World Youth Championships - July 16-18, 1999 at Bydgoszcz Poland
Day
2 USATF Report
Quartet heavy on Texas talent finishes 2nd in sprint relay
WOMEN DASH TO 4X100 RELAY SILVER
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland, July 17, 1999 -- Three Texas prep teammates
and a
Washingtonian teamed up to grab silver in the 4x100-meter relay on the second
day of the IAAF World Youth Track & Field Championships here Saturday.
The team of Ginnie Powell, Ashley Mitchell, Raasin McIntosh and
Stephanie Durst covered the track in 45.40 seconds to win silver, behind
Jamaica’s winning 44.30. Powell won four golds for Seattle’s Rainier Beach
High School at the Washington state meet this year, while Mitchell, McIntosh
and Durst made up three-quarters of Houston Westbury’s Texas state champion
4x100.
Other highlights on the track Saturday included impressive semifinal
wins in the 200 by men’s 100 silver medalist Bryan Sears of Hinesville, Ga.,
and LaShauntea Moore of Akron, Ohio. Moore blasted her previous personal
best, clocking 23.29 as the leading qualifier. Monique Henderson of Bonita,
Calif., and Ivory McCann of Houston were also the leading qualifiers for the
finals in the 400 meters.
Both American teams advanced to the final in the sprint medley relay,
with the women turning in the best time of the day. Mitchell and Durst teamed
up with Christy Fairley and Robin Mortel to cover the 1000-meter distance in
2:10.19.
Field events action was paced by Dan Taylor of Middlefield, Ohio, who
won his qualifying section in the discus with a 187-6 toss. Allen Simms of
Lanham, Md., was the top jumper of the day for the U.S., advancing to the
triple jump final with a 48-6.25 leap.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
(Top three in finals, plus American finishers; for prelims/qualifying,
leading qualifier plus Americans)
Men’s 200 semifinal: Leading qualifier - Timothy Benjamin
(Britain), 20.98;
Bryan Sears (USA) won Heat 2 in 21.26 to advance to the final; Duriel Laird
(USA) was 7th in Heat 3 at 22.24 and did not advance.
Men’s 400 semifinal: Leading qualifier - Ivory McCann (USA), 47.60; Travon
Walton (USA) was 3rd in Heat 1 at 48.03 and advanced to the final.
Men’s 800 semifinal: Leading qualifier - Berhanu Alemu (Ethiopia), 1:50.06;
Clark Payne (USA) was 4th in Heat 1 at 1:56.82 and did not advance; Shannon
Hughes (USA) was 9th in Heat 4 at 2:02.78 and did not advance.
Men’s 400 Hurdles prelims: Leading qualifier - Sergio Castellano (Cuba),
50.91; Gerren Crochet (USA) was 2nd in Heat 4 at 53.64, but did not advance;
Brian Hickman (USA) was 2nd in Heat 2 at 54.01 and did not advance.
Men’s 2000 Steeplechase Final: 1. Cheruiyot Cherono (Kenya), 5:31.89; 2.
Luleseged Wale (Ethiopia), 5:32.61; 3. Philip Simbolei (Kenya), 5:41.77...
24. Scott Sebens (USA), 6:28.02.
Men’s 4x100 Final: 1. Jamaica, 40.03; 2. Japan, 40.14; 3. Germany, 41.13...
6. USA (Joshua Walker, Duriel Laird, Brandon Royster, Allen Simms), 42.30.
Men’s Sprint Medley Relay prelims: Leading qualifier - unavailable; the U.S.
team advanced to the final.
Men’s High Jump qualifying: Leading qualifier - seven jumpers cleared
6-10.25; Kyle Odvody (USA) and Derek Poynter (USA) cleared 6-6.75 but did not
advance.
Men’s Pole Vault Final: 1. Sebastien Homo (France), 17-0.75; 2. Oleksandr
Korchmyd (Ukraine), 16-8.75; 3. Rico Tepper (Germany), 16-4.75... 8 tie. Paul
Gensic (USA), 15-3.
