Seven Advance on Day One IAAF World Under-20 Championships Morning Session
7/19/2016
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland -- Seven Americans, five men and two women, advanced during the opening session of the IAAF World Under-20 Championships on Tuesday morning at Zawisza Stadium.
Bronson Osborn (Anaheim, California) and Adrian Piperi III (The Woodlands, Texas) started the day strong for Team USA in men’s shot put (6 kilogram) qualification as they each surpassed the automatic qualifying mark (19.40 meters/63-7.75) with their second throws.
Osborn tossed the fifth best qualifying mark: 19.63m/64-5. Piperi -- the 2015 World U18 Champion in Cali, Columbia -- had the fifth best qualifier: 19.57m/64-2.5..
Bronson Osborn (Anaheim, California) and Adrian Piperi III (The Woodlands, Texas) started the day strong for Team USA in men’s shot put (6 kilogram) qualification as they each surpassed the automatic qualifying mark (19.40 meters/63-7.75) with their second throws.
Osborn tossed the fifth best qualifying mark: 19.63m/64-5. Piperi -- the 2015 World U18 Champion in Cali, Columbia -- had the fifth best qualifier: 19.57m/64-2.5..
The men’s shot put final will be contested at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Both of the United States’ entries in the men’s 100m advanced to the semifinals automatically. Noah Lyles (Alexandria, Virginia) — the high-school 200m record holder and fourth-place finisher in that event at U.S. Olympic Team Trials — was the top qualifier into the semifinal with a time of 10.28 (+0.7). Hakim Montgomery (Temple, Georgia - Troy) was third in his heat to qualify automatically into the semifinals with the 21st-fastest prelim time 10.58 (+0.4). The 100m semifinals will be contested during the Wednesday evening session.
Samantha Watson (Henrietta, N.Y) and Aaliyah Miller (McKinney, Texas) both comfortably advanced into the 800m semifinals. Watson — the 2015 World U18 Champion — won her preliminary heat in 2:07.30. Miller was fourth in her heat in 2:08.31 to also qualify automatically. Watson had the eighth fastest time of the prelims, Miller’s time was 13th fastest.
Ja’Mari Ward (Cahokia, Illinois) closed the session with a bang as he lept to the best mark of long jump qualifying, a lifetime best 7.96m/26-1.25.
Ward had to come through in the clutch. Entering his third and final attempt of qualifying he was outside of the coveted top 12 spots that advance to the final. He eclipsed the automatic qualifying mark of 7.70m/25-3.25. The men’s long jump final is scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Medals will be on the line during Tuesday’s evening session – the second session of day one of the World U20 Championships – in finals of the men’s shot put, women’s 10,000 meters race walk and the men’s 10,000m.
Team USA has won 208 medals at the IAAF World U20 Championships since the competition was first held in 1986 in Athens. Team USA has won 94 golds to date, 53 by men and 41 by women.
The IAAF World U20 Championships were previously known as the IAAF World Junior Championships before undergoing a rebranding heading into 2016. The last World U20 (then known as Junior) Championships was held in Eugene, Oregon in 2014.
The afternoon session will begin at 11 a.m. ET with qualification in the pole vault. The women’s 10k race walk is scheduled to begin at noon ET, and the heats of the women’s 400m begin running events at 1:10 p.m.
Field events at the World U20 Championships will employ a new competition protocol in finals.
Twelve competitors will qualify for each final. Qualifying marks are wiped out at the start of the final. The field of 12 will get three attempts before being cut to the top eight. The remaining eight athletes will receive one more attempt, as opposed to the prior protocol of three more, for a total of six attempts.
The best mark after each competitor has made four attempts will win.
The U.S. U20 team was selected based on performances at the USATF Junior Championships from June 24-26 in Clovis, California.
Bydgoszcz hosted the World U20 Championships in 2008. The city is the first to host the World U20 Championships twice.
Follow the World U20 Championships on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using #Bydogszcz2016, and watch on Universal HD and the NBC Sports app. NBC will be live streaming the final two days of coverage – Saturday, July 23 from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. ET. and Sunday, July 24 from 10 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. ET.
