Some Historical Facts About US Teams Placings at the World Youth Champs

Boys

100 Never have won a gold.  The best finishes were seconds by Bryan Sears in 1999 (10.42) and Willie Hordge in 2001 (10.41)

200 One gold ever – Jonathan Wade in 2001 (20.95)

400 Never have won a good.  The best finish was second by Cedric Goodman (Chalonda’s brother) in 2003 (46.42)

800 Never finished above 8th, which was done twice – Michael Hadden in 2003 (1:53.31) and Dylan Ferris in 2007 (1:51.91).

1500 Best finish ever was 8th by Rolf Steier in 2001 (3:53.62)

3000 Never had a finalist until this year, where there are two:  Zach Wills and Erik Olson

2000m Steeplechase – Best finish ever was 9th by Ben De Lay in 2003 (5:57.84)

110m Hurdles – 3 golds and 1 silver – Jason Richardson 2003 (13.29), Cordera Jenkins 2005 (13.35), Wayne Davis 2007 (13.18)

400m Hurdles – 2 golds, 2 silver, 2 bronzes – golds:  Jason Richardson 2003 (49.91), William Wynne 2007 (49.01)

High Jump – one finalist ever – Donte Nall, =9th 2005

Pole Vault – one medallist ever – Scott Roth – 2nd 2005

Long Jump – one medallist ever – Christian Taylor – 3rd 2007

Triple Jump – one medallist ever - Christian Taylor - 1st 2007

Shot Put – three have ever made the finals with the best finish 10th

Discus – Best finish ever 5th until this year, where there were a medallist (Ryan Crouser) and 4th place (Alexander Thompson)

Hammer – Best finish ever 4th by Walter Henning in 2007

Javelin – Best finish ever 7th by Chad Brown in 2003

Octathon – Best finish ever 4th by Curtis Beach in 2007

10k Walk – Best finish ever 11th by Zach Pollinger in 2003

Medley Relay – one all but one (2nd in 2001)

Summary – Boys through 2007 –

100 through 400 10 of 30 possible medals
800 through 3000 0 of 40 possible medals
Hurdles 9 of 20 possible medals
HJ, PV 1 of 20 possible medals
LJ, TJ 2 of 20 possible medals
SP, DT, JT, WT 0 of 40 possible medals
Multi 0 of 10 possible medals
Relay 5 of 5 possible medals

Total Track Medals – 19 of 90
Total Field Medals – 3 of 80
Total Multi Medals – 0 of 10
Total Relay Medals – 5 of 5

Total medals 27 of 185

Girls

100 – Three golds – Allyson Felix (2001), Jessica Onyepunuka (2003) and Bianca Knight (2005).

200 – Two golds – La Shauntea Moore (1999) and Angel Perkins (2001)

400 – Three golds – Monique Henderson (1999), Stephanie Smith (2001) and Natasha Hastings (2003).

800 – Only one girl has ever made a final – Chanelle Price, 6th in 2005

1500m – Two girls have ever made the final, with Jordan Hasay finishing 2nd in 2007

3000m – No girl has ever made the final

2000m Steeplechase – No girl has made the final until this year, with Mc Kinzie Schulz and Eleanor Fulton making it.

100m Hurdles – Two golds ever – April Williams (2005) and Julian Purvis (2007)

400m Hurdles – Two golds ever – Ebony Collins (2005) and Dalilah Muhammad (2007)

High Jump – Best finish ever 10th place (Natassia Vice, 1999)

Pole Vault – Best finish ever 7th place (Julene Bailey, 2001)

Long Jump – Best finish ever 6th place (Kamesha Whitmire, 2001)

Triple Jump – One medal ever, third, Michelle Sanford (2001)

Shot Put – One Medal ever, second, Michelle Carter (2001)

Discus – Two Medals ever, both third, Amarachi Ukabam (2001) and Kamorean Hayes (2005)

Hammer – One finalist ever, Kristen Michalski, 10th in 2001

Javelin – One finalist ever, Rachel Walker, 9th in 2001

Hepthathlon – One ever in the top 8 – Gayle Hunter in 2003

5000m Walk – One ever in top 10 – Maria Michta in 2003

Medley Relay – undefeated in all 5 competitions

Summary – Girls through 2007 –

100 through 400 15 of 30 possible medals
800 through 3000 1 of 40 possible medals
Hurdles 9 of 20 possible medals
HJ, PV 0 of 20 possible medals
LJ, TJ 1 of 20 possible medals
SP, DT, JT, WT 3 of 40 possible medals
Multi 0 of 10 possible medals
Relay 5 of 5 possible medals

Total Track Medals – 25 of 90
Total Field Medals – 4 of 80
Total Multi Medals – 0 of 10
Total Relay Medals – 5 of 5

Total medals 34 of 185

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