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2008 IAAF World Junior
Championships

July 8-13, 2008 - Bydgoszcz, Poland

Day 1 - Prep jumpers and all US sprinters advance easily

Highlights - Mike Kennedy Summaries - Day 1 Results - Joy Kamani NSSF Photo Gallery - Jim Spier NSSF Blog







Team USA prep jumpers Shanay Briscoe and Christian Taylor were among those qualifying for the Finals Tuesday. Photos Joy Kamani, NSSF. Joy Kamani NSSF Photo Gallery


Team USA Afternoon Highlights
  • In the women's high jump, prep Shanay Briscoe TX got into the final automatically with a 5-11.25
  • Prep Elijah Greer OR squeaked into the next round of the men's 800 with a 1:50.73 time qualifier in H6.
  • Collegian Evan Jager qualified for the 1500 final with a 2nd place finish in heat 1 in 3:49.23
  • In the women's 100 semis collegians Jeneba Tarmoh and Shayla Mahan both advance to the final, Tarmoh winning heat 3 in a semis best 11.38 (-0.5w), and Mahan 2nd in H1 at 11.66 (+0.0w)
  • In the men's 100 semis, collegian Terrell Wilks again had the fastest time, winning H1 in 10.37 (-0.6) to get in the final, while collegian Antonio Sales was DQ'd in H2.
Team USA Morning Highlights
  • Preps Christian Taylor GA (7.68m/25-02.25, +1.8w) and Marquise Goodwin (7.60/24-11.25, +1.8w) 2nd and 3rd overall in LJ qualifying, with Goodwin winning his flight and Taylor 2nd in his behind Eusebio Cáceres of Spain 7.77m/25-06 (+1.8w)
  • Prep Lanie Whittaker FL 2nd in H1 of women's 400 qualifying (54.74), and collegian Jessica Beard 1st in H4 53.65. Beard's time 2nd fastest overall
  • Collegians ONeal Wilder (1st, H3, 46.82) and Marcus Boyd (1st, H6, 47.56) win their heats of men's 400 qualifying, with Wilder 2nd fastest overall.
  • Collegians Jeneba Tarmoh (1st, H2, 11.56, -0.1w) and Shayla Mahan (1st, H8 , 11.61, -1.9w) advance easily in women's 100 qualifying, Tarmoh with 2nd fastest time
  • Collegians Antonio Sales (1st, H1, 10.49, -0.2w) and Terrell Wilks (1st, H3, 10.28, +0.2) advance easily in men's 100 qualifying, with Wilks posting fastest time overall.
Mike Kennedy Event Summaries - Men - Women

 

Men

Finals

Shot Put (6 kg/13.2 lbs)

Qualifying - Top 12 Advance to Final

David Storl of Germany, at 65-2 ¾ and Alexandr Bulanov of Russia, at 64-4 were the automatic qualifiers. Bulanov needed that third round throw or he would not have made the final. Emanuele Fuamatu of Australia at 63-3 ¼, Simon Gustafsson of Sweden at 63-2 ¾ and Przemyslaw Krawczak of Poland at 63-3 ½ were the remaining leading qualifiers for this evenings final. Daniel Block of Lake Park (Roselle, Il.) finished a nonqualifying 14th at 60-3 and Eric Plummer of Princeton was 18th at 60-0 ¼.

Final

Alexandr Bulanov of Russia led after the first round with a toss of 64-11 ½ and that was to be his best toss of the competition. David Storl of Germany took over the lead in the second round at 65-0 only to see Marin Premeru of Croatia exceed his mark in the third round with a put of 65-4 ¾. Then in the fifth round Storl took the lead again with a 66-7 ¾ effort. In the sixth round the Polish crowd became very excited when Przemyslaw Krawczak moved from fifth to third with a throw of 65-1 ½ but moments later Bulanov crushed their hopes with a 66-1 that moved him from fourth to second and thus deprive Poland of a medal. Storl lengthen his margin of victory with a final toss of 69-2 for the best effort by a Junior this year. .

Preliminaries

100 Meters

First Round

First Two Each Heat Plus Six Fastest Qualify for the Semifinals

HEAT ONE (wind -0.2)—Antonio Sales of South Carolina shifted gears at 70 meters to pull away from the field in an impressive 10.49. Ho Tsui Chi of Hong Kong was second at 10.67.

