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Day Three - Gold for Muhammad, Silver for Hasay!!

NY jr and Ryann Krais 1-3 in 400H; Jordan 4:17.24 in 1500 for 2nd; Taylor 3rd in LJ, McCullough 4th in HT

Mike Kennedy Summaries - Day 3 Results - Jim Spier's Friday Report - Day 3 Photos -

Team USA Afternoon Highlights
  • Dalilah Muhammad NY scored the second gold for Team USA and first for the girls with her 57.25 victory in the 400H. With her 57.50 for the bronze, Ryann Krais PA gives the Americans a 1-3 finish.
  • Jordan Hasay CA comes through with the silver in the 1500 final, running her 2nd-best ever, a 4:17.24.
  • Christian Taylor GA, after a big triple PR in qualifying, took the bronze in the long jump with another PR, 23-11.
  • Conor McCullough CA, after leading qualifying, came up with 4th in the Hammer final with 244-06.
  • World leader Chanelle Price PA dominated heat 3 of girls 800 quarters in 2:07.92. Blaire Dinsdale (2:15.94) was 6th in H1 and did not advance.
  • In the boys 1500 prelims, previously unlisted Blake Shaw TX, a 1:51 800 runner, ran 3:52.37 for 2nd in heat and 4th overall.
  • In boys 400H heats, Reggie Wyatt CA easily won H4 in 51.69, fastest time overall. William Wynne GA was 3rd in H3 (53.41), letting up too soon and had to qualify on time to semis.
  • Meshawn Graham OH was 6th in the girls 400 final with 55.18.
  • Danzell Fortson TX took 7th with 48.13 in the boys 400 final.
  • Despite a 1:51.91, Dylan Ferris NC was 8th in a tight 800 final, less than 2 seconds behind 1st.
  • In boys discus qualifying, Cameron Tabor OK was 5th overall with 186-07 to make final, but Michael Barbas TX missed with 172-09.
Team USA Morning Highlights
  • Christian Taylor GA (51-08.50) and Bryce Lamb AZ (50-11.75) each scored huge legal triple jump PRs to qualify 1st and 3rd for the final.
  • In girls 200 heats, NON champ Chalonda Goodman rolled to best-of-day 23.87 in 1st heat, into 1.5 headwind. Ashton Purvis CA also won heat in 24.12 (also -1.5w).
  • Becky O'Brien ME threw 47-06 in SP qualifying to get 2nd in her flight and 3rd overall.
  • Both US runners in boys 200 heats advanced, with Ken Gilstrap GA (22.06, -2.0w) and Danzell Fortson TX (22.11, -1.0w) taking 2nds in heats 4 and 5.

Mike Kennedy's Summaries


Afternoon Session - Morning session

The U.S. girls took center stage with Delilah Muhammad (Benjamin Cardozo, Oakland Gardens, N.Y.) winning the 400 hurdles in 57.25 and Ryann Krais (Methacton, Norristown, Pa.) finishing third at 57.50.  Jordan Hasay (Mission College Prep, San Luis Obispo, Ca.), became the first U.S. runner in World Youth Championship competition to win a medal at a distance over 400 meters, when she finished second in the 1,500 final, with a time of 4:17.24.  Meshawn Graham (Bowser, Toledo, Oh.), was sixth in the 400 final. 

The boys got outstanding performances from Christopher Taylor (Sandy Creek, Tyrone, Ga.), who finished third in the long jump with a personal best of 23-10 and Conor McCullough (Chaminade, West Hills, Ca.), who was fourth in the hammer with a throw of 244-7.  Dylan Ferris (East Forsyth, Kernersville, N.C.) was eighth in the 800 final.

In qualifying, both William Wynne (McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga.) and Reggie Wynne (J.W. North, Riverside, Ca.) advanced to the semifinals of the 400 hurdles.  Cameron Tabor (Norman, Ok.) qualified for the discus final with a throw of 186-7.  Chanelle Price (Easton, Pa.) easily qualified for the semifinals in the 800 and both Chandra Goodman (Newnan, Ga.) and Ashton Purvis qualified for the 200 semifinals.

