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 | 2008 IAAF World Junior
Championships
July 8-13, 2008 - Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Day 2 - Marquise Goodwin TX wins the Long Jump!
Collegian Jeneba Tarmoh also wins 100; prep Lanie Whittaker to 400 final
Highlights - Mike Kennedy Summaries - Day 2 Results - NSSF Joy Kamani Gallery - NSSF Jim Spier Blog Morning - Evening
USATF Story/Quotes - Morning - Evening - IAAF Story on Goodwin
Team USA Afternoon Highlights
- Prep Marquise Goodwin TX won the men's LJ with a leap of 7.74 / 25-04.75 (+1.0w), his first jump of the Finals. Christian Taylor GA was 7th in a tight competition in 24-03.75 (+0.1w).
- Prep Lanie Whittaker FL was 3rd in H1 of the women's 400 semifinals in a near-PR 53.61, qualifying for the final on time. Collegian Jessica Beard won H3 in 52.59, 2nd overall.
- Collegian Jeneba Tarmoh took gold in the women's 100 final in 11.37 (-0.6w), with collegian Shayla Mahan 5th in 11.66.
- Collegian Terrell Wilks was 3rd in the 100 final in 10.45 (-0.8w).
- Prep Donn Cabral CT finished 17th in the 10,000 final with a PR 30:47.55, with collegian Daniel Dunbar 19th in 30:51.67.
- Prep Elijah Greer OR 6th in H2 of the 800 semifinals in 1:50.47; he did not qualify for the final.
- Prep Becky O'Brien threw 48-05.50 / 14.77m in the shot put qualifying, finishing a non-qualifying 9th in her flight. Collegian Chinwe Okoro, however, made the final out of other flight with 50-06.75 (15.41m)
- Both US collegians qualified for the 400 final, with ONeal Wilder winning H3 of the men's 400 semifinals in 46.08 (fastest time overall) and Marcus Boyd 2nd in H1 in 46.88.
- In the decathlon, at the end of day 1, collegians Chase Dalton and Weston Leutz are 14th and 15th, respectively, with 3632 and 3622 points.
Team USA Morning Highlights
- Prep vaulters Rachel Laurent LA and Leslie Brost SD advanced to the final of the women's PV. Laurent matched the best vault of the day at 4.00m (13-01.50) and Brost went 3.90 (12-09.50)
- Collegian Takecia Jameson (2nd, H3, 59.16) made the 400H semis, but prep Kori Carter CA (7th, H2, 1:01.20) did not.
- In the men's 400H, collegians Jeshua Anderson (H1, 51.12) and Johnny Dutch (H3, 52.21) won their heats to qualify for the semifinals. Anderson had the fastest time of the day.
Team USA Afternoon Preview
- With two of Team USA's preps' best chances to medal, Christian Taylor GA and Marquise Goodwin TX will compete in the men's LJ Final. They were 2nd and 3rd overall in qualifying.
- Prep Donn Cabral CT and collegian Daniel Dunbar in the men's 10,000 Final
- Prep Elijah Greer OR runs in the men's 800 semifinal
- Collegian Terrell Wilks in the men's 100 final, with the fastest times in both the prelims and semis
- Collegians Jeneba Tarmoh and Shayla Mahan in the women's 100 final
- Prep Lanie Whittaker and collegian Jessica Beard in the women's 400 semifinals
- Collegians O'Neal Wilder and Marcus Boyd in the mens' 400 semifinals
- Prep Becky O'Brien ME and collegian Chinwe Okoro in the women's SP qualifying
- Collegians Chase Dalton and Weston Leutz in the decathlon
| Mike Kennedy Event Summaries - Men - Women
MEN
Finals
100 Meters
With the runners settled in their blocks, Dexter Lee of Jamaica, the 2007 World Youth champion, took advantage of an excellent start to lead the field from start to finish, winning in 10.40 into a 0.8 meter per second wind. He thus became the third athlete to accomplish the World Youth/World Junior championship, double joining Mark Lewis-Francis of Britain in 1999-2000 and Darrell Brown of Trinidad in 2001-2002.
