Day 1 2007 World Youth Championships
Wed - July 11th, 2007 - Wednesday - Afternoon Session
Results IAAF
Summaries - USATF -
Session - Jon Mulkeen IAAF -
Event Summaries- Mike Kennedy
On Site Heat Summaries - Jim Spier
Jim Spier comments on Girls 1500m Heats and Jordan Hasay

USATF Report
O’ Brien excels at World Youth Championships; Team USA athletes advance
07-11-2007

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Becky O'Brien was a surprise eighth-place finisher in the girls' discus and Team USA advanced every runner to the next round Wednesday on the opening day of the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

O'Brien (Cumberland, Maine), who is better established as a shot putter, was the 11th qualifier from the morning preliminary round, and she hit her best throw of the evening final on her first attempt. Her 44.48 meters/145-11 effort put her eighth after the first three attempts, and she retained that position. Erin Pendleton (Lindsey, Ohio) did not qualify for the final with her 43.46m/142-7 in the morning session.

"When you wear the USA uniform, you know you have a job to do," O'Brien said. "It was a little tough to throw in the morning and then come back in the evening and compete again, but it is great preparation for the future. I am excited about the shot put and want to win a medal here."

In the day's only other final involving Team USA, Cameron Tabor (Norman, Okla.) finished 10th in the boys' shot put with a best of 18.10m/59-4.75. Tabor, who will also throw the discus, had a personal best of 19.50m/63-11.75 in the morning qualifying round. Michael Barbas (Houston, Texas) did not advance to the final with his 17.87m/58-7.5 toss.

Curtis Beach (Albuquerque, N.M.) used a sterling 48.82 in the 400 to close out the first day of the boys' octathlon in seventh place with 3,120 points. Beach ran a season-best 11.20 in the 100 and added a 6.69m/21-11.5 long jump and a 13.41m/44-0 effort in the shot. Eusebio Caceres of Spain leads with 3,320.

Team USA athletes forge ahead

Hurdlers Wayne Davis (Raleigh, N.C.) and William Wynne (Kennesaw, Ga.) showed they are head and shoulders above the rest of the world in the 110 meter race, as both runners easily advanced to the final. Davis, who had a barely-windy 13.38 in the first round, won his semifinal with a personal-best 13.44, while Wynne, who had a world youth-leading 13.39 in the prelims, dashed to a 13.42 in the second semi.

Wynne said, "I was just relaxing and trying to pull away more each hurdle. There wasn't any stress in this race, and I just wanted to qualify for the final. It will be a great race tomorrow against Wayne."

Davis, who hit the fifth hurdle hard in his semifinal, said, "If we can go 1-2 for Team USA it will be great. This race was more like a practice run for me, and the final will be good. I want to get the world youth record."

Jordan Hasay (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) made the most of her first international experience, winning her heat of the 1,500 over Kenya's Sheila Kiprotich. Her trademark flowing waist-length blonde hair presented a vivid contrast to the Kenyan's economical style as Hasay led the pack through 800 in 2:25.76 and 1200 in 3:34.84. She held off Kiprotich over the final 300 with a 51.22 to finish at 4:26.06 and advance to the final.

Kenneth Gilstrap (Lithonia, Ga.) set a lifetime best of 10.55 in the second round of the 100, the fastest qualifying time, and Isaiah Sweeney (Houston, Texas) also advanced to the semifinal with a 10.74 in his section. "I was really up through 80 meters," said Gilstrap. "My coach told me not to high-step in the race, so tomorrow I will try and smooth that out and make the final."

Both Team USA runners advanced in the girls' 100, with Ashton Purvis (Oakland, Calif.) and Erica Alexander (Friendswood, Texas) moving on to the semifinal. Purvis battled a 1.2 mps headwind to clock 12.09 and take second in her section, while Alexander overcame two false starts and a call-up to run 11.75 and place second in the final heat. Purvis and Alexander tied for the fourth-fastest time in the prelims at 11.74.

In the girls' 400, Meshawn Graham (Toledo, Ohio) and Brianna Frazier (Jacksonville, Fla.) won their first-round heats to advance to the semifinal. Graham had the fifth-fastest time at 55.12, and Frazier was eighth-fastest at 55.46.

Danzell Fortson (Fort Worth, Texas) easily won his preliminary heat of the boys' 400, notching the third-fastest time overall with his 47.71.

Team USA produced two heat winners in the boys' 800, too, as Howard Shepard (Dallas, Texas) captured his section in 1:53.76 and Dylan Ferris (Kernersville, N.C.) took his heat in 1:55.09 to advance to the semifinal.

Action resumes Thursday at 10 a.m. with the octathlon 110 hurdles and qualifying in the boys' hammer throw, and the meet continues through Sunday.

SESSION SUMMARY IAAF:
IAAF World Youth Championships begin in Ostrava - Day One Afternoon Report
Wednesday 11 July 2007

Two gold medals for Germany, one Championship record for Kenya - Day One Evening Report
Wednesday 11 July 2007

The conclusion of the first day of the IAAF World Youth Championships saw the first three titles of the competition decided in the evening session with Germany picking up two gold medals and Kenya’s Mercy Cherono taking the Girls’ 3000m title at Ostrava’s Vítkovice Aréna.

David Storl became the first World Youth champion of 2007 and caused a major upset in doing so. The German shot putter was ranked third going into this event, someway behind the more favoured duo of Marin Premeru of Croatia and Mykyta Nesterenko of Ukraine. Both had thrown over 21 metres this year, while Storl’s pre-Ostrava best was 20.77m.

But that did not last long. He gave a hint towards something special when he led the morning’s qualifying session with a first-round 20.44m throw. Storl was a clear leader in the final too, sending the shot out to 21.40m in the second round and backing it up with a final attempt of 21.30m. All six putts were over 20 metres.

Premeru finished second almost a metre adrift with 20.42m. Meanwhile, Nesterenko had a disaster. His first-round throw was huge, but landed outside the sector. A safety 17.52m throw followed, but that remained his best as his third attempt was adjudged a foul. He finished 11th but did not seem too disappointed – perhaps looking forward to throwing something special in the discus, his better event, in order to make amends.

One throw enough for Fischer

Moments later in the Girls’ discus, Germany won a second gold medal – and this one was even more of a surprise. Julia Fischer was just the fourth best of all the entrants and finished third in qualifying behind the two big favourites, Sandra Perkovic of Croatia and Yuanyuan Jin of China.

Fischer launched the discus out to 51.39m in the first round and that, effectively, signalled the end of the competition. Perkovic and Jin came close, both with throws over 51 metres, but Fischer’s effort – despite being more than a metre shy of Perkovic’s qualifying throw – proved good enough to win.

Cherono sets Championship record

Cherono wrapped up the first day in the best possible way – with a Championship record. She led from the start and headed the leading pack, which included the Ethiopian duo of Mahlet Melese and Sule Utura.

But Cherono ensured the pace was fast and passed the first kilometre in less than three minutes. She cranked the tempo up once more and led through two kilometres in 5:55.62, by which point Utura had dropped back. Melese, however, was still on her shoulder.

Cherono held on and unleashed a final sprint for victory with 120 metres remaining. She crossed the line comfortably ahead of Melese, 8:53.94 to 8:56.98. Both dipped inside the previous competition record.

No surprises in 100m quarter finals

The British duo who led the girls’ 100m heats earlier in the day were again the fastest in the quarter finals. Asha Philip was particularly impressive, running 11.53 into a negative wind and easing down at the end. Ashlee Nelson won the fourth quarter-final in 11.65 to better the times set by Brazilian pair Rosangela Santos and Barbara Leoncio.

Jamaican 100m favourite Dexter Lee won his quarter final but looked pressed in doing so. His time of 10.65 was just the fourth fastest qualifier for the semi finals and was some way behind the 10.55 PB set by USA’s Kenneth Gilstrap. Canada’s Keynan Parker was the second best and Lee’s team-mate Nickel Ashmeade ran 10.62 to qualify, while Czech home hope Vaclav Zich was fifth fastest overall.

It is almost impossible to separate American sprint hurdlers Wayne Davis and William Wynne – and not only because they have the same hairstyle. Both won their respective semi-finals and while Wynne’s 13.42 was marginally faster than Davis’ 13.44, the latter ran his into a slightly stronger headwind.

National Youth record for Grenada

Ukraine’s Yuliya Baraley was by far the fastest in the first round of the Girls’ 400m and looked to have even more in the tank. But the same can be said for USA’s Meshawn Graham – the fastest of all the entrants this year – who eased to a win in the third heat. Other notable qualifiers include Slovakia’s Alexandra Stukova, Baraley’s team-mate Olga Zemlyak and Jamaica’s Latoya McDermott – all of whom look set to run much faster in the next two rounds.

All the main challengers in the boys’ 400m are through to the next round too, including favourites Chris Clarke and Danzell Fortson. Grenada’s Kirani James was the fastest in the heats and he improved his best by half a second to set a national youth record of 47.38.

Sammary Cherotich of Kenya showed an impressive turn of speed to lead the qualifiers in the girls’ 1500m. She ran 4:19.64 to beat Ethiopia’s Bertukan Feyisa. USA’s Jordan Hasay won the other heat and controlled the pace well, but the finishing strength of Cherotich may prove too much for the American 15-year-old.

Field events qualification rounds

Cuba’s Dailenis Alcántara took just one attempt to qualify in the Triple Jump and led group A with 12.82m, while Slovenia’s Maja Bratkic set a PB of 13.13m to lead group B. Ecaterina Malihina of Moldova showed that she could challenge for a medal in tomorrow’s final as she was the second best qualifier overall with a PB of 12.98m.

