2006 World Junior (Under 20 born 1987 or later)
World Championships
Beijing, China - August 15-20
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Women's 400 Preview - prepared
7/3/06
Open Photo picture
For three weeks straight Brandi Cross (left) and Jessica Beard (right)
battled at the Golden West Invitational, Nike Outdoor Nationals, and
US Juniors, with Beard the winner each run
Event Preview -
Jamaica's Sonita Sutherland, who shocked
with a runner-up 52.41 effort in the 2004 World Junior Meet after coming
in with the final qualifying time, looks like the favorite here, as she
comes in with a fine season in 2006 so far.
She was a 51.30 Carifta Games under 20 winner, and was 51.37 for third
place in the Jamacian
Senior champs in late June. Sudan's Nawal Al-Jak was an impressive
2005 World Junior Champion at 51.19, with Croatia's Danijela Grgic second
in that Youth Championship affair at 51.30, and a 2005 summer runner-up
52.42 effort in the European Junior Championship meet. Other possible
medalists appear to be Aymee Martinez (Cuba), third in the 2005 World
Youth meet at 52.04 (and the
200 winner
at 22.99) and Jessica Beard (USA), 51.89 in winning the US title, and
used to the qualifying rounds with a quality eight race two day regimen
in her June prep school state championship in Ohio.
A strong group of others will be
in line for finalists' spots. American Brandi Cross, 51.96
for second in the US Junior Champ Meet, was fourth
in
the 2005
World
Youth affair, with Joy Eze (Nigeria) 52.20 early in 2006, and Carline
Muir (Canada) a fine 52.38 2005 Jr Pan American runner-up effort. Kseinyia
Zadorina (Rusia) was 52.62 indoors this winter, with Joke Odumosu
(Nigeria) 52.99 during the US collegiate season and Bobby-Gaye Wilkins
the 2006 Jamaican Jr Champ at 52.85. Wilkins and favorite Sonita
Sutherland led a Holmwood Tech school team that blazed 3:36.98 (4x400)
and 8:45.87
(4x800) in winning those relays in the popular April Penn Relays
in the US.
400 Metres Women - 2006 World Jr
Championships
Time Date Round Status
11:00 15 Aug HEATS
19:20 16 Aug SEMI-FINAL
19:15 17 Aug FINAL
Recent World Results
2004 World Junior Championships 400m Final
Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 19:50
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 723 Hastings Natasha USA 52.04 (PB) 0.159
2 1 384 Sutherland Sonita JAM 52.41 0.310
3 2 727 Kidd Ashlee USA 52.45 0.186
4 3 111 Tang Xiaoyin CHN 52.87 0.177
5 5 594 Soldatova Olga RUS 52.99 (PB) 0.176
6 6 398 Tanno Asami JPN 53.34 0.192
7 8 479 Schulte Annemarie NED 53.67 (NJR) 0.182
8 7 694 Pilyuhina Liliya UKR 53.82 0.165
2005 World Youth Championships 400m Final
Friday, July 15, 2005 - 18:25
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Records React
1 6 549 Nawal El Jack SUD 51.19 (CR) 0.191
2 4 153 Danijela Grgic CRO 51.30 (PB) 0.205
3 5 159 Aymeé Martínez CUB 52.04 (PB) 0.262
4 3 595 Brandi Cross USA 53.34 0.174
5 2 589 Olha Myhaylychenko UKR 53.66 (PB) 0.206
6 8 146 Maria Alejandra Idrobo COL 54.58 0.215
7 1 317 Bobby-Gaye Wilkins JAM 54.72 0.207
8 7 521 Anna Verkhovskaya RUS 54.75 0.228
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