Mike Kennedy Event Summaries
WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS At Bydgoszcz, Poland Men Finals 200 Meters Both Robert Hering of Germany and Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica got out well and were even as the field passed 100 meters. Curtis Mitchell of Southwestern Junior College (Chula Vista, Ca.), Omar Al-Salfa of United Arab Emeritus and Ramil Guliyev of Azerbaijan all appeared to be very slightly ahead of Christophe LeMaitre of France. Then LeMaitre began to move and he slowly reeled in his opposition until five meters before the finish he passed Ashmeade for the win, 20.83 to 20.84. Hering just held off Mitchell for third, 20.96 to 20.98. Guliyev was fifth in 21.00. This became the third straight Championships that the U.S. has failed to medal. The last medal the won by the U.S. was in 2002 when Wes Felix finished third. 800 Meters Abubaker Kaki of Sudan, the world Junior record holder at 1:42.69 and current world leader, wasted little time in establishing his predominance taking the lead from the gun and running splits of 24.40, 51.78 and 1:18.68 he went unchallenged in winning at 1:45.60. At 400 meters, Andre Olivier of South Africa was a close second to Kaki and was followed by Geoffrey Kibet of Kenya and Adam Kszczot of Poland. Approaching 600 meters the first two remained the same but Kszczot passed Kibet and moved into third. In the run to the finish Kibet pressured Kaki for just a moment, 80 meters from the finish, but he had to settle for Silver in 1:46.23 and . Olivier was able retake third from Kszczot, 1:47.57 to 1:47.91. 400-Meter Hurdles Jeshua Anderson of Washington St. and Johnny Dutch of South Carolina, running in lanes five and six respectively, were even over the first three hurdle before Dutch gain a small advantage over the fourth hurdle. Anderson then drew even with Dutch at the fifth hurdle and then pulled away over the final three hurdles to win in a personal best of 48.68. Dutch was second at 49.25. Amaurys Valle of Cuba was a close third coming into the final straight and finished there in 49.56. It was the second time in the last three World Junior championships that the U.S. has finished one-two. In 2004, Kerron Clement won and Brandon Johnson was second.. 10.000-Meter Walk Stanislav Emelyanov of Russia and Ding Chen of China took turns leading until Emelyanov eventually prevailed. Chen led at one kilometer in 4:02.42 and then Emelyanov took the lead with kilometer splits of 7:55.56, 11:44.14 and 15:41.42 before Chen moved back in front and passed 5,000 meters at 19:35.34. Chen continued to led through 6,000 meters passed at 23:34.60. Emelyanov took back the lead and passed 7,000 meters in 27:35.90 only to see Chen move back into first passing 8,000 meters at 31:33.74. Emelyanov then took over the lead for good passing 9,000 meters in 35:32.16 and going on to win in a Championship record of 39:35.1. The old record was 39:55.52 set by Ilya Markov of the Soviet Union in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1990. Chen was second with an Asian record of 39:47.20 and Luis Torla of Spain was third with a personal best of 40:29.57. There were no U.S. entrants. Triple Jump Teddy Tamgho of France opened up with a wind-aided 55-10 ½ to take a lead he never gave up. Later he improved to a wind-aided 56-10 ½. 55-5 ½. Osviel Hernandez of Cuba was in second after the first round with a legal 54-2 ½ and later improved to a wind-aided 55-5 ½.. Mohamed Salman of Bahrain was third after the first round at 53-0 and remained in that position improving his best to 54-5 ½ in the second round. Austin Davis of North Carolina was fourth after the first round at 51-8 ¼ and improved just slightly to 51-9 ¼ and finished in sixth place. Christian Taylor of Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.) fouled on his first attempt and then went 51-2 3/4 in the second round that placed him seventh. He later dropped to eighth place. Javelin Ihab Abdelrahman of Egypt was the leader after the first round at 250-0 and was followed by Robert Szpak of Poland at 234-3 and Tuomas Laaksonen of Finland at 226-4. Szpak improved in the second round to 241-8 and Ansis Bruns of Latvia jumped from 12th to third place with a throw of 236-11. The third round saw Szpak become the world junior leader at 255-11. Then in the fourth round Hamish Peacock of Australia move from fourth to third with a toss of 238-10. In the six and final round Talvitie, who had slipped to fifth retook third with a throw of 244-4 and two throws later Bruns, who was fourth, moved to third with a throw of 247-1. At last the final order had been determined.