The boys’ javelin final will take place tomorrow, but it will be without one of the pre-event favourites. Kuan-Lun Chen of Chinese Taipei had thrown in excess of 77 metres back in January, but today he was some 15 metres short of his best and finished 22nd overall in qualifying. All the other expected challengers are through to the final, which should be a closely-fought battle – just 78cm separated the top four qualifiers.

High jump favourite Kimberly Jess of Germany made it safely through to the final as Romania’s Esthera Petre and Russia’s Natalya Mamlina led the qualifiers at 1.80m. But the two Australians who were expected to challenge – Mia Mackinnon and Trudy Thompson – did not make the cut. Likewise Slovakia’s Klára Ábelová, who jumped 1.82m last month but could only manage 1.70 here to miss out on Friday’s final.

The nine fastest entrants in the boys’ 800m are safely through to the next round. The Kenyan pair of Geoffrey Kibet and Samwel Chepkwony impressed, but they should watch out for Ethiopia’s Henok Tesfaye, who could spring a surprise come the final.

Elsewhere, Legese Lamiso of Ethiopia was the fastest qualifier in the boys’ 2000m steeplechase, while Spain’s Eusebio Cáceres is the overnight leader in the boys’ Octathlon with 3320 points and he leads from Jaroslav Hedvicák of the Czech Republic.

Jon Mulkeen for the IAAF

Event Summaries Below by Mike Kennedy
On-Site Heat Sums - Jim Spier

5th IAAF World Youth Championships Ostrava 11/15-Jul-2007

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Preliminaries

100 Meters
Quarterfinals
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next
Four Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

Kennedy
Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.) surprised his competition and maybe even himself with personal best of 10.55 in winning the heat with a favorable 1.5 meter per second wind. It was also the fastest time in the quarterfinals. Keynan Parker of Canada was second, also in a personal best of 10.61, and heat favorite Allistar Clarke of St. Kitts was third at 10.71. Gilstap’s previous best had been 10.68. Isaiah Sweeney (Hightower, Sugar Land, Tx.) was in a little tougher that Gilstrap but acquitted himself very well in finishing a close second to event favorite Dexter Lee of Jamaica, 10.65 to 10.74. Vaclav Zich of Czech Republic, at 10.66, and Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica, at 10.62, were the other two heat winners.
Judging by the closeness of the 16 qualifiers, who ran between 10.55 and 10.80, it appears that a number of the runners were not fully extended. That will certainly not be the case in Thursday’s semifinals and finals.

Spier
Boys 100m Quarterfinals (top 4 in each heat advance to the semifinals)
Heat 1 (+1.5 mps) - It was an even race halfway until Kenneth Gilstrap made his move to burst into the lead. He held it through 90 meters then shut it down wisely, still totally under control. His winning time of 10.55 was a personal best. Keynan Parker of Canada was second (10.61), Allistar Clarke of St. Kitts was third (10.71) and Harold Houston of Bermuda was fourth (10.75) to round out the field of advancers.
Heat 2 (-0.2 mps) - Czech favorite Vaclav Zich was the winner here (10.66), edging Joel Dillon of Trinidad by .03. Jordan Huggins of Great Britain was third (10.76) and Patrick Vosloo of South Africa fouth (10.85).
Heat 3 (-0.3) - Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica ran a controlled race for a comfortable win (10.62). Benjamin Olsson of Sweden closed fast to nip Christophe Lemaitre of France for second, 10.76 to 10.78. Fourth was Warren Fraser of the Bahamas (10.86).
Heat 4 (+0.3) - Dexter Lee of Jamaica looked like he can run just as fast as he needs to. He won in 10.65, with Isaiah Sweeney trying to catch him, but to no avail. Sweeney ran 10.74 in second, just .03 ahead of third placer Ian Warner (Canada). Tse-Ching Liang of Taipai finish fourth (10.80) to be the final qualifer in these rounds.

Official Results - 100 Metres - Boys - Quarter-Final

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:55 Wind: 1.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 714 Kenneth Gilstrap USA 10.55 Q (PB) 0.146
2 2 81 Keynan Parker CAN 10.61 Q (PB) 0.151
3 4 610 Allistar Clarke SKN 10.71 Q 0.167
4 5 54 Harold Houston BER 10.75 Q 0.148
5 6 244 Olufunmi Sobodu GBR 10.79 0.134
6 8 369 Daizo Hamano JPN 10.83 0.157
7 7 70 Jeferson Carvalho BRA 10.90 0.164
8 1 193 Ruben Pros ESP 10.96 0.139

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:02 Wind: -0.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 160 Václav Zich CZE 10.66 Q 0.146
2 6 679 Joel Dillon TRI 10.69 Q 0.124
3 8 240 Jordan Huggins GBR 10.76 Q 0.152
4 3 578 Patrick Vosloo RSA 10.85 Q 0.155
5 5 677 Po-Yu Pan TPE 10.89 0.139
6 1 669 Nattapong Yangklang THA 10.94 0.156
7 7 414 Mohammed Al-Shabanat KSA 11.13 0.127
8 2 624 Matic Molicnik SLO 11.13 0.125

Heat 3 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:09 Wind: -0.3 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 357 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 10.62 Q 0.152
2 3 661 Benjamin Olsson SWE 10.76 Q 0.144
3 5 229 Christophe Lemaître FRA 10.78 Q 0.136
4 4 44 Warren Fraser BAH 10.86 Q 0.128
5 2 50 Everton Greenidge BAR 11.03 0.125
6 7 347 Michael Tumi ITA 11.05 0.167
7 1 296 Dániel Karlik HUN 11.08 0.183
8 8 560 Mogomotsi Galosikwe RSA 11.16 0.165

Heat 4 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:16 Wind: 0.3 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 363 Dexter Lee JAM 10.65 Q 0.172
2 4 720 Isaiah Sweeney USA 10.74 Q 0.159
3 5 82 Ian Warner CAN 10.77 Q 0.139
4 6 676 Tse-Ching Liang TPE 10.80 Q 0.141
5 2 71 Jefferson Lucindo BRA 10.88 0.155
6 1 373 Hayato Ozasa JPN 10.92 0.137
7 7 484 Julian Tamez MEX 10.94 0.144
8 8 634 Shehan Abeypitiyage SRI 10.95 0.170

400 Meters

Kennedy
Curtis Beach had the events best performance at 48.82, worth 870 points and a first-day total of 3,120 points that moved him from tenth to seventh and just 135 points out of third place. Caceres had just the 16th fastest time at 52.23 and was worth just 715 points but still retained the lead with 3,320 points. Hedvicak had the fourth fastest time at 49.27, worth 849 points and move from fourth to second with 3,295 points. Bevis with a 51.12, worth 784 points and a total of 3,255 dropped from second to third.

Official Results - 400 Metres - Boys - Octathlon Youth

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 20:00
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records React
1 6 49 Shane Brathwaite BAR 48.61 880 (PB) 0.217
2 7 331 Einar Lárusson ISL 49.23 850 (PB) 0.177
3 5 139 Jaroslav Hedvicák CZE 49.27 849 (PB) 0.156
4 4 36 Dominik Distelberger AUT 50.28 802 (PB) 0.158
5 3 530 Kevin Wilson POR 50.96 771 (PB) 0.172
6 2 24 Adam Bevis AUS 51.12 764 (PB) 0.167
7 8 252 Stefan Matula GER 52.23 715 (PB) 0.150

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 20:08
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records React
1 8 23 Daniel Bailey AUS 51.49 747 (PB) 0.222
2 7 596 Evgeniy Teptin RUS 51.56 744 (PB) 0.203
3 6 225 Simon Feurer FRA 51.91 729 (PB) 0.152
4 5 565 Willem le Roux RSA 51.94 727 (PB) 0.152
5 3 175 Eusebio Cáceres ESP 52.23 715 0.173
6 4 207 Hendrik Lepik EST 53.20 673 (PB) 0.142
7 2 727 Marat Khaydarov UZB 53.71 652 0.219
1 506 Ahmed Al-Maqbali OMA DNS

Heat 3 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 20:16
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records React
1 4 710 Curtis Beach USA 48.82 870 0.169
2 2 155 Jan Solfronk CZE 50.07 811 0.205
3 8 479 Gustavo Morua MEX 50.86 775 0.161
4 6 197 Álvaro Ruiz ESP 51.55 745 0.181
5 3 281 Zsolt Berghammer HUN 51.62 741 (PB) 0.150
6 5 35 Armin Beham AUT 52.97 683 (PB) 0.265
7 7 341 Michele Calvi ITA 53.19 673 0.214

400 Meters
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Eight Fastest
Qualify for the Semifinals (Thursday)

Kennedy
Danzell Fortson (Central, Keller, Tx.), the State 5-A champion at 46.76, had no trouble advancing with his heat winning time of 47.71—the third fastest qualifying time. In fact, when you look at all of the qualifiers, all of the runner who are in medal contention, had no trouble advancing, which required a time of just 49.13. Fortson was the only U.S. entrant and it is amazing that the most dominate nation in the world at 400 meters could not come up with a second qualified runner. Christopher Clarke of Britain, the world Youth leader at 46.70 had no trouble winning his heat easily in 48.03. The quickest race of the day came in heat five where Kirani James of Granada dropped his personal best to 47.38, from 47.86, as he engaged in a spirited battle with Hendrik Maartens of South Africa, who finished second in 47.62. Akihiro Urano of Japan was the only other runner under 48 seconds with a heat winning 47.96.

