2006 World Junior (Under 20 born 1987 or later)
World Championships
Beijing, China - August 15-20
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Women's 3000 Preview - prepared
7/17/06
photos by Margaret Gallagher (O'Reilly) and Kirby Lee
Stanford Invite 3k winner Megan O'Reilly (Spokane, Wash) 9:29.88 and
Jordan Hasay (San Luis Obispo) 9:26.37 but Hasay too young and O'Reilly
hurt
near the end of the year - two of four US Qualifiers on clock for World
Jr's here
but the country will run no athletes in Beijing
Event Preview - NO US QUALIFIERS
FOR THIS EVENT - 9:35.00 World Jr Standard
Choices will probably be made about doubling (3k-5k), with the fields
here adjusted significantly at the top end if some of the main actors
decide on the
5000 only. With the Africans in control of the World Cross
Country Championships and yearly world lists at this level it would
seem the pack of runners from Kenya
and Ethiopia may have a "tag along" or two, but the dominance
of that world area in these events should grow. Only one athlete
outside of Kenya and Ethiopia has broken into the top tens at the World
Junior
Cross-Championships in the last two years.
The Kenyans lead with the tough
duo who went 1-2 in the spring Cross Country meet, with champ Pauline
Korwiang, 8:42.38 (#8 AT World Junior with that mark) second in last
summer's World Youth meet at the 3k distance (9:05.42). Runner-up
in the spring Cross Country Meet (with the same time as Korwiang)
was Veronica Wanjiru, who was the World Youth Champ last year at
9:01.61. Ethiopia has Belaynesh Zemedkun, who was fifth in
the last two World Cross Country title runs, and raced 9:00.3 in
2005 for this distance. Emebet Etea Bedada was seventh in the
Cross-Country Championship race, and was 9:00.3 for this distance
in early June of this year. Ayalew Yimer (Ethiopia) may end
up on the team, witha 9:02.35 from this May. Japan's
Yuriko Kobayashi was 8:52.33 for a National Junior Record late in
2005 and is the only other athlete in the field who has raced a pace
comparable to the ebb and flow of this championship final. The
above group does not include Kenya's Yator Jebichi, the 2004 World
Junior champ, who has had injuries over the last year or two.
3000 Metres Women
Time Date Round Status
10:10 17 Aug HEATS
18:40 19 Aug FINAL
US 3000m Junior List for Year 2006 (thanks Jim Spier)
3000 W 9:35.00
9:26.37 ***Jordan Hasay, Mission Prep, San Luis Obispo, CA 9.21.91
5Mar06 (too young for meet)
9:29.18 -Megan O'Reilly, Mt. Spokane, Spokane, WA 3.7.88 31Mar06 (injuried
for USATF Jr meet)
9:29.44 -Nicole Blood, Saratoga, NY 4.25.88 4Jun05 (did not run at
US Junior Champs)
9:29.94i ERIN BEDELL, BAYLOR 5.22.87 25Mar06 (racing 1500m in Beijing)
Recent World Results
2004 World Junior Championships 3000m Final
Official Results - 3000 Metres - Women - Final
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 Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
1000m 1 453 Hilali Siham MAR 3:07.37
2000m 1 453 Hilali Siham MAR 6:05.54
2005 World Youth Championships 3000m Final
Official Results - 3000 Metres - Girls - Final
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 22:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 353 Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru KEN 9:01.61 (CR)
2 350 Pauline Chemning Korikwiang KEN 9:05.42
3 334 Hitomi Niiya JPN 9:10.34 (PB)
4 340 Rina Yamazaki JPN 9:18.78 (PB)
5 228 Sian Edwards GBR 9:19.51 (PB)
6 360 Daniela Fetcere LAT 9:33.12
7 245 Maren Kock GER 9:33.29 (PB)
8 246 Christina Kröckert GER 9:33.82
9 510 Viktoriya Ivanova RUS 9:34.25 (SB)
10 526 Angeline Nyiransabimana RWA 9:35.03
11 379 Asmae Ghizlane MAR 9:39.36
12 211 Ayit Tusu Fokisa ETH 9:44.89
13 390 Malika Mrabet MAR 9:54.39
14 210 Birtukan Fente Alemu ETH 9:58.72
15 143 Jeanine Ndjalea COD 11:15.02
16 147 Eva Pereira CPV 11:53.24
Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
1000m
1 353 Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru KEN 2:57.98
2000m
1 353 Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru KEN 6:02.23
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