Three Shocking Moments & Three Pleasant Surprises On Day 2 Of USATF Juniors


Big Names Advance, A Few Don't Show

  • Michael Norman advances to 200m prelims with the field's fastest time of 20.54; says he hasn't felt natural using block starts all year until today
  • Candace Hill wins 200m, she says she's ready to run 22.3 tomorrow
  • American junior record holder Devin Clark easily wins 3K steeplechase final in 10:31, way off her PR of 9:49.25 but the Arkansas All-American freshman was just trying to secure the win here before traveling to Eugene for the Olympic Trials
  • In the girls 400m prelims, Lynna Irby of Indiana advanced with the fastest time, 53.1. Irby is the world youth silver medalist over 400m, owns a lifetime best of 51.79 and takes over as the presumptive favorite after No. 2 ranked Kaelin Roberts scratches. Sammy Watson was also a late scratch, as she chose to focus her energy on the 800m