15.36 (-0.5) 14.98 (0.2)
Hubbard Paul X X 15.34 (0.1)
Abbasov Teymur 15.33 (0.2) X 15.18 (-0.1)
Vlahávas Apóstolos 14.96 (-0.3) 15.06 (-0.1) X
Moiseenko Taras 14.83 (-0.2) 14.89 (0.5) 14.87 (-0.2)
Agaliyev Dovran X X 14.77 (0.6)
Alkam Qarqaran Mousa Abdou 14.70 (-0.1) X 14.69 (0.2)
Copello Alexis NM NM NM
Davie Tom NM NM NM
Group B - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 19:00
Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 692 Mokoena Godfrey Khotso RSA 16.02 Q
2 167 Fernández Dennis CUB 16.01 Q
3 37 Jones Alwyn AUS 15.93 q
4 205 Joseph Pere ESP 15.85 q (PB)
5 503 Majrashi Mohammad KSA 15.76 q
6 16 Joseph Ayata ANT 15.76 q (SB)
7 385 Maheswary Renjith IND 15.62
8 481 Kim Duk-hyun KOR 15.40 (SB)
9 910 Whitehead Michael USA 15.19
10 914 Lobachev Artem UZB 15.17
11 265 Marie-Sainte Steven FRA 15.14
12 689 Mars Simeon RSA 15.00 (SB)
13 139 Lin Mujie CHN 14.81
14 522 Sickus Tomas LTU 14.62
15 355 Alvarez Maxwell GUA 14.53
662 Suleiman Azmy QAT NM
441 Walker Wilbert JAM DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Mokoena Godfrey Khotso 15.80 (0.8) 16.02 (0.1) NM
Fernández Dennis 16.01 (-0.3) NM NM
Jones Alwyn 15.72 (1.2) 15.93 (-0.1) 15.84 (0)
Joseph Pere 15.70 (0.5) 15.85 (0.6) 15.40 (0)
Majrashi Mohammad 15.16 (0.8) 15.47 (0.1) 15.76 (0.2)
Joseph Ayata 15.76 (-0.3) X 15.42 (-0.2)
Maheswary Renjith 14.96 (0.6) 15.62 (0.8) X
Kim Duk-hyun 15.29 (-0.3) 15.37 (-0.1) 15.40 (-0.4)
Whitehead Michael 15.10 (-0.4) 15.15 (0.5) 15.19 (0.2)
Lobachev Artem 15.17 (0.4) 15.17 (0) 14.99 (0.2)
Marie-Sainte Steven 14.95 (0.3) 14.75 (0.3) 15.14 (0.2)
Mars Simeon 14.82 (0.2) 15.00 (0) X
Lin Mujie 14.81 (-0.2) NM NM
Sickus Tomas X 14.43 (0.2) 14.62 (0.2)
Alvarez Maxwell 14.53 (0.4) X 14.14 (-0.1)
Suleiman Azmy X X NM
Walker Wilbert NM NM NM
HAMMER
Final
Andrey Azarenkov of Russia threw 242-5, which would have
been good enough to win the competition but then improved to 243-1 in
the third round for the best throw of the competition. Kamillus Bethke
of Germany was second after round one at 232-9, but was shunted to third
in the second round when Moshen Al Anany of Egypt threw 237-1. There
were no changes of position among the top three for the rest of the
competition but El Anany improved to 239-5 in the third round.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 15:55
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 700 Azarenkov Andrey RUS 74.11
2 194 El Anany Mohsen EGY 72.98
3 302 Bethke Kamilius GER 71.91
4 370 Németh Kristóf HUN 71.40
5 43 Wardhaugh Simon AUS 70.60
6 714 Levin Mikhail RUS 70.39
7 164 Tešija Matko CRO 70.14
8 855 Sokirskiy Olexiy UKR 68.33
9 77 Lytvynov Sergiy BLR 67.11
10 372 Pálhegyi Sándor HUN 66.97
11 176 Fiala Michal CZE 64.74
12 330 Sahner Andreas GER 62.76
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Azarenkov Andrey 73.88 67.82 74.11 X 73.62 68.72
El Anany Mohsen 68.34 72.47 72.98 68.88 X 70.82
Bethke Kamilius 70.94 69.07 71.91 67.55 X X
Németh Kristóf 64.63 X 68.19 69.23 71.40 70.21
Wardhaugh Simon 67.31 X 64.75 X 68.07 70.60
Levin Mikhail 70.39 67.25 66.52 62.74 68.62 67.90
Tešija Matko 69.65 70.02 67.33 70.14 X 69.57
Sokirskiy Olexiy 63.28 65.58 67.34 X X 68.33
Lytvynov Sergiy X 61.63 67.11 NM NM NM
Pálhegyi Sándor 66.97 X 64.66 NM NM NM
Fiala Michal X X 64.74 NM NM NM
Sahner Andreas X 62.76 62.35 NM NM NM
JAVELIN
Final
Aleksey Tovarnov of Russia took the lead in the first
round with a 248-10 throw, which was good enough to win. Then, on the
last throw of the competition, he reached 260-5 for the best junior
throw in the world this year. Lohan Rauthenbach of South Africa was
second after the first round with a throw of 243-8 and then improved
slightly to 244-2 in the second round to capture the silver medal. Julio
Cesar Del Oliveira of Brazil was in third after the second round with
a 236-10 effort, but dropped to fourth when Yervasios Filippidis of
Greece hit 240-8 in the third round. De Oliveira retook third for good
with a fifth-round effort of 242-4.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 18:35
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 727 Tovarnov Aleksey RUS 79.38 (WJL)
2 694 Rautenbach Lohan RSA 74.42 (PB)
3 99 de Oliveira Júlio César BRA 73.86
4 40 Robinson Joshua AUS 73.76
