Day 2 of 2007 World Youth Championships
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 - Afternoon Session
Results compiled by IAAF
US Team Report by Glen McMicken USATF
Today's session overview by Anthony Foster, IAAF
Hurdle Champ Davis story by Laura Arcoleo IAAF
Today's event-by-event summaries by Mike Kennedy
Today's on-site summaries by Jim Spier when available

Davis has record-breaking hurdles win at World Youth Champs
07-12-2007 - USATF Report Glen McMicken

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Wayne Davis, II (Raleigh, N.C.) set a World Youth best of 13.18 in the 110 hurdles to capture Team USA's first gold medal, and William Wynne (Kennesaw, Ga.) took silver at 13.44 Thursday at the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships to lead a three-medal performance on day two of the meet.
The youngest member of Team USA's boys' squad had a strong motivation to do well - his father, Wayne Davis, Sr., promised to buy him a car if he won. The 15-year-old added icing to the cake with his record, breaking the old mark of 13.22 by Greece's Konstadinos Douvalidis in 2004.
" I was really hoping to get the record," Davis said. "That means my name will be in the books for a while. As soon as I crossed the line I wanted to see the time. My start was good as usual and I felt very relaxed, but I expected William to be right there beside me."
Kenny Gilstrap (Lithonia, Ga.) kicked off the medal haul with a surprise bronze in the 100 meters, clocking 10.61 behind the Jamaican pair of Dexter Lee and Nickel Ashmeade. Gilstrap, who was added to the team after Jeremy Rankin was injured, said, "All I did was focus on what I needed to do. I didn't think I was supposed to be here, but this has made it real for me."
An inspiring performance in the 1,000m wasn't quite enough to win a medal for Curtis Beach (Albuquerque, N.M.), but the octathlete climbed from sixth to fourth and had a personal best 6,170 points after a 2:35.57 to win the final event. Beach had personal-best performances in the high jump (1.98 meters/6-6) and javelin (42.01m/137-10), but faltered in the 110 hurdles after hitting a barrier hard and finished in 14.82, well off his best. Shane Braithwaite of Barbados won with 6,261 points.
" I had too many mental mistakes on the first day," Beach said. "I was happy to get PR's in the shot, high jump and javelin, and I did all I could in the 1,000. The top three guys were amazing, and now I have an understanding of my place in the world of multis. When my throws improve to equal my other events, I think I will be pretty unstoppable."
Ashton Purvis (Oakland, Calif.), who celebrated her 15th birthday today, was seventh in the girls' 100 final at 12.04, after teammate Erica Alexander (Friendswood, Texas) was disqualified for a false start.
Hammer thrower Connor McCullough was the brightest spot in the morning session, launching a massive 75.98m/249-3 on his first attempt to lead all qualifiers.
Dalilah Muhammad (Jamaica, N.Y.) and Ryann Krais (Eagleville, Pa.) were impressive winners in the first round of the girls' 400 hurdles, with Muhammad, the world youth leader in 2007, capturing heat two in 59.80 and Krais taking heat three in 58.67.
Team USA advanced runners to the final of the boys' 400 and girls' 400, as Danzell Fortson (Fort Worth, Texas) was second in his semifinal in 47.70, and Meshawn Graham (Toledo, Ohio) took fourth in her semi at 54.96. Brianna Frazier (Jacksonville, Fla.) did not move on after a 55.66 in her section.
Dylan Ferris (Kernersville, N.C.) made it to the boys' 800 final, running a gutsy 1:50.38 to place third in his semifinal and nab one of the time qualifier spots. Ferris, who led through the first 200 in a swift 25.44, said, "I was trying to get the lead and slow it down like yesterday. I didn't want to miss out on the final and I kept telling myself 'I gotta go'." Howard Shepard (Dallas, Texas) was seventh in his semi at 1:54.42 and did not advance.
In the boys' long jump, Christian Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.) had a personal best of 7.27m/23-10.25, and Bryce Lamb (Chandler, Ariz.) had a windy 7.18m/23-6.75, but neither athlete advanced to the final. Frankie Hammond (Hollywood, Fla.) cleared 2.04m/6-8.25, but also failed to advance.

Session Overview
Two World Youth Bests highlight Ostrava Champs - Day Two Evening Report
Thursday 12 July 2007

Ostrava, Czech Republic - The USA’s 110m hurdler Wayne Davis and race walker, Tatyana Kalmykova of Russia record breaking performances highlighted Thursday's second day of the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships at the city's stadium.

In two impressive performances, both athletes demonstrated superiority over their opponents in their respective finals.
Davis blew away the field to take victory in 13.18 seconds, bettering the previous best mark of 13.22 seconds set by Konstadínos Douvalídis of Greece in 2004.
He came in the final as the favourite and it was no surprise when he crossed the line ahead of fellow American William Wynne, who was some way back in 13.44 seconds.
Denis Semenov of Kazakhstan was third in 13.82 seconds.
" I am feeling great to be the World Youth Champion," was how the gold medallist described the occasion. "Even more so that I broke the record," a happy Davis said.
Russian double in Race Walk
Kalmykova turned in a 5000m Race Walk performance, which saw her taking the gold in 20:28.05 seconds, almost a minute ahead of her teammate Irina Yumanova (21:21.14), arguably the day’s best performance.
The Russian was delighted with her performance. "I am happy that I won and now that I am the record holder," she said. Philip and Lee - 100m champions
In the 100m sprints, Jamaica's Dexter Lee and Great Britain's Asha Philip, her Jamaican connected mother, watching from the stands, took gold in their respective categories.
Lee and Philip were clocked in 10.51 and 11.46 seconds respectively. Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade (10.54) was second in the boys' event while Brazilian Rosangela Santos was second on the girls' side in 11.46
Both were disappointed with their times, but accepted the victory. "I thought I was going to get a PR, but things happened, so you have to take it," Philip said. "I came here to win, so I accomplished one of my goals, so I can't complain no matter what time I got," she concluded.
Lee said: "I am very happy with the victory, but not with the time. I got a bad start and I somehow that threw me off, it affected me," he added.
Cuba takes TJ - Filand takes JT - tradition is respected
In the Girls' Triple Jump, Cuba pocketed one-two with Dailenis Alcantara taking the gold medal with a leap of 13.63m and Yosleidis Rivalta the silver in a season best 13.32m. Maja Bratki of Slovenia was third with her 12.96m effort.
The Javelin Throw title went to Finland's Tuomas Laaksonen, who threw a World Youth leading 79.71m to beat Hamish Peacock of Australia, who did a personal best 76.31m.
First ever World title for Barbados
In a dramatic conclusion of the Octathlon where all three medals were still undetermined before the final event of the day, Shane Brathwaite of Barbados won his country's first global gold medal in any age competition.
Brathwaite trailed Spain's Eusebio Caseres who had been in the lead since the first event the day before by a mere 22 points before the 1000m but his better showing at the 2 and half lap race gave him the gold medal with a total of 6261 points, the World Youth leading performance.
Jaroslav Hedvicák of the Czech Republic and Adam Bevis of Australia both scored a new personal best of 6212 points with the silver medal going to the home representative in virtue of a better head to head result (5 events to 3).
Caceres ended a disapointing sixth despite a new PB of 6144 points.
Qualifications...
In the semi-finals of the 400m events, Alexandra Stukova of Slovakia with a season best 54.26 leads Jamaica's Latoya McDermott (54.35), who she beat in heat one and Ukraine's Olha Zemlyak (54.59) going into Friday's final.
In the boys' event, Russian Vladimir Krasnov 47.22 has the fastest semi-final time going into the final ahead of Kirani James of Grenada (47.29) , and Jordan McGrath of Great Britain (47.48), both doing personal best times.
Russian Sheplyakov Aleksandr with a personal best 1:49.48 is the fastest going into Friday's 800m final. Ulus Cihat of Turkey, who finished behind Aleksandr in 1:50.28, also a personal best, has the second best time.

