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WORLD
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Grosseto, Italy
Kevin Craddock!
13.74 U.S. Record for 42-inch 110m HH!!!
Photo by Margaret Gallagher
*** Mike Kennedy's Day
5 (Saturday) recap ***
Clear skies, temperatures in the high
80s with gusting winds
MEN
110-METER HIGH HURDLES
Semifinals
First Four in Each Heat Qualify for Final
Heat One (wind -0.3 meters per second)—After
two false starts, Kevin Craddock (U.S., James Logan HS, Union City,
Ca.), with the fastest reaction time in the field (0.137), took the
early lead but was joined at the third hurdle by Aries Merritt (U.S.,
Tennessee, Wheeler HS, Marietta,Ga.). They ran stride for stride through
five hurdles before Merritt took charge and won in 13.65. Craddock,
who will be in his senior year of high school (James Logan HS, Union
City) this fall, did not let Merritt go without a fight, finishing second
in 13.74 to set a national high school record over the international
height hurdles (42 inches, as opposed the the high school height of
39 inches). The old record was 13.76 set earlier this year by Jason
Richardson (Cedar Hill, Tx.).
Heat Two (-0.5)—Dayron Robles of Cuba broke on top and was leading
until he clobber the third hurdle and fell back to third. Liu Lilu of
China took over the lead and went on to win in 13.94 and Robles came
back to nip Rodrigo Pereira of Brazil for second, 13.98 to 14.13 with
Jens Werrmann of Germany fourth in 14.18.
Heat 1 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 17:55 Wind: -0.3m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 894 Merritt Aries USA 13.65 Q 0.145
2 5 870 Craddock Kevin USA 13.74 Q (PB) 0.137
3 4 100 de Souza Eder Antonio BRA 13.98 Q 0.157
4 8 249 Darien Garfield FRA 14.03 Q (PB) 0.149
5 1 322 John Alexander GER 14.10 0.198
6 3 76 Lynsha Maksim BLR 14.12 0.183
7 2 440 Lee Patrick JAM 14.41 0.198
7 344 Filandarákis Nikólaos GRE DQ
Heat 2 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 18:03
Wind: -0.5m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 144 Liu Lilu CHN 13.94 Q 0.263
2 5 169 Robles Dayron CUB 13.98 Q 0.153
3 3 104 Pereira Rodrigo BRA 14.03 Q 0.126
4 2 337 Werrmann Jens GER 14.18 Q (PB) 0.152
5 8 679 de Vries Ruan RSA 14.37 0.158
6 7 459 Nakamura Tomoki JPN 14.39 0.193
7 1 824 Ben Ahmed Aymen TUN 14.57 0.179
4 268 Traore Bano FRA DNF 0.216
3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE
Final
Ronald Kpchumba Rutto of Kenya, Barnabas Kimwogo of Uganda,
Obaid Musa Amer of Qatar and Nathan Kibet Naibei of Kenya were the early
leaders at one kilometer in 2:47.66. Rutto had the lead at two kilometers
in 5:38.11 but he and Amar switched back and fourth in the lead until
Amar took the lead with one lap remaining in 7:21.19 and held a small
advantage over Rutto until just past the final barrier when Rutto sprinted
and went on to win in a personal best of 8:23.32. Amar was second in
8:23.38, Moustafa Ahmed Shebto, also of Qatar, was third in 8:26.04,
Nathal Kibet Naibei of Kenya fourth in 8:30.77 and Kimwogo fifth in
8:37.23, the latter three times being personal best.
Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 17:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 474 Rutto Ronald Kipchumba KEN 8:23.32 (PB)
2 659 Amer Obaid Musa QAT 8:23.38 (AJR)
3 661 Shebto Moustafa Ahmed QAT 8:26.04 (PB)
4 473 Naibei Nathan Kibet KEN 8:30.77 (PB)
5 838 Kimwogo Barnabas J. UGA 8:37.23 (PB)
6 225 Sisay Ezkyas ETH 8:40.10
7 537 Tbibi Saïd MAR 8:51.47
8 371 Ott Balázs HUN 8:52.49
9 624 Chabowski Marcin POL 8:53.10
10 634 Pokrop Hubert POL 8:54.27
11 60 Gahungu Dieudonné BDI 8:56.88
12 677 Bhitane Zolile RSA 9:06.45
Intermediate splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
1000m 1 474 Rutto Ronald Kipchumba KEN 2:47.66
2000m 1 474 Rutto Ronald Kipchumba KEN 5:38.11
4x100-METER RELAY
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final
Heat One—Japan, with almost flawless passing, won
in 39.59 for the fastest junior time in the world this year. Jamaica
was second in 39.90, Botswana was third in 40.01 and Finland fourth
in 40.58, the latter two being national junior records.