Boys

400 Meters
Final


      Christopher Clarke of Britain, the world Youth leader at 46.70, was the winner in 46.73.  Kirani James of Granada, who ran a personal best of  46.96, was second at 46.96 and Vladimir Krasnov of Russia, was third at  47.03.  It was Britain’s first ever medal in the event.  Their only other finalist had been Ryan Preddy who finished fourth in 2001.

Danzell Fortson (Central, Keller, Tx.), one of the favorites for a medal, finished seventh in 48.13.  You just have to wonder just how much running the first round of the 200 in the morning took out of his performance.  He finished second in his heat in 22.11 and advance to the semifinals Saturday.  


800 Meters
Final


     Geoffrey Kibet of Kenya, the world Youth leader at 1:47.1, won a closely contested race where just .13 of a second separated the medalists.  Kibet was timed in 1:49.99 followed by Ali Al-Deraan of Saudi Arabia at 1:50.10 and Amine El Manaqui at 1:50.12.  Al-Deraan led at 400 in 54.61.

Dylan Ferris (East Forsyth, Kernersville, N.C.), who finished in 1:51.91, was running his third hard 800 in three days for the very first time.  Ferris’ finish matched the best-ever U.S. performance by Michael Haddan (Woodbridge, Irvine, Ca.) in 2003.  However, this race was tougher than the one in 2003 as can be seen by looking at the winning time of 1:48.79 and Haddan’s time of 1:53.31.  The win was the third for Kenya in five championships.
    


2,000-Meter Steeplechase
Final


      Surprise, surprise!!!  It was Kenya vs. Ethiopia……again.  In the five championships finals Kenyans and Ethiopians have finished first or second in all five.  Legese Lamiso of Ethiopia was the winner this time, defeating Silas Kitum of Kenya, 5:30.81 to 5:32.88.  The two countries have accounted for 13 of the 15 medals won.  Ethiopia has won three gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal.  Kenya has won two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.

Morocco has accounted two medals and Burundi has won one medal.  Abdullah Dacha of  Morocco was third in 5:34, Jonathan Ndiku of Kenya was fourth in 5:37.30 and Antonio Abadia of Spain was fifth at 5:53.54.  The first non-European/African was Richard Everest of Australia in sixth at 5:54.27.


Long Jump
Final


       Japan went one-two with Yasumichi Konishi winning with a wind-aided 24-8 ½ and Daisuke Yoshiyama finishing second at 24-0¼.  Yoshiyama, the world Youth leader at 25-2 ¾, was jumping third in the rotation and took the lead in the first round with his 24-0 ¼.  Five jumpers later, Konishi responded with his winning effort.  It was the first time that any nation has won two medals in the long jump.

Lukasz Pabich of Poland was third after the first round at 23-10 and Christopher Taylor (Sandy Creek, Tyrone, Ga.) was fourth at 23-4.  Taylor slipped into third with a third round jump of 23-11.  The medalists were set as none of the four improved in the final three rounds.  It was the second time in two days that Taylor had improved his personal best, going from 23-4 ¾ to 23-10.  Japan also won in 2003 when Naohiro Shinada jumped 24-11 ¾.   


Hammer Throw (5-Kilo)
Final


    Conor McCullough (Chaminade, West Hills, Ca.) may have exhibited a bit of nervousness with two consecutive fouls, but had a come-through 239-7 effort in the third round to move into fourth place and earn three additional throws.  Meanwhile, Andriy Martynyuk of Ukraine, the world Youth leader at 257-3, got off a first round throw of  249-7, which turned out to be the winning throw. 

Richard Olbrich of Germany was fourth after the first round at 234-10 and improved to 244-10 in the second round.  Daniel Szabo of Hungary moved into third with a third round throw of 242-4.  In the fifth round, he moved to second with a personal best of 247-0 and then had a few nervous moments when Olbrich responded on the very next throw with a 246-8 effort.

McCullough did improve in the fifth round to 244-7, but remained in fourth.  McCullough, who had a personal best of 249-3 in the preliminaries, becomes the highest finisher ever for the U.S. replacing Walter Henning (St. Anthony, Huntington N.Y.), who finished eighth in Morocco in 2005 with a throw of 237-2.  It was the Ukraine’s first ever gold medal in the hammer.  Hungary now has won six medals, including three golds..


