Women: 400 Meters

Pictures and commentary by Doug Speck

Another great race would take place here. California prep rivals Monique Henderson and last year's champ and World Junior runner-up at 52.09, Nakiya Johnson, would meet once again, with UNLV's Michelle Davis 52.55, Virginia prep Faith Rein, and others along for the ride. Michelle Davis took Heat one at 53.18 over amazing eighth grader (!) Jerrika Chapple 53.83, with Monique Henderson 54.22 over Faith Rein 54.54 in Heat 2, with Nakiya Johnson 53.75 to take Heat three.

In the Finals Michelle Davis took things out, with Nakiya Johnson favoring a big build over the final 300 in recent races, pushing towards the lead at the 200 mark. Monique Henderson, who runs Cross-Country in the Fall, really runs the third 100 hard, as she did here, taking over the lead as the race came into the straightaway. Henderson never looked back, finishing in 51.96, making her the #9 High School performer ever. The national soph record is 51.70 by Denean Howard, an eventual Gold Medalist for the U.S. in the Olympics in the 4x400 relay. Amazingly, the eighth grader Jerrika Chapple was 3rd at 53.19, but was disqualified for a lane violation.

W World Jr.: 49.42 Grit Breuer (Ger) 08/27/91 A American Jr.: 50.87 Denean Hill (CaHS) 06/20/82

PLACE ATHLETE NAME TEAM TIME ===== ============================ ========================= ========= 1 Monique Henderson MLK BLASTERS 51.96 2 Nakiya Johnson SOUTHERN CAL. CHEETAHS 53.10 3 Michele Davis UNLV 53.28 4 Faith Rein CENTERVILLE HS 53.90 5 Janelle Billingslea GEORGE MASON UNIV. 54.88 6 Amber Robinson UNIV. FLORIDA 55.25 7 Anita Edwards FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 1:00.21 - Jerrika Chapple OAK CLIFF LIONS DQ

W World Jr.: 49.42 Grit Breuer (Ger) 08/27/91 A American Jr.: 50.87 Denean Hill (CaHS) 06/20/82

Preliminary Results - Saturday 06/19/99 8 Advance: Top 1 Each Heat Plus Next 5 Best Times

PLACE ATHLETE NAME TEAM TIME ===== ============================ ========================= ========= Heat 1 1 Michele Davis UNLV 53.18 2 Jerrika Chapple OAK CLIFF LIONS 53.83 3 Amber Robinson UNIV. FLORIDA 54.44 4 Kori Hamilton SOUTHERN CAL. CHEETAHS 55.08 5 Moushaumi Robinson BROOKHAVEN HS 55.21 6 Bromeka Holmes KANSAS ST. UNIV. 55.96 Heat 2 1 Monique Henderson MLK BLASTERS 54.22 2 Faith Rein CENTERVILLE HS 54.54 3 Christy Fairley GEORGE COUNTY HS 55.07 4 Rochell Evans TEXAS ATHLETICS 56.21 5 Licretia Sibley EVERMAN HS 56.43 6 Amy Ranker Unattached 58.00 7 Althea Thomas ALABAMA STRIDERS 58.51 Heat 3 1 Nakiya Johnson SOUTHERN CAL. CHEETAHS 53.75 2 Janelle Billingslea GEORGE MASON UNIV. 54.42 3 Anita Edwards FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 54.89 4 Tiffany Wise JAMES MADISON HS 54.98 5 Jennifer Batie MARQUETTE UNIV 55.59 6 Tia Tabb ATLANTIC COAST 55.71 7 Terrika Warren TEXAS HEAT TC 1:00.23

1999 Junior Nationals

Women's 400 meters