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Athletics: highlights Day 1 World Juniors Caitlin Chock, a recent graduate of Granite Bay HS (Roseville, California) set a high school record in the women’s 5,000m on the 1st day of competition at the Tenth IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships in Grosseto, Italy.
“I wanted to go into the race and get a PR,” said Chock, who placed 5th overall in a time of 15 minutes, 52.88 seconds. “I had to pace myself as I made up the time to catch one person at a time. I really surprised myself and could not be happier.” Chock, who is heading for the University of Richmond in the fall, bettered her time of 16:10.60, set at the USA Junior Championships in College Station, Texas.
Team USA capped off an eventful opening day on Tuesday as several United States athletes turned in impressive performances to advance in their respective events.
In the men’s 400m preliminaries, South Carolina University bound Keith Hinnant was able to calm his nerves in his international competition debut to win his heat in a personal best time of 46.54 seconds, while East Carolina University bound LaShawn Merritt won his heat in 46.70 seconds. A Bayshore, New York native, Hinnant’s time is the 2nd fastest time entering the semi-final round tomorrow. “I came out nervous in the beginning, as this is my 1st international competition,” said Hinnant. |
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“My nerves went away at the start because I knew I just had to make the top 3 to qualify for the next round.” In the women’s 400m, University of South Carolina-bound Natasha Hastings turned in the fastest time of 52.61 to qualify for the next round while team-mate Ashlee Kidd of Georgia Tech also moved on in 53.56 to win the second heat.
In the 100m semi-finals, UNLV-bound Ashley Owens (11.35) and Mt. SAC-bound Jasmine Baldwin (11.46) won their heats to qualify for the women’s 100m finals while fellow team-mates Demi Omole of Wisconsin (10.19) and Central High’s (Texas) Ivory Williams (10.30) qualified for the men’s 100m finals. Cal-Berkley-bound Melissa Faubus qualified for the finals in the women’s discus after her 47.49m/155-9. University of Miami-bound Timothy Harris advanced in the 800m after placing 4th (1:50.75) in his heat. In the men’s 1,500m, Cal-Berkeley’s David Torrence advanced with a personal best 3:46.60 en route to a 4th place finish in his heat. In the women’s 800m, LaTavia Thomas of West Catholic High (Phila, Pa.) finished third (2:07.17) in a personal best time in the third heat. In the women’s triple jump Stanford-bound Erica McClain leaped (13.30m/43-7.75) to qualify for the next round. |
Cory Martin of Auburn (18.23m/59-9.75) and Justin Clickett of Pittsburgh (18.10m/59-4.75) qualified for the men’s shot put finals but did not win any medals.
In only his 3rd year competing in track & field, Matt Carter of Santa Ana Junior College leaped 1.95m/6-4.75 to finish Twelfth in his section of the men’s high jump. “It was a mental thing for me today,” said Carter. “My approach was not as good as it should have been. I was coming to the bar too slow, when it seemed like I was moving too fast.” University of Washington-bound Norris Frederick cleared 2.05m/6-8.75 in the men’s high jump in the semi-finals. Frederick also leaped 7.18m/23-6.75 to finish 8th in his group in the men’s long jump.
Other Team USA members who competed today, but did not advance included 3,000m steeplechasers Amber Harper of BYU (10:32.96) and Selina Sekulic of Wake Forest (10:50.03), who finished 6th in their respective heats; Marcus Mayes of Missouri, who was 6th (1:53.18) in his heat in the 800 meters; Mallory Webb of Fresno State, who placed fourteenth (42.89m/140-8) in her qualifying round in the women’s javelin; Trisha Nickoley bound for Missouri, who placed 6th (2:09.66) heat one of the women’s 800m; Lindsey Grigoriev of Kansas State, who finished 5th (46.60m/152-11) in her section in the women’s discus throw; Kristen Callan of Virginia Tech, who finished eighth (55.84m/183-2) in her section in the women’s hammer throw; Yvette Lewis of Hampton University who finished 7th in a personal best (12.96m/42-6.25) in her section of the women’s triple jump; and Russell Brown of Stanford finished 6th (3:49.02) in his heat of the 1500m.
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