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2015 Pan Am Juniors Highlights - DyeStat

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DyeStat.com   Jul 31st 2015, 5:25pm
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USA stacking up gold at Pan Am Jrs

 

Vashti Cunningham over the HJ bar at 6-5!!!

 

By DyeStat

 

Meet highlights from Pan Am Juniors, which begins its three-day run in Edmonton, Canada on Friday, July 31. 

 

SUNDAY:

- Anthony Peters and Cameron Haught from the U.S. finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 10,000 meter race walk Sunday morning. 

- Adam Kelly and Bobby Colantonio, both of Barrington RI, finixhed fifth and seventh in the men's hammer. Kelly threw 226-9 (69.11m) and Colantonio threw 218-9 (66.69). Gold medalist Humberto Mansilla from Chile threw a meet record 263-2.

- Kaylee Hinton and Ashtin Zamzow placed second and sixth, respectively, in the heptathlon long jump. Hinton jumped 18-5 for 738 points, just one centimeter shot of Fiorella Chiappe. Zamzow jumped 17-3 for 634 points. 

- In the sixth event of the heptathlon, Ashtin Zamzow won the javelin with a mark of 151-5 for 786 points. Kaylee Hinton's best throw was just 100 feet and she gained 486 points. With one event left, Zamzow is in the lead with 4,703 points, Ayesha Champagnie of Jamaica is second with 4,563 points, Fiorella Chiappe of Argentina is third with 4,472 points and Hinton is fourth with 4,389 points.

- Anna Cockrell of Providence Day NC had the fastest prelim time in the women's 400-meter hurdles with 57.71. U.S. teammate Reonna Collier of Vacaville CA was disqualified for a violation.

- The final session resumes at 5 p.m. Mountain Time.

- Anna Cockrell opened the final session by running to gold in the 400 hurdles, running 57.10 for the win.

- Ashtin Zamzow ran 2:24.84 in the 800 meters for third place, which was good enough for 759 points and the gold medal with 5,462 points. Kaylee Hinton remained in fourth place and finished with 5,125.

- Carlton Orange won the gold medal in the men's 800 meters. Orange ran a strong final 200 and finsihed with 1:48.06. Robert Ford took third and earned a spot on the podium with bronze after running 1:48.90.

- Kate Murphy of Lake Braddock VA closed in 65.29 to go from fourth to first and win gold in the women's 1,500 meters. Murphy ran 4:21.36 and Utah freshman Sarah Feeny, who led much of the race, finished with bronze with 4:23.21.

- The women's 4x100 relay team from the U.S., anchored by USC's Deanna Hill, won gold with 43.79.

- A poor third hand-off wiped away certain gold for the U.S. in the 4x100. Cravon Gillespie never got the baton from Demek Kemp

- John Maurins and Dotun Ogundeji went gold-silver for the U.S. in the men's shot put. Maurins, of Wake Forest, threw 19.41m/63-11.50. Ogundeji of UCLA threw 19.20m/63-0. 

- Bailey Roth of Arizona won gold in the 3,000 steeplchase in 9:02.45. Tyler Ranke of CUNY Albany got the bronze with 9:16.44.

- Raevyn Rogers anchored the U.S. team to the 4x400 gold with 3:31.49. Olivia Baker ran a big second leg and split 52.5 to help the team gain a big separation. Jamaica was second, Canada third. The team also included Kendall Ellis and Zola Golden.

- Randall Cunningham of USC joined his kid sister as a Pan Am Juniors high jump champion with a victory for clearing 2.16m/7-1. Teammate Landon Bartel was fifth.

- My'lik Kerley anchored Team USA over Jamaica in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:07.07. 

- Chinne Okoronkwo of Mountlake Terrace WA jumped a PR 42-1.25 in the triple jump to secure the bronze medal.

- Gabrielle Kearney of Roseburg OR threw a PR 167-6 for fourth place in the women's javelin. Yulemis Aguilar of Cuba threw a new world junior record 209-6 for the gold medal.

 

SATURDAY:

- Anali Cisneros from Elgin IL placed sixth in the women's 10K race walk with 52:03.26. Bolivia's Stefany Coronado broke the meet record with 47:05.11.

- Harrison Williams' domination of the decathlon continued with first place in the 110 hurdles in 14.41. Teammate Travis Toliver was fourth in 15.17. There are only five athletes in the field at this point. Through six events, Williams has 5,104 points and leads Toliver by 480. ...

Toliver had the best mark in the discus (41.07m/134-9) and Williams was second with 39.68m/130-2. Through seven events, Williams has 5,762 points and Toliver has 5,320. ...

- Kaylee Hinton of Rockwall TX (headed to Texas Tech) is off to a big start in the heptahlon after winning the 100 hurdles in 14.27. Teammate Ashtin Zamzow of Texas A&M is second after running 14.32 in the first of seven events.

- After a weather delay, Misana Viltz of UCLA (13.55) and Marquis Morris of USC (13.76) both safely advanced to the final. 