Spier
Boys 400 Meters, Round 1
Heat 1 - Christopher Clarke (Great Britain), the World Youth leader at 46.70, made easy work of it with a 48.03 win, shutting it down at the 370 meter mark.
Heat 2 - Jordan Mc Grath of Great Britain made a charge over the last 40 meters to garner the victory in 48.25.
Heat 3 - Danzell Fortson, a recent grad of Keller Central (TX) High School and the only American entered in this event, led wire to wire, winning in 47.71. Fortson will be attending the U. of Texas in the fall.
Heat 4 - Kirani James of Grenada surprised everyone in this race, including perhaps, himself. His 47.38 win from lane two bested his PR by almost one-half second.
Heat 5 - A great race but without super times. Pako Seribe of Botswana took the heat in 48.53.
Heat 6 - Finishing strong, Vladimir Krasnov of Russia, who had a seasonal best of 46.96 coming into the meet, ran 48.09 for the win.
Heat 7 - Jonathan Da Silva of Brazil staved off a charging Sajjad Hashemiahangari of Iran, running 48.40 to Hashemiahangari's 48.55.
Heat 8 - Akiro Urano of Japan surprised from the outside lane, winning in 47.96.

Official Results - 400 Metres - Boys - Heats

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 8 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:20
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 235 Christopher Clarke GBR 48.03 Q 0.170
2 6 186 Cristian González ESP 48.68 Q (PB) 0.125
3 4 374 Ken Tsuruda JPN 49.19 0.140
4 8 286 Péter Hoffmann HUN 49.25 0.174
5 2 473 Alan Acosta MEX 49.50 0.163
6 7 386 Ivan Doroshenko KAZ 50.21 (PB) 0.194
7 5 494 Elie Warren Sorres MRI 50.79 0.175

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:27
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 7 241 Jordan McGrath GBR 48.25 Q 0.179
2 5 359 Rolando Berch JAM 48.69 Q 0.186
3 4 292 Zoltán Kovács HUN 48.85 q 0.175
4 2 158 Aleš Voborník CZE 49.79 0.138
5 3 611 Jevon Claxton SKN 50.29 0.243
6 6 343 Andrea Daminelli ITA 50.33 0.168
1 500 Alhassane Djibo NIG DNS
8 638 Awad Makki SUD DNS

Heat 3 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:34
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 713 Danzell Fortson USA 47.71 Q 0.179
2 7 662 Robin Rohlén SWE 48.11 Q (PB) 0.217
3 5 73 Jonatha Lídia BRA 48.72 q 0.146
4 2 521 Arkadiusz Wojno POL 48.76 q (PB) 0.176
5 4 216 Isoa Me FIJ 49.02 q (PB) 0.148
6 6 579 Dean Swart RSA 49.70 0.142
7 8 128 Hrvoje Udiljak CRO 50.28 0.181

Heat 4 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:41
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 2 271 Kirani James GRN 47.38 Q (PB) 0.134
2 4 566 Hendrik Maartens RSA 47.62 Q 0.144
3 3 412 Yonas Al-Hosah KSA 48.14 q (SB) 0.140
4 6 408 Gwangmin Kim KOR 49.18 0.144
5 8 185 Adrian González ESP 49.29 0.199
6 5 446 Aivaras Mockus LTU 49.30 0.161
7 7 650 Matúš Krcmár SVK 49.63 (PB) 0.153

Heat 5 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:48
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 65 Pako Seribe BOT 48.53 Q 0.149
2 7 251 Benjamin Jonas GER 48.67 Q 0.211
3 2 41 Jeffery Gibson BAH 49.05 q 0.164
4 6 108 Mingyu Chen CHN 49.13 q 0.180
5 5 651 Juraj Mokráš SVK 49.27 0.173
6 8 396 Stanley Kimutai Maiyo KEN 49.79 (PB) 0.210
7 1 121 Bacar Houmadi Jannot COM 49.86 0.138
8 3 465 Mohd Nazrey Ramli MAS 50.16 0.147

Heat 6 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:55
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 590 Vladimir Krasnov RUS 48.09 Q 0.225
2 2 537 Juan C. Vega PUR 48.94 Q 0.150
3 8 146 Pavel Maslák CZE 49.16 0.180
4 7 269 Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas GRE 49.55 0.203
5 4 1 Terrence Agard AHO 49.99 (PB) 0.224
6 3 690 Huseyin Yagli TUR 50.11 0.166
7 5 15 Eric Rossell AND 53.03 0.249

Heat 7 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:02
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 68 Jonathan da Silva BRA 48.40 Q 0.187
2 6 317 Sajjad Hashemiahangari IRI 48.55 Q (PB) 0.154
3 7 667 Suppachai Chimdee THA 49.66 0.161
4 3 123 Arnoldo Monge CRC 49.83 (PB) 0.149
5 5 115 Wen Wei CHN 51.08 0.199
8 505 Hammam Al-Farsi OMA DNS
2 737 Savior Kombe ZAM DNS

Heat 8 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:09
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 7 376 Akihiro Urano JPN 47.96 Q 0.149
2 4 263 Niklas Zender GER 48.47 Q 0.166
3 5 45 Triedecio Davis BAH 48.74 q 0.194
4 2 346 Francesco Ravasio ITA 49.26 0.194
5 6 621 Matic Lenart SLO 49.94 0.157
6 3 468 Mohd Khairulail Yatem MAS 51.30 0.143
7 1 469 Laston Thanki MAW 52.60 (PB) 0.204
8 635 Yasir Abdelgader SUD DNS

800 Meters
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Eight Fastest
Qualify for the Semifinals (Thursday)

Kennedy
In the four previous additions of the World Youth Championships, the U.S. has been able to advance just one runner, Michael Haddan, past the first round. This year the U.S. has two runners in the semifinals. Howard Shepard (Skyline, Dallas, Tex.), the State 5A champion at 1:51.31, just edged Garvyn Nero of Trinidad, 1:53.76 to 1:53.92. Nero has a best of 1:50.19. Michael Whitehead of New Zealand led at 400 in 57.12. Dylan Ferris (East Forsyth, Kernersville, N.C.), the State 4-A champion, won the slowest heat of the round, defeating Ronny Heck of Germany, 1:55.09 to 1:55.09. Ferris, who has a best of 1:49.27, led at 400 in 58.18. African runners won four other heats. Kenyan’s Geoffrey Kibet, at 1:54.36 and Samwel Chepkwony, at 1:51.80, were two of the four winners. Henok Tesfaye of Ethiopia, at 1:52.50, and Lahbib Izzabaha of Morocco, at 1:53.44, were the other two. All four runners have been under 1:50.0 and three are under 1:49.0, led by Kibet at 1:47.10 and Izzabaha, at 1:48.36.

Spier
Boys 800 Meters, Round 1
Heat 1 - So begins the tactical races that are so much the style of international running. Alexander Sheplyakov of Russia (1:53.61) held of Amine El Manaoui of Morocco (1:53.66) as both qualified for the next round.
Heat 2 -Samwel Chepkowny, a 1:49.7 performer, toyed with the field, passing 400 meterss at 55.61 and 600m at 1:24.46. He left the field at the 600 meter mark to win in 1:51.80. Finishing strong and also qualifying was Artem Kazban of the Ukraine, running a PB 1:52.74.
Heat 3 - Howard Shepard (Skyline, Dallas, TX) showed a lot of confidence running a solid race. Leading at 400m was Michael Whitehead of New Zealand (57.12) with Shepard in third. Shepard moved to the lead on the backstretch just shy of the 600m mark (1:25.98) and charged to the finish holding off Garvyn Nero of Trinidad. Shepard ran 1:53.76 to Nero's 1:53.92.
Heat 4 - Dylan Ferris (East Forsyth, Winston-Salem, NC) appeared to be toying with the field - a dangerous tactic in this kind of competition. He led a very slow pace (58.18 at 400m) and tried to control it though 600m. As he was about to be passed at the point (1:27.61), he held off the charge, maintained a sustained kick through the finish to win in 1:55.09 to the German Ronny Heck's 1:55.12
Heat 5 - Lahbib Izzabaha of Morocco, a 1:48.35 performer, bided his time tucked in behind James Kaan of Australia. Kaan led at 400m (55.80) and 600m (1:24.36) with Izzabaha making his move with 100m to go and winning in 1:53.44 to Kaan's 1:53.68
Heat 6 - The world leader, Geoffrey Kibet of Kenya (1:47.1 coming in), led a 400 meters (57.40) and had an 8 meter lead on the back even at that slow pace. The began to come back on him in the backstretch but Kibet still led at 600m (1:26.59). He held off the charge to win in 1:54.36, but just barely. Cihat Ulus of Turkey passed two runners on the inside in the last 10 meters to run an identical time to Kibet and to automatically qualify.
Heat 7 - An impressive race for Ethiopian Henok Tesfaye. Leading the field at 400m (55.53), he broke away at that point, passing 600m in 1:23.83. He never let up and won in 1:52.50, over two seconds faster than second-placer Canadian Trent Sayers (1:54.95).
Heat 8 - Another slow pace with Jan Bena (Slovakia) leading at 400m (56.44), but playing into the hands of Saudi Arabia's Ali Al-Deraan. Al-Deraan was 57.54 at the point, but quickly charged into the lead to win "going away" in 1:53.98.