5 346 Filippídis Yervásios GRE 73.37 (PB)
6 237 Mannio Ari FIN 70.63 (PB)
7 630 Jachimowicz Sebastian POL 70.35
8 404 Baiocchi Daniele ITA 69.40
9 367 Magyari Zoltán HUN 67.95
10 181 Syrovátko Jan CZE 67.87
11 460 Onitsuka Kazunori JPN 67.84
12 386 Singh Gurkirat IND 62.72
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Tovarnov Aleksey 75.84 X 74.32 X 68.32 79.38
Rautenbach Lohan 74.28 74.42 73.90 68.40 70.84 X
de Oliveira Júlio César 71.17 72.19 72.07 X 73.86 68.23
Robinson Joshua 71.35 70.56 69.86 69.38 73.76 71.70
Filippídis Yervásios 66.94 70.58 73.37 70.98 - 68.13
Mannio Ari 70.63 65.45 X X 67.72 X
Jachimowicz Sebastian 70.35 69.23 68.76 69.04 68.50 X
Baiocchi Daniele 60.79 66.49 69.40 66.75 X X
Magyari Zoltán 67.76 67.95 67.75 NM NM NM
Syrovátko Jan 66.91 65.79 67.87 NM NM NM
Onitsuka Kazunori 66.09 64.91 67.84 NM NM NM
Singh Gurkirat 62.72 59.60 62.04 NM NM NM
Women
200 METERS
Final
Shalonda Solomon (U.S., Poly, Long
Beach, Ca.) saved her best for last. Running in lane five, one lane
inside of her major competition, Anneisha McLaughlin of Jamaica, the
senior who is headed to South Carolina drew even with McLaughlin two-thirds
of the way through the turn and then turned on the jets to win in 22.82
to become the fourth fastest high school runner of all time. Only National
Junior record holder Allyson Felix (Los Angeles Baptist HS, North Hills,
Ca.) at 22.11, Marion Jones (Rio Mesa HS, Oxnard, Ca. and Thousand Oaks,
Ca.) at 22.58 and Chandra Cheeseborough (Ribault HS Jacksonville Fl.)
at 22.77A rank ahead of her. McLaughlin finished second in 23.21
while Nickesha Anderson of Jamaica just held off Kelly Kelly-Ann Baptist
of Trinidad for third, as both were timed in 23.46. Shana Cox (U.S.,
Penn St. was fifth from the middle of the turn to the finish running
23.61.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:40 Wind: -0.2m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 745 Solomon Shalonda USA 22.82 (CR) 0.167
2 6 379 McLaughlin Anneisha JAM 23.21 (SB) 0.169
3 3 372 Anderson Nickesha JAM 23.46 0.197
4 4 661 Baptiste Kelly-Ann TRI 23.46 0.158
5 7 716 Cox Shana USA 23.63 0.156
6 8 263 Dix Maike GER 24.01 0.172
7 2 486 Omojuwa Seyi NGR 24.11 0.276
8 1 228 Kamga Aurélie FRA 24.17 0.178
800 METERS
Final
Kay-Ann Thompson of Jamaica led a closely grouped pack
through early splits of 27.19 and 53.95, with Natalya Koreyvo of Belarus
on her shoulder. Thompson held the lead until 600 (passed in 1:29.94)
but Koreyov took over on the final straight and went on to win in a
national junior record of 2:01.47. Simona Barcau of Romania moved from
fourth to second over the final 150 meters to grab second a personal
best of 2:02.23, with Thompson hanging on to third a national junior
record of 2:02.67 just in front of Mariya Shapaeva of Russia who clocked
a personal best 2:02.87 for fourth.
Official Results - 800m - Women - Final
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:05
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 2 66 Koreyvo Natalya BLR 2:01.47 (NJR)
2 7 536 Barcau Simona ROM 2:02.23 (PB)
3 6 391 Thompson Kay-Ann JAM 2:02.67 (NJR)
4 3 597 Shapaeva Mariya RUS 2:02.87
5 2 230 Guegan Elodie FRA 2:03.68
6 1 534 Arcip Larisa ROM 2:04.09 (PB)
7 7 246 Finucane Laura GBR 2:05.69
8 4 683 Bondar Olena UKR 2:08.29
9 8 452 Hachlaf Halima MAR 2:09.26
5 679 Uslu Binnaz TUR DNS
Intermediate split Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
400m 1 391 Thompson Kay-Ann JAM 58.95
1,500 METERS
First Round
First Four in Each Heat Plus Next Four Fastest Qualify For Final
Heat One—This was more like a funeral procession
than a race as the first 300 was covered in 58.4 followed by a 1:18.00
for the 400. Jessica Eldridge (U.S., Oklahoma, Broken Arrow HS, Ok.)
spent much of the first two laps (2:30.64 split) in lane three drifting
between third and seventh place. She then either stumbled or fell near
the 1,200 meter mark and finished last in 4:36.48. The pace began to
pick up—could it have done little else?—as the leaders were
at 3:21.59 for 1,200 and then ran 62.86 for the last 400. Anna Alminova
of Russia was a clear winner in 4:24.43 followed by Siham Halali of
Morocco at 4:25.73, Danielle Barnes of Great Britain at 4:26.16 and
Brooke Simpson of Australia at 4:26.56.