Girls

400 Meters
Final


      Yuliya Baraley of Ukraine, in a race that saw only one runner break 54 seconds, was the winner in 53.57—the slowest winning time in five championship finals.  Latoya McDermott of Jamaica was second at 54.12 and Alexandra Stukova of Slovenia was third at 54.46.  Meshawn Graham (Bowsher, Toledo, Oh.) was sixth at 55.18.  The U.S. won three gold medals in the first three championships, but since then has not won a medal..
  

1,500 Meters
Final


Jordan Hasay (Mission College Prep, San Luis Obispo, Ca.) has arrived.  The pint-size 15-year old dynamo, running with the best athletes in the world under 18 years of age, finished second with a time of 4:17.24.  Sammary Cherotich of Kenya won the race at 4:15.47.  Shelia Kiprotich of Kenya was third in 4:19.26.

Like in most of her recent races against top-flight competition, Hasay let others take the lead—in this case Cherotich, who passed 400 at 66.32—before moving to the front and passing 800 at 2:16.08.  Cherotich retook the lead on the third lap and passed 1,200 in 3:25.11.  Hasay becomes the first U.S. runner—male or female--to win a medal at a distance over 400 meters since the championships began in 1999.  Melissa Duncan of Australia was fourth at 4:20.24 and Bertukan Feyisa of Ethiopia was fifth at 4:20.39. 

Hasay previewed her newly found race savvy and speed when she won the U.S. Junior championship in 4:16.98.  She now owns three of the five fastest high school times in history.     


400-Meter Hurdles
Final


    Delilah Muhammad (Benjamin Cardozo, Oakland Gardens, Ca.), the world Youth leader at 57.09, continued her fabulous run with at 57.25 win.  Andreea Ionescu of Romania was second at 57.33 and Ryann Krais (Methacton, Norristown, Pa.) was third in 57.50.  Earlier in the year, Muhammad won the Nike Outdoor Nationals.  After winning no medals in the first two championships, the U.S. has won two gold medals and two bronze medals in the last three championships.


High Jump
Final


Natalya Mamlina of Russia had no misses until 6-2 ¼.  After missing once, she cleared on her second attempt and then retired with the leading Youth jump in the world.  Misha-Gaye DaCosta of Jamaica was second at 6-0 ¼ as only two jumpers in the competition cleared 6-0.  Aleksandrina Klimentinova of Bulgaria and Elena Vallortigera of Italy tied for third at 5-11 ¼.  It was Russia’s first gold medal since Anna Tchitchirova won in 1999 with a leap of 6-2¼.
   

Preliminaries

800 Meters
First Round

First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Ten
Fastest Qualify for Semifinals (Saturday

     Chanelle Price (Easton, Pa.), the world Youth leader at 2:02.38, won her heat easily in 2:07.82 with Eleni Lefkopoulou of Greece second at 2:11.06.  Price’s opening 400 of 59.26 probably discouraged the rest of the field. 

Blaire Dinsdale (North Tama, Traer, Ia.) finished a nonqualifying sixth in her heat at 2:15.94.  Elena Lavric of Romania won the heat in 2:06.47.  Natolya Goule of Jamaica was the leader at 400 in 59.43, but unlike Price’s heat, a number of runners took up the challenge.  Winny Chebet of Kenya was second in 2:06.86 and Goule was third in 2:10.25.  Three of the four runners ranked behind Price on the world Youth list all won their heats.  They were Elena Lavric of Romania at 2:06.47, Juana Mendez of Cuba at 2:07.13 and Allison Leonard of Britain at 2:07.45. 