Boys Hurdle World Youth champion Wayne Davis inspired by Liu Xiang
Thursday 12 July 2007 - by Laura Arcoleo IAAF

Ostrava, Czech Republic - 15-year-old Wayne Davis of the USA set the all time World Youth best time as he stormed through the finish line in the Boys’ 110m Hurdles clocking a phenomenal 13.18.
Davis improved on the previous standard set by Greece’s Konstantinos Douvalidis in 2004 by four hundredths of a second and also erased World champion Ladj Doucouré Championship record of 13.26 which had stood since the inaugural edition of this competition eight years ago!
Davis was the fastest out of the blocks and one could already tell by the way he attacked the first hurdle that his race was going to be something special. He left team-mate pre-event favourite and World Youth leader William Wynne trailing way back with the rest of the field another couple of metres behind. 
Scary being in front alone
“I wanted to start fast because I knew William is strong and has a better finish,” said a delighted Davis. “I thought he was going to catch up with me but when I didn’t feel him close to me it felt strange. It was really scary being in front all alone.” Although Davis hit the eighth barrier and was slightly unbalanced clearing the ninth he did not falter and crossed the finish line a massive 26 hundredths of a second clear of his older compatriot.
“ I have been working really hard on my start for the last few years. I know that my start is so good that it can carry me through the entire race. My weakness is the end but today I felt relaxed in the last part of the race.”
Trinidadian origins
A native of Raleigh, North Carolina Davis has origins in Trinidad and Tobago where both his parents were born and his grandparents and most of his relatives still live.
His parents met when they were studying at University in North Carolina and never went back although the family travels to Trinidad “every other winter to spend Christmas there.”
The Davis family has quite a sporting tradition with Wayne senior, the dad, being a former Under-18 international soccer player for Trinidad. Danielle, the younger sister who just turned 14 is also a track athlete her specialist events being the 100m and 400m Hurdles.
“ She hopes to compete in the next World Youth Championships,” said Davis.
An aficionado of the sprint hurdles, Davis recounted how he fell in love with the event when watching Allen Johnson’s win the 1996 Atlanta Games on television.
“ I was only five at the time but I remember very well. I didn’t know the names of the athletes or anything but when I saw that race I said that’s what I want to do.”
It took him another three years to get his first track experience.
“ I was eight when I started athletics. I wanted to jump the hurdles but I was too young and too small. I had to wait a little longer before I could try it.”
Davis, who will turn 16 on 22 August, said that although it was Johnson’s race that inspired him in the beginning it is China’s World record holder Liu Xiang who he looks up to.
“ Johnson has won a lot but I like the way Liu Xiang came out of no where and beat all those older guy. He holds the World Junior record at 13.12 and has been progressing since he was a youth, just like me.”
“ Technique wise I think he is the best in the world. I watch all his races on the Internet and study them very carefully.” Davis’ time of 13.18 was run with the 0.91 high hurdles but the American has no fear to step up to the senior high hurdles at 1.06m.
“ My PB on the high hurdles is 13.65. I think I can improve it to around 13.4 already this year. I am never satisfied. I always want more and more. Today I really wanted to get the record and I thought I could have run 12.9 but over the ninth hurdle my trail leg went too wide and that slowed me down.”
Hurdles First
Davis is part of the “Hurdles First” club in Raleigh where he trains two times a day, seven days a week under the guidance of Steve McGill. He was promised he will be bought a car by his father if he managed to win gold.
“ I would like a Mercedes but whatever he buys me will be cool. I just want a car so I can get around,” he smiled.
Davis’ schedule for the rest of the year includes participation at the Junior Olympics at the end of July in Walnut, California where he hopes he will improve on his time.
“ I am sure I could PR again if I had another race tomorrow!”
Davis admitted he came to Ostrava with no real expectation so as to not put too much pressure on him and ran with all his heart. A future Psychology or Physical Therapy student Davis is also an accomplished gymnast and when asked if he could do a series of back flips to celebrate his gold he smiled:
“ Maybe not 10 but I could easily do 5 back flips. I practice them in my back yard, just to have fun!”

Event Summaries below by Mike Kennedy
On Site Summaries by Jim Spier when available
5th IAAF World Youth Championships Ostrava 11/15-Jul-2007
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Day Two (Thursday)
Afternoon Session

The U.S. continued on a high note as Wayne Davis (Southeast, Raleigh, N.C.) led a one-two finish for the Red, White and Blue and set a World Youth (under 17) record of 13.18 in winning the 110-meter hurdles (36 inches). William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) was second in 13.44. Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.) gained a come-through bronze medal in the 100 and Curtis Beach (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.) became the highest placing male multi-eventer when he finished fourth in the Octathon. Not everything went perfect for the U.S. as Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Friendswood, Tx.) was disqualified in the 100 final and Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) finished eighth.

Official Results - 100 Metres - Boys - Semi-Final

Kennedy
Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.) came up big, advancing to the final from heat one, with a third place time of 10.71 into a slight breeze. Dexter Lee of Jamaica continued to look like a good bet for the gold with a 10.46 win. Chrispophe Lemaitre of France was second at 10.68 and Keynan Parker was fourth at 10.75. Teammate Nickel Ashmeade could be the danger for Lee based on his heat winning time of 10.58 run into a 1.8 meter per second wind and the fact he lost to Lee but just .06 seconds in the national youth championships in late June . Ian Werner of Canada was second in 11.78 followed by Vaclav Zich of Czech Republic and Tse-Chaing Liang of Taipei, both at 10.86. Isaiah Sweeney (Hightower, Sugar Land, Tx.) was last in 10.97. Willie Hordge, in 2001 and Bryan Sears, in 1999, have been the highest U.S. finishers at second. Gilstrap is only the second U.S runner to reach the final in the last three editions of the World Youth Championships.

Spier on site
Semi 1 (-0.2) - An easy run for Dexter Lee of Jamaica - he did not luck like he was anywhere near "all out" in his 10.46 win. Christophe Lemaitre of France made a late charge to capture second (10.68), nipping Kenneth Gilstrap (10.71). Keynan Parker of Canada (10.75) rounds out the four finalists from this heat.
Semi 2 (-1.8) - The Jamaicans are making their bid for a one-two sweep as Nickel Ashmeade won this heat fairly easily (10.58). Ian Warner of Canada was second, .2 back from Ashmeade. It was a real battle for the second two qualifying spots as four came across the line together for places 3 through 6, with only .01 separating those four. The local favorite, Vaclav Zich of the Czech Republic, managed third at 10.86, the same time as Tse-Ching Liang of Taipai. Isaiah Sweeney, with the worst reaction time by far in the race, was well back throughout the race and finished 8th, running 10.97. So there will be 2 Jamaicans and 2 Brits in tonight's final.