Heat Two—Sarah Bowman (U.S., Fairquir HS, Warrenton, Va.) tried
to prevent what happened in the first heat (slow paces), when she led
through 400 in 68.17. But when she was passed at 700 meters, she began
to fall back and eventually finished 12th in 4:36.13. Nelya Neproadna
of Ukraine won in 4:16.97 followed by Chahrazad of Algeria at 4:16.97,
Nicolene Van Rooyen of South Africa at 4:17.83 and Marta Wojtkuska of
Poland at 4:17.87, as all of the fastest by-time qualifiers came out
of this heat.
Heat 1 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:25
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 569 Alminova Anna RUS 4:24.43 Q
2 453 Hilali Siham MAR 4:25.73 Q
3 243 Barnes Danielle GBR 4:26.16 Q
4 36 Simpson Brooke AUS 4:26.56 Q
5 606 Eminovic Azra SCG 4:27.22
6 420 Musungu Joyce Jepkosgei KEN 4:28.25
7 108 Li Zhenzhu CHN 4:28.53
8 94 Kohlmeier Alyson CAN 4:28.58 (SB)
9 360 Petracca Elisabetta ITA 4:30.62 (SB)
10 501 Quispe Jessica PER 4:34.69
11 670 Jammali Yosra TUN 4:34.92
12 718 Eldridge Jessica USA 4:36.48
Intermediate splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
400m 1 420 Musungu Joyce Jepkosgei KEN 1:18.05
800m 1 420 Musungu Joyce Jepkosgei KEN 2:30.64
1200m 1 453 Hilali Siham MAR 3:38.67
Heat 2 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:35
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 693 Neporadna Nelya UKR 4:16.54 Q
2 5 Cheboub Chahrazad ALG 4:16.97 Q (NJR)
3 565 van Rooyen Nicolene RSA 4:17.83 Q (PB)
4 522 Wojtkunska Marta POL 4:17.87 Q (PB)
5 300 Thieke Stephanie GER 4:18.42 q (PB)
6 430 Ština Jelena LAT 4:19.18 q (SB)
7 406 Uchino Ayako JPN 4:23.97 q
8 416 Kipkemboi Naomi Jebiwot KEN 4:24.27 q
9 28 Heiner Madeline AUS 4:25.13
10 204 Kaaria Sanna FIN 4:26.45
11 775 Banda Elizet ZAM 4:32.17
12 711 Bowman Sarah USA 4:36.13
Intermediate splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
400m 1 711 Bowman Sarah USA 1:08.17
800m 1 300 Thieke Stephanie GER 2:19.97
1200m 1 565 van Rooyen Nicolene RSA 3:28.91
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 19:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 589 Petrova Irina RUS 45:50.39 (PB)
2 125 Zhang Nan CHN 45:58.54 (SB)
3 599 Sokolova Vera RUS 46:53.02 (SB)
4 402 Mitsumura Fumi JPN 47:10.89
5 109 Liu Xiaoyan CHN 47:57.62 (PB)
6 405 Suzuki Sumiko JPN 48:00.24
7 361 Ragonesi Agnese ITA 48:00.69 (PB)
8 284 Landmann Maja GER 48:16.48
9 445 Virbalyté Brigita LTU 48:51.25 (SB)
10 232 Loriou Mandy FRA 49:03.35 (PB)
11 367 Trapletti Valentina ITA 49:06.52 (PB)
12 309 Zapounídou Déspina GRE 49:18.93 (PB)
13 332 Loughnane Ann IRL 49:24.89 (NJR)
14 93 Huzzey Megan CAN 49:25.50 (PB)
15 27 Grant Lisa AUS 49:32.54
16 171 Ordóñez Johana ECU 50:05.95 (PB)
17 179 Iglesias Eva Maria ESP 50:27.82 (PB)
18 317 Gerendási Eszter HUN 50:34.85 (PB)
19 691 Kuznyetsova Anastasiya UKR 50:46.30 (PB)
20 315 Erdos Ivett HUN 50:58.95 (PB)
21 496 Gorst Amanda NZL 51:02.74 (PB)
22 737 Michta Maria USA 51:42.95
23 499 Llactahuaman Jheny PER 51:55.67
24 170 Guamán Yadira ECU 52:07.82 (PB)
25 724 Hayes Catherine USA 52:27.15 (PB)
26 675 Saglam Narim TUR 53:01.80
27 333 Mc Mahon Caitriona IRL 54:38.19 (PB)
70 Rusak Aliona BLR DQ
11 Petrosyan Tatevik ARM DNF
Intermediate splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
1000m 1 589 Petrova Irina RUS 4:45.64
2000m 1 599 Sokolova Vera RUS 9:19.87
3000m 1 599 Sokolova Vera RUS 13:56.63
4000m 1 599 Sokolova Vera RUS 18:34.77
5000m 1 599 Sokolova Vera RUS 23:09.70
6000m 1 599 Sokolova Vera RUS 27:47.56
7000m 1 599 Sokolova Vera RUS 32:25.10
8000m 1 125 Zhang Nan CHN 37:08.51
9000m 1 125 Zhang Nan CHN 41:33.15
100-METER HIGH HURDLES
Semifinals
First Four In Each Heat Qualify For Final
Heat One (-0.3)—Sally McLellan of Australia got
off to a rocket start and was never headed in running 13.39. Sabina
Altermatt of Sweden and Stephanie Lichtl of Germany were also out well
and they battled stride for stride the entire way with Altermatt getting
the nod, 13.45 to 13.48. Carolin Nyra of Germany went from fifth to
fourth in the final two meters to grab the final qualifying spot from
Keisha Brown of Jamaica, with both timed in 13.60.