Heptathlon
First Day


    The standing after the first two events: 1. Katerina Cachova of Czech Republic at 1,933 points; 2. Nikola Ogrodnikova, Czech Republic, 1,889; 3. Elisa-Sophie Dobel, Germany, 1,821; 4. Carolin Schafer, Germany 1,789; 5. Lea Sprunger, Switzerland, 1,738
    
Shot Put

     Katerina Cachova had just the tenth farthest put at 35-5 ¾, worth 583 points, but it was good enough to retain the top spot with 2,516 points.  The shocker was that Nikola Ogrodnikova, second after two events, has three fouls and thus scored no points.  Carolin Schfer moved from fourth to second with the events best put of 40-0 ½, worth 674 points and a total of 2,472.  Elisa-Sophie Dobel remained in third with a put of 36-4 ¼, worth 600 points and a total of 2,421. 

200 Meters

  Katerina Cachaova was the fifth fastest runner at 25.36, worth 854 points, and saw her margin over Carolina Shafer of drop from 44 points to just 13 points as Schafer’s time of 25.02, the best in the competition, was worth 885 points.  Cachova total is now 3,370 and Schafer sits at 3,357.  Elisa-Sophie Dobel ran 25.38, worth 852 points and a total of 3,273 to remain in third place..



Morning Session

The triple jump pit was the place to be. Both Christopher Taylor (Sandy Creek, Tyrone, Ga.) and Bryce Lamb (Chandler, Az.) set big personal bests with Taylor the top qualifier at 51-8 ½ and Lamb recording at 51-0 for the first and third best jumps of the competition. There was a surprise in girls 200 as Chalonda Goodman (Newnan, Ga.), the world Youth leader at 23.42, replaced Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Houston, Tx.) and responded with 23.87 for the best mark of the first round. Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) also advanced with a heat-winning 24.12. Danzell Fortson (Central, Keller, Tx.) and Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.) both advanced in the first round of the boys 200. Rebecca O’Brien (Greely, Cumberland, Me.) continued her amazing run by being the third best qualifier in shot put.

Boys

200 Meters
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Four
Fastest Qualify for Quarterfinals (Saturday)


Danzell Fortson (Central, Keller, Tx.) was probably thinking as much about saving energy as advancing to the next round as he settled into the block,s since he would be running in the 400 final in the evening. Imagine the surprise when Harold Houston of Bermuda, running in lane seven (one lane outside of Fortson) with a best of just 21.94 set last year, got off to a quick start and was an easy heat winner in a personal best of 21.67 for the second fastest time in the opening round. Fortson, who has a personal best of 21.55, let Houston go and just made sure he finished in second to secure the final automatic qualifying position, which is exactly what he did in 22.11. Third place went to Dantago Gurirab of Namibia in 22.15.

Kenneth Gilstrap (Miller Grove, Lithonia, Ga.), the surprise third place finisher in the 100 final, also was an easy qualifier in finishing second in his heat to Patrick Vosloo of South Africa, 21.90 to 22.06. Alexander Nordkvist of Sweden was third in 22.26. Ramone McKenzie of Jamaica, the world Youth leader at 20.58 and the event favorite, expended just enough energy to win the final heat in 21.99. Izzat Safer of Turkey was second in 22.06.

The closest race in the first round saw Hiroyuki Kubota of Japan, who ran 21.17 last year, but had no notable performances this year, clocked 21.31 into a 1.6 meter per second wind to easily defeat Dean Swart of South Africa at 21.78. Mindaugas Baliukonis of Lithuania was third at 21.82 and Antonio Martinez next at 21.90 to take two of the four available automatic qualifying slots. Ramil Guliyev of Azerbaijan, the second ranked Youth in the world at 20.67, was an easy heat winner in 21.85. Nickel Ashemeade of Jamaica, the runner-up in the 100 final and ranked No. 3 here at 20.82, also won his heat in 21.80.


Triple Jump Qualifying
Top 12 Advance


Talk about being “Stoked,” the U.S. kids really outdid themselves in the qualify round. Christopher Taylor (Sandy Creek, Tyrone, Ga.), who had the long jump final to look forward to in the evening session, opened up at 44-4 ¾ and then improved to 49-5 ½, just seven inches short of his personal best. Taylor, jumping last in the order, stepped on to the runway for his final jump and needed to improve if he was to advance to the final. He responded with an amazing 51-8 ½ jump for the best mark of the session and ranks No. 2 on the yearly high school list. It was also a personal best by 18 inches.