Preliminaries 110-Meter High Hurdles First Round First Two in Each Heat Plus Next eight Fastest Qualify For Semifinals HEAT ONE(-2.0)—Quentin Ruffacq of Belgium led from the start and set a national record of 13.78. Sami Al-Hayder of Saudi Arabia closed well for second in 13.96 and Martin Mazac of Czech Republic was third in 14.03. HEAT TWO (-0.7)—Jordan Nicolas of France was out first along with Alex Al-Ameen of Saudi Arabia. Balazs Baji of Hungary closed with a rush over the last 50 meters and won going away in 13.84. Nicolas was second in 13.94 and Al-Almeen was third at 14.00. HEAT THREE (-0.5)—Michal Szade of Poland was out first but Keiron Steward of Jamaica, a 13.49 hurdler, quickly went to the front and was never challenged on his way to a 13.84. Denis Semenov of Kazakhstan was second at 14.18. HEAT FOUR (-1.7)—Aleksey Dremin of Russia, in lane three, and Ronald Brookins of Sacramento St., in lane two, staged their own private race. Dremin, showing excellent hurdling technique, gained a small advantage at the start and maintained that advantage the entire way to win, 13.89 to 13.98. HEAT FIVE (-.1.4)—Konstantin Shabanov of Russia, the world leader at 13.32, took the early lead and was never challenged in running 13.73. Karlis Daube of Latvia was second at 13.91. HEAT SIX (-1.3)—Action on opposite sides of the track. Warren Weir of Jamaica, in lane one, was out very quickly, while in lanes seven and eight it was David Arzola of Cuba and Jin Nakamura of Japan, who were among the leaders. Weir was the winner in a national record of 13.65 with Nakamura in second in 13.74 and Arzola in third at 13.84.. HEAT SEVEN (-1.0)—Booker Nunley of Garner (N.C.), was out first and in complete control the entire way. He eased noticeably over the final 20 meters and still ran 13.68. Richard Bienaschof Germany was second in 13.80. HEAT EIGHT (-0.7)—Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel of Kuwait took the early lead but then had to hold off the late charge of Wen-Tin Ko of Taiwan, 14.04 to 14.05. 4 x 100-Meter Relay First Round First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final. HEAT ONE—Britain had three good handoff and a great anchor by Richard Kilty that brought them from second to first in 39.84. Japan was second at 39.95. HEAT TWO—Jamaica with safe handoffs was the winner in 39.62. Germany was leading after the second exchange but their third runner pulled a muscle and the team did not finish. Taiwan was third at 40.16. HEAT THREE—The United States running a team of Dante Sales, Antonio Sales, Marquise Goodwin and Terrell Wilks suffered through some shaky hand offs but still ran a world junior leading 39.37. South Africa was second at 39.59. High Jump Top 14 Qualify For Final All jumpers who cleared 7-0 ¼ advance to the final. Four jumpers achieved that feat without a miss—Sylwester Bednarek of Poland, Edgar Rivera of Mexico, Raymond Higgs of Bahamas and Maguel Sancho of Spain. Erik Kynard of Rodgers (Toledo, Oh.) finished in a nonqualifying 19th place at 6-10 ¾ and Ryan Fleck of Napoleon (Oh.) finished in 21 place with a clearance of 6-8 ¾. Women Finals 200 Meters Sheniqua Ferguson of Bahamas and Tiffany Townsend of Baylor were out fastest and at 100 meters Ferguson had a slight lead while Townsend had fallen back to fourth or fifth. Ferguson was able to built all the way down the straight and carry through to a 23.24. Meritzer Williams of St. Kitts and Nevis was fourth coming off the final turn but then got up and running and closed well to finish second in 23.40. Redhead held on for third in 23.52. Townsend was just behind Souheir Bouali of Algeria with 50 meters remaining and pulled up on her shoulder as the two runners approached the finish line. However, Bouali had the better lean and that resulted in a third place finish, 23.58. to 23.64. 800 Meters Merve Aydin of Turkey took the pace right out and passed 200 in 27.05. Coming down the final straightaway for the first time it was Aydin, Elena Lavric of Romania, Alison Leonard of Britain and Winny Chebet of Kenya and then a gap to the rest of the field. After passing 400 in 57.28 the order remained the same for the next 200 with Aydin passing 600 at 1:28.59. Alison Leonard began to gather herself coming off the final turn and she passed Aydin 80 meters form the finish and went on to run 2:00.06. Aydin was second in 2:00.92. Machteld Mulder of the Netherlands started her kick with slightly less than 200 meter left and it carried her to a third place finish as she passed Chebet 15 meters from the finish. Mulder was timed in 2:02.053 and Chebet clocked 2:02.15.. 400-Meter Hurdles Takecia Jameson of Miami started out very slowly in lane six and let Janeil Bellille of Trinidad build a solid lead before making a move at 200 meters that took her to the front at 300 meters and sent her on her way to a 56.49 for the best time by a Junior in the world this year. It is also only the second Gold medal he U.S. has ever won. Lashinda Demus of Wilson (Long Beach, Ca.) and South Carolina won the first one in 2002. Bellille was second in a national record of 56.84 and Meghan Beesley of Britain was third with a personal best of 57.08.