Heat Two (-0.9)—Both U.S. entrants looked banged up as the race
was about to start with Ronetta Alexander (South Carolina, South HS,
Williamsville, N.Y.) and Shantia Moss (Pompano Beach HS, Fl.) having
heavily taped right thighs. Anderson, who injured herself in a freak
accident moments before her first-round heat on Thursday, went wire-to-wire
winning in 13.42. However, Moss was not so fortunate as she had the
worst reaction time (0.205) and found herself in a battle for fourth
when she clobbered the seventh hurdle and fell to last in 14.16. Alice
Decaus of France was second in 13.49, Chrstina Vukicevic of Norway was
third in 13.51 and Elisa Hamamaki of Finland was fourth in 13.59, all
in personal bests. The Jamaicans had back luck in that both Keisha Brown
and Monique Morgan finished fifth a by combined margin of one one-hundredth
of a second.
Heat 1 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:20 Wind: -0.3m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 18 McLellan Sally AUS 13.38 Q 0.149
2 3 630 Altermatt Sabrina SUI 13.45 Q 0.173
3 4 286 Lichtl Stephanie GER 13.48 Q 0.137
4 7 290 Nytra Carolin GER 13.60 Q 0.149
5 2 374 Brown Keisha JAM 13.60 (PB) 0.166
6 1 47 Berings Eline BEL 13.92 0.154
7 5 571 Bandina Yelena RUS 13.94 0.275
8 8 140 Erega Arna CRO 14.28 0.248
Heat 2 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:30
Wind: -0.9m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 707 Alexander Ronetta USA 13.42 Q 0.193
2 2 219 Decaux Alice FRA 13.49 Q (PB) 0.166
3 4 489 Vukicevic Christina NOR 13.51 Q (PB) 0.136
4 6 199 Hakamäki Elisa FIN 13.59 Q (PB) 0.173
5 8 380 Morgan Monique JAM 13.60 0.133
6 7 217 Billaud Cindy FRA 13.83 0.190
7 1 88 Cruickshank Jaime CAN 13.95 0.183
8 3 738 Moss Shantia USA 14.16 0.205
Final
Sally McLellan of Australia was out quickest but she was closely
followed by Ronetta Ross, who caught McLellan at the fifth hurdle and
then pulled away to win in 13.28 into a 1.0 meter per second wind. Sabrina
Altermatt of Switzerland went from fourth to second in the final three
meters, clocking 13.39, with Stephanie Lichtl of Germany getting third
in 13.40 and McLellan fourth in 13.41.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 18:40 Wind: -1m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 707 Alexander Ronetta USA 13.28 0.167
2 3 630 Altermatt Sabrina SUI 13.39 (NJR) 0.161
3 8 286 Lichtl Stephanie GER 13.40 0.145
4 5 18 McLellan Sally AUS 13.41 0.143
5 1 489 Vukicevic Christina NOR 13.58 0.134
6 2 290 Nytra Carolin GER 13.62 0.135
7 7 199 Hakamäki Elisa FIN 13.69 0.188
8 4 219 Decaux Alice FRA 14.69 0.164
LONG JUMP
Top 12 Qualify For Final
Michelle Sanford (U.S., Southern
California, Woodbridge HS, Irvine, Ca.) open at 19-7 ½, which
was good enough to advance to the final. She fouled on her second effort
before leaping 19-3 ¼ on her final try. Sophie Krauel
of Germany was the groups leading qualifier at 21-7½ followed
by Hanna Demydova of Ukraine at 20-1 and Jacinta Boyd of Australia at
19-11. Amy Menlove (U.S., BYU, Alta HS, Sandy, Ut.), like Sanford, had
her best effort, 19-10 ¾, on her first attempt, which was also
good enough to qualify for the final. She also had jumps of 19-1 ½
and 19-0¾. Denisa Scerbova of Czech Republic was the leading
group qualifier at 20-9¾, followed by KInna Kazantseva of Russia
at 20-4 ½ and Tania Vincenzio of Italy at 20-3½. Ninety
percent of the jumps were into the wind.
