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US Juniors - Friday

June 22, 2007 Indianapolis

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Highlights

Event Summaries
by Mike Kennedy



Henning US Jr hammer record- 241-05

Primm (1:49.76 800) and Pendleton (162-06 DT) also seal up NON/Jr Nats sweeps;
William Wynne GA 50.01 400H prelim US#6 a-t!
Bianca Knight MS 22.93 200 ...
Acosta, Forys, Centrowitz, Borchers all in for loaded 1500 final.



Dynamic Doublers - Henning's Hammers Lead the Way

By SteveU

When that exacting master of the hammer, Walter Henning, greets you with a broad smile after a competition (right, by John Dye at NON), you know that not only has there been a good throw, but probably a LOT of good throws.

The holder of hammer and weight records of every shape and size, a new PR virtually always means a US record for Henning. Not always a big deal, especially if there’s a big throw and some others that are less than pleasing. But a series that gets progressively better and includes not one, but two records? Smiles all around.

So it was for the St. Anthony’s NY senior, who hit 237-03, then 241-05 with the 6 kg hammer, the one used in US and global junior competitions. His efforts were the highlights of a day that had not quite Thursday’s eye-popping performances, but still featured some impressive developments.

Pendleton and Primm also complete NON/US Juniors double

Henning was one of three who completed NON/USATF Juniors doubles Friday. The others were US leaders Emily Pendleton OH in the discus (162-06), and Cory Primm CA in the 800 (1:49.76). Henning and Pendleton actually completed “double-doubles,” winning NON/USATF Junior titles in consecutive years. With a 53.77 that easily led the heats, defending 400 champ and US#1 Jessica Beard OH put herself in a position to make it three double-doublers in her specialty.

Then there were those doing a different type of double – the senior/junior double. After placing 6th in the senior triple jump the night before, with a US#1 and #2 all-time 44-04, Ke’Nyia Richardson CA dominated the junior version of the event, spanning nearly as far with 44-02.50. Pendleton went right from winning that junior discus to the senior event on another field; she took 17th in the latter. Pole vault HSR-holder Tori Anthony CA began her senior/junior double by taking the junior vault easily, with 13-03.50; her battle with the senior ladies will be Sunday.

Price, Wynne and Knight also impress

Not all of the great action was confined to the finals. The most-attention-grabbing foray by a prep into a senior event – Chanelle Price PA in the 800 – continued as Price strode impressively into Sunday’s final by being part of a quartet that crossed the line together in the first heat, nailing down an auto-qualifying 4th in 2:03.09 – just 0.33 off her US#1 winning time at NON.

In the junior men’s 400H heats, William Wynne GA improved his winning mark from NON by creeping ever closer to a sub-50 with a US#1 50.01, good for #6 all-time. Although the times naturally weren’t fast (for most), the action was intriguing in the junior men’s 1500 heats, as principal players AJ Acosta, Sam Borchers, Matt Centrowitz, and Craig Forys all made it into Saturday’s final.

The other two prep winners Friday included a new face at this level – Marissa Tschida MT in the junior women’s jav at 158-02 – and the return of a very familiar one. In her first post-season finish after recovering from injury (and after running every post-season meet she could last year), Bianca Knight MS nipped Lynne Layne for the 200 title. Her 22.93w was .01 faster than the PR she set her last year when getting edged by Gabby Mayo.

Welcome back, Bianca. (left, photo by Vic Sailer)


