Chip Heuser wins World Juniors Pre-Meet

[Carolina Extreme]

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Relays Highlight Last Day of World Juniors Pre-Meet

07-09-2004
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GROSSETO, Italy - Competing in cool temperatures at the Stadeb Stadium, Team USA highlighted the final day of competition at the Pre-World Meet in Grosseto with hot relay performances. Team USA won the women's 4x100m and practiced against each other in the men's and women's 4x400m relays. USA athletes also had some other impressive individual performances in this tune-up competition.

In the women's 4x100m relay, Ashley Owens (UNLV bound), Juanita Broaddus (Barton CC), Jasmine Baldwin (California), and Shalonda Solomon (South Carolina bound) won in 44.05 seconds. The runner-up U.S. team of Ronetta Alexander(South Carolina), Shana Cox(Penn State), Cleo Tyson (Huntsville, TN) and Alexander Anderson (Chicago, IL) followed in 44.29 seconds. "I felt good and confident that our team was ready. I think practice makes perfect," said Solomon. "I was just trying to maintain my speed as we were trying to get the baton around," Solomon continued.

The pre-meet provides U.S. athletes an opportunity to compete together before the 2004 IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships, July 13-18, in Grosseto, Italy.

In the 100 meters, Wisconsin's Demi Omole clocked the fastest time of 10.66 seconds to win heat three followed by Mark Johnson who had a time of 10.78 seconds. The 2004 Big Ten 100m champion and Omole's Wisconsin teammate, Paul Hubbard, won the men's triple jump in 15.69m/51-5.75 with Michigan's Mike Whitehead finishing third with a leap of 15.10m/49-6.50.

Other individual winners in today's action included Chip Heuser winning the men's pole vault with a clearance of 5.00m/16-4.75; Kevin Craddock of San Pablo, Calif., who ran 14.26 seconds in winning the men's 110m hurdles; and, Cal Poly Slo's Sharon Day 1.82m/5-11.50 winning the women's high jump.

Other Team USA members performances included Stanford's Russell Brown second in the men's 1,500m (1:53.45); Shanita Moss second in the women's 100m (12.28); BYU's Amy Menlove third in the women's long jump (6.15m/20-2.25) followed by Penn State-bound Gayle Hunter fourth (6.09m/19-11.75); and Virginia Tech's Kristen Callan second (58.60m/192-3) followed by Kansas State's Laci Heller third (51.19m/167-11) in the women's hammer throw.

For more information on the 2004 IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships, including results from the Pre-World Meet, visit www.iaaf.org or USATF's newly redesigned website at www.usatf.org.

[Carolina Extreme]

This is the Pre-meet. The Qualifying round is July 15th and Finals on 17th. Good job Chip! Anyone heard how Brandon Glenn did?

[wacky274]

I heard how he did, he pulled a big no height. i did not recieve my poles until 11 pm two nights before our prelims, which i also no heighted at. i am not making excuses i was just not ready for it. had a horrible warmuip but took 3 jumps at a low bar to try to find a step. chip heuser will be moving on to finals...it took a jump of 5.05... anyway, more to come from Italy later. Hope everything is going well in the states, and im glad to hear we have a good group of jumpers going to be representing the us at the games in athens.

[KYLE ELLIS]

Hey man dont worry about it you had a long! awesome year

[Carolina Extreme]

I heard how he did, he pulled a big no height. i did not recieve my poles until 11 pm two nights before our prelims, which i also no heighted at. i am not making excuses i was just not ready for it. had a horrible warmuip but took 3 jumps at a low bar to try to find a step. chip heuser will be moving on to finals...it took a jump of 5.05... anyway, more to come from Italy later. Hope everything is going well in the states, and im glad to hear we have a good group of jumpers going to be representing the us at the games in athens.

Enjoy your trip, you've earned it by working hard the past few years. Good days and bad days are all part of the vault game, and life.