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Day Two - Wayne Davis II Claims 110H Gold, Youth Record

NC soph & Wynne go 1-2; Gilstrap 3rd in 100, Beach 4th in Octathlon

Mike Kennedy Summaries - Day 2 Results - Jim Spier's Thursday Report -

Team USA Afternoon Highlights
  • NON champ and NC soph Wayne Davis II ruled the 110H field in 13.18 (36", wind +0.2), breaking the old World Youth record of 13.22 and winning by .26 over silver medalist William Wynne GA (13.44).
  • Ken Gilstrap GA is 3rd, winning bronze in 100 final with 10.65 (-0.4w). He was also 3rd in his semi at 10.71, earlier, but Isaiah Sweeney TX (10.97) was non-qualifying 8th in the 2nd semi.
  • Curtis Beach NM finished with a super winning 2:35.57 in 1000m to take 4th overall in Octathlon at 6170 pts., just 42 out of the tie for 2nd and 3rd. That followed a 137-10 in JT where he finished near back and lost ground.
  • Erica Alexander TX (11.84) and Ashton Purvis CA (11.81) finish 3rd and 2nd in respective semis to make 100 final, but the final does not go well. Alexander is DQ for false start after earlier false start charged to field, then Purvis has an off race in 12.04 for 7th.
  • In the last of 3 800 semis, Dylan Ferris NC takes 3rd in 1:50.38 to qualify for the final on time. Howard Shepard TX was a non-qualifying 7th in 1st semi (1:54.42).
  • Danzell Fortson TX has solid 47.70 in 400 semi for 2nd in his heat (3 semis) and 4th overall.
  • In girls 400 semis (2), Meshawn Graham OH was 4th in the first one (54.96) to make final, but Brianna Frazier FL (55.66) was edged out for 4th in the second.
  • Frankie Hammond FL clears 6-08.25, but misses 6-09.5 and does not qualify for high jump final.
Team USA Morning Highlights
  • Conor McCullough CA leads all qualifiers with PR 249-03 in Youth Hammer; has almost 9 feet on 2nd place!
  • Ryann Krais PA (58.67) and Dalilah Muhammad NY (59.80) win 400H heats, qualify 2nd and =4th overall.
  • Curtis Beach NM has 2nd best HJ at 6-06 to move up to 5th in Octathlon after 6 events; also ran middle-of-pack 14.82 in 110H
  • Christian Taylor GA makes LJ final, qualifying 9th with 23-10.25, but Bryce Lamb AZ (23-06.75) just misses

Mike Kennedy's Summaries

Afternoon Session - Morning session

The U.S. continued on a high note as Wayne Davis (Southeast, Raleigh, N.C.) led a one-two finish for the Red, White and Blue and set a World Youth (under 17) record of 13.18 in winning the 110-meter hurdles (36 inches). William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) was second in 13.44. Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.) gained a come-through bronze medal in the 100 and Curtis Beach (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.) became the highest-placing male multi-eventer for the USA in meet history when he finished fourth in the Octathon. Not everything went perfect for the U.S. as Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Friendswood, Tx.) was disqualified in the 100 final and Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) finished seventh.

Boys

100 Meters

Semifinals
First Four in Each Heat Qualify For Final


Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.) came up big, advancing to the final from heat one, with a third place time of 10.71 into a slight breeze. Dexter Lee of Jamaica continued to look like a good bet for the gold with a 10.46 win. Christophe Lemaitre of France was second at 10.68 and Keynan Parker was fourth at 10.75. Teammate Nickel Ashmeade could be the danger for Lee based on his heat winning time of 10.58 run into a 1.8 meter per second wind and the fact he lost to Lee but just .06 seconds in the national youth championships in late June. Ian Werner of Canada was second in 11.78 followed by Vaclav Zich of Czech Republic and Tse-Chaing Liang of Taipei, both at 10.86.

Isaiah Sweeney (Hightower, Sugar Land, Tx.) was last in 10.97. Willie Hordge, in 2001 and Bryan Sears, in 1999, have been the highest U.S. finishers at second. Gilstrap is only the second U.S runner to reach the final in the last three editions of the World Youth Championships.

Final

Nickel Ashmeade made it a little closer then it had been in their Jamaican national youth championships in June but in the end Dexter Lee prevailed, 10.51 to 10.54. The great surprise came in third where Kenneth Gilstrap ran a 10.65 to just edge Christophe Lemaitre by .02. Gilstrap’s medal was the first for the U.S. in this event since 2001. Gilstrap came into this competition was a best of 10.68 and bettered that time twice.