Cory Primm
Emily Pendleton


photo by Davey


photo by Vic Sailer


Highlights
  • M-10000 - Kevin Schwab OK 30:56.75 is second to Oregon freshman Kenny Klotz 30:51.75.
  • W-800 - Chanelle Price PA crosses line in 2:03.09 as part of group of 4 (1st Alice Schmidt 2:02.87) to make senior women's final. She led in 27.6 and 57.9 for 200/400
  • W-DT - Emily Pendleton OH makes it two titles in two weeks with 162-06 winning toss
  • M-200 - Oregon's Ryan Bailey is top prep in 3rd, with a 21.20
  • W-200 - Bianca Knight MS continues her late-season comeback with 22.93w victory
  • W-TJ - After competing in Open women's competition yesterday, Ke'Nyia Richardson CA takes Jr title with leap of 44-02.50
  • W-PV - Tori Anthony CA scales 13-03.50 for the title
  • M-TJ - Runner-up and top prep Troy Doris IL gets all the way out to 51-10.50
  • W-400H - Youngblood, Coward, Rollins all heat winners, Krais fast 57.84 qualifier
  • M-400H prelim - NON winner William Wynne GA sizzles a 50.01 qualifier, Johnnny Dutch 2nd fastest at 50.97
  • W-800 - Dominique Jackson CA (2:06.41) and Sarah Cocco CO (2:06.70) close 2-3 behind winner Latavia Thomas (2:06.16)
  • M-800 - It's a NON/Jr Nationals sweep for Cory Primm CA, his 1:49.76 the latest sub-1:50 effort
  • W-400 prelim- NON champ Jessica Beard OH through with top time: 53.77
  • M-400 prelim - Bryshon Nellum CA tops among qualifiers with his 46.40
  • W-JT - Marissa Tschida MT winner with throw of 158-02
  • M-1500 prelim - Acosta, Borchers, Centrowitz, Forys all through to Saturday's final
  • M-200 prelim - Ryan Bailey OR top prep qualifier in 21.13
  • W-200 prelim- Bianca Knight MS leads all qualifiers with her 23.35
  • M-HT - Walter Henning NY starts day off by breaking the US junior hammer record with his 241-05, the series giving him the 6 best all-time throws with the 6kg implement


Event Summaries

by Mike Kennedy

Friday's Juniors in the Seniors

Women - 800 Meters - Semifinals

Chanelle Price of Easton, Pa., advanced from her first round on Thursday by running with the pack for the first 400 and then trying and to compete for a qualifying place over the final 200 meters. In the semifinals, she reverted to the tactics—running a 57 second first lap--she had used to in winning the Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2:02.76 for the fastest prep time in the nation. In the first semifinal heat, she took the led right away and had splits of 27.3, 57.9 and 1:31 before yielding the lead to Alice Schmidt of Adidas, who went on to win in 2:02.87. Price was able to hold on to fourth and final qualifying slot with a time of 2:03.09. Julian Clay of Nike was a non-qualifying fifth in 2:05.14. Hazel Clark won heat two with a 2:02.59.


Junior Men

200 Meters

First Round

Heat One (wind -2.0 meters per second) Kyle Stevenson of Tennessee just cruised the first 100 before pulling away for the pack to win easily in 21.45. Dominique Young of Western Carolina edged Joshua Wimbley, unattached, 21.72 to 21.76.
Heat Two (-0.3) Arthur Wims of Nebraska and Ryan Bailey of McKay, Salem, Or., were top two entrants but is was Wims easily winning in 21.09. Bailey closed very well to finish second in 21.13. Kelsey Caesar of Houston was third in 21.52.

Final -- The major contenders were Wims in lane four, Stevenson in lane five and Bailey in lane six. Wims had a sizable as the three turned into the straightaway and won easily in 20.86 into a 1.6 meter per second wind. Stevenson closed some to in the final 80 meters to be a clear second at 21.02 and Bailey finished in third at 21.20.

800 Meters

Michael Mark of Columbia took the lead at 200 with Adam Hairston of Iowa and Cory Primm of Westlake, Westlake Village, Ca., in close attendance. As the leaders came down the home straight for the first time, Daylan Ferris of East Forsyth, the former national leader at 1:49.27, cut off Harrison in an attempt to move into a contending position. At the 400, it was Farris, Mark and Prim at which time both Farris and Primm wanted the lead and the two ran stride for stride down the back straight before Primm took lead just pass 600 meters, opened up a 10 meter lead and went on to win in 1:49.76. Meanwhile, Jonathan Moore of New York Albany University moved from fifth to second down the final straight to finish in 1:50.50 and Harrison fought past Ferris to finish in third, 1:50.90 to 1:52.42.

10,000 Meters

John Gray of Oklahoma and Matt Petrillo of Los Gatos, Ca., were the leaders after the first two kilometers, passed in 3:07 and 3:07, at which time Gray began to increase his lead. Gray continued to lead after three kilometers, reaching 9:15.0. Shortly thereafter Kenny Klotz and Isaac Stoutenburg, both of Oregon, headed up the pack in back of Gray. By 4,000 meters Klotz and Stoutenburg had both caught Gray. The group of three passed 5,000 in 15:28 but over the next 1,000 meters Klotz established a lead that he never gave up. The only runner that was able to react to Klotz's move was Kevin Schwab of Mustang, Ok., who moved through the field and took over second place at 7,000 meters and closed to within 20 meters of Klotz with one lap remaining before before Klotz pulled away to win in 30:51.75. Schwab was second in 30:56.75 in the pleasant 72-degree weather and Matt Llano of Richmond was third in 31:19.03.