Heat Two—The United States, running Trell Kimmons, Demi Omole,
Ivory Williams and LaShawn Merritt, had passes ranging from average
to horrible but still managed to run a world junior leading 38.96, which
is just .06 off the world junior record set by the U.S. in 2002. Poland
was second in 39.95, Germany was third in 40.04 and Switzerland fourth
in 40.91.
Heat Three—Great Britain won easily in 39.72, Cyprus was second
in a national junior record of 40.44, New Zealand was third in 40.64
and Oman was fourth in 41.57.
Heat 1 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 17:10
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 3 Japan JPN 39.59 Q (SB)
(Shinada Naohiro, Noda Hiroyuki, Shokawa Yuichi, Tsukahara Naoki)
2 5 Jamaica JAM 39.90 Q
(Fisher Kawayne, Stewart Kevin, Carter Nesta, Rose Renaldo)
3 2 Botswana BOT 40.01 q (NJR)
(Matsaakgang Cisco, Modisenyane Bonno, Madubeko Pedzani, Ngwigwa Obakeng)
4 4 Finland FIN 40.58 (NJR)
(Ruostekivi Jarkko, Hongisto Visa, Vainionpää Antti, Jokinen
Rami)
6 Australia AUS DQ
(Galic Brandan, Davies Matt, Groth Jacob, Thornell John)
7 Greece GRE DNF
(Papazafíris Konstadínos, Apostólou Ioánnis,
Hrisospáthis Panayiótis, Mathioudákis Theódoros)
Heat 2 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 17:17
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 5 United States USA 38.96 Q (WJL)
(Kimmons David, Omole Demi, Williams Ivory, Merritt LaShawn)
2 7 Poland POL 39.95 Q
(Spychala Leszek, Kuc Dariusz, Burzynski Dariusz, Sienkiewicz Karol)
3 2 Germany GER 40.04 q (SB)
(Welz Joachim, Schnelting Daniel, Rentz Florian, Jakubczyk Lucas)
4 8 Nigeria NGR 40.36 (SB)
(Emelieze Peter, Anota Shola, Erete Udomsinachi, Alozie Uzodima)
5 4 Bahamas BAH 40.44 (PB)
(Wood Don, Ifill Grafton, Carey Derek, Sands Michael)
6 6 India IND 41.34
(Alaguvel Arvind, Saxena Vishal, Muddassir Mohammed Ikkery, Molla Rahamatulla)
3 Sweden SWE DNF
(Yeboah Edmund, Strandquist Per, Nilsson Lukas, Tarnhuvud Stefan)
Heat 3 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 17:24
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 2 Great Britain & N.I. GBR 39.72 Q (SB)
(Pickering Craig, Fifton Rikki, Ellington James, Baptiste Leon)
2 6 Cyprus CYP 40.44 Q (NJR)
(Lavithis Georgios, Georgiou Georgios, Kyriakides Georgios, Athanasiou
Valentinos)
3 3 New Zealand NZL 40.64
(Brown Matt, Read Graeme, Innes Cory, Thumath Jeffery)
4 5 Oman OMA 41.57
(Al-Waheibi Ahamed, Al-Jabri Juma Mubarak, Al-Sooli Abdullah, Awlad
Thani Yousuf Darwish)
4 Switzerland SUI DNF
(Gallay David, Cribari Marco, Le Glaunec Cédric, Dünki Phillipp)
7 France FRA DNF
(Laurier Cédric, Mbandjock Martial, Chevrol Benjamin, Bonnet
Christophe)
4x400-METER RELAY
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Three Fastest Qualify For Final
Heat One—Great Britain, with Richard Davenport running
45.4 on anchor, ran down Brazil to win 3:06.52 to 3:06.55. Germany was
third in 3:08.50 and Puerto Rico was fourth in 3:13.18.
Heat Two—The United States was pressed most of the way by Japan
but pulled up to win, 3:05.28 to 3:06.72, with Uganda third in 3:11.94
and Bahamas fourth in 3:12.5. The U.S. team consisted of Keith Hinnant,
45.9, Jason Craig 45.9, Anthony Ramirez 45.7 and LaShawn Merritt, 45.7.
Heat Three—In the closest heat, South Africa won in 3:06.29 with
Australia second in 3;07.41 and Poland third in 3:07.55.