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified
Heat 1 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:30 Wind: -0.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 363 Dexter Lee JAM 10.46 Q 0.152
2 2 229 Christophe Lemaître FRA 10.68 Q 0.145
3 4 714 Kenneth Gilstrap USA 10.71 Q 0.151
4 5 81 Keynan Parker CAN 10.75 Q 0.147
5 7 610 Allistar Clarke SKN 10.77 0.170
6 8 44 Warren Fraser BAH 10.85 0.141
7 6 661 Benjamin Olsson SWE 10.87 0.138
8 1 54 Harold Houston BER 10.97 0.135

Heat 2 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:37 Wind: -1.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 357 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 10.58 Q 0.158
2 8 82 Ian Warner CAN 10.78 Q 0.121
3 5 160 Václav Zich CZE 10.86 Q 0.135
4 7 676 Tse-Ching Liang TPE 10.86 Q 0.142
5 3 679 Joel Dillon TRI 10.87 0.147
6 1 578 Patrick Vosloo RSA 10.87 0.146
7 2 240 Jordan Huggins GBR 10.96 0.128
8 6 720 Isaiah Sweeney USA 10.97 0.175

Official Results - 100 Metres - Boys - Final

Kennedy
Nickel Ashmeade made it a little closer then it had been in their Jamaican national youth championships in June but in the end Dexter Lee prevailed, 10.51 to 10.54. The great surprise came in third where Kenneth Gilstrap ran a 10.65 to just edge Christophe Lemaitre by .02. Gilstrap’s medal was the first for the U.S. in this event since 2001. Gilstrap came into this competition was a best of 10.68 and bettered that time twice. Keynan Parker and Vaclav Zich were fourth and fifth as both ran 10.74. Jamaica’s one-two finish is the third straight one-two finish for the same country, In 2005, in Morocco, the British were first and second with Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Alexander Nelson. In 2001, in Canada, Yahya Al-Gahes and Yahya Habeeb were one-two for Saudi Arabia.

Spier on site
As expected, it was a Jamaican sweep. Dexter Lee, last out of the blocks, but with a tremendous second half, beat his teammate Nickel Ashmeade, 10.51 to 10.54. Kenneth Gilstrap (10.65) held off a late surge by Christophe Lemaitre of France to get the bronze (10.67). Gilstrap said later, "I wasn't supposed to be here. I was a late replacement for Jeremy Rankin. But, once I found out that I was on the team, I worked like crazy". It paid off.
Here's a fact you will find hard to believe (but confirmed by the Jamaican federation). How many 100 meter male world titles (World Youth, World Junior, World Senior, Olympic Games) have Jamaicans won? Answer - one. Lee's victory was the first ever at any level.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 17:55 Wind: -0.4 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Records React
1 4 363 Dexter Lee JAM 10.51 0.163
2 6 357 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 10.54 0.147
3 2 714 Kenneth Gilstrap USA 10.65 0.148
4 5 229 Christophe Lemaître FRA 10.67 0.127
5 7 81 Keynan Parker CAN 10.74 0.153
6 1 160 Václav Zich CZE 10.74 0.121
7 3 82 Ian Warner CAN 10.81 0.139
8 8 676 Tse-Ching Liang TPE 10.84 0.141

Official Results - 400 Metres - Boys - Semi-Final

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Danzell Fortson (Central, Keller, Tx.), the only U.S. entrant in this event, was in the third heat and with the fastest qualifier from the two previous heats being just 48.32 he knew he probably would not have to run all-out. Vladimir Krasnov of Russia was the winner in 47.22, with Forstsen second at 47.70. The two time qualifiers, as might be expected, came for this heat. Yonas Al-Hosah of Saudia Arabia was third at 47.78 and Niklas Zender of Germany was fourth at 48.31. World Youth leader at 46.70, Christopher Clarke of Britain, was an easy heat winner in 47.85 followed by Hendrik Maartens of South Africa at 48.01. James Kirani of Granada set a personal best of 47.29 to win the remaining heat in 47.29. Jordan McGrath of Britain was second at 47.48.

Spier on site
Semi 1 - A couple of PBs here for the two automatic qualifiers, Kirani James of Grenada (47.29) and Jordan Mc Grath of Great Britain (47.48). James had set himself apart early and the field played "catch up". Mc Grath caught up, and the other six battled for times to get them into the finals. Only .4 separated third through eighth.
Semi 2 - Christopher Clarke of Great Britain, the world leader, was given a battle by Akihiro Urano of Japan over the first half of the race. But Clarke "poured it on" from then on, separating himself from the field and winning easily. Hendrik Maartens of South Africa went from fifth from second in the last 200 meters, running 48.01.
Semi 3 - Two of the other sub-47 guys did battle here. Danzell Fortson led the charge early, holding the lead over 300 meters when be began to labor and the razor-thin Vladimir Krasnov of Russia overtook him. It was Krasnov over Fortson, 47.22 to 47.70. Late charging Yonas Al-Hosah of Saudi Arabia got a time qualifier, finishing in third in 47.38.

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 17:10
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 271 Kirani James GRN 47.29 Q (PB) 0.152
2 3 241 Jordan McGrath GBR 47.48 Q (PB) 0.165
3 4 68 Jonathan da Silva BRA 48.67 0.156
4 6 317 Sajjad Hashemiahangari IRI 48.72 0.145
5 2 251 Benjamin Jonas GER 48.83 0.192
6 1 45 Triedecio Davis BAH 48.86 0.206
7 7 521 Arkadiusz Wojno POL 48.97 0.157
8 8 108 Mingyu Chen CHN 49.07 0.177

Heat 2 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 17:17
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 235 Christopher Clarke GBR 47.85 Q 0.173
2 6 566 Hendrik Maartens RSA 48.01 Q 0.141
3 3 376 Akihiro Urano JPN 48.32 0.148
4 5 662 Robin Rohlén SWE 48.94 0.184
5 8 537 Juan C. Vega PUR 49.25 0.154
6 2 359 Rolando Berch JAM 49.34 0.176
7 7 216 Isoa Me FIJ 49.44 0.159
8 1 292 Zoltán Kovács HUN 49.84 0.173

Heat 3 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 17:24
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 590 Vladimir Krasnov RUS 47.22 Q 0.196
2 3 713 Danzell Fortson USA 47.70 Q 0.168
3 7 412 Yonas Al-Hosah KSA 47.78 q (SB) 0.137
4 5 263 Niklas Zender GER 48.31 q 0.149
5 6 65 Pako Seribe BOT 48.31 0.137
6 8 41 Jeffery Gibson BAH 48.86 0.175
7 1 186 Cristian González ESP 49.04 0.132
8 2 73 Jonatha Lídia BRA 49.14 0.146

Official Results - 800 Metres - Boys - Semi-Final

Kennedy
Dylan Ferris (East Forsyth, Kernersville, N.C.) became just the second U.S. runner to ever make an 800 final when he finished third in the third and final heat. When you have time qualifiers advancing to a final it is often an advantage to be in the final heat. Unless one of the previous heats has been very fast, you have a greater change of advancing if you are in the last heat because the runners know that if everyone is willing to go out hard there is a good chance that the time qualifiers ill come from that heat. Both the first and second heats had first lap leaders over 55 seconds and were win in over 1:50.0 so it was not surprising that in the third heat Henok Tesfaye of Ethiopia led at 400 in 52.44. Aleksandr Sheplyakov of Russia went on to win the heat in 1:49.48 with Cihat Ulus of Turkey a surprising second at 1:50.28. The time qualifiers did indeed come from this heat with Ferris running 1:50.38 for third and Tesfaye finishing fourth at 1:51.25. Amine El Manaoui of Moracco, at 1:50.70, and Ali Al-Deraan of Saudia Arabia, at 1:50.74, were the automatic qualifiers from the first heat. Automatic qualifiers from the second heat were Geoffrey Kibet of Kenya, the World Youth leader at 1:47.1, and James Kaan of Australia. Kibet was timed in 1:50.20 and Kaan clocked 1:51.22.