Official Results - 800 Metres - Boys - Heats

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 8 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:20
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 5 594 Aleksandr Sheplyakov RUS 1:53.61 Q
2 8 452 Amine El Manaoui MAR 1:53.66 Q
3 6 53 Aaron Evans BER 1:54.36 q (PB)
4 3 37 Philipp Frehsner AUT 1:55.88
5 2 567 Xolani Mabhida RSA 1:57.45
6 4 393 Almas Zhanysbay KAZ 1:58.08 (PB)
7 1 181 Rubén Espejo ESP 1:58.32
8 7 21 Michael Rasmijn ARU 2:03.46 (PB)

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:28
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 3 394 Samwel Kipngeno Chepkwony KEN 1:51.80 Q
2 6 695 Artem Kazban UKR 1:52.74 Q (PB)
3 2 321 Amir Moradi IRI 1:52.97 q
4 1 238 Christopher Harvey GBR 1:53.14 q
5 7 310 Sahil Mahendra IND 1:55.64
6 4 47 Kenneth Wallace Whitifeld BAH 1:57.02
7 5 543 Abubakr Omer Madebo QAT 1:59.52
8 8 535 Harold Ortiz PUR 2:00.07

Heat 3 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:36
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 3 719 Howard Shepard USA 1:53.76 Q
2 8 680 Garvyn Nero TRI 1:53.92 Q
3 1 685 Emrah Çoban TUR 1:54.27 q (SB)
4 2 504 Michael Whitehead NZL 1:54.31 q (SB)
5 6 643 Romario Gassmann SUI 1:55.15
6 7 372 Hidemichi Ito JPN 1:55.89
7 4 56 Matthew Spring BER 1:57.85
8 5 324 Ramin Shabahrami IRI 1:59.68

Heat 4 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:44
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 5 712 Dylan Ferris USA 1:55.09 Q
2 2 250 Ronny Heck GER 1:55.12 Q
3 7 547 Adrian Cirnaru ROM 1:55.50
4 3 489 Jean Marie Bru MRI 1:56.42 (PB)
5 4 283 Bertold Burmeister HUN 1:57.46
6 6 153 Pavel Rybisár CZE 1:57.89
8 636 Wlim Elbrto SUD DNS

Heat 5 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:52
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 2 453 Lahbib Izzabaha MAR 1:53.44 Q (SB)
2 3 31 James Kaan AUS 1:53.68 Q
3 7 97 Darryl Thomas CAN 1:54.43 q
4 4 340 Andrea Bufalino ITA 1:56.41
5 5 51 Fabian Norgrove BAR 1:56.72
6 8 264 Aaron Bagu GIB 2:00.57
7 6 16 Maverick Weatherhead ANT 2:01.17
1 639 Chol Nywil SUD DNS

Heat 6 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:00
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 4 395 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:54.36 Q
2 3 689 Cihat Ulus TUR 1:54.36 Q
3 6 295 Dániel Kállay HUN 1:54.65 q
4 8 683 Marouene Chehaibi TUN 1:54.84
5 2 362 Donohue Williams JAM 1:58.08
6 5 334 Muluso Daniel ISR 1:58.85
7 7 461 Thinageren Jayagandan MAS 2:00.38

Heat 7 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:08
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 7 214 Henok Tesfaye ETH 1:52.50 Q
2 6 94 Trent Sayers CAN 1:54.95 Q
3 4 548 Cristian Goiceanu ROM 1:55.28
4 2 248 Kolja Breuer GER 1:56.08
5 3 652 Dušan Páleník SVK 1:56.17
6 8 195 Marcos Ramos ESP 1:57.57 (PB)
7 5 154 Ondrej Síp CZE 1:57.72

Heat 8 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:16
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 2 411 Ali Al-Deraan KSA 1:53.98 Q
2 6 563 Marnus Koekemoer RSA 1:55.07 Q
2 7 476 José Juan Esparza MEX 1:55.07 Q
4 8 648 Ján Bena SVK 1:55.72
5 5 630 Nemanja Cerovac SRB 1:55.80
6 4 708 Santiago Centena URU 1:57.88
7 3 10 Bilal Gagui ALG 1:57.95

110-Meter High Hurdles
Semifinals
First Four in Each Heat Qualify for Final (Thursday)

Kennedy
To the surprise of probably no one, Wayne Davis (Southest, Raleigh, N.C.) and William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) each won their heats but neither one ran faster then they had in the first round mainly because they were running into the wind. Davis won in 13.44 with Daniel Martin of Australia in second at 13.93. Wynne was a winner in 13.42 with Cornel Bananau of Romania in second at 13.89. It would be a giant upset if the two did not finish 1-2 in the final. The only real question is who will win.

Spier
Boys 110m Hurdles Semi Finals
Semi 1 (-1.0) - Talk about domination! Wayne Davis led from the gun and won by almost a half-second. His time of 13.44 was quite impressive given the negative wind. Daniel Martin of Australia (13.93) was second, with Andreas Martinsen of Denmark (14.03) was third and Martin Mazac of the Czech Republic fourth (14.06).
Semi 2 (-0.5) - As dominant as Wayne Davis was in the Semi 1, William Wynne was his equal. Wynne won his race "going away" in 13.42. Cornel Bananau (Romania, 13.89) was second, Denis Semenov (Kazakhstan, 13.90) third and Athanasios Hrisaidis (Greece, 14.06) fourth to complete the finalists.

Official Results - 110m Hurdles (91.4cm) - Boys - Semi-Final

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:45 Wind: -1.0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 711 Wayne Davis USA 13.44 Q (PB) 0.148
2 3 33 Daniel Martin AUS 13.93 Q 0.159
3 6 164 Andreas Martinsen DEN 14.03 Q (PB) 0.118
4 2 147 Martin Mazác CZE 14.06 Q 0.149
5 7 89 Simon Léveillé CAN 14.16 0.143
6 4 460 Mohd Rohaizad Jamil MAS 14.33 0.151
7 8 477 Emilio Estrada MEX 14.78 0.171
8 1 562 Etienne Grobler RSA 15.08 0.154

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:52 Wind: -0.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 725 William Wynne USA 13.42 Q 0.142
2 5 546 Cornel Bananau ROM 13.89 Q 0.156
3 3 392 Denis Semenov KAZ 13.90 Q 0.162
4 2 265 Athanásios Hrisaidís GRE 14.06 Q (PB) 0.163
5 6 361 Hansle Parchment JAM 14.13 0.153
6 8 171 Renan Palma ESA 14.18 0.206
7 7 149 Josef Polach CZE 14.23 (PB) 0.157
8 1 191 Julian Ortiz ESP 14.32 0.141

2,000-Meter Steeplechase
First Round
First Four in Each Heat Plus Next Four
Fastest Qualify for Final (Friday)

Kennedy
Kenya has owned this event. In the first four championships, the East African powerhouse had provided three winners and three second place finishers. Mubarak Taher of Burundi broke a three-meet win streak of Kenya when he won in a championship meet record of 5:23.95 in 2005. As usual the Kenyan’s are the favorites but they could get a challenge from a familiar foe. Silas Kitum won the first heat in 5:40.46 and has a best of 5:34.0. Kitum led at 1,000 meters in 2:49.62. Teammate Jonathan Ndiku was content to finish third in heat two at 5:52.33 but has a best of 5:37.60. The winner of the second heat was Legese Lamiso of Ethiopia at 5:33.63. He passed 1,000 meters in 2:42.97. Lamiso came into the meet with a best of just 5:55.20. The U.S. has no entrants.

Official Results - 2000 Metres Steeplechase - Boys - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified
Official ReportOfficial Report
Last Updated: 21:12:02 CET 11/07/2007

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 20:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 400 Kitum Silas Kosgei KEN 5:40.46 Q
2 26 Everest Richard AUS 5:55.68 Q
3 545 Baltan Ionut ROM 5:55.83 Q (PB)
4 13 Mahcene Mohamed Lamine ALG 5:56.77 Q (PB)
5 172 Abadía Antonio ESP 6:02.21 q
6 591 Kulikov Andrey RUS 6:05.10
7 572 Motsau Jerry RSA 6:12.80
8 534 Mendez Cesar PUR 6:22.91
637 Hassan Ahmed Diaaeldin SUD DNS

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 21:02
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 213 Lamiso Legese ETH 5:33.63 Q (WYL)
2 450 Dacha Abdellah MAR 5:46.03 Q
3 401 Ndiku Jonathan Muia KEN 5:52.33 Q
4 162 Hesselbjerg Ole DEN 5:57.18 Q (PB)
5 179 Cordero Álvaro ESP 5:57.87 q (PB)
6 95 Smith Jacob CAN 5:58.16 q (PB)
7 620 Jovan Rok SLO 5:58.70 q (PB)
8 573 Mothosola William RSA 6:08.68
9 544 Shagag Maaz Abdelrahman QAT 6:12.39
10 653 Sárkozi Peter SVK 6:17.49

 

Shot Put
Final

For Sean Tabor (Norman, Ok.) it turned out to be a good morning, when he set a personal best 63-11 ¾ for the fourth best performance in qualifying, and a not so good evening when he was only able to throw 59-4 ¾ and finished tenth. Tabor opened with a foul before reaching 58-4 ½ and finally 59-4 ¾. In order to earn three additional throws he would have needed to reach 62-6 ¾. His tenth place finish equaled the best ever finish by a U.S. team member. Darius Savage finished in tenth place in 2005. At the end of the first round David Storl of Germany had the lead at 68-10 ½, followed by Marin Premeru of Croatia at 66-3 and Savyttskyy of Ukraine at 65-9 ½. For the next five rounds the order did not change but all three putters did improve. In the second round, Storl hit 70-2 ½ for the World Youth lead for the year and Premeru up his best to 67-0. Savytskyy improved twice in the third and fifth round but his 66-1 ½ could not quite catch the top two. Hendrik Muller of Germany was even more unfortunate than Tabor. After qualifying second in the morning with a put of 65-0 ¾ he no fair throws in the final.