Keynan Parker and Vaclav Zich were fourth and fifth as both ran 10.74. Jamaica’s one-two finish is the third straight one-two finish for the same country. In 2005, in Morocco, the British were first and second with Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Alexander Nelson. In 2001, in Canada, Yahya Al-Gahes and Yahya Habeeb were one-two for Saudi Arabia.


110-Meter High Hurdles (36 inches)
Final


To the surprise of just about no one the U.S. went one-two with Wayne Davis (Southeast, Raleigh, N.C.) setting a World Youth record of 13.18 and William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) running 13.44. Konstadinos Douvalidis of Greece held the old record of 13.22 set in 2004. Davis’ time also was a championship meet record, breaking the old mark of 13.22 sent by Ladji Douccoure of France in he first World Youth Championships in Poland in 1999.

Davis’ best over the high school 39 inch hurdles is 13.66. Given about a .25 to .30 difference between the two heights, he could well be running under 13.40 next year. Denis Semenov of Kazakhstan was a distant third in 13.82 to edge Andreas Martinsen of Denmark at 13.86. This is the third straight win for the U.S., with Jason Richardson winning in Canada in 2003 with a 13.29 and Cordera Jenkins winning in Morocco in 2005 with a 13.35. It is the first time a country has finished one-two.


Javelin Throw
Final


Tuomas Laaksonen of Finland, the World Youth leader at 257-11, took over the lead in the first round with a 250-7 and then in the third round improved his world Youth lead with the winning toss of 261-6. Edgars Rutins of Latvia was second after the first round with a 238-6, only to see Hamish Peacock of Australia move into second in the third round with throw of 243-0. There were no major changes in two rounds before Rutins regained second in the final round with a 244-11, only to see Peacock retake second on the very next throw with a 250-4 effort.

Luke Bissett gave Australia two in the top four finishers with a throw of 234-0. For Finland, a nation renowned for its javelin throwers, it was just their second win in five World Youth championships. Temu Wirkkala won in Hungary in 2001 with a throw of 249-11.


Octathon

110-Meter High Hurdles (36 inches)


With just two events remaining here were the standings: 1. Eusebio Carceres, Spain, 4,946; 2. Jaroslav Hedvicak, Czech Republic, 4,868; 3. Shane Brathwaite, Barbados, 4,846; 4. Stefan Matula of Germany, 5,394; 5. Curtis Beach, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M., 4,776.

Javelin

Curtis Beach, who had a best of just 121-6 in his 7,418 decathlon in June, improved greatly with his third throw of 137-10, worth 509 points and a total of 5,247. That left him in sixth place, 191 points out of third place, but his decathlon best of 4:14.08 for the 1,500 held great promise of a higher final place. However, since the distance in the Octathon is 1,000 meters and not 1,500, the advantage that Beach might have is not as great as it would have been if the distance were 1,500 meters.

Eusebio Carceres, as he had done since the first event, continued to lead based on his throw of 155-9, worth 551 points and a total of 5,497. Shane Brathwaite moved from third to second with a throw of 172-11, worth 629 points and a total of 5,475. Adam Bevis of Australia, jumped from sixth to third with a best of 186-8, worth 692 points and a total of 5,438.

Stefan Matula remained in fourth with a 167-7, worth 605 points and a total of 5,394. Jaroslav Hedvicak dropped from second to fifth with his 146-2 worth just 609 points and a total of 5,377.

1,000 Meters

Curtis Beach had the fastest time of the competition at 2:35.57, which was worth 923 points and a total of 6,170 that moved him into fourth place. Beach’s fourth place finish was the best ever for the U.S., replacing the ninth-place finish by Adam Fretwell in 2003.

Despite leading the entire competition, Eusebio Caceres was done in by a time of just 3:01.80 worth just 674 points and a total of 6,144 do drop to sixth place. Shane Brathwaite had just the eighth fastest time at 2:48.01, but it was worth 786 points and him into first with 6,261 points. Jaroslav Hedvicak, recovering from a disastrous javelin, jumped from fifth to second with a time of 2:43:48, worth 835 points and a total of 6,212. Adam Bevis ran 2:49.16 worth 774 points and a total of 6,212—the same point total as Hedvicak. The tie was broken by higher finishers in individual events. Strefan Matula ran 2:50.61, worth 759 points and total of 6,153 to finish fifth.


