Day 1 Evening Review: 2016 IAAF U20 World Champs

by Jim Spier

MEN’S SHOT PUT FINAL

It was no surprise that the leading qualifier was the overwhelming favorite, defending World Junior champion Konrad Bukowiecki of home country, Poland.  He threw 71-03.5, getting the auto qualifier (63-07.75) easily on his first throw.

The leading qualifiers going into the finals were:

Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland   71-03.5
Andrei Toader  Romania   69-09
Szymon Mazur  Poland   64-5.25
Bronson Osborn  USA    64-05
Adrian Piperi   USA    64-02.5
Marcus Thomsen  Norway   63-05.5

The above include the 2015 World Youth Champion Adrian Piperi of the U.S. and the runnerup in that meet last year, Bukowiecki’s teammate Szymon Mazur.

It was a new format for the IAAF in field events beginning this year:   Of the top 12, 6 advance to a final after 3 throws.   Then there is only one round for those top 6.

Bukowiecki got a bit of a scare after two rounds, when Andrei Toader (Romania) threw 73-02, just off Bukowiecki’s best of 73-08.25, the new meet record.  But then Bukowiecki wowed the crowd with a new world record, throwing 76-07, eclipsing Jacko Gill’s former record by over a foot.  A big surprise was American Bronson Osborn who moved himself into bronze medal contention with a lifetime best of 69-09.5 in the third round, beating his prior best by almost 4 feet!  Adrian Piperi also got a lifetime best, throwing 67-08 and finished fifth with Osborn holding on for third.

WOMEN’s POLE VAULT Qualifying

Both Americans, Carson Dingler and Rachel Baxter, advanced to the finals.  Dingler was clear until 13-07.5 where she made it on her second attempt. Baxter got in a bit of trouble at 13-03.5, making it on her final attempt.  She went on to make 13-07.5 on her first attempt.  Favorite Robeilys Peinado (Venezuela) make the automatic qualifier of 13-09.25 on her only attempt of the competition, as did Angelica Moser of Switzerland.

WOMEN’S DISCUS Qualifying

Kiana Phelps finished fourth in her flight (162-06) and had to wait for the completion of the next flight to see if she was part of the 12 which qualified for the final.  In the second group, Elena Bruckner got the auto qualifier on her first attempt (176-07).  Phelps would ultimately finish 10th overall and advanced to the final.

WOMEN’S 400m Round 1

Lynna Irby (53.08) and Karrington Winters (54.12) had a relative easy day, both qualifying to the semi finals.   It took only 54.98 to move on.

 

DECATHLON – Day 1

Cale Wagner had a decent day, currently in fourth after day 1.  Here is a comparison of his USATF Junior performance and that of today:

USATF Junior  IAAF U20

100 10.67 935 points  10.94 824 points
LJ 7.43 918   7.29 883
SP 13.56 701   13.20 679
HJ 2.00 803   1.95 758
400 50.67 784   49.52 837

4141 points    4031 points

The leader is Maksim Andraloits of Belarus with 4205.  Wagner is 31 points out of third place.  If had equaled his USATF Junior point total after day 1, he would be in second.

WOMEN’S 10000m Racewalk Final

The winner was Zhenxia Ma of China, with a Junior world lead of 45.18.45.  April Cisneros got the U.S. Junior national record finishing 25th in 49:31.88.  Meaghan Podlaski was 28th in 50:21.22.

MEN’S 10,000m Final

A great 57 second last 400 gave Kenyan Rodgers Kwemoi the victory.   He ran a meet record 27:25.23, the second fastest junior time in the world to date.  Thomas Pollard broke 30:00 for the first time, running 29:53.84 and finishing 16th.  Colin Burke was 29th in 30:20.80, a personal best.

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