Official Results - Shot Put (5kg) - Boys - Final

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 260 David Storl GER 21.40 (WYL)
2 126 Marin Premeru CRO 20.42
3 701 Dmytro Savytskyy UKR 20.15
4 516 Konrad Partyka POL 19.84
5 656 Simon Gustafsson SWE 19.71 (PB)
6 112 Bin Sun CHN 19.69 (PB)
7 617 Marko Špiler SLO 19.11 (PB)
8 328 Colin Quirke IRL 18.98
9 726 Sergey Dementev UZB 18.71
10 721 Sean Tabor USA 18.10
11 699 Mykyta Nesterenko UKR 17.52
253 Hendrik Müller GER NM

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

David Storl 20.76 21.40 20.91 20.00 20.74 21.30
Marin Premeru 20.19 20.42 20.12 20.21 20.24 19.98
Dmytro Savytskyy 20.06 X 20.09 20.15 19.79 X
Konrad Partyka 19.41 19.04 19.17 19.29 X 19.84
Simon Gustafsson 19.47 19.71 X 19.04 19.17 19.38
Bin Sun 18.78 X 18.92 X 19.69 19.27
Marko Špiler 18.90 18.58 18.89 19.11 X 19.08
Colin Quirke X 18.98 X X X X
Sergey Dementev 18.71 18.54 18.11 NM NM NM
Sean Tabor X 17.79 18.10 NM NM NM
Mykyta Nesterenko X 17.52 X NM NM NM
Hendrik Müller X X X NM NM NM

Octathon

Shot Put

Going into the third event, the shot put, Eusebio Caceres of Spain led with 1,874 points, Jaroslav Hedvicak of Czech Republic was second at 1,737 and Adam Bevis of Australia was third at 1,698. Despite a throw of just 46-0 ¾, worth 731 points, Caceres continued to lead with 2,605 points although his margin dropped from 137 points to 109. Bevis has the sixth best throw at 49-5 but it was good enough for 793 points and a total of 2,491 to move from third to second. Stefan Matula of Germany, who has a decathlon score of 7,471 with the junior implements, had the fifth best put of 50-10, worth 820 points and a total of 2,467 to move from fifth to third. Hedvicak had a put of just 44-11, worth 709, and dropped from second to fourth with 2,446 points. Curtis Beach (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.) had a throw of 44-0, worth 692 points and a total of 2,250 that dropped him from eighth to tenth. Simon Feurer of France had the best put of the competition at 51-4 ¼, worth 830 points, and moved from 12th to eighth with 2,300 points.

Official Results - Shot Put (5kg) - Boys - Octathlon Youth

Group A - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 225 Simon Feurer FRA 15.65 830 (PB)
2 252 Stefan Matula GER 15.49 820 (PB)
3 341 Michele Calvi ITA 14.38 752 (PB)
4 530 Kevin Wilson POR 13.55 701 (PB)
5 710 Curtis Beach USA 13.41 692 (PB)
6 23 Daniel Bailey AUS 12.70 649 (PB)
7 197 Álvaro Ruiz ESP 12.19 618 (PB)
8 155 Jan Solfronk CZE 11.96 604 (PB)
9 36 Dominik Distelberger AUT 11.62 583
10 727 Marat Khaydarov UZB 11.16 556
506 Ahmed Al-Maqbali OMA DNS

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Simon Feurer 15.65 15.41 15.27
Stefan Matula 13.61 15.49 15.28
Michele Calvi 13.60 14.38 13.61
Kevin Wilson 13.55 X X
Curtis Beach 13.41 X 12.71
Daniel Bailey 11.57 11.94 12.70
Á lvaro Ruiz 12.08 12.19 11.82
Jan Solfronk X 9.95 11.96
Dominik Distelberger 10.80 11.62 10.94
Marat Khaydarov 9.87 11.16 10.99
Ahmed Al-Maqbali NM NM NM

Group B - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 207 Hendrik Lepik EST 15.88 844 (PB)
2 35 Armin Beham AUT 15.84 841 (PB)
3 596 Evgeniy Teptin RUS 15.71 833 (PB)
4 24 Adam Bevis AUS 15.06 793 (PB)
5 175 Eusebio Cáceres ESP 14.04 731 (PB)
6 565 Willem le Roux RSA 13.79 715 (PB)
7 139 Jaroslav Hedvicák CZE 13.69 709 (PB)
8 281 Zsolt Berghammer HUN 13.59 703 (PB)
9 331 Einar Lárusson ISL 13.30 686 (PB)
10 49 Shane Brathwaite BAR 13.15 676 (PB)
11 479 Gustavo Morua MEX 12.51 637 (PB)

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Hendrik Lepik 14.90 15.07 15.88
Armin Beham 15.21 X 15.84
Evgeniy Teptin 15.71 15.65 15.56
Adam Bevis 15.06 14.57 14.62
Eusebio Cáceres 12.05 12.95 14.04
Willem le Roux 13.79 13.69 X
Jaroslav Hedvicák 12.93 13.69 12.31
Zsolt Berghammer 13.59 13.43 X
Einar Lárusson X 13.30 12.28
Shane Brathwaite 12.11 13.15 11.48
Gustavo Morua 11.23 12.39 12.51

Javelin Qualifying
Top 12 Advance (Thursday)

If the qualifying is any indication, the final could be very entertaining. Both the Group A and the Group B leaders set personal best. Kirill Kadukov of Russia led Group A at 246-1 and Hamish Peacock of Australia was the Group B leader at 245-7.
Edgars Rutins of Latvia was second in Group B with a personal best of 244-6 and Tuomas Laaksonen was third at 243-6. All four throws bettered the automatic qualifying standard of 229-8. Laaksonen does have a best of 257-11. Stipe Zunic of Croatia was also an automatic qualifier at 232-9 but has thrown 242-6. David Golling of Germany was the only other automatic qualifier at 231-1. Five of the six automatic qualifiers got it done in the first round. One casualty was Kuan-Lun Chen of Taiwan, who came into the competition with a best of 253-4 but could only manage 205-0.

Official Results - Javelin Throw (700g) - Boys - Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 70.00m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 15:35
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 589 Kirill Kadukov RUS 75.00 Q (PB)
2 249 David Golling GER 70.49 Q
3 25 Luke Bissett AUS 69.98 q
4 223 Joonas Verronen FIN 68.63 q
5 581 Adriaan van der Merwe RSA 67.69 q
6 141 Radovan Komár CZE 67.03 (PB)
7 205 Ranno Koorep EST 66.95
8 687 Mustafa Tan TUR 64.56
9 524 Mateusz Ruschewski POL 63.82
10 675 Kuan-Lun Chen TPE 62.48
11 472 Dmitri Tarabin MDA 62.45 (PB)
12 429 Rihards Ivanovs LAT 62.43 (PB)
13 285 Gábor Hernádi HUN 62.41
14 309 Virender Kumar IND 62.32
15 549 Tobias Ianosi ROM 60.26
16 437 Carl Joe Mehanna LIB 55.42 (SB)
17 330 Ásgeir Einarsson ISL 55.19
18 353 Stefano Nardini ITA 54.27

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Kirill Kadukov 75.00 NM NM
David Golling 70.49 NM NM
Luke Bissett 67.42 69.98 66.10
Joonas Verronen 63.49 66.38 68.63
Adriaan van der Merwe 67.69 65.86 66.16
Radovan Komár 60.97 51.68 67.03
Ranno Koorep 66.95 62.23 X
Mustafa Tan X 64.56 59.42
Mateusz Ruschewski X 63.12 63.82
Kuan-Lun Chen 53.58 62.48 61.16
Dmitri Tarabin 62.45 X X
Rihards Ivanovs X 55.72 62.43
Gábor Hernádi 60.45 57.21 62.41
Virender Kumar 62.11 62.32 X
Tobias Ianosi 60.26 59.22 59.42
Carl Joe Mehanna 46.32 55.42 53.16
Á sgeir Einarsson 55.19 X X
Stefano Nardini X 54.27 X

Group B - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 17:05
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 34 Hamish Peacock AUS 74.86 Q (PB)
2 432 Edgars Rütinš LAT 74.53 Q (PB)
3 217 Tuomas Laaksonen FIN 74.22 Q
4 129 Stipe Zunic CRO 71.94 Q
5 157 Jakub Vadlejch CZE 69.98 q
6 598 Nikita Zakharov RUS 68.57 q
7 729 Bobur Shokirjonov UZB 67.96 q (PB)
8 517 Krzysztof Pielecki POL 66.76
9 557 Ulrich Damon RSA 66.74
10 242 Daniel Pembroke GBR 63.95
11 86 Wiley Collins CAN 62.93 (PB)
12 706 Viktor Yefymenko UKR 62.90
13 196 Juan José Román ESP 61.00 (PB)
14 444 Nerijus Luckauskas LTU 58.91
15 102 Vicente García CHI 56.51
16 288 Zoltán Horváth HUN 53.02
17 332 Gudmundur Sverrisson ISL 50.89
18 165 Davis Hypolite DMA 45.66

