2015 Pan Am Jrs 8/1 a.m. Report: Samuels, Corrin take GOLD/SILVER in LJ

by Jim Spier


(late-finishing events will be included in 8/1 p.m. report)
 

Long Jump Finals – Women

Samiyah Samuels (Cypress Springs, Houston, TX) was second to Laticia Melo (Brazil) after the first round, 19-0 to 19-08.5.  Courtney Corrin (Harvard-Westlake, North Hollywood, CA) fouled.  Samuels moved into the lead after round 2 with a jump of 19-09.5.  Corrin again fouled.  Corrin finally got a legal jump in round 3, 19-07.5, moving her into third.  Samuels increased her lead with 20-05.25 in round 4.  Corrin and Melo both improved as well, both jumping 19-10.25, with Corrin moving into second based on her better second jump.  Corrin then improved to 20-01.5 to solidify her second place position, which is where she would ultimately finish, with Samuels winning the gold and Melo the bronze.

10000m Racewalk Final – Women

Stefany Coronado (Bolivia) was the winner in a meet record 47:05.11.  Anali Cisneros (Elgin, IL) was 6th (52:03.26) and Katie Michta (Sachem North, Ronkonkoma) with 8th (52:45.96).

 

Decathlon 110m Hurdles

Harrison Williams (Stanford) was the winner in 14.41, the fifth win of the six events contested thus far.  He is well ahead of Travis Toliver (Episcopal, Houston, TX), currently in second, with 5,104 points to Toliver’s 4,634.

Decathlon Discus

Travis Toliver led the field with a best of 134-9.  Harrison Williams with next at 130-02.  Williams still leads with a point total of 5,762 points with Toliver in second with 5,320.

Heptathlon 110m Hurdles

Kaylee Hinton (Rockwall, TX), the U.S. high school leader in the heptathlon, won this event in 14.27, with Ashtin Zamzow (Texas A+M) second in 14.32.

Heptathlon High Jump

Hinton and Zamzaw both cleared 5-06.5.  They are currently in 2nd and 3rd place behind Fiorella Chiappe of Argentina.  Points are Chiappa (1,806), Hinton (1,783) and Zamzow (1,776).

110m Hurdles – Semi Finals – Men

Cuban Roger Valentin Iribarne led the qualifiers with 13.54.  Just behind him in Semi 2 was Misana Viltz (UCLA) at 13.55.   Marquis Morris (USC), the other American, qualified automatically as well.

 

800m– Semi Finals – Men

Both Americans, U. of Arkansas signee Carlton Orange (University, Memphis, TN) and Robert Ford (USC) qualified for the final, Orange an auto qualifier and Ford via time in finishing fourth in semi 2.  The leading qualifier was IAAF World Youth bronze medalist Luiz Fernando Pires of Brazil, running 1:50.08.

200m– Semi Finals – Women

Sada Williams of Barbados, the 400m runnerup, led the qualifiers with 23.46.  Deanna Hill (USC) had the second fastest time (23.83) and advanced to the final.  Texas signee Caitland Smith (Woodlawn, Birmingham, AL) had a bad day, finishing 10th in 24.21 and not qualifying for the final.

200m– Semi Finals – Men

Another showdown is brewing as 100-meter champ Reynier Mena (Cuba), 100 runner-up Noah Lyles (TC Williams, Alexandria, VA) and Ryan Clark (Banneker, College Park, GA) all broke 21 seconds in qualifying.  Ian Kerr (Bahamas/Western Texas College) was the fourth qualifier in 21.03.

 

400m Hurdles– Semi Finals – Men

The leader was Kyvon McMaster (British Virgin Islands) had a major breakthrough, cutting more than a second off his prior best, running 50.16 to lead the qualifiers.  Kenny Selmon (U. of North Carolina) won his heat in 51.67 to automatically qualify, and Norman Grimes (Canyon, TX) was second to McMaster in 51.24 to automatically qualify as well.  Also of note is sub-50 second hurdler Marvin Williams (Jamaica), who won his heat in 51.76.

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