HEAT TWO (+1.1)—David Lescay of Cuba, a late add running in lane nine, led the entire way winning in 10.47. Vacla Zich of Czech Republic was second at 10.58.

HEAT THREE (+0.2)—Terrell Wilks of Florida, the No. 2 ranked Junior in the world, looked every bit the part, winning wire-to-wire, from lane one, in 10.28. Li Loong Kang of Singapore was second at 10.62.

HEAT FOUR (+0.1)—Benjamin Olsson of Sweden and Pascal Mancini of Switzerland were four lanes apart but could hardly be separated at the finish as both were timed in 10.58 with Olsson getting the win.

HEAT FIVE (+0.1)—David Ambler of New Zealand, in lane eight was just able to hold off Kemar Hyman of Cayman Islands, in lane seven, 10.58 to 10.65. Dexter Lee of Jamaica, across the track, was third at 10.65.

HEAT SIX (+0.5)—Tyrone Halsead of Canada and Chun Ho Lai of Hong Kong ran to a virtual dead heat in 10.60 with Halstead getting the win.

HEAT SEVEN (-0.7)—Shehan Abeypitiyage of SRI was out quickly and never behind defeating Sleksandr Shpaer of Russia, 10.68 to 10.77.

HEAT EIGHT (-0.7)—Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who was third in the 2006 World Junior championships in Beijing, took a while to get up in full running position but once he did he was an impressive winner in 10.56. Miguel Lopez of PUR was second in 10.69.

HEAT NINE (-0.7)—Edi Sousa of Portugal galloped his way to a 10.50 win over Suwaibou Sanneh of Gambia, who ran 10.62.

Semifinals

First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final

HEAT ONE (wind -0.6)—It took a while for Terrel Wilks of Florida to get up and running but once he did he dominated the field with a 10.37. Benjamin Olsson of Sweden was second at 10.57.

HEAT TWO (+0.3)—After one false start, disaster struck for the U.S. when Antonio Sales of South Carolina, a solid threat to earn a medal, false started. Once the runners were back in their blocks Wilhelm Van Der Vyver of South Africa in lane five and Dexter Lee of Jamaica, the World Youth champions in 2007, in lane one, were even for most of the race with Van Der Vyver getting the nod, 10.38 to 10.42. Both time qualifiers came from this heat with Kemar Hyman of Cayman Islands third in 10.57 and Shehan Abeypitiyage of Sri Lanka fourth in 10.59.

HEAT THREE (-0.4)—It was all in the start for Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who dominated the race with a 10.42. David Lescay of Cuba was second at 10.59.

400 Meters

First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Three Qualify for Semifinals

HEAT ONE—Niklas Zender of Germany had a five-meter lead coming off the final turn followed by Juan Lewis of Bahamas. Lewis was content to remain in second as the two finished in 47.34 and 47.78..

HEAT TWO—Darnell Graig of Trinidad had the early lead on the backstraight but Hideyuki Hirose of Japan ran a strong middle 200 to have the lead entering the final straight and go on to win in 47.86.. Janis Leitis of Latvia went from fourth to second over the final 100 and was timed in 47.95.

HEAT THREE—O’Neal Wilder of Mississippi St., the long and lanky world junior leader at 45.54, was out very well and leading at 200 before floating the third 100 and then finishing strongly in 46.82. Juan Carlos Vega of Puerto Rico was second at 48.03..

HEAT FOUR—What a revelation. Kirani James of Granada, who will be eligible for next years World Youth Championships and entered the competition with a best of 46.96, was content to run an easy first 200 before entering the final straight and moving from fourth to first and then looking around as he finished in 46.53. Tyler Harper of Canada was second in 47.18..

HEAT FIVE—Silvester Meli of Kenya held a slight lead over a very closely bunch field with 100 meters remaining but was caught by Brian Gregan of Ireland in the last five meters, 47.32 to 47.34. Ismail Al-Sabani of Saudi Arabia was third at 47.39..