Preliminaries

400 Meters
Semifinals
First Four in Each Heat Qualify for Final (Friday)


Danzell Fortson (Central, Keller, Tx.), the only U.S. entrant in this event, was in the third heat and with the fastest qualifier from the two previous heats being just 48.32 he knew he probably would not have to run all-out. Vladimir Krasnov of Russia was the winner in 47.22, with Forstsen second at 47.70. The two time qualifiers, as might be expected, came for this heat. Yonas Al-Hosah of Saudia Arabia was third at 47.78 and Niklas Zender of Germany was fourth at 48.31.

World Youth leader at 46.70, Christopher Clarke of Britain, was an easy heat winner in 47.85, followed by Hendrik Maartens of South Africa at 48.01. James Kirani of Granada set a personal best of 47.29 to win the remaining heat. Jordan McGrath of Britain was second at 47.48.


800 Meters
Semifinals
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two
Fastest Qualify for Final (Friday)


Dylan Ferris (East Forsyth, Kernersville, N.C.) became just the second U.S. runner to ever make an 800 final here when he finished third in the third and final heat. When you have time qualifiers advancing to a final it is often an advantage to be in the final heat. Unless one of the previous heats has been very fast, you have a greater change of advancing if you are in the last heat because the runners know that if everyone is willing to go out hard, there is a good chance that the time qualifiers will come from that heat.

Both the first and second heats had first lap leaders over 55 seconds and were won in over 1:50.0, so it was not surprising that in the third heat Henok Tesfaye of Ethiopia led at 400 in 52.44. Aleksandr Sheplyakov of Russia went on to win the heat in 1:49.48 with Cihat Ulus of Turkey a surprising second at 1:50.28. The time qualifiers did indeed come from this heat with Ferris running 1:50.38 for third and Tesfaye finishing fourth at 1:51.25.

Amine El Manaoui of Moracco, at 1:50.70, and Ali Al-Deraan of Saudia Arabia, at 1:50.74, were the automatic qualifiers from the first heat. Automatic qualifiers from the second heat were Geoffrey Kibet of Kenya, the World Youth leader at 1:47.1, and James Kaan of Australia. Kibet was timed in 1:50.20 and Kaan clocked 1:51.22.


3,000 Meters
First Round
First Five in Each Heat Plus Next Five
Fastest Qualify for Final (Saturday)


As usual, Africans dominated the qualifying, taking the top four places in heat one, and eight of the 15 places in the final. Moussa Karich of Morocco won the first heat in 8:14.33, with Daniel Salel of Kenya second at 8:14.35, and Abera Kuma of Ethiopia in third at 8:16.09. Lucas Rotich of Kenya won the second heat with an 8:12.14, followed by Hicham el Amrani of Morocco in second at 8:15.58, and Folavia Sehohle of South Africa in third at 8:17.65. Rotich and Salel have the two fastest times of all of the finalists at 8:13.0 and 8:13.1, respectively. Kenya and Ethiopia have each won this race twice.


High Jump

This event took a giant step forward this year. In the past three editions of the World Youth championships, a jump of 6-6 ¾ advanced you to final. This year you had to do 6-9 ½ to get a shot at the gold. In any other championships, Frankie Hammond (Hallandale, Fl.), the Florida state champion, would have advanced with his clearance of 6-8 ¼. It was Hammond’s second best jump of the year. Senlin Bao and Chen Wang, both of China, and Derek Drouin of Canada were the only jumpers to have no misses. Wang and Sergey Mudrov of Russia, also a qualifier, are the seasonal world Youth leaders at 7-2 ½. Miguel Sancho of Spain, another qualifier, has had four meets over 7-0..


Girls

100 Meters
Semifinals
First Four in Each Heat Qualify for Final


For the third straight race, Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Friendswood, Tx.) and Ashlee Nelson of Britain faced off and for the third straight time Nelson won. The difference this time was that neither of them won the race. That honor went to Rosangela Santos of Brazil in 11.59. Nelson was second in 11.73, followed by Alexander in third at 11.84. Alyssa Conley of South Africa and Sabrina Nettey of Canada were both timed at 11.91, with Conley given the edge.

Asha Philip of Britain the overwhelming event favorite, was an easy winner in heat two at 11.56 with Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) just edging Andreea Ograzeanu of Romania for second, as both were timed in 11.81. Barbara Leoncio of Brazil was the final qualifier at 11.88. Seven of the eight finalists have seasonal best of 11.64 or better.

