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INDIANAPOLIS - Team USA concluded competition Sunday winning a total of
48 medals over three days at the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships
in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The women's 4x400m relay of Brandi Cross (Missouri City, Texas), Latavia
Thomas (Philadelphia, Pa.), Brehanna Jacobs (Uniontown, Pa.) and Jessica
Beard (Euclid, Ohio) ran the fourth fastest time ever to claim the gold
medal in 3 minutes 29.76 seconds. On the men's side, Robert Simmons
(Houston, Texas), Christopher Ward (Kissimmee, Fla.), Johnny Dutch
(Clayton, N.C.) and Bryshon Nellum (Los Angeles, Calif.) ran their way
to a silver medal in 3:06.15.
Queen Harrison (Fallsburg, N.Y.) set a meet record in winning the
women's 400-meter hurdles, crossing the line in 56.25. Jacquelyn Coward
(Knoxville, Tenn.) collected bronze, finishing in 57.21.
Team USA went 1-2 in the men's 400m hurdles, with Johnny Dutch (Clayton,
N.C.) leading compatriot Jason Perez (Houston, Texas) to the finish in
50.82 to Perez's 51.22.
2005 World Youth 100m champion and 200m silver medalist Bianca Knight
(Ridgeland, Miss.) won the women's 200m in 23.17. Khrystal Carter was
fourth in 23.68. On the men's side, yesterday's 100m bronze medalist
Arthur Wims (Fort Wayne, Ind.) brought home the gold in 20.80 while Kyle
Stevenson (Memphis, Ind.) was fourth in 21.32.
2007 U.S. Junior runner-up Alicia Rue (Plymouth, Minn.) won the women's
pole vault with her clearance of 4.20 meters/13 feet 9.25 inches while
2007 U.S. Junior champion Tori Anthony (Palo Alto, Calif.) was fourth
with 4.00m/13-1.5.
On his final throw of the competition, 2007 U.S. Junior champion and
Junior American record-holder Christopher Hill (Sulphur, La.) moved into
second place to claim silver in the men's javelin, after unleashing a
throw of 71.87m/235-9.
Two-time U.S. Junior champion Ke'Nyia Richardson (Oakland, Calif.) won
the gold in the women's triple jump with a mark of 13.55m/44-5.5. Ashika
Charan (West Covina, Calif.) brought home bronze with her mark of
12.87m/42-2.75.
Shana Woods (Long Beach, Calif.) won two individual events en route to a
silver medal in the women's heptathlon with 5,307 points. Woods won the
100m hurdles in 13.83 and the long jump with 5.70m/18-8.5.
Patience Coleman (Durham, N.C.) scored silver in the women's high jump
with her height of 1.79m/5-10.5. Zuheir Sharif (Sacramento, Calif.) won
silver in the men's triple jump with a mark of 16.23m/53-3. Emily
Bernhardt (Marietta, Ga.) took fourth in the women's hammer throw with a
toss of 52.76m/173-1.
Also on the track, Jessica Pixler (Sammamish, Wash.) dominated the
women's 1,500m, winning in 4:21.09. On the men's side, it was a duel
between 2007 U.S. Junior champion A.J. Acosta (El Camino, Calif.) and
2007 U.S. Junior runner-up Matthew Centrowitz (Arnold, Md.), with
Centrowitz edging out Acosta to win in 3:56.63 to 3:56.64, respectively.
Lauren Forgues (Boothbay, Maine) brought home silver in the women's
10,000m race walk, finishing in 51:43.43. Emily Sisson (Omaha, Neb.)
collected a bronze medal for her 17:47.81 performance in the women's
5,000m. Ryan McDermott (Long Island, N.Y.) took fifth in the men's
3,000m steeplechase in 9:22.65.
Nicholas Adcock (Kansas City, Mos.) scored silver at the conclusion of
the men's decathlon Saturday with 7,074 points. Adcock won two
individual events: the shot put with a heave of 14.30m/46-11 and the
110m hurdles in 14.26.
For more information and complete results from the 2007 Pan American
Junior Championships, visit USATF.org.
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