Triple Jump

After the first round, Troy Doris of Bolingbrook, Il., took the lead with a 51-0 effort for the best legal high school mark in the nation, and Zuheir Sharif of Texas A&M was second at 50-6 ½. The two remained in that order until the fourth round when Sharif took the lead with a 52-0 jump. Doris, jumping next, answered with a personal best, but his 51-10 ½ was not good enough to retake the lead and the two finished in that order. Marlon Woods of Norfolk State was third after the first round at 48-10 and then improved to 50-01 ¾ in the second round to hold on to third.

Hammer

Walter Henning of St. Anthony's, South Huntington, N.Y., whose first throw of 224-3 would easily win the competition, then had a foul on his second attempt and threw 234-7 in the third round before breaking his own junior national and meet record of 235-0, first with a throw of 237-3 and finally with a throw on 241-5 in the fifth round. The junior hammer weight of six kilograms is about one and half pounds heavier than the 12-pound high school hammer and has been used in just the last three years. Henning has thrown the high school hammer 255-11. Jordan Stray of Centralia, Wa., was second after the first round at 201-4 and remained in second with a fourth round effort of 212-4. Alan John, unattached, went from sixth to third with a final round throw of 211-11.

Javelin

Christopher Hill of McNeese State, the American junior record holder at 238-10, lead after the first round with throw of 219-5 that would have been good enough to win the competition but Hill improved to 226-9 in the third round for the best throw of the competition. Justin Shirk of Central Dauphin, Harrisburg, Pa., was second after the first round with a throw of 211-4 and Kevin Fasing, Colorado, was third at 209-1. Iain Trimble of Shawnee Heights, Tecumseh, Ks., the national high school leader at 229-7, went from fourth to second in the fifth round toss of 211-1 only to see, first, Fasing retake second place with a final round throw of 216-6 and Shirk move into third with a toss of 215-1.


400 Meters

First Round

Heat One - Bryshon Nellum of Long Beach Poly, Ca., the national leader at 45.54 and the recently named Gatorade boys national track and field athlete of the year, let the field go but reeled them in by 200 to win from lane two in 46.40 for the fastest time of the day. Mattthew Butcher of Longmont, Co., who had a season best of 47.01 in winning the state 4A title, was moved from third to second in the last 20 meters, downing Justin Kremer, 47.29 to 47.52.
Heat Two - Curtis Eaton of Kent State took an early lead only to see James Gilreath of Bartlett, Tn., the State 3-A champion at 47.33, forged a narrow lead at 300 and went on to defeat Eaton, 47.40 to 47.47.
Heat Three - Robert Simmons of Hightower, Houston, Tx., who was only fifth in the State 5A meet at 48.27, has been on a personal best tear of late. Two weeks ago he was second at the Golden West Invitational at personal best 47.28 and here moved from second to first in the last 30 meters to win in 47.01. Terrill McCombs of Western Kentucky was second in 47.13 and Christopher Ward of Evans, Orlando, Fl., was third at 47.19.

1,500 Meters

First Round

Heat One - Andrew Acosta of Oregon and Benjamin Blankenship of Stillwater, Mn. led at 300 meters in 46.0 with Acosta maintaining contact, passing 400 meters in 61.6 and the 800 in 2:07.62. With one lap remaining, passed in 2:53.0, it was Cory Leslie of Perkins, Sandusky, Oh., the state Division II 1,600 winner in 4:08.41, Blankenship, Craig Forys, a 4:07.36 runner from Colts Neck, N.J. and Acosta, as Blankenship and Leslie completed their third lap in 59.8. At that point Acosta took the lead and finished with a 56.8 final 400 to finish in 3:50.52. Leslie finished in second at 3:50.99 followed by Blankenship third at 3:51.11 and Forys in fourth at 3:51.45.
Heat Two - Marlon Patterson of UCLA and Dakota Lowery of West Jordan, Benson, N.C. were 1-2 at 300 meters in 48.0 before Mark Amirault of Xaverian Brothers, Westwood, Ma., took over at 400 in 65.53. Amirault, Patterson and Matt Centrowitz, a 4:03.40 miler from Broadneck, Annapolis, Md., were all about 1:52.0 with two laps left. Shortly after the 800-meter mark the first three were joined by Samuel Borchers of Yellow Springs, Oh. , the state Division III champion with a best of 4:03.0 for a mile. With one lap remaining, passed at 2:56, Amirault led with Borchers second and Centrowitz in third The order remained the same for the rest of the way with Amirault running 3:55.61, Borchers, 3:56.44 and Centrowitz, 3:56.46. It appeared that Centrowitz had let off on the run-in to the tape.