Terrell Wilks of Florida had, at best, an average start and found himself in third or fourth place 10 meters into the race. By 50 meters, he had gotten himself into third, but it was Wilhelm Van Der Vyver of South Africa was moving fastest at that time and he just missed catching Lee by .02. Wilks finished in third at 10.46 and Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who had always been in the hunt, was fourth at 10.51.
10,000 Meters
As is usually the case in these international affairs, the race developed into two races, one race involving the best of the Africans and the other including the rest of the field. After 2,000 meters, passed in 5:27.88, Hunegnaw Mesfin of Ethiopia and five other runners—Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia, Josephat Bett of Kenya, Titus Mbishhei of Kenya, Yussef Nasir of Morocco and Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda—had broken clear of the field. Just after passing 4,000 meters in 10:11.30, the two Kenyan’s went to the front and pushed the pace with the next kilometer run in 2:39.3, which dropped Nasir. Very quickly, the two Kenyans separated from the Ethiopians and Kiprotich.
At first, Mbishei and Bett shared the lead, but at 5,000 meters, passed in 13:50.23, Bett was content to let Mbishei keep the lead. The two remained together until the final lap when Bett jumped Mbishei with 300 to go, floated the next 100 and exploded over the final 200 to win in a championship record of 27:30.89. That final lap was covered in 59.98 seconds, with most of the damage coming in the final 200. Mbishei was timed in 27:31.65.
The old Championship record of 28:03.77 was set by Boniface Kiprop of Uganda in Grosseto in 1984. Prior to these Championships, Bett’s personal best was 28:18.0 and Mbishei’s best was 28:18.3. In a close battle for the next three spots, Jeilan was third at 28:07.98 and Mesfin passed Kiprotich in the last 100 to place fourth, 28:08.85 to 28:10.71. Both Americans, Donn Cabral of Glastonbury (Ct.) and Daniel Dunbar of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, took advantage of the excellent weather with Cabral finished 17th in a personal best and high school leading 30:47.55 and Dunbar clocking 30:51.67 for 19th place.
Long Jump
Marquise Goodwin of Rowlett (Tx.), jumping sixth in the order, took the lead at 25-4 ¾ in the first round. Three jumps later, Dzmitry Astrouski of Belarus jumped 25-0 ¾, and those two jumps turned out to be the two best in the competition. For Goodwin, who had three other jumps over 24-6, it was also the leading legal high school jump in the nation this year.
Mubarak Jasser Al-Jaseer of Saudi Arabia was in fifth place after the first round, but a second round effort of 24-10 moved him into third place until Eusebio Caceres of Spain leaped 24-11 in the final round to replace Al-Jaseer. He had a chance to reply on the next jump but could only come up with a 23-4 ¾ effort. Roni Ollikainen of Finland finished fifth with his third round jump of 24-5 ¾. Christian Taylor of Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.), who had the nation’s best legal high school jump in the qualifying round with a 25-2 ½, was just seventh after the first three rounds with a 24-3 ¾ and did not improve over the final three rounds.
Discus
In one of the bigger upsets in recent international junior athletics, Mykyta Nesterenko of Ukraine, the defending World Youth Champion, the World Youth (under 18) record holder and the World Junior (under 20) record holder, after fouling his first attempt, took lead in the second round at 200-2 but was never able to better that mark and finished third. Nesterenko holds the World Junior record at 230-1 and has three of the top five throws in the world this year.
Trailing Nesterenko after the second round were Gordon Wolf of Germany at 199-3 and Mikhail Dvornikov of Russia at 193-5. In the third round, Victor Hogan of South Africa moved into third with a throw of 193-10. Then in the fourth round, Marin Premeru of Croatia jumped from fifth to second with a throw of 197-5, and Wolf increased his leading best to 202-10. Premeru improved again this time to 202-11 in the fifth round only to see Wolf retake the lead three throws later with a 203-5. Premeru tried to answer in the final round, but could only come up with a 192-8 and Wolf was the champion.