- In the prelims of the men's 800, Carlton Orange (1:50.65) and Robert Ford (1:50.42) both advanced to the final.

- Deanna Hill of USC ran 23.83 to ease into the final of the 200 meters. Caitland Smith of Texas did not advance and neither did recent NYC high school grads Brenessa Thompson (Guyana) and Ariel Strunkey (Antigua and Barbuda). 

- Samiyah Samuels and Courtney Corrin earned gold and silver in the junior women's long jump. Samuels, of Texas, jumped 6.23m (20-5) and Corrin of Harvard-Westlake CA concluded her season with 6.13m (20-1).

-  Ryan Clark (20.91) and Noah Lyles (20.96) eased through the prelims of the 200 meters and advanced to the finals.

 - World Youth gold medalist Norman Grimes ran 51.24 in the 400-meter hurdles and collegian Kenny Selmon ran 51.67 to advance to the final.

- Update in the men's decathlon, where Harrison Williams continues to roll. He jumped 5.0m/16-5 in the pole vault to win the event and teammate Travis Toliver was second with 14-5/4/40m. With those 910 points, Williams has 6,672 points with two events left.

- Josie Natrasevchi of Brown and Lloydricia Cameron of Florida earned gold and silver in the women's discus. Natrasevchi threw 172-7 and Cameron threw 170-6.

- Ashtin Zamzow threw 37-10 (11.53m) in the shot put to take the lead in the heptathlon with 2,406 points. Kaylee Hinton is fourth with 2,259.

- In the fourth event of the heptathlon (and final one of the day), Kaylee Hinton posted the fastest 200 meters with 24.79 seconds. That bumped Hinton up into third with 3,165 points. Overall leader Ashtin Zamzow of the U.S. concluded her day with 25.11 on the track and has 3,283 points. Between them in second place is Fiorella Chiappi of Argentina with 3,208. 

- Blake Haney of Oregon and Brandon Pollard of Gonzaga went gold-silver in the 1,500 meters. haney sprinted late in a tactical race to get the win in 3:56.49 and Pollard was right next to him in 3:56.51. Haney was the NCAA runner-up as a freshman. Pollard, unheralded out of Sisters OR, is a walk-on at Gonzaga who placed sixth at U.S. Juniors and only made the team because Grant Fisher, Drew Hunter and others ahead of him opted to end their seasons. 

- The decathlon wrapped up with Harrison Williams of Stanford scoring 8,037 points for a commanding win and gold medal. He threw 168 feet in the javelin and then 4:29 in the 1,500 meters to wrap it up. Teammate Travis Toliver scored 7,346 for the silver medal. Toliver won the javelin with 186 feet and then finished it with 4:51.79.

- Raevyn Rogers of Oregon won gold in the 800 meters with 2:04.62. She was the class of the field and won by nearly four seconds.

- Misana Vilz of UCLA ran wind-legal 13.30 to win the gold in the 110-meter hurdles. Teammate Marquis Morris of USC was sixth.

- College freshman Hannah Christen (North Carolina) and incoming 10th grader Alex Harris from North Rockland NY finished in silver and bronze position, respectively. Charlotte Prouse of Canada ran off with gold in 10:12.44, Christen was second in 10:24.32 and Harris was next in 10:31.79 for a new US#1.

 - Norman Grimes and Kenny Selmon gave the U.S. another gold-silver combo -- this time in the men's 400 meter hurdles. Grimes won it in 50.10 and gets his second gold medal of the summer. He also won the World Youth title. It was the sixth straight time that the U.S. has swept 1-2 in the event.

- Deanna Hill of USC won gold in the women's 200 meters with 23.18 (1.7w). Hill is the first U.S. woman to win the title since 2009. Hill's gold medal is the 15th for the U.S. so far.

- Noah Lyles of TC Williams VA won the family's first gold medal this month, taking the win in the 200 with a wind-legal 10.27. Ryan Clark from Banneker GA got bronze with 20.62. Great high school seasons coming to a close for those two guys. Lyles' gold in the 200 is the first for the U.S. since 2007. 

- Rachael Reddy of Texas won the U.S. team's 17th gold medal so far by taking the women's 5,000 meters in 16:23.35. Caroline Alcorta of North Carolina earned bronze with 16:48.48.

- Vashti Cunningham of Bishop Gorman NV has wrapped up the gold medal in the women's high jump. She cleared 6-5 and broke her own high school record and set the American Junior record. It is No.8 in world juniors history. It's also a Youth record. That's one inch away from joining the U.S. all-time top 10 list. It also ranks her No. 10 in the world this year. 

- Connor Hendrickson from Texas and Chase Weaverling of Virginia Tech added gold and bronze, respectively to the U.S. haul in the 10,000 meters. Hendrickson clocked 30:46.66 for the win.

- Nate Moore from Oregon and John Warren from Missouri placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the triple jump. 

