World Junior Championships Notes - Day 4 Evening

A blog of the experiences of Jim Spier throughout the World Juniors.

Medal count through yesterday (from IAAF site)

Medal Table

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 GERMANY (GER) 4 0 0 4
2 UNITED STATES (USA) 3 1 2 6
3 KENYA (KEN) 2 3 1 6
4 RUSSIA (RUS) 2 2 0 4
5 ETHIOPIA (ETH) 1 1 3 5
6 CUBA (CUB) 1 1 2 4
7 UKRAINE (UKR) 1 0 1 2
8 ALGERIA (ALG) 1 0 0 1
8 CHILE (CHI) 1 0 0 1
8 JAMAICA (JAM) 1 0 0 1
8 NIGERIA (NGR) 1 0 0 1
8 ROMANIA (ROU) 1 0 0 1
13 PR OF CHINA (CHN) 0 2 2 4
14 BELARUS (BLR) 0 2 0 2
15 CROATIA (CRO) 0 1 1 2
16 BULGARIA (BUL) 0 1 0 1

Women 200m Final
US Medal History
1990 - Zundra Feagin - silver
1994 - Lakeisha Backus - silver
1998 - Shakedia Jones - silver
2002 - Sanya Richards - bronze
2004 - Shalonda Solomon - gold

We have not been as dominant in this event as one would think, with only one gold in the meet's history. It was a Caribbean sweep here, with Sheniqua Ferguson (also bronze medallist in the 100m) in 23.24, Meritzer Williams of St. Kitts (23.40) and Janelle Redhead (Grenada) at 23.52. Tiffany Townsend of the US was fifth in 23.64.

Women 800m Final
US Medal History
2006 - Rebakah Noble - bronze

Women 100h Semifinals — Teona Rodgers won her heat and advanced to the final

Women 400m Hurdles Final
US Medal history
1986 - Kellie Roberts - silver
2002 - Leshinda Demus - gold
2006 - Nicole Leach - silver

A great race for Takecia Jameson, improving on her world junior lead and getting a PR of 56.29. Janell Bellille of Trinidad, one lane to her left led slightly for 7 hurdles at which point Jameson overtook her, then improved her lead down the stretch.

Women Pole Vault final
US Medal history
First contested in 1998, there have been no US medalists

This was a great meet for Rachel Laurent, who came very close to getting the first medal ever for a US athlete. She finished fourth at 13-9.25. Leslie Brost, who enjoyed a great run this year, finished 8th at 13-5.25, equal hr best.

Men 200m Final
US Medal history
1986 - Stanley Kerr - gold
1986 - Derrick Florence - silver
1988 - Kevin Braunskill - gold
1990 - James Stallworth - bronze
1994 - Tony Wheeler - gold
1996 - Bryan Harrison - bronze
1998 - Russell Frye - bronze
2002 - Wes Felix - bronze

A shutout for both the men's and women's 200m. It's only happened twice before — in 1992 and again in 2000 (when the meet was held in Chile and there was a skeleton US squad). Like the women, the US is not as strong in this event as one would think. The last medal was six years ago, a bronze by Wes Felix.

Men 800m Final
US Medal history
No US medalists

Men 400m Hurdles Final
US Medal History
1988 - Kelly Carter - gold
1992 - William Porter - bronze
1996 - Angelo Taylor - bronze
2002 - Kenneth Ferguson - silver
2002 - Bershawn Jackson - bronze
2004 - Kerron Clement - gold
2004 - Brandon Johnson - silver
2006 - Chris Carter - gold

Jeshua Anderson and Johnny Dutch repeated the US "sweep" of 2004. The ran virtually together for seven hurdles at which point Dutch seemed to lose his concentration. Anderson took over at that point and extended his lead for a significant win

Men High Jump Qualifying — Neither Eric Kynard (6-10.75) nor Ryan Fleck (6-8.75) advanced

Men Triple Jump Final
US Medal history
1994 - Leonard Cobb - silver
1998 - Greg Yeldell - bronze

Austin Davis finished 6th (51-9.25) and Christian Taylor 8th (51-2.75)

Men Javelin Final
US Medal history
No US medalists
(The closest we came was the gold by Tommi Viskari of Finland in 1990; he was an exchange student in NY that year)

Heptathlon shot put - We believe Ryann Krais got a PR. She is now ahead of high school record pace.

 

 

Ryann Krais Heptathlon Projection after shot put

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proj Based on Past

 

 

Proj Based on Ambitious

 

 

2008 World Jr

 

 

Past

 

 

Ambitious

 

100h

 

13.93w

988

 

13.6

1036

 

13.73

1017

 

13.73

1017

 

13.73

1017

HJ

 

5-8

891

 

5-9

916

 

5-7.75

879

 

5-7.75

879

 

5-7.75

879

SP

 

33-9.5

549

 

36-0

593

 

34-7.75

566

 

34-7.75

566

 

34-7.75

566

200

 

24.31w

951

 

24.25

957

 

 

 

 

24.31w

951

 

24.25

957

LJ

 

18-10.25

774

 

19-6

831

 

 

 

 

18-10.25

774

 

19-6

831

JT

 

104-11

514

 

120

602

 

 

 

 

104-11

514

 

120

602

800

 

2:17.71

855

 

2:14.0

907

 

 

 

 

2:17.71

855

 

2:14.0

907

 

 

 

5522

 

 

5842

 

 

 

 

 

5556

 

 

5759

Day 1

 

 

 

3379

 

 

 

3502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3413

 

 

 

 

3419

Scores after 3 events.
1.Maksimava - Belarus - 2660
2.Schafer - Germany -2606
3.Gizbullina - Russia - 2558
4.Fedorova - Ukraine - 2491
5.Dumitrescu - Romania - 2482
6.Treiel - Estonia - 2474
7.Ogrodnikova - Czech Republic - 2468
8.Krais - USA - 2462

Heptathlon 200m - A big negative wind (-2.5) hindered Ryann Krais chances for the high school record. She did move up the standings to 6th place. With a decent wind, she would have been in at least third.

 

 

Ryann Krais Heptathlon Projection after shot put

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proj Based on Past

 

 

Proj Based on Ambitious

 

 

2008 World Jr

 

 

Past

 

 

Ambitious

 

100h

 

13.93w

988

 

13.6

1036

 

13.73

1017

 

13.73

1017

 

13.73

1017

HJ

 

5-8

891

 

5-9

916

 

5-7.75

879

 

5-7.75

879

 

5-7.75

879

SP

 

33-9.5

549

 

36-0

593

 

34-7.75

566

 

34-7.75

566

 

34-7.75

566

200

 

24.31w

951

 

24.25

957

 

25.04

883

 

25.04

883

 

25.04

883

LJ

 

18-10.25

774

 

19-6

831

 

 

 

 

18-10.25

774

 

19-6

831

JT

 

104-11

514

 

120

602

 

 

 

 

104-11

514

 

120

602

800

 

2:17.71

855

 

2:14.0

907

 

 

 

 

2:17.71

855

 

2:14.0

907

 

 

 

5522

 

 

5488

 

 

 

 

 

5685

 

 

5759

Day 1

 

 

 

3379

 

 

 

3502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3345

 

 

 

 

3419

Scores after 4 events:
1.Schafer - Germany - 3536
2.Maksivmva - Belarus - 3460
3.Gizbullina - Russia - 3388
4.Sprunger - Switzerland - 3350
5.Sadeiko - Estonia - 3350
6.Krais - USA - 3345

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