Bryce Lamb (Chandler, Az.), found himself in almost the same position as Taylor in that he needed a big third jump to make the final. His best up to that time had been 49-1, which was just left him just outside the top 12. Lamb responded with a personal best of 51-0, jumping into a 0.9 meters per second wind. It was a personal best by 17 inches and the third best jump of the competition.

Stefan Tseng Ke Chan of Singapore had the second best jump at 51-5 ¾ and was a personal best by 16 inches. Gennadiy Chudinov of Russia, the No. 2 ranked Youth in the world at 50-8 1/4, was the twelfth and final qualifier at 49-5 ½. Ernesto Kindelan of Cuba, the world Youth leader at 51-11 ¾, was not entered. Eleven of the 12 qualifiers meet the automatic qualifying standard of 49-6 ½. Seven of those 11 did so in the final round.



Girls

200 Meters
First Round
First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Four
Fastest Qualify for Quarterfinals (Saturday)


You could excuse Chalonda Goodman (Newnan, Ga.) for being just a little bit excited in the opening round since she was a late addition to the event, replacing Erica Alexander (Clear Brook, Friendswood, Tx.). The year’s world Youth leader at 23.42, she responded with a 23.87 to win the first heat in the fastest time from the first round. Second was Liona Rebernik of Slovenia in 24.61.

Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Ca.) easily won her heat in 24.12, running into a 1.5 meter per second wind. Souheir Bouali of Algeria won her heat in 23.92 and was the only other runner under 24 seconds. Two others to watch are Nivea Smith of Bahamas and Barbara Leonicio of Brazil. Smith, with a best of 23.45, won her heat in 24.30 but Leonicio, who has a best of 23.62, finished just third in her heat but was a time qualifier at 24.80.


Shot Put Qualifying
Top 12 Advance (Saturday)


Rebecca O’Brien (Greely, Cumberland, Me.), a surprise eighth-place finisher in the discus in her second event—the discus—was an automatic qualifier with her first round put of 47-6 ½. That was the third best mark in qualifying and just off her best of 48-5 ¼. Samira Burkhardt of Germany, who has a best of 51-5 ½, was the leading qualifier at 49-11 1/2 and Aliona Hryshko of Belarus, with a best of 51-7 ¾, was next at 48-11.

Sophie Kleeberg of Germany was the only other automatic qualifier at 46-8 ¼. It took 43-5 to advance. China has the top three ranked Youth performers in Lijiao Gong at 61-7, Meng Xiao at 53-0 ¾ and Qianquian Meng at 52-9 ½, but none of three were entered. O’Brien was the only U.S. entrant.


Hammer Throw Qualifying
Top 12 Advance


Bianca Perie of Romanian, the world Youth leader at 220-7 and the overwhelming favorite, was the leading qualifier at 207-7. She was followed by Yuliet Hernandez of Cuba, a solid pick for second, at 191-4; Andriana Papadopoulou-Fa of Greece at 184-0; and Barbara Spiler of Slovakia at 181-4. It took 174-8 to advance. There were no U.S. entrants.



Heptathlon
First Day

100-Meter High Hurdles (30 inches)


Nikola Orgordnikova and Katerina Cachova, both of Czech Republic, were the two fastest hurdlers. Orgordnikova run a personal best 13.78 worth 1,010 points, and Cachova clocked 13.99 for 980 points. Frida Linde of Sweden was third at 14.11, worth 963 points. Elisa-Sophie Dobel of German ran 14.26 for 942 points to finish fourth. There were no U.S. entrants. Ryann Krais (Methaction, Norristown, Pa.) would have been a major player here, but she chose the 400 hurdles, where she will run in the final this evening.

High Jump

Katrina Cachova took over the lead with a 5-10 jump worth 953 points and a total of 1,933. Nikola Ogrodnikova cleared 5-7 ¾, worth 879 points, but dropped to second with 1,889 points. Elisa-Sophie Dobel also jumped 5-7 ¾ and moved from fourth to third with 1,821 points. Frida Linde jumped just 5-4 ¼, worth 771 points and dropped from third to sixth with 1,734 points.



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