400-Meter Hurdles

First Round

Heat One - Johnny Dutch of Clayton, N.C., running in lane 8, won with one of the easiest looking 50.97's you could imagine. Reggie Wyatt of J.W. North, Riverside, Ca., who set a national sophomore class record of 50.10 last week, just edged Ross Harlan, unattached, for second, 51.84 to 51.97. Jeshua Anderson of Taft, Woodland Hills, Ca., the new national record in the 300 hurdles, was entered but did not compete.
Heat Second - William Wynne of McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga., the national leader at 50.09, won impressively with a personal best of 50.01. Jason Perez of Houston was second in 51.60.

Women
Women's 200 Meters

 

First Round
Heat One (wind -0.1 meters per second)—Porscha Lucas of Texas A&M, got out well and cruised the straight to win easily in 23.39. Candyce McGrone, Warren Central, Indianapolis, In., was behind Lucas at 100 meter but closed slight coming off the turn before falling back slightly and finish in 23.82.
Heat Two (-1.3)—Bianca Knight, Ridgeland, Ms., who passed on the 100 to concentrate on the 200, looked strong in all phases of the race to run 23.35 into the wind. Shayla Mahan, Mumford, Detroit, Mi., like Knight got of well, and was even with Knight coming off the turn but could not match Knight’s closing speed, clocking 24.14.
Heat Three (-0.2)—Lynne Layne of Tennessee was in lane two and freshman Purvis Ashton, St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca., was in lane five. Both runners got out well and were even coming into the straight at which time Purvis opened up a lead only to see Layne close down the margin and just miss catching Purvis at the tape, 23.78 to 23.79. Crystal Carter of Texas A&M was third in 24.12.

 

 

Final
With Layne in lane four and Knight in lane six, both runners got off well and entered the straight at about the same time. Over the final 100 meters there was little difference between the two, with Knight just prevailing, 22.93 to 23.94, in a race aided by a 2.3 meter per second wind. After the race Knight said that her quad had bothered as she came off the turn.

 

 

800 Meters
LaTavia Thomas of LSU was leading at 200 in 28.2 but the tall Christal Washington, South Broward, Fl., took over at 400 in 60.46 followed by Thomas and Sarah Cocco, Fairview, Boulder, Co. Washington continued to led through 600 before Thomas went to the front taking Cocco and Dominique Jackson, Fairfield, Ca., with here. Jackson mad a valiant effort catch Thomas but could not quite make up the distance and finished second, 2:06.16 to 2:06.41. Cocco also held on well for third in 2:06.70. But Washington was not so fortunate, falling to fifth, when Danielle Bradley, Baylor, closed well to grab fourth, 3;07.62 to 2:08.25.

 

3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Stephanie Garcia, Virginia, who ran 10:22.16 in the NCAA preliminaries, took the lead at the start and just ran away from the field to win in 10:26.41. Megan Jackson of Arkansas and Kauren Tarver, Serrano, Phelan, Ca. battled for second before Jackson prevailed, 10:50.24 to 10:29.51.

 

 

High Jump
Arizona’s Elizabeth Patterson of Arizona had no misses and won at 5-9 ¼. Teammate Jasmin Day and Krystale Schade, Piper, Sunrise, Fl., also cleared 5-9 ½ and tied for second as both had a total of three misses.

 

 

Pole Vault
Tori Anthony of Castilleja, Palo Alto, Ca., the national indoor and outdoor record holder, successfully defended her title with a first time clearance at 13-3 ½ as cross winds play havoc with the vaulters. Alicia Rue, Minnesota, and Natalie Willer, Elkhorn, Nb., both cleared 13-1 ½ but Rue placed second based on her second attempt clearance while it took Willer three tries. For Willer it was a personal best by 3 ½ inches. Three vaulters cleared 12-11 ½ but Melissa Gergel, Marian Catholic, Chicago Heights, Il. finished alone in fourth with a first try clearance.