Heat 1 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 18:50
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 2 Great Britain & N.I. GBR 3:06.52 Q (WJL)
(Buck Richard, Dinham Ryan, Rimmer Michael, Davenport Richard)
2 5 Brazil BRA 3:06.55 Q (AJR)
(Orlando Paulo Roberto, de Paula Felipe Carlos, de Almeida Fernando,
Venâncio Diego)
3 6 Germany GER 3:08.50 q (SB)
(Schwalm Florian, Grothkopp Martin, Schaper Carlo, Caspers Class)
4 7 Puerto Rico PUR 3:12.18 (NJR)
(Santiago Christian, Sánchez-Valle Marcos, Melendez Leonardo,
Martinez Felix)
5 4 France FRA 3:12.80 (SB)
(Chevrol Benjamin, Bellaabouss Fadil, Joulain Florent, Venel Teddy)
6 3 Russia RUS 3:17.30 (SB)
(Vasilyev Maksim, Sigalovskiy Aleksandr, Gladyshev Dmitriy, Kruglyakov
Valentin)
Heat 2 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 18:57
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 6 United States USA 3:05.28 Q (WJL)
(Hinnant Keith, Craig Jason, Ramirez Anthony, Merritt LaShawn)
2 7 Japan JPN 3:06.72 Q (SB)
(Ota Kazunori, Noda Hiroyuki, Suzuki Teppei, Sasaki Yudai)
3 8 Bahamas BAH 3:12.51 (SB)
(Bain Andretti, Mitchell Jacobi, Moss Jamal, Sawyer Tyrone)
4 3 Turkey TUR 3:12.66 (NJR)
(Örs Tuncay, Cobanoglu Selahattin, Davut Erkan, Tamac Serdar)
5 2 New Zealand NZL 3:12.88 (PB)
(Innes Cory, Ash Nick, Mansfield Todd, Vandermade Jordan)
4 Uganda UGA DQ
(Twijukye Reuben, Akena Stephens Larubi, Diogo Raymond, Waiswa Wilson
Lukungu)
5 Jamaica JAM DQ
(Green Leford, Robertson Josef, Carlington Morgan, Phipps Rohan)
Heat 3 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 19:04
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 4 South Africa RSA 3:06.29 Q (SB)
(Grobler Ruaan, Gebhardt Chris, Julius Leigh, van Zyl Louis)
2 6 Australia AUS 3:07.41 Q (PB)
(Rooke Tim, Jeffries Gavin, Offereins Ben, Wroe Sean)
3 3 Poland POL 3:07.55 q (SB)
(Baranski Kamil, Rys Ziemowit, Pryga Lukasz, Kempa Damian)
4 2 Croatia CRO 3:10.04 (NJR)
(Rimac Ivan, Jankovic Igor, Kotur Milan, Vincek Zeljko)
5 5 Italy ITA 3:10.48 (SB)
(Turchi Teo, Quirico Massimilliano, Licciardello Claudio, Magi Emanuele)
6 7 Trinidad and Tobago TRI 3:11.33 (SB)
(James Jamil, Duncan Marcus, Waithe Stann, Quow Renny)
POLE VAULT
Final
Last year at the World Youth Championships (under 17 years
of age) German Chiaraviglio of Argentina won and Dmirtry Starodybtsev
of Russia was second. This time Starodybtsev returned the favor defeating
Chiaraviglio with a second try clearance at 18-0½. Chiaraviglio
was second at 17-10½ and Feiliang Liu of China was third at 17-8½.
Starodubtsev had just one miss at 17-4 ¼ while Chiaraviglio struggled
with a third try clearance at 17-2 ¾ and second try clearance
at 17-6 ½. Chip Heuser (U.S., Oklahoma, St. Xavier HS, Louisville,
KY.) cleared 17-0 ¾ to finish seventh. He had three misses at
17-4 ½.
WOMEN
3,000 METERS
Siham Hilali of Morocco, the 2003 World Youth Champion,
led Gladys Chemweno of Kenya and Jebichi Yator of Kenya through the
first kilometer in 2:31.77 with Safa Aissaoui of Tunisia in close attendance.
Just after 1,600 meters passed in 4:53.39, those four broke away from
the field. Two kilometers was passed in 6;05.54 and with two laps to
go Hilali and Aissaoui opened up a gap on Yator and and an even larger
margin on Chemweno. The top two continued to lead with one lap but then
were rejoined by Yator, who ran behind the leaders until 150 meters
remained and then exploded down the final straight to win easily in
8:59.80. Aissaoui was second in 9:02.47, Hilali third in 9:03.16, Yator
fourth in 9:13.69 and Laura Kennedy of Great Britain was fifth in 9:24.62.