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Hamish Peacock 61.95 74.86 NM
Edgars Rütinš 74.53 NM NM
Tuomas Laaksonen 74.22 NM NM
Stipe Zunic 71.94 NM NM
Jakub Vadlejch 69.98 - -
Nikita Zakharov 68.57 66.09 61.19
Bobur Shokirjonov 62.24 65.62 67.96
Krzysztof Pielecki 66.76 58.75 66.68
Ulrich Damon 66.74 58.80 X
Daniel Pembroke 58.20 63.95 62.05
Wiley Collins 62.93 X 60.09
Viktor Yefymenko 54.99 62.90 58.96
Juan José Román 60.11 52.69 61.00
Nerijus Luckauskas 58.91 X 53.62
Vicente García 52.65 53.19 56.51
Zoltán Horváth 53.02 X X
Gudmundur Sverrisson X 49.18 50.89
Davis Hypolite X 45.66 X

Official Results - Octathlon Boys - Boys
AfterEvent 4
Pos Bib Athlete Country Points Records
1 175 Eusebio Cáceres ESP 3320
2 139 Jaroslav Hedvicák CZE 3295
3 24 Adam Bevis AUS 3255
4 49 Shane Brathwaite BAR 3224
5 252 Stefan Matula GER 3182
6 331 Einar Lárusson ISL 3172
7 710 Curtis Beach USA 3120
8 35 Armin Beham AUT 3051
9 596 Evgeniy Teptin RUS 3041
10 225 Simon Feurer FRA 3029
11 36 Dominik Distelberger AUT 3018
12 530 Kevin Wilson POR 2953
13 479 Gustavo Morua MEX 2899
14 281 Zsolt Berghammer HUN 2899
15 207 Hendrik Lepik EST 2893
16 23 Daniel Bailey AUS 2865
17 341 Michele Calvi ITA 2850
18 155 Jan Solfronk CZE 2848
19 197 Álvaro Ruiz ESP 2829
20 565 Willem le Roux RSA 2739
21 727 Marat Khaydarov UZB 2601
506 Ahmed Al-Maqbali OMA DNS

11 07 2007 Results WOMEN

100 Meters
Quarterfinals
First Four in Each Heat Qualify for Semifinals (Thursday)

Kennedy
Neither Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Friendswood, Tx.) nor Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.). won their respective heats but they both comfortably qualified for the semifinals. Alexander running against Ashlee Nelson of Britain, as she had done in the first round, was again second, 11.65 to 11.74. In the first round they ran 11.70 and 11.74, respectively. Purvis was handled rather easily by Andreea Ograzeanu of Romania, 11.94 to 12.09. Again Asha Philip of Britain, who has a best of 11.37 and appears to be the class of the field, was the fastest runner to advance with her 11.53. Barbara Leoncio of Brazil, who has run 11.52, was second at 11.75. Fellow Brazilian Rosangela Santos, who has a best of 11.44, easily won the remaining heat in 11.68. The real running will begin in the semifinals.

Spier
Girls 100m Quarterfinals (top 4 in each heat advance to the semifinals)
Heat 1 (-1.2 mps) - It was a very even race with Andreea Ograzeanu (Romania) the clear winner (11.94). .03 separated second from fifth, with Ashton Purvis (US) taking second in 12.09, the same time as third placer Alyssa Conley (South Africa) and .01 ahead of Olivia Tauro of Australia. Those four qualified but Gabriela Laleva (Bulgaria) missed out by .02 in fifth.
Heat 2 (+1.2 mps) - Rosangela Santos of Brazil dominated this race running 11.68 with Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad second in 11.89. Loudia Laarman of Canada (11.96) and Jura Levy of Jamaica (11.98) also advanced.
Heat 3 (-0.9 mps) - Asha Phillip showed why she is the favorite. Leading from the gun, she separated herself from the field early, shut it down with 20 meters to go, and won in 11.53. Barbara Leoncio (Brazil, 11.75) was second. The other qualifiers wer Huijiang Han of China (11.83) and Shanice Hazel of the British Virgin Islands (11.93).
Heat 4 (+0.7 mps) - After two false starts and one delay, Ashlee Nelson of Great Britain emerged the victor in 11.65. Erica Alexander of the U.S. had the start of her life to lead early, only to be caught by the eventual winner. Alexander finished second in 11.75, with Sabrina Nettey of Canada (11.90) third and Aleksandra Kociolek of Poland finishing fourth (11.94). Gayon Evans of Jamaica was the athlete disqualified for the second false start.

Official Results - 100 Metres - Girls - Quarter-Final

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:25 Wind: -1.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 448 Andreea Ograzeanu ROM 11.94 Q 0.171
2 3 591 Ashton Purvis USA 12.09 Q 0.155
3 6 461 Alyssa Conley RSA 12.09 Q 0.162
4 4 27 Olivia Tauro AUS 12.10 Q 0.166
5 8 69 Gabriela Laleva BUL 12.12 0.179
6 7 291 Allison Peter ISV 12.21 0.143
7 2 141 Klára Kolomazníková CZE 12.32 0.142
8 1 296 Marta Maffioletti ITA 12.36 0.190

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:32 Wind: 1.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 66 Rosângela Santos BRA 11.68 Q 0.153
2 2 549 Michelle-Lee Ahye TRI 11.89 Q 0.144
3 5 76 Loudia Laarman CAN 11.96 Q 0.167
4 4 312 Jura Levy JAM 11.98 Q 0.183
5 3 97 Xianping Ha CHN 12.01 0.169
6 7 12 Jacinta Doyle AUS 12.16 0.143
7 1 178 Maitane Iruretagoyena ESP 12.46 0.170
8 8 528 Lenka Kršáková SVK 12.54 0.178

Heat 3 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:39 Wind: -0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 217 Asha Philip GBR 11.53 Q 0.144
2 3 58 Bárbara Leoncio BRA 11.75 Q 0.148
3 4 98 Huijiang Han CHN 11.83 Q 0.172
4 6 306 Shanice Hazel IVB 11.93 Q 0.145
5 8 510 Liona Rebernik SLO 12.14 0.171
6 2 35 Iesha White BAH 12.26 0.166
7 7 174 Ury Buika ESP 12.36 0.126
8 1 546 Wen-Wen Lin TPE 12.42 0.163

Heat 4 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 18:46 Wind: 0.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 215 Ashlee Nelson GBR 11.65 Q 0.148
2 6 579 Erica Alexander USA 11.75 Q 0.132
3 5 74 Sabrina Nettey CAN 11.90 Q 0.163
4 3 434 Aleksandra Kociolek POL 11.94 Q 0.180
5 2 46 Anne Zagre BEL 12.01 (PB) 0.170
6 1 34 Krystal Bodie BAH 12.03 0.156
7 8 471 Bevin Smith RSA 12.38 0.153
7 308 Gayon Evans JAM DQ

First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two
Fastest Qualify for Semifinals (Thursday)

Kennedy
Both Brianna Frazier (Raines, Jacksonville, Fl.) and Meshawn Graham (Bowsher, Toledo, Oh.) were heat winners and easy qualifiers. Frazier defeated Betty Chelangat of Kenya, 55.46 to 55.66 with third place going to Dade Sealy of Barbados in 56.08. Graham, who has a best of 52.52, defeated Natalie Geiger of Canada, 55.12 to 55.50 with Natalia Zsigovics of Hungary a nonqualifying third at 56.18. The only two runners to break 55 second were heat winners Yuliya Baraley of Ukraine at 53.92 and Alexandra Stukova of Slovakia at 54.63. Baraley has a personal best of 53.92 and Stukova has run 54.09. Two runners who did not enter were Folashade Abugan of Nigeria, who has a best of 51.49 and has the top five Youth times in the world this year, and Racheal Nachula of Zambia, who has a best of 52.99.

Spier
Girls 400 Meters, Round 1
Heat 1 - Mara Weekes of Barbados went out fast and there was some doubt if she could hold on to qualify. She did, just barely, and won in 55.29.
Heat 2 - Breanna Frazier (Raines, Jacksonville, FL) who won the Florida 2A state championships two months ago as a freshman, led from start to win in 55.46.
Heat 3 - Meshawn Graham (Bowsher, Toledo, OH), ranked number 2 in the world among youth, ran an even race to win this heat in 55.12. She's not only the second fastest in the world, but second fastest in the state of Ohio, having run her time of 52.51 behind Jessica Beard's US leading 51.63 in the Ohio Division 1 state meet in June.
Heat 4 - Latoya Mc Dermott (Jamaica) had no problem in winning this heat (55.93).
Heat 5 - I just saw the potential winner. Yuliya Baraley of the Ukraine strided to a comfortable 53.92 win, the fastest time of the competition to date.
Heat 6 - An almost local favorite won this heat. Alexandra Stukova of Slovakia (remember, it was CzechoSLOVAKIA not too long ago) came from behind in an outside lane to win in 54.63.