Preliminaries
400 Meters
Semifinals
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify For Final
HEAT ONE—Marcus Boyd of Baylor took the early lead from lane seven, closely followed by Juan Lewis of Bahamas over the first 200 meters. At that point, Kirani James of Granada, one lane inside of Boyd, easily shifted gears and went by Boyd entering the final straight. The two battled for about 20 meters before Boyd backed off. James remained relaxed the entire way and noticeably let off in the final 20 meters, glancing to his right and eyeing Boyd. James finished in a personal best of 46.55 and Boyd was timed in 46.88.
HEAT TWO—Nigel Levine of Britain, running in lane seven, got out well and held a slight lead at 300 meters before being passed – first by Niklas Zender, in lane six, and then by Brian Gregan of Ireland, running in lane four. Zender was timed in 46.87 and Gregan clocked 46.88.
HEAT THREE—O’Neal Wilder of Mississippi St. got out well and had complete control of the race at 300 meters before winning in 46.08 for the fastest time of the day. Kurt Mulcahy of Australia and Tyler Harper of Canada held their places over the final 100 meters, finishing second in 46.56 and third in 46.81, respectively. Jordan McGrath of Britain was the final time qualifier at 47.13.
800-Meters
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final
HEAT ONE—Shiferaw Wola of Ethiopia and Sebastian Keiner of Germany shared the lead at 200 before Geoffrey Kibet of Kenya, the 2007 World Youth Champion, took over at 400, passed in 53.31. Kibet continued to lead at 600 with Wola, Keiner and Amine El Manaqui of Morocco close behind. El Manaqui passed Kibet in the final straight and went on to win, 1:48.90 to 1:49.04. James Kaan of Australia made a nice moving in the final straight to go from fifth to third and finish at 1:49.25.
HEAT TWO—Abubaker Kaki of Sudan, the World Youth champion and World Junior record holder, took the lead at 200 with Elijah Greer of Lake Oswego (Or.) in sixth. Coming into the home straight for the first time it was Kaki, Henok Tesfaye of Ethiopia and Adam Kszczot of Poland leading the way as 400 was passed in 51.72. The three remained in that order through 600 before Kszezot took the lead. But Kaki would have none of that; he took back the lead and went on to win easily in 1:46.71. Kszczot was second in 1:47.16 and Diomar De Souza of Brazil was third and a time qualifier at 1:49.01. . Greer, who could never really get going, finished sixth in 1:50.47.
HEAT THREE—Giordano Benedetti of Italy and Tayron Reyes of Dominican Republic were one-two at 200 before Andre Oliver of South Africa moved to the lead at 400, closely followed by Benedetti and Reyes. Benedetti and Oliver separated themselves from the field at 600 and then Benedetti pulled away for an easy win, 1:48.38 to 1:48.62.
400 Meters Hurdles
Semifinals
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Six Fastest Qualify For the Semifinals
HEAT ONE—Jeshua Anderson of Washington St., the NCAA champion, ran a very conservative and hesitant opening 300 before moving from second to first over the final 100 to defeat Taras Scherenko of Israel, 51.12 to 51.44. Shane Brathwaite of Barbados was the final automatic qualifier at 51.66.
HEAT TWO—John Wambua of Kenya and Tomoharu Kino of Japan were both out well with Wambua holding a slight lead at 200. Kino ran a strong turn to take a three-meter lead into the final straight. Initially Wambua tried to press the issue but then was content to finish second, 51.77 to 52.02. Valdas Valintelis of Lituania was the final automatic qualifier in 52.83.
HEAT THREE—Johnny Dutch of South Carolina, who was fifth in the U.S. Olympic Trials, was in total control the entire way as he clocked a very relaxed looking 52.21. David Gollnow of Germany was second at 52.34 and Silvestras Guogis of Lithuania was third at 52.48. .