Group A - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:30 Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 283 Krauel Sophie GER 6.59 Q (SB)
2 685 Demydova Hanna UKR 6.12 q
3 16 Boyd Jacinta AUS 6.07 q
4 149 Fernández Yudelkis CUB 6.04 q
5 741 Sanford Michelle USA 5.98 q
6 373 Beckford Peta-Gaye JAM 5.91
7 303 Kafoúrou María-Eléni GRE 5.89
8 116 Qi Ling CHN 5.64 (SB)
9 538 Bujin Cristina ROM 5.47
10 587 Nazarova Anna RUS 5.45 (SB)
11 13 Krosendijk Silvienne ARU 5.36 (SB)
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Krauel Sophie X 6.59 (0.8) NM
Demydova Hanna 5.97 (-0.1) 6.12 (-1.5) 6.09 (-0.9)
Boyd Jacinta 5.80 (0) 6.07 (-0.3) 6.01 (-0.7)
Fernández Yudelkis 5.63 (-0.8) 5.95 (-0.8) 6.04 (-0.9)
Sanford Michelle 5.98 (-0.6) X 5.87 (0)
Beckford Peta-Gaye 3.10 (-0.8) 5.81 (-0.4) 5.91 (-0.8)
Kafoúrou María-Eléni 5.89 (-0.8) 5.64 (0) 5.85
(-0.5)
Qi Ling 5.64 (-0.6) 5.64 (-1.6) X
Bujin Cristina X X 5.47 (-1.8)
Nazarova Anna X X 5.45 (-0.4)
Krosendijk Silvienne 5.23 (0.8) 5.20 (0.6) 5.36 (0.1)
Group B - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:30
Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 157 Šcerbová Denisa CZE 6.34 q
2 578 Kazantseva Inna RUS 6.21 q
3 368 Vincenzino Tania ITA 6.18 q (PB)
4 285 Leipold Anika GER 6.09 q
5 736 Menlove Amy USA 6.06 q
6 26 Bligh Naomi AUS 6.03 q
7 71 Shutkova Veronika BLR 6.03 q (SB)
8 450 Ezziraoui Latifa MAR 5.94
9 85 Yotova Darinka BUL 5.93
10 667 Watkins Rhonda TRI 5.92
11 539 Deac Cornelia ROM 5.37
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Šcerbová Denisa 6.16 (-1.2) 6.34 (-0.6) -
Kazantseva Inna 5.92 (-0.7) 6.21 (-0.8) 5.81 (-0.7)
Vincenzino Tania 6.18 (-0.4) 6.00 (-0.6) 6.05 (-1.2)
Leipold Anika X 6.09 (0.3) X
Menlove Amy 6.06 (-1) 5.81 (-1) 5.83 (-1.3)
Bligh Naomi 6.01 (0.8) X 6.03 (-1.2)
Shutkova Veronika X 6.03 (-0.8) 3.94 (-0.5)
Ezziraoui Latifa 5.94 (0) X 5.88 (-1.7)
Yotova Darinka 5.54 (-1.2) 5.93 (-0.3) 5.87 (-0.5)
Watkins Rhonda 5.82 (-0.2) 5.62 (-1) 5.92 (-0.2)
Deac Cornelia 4.85 (-0.7) 5.37 (-1.1) X
HIGH JUMP
Top 12 Qualify for Final
Sharon Day (U.S., Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo, Costa Mesa HS, Ca.) qualified for the final from Group A with
a 5-10 ½ effort and Inika McPherson (U.S., Memorial HS,
Port Arthur, Tx.) qualified from Group B also at 5-10 ½. Eight
jumpers qualified at 6-0 with Svitlana Akulenko and Iryna Kovalenko,
both of Ukraine, and Annett Engel of Germany having no misses.
Group A - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 690 Kovalenko Iryna UKR 1.83 q
1 265 Engel Annett GER 1.83 q
3 165 Marešová Oldriška CZE 1.83 q
4 64 Iskryk Iryna BLR 1.83 q (PB)
5 576 Gordeeva Irina RUS 1.79 q (SB)
5 717 Day Sharon USA 1.79 q
7 307 Steryíou Adonía GRE 1.79 q
8 557 Smit Anika RSA 1.79 q
9 344 Cuperlo Monica ITA 1.75
10 59 Vaughn Kay De BIZ 1.60
Athlete 160 170 175 179 183
Kovalenko Iryna - - O O O
Engel Annett - - O O O
Marešová Oldriška - O O XO O
Iskryk Iryna O O O O XO
Gordeeva Irina - O O O XXX
Day Sharon - - O O XXX
Steryíou Adonía O XO O O XXX
Smit Anika O O O XO XXX
Cuperlo Monica O O XO XXX
Vaughn Kay De XO XXX
Group B - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 682 Akulenko Svitlana UKR 1.83 q
2 412 Ustinova Anna KAZ 1.83 q
3 763 Radzivil Svetlana UZB 1.83 q
3 598 Shkolina Svetlana RUS 1.83 q (SB)
5 277 Herrmann Aileen GER 1.79 q
5 735 McPherson Inika USA 1.79 q
7 188 Iljustenko Anna EST 1.75
7 65 Ivanova Elena BLR 1.75
9 35 Pettitt Ellen AUS 1.75
10 180 Martín-Pozuelo Gema ESP 1.70
Athlete 160 170 175 179 183
Akulenko Svitlana - O O O O
Ustinova Anna - O O XXO O
Radzivil Svetlana - O O O XXO
Shkolina Svetlana - O O O XXO
Herrmann Aileen - O O XO XXX
McPherson Inika - O O XO XXX
Iljustenko Anna - O O XXX
Ivanova Elena - O O XXX
Pettitt Ellen - XXO O XXX
Martín-Pozuelo Gema O XO XXX
POLE VAULT
Final
Elizaveta Ryshich of Germany, who won the World Youth
(under 17) championships in 2003 and will be eligible for the next World
Youth Championships in 2005 in Marrakech, Morocco, upstaged her elders
with a 14-1 ¼ winning performance but there were a few anxious
moments along the way. After clearing 12-9 ½ and 13-1 ½
on her first attempts, she missed twice at 13-5¼ before a third-attempt
clearance. However, she now found herself behind both Anna Schultze
of German and Yingying Zhao of China, neither of who had missed through
13-5 ¼. All three cleared 13-9 ¼ on their fist attempt
and then after Schultze and Zhao cleared 13-11 ¼ on their first
attempts—Ryshich having no advantage in making that height, passed.