Results
Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 18:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 423 Yator Jebichi KEN 8:59.80 (PB)
2 669 Aissaoui Safa TUN 9:02.47 (NJR)
3 453 Hilali Siham MAR 9:03.16 (PB)
4 408 Yuda Tomomi JPN 9:13.69 (PB)
5 415 Chemweno Gladys Jepkemoi KEN 9:13.92 (PB)
6 252 Kenney Laura GBR 9:24.62 (PB)
7 476 Herzog Adrienne NED 9:32.33
8 628 Musa Hind SUD 9:35.56
9 45 Niyonizigiye Francine BDI 9:39.17 (PB)
10 606 Eminovic Azra SCG 9:39.50
11 500 Melchor Inés PER 9:41.89 (SB)
12 346 Ermini Aurora ITA 9:49.47 (PB)
13 549 Kalmer Christine RSA 9:52.37
14 57 Guber Jasminka BIH 10:04.30
478 Kuijken Susan NED DNF
Intermediate splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
1000m 1 453 Hilali Siham MAR 3:07.37
2000m 1 453 Hilali Siham MAR 6:05.54
10K Racewalk
Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 19:25
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 720 Ruzavin Andrey RUS 40:58.15
2 709 Kanaykin Vladimir RUS 40:58.48 (SB)
3 482 Kim Hyun-sup KOR 40:59.24 (SB)
4 550 Sánchez Eder MEX 41:01.64 (PB)
5 548 Rojas Alejandro MEX 41:14.24 (PB)
6 458 Morioka Koichiro JPN 41:14.61 (PB)
7 191 Ortega Osvaldo ECU 41:19.79 (PB)
8 211 Sánchez Benjamin ESP 41:21.13 (PB)
9 82 Tsivanchuk Vadzim BLR 41:40.11 (PB)
10 425 Rubino Giorgio ITA 42:00.63
11 147 Sun Chao CHN 42:04.91 (SB)
12 325 Krause Michael GER 42:05.01 (SB)
13 146 Shi Yong CHN 42:12.75 (PB)
14 175 Chaloupka Jirí CZE 42:15.90 (PB)
15 514 Janevics Ingus LAT 42:22.06 (PB)
16 521 Mikelionis Vilius LTU 43:04.10 (PB)
17 464 Suzuki Yusuke JPN 43:43.26 (PB)
18 673 Ursu Doru ROM 43:49.46 (PB)
19 410 Dolci Mirko ITA 44:14.45
20 740 Savanovic Vladimir SCG 44:33.02 (PB)
21 98 de Almeida Herbert Alvacir BRA 44:39.83
22 523 Ziukas Marius LTU 44:44.91 (PB)
23 135 Borgoño Carlos CHI 44:57.13 (SB)
24 101 dos Santos Vanderlei BRA 45:21.91
25 781 Ibañez Anatole SWE 45:35.23 (PB)
26 85 Churqui Eben Ezer BOL 45:40.14 (PB)
27 210 Ríos Juan Carlos ESP 46:09.12 (PB)
28 133 Araya Yerko CHI 48:20.94 (SB)
774 Blazek Michal SVK DQ
42 Rutter Adam AUS DQ
331 Schmidt Carsten GER DNF
Intermediate splits Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
1000m 1 331 Schmidt Carsten GER 4:08.51
2000m 1 514 Janevics Ingus LAT 8:19.08
3000m 1 548 Rojas Alejandro MEX 12:27.22
4000m 1 548 Rojas Alejandro MEX 16:36.06
5000m 1 774 Blazek Michal SVK 20:40.04
6000m 1 548 Rojas Alejandro MEX 24:48.99
7000m 1 550 Sánchez Eder MEX 29:00.19
8000m 1 548 Rojas Alejandro MEX 33:07.93
9000m 1 550 Sánchez Eder MEX 37:10.57
4x100-METER RELAY
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final
Heat One—The U.S. team of
Ashley Owens, Juanita Broaddus, Jasmine Baldwin (ex-Bishop Amat HS,
La Puente) and Cleo Tyson had solid passes with the final exchange between
Baldwin and Tyson being the best, clocked a world-leading 44.00. Poland
was second in 44.78, Italy third in a national junior record 44.82 and
South Africa fourth in 45.30.