Preliminaries 1,500 Meters First Round First Three in Each Heat Plus Next Three Fastest Qualify for Final
HEAT ONE—Stephanie Twell of Britain and Alex Kosinski of Oregon broke away from the pack with one lap remaining, passed in 3:14.0. The two opened up at least a 20 meter advantage over the rest of the field on the back straight and then ran together the rest of the way with Kosinski winning in a personal best 4:19.14. Twill was second at 4:19.18. The field did close down on the first two finishers over the final 200 meters with Bridey Delaney of Australia leading the way at 4:20.82. HEAT TWO—With one lap remaining, passed in 3:14.0, Kalkidan Gezahegne of Ethiopia, Emma Pallant of Britain and Jana Sussmann of Germany broke clear of the field and were easy qualifiers in 4:19.60, 4:21.67 and 4:22.40, respectively. HEAT THREE—Unlike the first two races, this one involved a lot of close contact between the runners. Asmerawork Bekele of Ethiopia and Stacy Ndiwa of Kenya broke away from the field early, passing 400 meters at 64.82. with Jordan Hasay of Mission College Prep (San Luis Obispo, Ca.) in the trailing pack. Things were different over the next 400 as a group of six, including Hasay, passed 800 in 2:15.24. With one lap to go, passed in 3:09.0, Bekele, Ioana Doaga of Romania and Ekaterina Gorbunova of Russia began to pull away. Meanwhile, Hasay had been forced to deal with a lot of traffic that resulted in her having to switch lanes and break stride at various times. Bekele went on to win the race in 4:17.05 with Doaga second at 4:18.28 and Gorbunova third at 4:18.55. Hasay, who had gotten herself into fourth with 300 meters remaining, was passed by Ndiwa and had to settle for fifth, 4:20.68 to 4:20.82. Both runners were time qualifiers. 100-Meter High Hurdles Semifinals First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final HEAT ONE (-0.3)—Krystal Bodie of Bahamas was away first but she was quickly caught by Belkis Milanes of Cuba who ran a personal best of 13.46 to win. Bodie did gain on Melanes over the final 30 meters and finished in 13.57. HEAT TWO (-0.3)—Shermaine Williams of Jamaica, the world junior leader at 13.22, took an early lead but by the third hurdle she had been passed by Alina Talai of Belarus, who went on to win with a personal best of 13.31. Williams was second in 13.37. Kierra Beckles of Bermuda, at 13.44 and Anne Zagre of Belgium, at 13.56, were both time qualifiers. HEAT THREE (-1.5)—Teona Rodgers of Florida St. got a great start and was unpressed in winning at 13.43. Natasha Ruddock of Jamaica just edged Justyna Rybak of Poland for the final automatic qualifying slot as both were timed in 13.79. Rybak did not advance as a time qualifier. 4 x 100-Meter Relay First Round First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final. HEAT ONE—The first and third exchanges for the U.S. were excellent and the second one was save as the team ran a yearly world Junior best of 43.76. Brazil was second in 44.25. , Bahamas were third at 44.32 and St. Kitts and Nevis was fourth at 44.45 as both teams set National junior records. . HEAT TWO—Jamaica’s first two exchanges were excellent but third appeared to need work. Nevertheless, the Island nation won easily in 44.55. Switzerland was second in 45.57 and Italy was third at 45.64. HEAT THREE—Barbados had three excellent exchanges and won easily in 44.79. France was second at 44.95 and Germany was third at 44.98. Long Jump Top 12 Qualify For Final Ivana Spanovic of Serbia, at 21-4 ¼, Ksenia Achkinadze of Germany, at 21-1 ¼, and both Anna Jagaciak of Poland and Arantxa King of Bermuda at 20-7 ¼ were automatic qualifiers. Rounding out the top five was Nastassia Mironchyk of Belarus at 20-5 ¼. Shakia Forbes of Seton Hall was a non-qualifying 