Official Results - 400 Metres - Girls - Heats

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 15:30
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 42 Mara Weekes BAR 55.29 Q 0.177
2 1 348 Bearose Chepkoech KEN 55.65 Q (PB) 0.146
3 7 294 Valentina Zappa ITA 55.66 q 0.198
4 6 378 Kristina Jasinskaite LTU 57.54 0.211
5 3 36 Deandra Knowles BAH 57.69 0.197
6 2 474 Sonja van der Merwe RSA 58.23 0.152
7 8 578 Déborah Rodríguez URU 58.62 0.151
8 5 302 Bianca Dougan IVB 1:01.00 (SB) 0.129

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 15:37
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 581 Brianna Frazier USA 55.46 Q 0.185
2 8 346 Betty Chelangat KEN 55.66 Q (PB) 0.205
3 3 41 Sade Sealy BAR 56.08 q 0.179
4 2 62 Natália Oliveira BRA 56.99 0.196
5 1 401 Jovana Klajevic MNE 57.55 0.201
6 6 472 Marisa Smith RSA 57.61 0.172
7 7 111 Stephanie Zamora CRC 59.95 0.160
8 5 371 Varmah Miatta LBR 1:05.58 (SB) 0.181

Heat 3 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 15:44
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 2 583 Meshawn Graham USA 55.12 Q 0.175
2 3 79 Natalie Geiger CAN 55.50 Q (PB) 0.234
3 6 264 Natália Zsigovics HUN 56.18 0.162
4 4 47 Souliatou Saka BEN 57.36 (SB) 0.177
5 8 142 Zaneta Langrová CZE 57.52 0.227
6 7 92 Meili Chen CHN 57.66 0.176
7 5 388 Sui Men Teong MAS 59.25 0.177

Heat 4 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 15:51
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 311 Latoya McDermott JAM 55.93 Q 0.189
2 7 400 Martina Xuereb MLT 56.28 Q 0.150
3 2 265 Dorina Vincze HUN 56.28 (PB) 0.151
4 8 502 Trefasana White SKN 56.67 0.176
5 6 61 Liliane dos Santos BRA 57.61 0.197
6 3 336 Yelena Geptina KAZ 58.54 0.516
7 5 385 Nurul Faizah Mazlan MAS 59.90 0.168

Heat 5 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 15:58
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 559 Yuliya Baraley UKR 53.92 Q 0.164
2 8 399 Francesca Xuereb MLT 55.10 Q (PB) 0.171
3 6 101 Ying Liu CHN 57.36 0.193
4 4 115 Ida Danculovic CRO 57.75 0.220
5 3 286 Stefania Hákonardóttir ISL 58.33 (SB) 0.196
6 2 180 Luna Rico ESP 59.72 0.296
7 78 Alyssa Johnson CAN DNF 0.172

Heat 6 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:05
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 7 525 Alexandra Štuková SVK 54.63 Q (SB) 0.246
2 4 575 Olha Zemlyak UKR 55.03 Q 0.155
3 3 277 Poovamma Raju Machettira IND 55.37 q 0.144
4 8 292 Chiara Natali ITA 56.12 q 0.208
5 5 320 Chisato Kitamura JPN 56.26 0.351
6 2 509 Laura Pajtler SLO 56.33 (PB) 0.138
7 6 148 Martina Klesnilová CZE 58.64 0.203
1 521 Amna Mohamed SUD DNS

1,500 Meters
First Round
First Four in Each Heat Plus Next Four
Fastest Qualify for Final (Friday)

Kennedy
Jordan Hasay (Mission College Prep, San Luis Obispo, Ca.) became just the second U.S. runner to qualify for a World Youth Championship final, joining Chantelle Dron of Manchester (N.H.), who achieved that feat in 2003. Hasay won the first heat in 4:26.06. After Melissa Duncan led the first 400 in 71.76 Hasay took over passing 800 in 2:25.76 and 1,200 in 3:34.84. Judging how closely things were bunched—less than on second separated the first five finishers—the pace almost surely will be cranked up in the final. Rei Ohara of Japan was second followed by Sheila Kiprotich of Kenya, Duncan Antonija Zalac of Croatia. Kiprotich has a best of 4:12.29. Sammary Cherotich of Kenya and Bartukan Feyisa of Ethiopia set personal best of 4:19.64 and 4:22.36, respectively, in finishing one-two in the second heat. Cherotich lead at 400 in 69.45 and then Feyisa took over passing 800 in 2:18.15 and 1,200 in 3:30.12 before Cherotich retook the lead for good. So what type of pace might be expected in the final? In 2001 the leader splits were 70.26, 2:21.00 and 3:28.29 (Georgie Clark) with a final time of 4:14.08 (Clark). In 2003 the splits were 64.73, 2:17.61 and 3:29.09 (Naomi Kipkemboi) with a final time of 4:17.41 (Kipkemboi 4:17.65) and in 2005 the splits were 65.29, 2:14.22 and 3:22.60 (Kuriko Kobayashi) with a final time of 4:12.29 (Kobayashi 4:13.96).

Spier
Girls 1500m Round 1
Heat 1 - I have become a true believer in Jordan Hasay. I don't believe I've ever seen an American in Youth or Junior competition control an international race at this distance like she did this one. She has been so dominant in the U.S. that she never had to worry about getting lost in a crowd, or suffer the jabs and shoving that are so prevalent in world competition. And she got plenty of that. In fact, she ran the risk of getting boxed in after one and one half laps, and stumbled twice in a 50 meter stretch while trying to work her way out of the box. She made her move with a lap to go and would not let anyone pass. Even when Sheila Kiprotech of Kenya, the 4:12.29 runner, tried to pass her down the homestretch, Jordan responded with an "extra gear" though she had one of the four qualifying spots locked up. Granted, her winning time of 4:26.06 was not overly impressive. But the fact is that she won a very tactical race against some very formidable foes.
Heat 2 - It was a two person race for the most part, between Sammary Cherotich of Kenya and Bertukan Feyisa of Ethiopia. Cherotich outkicked Feyisa at the end with a sustained kick over the last 200 meters. Cherotich ran 4:19.64 to Feyisa's 4:22.36.

Official Results - 1500 Metres - Girls - Heats

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:25
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 584 Jordan Hasay USA 4:26.06 Q
2 324 Rei Ohara JPN 4:26.17 Q
3 353 Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich KEN 4:26.17 Q
4 14 Melissa Duncan AUS 4:26.46 Q
5 124 Antonija Zalac CRO 4:26.81 q (PB)
6 220 Louise Small GBR 4:31.37
7 179 Sandra Mosquera ESP 4:32.49 (PB)
8 569 Yuliya Kutah UKR 4:32.99
9 91 Amanda Truelove CAN 4:34.76
10 419 Kelsi Patterson NZL 4:50.16
11 496 Jeanne d'Arc Mukakigeli RWA 4:50.91
12 391 Fathmath Sajidha MDV 5:43.64
518 Amna Barsham SUD DNS

Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:33
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 352 Sammary Cherotich KEN 4:19.64 Q (PB)
2 191 Bertukan Feyisa ETH 4:22.36 Q (PB)
3 93 Linlin Cong CHN 4:25.93 Q
4 256 Réka Czebei HUN 4:27.26 Q (PB)
5 328 Hanae Tanaka JPN 4:28.91 q
6 7 Evangelina Thomas ARG 4:30.29 q (PB)
7 85 Geneviève Lalonde CAN 4:31.14 q (PB)
8 394 Julieta Bautista MEX 4:31.41
9 176 Nuria Gil ESP 4:35.91
10 120 Marina Milkovic CRO 4:38.82
11 29 Chloe Tighe AUS 4:51.68
12 596 Marina Hmelevskaya UZB 4:57.46

3,000 Meters
Final

Kenya has won seven of the 12 medals available in the first four editions of the World Youth championships included three gold, two silver and two bronze medals. African nations have won 11 of the 12 medals with Japan being the only interloper. Guess what, things just never seen to change. Mercy Cherono of Kenya won in 8:53.94 and Ethiopia was second and third with Mahlet Melisa running 8:53.94 and Sutle Utura running 9:06.48. Cherono broke the championship record of 9:01.61 set by fellow Kenyan Veronica Wanjiru in 2005. Cherono entered the meet with a best of 9:11.30 while Melese had a best of 9:35.21 and Utura’s best was 9:31.43. For those of you who might have speculated on how Jordan Hasay (Mission College Prep, San Luis Obispo, Ca.) might have faired in this race, Saki Nakamichi of Japan was fourth in 9:13.84 followed by Ayaka Mori of Japan in fifth at 9:13.89 and Daniela Fetcare of Latvia in sixth at 9:21.36. There were no U.S. entrants.

Official Results - 3000 Metres - Girls - Final

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 20:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 350 Mercy Cherono KEN 8:53.94 (CR)
2 193 Mahlet Melese ETH 8:56.98 (PB)
3 195 Sule Utura ETH 9:06.48 (PB)
4 322 Saki Nakamichi JPN 9:13.84 (PB)
5 321 Ayaka Mori JPN 9:13.89
6 361 Daniela Fetcere LAT 9:21.36 (SB)
7 349 Irine Chebet Cheptai KEN 9:22.05
8 574 Olha Skrypak UKR 9:34.31
9 404 Lavinia Haitope NAM 9:36.70 (PB)
10 218 Beth Potter GBR 9:41.04
11 557 Doreen Chesang UGA 9:46.16
12 384 Rabab Arafi MAR 9:47.25
13 413 Camille Buscomb NZL 9:54.31
14 56 Idah Phorisa BOT 10:31.42
519 Ehssan Gibril SUD DNS

High Jump Qualifying
Top 12 Advance (Friday)

Esthera Petre of Romania and Natalya Mamlina of Russia were the only two jumpers to clear 5-10 ¾ although it seems clear that the officials were able to determine that all jumpers who had bettered 5-8 ½ or had first attempt clearances at 5-7 would advance and therefore stopped the qualifying. Petre, with a best of 6-0 ¾ , and Mamlina, with a best of 6-0, were the only jumpers to have no misses. Also qualifying were Kimberly Jess of Germany and Elena Vallortigara of Italy, both advanced with 5-9 ¾ clearances but have personal best of 6-1 ½ and 6-0 ½, respectively. There were no U.S. entrants.

