2006 World Junior (Under 20 born 1987 or later)
World Championships
Beijing, China - August 15-20
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Women's 400m Hurdles Preview
- prepared 7/7/06
No, Ebony Collins (US) did not change affiliations, but showed up
to last year's US National JO Championships after her World Youth
400m triumph
in a Jamaican uniform! Nicole Leach (US) had a super
first collegiate season for the UCLA Bruins this spring!
(left) Joke Odumosu (Nigeria) and Lauren Boden
(Austrialia - photo
Athletics Australia)
Event Preview -
This will be a very competitive and high quality event! 2004 World Junior
silver medalist Sherene Pinnock (Jamaica) and fourth placer from that competition,
Nicole Leach (US) return as finalists at this competition from two years back! Pinnock
has a seasonal best of 56.90 in taking the Penn Relays against the top US high-schoolers,
with Leach, a first year student at UCLA, a two-time American Junior Champ
with a 55.35 best and she was fourth in the US collegiate championships this
June. The two have an interesting history, with Pinnock edging Leach
for the 2004 final World Junior champonship medal, then the Jamaican Pinnock
being disqualified for a false start (the US high school system uses a "one
false start dq" method) when the duo met at the 2005 Penn Relays in the US. Pinnock
returned this year to take the treasured Penn Relays title while Leach moved
on to the college ranks.
A
trio of others will also be seeking gold here with tremendous depth at
the starting line for the finals! Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica)
set a Central American/Caribbean Junior record with her 55.61 runner-up
effort in
the Norwich
Union meet in
England in June, with a snappy 56.01 recently in a runner-up effort at
her nation's Senior Championships. Ebony Collins (US) has amazing
range, from 11.44 for 100m (silver medalist in the 2005 World Youth
Meet) to 55.96
(winner World Youth Meet 400m Hurdles last July). Collins won the
Youth Meet title by 2.34 seconds and is very tough, racing 11.44 for
her World
Youth medal in the 100 there a half an hour after a 58.92 first round
400 hurdle win. Joke Odumosu (Nigeria) has fared nicely during
an American collegiate career, racing 56.09 to make the NCAA finals this
June for her
school, University of South
Alabama.
Lauren Boden (Australia)
was 2nd in the 2005 World Youth Meet to Ebony Collins, and returns
with
a
57.45 best from early 2006, with Jamaican Nakiehsa Wilson (56.82
for second in her nation's Senior champonships recently) probably
watching the results from afar as the third from her nation sits
at home should the above mentioned duo (Pinnock-Spencer) maintain
their health.
400 Metres Hurdles Women
Time Date Round Status
12:40 15 Aug HEATS
19:55 16 Aug SEMI-FINAL
18:45 17 Aug FINAL
Recent World Results
2004 World Junior Championships 400mH Final
Thursday, July
15, 2004 - 18:50
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 582 Kostetskaya Ekaterina RUS 55.55 (WJL) 0.171
2 1 159 Hejnová Zuzana CZE 57.44 (NJR) 0.142
3 8 381 Pinnock Sherene JAM 57.54 (PB) 0.169
4 6 729 Leach Nicole USA 57.56 (PB) 0.199
5 5 104 He Yu CHN 58.11 0.174
6 2 410 Azarova Tatyana KAZ 58.41 0.187
7 7 588 Obedina Irina RUS 58.63 0.187
8 3 540 Morosanu Angela ROM 1:03.10 0.191
2005 World Youth Championships 400m Hurdles Final
Official Results - 400 Metres Hurdles - Girls - Final
Friday, July 15, 2005
- 18:10
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Records React
1 3 594 Ebony Collins USA 55.96 (CR) 0.171
2 4 58 Lauren Boden AUS 58.30 0.178
3 6 327 Aya Miyahara JPN 59.62 0.168
4 2 160 Yisel Regla Velasco CUB 59.67 0.189
5 7 513 Yekaterina Kuzmenko RUS 1:00.29 0.241
6 5 561 Ghfran Almouhamad SYR 1:01.39 0.300
7 1 555 Frida Persson SWE 1:01.41 0.176
8 8 386 Hayat Lambarki MAR 1:01.76 0.261
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