Spier
Semi 1 - This was classic international competition. A battle down the home stretch after jockeying for position over the first 600 meters. It was Amine El Manaqui (Morocco) edging Ali Al-Deraan (Saudi Arabia), 1:50.70 to 1:50.74. Howard Shepard was in third after 400 meters, but faded down the home stretch, passed by by all but one in the field, and running 1:54.42.
Semi 2 - James Kaan (Australia) led through 500 meters and was passed on the inside by Geoffrey Kibet (Kenya). Kibet went on the win in 1:50.50 with Kaan holding of Garvyn Nero of Trinidad for second in 1:51.22.
Semi 3 - Dylan Ferris got a dose of international tactics and responded well. He tried to lead from the gun but got beaten at the break by Trent Sayers of Canada. He maintained contact throughout the race after Henok Tesfaye (Ethiopia) had taken a big lead. Tesfaye had a fast first lap at 52.44. Ferris came around the final turn into second as both he and Aleksandr Sheplyakov (Russia) passed Tesfaye. Sheplyakov began to pull away and Cihat Ulus (Turkey) passed Ferris. But Ferris hung on for third in what turned out to be the fastest of the three races and Ferris actually running the third fastest time of all the qualifiers (1:50.38). Sheplyakov won in 1:49.48 with Ulus second in 1:50.28. The second time qualifier (Tesfaye, 1:51.26) came out of this race as well.

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 18:10
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 4 452 Amine El Manaoui MAR 1:50.70 Q (PB)
2 5 411 Ali Al-Deraan KSA 1:50.74 Q
3 3 394 Samwel Kipngeno Chepkwony KEN 1:51.90
4 2 685 Emrah Çoban TUR 1:52.48 (SB)
5 1 695 Artem Kazban UKR 1:53.50
6 8 295 Dániel Kállay HUN 1:53.92
7 6 719 Howard Shepard USA 1:54.42
8 7 97 Darryl Thomas CAN 1:55.57

Heat 2 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 18:18
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 5 395 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:50.50 Q
2 3 31 James Kaan AUS 1:51.22 Q
3 4 680 Garvyn Nero TRI 1:51.40
4 8 453 Lahbib Izzabaha MAR 1:51.41 (SB)
5 6 250 Ronny Heck GER 1:53.46
6 7 321 Amir Moradi IRI 1:53.50
7 2 53 Aaron Evans BER 1:54.79
8 1 563 Marnus Koekemoer RSA 1:55.39

Heat 3 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 18:26
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 5 594 Aleksandr Sheplyakov RUS 1:49.48 Q (PB)
2 8 689 Cihat Ulus TUR 1:50.28 Q (PB)
3 3 712 Dylan Ferris USA 1:50.38 q
4 6 214 Henok Tesfaye ETH 1:51.25 q
5 7 476 José Juan Esparza MEX 1:52.56
6 4 238 Christopher Harvey GBR 1:52.92
7 2 504 Michael Whitehead NZL 1:53.10 (PB)
8 1 94 Trent Sayers CAN 1:53.79

Official Results - 3000 Metres - Boys - Heats

Kennedy
As usual African’s dominated the qualifying taking the top four places in heat one and eight of the 15 places in the final. Moussa Karich of Morocco won the first heat in 8:14.33 with Daniel Salel of Kenya second at 8:14.35 and Abera Kuma of Ethiopia in third at 8:16.09. Lucas Rotich of Kenya won the second heat with an 8:12.14 followed by Hicham el Amrani of Morocco in second at 8:15.58 and Folavia Sehohle of South Africa in third at 8:17.65. Rotich and Salel have the to two fastest times of all of the finalist at 8:13.0 and 8:13.1, respectively. Kenya and Ethiopia have each won this race twice.

Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 5 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 18:55
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 454 Moussa Karich MAR 8:14.33 Q (SB)
2 404 Daniel Lemashon Salel KEN 8:14.35 Q
3 212 Abera Kuma ETH 8:16.08 Q (PB)
4 691 Alex Cherop UGA 8:18.42 Q
5 161 Jakub Zivec CZE 8:19.35 Q (PB)
6 377 Yohei Kondo JPN 8:20.01 q (PB)
7 113 Yunlong Tai CHN 8:26.32 q (PB)
8 100 Victor Aravena CHI 8:28.20 q
9 558 Sityhilo Diko RSA 8:34.19 q
10 509 Derlys Ayala PAR 8:34.80 (PB)
11 190 Mario Mola ESP 8:38.77
12 649 Miroslav Dobiáš SVK 8:42.51 (PB)
13 736 Yousef Salah Esmail Al-Lathaa YEM 8:44.81

Heat 2 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 19:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 403 Lucas Kimeli Rotich KEN 8:12.14 Q (PB)
2 451 Hicham El Amrani MAR 8:15.58 Q (SB)
3 575 Folavia Sehohle RSA 8:17.65 Q (PB)
4 381 Akinobu Murasawa JPN 8:17.85 Q (PB)
5 11 Sami Lafi ALG 8:21.68 Q (PB)
6 201 Jaime Villa ESP 8:29.26 q (PB)
7 103 Iván López CHI 8:37.82
8 698 Vitaliy Merkulov UKR 8:38.20 (PB)
9 273 José Alfredo Raxon GUA 8:46.76
10 434 Fares Hassan LBA 8:55.86 (PB)
11 495 San Naing MYA 9:09.75 (PB)
360 Kemoy Campbell JAM DNF

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

Kennedy
To the surprise of just about no one the U.S. went one-two with Wayne Davis (Southeast, Raleigh, N.C.) setting a World Youth record of 13.18 and William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) running 13.44. Konstadinos Douvalidis of Greece held the old record of 13.22 set in 2004. Davis’ time also was a championship meet record breaking the old mark of 13.22 sent by Ladji Douccoure of France in he first World Youth Championships in Poland in 1999. Davis’ best over the high school 39 inch hurdles is 13.66. Given about a .25 to .30 difference between the two heights, he could well be running under 13.40 next year. Denis Semenov of Kazakhstan was a distant third in 13.82 to edge Andreas Martinsen of Denmark at 13.86. This is the third straight win for the U.S. with Jason Richardson winning in Canada in 2003 with a 13.29 and Cordera Jenkins winning in Morocco in 2005 with a 13.35. It is the first time a country has finished one-two.

Spier on site
Wayne Davis ran a picture-perfect race. In fact, it was the best one ever run as he set a World Youth record of 13.16. He is a tremendous technician, even at his young age. William Wynne, as expected, got second, running 13.44. It was Denis Semenov of Kazakhstan getting the bronze (13.82), edging Andreas Martinesen of Denmark, who was nonetheless ecstatic over his PB 13.86.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 18:40 Wind: 0.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Records React
1 3 711 Wayne Davis USA 13.18 (WY) 0.149
2 5 725 William Wynne USA 13.44 0.144
3 2 392 Denis Semenov KAZ 13.82 0.143
4 1 164 Andreas Martinsen DEN 13.86 (PB) 0.147
5 8 265 Athanásios Hrisaidís GRE 13.98 (PB) 0.161
6 6 546 Cornel Bananau ROM 13.98 0.135
7 4 33 Daniel Martin AUS 14.05 0.147
8 7 147 Martin Mazác CZE 14.22 0.157

Official Results - High Jump - Boys - Qualification

Kennedy
This event took a giant step forward this year. In the past three editions of the World Youth championships, a jump of 6-6 ¾ advanced you to final. This year you had to do 6-9 ½ to get a shot at the gold. In any other championships Frankie Hammond (Hallandale, Fl.), the Florida state champion, would have advanced with his clearance of 6-81/4. It was Hammond’s second best jump of the year. Senlin Bao and Chen Wang, both of China and Derek Drouin of Canada were the only jumpers to have no misses. Wang and Sergey Mudrov of Russia, also a qualifier, are the seasonal world Youth leaders at 7-2 ½. Miguel Sancho of Spain, another qualifier, has had four meets over 7-0.