HEAT SIX—Marcus Boyd of Texas A&M ran the race the way a qualifying race should be run. He was very relaxed over first 200 and then expended just enough energy to win the race easily in 47.56. Rendell Bartholomew of Granada was second in 47.85 and Awadelkarim Elyas of Sudan was third at 47.93.

HEAT SEVEN—Kurt Mulcahy of Ireland was leading with 100 meters remaining and Nigel Levine of Britain was content to remain in second as they finished in 47.35 to 47.38.

800 Meters

First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Six Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

HEAT ONE—Johan Svensson of Sweden and Abubaker Kaki of Sudan, the world junior record holder at 1:42..94 were the leaders at the half-way point, passed in 55.08 before Kaki took over and along with Shiferaw Wola of Ethiopia took the field through the second lap and finished in that order, 1:50.92 to 1:50.96. Martin Hrstka of the Czech Republic was an easy third in 1:51.57. .

HEAT TWO—Rick Ward of Britain, Jost Kozan of Slovenia and Felix Konchellah of Kenya were the leaders at 400 with Donte Holmes of Delaware St. in fourth. Holmes slipped to eight at 600 and tried to rally over the last 100 but finished eighth in 1:52.88. Konchella ran a relaxed third 200 and then moved from third to first for the win in 1:51.72. Ward was second in 1:51.73 and Henok Tesfaye of Ethiopia was third in 1:51.92.

HEAT THREE—The crowd came alive when Adam Kszczot of Poland went from fifth to first just before 600 meter point. Kszczot, Robin Rohlen of Sweden and Sebastian Keiner of Germany were all content to hold their positions over the final 120 meters with. Kszczot timed in 1:51.80 followed by Rohlen at 1:52.04 and Keiner at 1:52.22.

HEAT FOUR—Diomar De Souza of Brazil and Oriol Bonet of Spain were the leaders through 400 meters at 53.96. Then Geoffrey Kibet of Kenya, the World Youth champion in 2007, moved from fifth to first down the back straight. However, the field would not let him get away and that resulted in a blanket finish that saw Giordano Benedetti of Italy just edging out Jan Van Den Broeck of South Africa, 1:49.71 to 1:49.72 with De Souza third at 1:49.77 and Kibet fourth at 1:49.81.

HEAT FIVE—Ronny Heck of Gemany and Amine El Manaoui of Morocco led at 400 meters in 56.63. Kevin Lopez of Spain then went from eighth to first down the final back straight but was unable to hold off the final charge of El Manaoui, 1:50.96 to 1:51.08. Ewan Sabatier of France was third in 1:51.44.

HEAT SIX—Elijah Greer of Lake Oswego (Or.), the U.S. Junior champion, was sixth at 200 and moved to fifth at 400 behind Olivier Collin of Canada, the leader at 55.09, Aleksandr Sheplyakov of Russia, James Kaan of Australia and Rayron Reyes of Dominican. Sheplyakov went from third to first to gain the win in 1:50.16. Reyes was second at 1:50.18, Kaan third at 1:50.28 and Collin fourth at 1:50.42. Greer, in fifth at 1:50.73, was a time qualifier.

1,500 Meters

First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Three Fastest Qualify For Final

HEAT ONE—Evan Yager of Wisconsin ran a very smart race and was rewarded with a place in the final. He began in eighth place with three laps to go, moved to fifth with two laps to go and found himself in third with just one lap remaining. What was unusual about this was that he spent most of the time on the rail and was able to conserve energy. At that point Osman Yahya of Sudan was first and James Shane of Britain was second with the leader clocking 3:08.35 for 1,200 meters. With 200 meters remaining Jager had gotten up to second but then the rush to the line began with Imad Touil of Algeria moving from third to first over the final 100 to win in 3:48.68. Jager held on to second at 3:49.23 but was closely followed by Florian de Fonsesco of France at 3:49.35. Yahya was a nonqualifying fourth at 3:49.39.

HEAT TWO—With 300 to go, Demma Daba of Ethiopia had the lead at 3:13.98 but then was passed by Abdelmadjed Touil of Algeria and Fredrick Ndunge of Kenya in the final straight, clocking 3:53.89 and 3:54.18, respectively. Daba was third at 3:54.64. Duncan Phillips of Arkansas was in seventh place with one lap to go and made a nice move to get up for fifth in 3:55.80.

