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DyeStat – USATF World Youth Trials – Day 1 Highlights

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DyeStat.com   Jul 1st 2015, 3:01am
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By Michael Newman

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Lisle, Ill – Conditions were almost perfect with temperatures in the mid-70’s with no rain in the area. Competing athletes took advantage of the weather positioning themselves for spots on the National Team that will compete at the World Youth Championships in the middle of July in Cali, Colombia.

 

Here are some highlights of the first day of action at Benedictine University outside of Chicago.

 

 

The highlight of the first day of field events was the Boys Shot Put were the lead changed hands twice in the final round. Early on in this competition, it looked like Bronson Osborn (Anaheim CA) had control of the event putting himself in the lead with a 66- ½ put using the 5kg shot implement. The action heated up in the final round with Isaiah Rogers (Smyrna GA) ripping a personal best 66-4 ¼ effort. Less than a minute later, the lead changed hands for the final time. Austin Piperi (The Woodlands TX) unleashed a 69-1 ¼ put to win the event. It is the second longest effort by an American Prep athlete using the junior international shot. Only Ryan Crouser is ahead of him. The win also puts Piperi third on the world this season.

 

“I was in second place the whole time. I was feeling comfortable,” Piperi said after his event. “Then Isaiah came out and threw 20.23 and it put me into third. All my first five throws I could not get anything down. The final throw it all came together and I popped a 21.”

 

“We practiced all year for this. When I came to this meet I was hoping to do as well as I did today,” said Rogers who finished second. “In my final throw I was fourth and I was in my head that I possibly could not make it. I kept telling myself I’ve got this.”

 

“This has been the meet that we have been focusing for all year. It did not matter what he (Rogers) did at Nationals, we wanted him to perform well here,” said Rogers’ club coach Mike Judge. “We told his parents and him that if he focused on this meet he could do some great things today. He did just that.”

 

Other field event winners:

 

Josie Schaefer (Baraboo WI) threw 149-0 to win the Girls Discus. In State rival Samantha Noening (Hartford WI) threw 145-10 to finish second.

 

Tara Davis (Agoura CA) jumped 19-1 ¼ on her final attempt to win the Girls Long Jump. Taylor Middleton (Miami Valley OH) jumped 18-8 ½ to finish second.

 

Zach Shugart (Bishop Blanchet WA) was a surprise winner in the Boys Pole Vault. He was the only athlete in the event over 16 feet clearing 16-2 ¾. In the Girls competition, Carson Dingler (Macon GA) cleared 13-4 ¼ to win the event. Rachel Baxter (Anaheim CA) and Becky Arbiv (Atlanta GA) both cleared 12-9 ½ tying for second.

 

Robert Colantonio (Barrington RI) completed a World Juniors / Youth Trials sweep winning the Boys Hammer Throw. He threw the lighter world junior hammer 234-3 to win the competition by almost 20 feet. Kamryn Brinson (Atlanta GA) threw 176-10 on her final attempt to win the Girls Hammer Throw. Liam Christensen (Mount Pleasant NC) established a new meet record when he threw 224-4 to win the Boys Javelin.

 

Dexter Neboh (Permian TX) jumped a wind legal 47-8 to win the Boys Triple Jump a foot ahead of second place Akinshe Calicia-Hill (Chesapeake VA)

 

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Rylee Bowen (Santa Rosa CA) pulled away from Madison Perryman (Piedmont OK) just before the 1200 meter point in winning the Girls 2000 Meter Steeplechase with fastest time in the nation for the event (6:41.26). It also smashed the old California prep state record previously held by Rebecca Mehra of Palos Verdes set in 2011 (7:02.27). Mehra now attends and competes at Stanford University. Bowen’s time all established a new national freshman record.

 

“I have been looking forward to running the steeple all year,” Bowen said after her race. “I wanted to hit 1:20’s a lap throughout the race. I don’t know why I picked that time. It just felt like a good time. I have not run a steeple this season so it was hard to base a pace. The race was so much fun!”