Qual. rule: qualification standard 2.10m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 106 Senlin Bao CHN 2.07 q
1 87 Derek Drouin CAN 2.07 q (PB)
3 592 Sergey Mudrov RUS 2.07 q
4 198 Miguel Ángel Sancho ESP 2.07 q
4 28 Josh Hall AUS 2.07 q
4 583 Willem Voigt RSA 2.07 q
7 75 Nielsen do Nascimento BRA 2.07 q (PB)
8 483 Edgar Rivera MEX 2.07 q
9 541 Salman Ahmed Al-Mannai QAT 2.07 q (PB)
10 382 Akihiko Nakamura JPN 2.04
11 623 Matic Miklavcic SLO 2.00
11 694 Oleksandr Kaskevych UKR 2.00
13 342 Giuseppe Carollo ITA 2.00
13 268 Adónios Mástoras GRE 2.00
15 366 Jonathan Reid JAM 2.00 (PB)
16 231 Ogun Robert FRA 1.95
17 142 Tomáš Kovalcík CZE 1.95
18 327 Barry Pender IRL 1.95
18 419 Ebrahim Al-Enezi KUW 1.95
20 52 Olatoundji Abiola BEN 1.95 (SB)
20 464 Yu Shen Poh MAS 1.95
22 336 Gabriel Paz ISR 1.90 (SB)
23 654 Lukáš Sojka SVK 1.90

Athlete 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.04 2.07

Derek Drouin O O O O O
Senlin Bao O - O O O
Sergey Mudrov O O XO O O
Josh Hall O O O O XO
Miguel Ángel Sancho - O O O XO
Willem Voigt O O O O XO
Nielsen do Nascimento O XO O - XO
Edgar Rivera O O XO XO XXO
Salman Ahmed Al-Mannai O O XO XXO XXO
Akihiko Nakamura - - XXO XO XXX
Oleksandr Kaskevych O O O XXX
Matic Miklavcic O O O XXX
Giuseppe Carollo O O XO XXX
Adónios Mástoras O O XO XXX
Jonathan Reid O XO XO XXX
Ogun Robert O O XXX
Tomáš Kovalcík XO O XXX
Ebrahim Al-Enezi O XO XXX
Barry Pender O XO XXX
Olatoundji Abiola XXO XXO XXX
Yu Shen Poh XXO XXO XXX
Gabriel Paz O XXX
Lukáš Sojka XXO XXX

Group B - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 114 Chen Wang CHN 2.07 q
2 156 Jan Sommerschuh CZE 2.07 q
3 593 Aleksey Prosvirnin RUS 2.07 q (PB)
4 183 Enrique Gimeno ESP 2.04
5 326 Kourosh Fouroghi IRL 2.04
6 715 Frankie Hammond USA 2.04
6 704 Serhiy Tsybulka UKR 2.04
6 92 Lucas Rodewald CAN 2.04 (PB)
9 482 Hugo Ramírez MEX 2.00
10 282 Zoltán Bolgár HUN 2.00
11 625 Jure Trupej SLO 1.95
12 338 Lorenzo Biaggi ITA 1.95
13 316 Keyvan Ghanbarzadeh IRI 1.95
13 456 Mohd Naim Azhar MAS 1.95 (SB)
15 430 Martinš Karabeško LAT 1.95
16 561 Dawid Greef RSA 1.90
16 356 Kemarki Absalom JAM 1.90
18 728 Vasilis Manolis UZB 1.90
18 228 Florian Labourel FRA 1.90 (SB)
673 Simpson Penn TKS NM
46 Raymond Higgs BAH NM
384 Masanori Yagi JPN NM

Athlete 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.04 2.07

Simpson Penn XXX
Raymond Higgs - - - - XXX
Masanori Yagi - - XXX
Chen Wang O - - O O
Jan Sommerschuh O O O O XO
Aleksey Prosvirnin O O XO O XO
Enrique Gimeno O O XO O XXX
Kourosh Fouroghi O XO XO O XXX
Lucas Rodewald O O O XO XXX
Frankie Hammond O O O XO XXX
Serhiy Tsybulka - - O XO XXX
Hugo Ramírez O XO O XXX
Zoltán Bolgár O XO XXO XXX
Jure Trupej XO O XXX
Lorenzo Biaggi XXO O XXX
Keyvan Ghanbarzadeh O XO XXX
Mohd Naim Azhar O XO XXX
Martinš Karabeško O XXO XXX
Kemarki Absalom O - XXX
Dawid Greef O XXX
Vasilis Manolis XO XXX
Florian Labourel XO XXX

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

Kennedy
Tuomas Laaksonen of Finland, the World Youth leader at 257-11, took over the lead in the first round with a 250-7 and then in the third round improved his world Youth lead with the winning toss of 261-6. Edgars Rutins of Latvia was second after the first round with a 238-6, only to see Hamish Peacock of Australia move into second in the third round with throw of 243-0. There were no major changes in two rounds before Rutins regained second in the final round with a 244-11 only to see Peacock retake second on the very next throw with a 250-4 effort. Luke Bissett gave Australia two in the top four finishers with a throw of 234-0. For Finland, a nation renowned for its javelin throwers, it was just their second win in five World Youth championships. Temu Wirkkala won in Hungary in 2001 with a throw of 249-11.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 19:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 217 Tuomas Laaksonen FIN 79.71 (WYL)
2 34 Hamish Peacock AUS 76.31 (PB)
3 432 Edgars Rütinš LAT 74.65 (PB)
4 25 Luke Bissett AUS 71.33
5 598 Nikita Zakharov RUS 70.62 (PB)
6 223 Joonas Verronen FIN 70.53
7 129 Stipe Zunic CRO 70.25
8 581 Adriaan van der Merwe RSA 70.00
9 589 Kirill Kadukov RUS 69.70
10 249 David Golling GER 67.32
11 729 Bobur Shokirjonov UZB 66.93
12 157 Jakub Vadlejch CZE 65.63

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Tuomas Laaksonen 76.37 X 79.71 X 74.29 73.67
Hamish Peacock 66.87 74.08 71.41 72.60 76.31 75.06
Edgars Rütinš 72.69 70.14 66.42 X X 74.65
Luke Bissett 68.77 71.33 66.76 64.26 66.60 67.57
Nikita Zakharov 69.72 70.62 X 69.14 68.23 X
Joonas Verronen 66.01 70.53 68.43 70.25 X 66.09
Stipe Zunic 70.25 67.75 X 67.97 68.99 68.62
Adriaan van der Merwe X 65.61 70.00 X X X
Kirill Kadukov 67.73 69.70 65.83 NM NM NM
David Golling 60.46 X 67.32 NM NM NM
Bobur Shokirjonov 60.66 66.93 61.43 NM NM NM
Jakub Vadlejch X 55.35 65.63 NM NM NM

Official Results - Javelin Throw (700g) - Boys - Octathlon Youth

Kennedy
Curtis Beach, who had a best of just 121-6 in his 7,418 decathlon in June, improved greatly with his third throw of 137-10, worth 509 points and a total of 5,247. That left him in sixth place, 191 points out of third place, but his decathlon best of 4:14.08 for the 1,500 held great promise of a higher final place. However, since the distance in the Octathon is 1,000 meters and not 1,500 the advantage that Beach might have is not as great as it would have been if the distance were 1,500 meters. Eusebio Carceres, as he has done since the first event, continued to lead based on his throw of 155-9, worth 551 points and a total of 5,497. Shane Brathwaite moved from third to second with a throw of 172-11, worth 629 points and a total of 5,475. Adam Bevis of Australia, jumped from sixth to third with a best of 186-8, worth 692 points and a total of 5,438. Stefan Matula remained in fourth with a 167-7, worth 605 points and a total of 5,394. Jaroslav Hedvicak dropped from second to fifth with his 146-2 worth just 609 points and a total of 5,377.