HEAT THREE—As often happens in the races where there are some advancers based on time the final race was very fast. Ryan Gregson of Australia led for the first two laps, passed in 61.14 and 2:04.33 before David Forrester of Britain took over at 3:04.53. It was at that point that James Magut of Kenya went from eighth to first in 100 meters and went on to win in 3:46.41.

Taha Belkorchi of Morocco was second in 3:46.79 and Gregson was third in 3:46.82. Dumisane Hlaselo of South Africa, Forrester and Mario Scapini of Italy advanced as time qualifiers.

Long Jump

Top 12 Qualify for Final

Christian Taylor of Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.) and Marquise Goodwin of Rowlett (Tx.) had no trouble qualify for the final. Taylor opened with a 24-8 ½ and improved to 25-2 ½ on his third jump for the second best jump of the competition. It is also the best legal jump by a high school athlete this year. Goodwin was just as impressive with a 24-11 ¼ opener. He then added a 24-11 for the third and fourth best jumps. Eusebio Caceres of Spain cut things close as he entered the third round and final round in 13th place at 23-10 ¼. He responded with the best jump of the competition at 25-6. Dzmitry Astrouski of Belarus at 24-9 ¾ and Daniel Esceki of Hungary at 24-9 ¼ rounded out the top five. It took 23-11 ½ to make the final.

Discus

Top 12 Qualify For Final

Mykyta Nesterenko of Ukraine, the World Youth champion in 2007, was the leading qualifier at 205-5. Marin Fremeru of Croatia was the only other automatic qualifier at 194-5. Gordon Wolf of Germany at 192-3, Mikhail Dvornikov of Russia at 192-0 and Victor Hogan of South Africa at 190-11 were the other leading qualifiers. Brian Bishop of Southern Illinois Edwardsville was a nonqualifying 22nd at 168-00 and Geoffrey Tabor of Ardmore (Ok.) was 27th at 161-1.


Women

Finals

5,000 Meters

Have you ever seen a race where all of the kickers were content to let the pace lag and none of the strength runners wanted to lead? That is what we had here and as a result the first three kilometers of 3:29.41, 3:28.86 and 3:21.38 were a pace of over 17 minutes for 5,000. Finally, the Ethiopians and the Kenyans took over. Sule Utura and Genzebe Dibaba, a world cross country champion, both from Ethiopia, pulled away with Kenyans Nelly Chebet and Lucia Muangi close behind. It remained that way until one lap remained and Utura, Dibaba and Chebet pulled away to finish in that order at 16:15.59, 16:16.75 and 16:17.965, with the final two kilometers run in 3:07.19 and 2:48.75. The two Americans, Catherine White of Arkansas and Ashley Higginson of Princeton were probably a bit surprised to find themselves right with the leaders through almost 4,000 meters before first Higginson and then White began to fade. White wound up in 11th place at 16:48.70 and Higginson was 12th at 17:19.54..

Preliminaries

100 Meters

First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Eight Fastest Qualify For Semifinals

HEAT ONE (wind -1.9)—Ashlee Nelson of Britain, accelerated from 30 to 60 meters to dominate the field with a 11.55. Andreea Orgazuanu of Romania was second at 11.85.

HEAT TWO (-0.1)—Jeneba Tarmoh of Tennessee went straight to the front and ran a very easily looking 11.57. Barbara Leonicio of Brazil was second at 11.80..

HEAT THREE (-1.9)—Elaine O’Neill of Britain went from third to first over the final 30 meters to run 12.00. Tameka Williams of St. Kitts and Nevis was second at 12.10..

HEAT FOUR (-3.3)—Rosangela Santos of Brazil, in lane six, was out first but by 80 meters it was a three person race between Santos, Meritzer Williams of St. Kitts and Nevis and Janelle Redhead of Granada, with Redhead getting the win over Williams as both were timed in 11.76. Santos was seventh at 11.78..

HEAT FIVE (-0.8)—Shaniqua Ferguson of Bahamas made it look easy in 11.59. Melissa Breen of Australia was second in a personal best of 11.66.