HEAT FOUR—Tibor Koroknai of Hungary took a slight lead after 100 meters, only to see Cornel Fredericks of South Africa move to the front entering the final turn. Fredericks was able to hold the lead until the top of the final straight, when Amaurys Valle of Cuba moved to the front over the ninth hurdle and pulled away easily for a 51.67 win. Fredericks was second in 51.96 and Kohei Tamemoto of Japan was third at 52.05.
HEAT FIVE—Michal Pietrzak of Poland, running in lane three, took the early lead and maintained a small advantage over the field through 300 meters. Then P.C. Beneke of South Africda, running in lane two, came up on his shoulder. Just as Beneke was about to take the lead, Pietrizak held him off and went on to win in a personal best of 51.89. Beneke was second at 51.90 and Artem Dyatlov of Uzbekistan was third at 52.62.
HEAT SIX—Sebastian Knorr of Gemany and Giacomo Paniza of Italy had the early lead before Adel Al-Nasser of Saudi Arabia ran a hard turn to move into first at 300 meters. Al-Nasser began to tire in the final 50 meters and Panizza retook the lead and went on to win in 52.77. Al-Nasser was second at 52.84 and Knorr was third at 53.25.
Javelin
Top 12 Qualify for Final
Robert Szpak of Poland was the only automatic qualifier at 237-2. Ahab Abdelrahman of Egypt at 233-2, Hamish Peacock of Australia at 233-1, Ansis Bruns of Latvia at 231-8 and Emanuele Sabbio of Italy at 227-4 rounded out the top five. Luke Laird of Arkansas opened at 197-9 and then threw 202-6 before fouling his final try to finish in 20th place.
Decathlon
First Day
100 Meters
Sveinn Eliasson of Iceland had the fastest time at 10.79, which was worth 908 points. Eduard Mihan of Belarus, who was second in his heat to Eliasson, had the second fastest time at 10.82, worth 901 points. Daniel Gardiner of Britain won his heat in 11.00 for the third fastest time, worth 861 points. Weston Leutz of North Dakota St. won his heat in 11.25, worth 806 points and equal seventh place, and Chase Dalton of BYU was second to Gardiner at 11.37, worth 776 points and 10th place.
Long Jump
Eduard Mihan of Belarus moved from second to first with a 23-7 ¼ for the third best jump of the competition, worth 859 points, and a two-event total of 1,760. Adam Bevis of Australia had the second best jump at 23-8 ¼, worth 866 points, a total of 1,716 to move from fifth to second. Miohail Dudas of Serbia had the fourth-best jump at 23-6 ¼, worth 854 points, and a total of 1,708 to move from fourth to third. Sveinn Eliasson of Ireland, the leader after the first event, had just the 12th best jump at 22-0 1/4, worth 746 points and a total of 1,654 to drop to fifth. Weston Leutz of North Dakota St., leaped 21-8 ¾ worth 725 points and a total of 1,531 to drop from equal seventh to 11th place, and Chase Dalton of BYU had a best of 21-4, worth 697 points and a total of 1,477 to drop from 10th to 13th. Eric Lankocz of France, after two fouls, connected with the best jump of the competition at 24-2 ½, worth 905 points and a total of 1,681 to move from eleventh to fourth.
Shot Put
Eduard Mihan of Belarus maintained his lead with a 48-1 ¾ effort, worth 769 points and a total of 2,529 points. Miohail Dudas of Serbia had a best of 47-7, worth 759 points, that moved him from third to second with 2,467 points. Jan Knobel of Germany had the best throw of the competition at 53-0 ¾ to move from seventh to third with 2,463 points. Adam Bevis of Australia had a best of 45-8 ½, worth 724 points, but dropped from third to fourth with 2,440 points. Weston Leutz of North Dakota St. had a best of 39-4 on his final effort, which was worth 609 points and a total of 2,140 that dropped him from 11th to 13th. Chase Dalton of BYU had a best effort of 40-4 ¾, worth 625 points, and a total of 2,102 that dropped him from 13th to 16th.