That proved to be a key decision. When Ryschich cleared 14-1 ¼
on her first attempt and neither of the other two vaulters cleared another
height the final order of finish was set with Schultze and Zhao tying
for second at 13-11 ¼. Jenny Green (U.S., Nebraska, Grand Island,
Nb.) finally got her poles delivered to Grosseto after Thursday’s
qualifying roundm, but it did not help as she missed three at her opening
height of 13-9½.
Friday, July 16, 2004 - 16:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 291 Ryshich Elizaveta GER 4.30 (PB)
2 294 Schultze Anna GER 4.25 (PB)
2 126 Zhao Yingying CHN 4.25
4 516 Ratajczak Justyna POL 4.10 (PB)
5 519 Sowa Katarzyna POL 4.10 (PB)
6 305 Kiriakopoúlou Nikolía GRE 4.00 (PB)
7 238 Simon Camille FRA 3.90
7 77 Heitkotter Michaela BRA 3.90 (PB)
7 364 Scarpellini Elena ITA 3.90
10 32 Miroshnichenko Katrina AUS 3.80
720 Green Jennifer USA NM
166 Ptácniková Jirina CZE NM
Athlete 380 390 400 410 420 425 430 435
Ryshich Elizaveta - O O XXO O - O X
Schultze Anna O - O O O O XXX
Zhao Yingying - - O - O O X- XX
Ratajczak Justyna XO XO XXO O XXX
Sowa Katarzyna O XO O XXO XXX
Kiriakopoúlou Nikolía XXO - O XXX
Simon Camille O O XXX
Scarpellini Elena O O XXX
Heitkotter Michaela O O XXX
Miroshnichenko Katrina XO XXX
Ptácniková Jirina XXX
Green Jennifer - XXX
SHOT PUT
Top 12 Qualify For Final
Michaela Wallerstedt (U.S., Burke HS, Omaha, Nb.), who
has been throwing injured, got her best put of the competition, 46-7
¼, on her first attempt – but it was not good enough to
advance from Group A. Anna Avdeyevaof Russia at 54-7 ½, Radoslava
of Bulgaria at 51-2 ¾ and Sivan Jean of Israel at 50-11, advanced.
In Group B, Michelle Carter (U.S., Texas, Red Oak HS, Tx.) had her best
put in the first round, a 51-2 ¾ effort that placed her six overall
in the preliminary competition. Christina Schwanitz of Germany was the
group leader at 53-11 ¼, followed by Magdalena Sobieszek of Poland
at 52-1¾ and Irina Tarasova of Russia at 51-10 ½.
Group A - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 19:05
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 570 Avdeyeva Anna RUS 16.65 Q
2 83 Mavrodieva Radoslava BUL 15.61 q
3 337 Jean Sivan ISR 15.52 q
4 550 Knoetze Marli RSA 15.35 q
5 477 Kemkers Denise NED 15.29 q
6 42 Albury Aymara BAH 15.20 q
7 282 Koderisch Heike GER 15.10
8 55 Yacoubou Isabelle BEN 14.89 (NJR)
9 134 Arboleda Moreno Leydi Johana COL 14.53
10 755 Wallerstedt Michaela USA 14.20
11 760 Kozyarskaya Vasilina UZB 14.05
12 510 Koralewska Izabela POL 14.05
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Avdeyeva Anna 14.29 15.63 16.65
Mavrodieva Radoslava X 15.61 15.03
Jean Sivan 14.63 15.52 14.81
Knoetze Marli 15.35 14.86 14.18
Kemkers Denise 14.96 15.29 14.78
Albury Aymara 15.20 14.18 14.47
Koderisch Heike 15.10 14.60 15.04
Yacoubou Isabelle 14.78 14.89 14.77
Arboleda Moreno Leydi Johana 14.48 X 14.53
Wallerstedt Michaela 14.20 13.88 13.66
Kozyarskaya Vasilina 14.05 13.54 X
Koralewska Izabela X X 14.05
Group B - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 19:05
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 295 Schwanitz Christina GER 16.44 Q
2 518 Sobieszek Magdalena POL 15.89 Q (PB)
3 603 Tarasova Irina RUS 15.81 Q
4 306 Moisídou Hrisí GRE 15.74 Q
5 714 Carter Michelle USA 15.61 q
6 660 Alexander Annie TRI 15.34 q
7 548 du Toit Simoné RSA 15.16 (PB)
8 68 Mialeshka Tatsiana BLR 15.03
9 258 Kevkhishvili Mariam GEO 14.96
10 231 Ladrezeau Beverley FRA 14.89
11 768 Espinoza Ahymará VEN 14.24
12 437 Charles Tressa-Ann LCA 14.09 (NJR)
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Schwanitz Christina 16.44 NM NM
Sobieszek Magdalena 15.89 NM NM
Tarasova Irina 15.62 15.81 NM
Moisídou Hrisí 15.42 14.64 15.74
Carter Michelle 15.61 X 15.46
Alexander Annie 14.21 15.34 15.06
du Toit Simoné 14.27 14.63 15.16
Mialeshka Tatsiana 14.17 14.70 15.03
Kevkhishvili Mariam 14.87 14.77 14.96
Ladrezeau Beverley 13.49 14.89 13.67
Espinoza Ahymará 13.42 14.24 X
Charles Tressa-Ann 14.09 13.33 X
HEPTATHOLN
Day One
Heptathlon 100-Meter High Hurdles
Heat One (wind +0.6 meters per second)—Jessica Ennis
of Britain led from the start and won easily in 13.57 for 1,040 points.