HEAT SIX (-1.6)—Agnes Osazuwa of Nigeria and Emilie Gaydu of France were close the entire way with Osazwa prevailing 11.68 to 11.69. .

HEAT SEVEN (-1.2)—Mariya Serkova of Russia, looking very powerful in lane one, might have stolen the race with a personal best of 11.63. Gabriela Laleva of Bulgaria was second at 11.85.

HEAT EIGHT(-1.9)—Shayla Mann of South Carolina took the lead early and ran strongly the entire way to win in 11.61. Nombulelo Mkenku of South Africa was second in 11.69.

Semifinals

First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final

HEAT ONE (0.0)—Just as good as Shayla Mahan’s start was, Sheniqua Ferguson’s start was better rusulting in a 11.56 to 11.55 win for Ferguson. Melissa Breen was a non qualifying third in 11.70.

HEAT TWO (-0.7)—Ashlee Nelson of Britain got out well but was especially impressive in the final 50 meters winning in 11.43. Meritzer Williams of St. Kitts and Nevis was second at 11.58 and Agnes Osazuwa of Nigeria was a nonqualifying third at 11.68.

HEAT THREE (-0.5)—Jeneba Tarmoh of Tennessee continues to look like the one to beat with a solid 11.38. Rosangela Santos of Brazil was second at 11.51. The two time qualifiers were Andreea Ograzeanu of Romania, at 11.54, and Mariya Serkova of Russia, at 11.60.

400 Meters

First Four in Each Heat Plus Next Four Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

HEAT ONE—Lanie Whittaker of Washington (Miami, Fl.), running in lane three, took the lead on the backstraight and held it until the final straight when Yuliya Baraley of Ukraine ran a strong final 100 from lane eight to win in 54.61. Whittaker was timed in 54.74.

HEAT TWO—Folashade Abugan of Nigeria, the world junior leader at 50.89, blitzed the first 200 and then eased off until the final 50 metes when she felt a little pressure from Fabienne Kohlmann of Germany. Abugan was timed in 53.71 and Kohlmann 53.85..

HEAT THREE—A very loaded heat with Racheal Nachula of Zambia, Susana Clement of Cuba and Aleksandra Zaytseva of Russia all entered. Nachula was content to run a relaxed 200 before turning on the jets and dominating the field with a very powerful finish in 52.65. Clemente, in lane nine, was out very slowly over the first 200 and, like Nachula, ran just fast enough to insure an automatic qualifying spot in 53.85. Zaytseva was third in 54.38.

HEAT FOUR—Jessica Beard of Texas A&M went out very hard and had the race under control at 200 meters. She then slowed but still won easily in 53.65. Olesea Cojuhari of Moldova was second in 54.56.

HEAT FIVE—Angeline Blackburn of Australia was very impressive, pulling away over the final 100 to win easily with a personal best 53.82. Britany St. Louis of Trinidad was second at 54.67.

800 Meters

Fisrt Four in Each Heat Plus Next Four Fastest Qualify for Semifinals

HEAT ONE—Elena Lavric of Romania and Jessica Smith of Britain led the tightly bunched field through the 400 in 65.36 but with 200 remaining all eight runners were with three meters of one another. Lavric eventually won in 2::09.68 with, Winny Chebet of Kenya, the silver medalist in the 2006 World Junior championships, second at 2:09.92 and Stefanie Barmet of Switzerland third at 2:10.06. The first three finishers all seemed full of run.

HEAT TWO—After 400 meters, passed in 62.41, it was Tintu Luka of India, Anne Kesselring of Germany, Allison Leonard of Britain and Camilla Dencer of West Valley Christian (North Hills, Ca.). Over the next 100 Bakhit of Sudan took control and went on to win in 2:08.16. Djeneba Camara of France moved from fifth to second over the final 50 meters to clock 2:08.26.. Leonard was third at 2:08.26 and Katrina Zarudnaya of Russia was fourth at 2:08.27. Dencer finish ninth in 2:10.32.

HEAT THREE—Natoya Goule of Jamaica, led at 400 meters in 63.63, followed by Madina Kadir of Ethiopia and Sofia Oberg of Sweden. Oberg then broke the race open with 180 meters remaining and went on to win in 2:08.16 with Machteld Mulder of Netherlands second at 2:09.10 and Khadija Afaryat of Morocco third at 2:09.34.