Official Results - High Jump - Girls - Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 1.80m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 450 Esthera Petre ROM 1.80 Q (SB)
2 231 Kimberly Jess GER 1.77 q
2 571 Oksana Okunyeva UKR 1.77 q (PB)
4 153 Magdalena Nová CZE 1.74 q
5 517 Ivana Vukomanovic SRB 1.74 q (PB)
6 554 Burcu Ayhan TUR 1.70 q
6 273 Laura Toldy HUN 1.70 q
6 51 Alesia Blashkevich BLR 1.70 q (SB)
9 526 Klára Ábelová SVK 1.70
10 22 Mia MacKinnon AUS 1.70
11 82 Emma Kimoto CAN 1.70
12 423 Gabriela Saravia PER 1.65
13 402 Marija Vukovic MNE 1.65

Athlete 1.60 1.65 1.70 1.74 1.77 1.80

Esthera Petre - - O O O O
Oksana Okunyeva - O O O O XX
Kimberly Jess - O O O O X
Magdalena Nová O XO XO XO XXX
Ivana Vukomanovic O O O XXO XXX
Burcu Ayhan O O O XXX
Laura Toldy O O O XXX
Alesia Blashkevich O O O XXX
Klára Ábelová - O XO XXX
Mia MacKinnon O XO XO XXX
Emma Kimoto O XO XXO XXX
Gabriela Saravia O O XXX
Marija Vukovic O XO XXX

Group B - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 484 Natalya Mamlina RUS 1.80 Q
2 359 Ilva Bikanova LAT 1.77 q (PB)
3 300 Elena Vallortigara ITA 1.77 q
4 307 Misha-Gaye DaCosta JAM 1.74 q
4 90 Michelle Theophille CAN 1.74 q
6 68 Aleksandrina Klimentinova BUL 1.74 q
7 272 Barbara Szabó HUN 1.70 q
8 28 Trudy Thompson AUS 1.70
9 416 Elizabeth Lamb NZL 1.70
10 149 Romana Krobová CZE 1.70
11 112 Ana Šimic CRO 1.70
12 285 Grainne Moggan IRL 1.65 (PB)
13 389 Olga Bernevec MDA 1.65
14 470 June Roelofse RSA 1.65

Athlete 1.60 1.65 1.70 1.74 1.77 1.80

Natalya Mamlina - - O O - O
Ilva Bikanova XO O O XO O -
Elena Vallortigara O O XO O XXO -
Michelle Theophille O O O O XXX
Misha-Gaye DaCosta O - O O XXX
Aleksandrina Klimentinova - XO XO XO XXX
Barbara Szabó - O O XXX
Trudy Thompson O XO O XXX
Elizabeth Lamb O O XO XXX
Romana Krobová O O XXO XXX
Ana Šimic XO O XXO XXX
Grainne Moggan O O XXX
Olga Bernevec XO O XXX
June Roelofse O XO XXX

Triple Jump Qualifying
Top 12 Advance (Thursday)

Maja Bratkic of Slovakia was the leading qualifier at 43-3 followed by Ecaterina Malihina of Moldova at 42-7, Yoselidis Rivalta of Cuba at 42-2 ¾ and Dailenis Alcantara of Cuba at 42-0 ¾. All four exceeded the automatic qualifying standard of 41-8. The two Cubans rank one-two on the yearly World Youth list with Alcantara having a best of 46-7 ½ and Rivalta having done 44.4. It took 39-10 ¾ to make the final 12. There were no U.S. entrants.

Official Results - Triple Jump - Girls - Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 12.70m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 125 Dailenis Alcántara CUB 12.82 Q
2 409 Mia Haave NOR 12.65 q
3 229 Kristin Gierisch GER 12.63 q
4 116 Mirjana Gagic CRO 12.22 q
5 563 Oleksandra Holub UKR 12.19 q
6 295 Maria Moro ITA 12.16 q
7 26 Tahnee Reynolds Hopkins AUS 12.16 q
8 372 Sandisha Antoine LCA 12.03
9 334 Yekaterina Ektova KAZ 11.88
10 452 Andreea Rapotan ROM 11.85
11 147 Katerina Huclová CZE 11.85
12 386 Gha Yee Ng MAS 11.73
13 467 Rozanne Oeschger RSA 11.14

Athlete 1st w 2nd w 3rd w

Dailenis Alcántara 12.82 (0.9) NM NM
Mia Haave 12.39 (-0.5) 12.65 (0.2) 12.46 (0.0)
Kristin Gierisch X 12.63 (1.2) 12.58 (0.2)
Mirjana Gagic X 12.22 (1.8) 11.83 (-0.7)
Oleksandra Holub 12.05 (-0.1) 12.19 (2.2) 12.15 (0.0)
Maria Moro X 12.16 (0.1) 12.09 (0.0)
Tahnee Reynolds Hopkins X 12.16 (1.0) X
Sandisha Antoine 12.03 (-0.2) X 11.49 (-0.5)
Yekaterina Ektova X 11.80 (-0.4) 11.88 (0.3)
Andreea Rapotan 11.80 (0.9) 11.85 (1.0) 11.40 (-0.8)
Katerina Huclová 11.60 (0.9) 11.70 (0.6) 11.85 (-0.9)
Gha Yee Ng X 11.45 (-0.1) 11.73 (0.5)
Rozanne Oeschger 10.99 (0.3) 11.14 (1.1) X

Group B - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 16:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 507 Maja Bratkic SLO 13.18 Q (PB)
2 390 Ecaterina Malîhina MDA 12.98 Q (PB)
3 131 Yosleidis Rivalta CUB 12.87 Q
4 489 Alisa Vlasova RUS 12.61 q
5 188 Liane Pintsaar EST 12.42 q
6 118 Marija Gredelj CRO 12.16 q (PB)
7 597 Valeriya Kanatova UZB 12.15
8 160 Lucie Uhlírová CZE 12.04
9 305 Chantel Malone IVB 12.02
10 568 Kateryna Kravchenko UKR 11.91
11 344 Yelizaveta Varzhina KAZ 11.90
249 Estefany Cruz GUA NM
284 Neethu Mathew IND DNS

Athlete 1st w 2nd w 3rd w

Maja Bratkic 11.43 (-1.0) 13.18 (0.1) NM
Ecaterina Malîhina 12.25 (-0.7) 12.98 (0.3) NM
Yosleidis Rivalta 12.87 (0.1) NM NM
Alisa Vlasova 12.61 (1.5) 12.35 (0.8) 12.28 (-0.8)
Liane Pintsaar X 12.42 (0.8) X
Marija Gredelj 12.16 (0.6) X 11.76 (-0.2)
Valeriya Kanatova 12.15 (0.5) 12.14 (0.8) 11.84 (0.1)
Lucie Uhlírová 12.04 (1.8) 11.99 (-0.3) 11.96 (-0.5)
Chantel Malone 11.87 (-1.3) 11.96 (0.6) 12.02 (-0.8)
Kateryna Kravchenko 11.91 (0.1) 11.71 (0.1) 11.60 (-0.4)
Yelizaveta Varzhina X X 11.90 (-0.5)
Neethu Mathew NM NM NM
Estefany Cruz X X X

Discus
Final

The amazing Rebecca O’Brian just continues to amaze. Competing in her secondary event—she is a 48-5 ¼ shot putter—she squeaked in to the final twelve with an eleventh place finish in the qualifying and then was the eighth and final thrower after three round and earned a final three throws. She was not able to improve on her position but her 145-11, achieved on her first throw, was just off her personal best of 147-5. In the battle for the medals things were decided early. Julia Fischer of Germany, throwing third in the order, opened up with a personal best 168-9 and then had five straight fouls. It didn’t matter because her first throw turned out to be the best of the competition. Yuanyuan Jin of China took over second place in the second round with a 168-0 and Sandra Perkovic of Croatia grabbed third, also in the second round, with a throw of 167-11. In the fifth round Perkovic answered with a 168-1 to move from third to second by one inch.

Official Results - Discus Throw - Girls - Final

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 19:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 228 Julia Fischer GER 51.39 (PB)
2 121 Sandra Perkovic CRO 51.25
3 99 Yuanyuan Jin CHN 51.20
4 24 Kimberley Mulhall AUS 48.21
5 566 Mariya Koshkaryova UKR 46.44
6 21 Vika Lolo AUS 45.60
7 532 Matilda Gunnarsson SWE 44.85
8 587 Rebecca O'Brien USA 44.48
9 415 Te Rina Keenan NZL 43.54
10 242 Hristína Anagnostopoúlou GRE 42.24
11 209 Shaunagh Brown GBR 41.95
12 410 Trude Raad NOR 41.95

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Julia Fischer 51.39 X X X X X
Sandra Perkovic X 51.19 X X 51.25 X
Yuanyuan Jin X 51.20 X 48.74 X X
Kimberley Mulhall 47.26 45.37 43.68 48.21 X 45.32
Mariya Koshkaryova 43.62 43.77 45.29 45.21 43.66 46.44
Vika Lolo 45.60 X X X 42.11 44.47
Matilda Gunnarsson 44.17 44.85 43.28 42.10 43.01 43.45
Rebecca O'Brien 44.48 42.67 X 39.95 X 44.01
Te Rina Keenan X 43.54 X NM NM NM
Hristína Anagnostopoúlou 41.78 40.55 42.24 NM NM NM
Shaunagh Brown 41.90 41.95 41.92 NM NM NM
Trude Raad 41.95 X X NM NM NM

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