2006 IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships
Women's 100m Hurdles - First Round
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 At Beijing, China

2006 IAAF World Junior
Track and Field Championships
WOMEN'S 100M HURDLES - FIRST ROUND
Thursday August 17th, 2006 At Beijing, China
Photos Doug Speck
Summaries Mike Kennedy

Official Results - 100 Metres Hurdles - Women - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Tiffany Ofili USA Heat 1 100mH

HEAT ONE (wind +1.1 mps)—Tiffany Ofili of the U.S. and the University of Michigan, the No. two ranked junior in the world, got out well and ran a relaxed race to win in 13.68. Anna Polotitsyna of Ukraine, with a personal best of 13.73, had a conservative start before measuring the field and then closing on Ofili to finish second in 13.73. Manuela Galtier of France was third in 14.06. Angel Williams of the U.S. and Skyline High in Dallas, Tesas is the world leader at 13.35 but she finished third in the U.S. Junior championships and did not make the team.

Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:35 Wind: 1.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 628 Ofili Tiffany USA 13.68 Q 0.177
2 2 595 Plotitsyna Anna UKR 13.73 Q 0.256
3 4 222 Galtier Manuela FRA 14.06 Q 0.214
4 6 38 Beckles Kierre BAR 14.07 Q 0.173
5 7 565 Rundqvist Emilia SWE 14.11 q (PB) 0.202
6 1 541 Ozimek Urška SLO 14.49 0.187
7 8 20 Holt Tara AUS 14.50 0.125
8 3 385 Asanalieva Aiganysh KGZ 14.61 (PB) 0.182
9 397 Tamošaityte Sonata LTU DQ 0.000

 

Shalina Clarke (USA) heat 2 100mH

HEAT TWO (+0.5)—Christina Vukiecevic of Norway was away quickly in lane seven and won easily in 13.51. In the battle for second, Shalina Clarke of the U.S. and Evanston High in Illinois, running in lane three, was out well and led Annimari Korte of Finland to the finish, 13.86 to 13.93. Nikkita Holder of Canada was fourth in 13.97.

Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:42 Wind: 0.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 441 Vukicevic Christina NOR 13.51 Q 0.144
2 3 610 Clarke Shalina USA 13.86 Q 0.150
3 4 197 Korte Annimari FIN 13.93 Q 0.187
4 1 90 Holder Nikkita CAN 13.97 Q (PB) 0.276
5 8 491 Kleynhans Erika RSA 14.07 q (PB) 0.184
6 6 137 Zhang Hongpei CHN 14.15 0.160
7 5 325 Balduchelli Sara ITA 14.47 0.179
8 2 446 Torr Veronica NZL 14.83 0.243

 

Anne-Katherine Elbe (Germany) heat 3

HEAT THREE (+0.5)—Anne-Kathrin Elbe of Germany and Kettiany Clarke of Jamaica, who graduated for Palm Beach Lakes High School in West Palm Beach, Florida, were even the entire way with Elbe prevailing, 13.56 to 13.58. Arna Erega of Croatia was third in 13.68 and Zara Hohn of Great Britain was fourth in 13.90.

Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:49 Wind: 0.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 254 Elbe Anne-Kathrin GER 13.56 Q 0.142
2 7 341 Clarke Kettiany JAM 13.58 Q 0.171
3 1 151 Erega Arna CRO 13.68 Q (NJ) 0.196
4 5 238 Hohn Zara GBR 13.90 Q 0.178
5 3 88 Hucul Jenni CAN 14.08 q (PB) 0.159
6 6 386 Jung Hye-Lim KOR 14.08 q 0.166
7 8 169 Møller Anne DEN 14.12 (PB) 0.160
8 2 551 Reuse Clélia SUI 14.14 0.205

Yekaterina Shtepa (Russia) Heat 4

HEAT FOUR (+0.8)—Yekaterina Shtepa of Russia in lane six was out fastest but she was pressed the entire way by Katsiaryna Paplauskaya of Belarus, in seven, before prevailing in 13.51. Natasha Ruddock of Jamaica, in lane two, pulled away from Giia Lindstrom of Finland, in lane three, over the final three hurdles to finish second in 13.73. Paplauska was third in 13.74 and Lindstrom fourth in 13.84.

Heat 4 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:56 Wind: 0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 523 Shtepa Yekaterina RUS 13.51 Q 0.209
2 2 352 Ruddock Natasha JAM 13.73 Q 0.244
3 7 46 Paplauskaya Katsiaryna BLR 13.74 Q 0.227
4 3 203 Lindström Giia FIN 13.84 Q (PB) 0.112
5 5 39 Stanford Kimberly BAR 14.15 0.171
6 1 182 Torrijos Ana ESP 14.18 0.135
7 8 482 Radu Elena ROM 14.24 0.174
8 4 404 Dueñas Karla MEX 14.54 0.279

Heat 5 - Aleksandra Fedoriva (Russia)

HEAT FIVE (-0.1)—Nadine Hildebrand of Germany looked be off best but by the third hurdle she had been reeled in by Aleksandra Fedoriva of Russia, who went on to win, 13.60 to 13.80. Kim Reuland of Luxembourg was third in a national junior record of 14.01 and Yanhua Jiang of China was fourth at 14.08.

Heat 5 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:03 Wind: 0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 501 Fedoriva Aleksandra RUS 13.60 Q 0.196
2 1 272 Hildebrand Nadine GER 13.80 Q 0.140
3 3 398 Reuland Kim LUX 14.01 Q (NJ) 0.211
4 6 109 Jiang Yanhua CHN 14.08 Q 0.196
5 8 228 Rileose Claudia FRA 14.13 0.152
6 5 434 Hagle Marie NOR 14.13 0.182
7 7 542 Petan Maja SLO 14.29 0.167
8 2 650 Asanova Natalya UZB 14.48 0.283