Group A - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 281 Zsolt Berghammer HUN 63.52 791 (PB)
2 565 Willem le Roux RSA 57.65 703
3 23 Daniel Bailey AUS 54.08 649
4 207 Hendrik Lepik EST 53.02 633
5 341 Michele Calvi ITA 49.93 588 (PB)
6 175 Eusebio Cáceres ESP 47.47 551
7 596 Evgeniy Teptin RUS 46.84 542
8 479 Gustavo Morua MEX 46.54 538
9 139 Jaroslav Hedvicák CZE 44.56 509
10 36 Dominik Distelberger AUT 43.27 490 (PB)
11 331 Einar Lárusson ISL 42.68 481

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Zsolt Berghammer 62.94 63.52 X
Willem le Roux 54.00 57.65 55.44
Daniel Bailey 51.62 54.08 52.81
Hendrik Lepik 53.02 X X
Michele Calvi X 48.37 49.93
Eusebio Cáceres X 47.47 X
Evgeniy Teptin 42.20 46.84 41.86
Gustavo Morua 46.32 46.54 46.25
Jaroslav Hedvicák 41.35 39.66 44.56
Dominik Distelberger X 39.55 43.27
Einar Lárusson 36.82 42.68 35.59

Group B - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 17:20
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 24 Adam Bevis AUS 56.93 692
2 225 Simon Feurer FRA 56.27 682
3 35 Armin Beham AUT 55.11 665 (PB)
4 49 Shane Brathwaite BAR 52.72 629
5 252 Stefan Matula GER 51.09 605
6 530 Kevin Wilson POR 48.93 573
7 197 Álvaro Ruiz ESP 44.39 506
8 710 Curtis Beach USA 42.01 471
9 727 Marat Khaydarov UZB 40.07 443
10 155 Jan Solfronk CZE 39.32 432

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Adam Bevis 56.93 55.73 X
Simon Feurer 44.37 51.86 56.27
Armin Beham 49.21 55.11 X
Shane Brathwaite 52.72 49.69 50.38
Stefan Matula 49.06 49.40 51.09
Kevin Wilson 40.42 48.75 48.93
Á lvaro Ruiz 43.99 44.39 X
Curtis Beach 34.34 39.16 42.01
Marat Khaydarov 40.07 39.46 X
Jan Solfronk X 39.32 39.12

Official Results - 1000 Metres - Boys - Octathlon Youth

Kennedy
Curtis Beach had the fastest time of the competition at 2:35.57, which was worth 923 points and a total of 6,170 that moved him into fourth place. Beach’s fourth place finish was the best ever for the U.S. replacing the nine place finish by Adam Fretwell in 2003. Despite leading the entire competition, Eusebio Caceres was done in by a time of just 3:01.80 worth just 674 points and a total of 6,144 do drop to sixth place. Shane Brathwaite had just the eighth fastest time at 2:48.01, but it was worth 786 points and him into first with 6,261 points. Jaroslav Hedvicak, recovering from a disastrous javelin, jumped from fifth to second with a time of 2:43:48, worth 835 points and a total of 6,212. Adam Bevis ran 2:49.16 worth 774 points and a total of 6,212—the same point total as Hedvicak. The tie was broken by higher finishers in individual events. Strefan Matula ran 2:50.61, worth 759 points and total of 6,153 to finish fifth.

Heat 1 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 19:55
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 479 Gustavo Morua MEX 2:45.05 818
2 155 Jan Solfronk CZE 2:46.12 807
3 565 Willem le Roux RSA 2:46.64 801
4 23 Daniel Bailey AUS 2:47.62 791
5 530 Kevin Wilson POR 2:49.49 771
6 207 Hendrik Lepik EST 2:55.27 711
7 36 Dominik Distelberger AUT 2:56.28 701 (PB)
8 281 Zsolt Berghammer HUN 2:58.22 682 (PB)
9 197 Álvaro Ruiz ESP 2:58.58 678
10 341 Michele Calvi ITA 3:09.83 571 (PB)
11 727 Marat Khaydarov UZB 3:13.18 541

Heat 2 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 20:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 710 Curtis Beach USA 2:35.57 923
2 139 Jaroslav Hedvicák CZE 2:43.48 835
3 331 Einar Lárusson ISL 2:44.38 825
4 49 Shane Brathwaite BAR 2:48.01 786
5 24 Adam Bevis AUS 2:49.16 774
6 252 Stefan Matula GER 2:50.61 759
7 35 Armin Beham AUT 2:55.69 707 (PB)
8 225 Simon Feurer FRA 2:58.11 683
9 175 Eusebio Cáceres ESP 3:01.80 647 (PB)
10 596 Evgeniy Teptin RUS 3:04.64 619

Official Results - Octathlon Boys - Boys
AfterEvent 8
Pos Bib Athlete Country Points Records
1 49 Shane Brathwaite BAR 6261 (WYL)
2 139 Jaroslav Hedvicák CZE 6212 (PB)
3 24 Adam Bevis AUS 6212 (PB)
4 710 Curtis Beach USA 6170 (PB)
5 252 Stefan Matula GER 6153 (PB)
6 175 Eusebio Cáceres ESP 6144 (PB)
7 331 Einar Lárusson ISL 5999 (PB)
8 35 Armin Beham AUT 5935 (PB)
9 225 Simon Feurer FRA 5877 (PB)
10 36 Dominik Distelberger AUT 5830
11 207 Hendrik Lepik EST 5823 (PB)
12 281 Zsolt Berghammer HUN 5812
13 596 Evgeniy Teptin RUS 5793
14 530 Kevin Wilson POR 5719 (PB)
15 479 Gustavo Morua MEX 5710
16 23 Daniel Bailey AUS 5708 (PB)
17 565 Willem le Roux RSA 5585
18 341 Michele Calvi ITA 5568 (PB)
19 155 Jan Solfronk CZE 5529
20 197 Álvaro Ruiz ESP 5517
21 727 Marat Khaydarov UZB 5063
506 Ahmed Al-Maqbali OMA DNS

12 07 2007 Results WOMEN

Official Results - 100 Metres - Girls - Final

Kennedy
Asha Philip of Britain, the world Youth leader at 11.37 and the clear favorite did end up winning but not before a long look at the photo timing system. Both Philip and Rosangela Santos of Brazil were timed in 11.46 with Philip given the nod. Santos had to be thrilled since she came within .02 of her personal best. Ashlee Nelson of Britain was a clear third in front of the second Brazilian, Barbara Leoncio, 11.58 to 11.72. Andreea Ograzeanu of Romania was fifth at 11.80 and Alyssa Conley of South Africa was sixth at 11.98. The magical trip that these championships have been for the U.S. hit a speed bump when Erica Alexander was disqualified and Ashton Purvis finished seventh in 12.04.