Final

Asha Philip of Britain, the world Youth leader at 11.37 and the clear favorite, did end up winning, but not before a long look at the photo timing system. Both Philip and Rosangela Santos of Brazil were timed in 11.46, with Philip given the nod. Santos had to be thrilled, since she came within .02 of her personal best.

Ashlee Nelson of Britain was a clear third in front of the second Brazilian, Barbara Leoncio, 11.58 to 11.72. Andreea Ograzeanu of Romania was fifth at 11.80 and Alyssa Conley of South Africa was sixth at 11.98. The magical trip that these championships have been for the U.S. hit a speed bump when Erica Alexander was disqualified for a second false start and Ashton Purvis finished seventh in 12.04.


Triple Jump
Final


The entire event was virtually decided by the end of the first round. Heavy favorite Yosleidis Rivalta took the lead at 43-8 ½, followed by Dailenis Alcantara of Cuba at 43-6, Maja Bratkic of Slovenia at 42-2, Mia Haave of Norway at 42-0 ¾ and Tahnee Reynolds Hopkins of Australia at 41-10 ½. The only change in position came in the second round when Alcantara, the World Youth leader at 46-7 ½, took over first place with a 44-8 winning effort.

Both Bratkic and Reynolds Hopkins had minor improvements in the latter rounds but did not change positions. Rivalta, after setting a personal best in the first round, had four fouls trying to catch Alcantara and then passed her final jump. The medals were the first in the event for Cuba since Tamayo Gay won in 1999.


5,000-Meter Racewalk
Final


Defending champion Tatyana Kalmykova won in 20:28.05 to lead a one-two finish for the Russians for the second straight championships. The time was good for a World Youth Record for Kalmykova, breaking her own mark of 21:10.0 set earlier this year in Cheboksary, Russia. Finishing almost a minute behind Kalmykova was Irina Yumanova in 21:21.44. Russia also won in 2003 with Vera Sokolova. Panayiota Tsinopoulou of Greece was third this year at 22:49.15.


Preliminaries

400 Meters
Semifinals
First Four in Each Heat Qualify for Final (Friday)


Meshawn Graham (Bowsher, Toledo, Oh.), who does not appear to be in the same shape as she was when she ran 52.51 in finishing second to Jessica Beard in the Ohio State meet, was the fourth and final qualifier in heat one. Alexandra Stukova of Slovakia was the heat winner in 54.26 with Latoya McDermott of Jamaica in second at 54.36, and Olha Zemlyak of Ukraine in third at 54.49.

Yulia Baraley of Ukraine won the second heat in 54.96, followed by Natalie Geiger of Canada at 55.00, and Poovamma Machiettira of India at 55.15. Brianna Frazier (Raines, Jacksonville, Fl.) lost out to Francesca Xuereb of Malta, 55.57 to 55.66, in the battle for the fourth and final qualifying spot.


Pole Vault
Top Twelve Advance (Saturday)


Vicky Parnov of Australia, the World Youth record holder at 14-5 ¼, provided most of the suspense in the qualifying, when, after all of the other vaulters had stopped vaulting at 12-3 ½, decided to open at the automatic qualifying height of 12-9 ½ and then proceeded to miss her first two attempts. Parnov did make her third attempt to join eleven other 12-3 ½ vaulters in the final.

Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece, at 13-11 ¼, and Marianna Zahardiadi of Greece, 13-9 ¼, are the only other two vaulters in the field who have bettered 13-4. There were no U.S. entrants. On the yearly World Youth list, it is interesting to note that the only vaulters listed over 13-1 ½ that are not in these championships are Shade Weygandt (Mansfield, Tx.), at 13-7, and Stephanie Foreman (Lake Hamilton, Pearcy, Ark.), at 13-1 ¾. Since neither vaulter competed in one of three National Youth championship meets 2006, they were not eligible for the U.S. team in Ostrava.
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Morning Session

Conor McCullough (Chaminade, West Hills, Ca.) was the leading qualifier in the boys hammer with a throw at 249-3. The mark broke his own nation's Youth record of 244-2 set earlier this year. Christopher Taylor (Sandy Creek, Tyrone, Ga.) set a personal best of 23-10 ¼ to advance in the long jump and Curtis Beach (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.) improved his position to fifth in the Octathon. With two events remaining, he has put himself in a position to challenge for a medal. Dalilah Muhammad (Benjamin Cardozo, Oakland Gardens, N.Y.) and Ryann Krais (Methacton, Norristown, Pa.) easily qualified for the 400-Meter hurdle final Friday.