HEAT FOUR—Sarah McCurdy of Bay Shore (N.Y.) was the leader at 400, passed in 63.52, with Angela Smit of New Zealand a close second. Merve Aydin of Turkey, the second fastest Junior in the world, broke away from the field at 600 meters and went on to win in 2:06.89. Trychelle Kingdom of Australia was second in 2:07.77 and Ekaterina Zavyalova of Russia was third at 2:07.77. McCurdy finished eighth in 2:12.67.

HEAT FIVE—Lynsey Sharp of Britain led at 400 in 64.53 with Grace Kimanzi of Kenya and Sheto Wencha of Ethiopia close behind. Sharp continued to lead through 600 before Jessica Parry of Canada took the lead and went on to win in 2:08.20. Volha Rulevich of Bulgaria was second at 2:08.;49 and Juana Mendez of Cuba was third at 2:08.60.

3,000-Meter Steeplechase

First Four in Each Heat Plus Next Four Fastest Qualify For Final

HEAT ONE—Polina Jelizarova of Latvia, Korahubish Itaa of Ethiopia, Elizabeth Mueni of Kenya and Aleksandra Kudryashova of Russia separated themselves from the rest of the pack with three laps remains, expended little energy, and were content to be in the top four. Mueni was first at 10:07.47, Itaa was second at 10:08.15, Jelizarova was third at 10:10.39 and Kudryashova was fourth at 10:11.82. Rebecca Wade of Rice Started out in last place and gradually worked her way up to finish a nonqualifying ninth in a personal best of 10:24.14 for the 13th best time in the competition.. .

HEAT TW0—Christina Muyanga of Kenya and Halima of Ethiopia broke away from the field with three laps to go and, unlike the first heat, pushed the pace throughout with Muyanga prevailing 9:59.88 to 10:00.27. Sandra Ericksson of Finland at 10:17.92 and Mariya Shatalova of Ukraine, at 10:19.20 were the other automatic qualifiers. Elizabeth Graney of Michigan, like Wade, started slowly but moved to finish sixth at 10:37.96.

High Jump

Top 12 Qualify For Final

With her second try clearance at 5-10, Shanay Briscoe, a freshman at Cypress Christian High in Houston (Tx.) would have ended up qualifying for the final but she mad sure with a second time clearance at 5-11 ¼ to clinch a finals spot. Jessica Merriweather of Rend Lake College cleared a nonqualifying 5-8 ½. In all eight jumpers were over 5-11 ¼ with Kimberly Jess of Germany, Zoe Timmers of Australia and Hannelore Desmet of Belgium, all have clean records.

Triple Jump

Top 12 Qualify For Final

Josleidy Ribalta of Cuba at 44-8, Dailenys Alcantara also of Cuba, at 44-7 ½, and Carman Toma of Romania, at 44-0 were the only automatic qualifiers. It was not the best of day for the U.S. contingent. Ti’Ara Walpool of Kansas St. was 27th at 39-8 ¾ and Vashti Thomas of Mt. Pleasant (San Jose, Ca.) was 28th at 39-8 ½. It took 42-11 ¾ to make the final.

Hammer

Top 12 Qualify For Final

Ariannis Vichy of Cuba and Bianca Perie of Romania were the only two automatic qualifiers at 204-2 and 200-5, respectively. Sophie Hitchon of Britain, at 195-5, Barbara Spiler of Slovenia, at 195-2 and Andriana Papadopoulou-Fatal of Greece, at 194-11, rounded out the top five. D’Ana McCarty of Western Michigan was a nonqualifying 21st at 177-0 and Lauren Chambers of Kell (Marietta, Ga.) had no fair throw.

Javelin

Top 12 Qualify For Final

Vira Rebryk of Ukraine, at 192-5, Nikola Ogrodnikova of Czech Republic, at 178-9, and Jelena Jaakkola of Finland, at 178-2, were the only automatic qualifiers. Karlee McQuinllen of Penn St. came close to advancing to the final with a 163-3 effort that left her in 14th place. It took 167-3 to make the final.


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