Spier on site
Oh my, what a race. Lots of drama as Alyssa Conley of South Africa jumped first with the false start called to the field. Next, Erica Alexander rocked in her blocks and was called for the false start. She left the start in tears. Asha Phillip (Great Britain), the big favorite here, took the lead halfway through but Rosangela Santos (Brazil) came back on her in a big way as both crossed the finish together. It was first announced that it was a dead heat, but 10 minutes later, it was announced that the tie had been broken. Phillip had taken a big gamble with a very fast, barely legal, reaction time of .104 seconds. It was a good thing that she did. So it was Phillips and Santos one-two, both at 11.46. The other British girl, Ashlee Nelson, took the bronze (11.58). Ashton Purvis, visibly nervous at the start, was never in the race and finished last in 12.04.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 17:40 Wind: -0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Records React
1 5 217 Asha Philip GBR 11.46 0.104
2 4 66 Rosângela Santos BRA 11.46 (PB) 0.150
3 3 215 Ashlee Nelson GBR 11.58 0.135
4 8 58 Bárbara Leoncio BRA 11.72 0.156
5 2 448 Andreea Ograzeanu ROM 11.80 0.151
6 7 461 Alyssa Conley RSA 11.98 0.141
7 6 591 Ashton Purvis USA 12.04 0.146
1 579 Erica Alexander USA DQ

Official Results - 100 Metres - Girls - Semi-Final

Kennedy
For the third straight race Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Friendswood, Tx.) and Ashlee Nelson of Britain faced off and for the third straight time Nelson won. The difference this time was that neither of them won the race. That honor went to Rosangela Santos of Brazil in 11.59. Nelson was second in 11.73 followed by Alexander in third at 11.84. Alyssa Conley of South Africa and Sabrina Nettey of Canada were both timed at 11.91 with Conley given the edge. Asha Philip of Britain the overwhelming event favorite was an easy winner in heat two at 11.56 with Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) just edging Andreea Ograzeanu of Romania for second, as both were timed in 11.81. Barbara Leoncio of Brazil was the final qualifier at 11.88. Seven of the eight finals have seasonal best of 11.64 or better.

Spier on site
Semi 1 (0.8) - Erica Alexander ran a solid race to get into the final, running 11.84 for third. The clear winner was Rosangela Santos of Brazil (11.59) with Ashlee Nelson of Great Britain second (11.73). The final qualifier was Alyssa Conley of South Africa (11.91)
Semi 2 (0.9) - The favorite, Asha Phillip (Great Britain) had an easy win (for her), running 11.56. Ashton Purvis appeared to be in trouble in the early part of the race, but put on a sustained charge to finish second (11.81), the same time as third-placer Andreea Ograzeanu (Romania). Barbara Leoncio of Brazil (11.88) fills out the finals field. So, in the final, there will be 2 Americans, 2 Brits, 2 Brazilians, a Romanian and a South African.

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified
Heat 1 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:10 Wind: 0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 66 Rosângela Santos BRA 11.59 Q 0.180
2 5 215 Ashlee Nelson GBR 11.73 Q 0.144
3 6 579 Erica Alexander USA 11.84 Q 0.139
4 1 461 Alyssa Conley RSA 11.91 Q 0.151
5 2 74 Sabrina Nettey CAN 11.91 0.155
6 8 434 Aleksandra Kociolek POL 11.98 0.199
7 7 312 Jura Levy JAM 12.01 0.184
3 549 Michelle-Lee Ahye TRI DNS

Heat 2 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:17 Wind: 0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 217 Asha Philip GBR 11.56 Q 0.134
2 5 591 Ashton Purvis USA 11.81 Q 0.136
3 3 448 Andreea Ograzeanu ROM 11.81 Q 0.176
4 6 58 Bárbara Leoncio BRA 11.88 Q 0.167
5 2 306 Shanice Hazel IVB 11.94 0.153
6 1 27 Olivia Tauro AUS 11.95 0.164
7 8 76 Loudia Laarman CAN 11.96 0.178
8 7 98 Huijiang Han CHN 12.01 0.164

Official Results - 400 Metres - Girls - Semi-Final

Kennedy
Meshawn Graham (Bowsher, Toledo, Oh.), who does not appear to be in the same shape as she was when she ran 52.52 in finishing second to Jessica Beard in the Ohio State meet, was the fourth in final qualifier in heat one. Alexandra Stukova of Slovakia was the heat winner in 54.26 with Latoya McDermott of Jamaica in second at 54.36 and Olha Zemlyak of Ukraine in third at 54.49. Yulia Baraley of Ukraine won the second heat in 54.96 followed by Natalie Geiger of Canada at 55.00, and Poovamma Machiettira of India at 55.15. Brianna Frazier (Raines, Jacksonville, Fl.) lost out to Francesca Xuereb of Malta, 55.57 to 55.66, in the battle for fourth.

Spier on site
Semi 1 - Meshawn Graham was out extremely well (perhaps too well) over the first 150 meters. She started to fade as Olha Zemlyak of the Ukraine, to her right, began to pass her. The field started to come back to her by the halfway point as Graham finished fourth (54.96) and Zemlyak third (54.59). The winner was Alexandra Stukova of Slovakia won in 54.26 with Latoya Mc Dermott of Jamaica second (54.35).

Semi 2 - Yuliya Baraley of the Ukraine looks to be the one to beat here, winning in 54.86. Natalie Geiger of Canada finished second in a PB 55.00, as did Poovamma Raju Machettira of India in third (55.15). Francesca Xuereb of Malta (55.57) edged Brianna Frazier of the U.S. (55.66) for the final qualifying spot. So it's an interesting, diverse group of runners for the final, with runners from:
Ukraine (2)
USA
Slovakia
Jamaica
Canada
Malta
India

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified
Heat 1 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:50
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 525 Alexandra Štuková SVK 54.26 Q (SB) 0.158
2 6 311 Latoya McDermott JAM 54.35 Q 0.252
3 5 575 Olha Zemlyak UKR 54.59 Q 0.157
4 4 583 Meshawn Graham USA 54.96 Q 0.177
5 1 400 Martina Xuereb MLT 55.24 (PB) 0.154
6 7 294 Valentina Zappa ITA 55.57 0.169
7 2 348 Bearose Chepkoech KEN 55.83 0.152
8 8 41 Sade Sealy BAR 56.14 0.219

Heat 2 - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:57
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 559 Yuliya Baraley UKR 54.96 Q 0.182
2 7 79 Natalie Geiger CAN 55.00 Q (PB) 0.186
3 2 277 Poovamma Raju Machettira IND 55.15 Q (PB) 0.196
4 6 399 Francesca Xuereb MLT 55.57 Q 0.170
5 4 581 Brianna Frazier USA 55.66 0.175
6 3 42 Mara Weekes BAR 56.45 0.155
7 8 346 Betty Chelangat KEN 56.71 0.127
8 1 292 Chiara Natali ITA 56.71 0.144

Official Results - Pole Vault - Girls - Qualification

Kennedy
Vicky Parnov of Australia, the World Youth record holder at 14-5 ¼, provided most of the suspense in the qualifying, when, after all of the other vaulters had stopped vaulting at 12-3 ½, decided to open at the automatic qualifying height of 12-9 ½ and then proceeded to miss her first two attempts. Parnov did make her third attempts to join eleven other 12-3 ½ vaulters in the final. Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece, at 13-11 ¼, and Marianna Zahardiadi of Greece, 13-9 ¼, are the only other two vaulters in the field who have bettered 13-4. There were no U.S. entrants. On the yearly World Youth list, it is interesting to note that the only vaulters listed over 13-1 ½ that are not in these championships are Shade Weygandt (Mansfield, Tx.), at 13-7, and Stephanie Forman (Lake Hamilton, Pearcy, Ark.), at 13-1 ¾. Since neither vaulter competed in one of three National Youth championship meets 2006, they were not eligible for the U.S. team in Ostrava.