14th at 19-7 and Jamesha Youngblood of Oregon was 19th at 19-1 ¼. Discus Top 12 Qualify For Final Shangxue Xi of China was the only automatic qualifier with a final round throw of 177-2. However, Xi had plenty of incentive after her first two throws left here with a best of just 161-0 and in serious danger of not making the final. Rounding out the top five were Wen-Hua Li of Taiwan, at 172-11, Anna-Katharina Weller of Germany, at 170-6, Sandra Perkovic of Croatia and Julie Fischer of Germany, at 169-2. Anastasia Jelmini of Shafter (Ca.) opened up at just 153-9. Then on her second attempt, she sent the discus down the left hand side of the throwing area that landed just inside sector at 164-5. That was good enough for tenth place and a spot in the final. Erin Pendleton of Woodmore (Elmore, Oh.), who sister competed on the U.S. World Junior championship team in the discus in 2006, was also in danger of not making the final after fouling her first round throw and then getting out to just 153-2 in the second round. However, she came up big in the third round with at 164-1 which was eventually good enough for 11th place and a spot in the final. Heptathlon First Day 100-Meter High Hurdles Ryann Krais of Methacton (Norristown, Pa.) was the fastest runner at 13.74, despite a negative 1.7 meter per second wind. The effort was worth 1,017 points. Erin Sampley of Kentucky had the second fastest time at 13.88, which was worth 995 points. Natalya Gizbullna of Russia was the third fastest performer at 13.89, worth 994 points and Carolin Schafer of Germany was next at 14.10, worth 964 points. Nikola Ogrodnikova of Czech Republic was the fifth fastest at 14.12 worth 961 points. High Jump Natalya Gizbullina took over the lead with a 5-10 clearance worth 953 points and a total of 1,947. Carolina Schafer, who also cleared 5-10, moved into second with at total of 1,917 points. Ryann Krais, the leader after the first round, cleared 5-7 ¾ to just miss her personal best of 5-8. The jump was worth 879 points and a total of 1,896 that left her in third place. Unfortunately, Erin Sampley had three misses at 4-10 ½ and did not clear a height, which resulted in no points being awarded. Shot Put Yana Maksimava of Belarus had the best throw in the completion at 45-6 ¼ worth 785 points and a total of 2,660 to move from fourth into first place. Carolin Schafer had a best of 40-9 worth 689 points and a total of 2,606 to remain in second place and Natalys Gizbullina had a throw of 36-10 ½ worth just 611 points and dropped from first to third. Ryann Krais, who had been in third, had a throw of 34-7 ¾ worth 566 point and a total of 2,468 to move down to eighth place. Erin Sampley, who earned no points when she no-heighted in the high jump, continued to compete and threw 33-4 worth 541 points and a total of 1,536 for 24th place. 200 Meters Thanks in part to the wind conditions Yana Maksimava and Carolin Schafer switched place. Schafer, in second place after three events, won her heat in 24.53 worth 930 points and a total of 3,536 to move from second to first place. Maksimava, who had been leading after three events, won was third in her heat at 25.97 worth 800 points and a total of 3,460 to drop from first to second place. Schafer’s heat had a wind read of -0.6 while Maksimava’s heat had a wind reading of -0.6. Natalya Gizbullina was third in her heat with a time of 25.62 worth 830 points and a total of 3,388 to remain in third place. Gizbullina’s heat had a wind reading of -2.5. Ryann Krais won Gizbullina’s heat at 25.04 worth 883 points and a total of 3,45 to move from eighth to sixth place. Erin Sampley won Schafer’s heat in 24.04 worth 977 points and a total of 2,513 to remain in 24th place.
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