Diane Barras of France was second in 13.97 (983 points) and Nadina Marsh
of Jamaica was third in 13.98 (981).
Heat Two (+1.7)—Gayle Hunter (U.S., J.W.
North HS, Riverside) got off well, found herself in second to Justine
Robbeson of South Africa, and drove threw the finish to record a personal
best of 13.69 (worth 1,023 points) for equal the seventh best high school
time in the U.S, this year. Robbeson also got a personal best
with her winning time of 13.56 (1,041). After one event Robbeson was
leading with 1,041 points followed by Ennis at 1,040, Hunter
at 1,023 and Diane Barras of France, who ran 13.97 for 983 points.
Heat 1 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:05 Wind: 0.6m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 5 245 Ennis Jessica GBR 13.57 1040 0.164
2 7 215 Barras Diane FRA 13.97 983 0.263
3 4 377 Marsh Nadina JAM 13.98 981 0.203
4 6 362 Ricali Cecilia ITA 14.18 953 0.142
5 2 316 Farkas Györgyi HUN 14.24 (PB) 945 0.153
6 1 575 Goncharova Marina RUS 14.79 870 0.162
7 8 631 Sprunger Ellen SUI 14.86 860 0.172
8 3 287 Mächtig Julia GER 14.94 850 0.159
Heat 2 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:15
Wind: 1.7m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 7 556 Robbeson Justine RSA 13.56 (PB) 1041 0.153
2 4 726 Hunter Gayle USA 13.69 1023 0.165
3 8 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 13.97 983 0.184
4 1 220 Djimou Antoinette FRA 13.99 980 0.179
5 5 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 14.36 928 0.158
6 6 446 Zemaityté Viktorija LTU 14.39 924 0.182
7 2 765 Tarasova Yuliya UZB 14.85 862 0.174
8 3 475 Crolla Bregje NED 15.22 813 0.185
Heptathlon High Jump
Katherin Geissler of Germany was the leading jumper in
Group A at 5-10 ¾ (worth 978 points). No one else in the group
bettered 5-6. Gayle Hunter (U.S., J.W. North HS,
Riverside, Ca.), jumping in Group B, had a come-through third-attempt
clearance at 5-7 ¼ to earn 876 points for a two-event total of
1,890 points, leaving her in fourth place and just 12 points out of
third. Jessica Ennis of Great Britain was the group leader at
5-10 ¾. After two events the top there were Ennis at 2,018, Geissler
at 1,961 and Viktorija Zemaigtyte of Lithuania at 1,902. After two events,
Hunter is 87 points ahead of the pace she set in scoring 5,328 points
at the National Junior Championships in at College Station, where she
clocked 14.04 for the 100 hurdles, worth 973 points, and 5-6 in the
high jump, worth 830 points.
Group A - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 1.80 978
2 765 Tarasova Yuliya UZB 1.68 830
3 575 Goncharova Marina RUS 1.68 830
4 220 Djimou Antoinette FRA 1.65 795
5 556 Robbeson Justine RSA 1.62 759
6 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 1.62 759
7 631 Sprunger Ellen SUI 1.59 724
8 475 Crolla Bregje NED 1.56 689
Athlete 150 153 156 159 162 165 168 171
174 177 180 183
Geissler Kathrin - - - O O O O O O XO O XXX
Tarasova Yuliya - - - - O O O XXX
Goncharova Marina - - O O O XXO O XXX
Djimou Antoinette O O O XO XO XXO XXX
Robbeson Justine - - - O O XXX
Sergeyeva Nadezhda O O O XO XXO XXX
Sprunger Ellen O O O XO XXX
Crolla Bregje O - O XXX
Group B - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 446 Zemaityté Viktorija LTU 1.80 (PB) 978
1 245 Ennis Jessica GBR 1.80 978
3 362 Ricali Cecilia ITA 1.74 903
4 316 Farkas Györgyi HUN 1.74 903
5 287 Mächtig Julia GER 1.74 (PB) 903
6 726 Hunter Gayle USA 1.71 (PB) 867
7 215 Barras Diane FRA 1.68 830
8 377 Marsh Nadina JAM 1.68 830
Athlete 150 153 156 159 162 165 168 171
174 177 180 183
Zemaityté Viktorija - - - - - O - XO O O O XXX
Ennis Jessica - - - - - O O O XO O O XXX
Ricali Cecilia - - O O XO O O O XO XXX
Farkas Györgyi - - - - - XO O XO XO XXX
Mächtig Julia - - - - - O XO XXO XXO XXX
Hunter Gayle - - O - - O O XXO XXX
Barras Diane - - O O O O XO XXX
Marsh Nadina - - O O O O XXO XXX
Heptathlon Shot Put
After two events, Gayle Hunter (J.W.