 

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Other finals contested on Tuesday:

 

Mason Coppi (Dana Hills CA) pulled away in the first 200 meters of the Boys 3000 Meter Run from Chris Rayder (Germantown TN) in this small two runner field. Coppi went on to win the event (8:41.32) 28 seconds ahead of Rayder.

 

Ben Ewert (Beavercreek OH) ran a season’s best 6:18.48 to easily win the Boys 2000 Meter Steeplechase with a 6:18.48 winning time. The Ohio sophomore won the event by almost 200 meters ahead of second place Ryan Brown (Raleigh NC). Ewert, who was slowed by a stress fracture early in this track season, pulled away in the first 400 meters of the race and did not look back. Ewert has previously won two national age group championships in this event

 

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The preliminary races set the stage for some great finals on Wednesday involving some of the top athletes in the country. Sydney McLaughlin (Scotch Plains NJ), as expected, had the fastest preliminary time in the Girls 400 Meter Hurdles by more than a second. She glided to an easy prelim win in 56.66 running out of Lane 8. Chances are good that she could break the national record on Wednesday. She will have some stiff competition in the event. Faith Ross (Chesapeake VA), who earned all-state honors in the 100 Meter Hurdles, the High Jump, and the 800 Meter Run, had the second fastest time (58.07) winning Heat 3 just ahead of Reonna Collier (Vicaville CA) who was just eighteen hundredths back. Norman Grimes (Canyon TX) had the fastest preliminary time in the Boys 400 Meter Hurdles. Grimes navigated the lower international junior hurdles in 52.65 and almost half a second ahead of Cory Poole (East Orange NJ) and Ronaldo Griffiths (Brooklyn NY).

 

National leader in the 100 Candace Hill (Rockdale County GA) had the fastest prelim time in the event. Hill’s time of 11.47 was three tenths of a second ahead of New Balance Outdoor 100 champion Jayla Kirkland (Birmingham AL) and Lauren Rain Williams (Westlake Village CA). The trio will also battle for the 200 Meter Championship. Williams had the fastest preliminary time in that event (23.70) just four hundredths ahead of Hill. Kirkland ran 23.82 to have the third fastest time.

 

Josephus Lyles (Alexandria VA) enters the Wednesday finals with the fastest times in two events. Lyles cruised to a 47.63 top time in the 400 Meter Dash. He was the only athlete under 48 seconds in the prelims. He also had the fastest time in the 200 Meter Dash running 21.30 to win Heat 3. There was misfortune for Shannon Ehiemua (Missouri City TX) in that heat as he pulled up in the middle of the curve clutching his hamstring. The Texas 5A state champion had the fastest seed time (20.79) entering the competition.

 

Sammy Watson (Henrietta NY) had entered in both the 400 and 800 for this meet. She scratched out of the 400 to concentrate on the 800. If Tuesday’s prelim performance is any indication of what the sophomore could do, we could see a lightning fast time in the finals. Watson took the lead in her heat of the 800 going through the first lap in a pedestrian 68.2 seconds. She came back with a blazing 62.5 final lap easing up at the finish running 2:10.72. Her absence in the 400 made that event even more a little wide open. Symone Mason (Miami FL) ran the fastest preliminary time in the event (53.84) just six hundredths ahead of Takyera Robinson (Wheatley TX). The Boys 800 appears to be wide open as the top five qualifiers in the event are all within a second of each other. Hariharan Sathyamurthy (Brownsburg IN) had the fastest preliminary time (1:53.91) just two hundredths ahead of Connor Dunne (San Clemente CA).

 

Both of the short hurdle race finals look to be exciting for Wednesday’s finals. Alexis Duncan (DeSoto TX) led the field in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles with a 13.24 time. The pack behind her is almost half a second back but the second through sixth place qualifiers are only separated by seven hundredths of a second. It is just as close in the Boys 110 Meter Hurdles as the first five qualifiers are only separated by a tenth of a second. Isaiah Lucas (Houston TX) ran 13.94 to lead all qualifiers in the event.

 

 

 



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