Heat Two—Trinidad and Tobacco’s first two passes were great
but anchor runner Baptiste took off early but still made the connection
and went on to run a national junior record of 44.86. Trinidad and Tobacco
was originally disqualified but later reinstated. Australia was second
in 44.86, Switzerland was third in 45.77 and Mexico fourth in 46.43.
Heat Three—Jamaica was leading after the last exchange but Kimberly
Smith either pulled a muscle or caught a cramp and limped across the
line for third in 45.14. Despite the mishap Jamaica did earn the final
qualifying spot. Meanwhile, France, with solid but safe passes won the
race in a world-leading 43.85 with Germany second in 44.58.
Heat 1 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 16:50
- Revised
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 2 United States USA 44.00 Q (WJL)
(Owens Ashley, Broaddus Juanita, Baldwin Jasmine, Tyson Cleo)
2 7 Poland POL 44.78 Q (PB)
(Kasica Agnieszka, Popowicz Marika, Brzezinska Iwona, Jeschke Marta)
3 3 Italy ITA 44.82 q (NJR)
(Pacini Claudia, Salvagno Maria Aurora, Arcioni Giulia, Ciglia Simona)
4 4 South Africa RSA 45.30 (PB)
(Stewart Cindy, Kotze Amanda, Mngwevu Thandi, Le Roux Isabel)
5 6 Japan JPN 45.80 (NJR)
(Ichiki Azusa, Tanno Asami, Matsuda Kaoru, Kitakaze Saori)
Ireland IRL DQ
(McNeill Aoife, Crowe Mandy, Brady Claire, Kiernan Louise)
Heat 2 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 16:57
- Revised
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 5 Trinidad & Tobago TRI 44.29 Q (NJR)
(Francis Jurlene, Hutson Wanda, Cabral Monique, Baptiste Kelly-Ann)
2 2 Australia AUS 44.86 Q (AJR)
(Boyd Jacinta, McLellan Sally, Cutmore Michelle, Negus Rebecca)
3 4 Switzerland SUI 45.77 (SB)
(Weyermann Fabienne, Altermatt Sabrina, Candiani Giorgia, Pusterla Irene)
4 3 Norway NOR 46.54 (PB)
(Lia Christine, Vukicevic Christina, Hagle Marie, Oppegaard Thea)
6 Mexico MEX DQ
(Coutinho Martin Ana Martha, Cervantes Deneb, Medina Gabriela, Rodriguez
Nunez Zudirey)
7 Ukraine UKR DQ
(Semenova Yuliya, Tonkovyd Galina, Pogrebnyak Natalya, Ibrahimova Sevil)
Heat 3 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 17:04
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 4 France FRA 43.85 Q (WJL)
(Vouaux Natacha, Jacques-Sébastien Lina, Kamga Aurélie,
Banco Nelly)
2 6 Germany GER 44.58 Q (SB)
(Sailer Verena, Börner Katja, Dix Maike, Möllinger Anne)
3 7 Jamaica JAM 45.14 q (SB)
(Calvert Schillonie, Rowe Tracy-Ann, Powell Jodi-Ann, Smith Kimberly)
4 3 Canada CAN 45.23 (PB)
(Keating Francis, Muir Carline, Johnson Emily, Thibault Genevieve)
5 2 Finland FIN 45.31 (SB)
(Linton Emma, Laukka Minna, Keskitalo Sari, Hakamäki Elisa)
5 Sweden SWE DNF
(Andersson Annika, Teilman Maria, Tornemark Pernilla, Etim Mfon)
4x400-METER RELAY
First Round
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify For Final
Heat One—The only thing that
might keep the United States from Setting a World Junior Record is the
fact that there just might not be any competition to push the team.
At least that is the impression you get after watching the U.S. run
all alone and win in 3:30.14, to become the fourth fastest world junior
team of all team behind East Germany, which ran 3:28.83 in 1985. Nicole
Leach opened at 52.9 followed by Andrea Anderson at 52.6, Deonna Lawrence
(ex-Sheldon HS, Sacramento) at 52.9 and Stephanie Smith at 51.7.
Germany was second at 3:36.90, China was third at 3:37.13 and Romania
was fourth at 3:37.30.
Heat Two—Never fear, based on the second heat, there should be
plenty of competition for the U.S. as evidenced by Russia, anchored
by Katya Kostetskaya, defeated Jamaica, 3:32.93 to 3:33.28. France was
third in 3:35.91 and Great Britain was fourth in 3:36.40.
