Day 4 Morning Review: 2016 IAAF U20 World Champs
2016 IAAF U20 Championships – Day 4 morning session summary
MEN’S JAVELIN qualifying
In a field of 35, seven qualified automatically (237-10) in Group A and another seven from Group B. Hudson Keffer (Arizona State) threw 222-04 to finish 28th and Thomas Peters (Southern Mississippi) finished 35th (205-11). The leader was Neeraj Chopra (India) at 256-07.
WOMEN’S 100m HURDLES Round 1
The Americans, Tia Jones (Walton, Marietta, GA) and Alexis Duncan (De Soto, TX) put themselves in medal contention with relatively easy wins in round 1. Jones (13.04) and Duncan (13.11) were the top qualifiers of the 47 entered.
HEPTATHLON DAY 2
Long Jump: Emma Fitzgerald (Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA) got a lifetime best in the long jump (18-10) to improve her standing. Kaylee Hinton (Texas Tech) jumped 18-06.75. These were the point standings after 5 events:
1. Arianna Rodriguez Cuba 4528
13. Kaylee Hinton USA 4056
17. Emma Fitzgerald USA 3951
Javelin: Fitzgerald launched her second best throw ever and the best in heptathlon competition (166-01) to move in the standings. She needs to run 2:25.18 to break Kendell Williams’ high school record; she has a best of 2:28.19.
These were the point standings after 6 events:
1. Arianna Rodriguez Cuba 5145
2. Sarah Lagger Austria 5081
8. Emma Fitzgerald USA 4823
19. Kaylee Hinton USA 4594
WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP qualifying
Chinne Okoronkwo (Mountlake Terrace, WA) had two fouls (one tantalizingly close to legal) and one legal jump (40-06) which was not good enough to qualify. Bria Matthews got the auto qualifier (43-03.75) on her final jump – 43-09.25 as all competitors faced headwinds during the competition. Matthews was one of three auto qualifiers led by Ting Chen (China) at 45-02.25.
WOMEN’S HIGH JUMP qualifying
In a relatively small field of 17 jumpers, only 4 did not advance. Those clearing 5-10.75 did advance, and that included the only American in the field, Nicole Greene of U of North Carolina.
MEN’S 800m Round 1
Both Americans advanced: Vincent Crisp (Texas Tech) and Brian Bell (Houston). The qualifying rounds were mainly tactical and did not sub 1:48.40 times.
WOMEN’S 1500m Round 1
It has been a rarity where U.S. athletes advanced as part of automatic qualifiers. Both Christina Aragon (Billings, MT) and Alexa Efraimson (Nike) did so with relative ease.
WOMEN’S 200m Round 1
Jayla Kirkland (Woodlawn, Birmingham) ran about 50 meters and pulled up. She limped across the finish line and did not advance. Taylor Bennett (Baylor) did not look especially sharp, but did get a third place automatic qualifier to advance to the semis.
