Jul 23, 2014

American 400 meter hurdles TJ Holmes and Kenny Selmon both took care of business with each winning their first round races at the World Junior Championships.

Recap - Results - Video Interviews

A list of Americans competing and highlights of their performances along with results, photos, and video interviews from the Wednesday morning session at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Women's Events: Heptathlon (Long Jump, Javelin) - 10K Racewalk - 400m Prelims - 800m Semis

Men's Events: Decathlon (110H, Discus, Pole Vault) - Long Jump Qualifying - 400H Prelims

Day Two Morning Session Recap - IAAF World Junior Championships
(USATF Press Release)

7/23/2014

EUGENE -- Team USA has five more athletes advancing to semis or finals after the morning session of IAAF World Junior Championships at Hayward Field on cold and rainy Wednesday.

With his final jump in his qualifying round, Travonn White (Phoenix, Arizona) jumped 7.25 before completing his best jump of 7.5/24-7.25 to finish second in his group and fifth in qualifying. White will compete in the finals Thursday.

The decathlon continued with the 110-meter hurdles, where Harrison Williams (Memphis, Tennessee) ran in lane 3 of the first heat in a steady second place throughout the race. Williams finished in 14.37 for a personal best. Gabe Moore (Freeport, Florida), also set a personal best in the event, leading in the fourth heat and finishing first in 14.82. Decathletes completed the monring with discus as Moore’s second attempt, 45.09, was his best and Williams tossed 35.09 also on a second attempt.

At the conclusion of the morning session and after seven events, Moore has 5,650 points and Williams has 5,524.

Kendall Baisden (Austin, Texas) of Texas set the tone for Americans in the opening heat of women's 400m, qualifying for the semis with her first-place finish in 53.28. Olivia Baker (South Orange, New Jersey) also led her heat, finishing in 54.09 to automatically qualify for the semis.

In the heptathlon, Ashlee Moore (Chandler, Arizona) started the day strong, winning her group of the long jump with a personal best 5.86 (-0.8)/19-2.75. Moore sits at 4,138 heading into the sixth event, javelin, which is now underway.

In the men’s 400m hurdles, TJ Holmes (St. Petersburg, Florida) of Baylor continued the top U.S. placements when he crossed in 52.03. USA men’s team captain Kenny Selmon (Mableton, Georgia) finished in 52.15.

RESULTS

Courtesy: IAAF

Time is PDT

7/23	10:00	M	110m Hurdles (99.0cm)	Decathlon Junior	Startlist	Result
7/23	10:00	M	Long Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result
7/23	10:25	W	10,000 Metres Race Walk	Final	Startlist	Result
7/23	10:45	M	Discus Throw (1.750kg)	Decathlon Junior Group A	Startlist	Result
7/23	11:30	W	400 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result
7/23	11:40	W	Long Jump	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
7/23	11:50	M	Discus Throw (1.750kg)	Decathlon Junior Group B	Startlist	Result
7/23	12:10	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats	Startlist	Result
7/23	12:55	W	800 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result
7/23	13:20	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon Group A	Startlist	Result
7/23	13:40	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon Junior	Startlist	Result
7/23	14:30	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon Group B	Startlist	Result

ATHLETE VIDEO INTERVIEWS

Men's Decathlon (110H, Discus, Pole Vault)

Harrison Williams (TN)

Gabe Moore (FL)

Harrison Williams opened up day two of the men's decathlon with a new personal best clocking of 14.37 in the 110 meter hurdles. His second place finishing time in his heat also added 925 points to his total and maintain his 10th place position, but closing the gap on others ahead of him deeper in the top 10.

Florida native Gabe Moore also ran exceptionally well in his 110 hurdles heat in winning his race with a time of 14.82 (871 pts) to move one spot in the overall standings just behind Williams in 11th place with a current total score of 4881 points.

Women's Decathlon (Long Jump, Javelin Throw)

Ashlee Moore (AZ)

Shaina Burns (MN)

Men's Long Jump Prelims

Travonn White (AZ)

From the morning long jump qualifying rounds of the long jump on a slight and wet runway, one of the two Americans was able to move onto the finals as Travonn White leaped 7.5 meters (24'7.25"), which was second best in his flight and fifth best overall. White certainly has a real chance to medal if he can pop a mark close to his 26'4.50" wind legal PR from US Junior Nationals.

Kenneth Fisher (GA)

Georgia native and current Bethune-Cookman University jumper Kenny Fisher battled the less than ideal conditions for the long jump, but was unable to produce a mark to move him onto the finals as he was only able to muster a best mark on the day at 6.97 meters.

Women's 10K Race Walk

Katharine Newhoff (NY)

West Islip High School (NY rising senior Katie Newhoff ran a big PR of 51:40.42 in the women's 10K racewalk to improve 53 seconds from her US Junior Nationals performance that qualified her for the World Championships. In another note on the race, a World Junior record was set by Anezka Drahotova in a time of 42:47.25. That is walking back to back 21:23 5K's. She could walk her way onto many high school girls XC team's top 7s this fall!

Women's 400m Dash Prelims

Kendall Baisden (MI)