North HS, Riverside, Ca.), was 87 points ahead of her pace at the U.S.
Junior Nationals, where she scored 5,328 points to rank 5th on the all-time
high school list. However she was able to put only 32-2 ¾ (worth
518) in Group A, which was off her College Station performance of 35-5¼
(worth 582 points). That gave her a three-event total of 2408 points
but that still left her 23 points ahead of her Junior Nationals three-event
total. Justine Robbeson of South Africa led the group at 42-8¾
(729 points) followed by Nadezhda Sergeyeva of Russia at 41-10½
(711) and Nadina Marsh of Jamaica at 35-9½ (589). Viktorija Zemaityte
of Lithuania led Group B with a 43-5 effort worth 743 points followed
by Julia Machtig of Germany at 42-1¼ (716 points) and Marina
Gonchereova of Russia at 39-7 ¼ (666). After three events, Zemaityte
led with 2,645 points with Jessica Ennis of Great Britain second at
2,583 and Robbeson third at 2,529. Hunter dropped from fourth to ninth.
Group A - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 556 Robbeson Justine RSA 13.02 729
2 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 12.76 711
3 377 Marsh Nadina JAM 10.91 (PB) 589
4 215 Barras Diane FRA 10.64 571
5 316 Farkas Györgyi HUN 10.52 (PB) 564
6 245 Ennis Jessica GBR 10.52 (PB) 564
7 362 Ricali Cecilia ITA 10.45 559
8 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 10.35 552
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Robbeson Justine 12.34 12.49 13.02
Sergeyeva Nadezhda 12.76 12.70 12.31
Marsh Nadina 10.06 10.91 10.20
Barras Diane 10.64 10.24 10.29
Farkas Györgyi X 10.52 10.46
Ennis Jessica 10.52 10.24 9.75
Ricali Cecilia 10.45 10.11 10.25
Geissler Kathrin 9.91 10.19 10.35
Group B - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 17:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 446 Zemaityté Viktorija LTU 13.23 (PB) 743
2 287 Mächtig Julia GER 12.83 (PB) 716
3 575 Goncharova Marina RUS 12.07 (PB) 666
4 220 Djimou Antoinette FRA 11.94 657
5 765 Tarasova Yuliya UZB 11.70 (PB) 641
6 631 Sprunger Ellen SUI 11.55 631
7 475 Crolla Bregje NED 10.64 571
8 726 Hunter Gayle USA 9.82 (PB) 518
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Zemaityté Viktorija 12.60 13.23 12.24
Mächtig Julia X 12.83 12.26
Goncharova Marina 11.96 X 12.07
Djimou Antoinette 11.94 11.52 11.54
Tarasova Yuliya 11.16 11.70 X
Sprunger Ellen 10.25 11.55 10.79
Crolla Bregje X X 10.64
Hunter Gayle 9.82 9.41 9.43
200 Meters
Hunter, running in the first heat,
finish third in 24.97 (worth 890 points), into a 1.4 meter per second
and that was a big improvement over her Junior Nationals performance
of 25.70, which had been worth just 824 points. Hunter’s four-event
total of 3,298 moved her into sixth place and is 79 points better than
her four event total at College Station. Geissler won the race
in 24.39 (worth 946 points) and Ellen Sprunger of Switzerland was second
at 24.90 (896). Ennis won the second heat at 24.23 (959) with Sergeyeva
second at 25.17 (871) and Antoinette Djimou of France third at 25.34
(856).
Heat 1 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 18:55 Wind: -1.4m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 1 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 24.36 946 0.210
2 5 631 Sprunger Ellen SUI 24.90 896 0.158
3 3 726 Hunter Gayle USA 24.97 (PB) 890 0.144
4 8 556 Robbeson Justine RSA 25.12 876 0.154
5 7 446 Zemaityté Viktorija LTU 25.46 (PB) 845 0.189
6 4 575 Goncharova Marina RUS 25.67 (PB) 826 0.148
7 2 215 Barras Diane FRA 25.82 813 0.269
8 6 765 Tarasova Yuliya UZB 25.90 806 0.177
Heat 2 - Friday, July 16, 2004 - 19:02 Wind: -0.3m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 2 245 Ennis Jessica GBR 24.23 (PB) 959 0.164
2 3 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 25.17 871 0.174
3 4 220 Djimou Antoinette FRA 25.34 856 0.190
4 7 287 Mächtig Julia GER 25.36 (PB) 854 0.168
5 8 377 Marsh Nadina JAM 25.72 822 0.159
6 6 362 Ricali Cecilia ITA 25.74 820 0.151
7 5 316 Farkas Györgyi HUN 26.01 796 0.165
8 1 475 Crolla Bregje NED 27.33 685 0.154
Standings After Four of Seven Events
After four events Ennis leads with 3,541 points, Zemaityte
is second with 3,490 and Geissler is third with 3,459 points. Hunter
is in sixth with 3,298 points and – based upon her first day total
– has an outside chance to break the national high school record
of 5,493 set by Kendra Reimer of New Braunfels (Tx.), set in 1998 at
the World Junior championships at Annecy, France.
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