High Jump
Eduard Mihan of Belarus cleared 6-4 worth 740 points and a total of 3,269 that kept him in the lead by 39 points. Jan Knobel of Germany got over 6-5 and that was good enough for 767 points that gave him 3,230 points and moved from third to second. Mihail Dudas of Serbia also cleared 6-4 worth 740 points but dropped from second to third with 3,207 points. Chase Dalton of BYU cleared 6-5 worth 767 point and a total of 2,869 that kept him in 16th place. Weston Leutz of North Dakota St. got over 5-11 ¾ worth 636 points and a total of 2,776 that dropped him from 13th to 18th place.
400 Meters
Eduard Mihan of Belarus continued to lead the competition as his 48.48 gave him 886 points and a total of 4,155. Mihail Dudas of Serbia retook second place with his 48.66, which was worth 877 points and a total of 4,084. Jan Felix Knobel of Germany ran 50.52, worth 791 points and a total of 4,021 to drop back to third. Chase Dalton of BYU was timed in 51.13, worth 763 points, and a total of 3,632 to move him from 16th to 14th place. Weston Leutz of North Dakota St. ran 49.33, worth 846 points, and a total of 3,622 to move from 18th to 15th place.
WOMEN
Finals
100 Meters
Ashlee Nelson of Britain got out of the blocks just ahead of Jeneba Tarmoh of Tennessee, but 20 meters into the race Tarmoh was in full stride and holding a two to three-meter lead. She maintained that until just past 70 meters, when both Nelson and Sheniqua Ferguson of Bahamas began to close. However, Tarmoh held off the two runners to win in 11.37. Nelson was second at 11.49 and Ferguson was third at 11.52. Shayla Mahan of South Carolina could never get into the mix and finished fifth at 11.66.
Hammer
Bianca Perie of Romania took the lead in the first round with a 212-2 effort, and then produced the winning throw of 222-11 in the second round to set a Championship record, breaking her own record of 221-1 set two years ago in Beijing. Ariannis Vichy of Cuba was second after a first round throw of 192-10. Then in the second round, Katerina Safrankova of Czech Republic threw 206-0 to move into second and, later in the round, Jenny Ozorai of Hungary threw 193-0 to move into third. The top three places had been settled although Safrankova improved to 207-1 and Ozorai improved to 199-6. There were no Americans in the final.
10,000-Meter Racewalk
Tatyana Mineeva of USSR passed 5,000 meters in 21:31.40 and went on to win in a championship record of 43:24.73, breaking the old record of 44:07.74 set by Lyudmilla Yefimkina of Russia in 2000 in Santiago, Chile. Teammate Elmira Alembekova, who had the early lead, finished second in 43:45.16 and Yanfei Li of China was third at 44:24.10. There were no U.S. entrants.
Preliminaries
400 Meters
Semifinals
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify For Final
HEAT ONE—Folashade Abugten of Nigeria, the World Junior leader at 50.89, took control from the star from lane three, passing Lanie Whittaker of Washington (Miami, Fl.), in lane four, in the first 80 meters. Angeline Blackburn of Australia, who had set a personal best in the heats at 53.82, closed well over the final 150 to finish second in 52.90 and just nip Britany St. Louis of Trinidad. St. Louis, who was later disqualified. Whittaker was third in 53.61 and had to hope she would qualify on time.
HEAT TWO—Susana Clement of Cuba was just ahead of Racheal Nachula of Zambia at 200 meters before Nachula took the lead in the third 200 only to see Clement come back in the final hundred to win, 52.90 to 52.95. Fabienne Kohlmann of Germany was third in 53.78.
HEAT THREE—Jessica Beard of Texas A&M, the No. 2 Junior in the world, ran a hard first 300 and looked tired over the final 100 in winning in 52.59. Yuliya Baraley of Ukraine, the 2007 World Youth champion, was second at 53.48 and Olessea Cojuhari of Moldova was third in 53.80. Those times meant that Lanie Whittaker of Washington (Miami, Fl.), who had run 53.61 in heat one, would be a time qualifier to the final.