Heat 1 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 18:30
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 7 United States USA 3:30.13 Q (WJL)
(Leach Nicole, Anderson Alexandria, Lawrence Deonna, Smith Stephanie)
2 4 Germany GER 3:36.90 Q (SB)
(Nwachikukwa Sorina, Battke Sara, Lang Lena, Pollmächer Anja)
3 2 People's Republic of China CHN 3:37.13 Q (PB)
(Wu Shanshan, He Yu, Wang Wenshan, Tang Xiaoyin)
4 1 Romania ROM 3:37.30 q (SB)
(Ciuca Gabriela, Barcau Simona, Ciurila Ioana, Morosanu Angela)
5 5 Australia AUS 3:39.53 (SB)
(Davies Jacqueline, Hoebergen Jaimee-Lee, Feben Carly, Buckman Zoe)
6 8 Italy ITA 3:41.53 (PB)
(Milani Marta, Spacca Maria Enrica, Gotti Maeva, Russo Valentina)
7 6 Turkey TUR 3:49.27 (SB)
(Gürler Özge, Cakir Asli, Yanit Nevin, Saka Pinar)
3 South Africa RSA DQ
(Pretorius Lizelle, Wagner Angela, Vorster Tihanna, Kotze Amanda)
Heat 2 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 18:40
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 7 Russia RUS 3:32.93 Q (SB)
(Talko Victoriya, Obedina Irina, Potapova Diana, Kostetskaya Ekaterina)
2 5 Jamaica JAM 3:33.28 Q (SB)
(Cole Nyoka, Pinnock Sherene, Wisdom Maris, McLaughlin Anneisha)
3 6 France FRA 3:35.91 Q (PB)
(Ndje Rose, Sigère Thélia, Gaudin Marie-Noëlle, Behi
Symphora)
4 4 Great Britain & N.I. GBR 3:36.40 q
(Harding Faye, Best Charlotte, Thompson Rachael, Nicol Gemma)
5 8 Czech Republic CZE 3:37.89 (PB)
(Rinková Michaela, Hejnová Zuzana, Polívková
Jana, Bartonickova Jitka)
6 3 Netherlands NED 3:40.74 (NJR)
(Wijnker Sjorske, Van Noort Romara, Krommendijk Henrieke, Schulte Annemarie)
7 2 Senegal SEN 3:48.49 (NJR)
(Diabaye Fatou, Mbaye Tante Seck, Sall Ndeye Maty, Soumah Ndeye Fatou)
LONG JUMP
Final
Denisa Scerbova of the Czech Republic, jumping in the first round, leaped
21-8 ¼ into a slight wind, for the longest leap of the competition
and Sphie Krauel of Germany got the second best jump of the competition
the second round at 21-2 ½ but it was only in the sixth round
that the bronze medal was decided when Veronika Shutkovaa of Belarus
went from sixth to third with a 20-5 jump. Amy Menlove (U.S., BYU, Alta
HS, Sandy, Ut.) clicked with a 19-11 ½ jump in the first round
and that was good enough for her to get the full six jumps. She improved
in the sixth round to 20-2 ½ to finish sixth. Michelle
Sanford (U.S., Southern California, Woodbridge HS, Irvine, Ca.) best
was 19-4 ¼ and that left her in 11th place.
SHOT PUT
Final
Must run in the family. Michael Carter (Jefferson HS,
Dallas, Tx.) on the last throw of his high school career at the Golden
West Invitational threw 81-3 ½ in what is generally regarded
as the high school record of all time. His daughter, Michelle Carter
(U.S., Texas, Red Oak HS, Tx.), who is the girls national high school
record holder, led with a first-round effort of 54-11 ¼ until
the second to last throw of the competition, when Anna Acdeyeva of Russia
threw a personal best of 56-2 ½ to take the lead. So what does
Michelle, who all-time best is 56-7 ½, do with her last throw
in junior (under 19) competition do? She steps into the ring and improved
by nearly a foot to win with a put of 57-7. Christina Schwanitz of German,
sixth after the first three rounds moved to third in the fifth round
with a put of 53-10 ¼ and then to second (temporarily) with a
54-2 ½ put in the final round.
Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 18:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 714 Carter Michelle USA 17.55 (PB)
2 570 Avdeyeva Anna RUS 17.13 (PB)
3 295 Schwanitz Christina GER 16.52
4 337 Jean Sivan ISR 16.36 (NJR)
5 603 Tarasova Irina RUS 16.16
6 83 Mavrodieva Radoslava BUL 15.79
7 306 Moisídou Hrisí GRE 15.49
8 477 Kemkers Denise NED 15.46
9 550 Knoetze Marli RSA 15.28
10 660 Alexander Annie TRI 15.21
11 42 Albury Aymara BAH 15.18
12 518 Sobieszek Magdalena POL 15.15
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Carter Michelle 16.78 15.83 16.24 X 16.44 17.55
Avdeyeva Anna 15.19 16.45 15.85 X 16.08 17.13
Schwanitz Christina 15.26 15.33 15.48 X 16.41 16.52
Jean Sivan 15.52 15.55 14.45 X 14.30 16.36
Tarasova Irina 15.66 16.16 16.16 15.91 15.48 15.39
Mavrodieva Radoslava 15.65 X 15.44 X 15.57 15.79
Moisídou Hrisí 15.30 15.45 15.33 X 15.49 X
Kemkers Denise X X 15.46 15.13 14.77 15.06
Knoetze Marli 13.89 15.28 15.01 NM NM NM
Alexander Annie 14.36 15.15 15.21 NM NM NM
Albury Aymara X 14.72 15.18 NM NM NM
Sobieszek Magdalena 15.15 15.12 X NM NM NM
HEPTATHLON
Second Day
Long Jump
Gayle Hunter (U.S., J.W. North HS,
Riverside, Ca.), competing in Group A, had her best effort, a 19-7 worth
840, on her first throw to move up to fifth place with two events to
go. Justine Robbeson of South Africa had the best mark in the group
at 20-1 ¾ followed by Hunter and Julia Machtig of Germany at
19-3 ½. Kathrin Geissler of Germany led Group B at 20-0 ½,
with Nadina Marsh of Jamaica second at 19-3 ½ and Diane Barras
of France third at 19-2 ¼. After five events, Geissler
was leading with 4,342 points with Robbeson second with 4,298, Viktorija
Zemaityte of Lithuania third at 4,285 and Jessica Ennis of Britain fourth
with 4,267.
Javelin
Hunter got her only fair throw in
the second round of Group A, but it was a 110-11 that was worth 549
points. Nevertheless she fell back to eighth place overall. Robbeson
had leading group throw at 177-8 (worth 941 points) followed by Antoinette
Djimouof France at 141-3 (728). Bregje Crolla of Netherlands led Group
B with a 157-3 (820) followed by Marina Goncharova of Russia at 141-2
(725). After six events Robberson retained her lead with 5,239 points
followed by Zemaityte, who moved up to second with 5,001 points and
Machtig who moved from sixth to third with 4,801 points. Five-event
leader Geissler dropped to fifth with 4,797 points after a 94-8 throw
that netted her only 455 points.
800 Meters
With just one event left, Hunter
needed at least 2:31.31, worth 676 points, to become the second best
high school heptathlete in history. If she were to run 2:21.25 worth
806 points, she would break the high school record of 5,493 set by Kendra
Reimer of New Braunfels, Tx., in 1998. Hunter started out Heat Two with
an ambitious 67 first lap and came home to finish seventh in 2:27.27
(worth 724 points) to become the second best performer in U.S. high
school history with the fourth best U.S. performance all time.
Robbeson, the leader after six events, was eighth in heat two at 2:35.20
worth 629 points but it was good enough to win the competition with
5,868 points. Zemaityte held on to second when she was sixth in heat
two in 2:21.07 to score 809 points and total 5,810 and Machtig remained
third after finishing second in heat two at 2:16.03 worth 809 points
and total 5,649 points.