Men’s Long Jump Final: 1. Shang Yapeng (China), 25-7.25; 2. Yoelmis Herrera
(Cuba), 25-0; 3. Nicolaas Grimbeeck (South Africa), 24-11... 12. Brandon
Royster (USA), 22-0.25.
Men’s Triple Jump qualifying: Leading qualifier - Marian Oprea (Romania),
51-5; Allen Simms (USA) jumped 48-6.25 and advanced to the final; Jason Arce
(USA) jumped 46-5.25, but did not advance.
Men’s Shot Put Final: 1. Robert Haggblom (Finland), 64-10; 2. Dmitri Gorchkov
(Russia), 64-7.25; 3. Khalid Al Suwaidi (Qatar), 63-9.5.
Men’s Discus qualifying: Leading qualifier - Ming-Huang Chang (Taipei),
196-1; Dan Taylor (USA) threw 187-6 to advance to the final; Michael Leconte
(USA) threw 161-11 and did not advance.
Men’s Hammer qualifying: Leading qualifier - Krisztian Pars (Hungary), 241-6;
no U.S. entrants.
Men’s Javelin Final: 1. Joachim Kiteau (France), 261-3; 2. Saku Kuusisto
(Finland), 258-3; 3. Alexandre Ivanov (Russia), 258-0.
Women’s 200 semifinal: Leading qualifier - LaShauntea Moore (USA), 23.29;
Khalilah Carpenter (USA), did not compete.
Women’s 400 semifinal: Leading qualifier - Monique Henderson (USA), 52.78.
Women’s 800 Final: 1. Georgina Clarke (Australia), 2:05.90; 2. Tetyana
Petlyuk (Ukraine), 2:06.97; 3. Mihaela Olaru (Romania), 2:08.20.
Women’s 3000 Final: 1. Alice Timbilil (Kenya), 9:01.99; 2. Meseret Defar
(Ethiopia), 9:02.08; 3. Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya), 9:04.42... 32. Jinny
Hanifan (USA), 10:07.59... 34. Katherine Hartmann (USA), 10:25.05.
Women’s 400 Hurdles Final: 1. Jana Pittman (Australia), 57.87; 2. Wu Jie Ya
(China), 58.32; 3. Patricia Hall (Jamaica), 58.67.
Women’s 4x100 Final: 1. Jamaica, 44.30; 2. USA (Ginnie Powell, Ashley
Mitchell, Raasin McIntosh, Stephanie Durst), 45.40; 3. Poland, 45.49.
Women’s Sprint Medley Relay prelims: Leading qualifier - USA (Stephanie
Durst, Ashley Mitchell, Christy Fairley, Robin Mortel), 2:10.19
Women’s High Jump Final: 1. Anna Tchitchirova (Russia), 6-2.25; 2. Renata
Medgyesova (Slovakia), 6-0; 3. Gaelle Niare (France), 5-10.5... 10. Na’Tassia
Vice (USA), 5-7... 11 tie. Kaylah Burks (USA), 5-7.
Women’s Long Jump Final: 1. Zhou Yangxia (China), 20-7.75; 2. Jennilina
Halkoaho (Finland), 20-5.75; 3. Alina Militaru (Romania), 20-5... 9. Jill
Bell (USA), 18-9.25.
Women’s Triple Jump qualifying: Leading qualifier - Mabel Tamayo (Cuba),
43-7; Maranda Brownson (USA), 37-5.75, and Eboni Gibson (USA), 36-2.75, did
not advance.
Women’s Shot Put Final: 1. Mei Hong (China), 51-1; 2. Natalia Kharaneka
(Belarus), 51-1; 3. Chiara Rosa (Italy), 48-0.5... 9. Lisa Beachler (USA),
43-6.5... 12. Emily Duran (USA), 41-1.75.
Women’s Discus qualifying: Leading qualifier - Hong Mei (China), 164-3; Emily
Duran (USA) threw 144-2 and advanced; Melissa Bickett (USA) threw 139-0 but
did not advance.
Women’s Javelin Final: 1. Olivia Norris (Germany), 170-8; 2. Xenia Frajka
(Hungary), 163-3; 3. Halina Kakhava (Belarus), 162-9... 12. Leslie Erickson
(USA), 130-7.
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