800 Meters
Semifinals
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify For Final
HEAT ONE—Natalija Piliusina of Lithuania and Ekaterina Zavyalova of Russia led at 200 meters and maintained their positions through 400, passed in 59.33. Merve Aydin of Turkey, who had been in last place but had a best of 2:00.33, just blasted the third 200. She built a 20 meter lead as she entered the final turn and went on to win in 2:06.94. Machteld Mulder of Netherlands was second at 2:07.91.
HEAT TWO—Tintu Luka of India and Elena Lavric of Romania had the lead at 200 and were joined by Jessica Parry of Canada and Juana Mendez of Cuba at 400. Those four then made a significant break from the rest of the field and maintained that order past 600, when Lavric pulled away to win in 2:05.10. Trychella Kingdom of Austrailia came from what seemed like nowhere to get up for second in 2:05.66. .
HEAT THREE—Alison Leonard of Britain and Anne Kesselring of Germany were one-two at 400 meters, but Winny Chebet of Kenya was very close on their outside. Leonard opened up a five meter lead after 600 and went on to win in 2:04.07. Chebet was content to move from third to second and gain the final automatic qualifying spot at 2:04.42. Amina Bakhit of Sudan and Sovia Oberg of Sweden were time qualifiers at 2:05.06 and 2:05.43, respectively.
400-Meter Low Hurdles
First Round
First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Four Fastest Qualify for Semifinals
HEAT ONE—Meghan Beesley of Britain took the early lead, but by 200 meters she began to tire and Andreea Ionescu of Romania, running in lane nine, took over and had about a seven-meter lead approaching the ninth hurdle. Ionescu then proceeded to clobber the barrier and lose most of her advantage before recovering to hold off James Omer of Sudan, 59.05 to 59.51. Beesley was third at 59.83.
HEAT TWO—Sarah-Lynn Wells, a big, strong Canadian, dominated the field in the second half of the race to win easily in 58.89. Shana-Gaye Tracey of Jamaica at 58.95 and Hanna Titimets of Ukraine at 59.16, were second and third. Kori Carter of Claremont (Ca.) ran a very evenly paced race, but was never in contention finishing in seventh at 61.20.
HEAT THREE—Laura Hansen of Germany, in lane eight, had the early lead but Takecia Jameson of Miami, in lane five, went into first after 200 meters. Then Frida Persson of Sweden, running in lane two, took the lead over the final hurdle and went on to win in 58.81. Jameson tired noticeably in the final straight, but still held off Hansen for second, 59.16 to 59.20.
HEAT FOUR—Janeil Bellille of Trinidad had the early lead but Nikita Tracey of Jamaica, running in lane eight, took over at 200 meters. Despite pressure from Bellille, Tracey came off the final turn and finished strongly to win in 57.58. Bellille was second at 58.40 and Hanna Yaroshchuk of Ukraine was third at 58.58.
Pole Vault
Top 12 Qualify For Final
Rachel Laurent of Vanderbilt Catholic (Houma, La.), missed once at the opening height of 11-11 ¾, and then had first-time clearances at 12-5 ½ and 12-9 ½. Finally, she had a second-try clearance at 13-1 ½ that put her in the final. In all, eight vaulters cleared 13-1 ½, including Ann Schwarz of Germany, Vicky Parnov of Australia and Valeriya Volik of Russia, all of who had no misses. Leslie Brost of Watertown (S.D.) had no misses through 12-9 ½, and that was good enough to advance to the final.
Shot Put
Top 12 Qualify For Final
Chinwe Okoro of Louisville need a big come-through on her last throw and she got it with 50-6 ¾ effort that placed her 10th overall and earned her a place in the final. Becky O’Brien of Greely (Cumberland Center, Me.) had a best of 48-6 in the second round to place a nonqualifying 16th. Natalia Duco of China, at 58-8 ½, Sophie Kleeberg of Germany, at 53-1 ¾ and Melissa Boekelman of Netherlands, at 53-0, were the only automatic qualifiers. Aliona Hryshko of Belarus, at 52-2 ¾, and Qiao Ma of China, at 51-11 ¾ rounded out the top five that qualified for the finals.
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