HEPTATHLON LONG JUMP
Group A - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 15:30 Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 556 Robbeson Justine RSA 6.14 (PB) 893
2 726 Hunter Gayle USA 5.97 840
3 287 Mächtig Julia GER 5.88 (PB) 813
4 446 Zemaityté Viktorija LTU 5.82 (PB) 795
5 220 Djimou Antoinette FRA 5.78 783
6 765 Tarasova Yuliya UZB 5.72 765
7 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 5.68 753
8 631 Sprunger Ellen SUI 5.52 706
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Robbeson Justine 6.02 (0.4) 6.14 (0.8) 4.08 (0.1)
Hunter Gayle 5.97 (0) 5.90 (0.6) 5.88 (-0.4)
Mächtig Julia 5.72 (0.8) 5.85 (0.3) 5.88 (0.3)
Zemaityté Viktorija 5.76 (-0.4) X 5.82 (-0.1)
Djimou Antoinette 5.46 (0.2) 5.78 (0.3) 5.50 (0.3)
Tarasova Yuliya 5.45 (0.5) 5.72 (-0.3) X
Sergeyeva Nadezhda X X 5.68 (0.4)
Sprunger Ellen 5.42 (-0.8) 5.39 (0.9) 5.52 (0.3)
Group B - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 15:30
Wind: NA
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 6.11 883
2 377 Marsh Nadina JAM 5.88 (PB) 813
3 215 Barras Diane FRA 5.85 804
4 575 Goncharova Marina RUS 5.82 (PB) 795
5 316 Farkas Györgyi HUN 5.78 (PB) 783
6 362 Ricali Cecilia ITA 5.78 783
7 245 Ennis Jessica GBR 5.59 (PB) 726
8 475 Crolla Bregje NED 5.07 578
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Geissler Kathrin 5.87 (0) 6.11 (1.8) 5.87 (0.8)
Marsh Nadina 5.43 (-0.3) 5.88 (1.5) 5.67 (0.6)
Barras Diane 5.76 (0.1) 5.85 (0.6) 5.80 (-0.5)
Goncharova Marina 5.66 (0.2) 5.82 (1.8) 5.60 (0.4)
Farkas Györgyi 5.54 (1.3) 5.58 (-0.7) 5.78 (0.2)
Ricali Cecilia X 5.78 (0.3) 5.55 (0.2)
Ennis Jessica 5.53 (0.1) 5.53 (-0.1) 5.59 (0.3)
Crolla Bregje 3.42 (0.8) X 5.07 (-0.4)
Heptathlon Javelin
Group A - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 16:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 556 Robbeson Justine RSA 54.16 (SB) 941
2 220 Djimou Antoinette FRA 43.18 728
3 446 Zemaityté Viktorija LTU 42.51 (PB) 716
4 287 Mächtig Julia GER 39.88 (PB) 665
5 726 Hunter Gayle USA 33.81 (PB) 549
6 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 32.14 517
7 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 28.86 455
8 245 Ennis Jessica GBR 28.04 (PB) 440
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Robbeson Justine 53.94 52.10 54.16
Djimou Antoinette 41.26 43.18 42.76
Zemaityté Viktorija 38.13 37.62 42.51
Mächtig Julia 39.88 39.54 37.98
Hunter Gayle X 33.81 X
Sergeyeva Nadezhda 32.14 31.01 27.12
Geissler Kathrin 28.37 27.95 28.86
Ennis Jessica 28.04 25.72 28.02
Group B - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 17:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 475 Crolla Bregje NED 47.93 820
2 575 Goncharova Marina RUS 43.02 (PB) 725
3 316 Farkas Györgyi HUN 40.84 683
4 631 Sprunger Ellen SUI 39.55 659
5 765 Tarasova Yuliya UZB 37.85 (PB) 626
6 362 Ricali Cecilia ITA 33.57 544
7 215 Barras Diane FRA 31.49 505
377 Marsh Nadina JAM NM
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Crolla Bregje 45.46 43.57 47.93
Goncharova Marina 43.02 X 30.15
Farkas Györgyi 38.30 40.84 39.10
Sprunger Ellen 38.73 36.42 39.55
Tarasova Yuliya 31.97 37.03 37.85
Ricali Cecilia 32.13 33.57 33.44
Barras Diane 30.15 31.49 30.65
Marsh Nadina X X X
Heptathlon 800
Heat 1 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 19:10
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 5 362 Ricali Cecilia ITA 2:14.72 897
2 3 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 2:15.35 888
3 6 316 Farkas Györgyi HUN 2:16.22 (PB) 876
4 8 475 Crolla Bregje NED 2:18.61 842
5 1 631 Sprunger Ellen SUI 2:19.32 833
6 2 215 Barras Diane FRA 2:24.80 759
7 7 765 Tarasova Yuliya UZB 2:47.55 489
4 377 Marsh Nadina JAM DNS
Intermediate split Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
400m 1 596 Sergeyeva Nadezhda RUS 1:06.69
Heat 2 - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 19:20
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 5 575 Goncharova Marina RUS 2:15.40 887
2 7 287 Mächtig Julia GER 2:16.03 (PB) 878
3 4 220 Djimou Antoinette FRA 2:18.10 850
4 1 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 2:18.48 844
5 8 245 Ennis Jessica GBR 2:19.16 835
6 3 446 Zemaityté Viktorija LTU 2:21.07 (PB) 809
7 2 726 Hunter Gayle USA 2:27.57 724
8 6 556 Robbeson Justine RSA 2:35.20 629
Intermediate split Pos Bib Athlete Nat
Mark
400m 1 268 Geissler Kathrin GER 1:03.48
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