 

Triple Jump

 

Defending champion Ke’Nyia Richardson, Holy Names, Oakland, Ca., who had finished sixth in the senior national triple jump the previous day with a best of 44-4, had a first-round jump of 43-2 ½ which was good enough to win the competition. She improved to 44-2 on her second attempt and that turned out to be the winning distance. Ashika Charan of Texas A&M, who finished second to Richardson in 2006 as a student at Claremont High in California, has a personal best first-round jump of 42-10 ¼ that was good enough to finish second but she improved again in the third round with a 43-0 ¼. Vashti Thomas, Mt. Pleasant, San Jose, Ca., who had finished fifth in the 100 hurdle final in 13.42, jumped 41-1 ¾ to place third. Whitney Ford of Boston University was fourth at 40-5.

 

 

Discus
Defending champion Emily Pendleton, Woodmoore, Elmore, Oh., the national high school leader at 183-3, was second to Tiphanie Baker, Troy State, 157-1 to 152-11 but took over the lead in the third round with the winning throw of 162-6. Samantha Musil of Georgia Tech gave Pendleton a real scare with a long throw in the final round but it fell just short at 162-0. Sara Neubauer of Air Force, who had taken over first with a second round throw of 159-11, he dropped to third by the final round but did improve to 161-5 .

Baker improved to 159-4 but still fell to fourth. Kylie Spurgeon’s second round toss of 154-11, which left her in second at the time, held up for fifth.

 

 

Javelin
Marissa Tschida of Loyola Sacred Heart, Missoula, Mt., was the No. 6 ranked prep in 2006 with a best of 154-1, but she never went out of state to complete. This year she must be thrilled she made the decision to go to the National Junior championship. On her very first throw the senior, who would make a great fashion statement for the WNBA with her baggy shorts that reached down to her knees, produced the winning throw of 158-2, just three inches off her personal best. Emalie Humphries, Alexander, Lorado, Tx., who threw 145-10 in a regional AAU junior Olympic meet last summer and will be attending Texas A&M in the fall, opened up with a 155-10 throw that was good enough for second. Roxanne Grizzle, Tonganoxie, Ka., was in sixth going to last round but connected on a 150-0 throw to move into third and push Megan Briggs of Virgina to fourth in 146-04.

 

 

 

400 Meters
First Round

Heat One—Alisha Usery, McCluer South-Berkeley, St. Louis, Mo., and Breehana Jacobs, Laurel Highlands, Uniontown, Pa., both of whom won their Division I 100, 200 and 400 races, were 1-2, with Usery prevailing, 54.08 to 54.48.
Heat Two—Brandi Cross of South Carolina and Takecia Jameson, Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Md., control of the race at the 200 meter mark and finished in that order, 54.26 to 54.56.
Heat Three—Jessica Beard, Euclid, Oh., the high school leaders at 51.63, was a clear leader at 300, while Hshkeni Richemond, unattached, was having her problems. Richemond was in second passed the 200 point but fell back to fourth at 300 before moving up to second on the run-in, clocking 54.83.
Heat Four—Dynasty McGee, an eighth grader from Flint, Mi. who ran 55.70 in 2006, was a surprise winner in 55.53, defeating Myra Hansson of USC, 55.53 to 56.03.

 

400-Meter Hurdles
First Round

Heat One—Freshman Brianna Rollins, Northwestern, Miami, Fl., took the lead at 200 before J’Zotta Rolle, Edgewood, Orlando, Fl., edged slightly around the turn only to see. Rollins regained the lead at 300 and go on to be the heats only qualifier at 1:01.69.
Heat Two—Amber Rozier, Pearland, Tx. and Alexis Brown, unattached, were leading at 200 but Jamesha Youngblood, Hercules, Ca., the California state champion with a best of 41.08, took a solid lead at 300 but had to hold first Njoku, McNair Academy, Jersey City, N.J. and then Tameka Jameson, Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Md., to prevail in 58.66. Jameson was second in 59.92 and Njoku third in 59;.16.
Heat Three—Queen Harrison, who was fifth in the NCAA championships for Virginia Tech in 55.81, and Krais, Methacton, Norristown, Pa., with a best of 57.26, were in lanes seven and eight, respectively. Harrison went to the lead and stayed there but Krais pressed her the entire as they raced to the two fastest times of the day, 57.18 and 57.84.
Heat Four—Jacquelyn Coward, West, Knoxville, Tn., the national 300 leader at 40.83, had little trouble stepping up in distance winning easily in 58.79 for the heats only qualifier.

800 Meters

 




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