Boys

Preliminaries

Long Jump
Top Twelve Advance (Friday)


The standard for advancing in this event has taken a jump in these championships. Over the first four editions of the World Youth Championships a jump of just over 23-0 was good enough to advance in three of the four years. This year, 23-8 ¾ did not advance. Christopher Taylor (Sandy Creek, Tyrone, Ga.) opened up with a personal best of 23-10 ¼ with a 1.5 meter per second wind to rank ninth among the 12 jumpers to advance.

Bryce Lamb (Chandler, Az.) was not quite as fortunate. After two fouls, he had a comethrough jump of 23-6 ¾, a personal best by one-quarter of an inch, but just short of qualifying. Tarik Batchelor of Japan, who came in with a best of 24-11 ¾, was the leading qualifier at 24-4 ½ followed by Jhamal Bowen of Panama at 24-1 and Daisuke Yoshiyama of Japan at 24-0 ¼. Yoshiyama is the world youth leader at 25-2 ¾. All of the major players, who were entered, advanced.


Hammer Throw
Top Twelve Advance (Friday)


Conor McCullough (Chaminade, West Hills, Ca.) was the seventeenth and final thrower in Group A, but it took him just three revolutions in the ring to launch the ball and chain out to 249-3 to lead all qualifiers. McCullough’s mark is a national youth record, breaking his own record of 244-2 set at the Mt. San Antonio Relays in April and ranks third on the world yearly youth list behind Richard Olbrich of Germany at 255-9 and Andriy Martynyuk of Ukraine at 257-3.

Like most weight events, the world and the U.S. use different impliments. The world throws the 5-kilo ball (just over 11 pounds) and the U.S. throws the high school 12-pound hammer. McCullough’s best with the high school hammer is 243-11, so it is reasonable to expect him to be able to be over 250 feet with the 5-kilo ball and chain. Mejias was the second leading qualifier at 240-5, followed by Olbrich at 236-7, Daniel Szabo of Hungary at 235-1, Peter Smith of Britain at 234-6 and Martynyuk at 234-6. With nine of the 12 who advanced bettering the automatic qualifying standard of 229-8, it is reasonable to assume that big throws could be in store for the final. As usual in this event all of the top contenders advanced.


Octathon

110-Meter High Hurdles (36 inches)


The leaders after the first four events of day one were Eusebio Caceres of Spain at 3,320, followed by Jaroslave Hedvicak of Czech Republic at 3,295, Adam Bevis of Australia at 3,295 and Shane Brathwaite of Barbados at 3,224. Curtis Beach (Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.) stood in seventh place at 3,120.

Caceres, with the second-best mark of 14.01 in the 110-meter high hurdles, was worth 973 points and increased his lead from 25 to 78 points and a five-event total of 4,293. Hedvicak, with a time of 14.43, worth 920 points, remained in second with 4,215 points and again was followed by Bevis, who ran 14.28, worth 939 points and a total of 4,194. Beach had the tenth fastest time at 14.82, worth 871 points and a total of 3,991 to remain in seventh place.

High Jump

Curtis Beach came up big here with a personal best of 6-6, worth 785 points, and it gave him a six-event total of 4,776 to move him into fifth place. Eusebio Caceres cleared 6-0, worth 653 points, to remain in first with 4,946 points and Jaroslav Hedvicak, who also cleared 6-0, remained in second with 4,868 points. Shane Brathwaite, who was in fifth after five events, cleared 6-2 ¼, worth 705 points and a total of 4,846 to move into third with 4,846. Adam Bevis, with a clearance of just 5-7 ½, garnered just 552 points and dropped to sixth with 4,776 points. With two events remaining Beach has one very tough event, the Javelin, and one good event, the 1,000 meters. He is just 70 points from a bronze medal.



Girls

Preliminaries

400-Meter Hurdles
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next
Two Fastest Qualify for Final (Friday)


Dalilah Muhammad (Benjamin Cardozo, Oakland Gardens, N.Y.) and Ryann Krais (Methacton, Norristown, Pa.), two of the favorites for medals, were easy heat winners in 59.80 and 58.67, respectively. Andreea Ionescu of Romania injected herself into the medal hunt with a personal best of 57.88 in winning the remaining heat. Ionescu defeated Shana-Gaye Tracey of Jamaica, who ran 59.38 and earlier in the year had finished second to Krais at the Penn Relays. The only other runner to break 60 seconds was Mila Andric of Serbia, who was second to Krais in 59.80.


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