Qual. rule: qualification standard 3.90m or at least best 12 qualified
Group A - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 25 Vicky Parnov AUS 3.90 Q
2 247 Maríanna Zaharíadi GRE 3.75 q
2 480 Ekaterina Kolesova RUS 3.75 q
4 537 Anna Nilsson SWE 3.75 q
5 161 Iben Høgh-Pedersen DEN 3.75 q (SB)
5 230 Caroline Hasse GER 3.75 q
7 105 Qiaozhen Xiong CHN 3.65
7 152 Michaela Nosková CZE 3.65 (PB)
9 435 Natalia Krupinska POL 3.50
327 Akiko Tanaka JPN DNS

Athlete 3.30 3.50 3.65 3.75 3.85 3.90
Vicky Parnov - - - - - XXO
Maríanna Zaharíadi - - O O - -
Ekaterina Kolesova - O O O - -
Anna Nilsson - O XO O - -
Caroline Hasse - - - XO - -
Iben Høgh-Pedersen - O O XO - -
Qiaozhen Xiong - O XO XXX
Michaela Nosková - O XO XXX
Natalia Krupinska O O XXX

Group B - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 16:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 223 Katharina Bauer GER 3.75 q
2 539 Petra Olsen SWE 3.75 q
2 490 Lyudmila Yeremina RUS 3.75 q
4 527 Dana Cižková SVK 3.75 q
5 245 Ekateríni Stefanídi GRE 3.75 q
5 10 Rachel Birtles AUS 3.75 q
7 73 Ariane Beaumont-Courteau CAN 3.65 (PB)
8 428 Martyna Cyganek POL 3.65
9 182 Jesica Soto ESP 3.50
10 94 Zhiling Fan CHN 3.50 (PB)
11 162 Caroline Holm DEN 3.50

Athlete 3.30 3.50 3.65 3.75
Katharina Bauer - - - O
Lyudmila Yeremina XO O O O
Petra Olsen - O XO O
Dana Cižková O XO XO O
Ekateríni Stefanídi - - - XO
Rachel Birtles - - O XO
Ariane Beaumont-Courteau O XXO O XXX
Martyna Cyganek XO XXO XXO XXX
Jesica Soto O O XXX
Zhiling Fan XXO O XXX
Caroline Holm O XXO XXX

Official Results - Triple Jump - Girls - Final

Kennedy
The entire event was virtually decided by the end of the first round. Heavy favorite Yosleidis Rivalta took the lead at 43-8 ½ followed by Dailenis Alcantara of Cuba at 43-6, Maja Bratkic of Slovenia at 42-2, Mia Haave of Norway at 42-0 ¾ and Tahnee Reynolds Hopkins of Australia at 41-10 ½. The only change in position came in the second round when Alcantara, the World Youth leader at 46-7 ½, took over first place with a 44-8 winning effort. Both Bratkic and Reynolds Hopkins had minor improvements in the latter rounds but did not change positions. Rivalta, after setting a personal best in the first four, had four fouls trying to catch Alcantara and then passed her final jump. The medals were the first in the event for Cuba since Tamayo Gay won in 1999.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 17:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 125 Dailenis Alcántara CUB 13.63
2 131 Yosleidis Rivalta CUB 13.32 (SB)
3 507 Maja Bratkic SLO 12.96
4 409 Mia Haave NOR 12.82
5 26 Tahnee Reynolds Hopkins AUS 12.76 (PB)
6 229 Kristin Gierisch GER 12.70
7 489 Alisa Vlasova RUS 12.67
8 188 Liane Pintsaar EST 12.67
9 390 Ecaterina Malîhina MDA 12.58
10 295 Maria Moro ITA 12.39
11 116 Mirjana Gagic CRO 12.31
12 563 Oleksandra Holub UKR 12.17
13 118 Marija Gredelj CRO 12.05

Athlete 1st w 2nd w 3rd w 4th w 5th w 6th w
Dailenis Alcántara 13.26 (0.3) 13.46 (0.9) 13.63 (1.0) 13.36 (-0.2) 13.48 (-0.5) 11.89 (-0.9)
Yosleidis Rivalta 13.32 (0.3) X X X X -
Maja Bratkic 12.85 (0.6) 11.54 (1.0) 12.92 (0.9) 12.58 (0.0) X 12.96 (-1.3)
Mia Haave 12.82 (0.2) X 12.74 (1.5) 12.52 (0.1) 11.25 (-0.3) 12.64 (-0.4)
Tahnee Reynolds Hopkins 12.75 (0.2) 12.71 (1.3) 12.76 (1.3) X 12.51 (-0.7) 12.10 (-0.9)
Kristin Gierisch 11.27 (0.5) 12.50 (0.5) 12.70 (0.2) 12.32 (0.2) 12.49 (-0.6) X
Alisa Vlasova X 12.67 (0.2) X 12.51 (0.6) 12.11 (-0.1) X
Liane Pintsaar 12.35 (0.3) X 12.67 (0.8) X X X
Ecaterina Malîhina X X 12.58 (1.1) NM NM NM
Maria Moro 12.39 (0.2) 12.14 (0.7) X NM NM NM
Mirjana Gagic 12.07 (0.3) X 12.31 (0.4) NM NM NM
Oleksandra Holub 12.12 (0.5) 12.17 (1.3) 11.94 (0.4) NM NM NM
Marija Gredelj 12.05 (0.3) X 11.43 (1.1) NM NM NM

Official Results - 5000 Metres Race Walk - Girls - Final

Kennedy
Defending champion Tatyana Kalmykova won in 20:28.05 to led a one-two finish for the Russians for the second straight championships. Finishing almost a minute behind Kalmykova was Irina Yumanova in 21:21.44. Russia also won in 2003 with Vera Sokolova. Panayiota Tsinopoulou of Greece was third this year at 22:49.15.  Tatyana Kalmykova's time set a World Youth Record breaking her own mark of 21:10.0 set earlier this year in Cheboksary, Russia.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 19:25
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 478 Tatyana Kalmykova RUS 20:28.05 (WY)
2 491 Irina Yumanova RUS 21:21.14 (PB)
3 246 Panayióta Tsinopoúlou GRE 22:49.15 (PB)
4 20 Paige Hooper AUS 22:57.67 (PB)
5 298 Antonella Palmisano ITA 22:58.52 (PB)
6 437 Anna Mielcarek POL 22:58.94 (PB)
7 444 Alexandra Gradinariu ROM 22:59.18 (PB)
8 457 Adriana Turnea ROM 23:17.68 (PB)
9 110 Anlly Pineda COL 23:19.79 (PB)
10 396 Paola Jimenez MEX 23:23.15 (PB)
11 250 Jamy Franco GUA 23:47.40
12 362 Anita Kažemaka LAT 23:57.05 (PB)
13 323 Chiharu Nishizawa JPN 24:02.47
14 19 Melissa Hayes AUS 24:09.01
15 338 Ayman Kozhakhmetova KAZ 24:09.91 (PB)
16 551 Olfa Hamdi TUN 24:12.14 (PB)
17 392 Dulce Angelica Arrieta MEX 24:12.28 (PB)
18 418 Kate Newitt NZL 24:20.26 (PB)
19 329 Yuri Yamaga JPN 24:24.72
20 52 Nadzeya Darazhuk BLR 24:35.58 (SB)
21 266 Berta Kriván HUN 24:43.24 (PB)
22 381 Sandra Simkute LTU 24:52.13
23 260 Viktória Hadnagy HUN 25:01.87 (PB)
24 530 Veronika Privalincová SVK 26:10.41
107 Tongjie Zhou CHN DQ
185 Sandra Yerga ESP DNF
339 Sholpan Kozhakhmetova KAZ DNF
358 Seasbyeol Weon KOR DNF
106 Liqin Xu CHN DNF
172 Sara Alonso ESP DNF

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