Athlete quotes
Noah Lyles (Alexandria, Virginia) – 100m
On his race today …
“I had been working on staying in rhythm throughout my race. Wasn’t trying to push for anything too fast. I kind of slowed down a little bit just to kind of save myself a little bit of energy for tomorrow.”
On his journey over the past few weeks …
“That whole stretch from right after the 200m (at U.S. Olympic Team Trials) until flying out here was a break. I wasn’t practicing at all. Got here about Friday and I just started doing strides. I wasn’t doing anything too big. I still haven’t done anything too big, just a lot of speed stuff to try to get myself sharp for the 100m.”
Samantha Watson (Henrietta, N.Y) – 800m
On advancing in the 800m
“I was just trying to get my legs and get used to the track since I haven’t run on it yet. I didn’t get to see it yesterday. I felt kind of tired, but I’m happy.”
On adjusting to the time change …
“The time change at first was really tough. I couldn’t get to sleep at night, but I’m pretty adjusted now. It’s like at home, but it’s not quite home.”
“The time change at first was really tough. I couldn’t get to sleep at night, but I’m pretty adjusted now. It’s like at home, but it’s not quite home.”
Ja’Mari Ward (Cahokia, Illinois) – Long Jump
On his performance …
“I made sure I moved a little bit so I could hit the board and I just gave everything I had because the first two jumps I didn’t touch the board at all.”
On feeding off crowd energy …
“That was the most excitement I’ve ever felt at a track meet. I was just really excited to jump today. Competing against the best in the world I was really excited.”
TV/Streaming Schedule - IAAF World U20 Championships
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Date
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Day
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Start (ET)
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End (ET)
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Network
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Notes
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7/19/2016
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Tuesday
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9:00 PM
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10:00 PM
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UniHD
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Day 1
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7/20/2016
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Wednesday
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9:00 PM
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10:00 PM
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UniHD
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Day 2
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7/21/2016
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Thursday
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8:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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UniHD
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Day 3
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7/22/2016
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Friday
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9:00 PM
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10:00 PM
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UniHD
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Day 4
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7/23/2016
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Saturday
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11:00 AM
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2:15 PM
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NBC Sports App
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Day 5
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7/23/2016
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Saturday
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9:00 PM
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10:00 PM
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UniHD
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Day 5
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7/24/2016
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Sunday
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10:00 AM
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1:10 PM
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NBC Sports App
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Day 6
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7/24/2016
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Sunday
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9:00 PM
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10:00 PM
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UniHD
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Day 6
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2016 IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS AGATE
TUESDAY MORNING – July 19, 2016
MEN’S RESULTS – ROUNDS
1500 METERS (heats)
19. Diego Zarate: 3:47.95
30. Kendall Muhammad: 3:51.27
100M
(heats)
1. Noah Lyles: 10.28Q (+0.7)
21. Hakim Montgomery: 10.58Q (+0.4)
[semifinals Wednesday evening]
Shot Put
(qualification)
4. Bronson Osborn: 19.63m/64-5 (Q)
5. Adrian Piperi III: 19.57m/64-2.5 (Q)
[final Tuesday evening]
Long Jump
(qualification)
1. Ja’Mari Ward: 7.96m/26-1.25 (+0.4) (Q)
23. Harrison Schrage: 7.15m/23-5.5 (-1.6)
[final Wednesday evening]
DECATHLON
(after 3 events)
5. Cale Wagner: 2436
WOMEN’S RESULTS – ROUNDS
3000 METER STEEPLECHASE
(heats)
26. Kelly Naumann: 10:45.90
30. Rachel Nichwitz: 11:01.69
[final Friday evening]
800 METERS
(heats)
8. Samantha Watson: 2:07.30Q
13. Aaliyah Miller: 2:08.31Q
[semifinals Wednesday evening]
JAVELIN
(qualification)
32. Katelyn Gochenour: 47.53m/155-11
34. Emma Fitzgerald: 40.28m/151-10
[final Wednesday evening]
Contributed by Jake Most, Team USA Press Officer - IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016
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