- Chris Mirabelli from Rutgers won the men's javelin with 238-3 and Curtis Thompson from Mississippi State got bronze with his 233-4. Mirabelli's best mark came on his sixth and final throw and closed a very strong competition.

 

FRIDAY:

- Harrison Williams of Stanford got off to a fine start in the decathlon with a 10.67 clocking in the 100 meters (2.7w). Williams then won the second event, the long jump, with 22-10. He threw 44-11.75 in the shot put. He won the high jump with 6-8 and then closed the day with the fastest 400 (48.08). He has a commanding lead with 4,182 points at midway. Teammate Travis Toliver is second with 3,805 points.

- Aleia Hobbs of LSU leads all qualifiers in the women's 100 meters with a time of 11.37 (2.3w). Teahna Daniels of First Academy FL, who will be at Texas in the fall, also advanced with 11.46 (3.4w). Additionally, Khalifa St. Fort, who was at Nike Elite Camp just a couple days ago, also advanced with 11.39 (2.3w). Quashira McIntosh (Hope RI) of the Virgin Island ran 12.01 and did not advance. Brenessa Thompson (Medgar Evers NY) of Guyana was eliminated with a false start.

- Noah Lyles of TC Williams VA got things rolling with a 10.07 (4.3w) in the 100 meters and Chrisitan Coleman of Tennessee also advanced with 10.16 (3.3w). Josephus Lyles told us at Nike Elite Camp earlier this week that he thought Noah could break the high school record this weekend in the 100 and the 200. So stay tuned.

- The U.S. won its first medals with a gold-silver finish for Haley Showalter of Valor Christian CO and Lena Giger of Stanford. Showalter, who will be at Wisconsin in the fall, threw 191-9 and Giger threw 190-3. In fourth place, Sabrina Gaitan (Marietta GA), representing Guatemala, thew 184-10. 

- Zola Golden and Kendall Ellis of the U.S. both advanced in the women's 400 meters. Golden ran 53.70 and Ellis 53.90.

- Jamal Walton of Cayman Islands (American FL) ran 46.89 in the prelims of the men's 400. My'lik Kerley and Cordell Lamb of the U.S. also advanced.

- Dior Hall and Jacklyn Howell ran 13.19 and 13.71, respectively, to advance to the final of the women's 100-meter hurdles for the U.S.

- Kendall Ellis from USC earned a bronze medal in the women's 400 meters with 52.81 and Zola Golden was fifth in 53.12.

- Jamal Walton from the Cayman Islands (American FL) won gold in the men's 400 meters with 46.09 seconds. For the U.S., My'lik Kerley earned silver with 46.33 and Cordell Lamb was fifth with 47.35.

- Khalifa St. Fort of Trinidad & Tobago took gold in the women's 100 meters with 11.31 seconds. She finished in silver positioin at World Youth and still has the World Championships yet to come at the end of August. Aleia Hobbs took silver with 11.50 and Teahna Daniels got bronze with 11.54.

- Noah Lyles of the U.S. ran 10.18 in the finals of the men's 100 meters, his second-fastest time of the season, and got the silver medal. Reynier Mena Berenguer of Cuba ran 10.17 for win, and gold. Christian Coleman got the bronze with 10.32.

- Sara-Kathryn Stevens jumped 13 feet in the pole vault to earn the silver medal. Desiree Freier, last year's World Juniors silver medalist, withdrew. 

- Payton Otterdahl from North Dakota State won a gold medal in the men's discus with 190 feet, 2 inches. 

- Erin Dietz of Bedford MA won the gold medal in the women's 3,000 meters, leading wire to wire for a 9:37.51 time and the a victory -- within a tenth of of a second of her time at U.S. Juniors. There were only five runners in the race.

- Matthew Maton tore away late to win the men's 5,000 in 14:20.58, while Oklahoma State's Cereake Geberkidane got silver with 14:28.45. Maton closed in 61.4.

- Raven Saunders of Southern Illinois crushed the meet record -- and the field -- with a mark of 59-11.25.  Second place was 51-1, so Saunders won by almost nine feet. Sophia Rivera of Brentwood MO earned bronze with 50-4 a couple weeks after taking silver at World Youth.

- Dior Hall won the women's 100 hurdles with ease in 13.20 seconds (-1.7w). Jacklyn Howell was sixth. 

- Paulo Benavides of Franklin TX and Audie Wyatt of Texas A&M went gold-silver in the men's pole vault. Benavides was the only one over the bar at 17-8.50 and Wyatt held the tiebreaker with Ecuador's Jose Rodolofo Pacho Velez for the silver at 17-6.50.

- College freshmen Keandre Bates got bronze and Nate Moore finished fourth n the men's long jump. Bates of Florida jumped 24-8.75 and Moore of Oregon went 24-8.50. One centimeter separated a spot on the medal stand from fourth. Cuba Juan Miguel Echevarria jumped 25-5.50 for the gold medal.

 

 

 



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