BRESSANONE, Italy - Led by Dale Morgan and Ebony Eutsey, Team USA brought home four more medals and Trevor Barron turned in an American Junior record performance Friday night at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy.
In the men's 110-meter hurdles final, Dale "DJ" Morgan (Pacoima, Calif.) ran a clean race without hitting a single hurdle. That, and the second-best start in the field, helped Morgan power down the straight and surge over the final four hurdles as he pulled away for the win in a world youth leading and personal best 13.28 seconds. In the semi-final round, Morgan won heat 2 in 13.55. It was the second-fastest time of the round and a personal best for him. Kendall Hayes (Lancaster, Texas) was fifth in heat 3 in 13.76.
Ebony Eutsey (Miami, Fla.) led from wire-to-wire in the girls 400m final, making up the stagger in the first 150m and powering to the finish in 52.88 to win the gold medal. Countrywoman Michelle Brown (Shamong, N.J.) was second across the line in 53.44 to win the silver.
With his typical fast start out of the blocks, Josh Mance (Pomona, Calif.) had the early lead in the boys 400m final. According to him, it was on the backstretch where he lost the race and Grenada's Kirani James gained control. James crossed the line victorious in a blistering championship record 45.24. Mance was the runner-up in a personal best 46.22 to claim silver.
In the boys 10,000m race walk, Trevor Barron (Bethel Park, Pa.) walked his own race, starting out in a pace that he knew he could handle and reeling in his competitors one-by-one. In 20th place after the first lap, Barron slowly picked off the other racers to eventually finish fourth in an American Junior record 42:22.79. The previous record of 42:50.20 was set by Ben Shorey in 2002.Baron's performancewas the best finish by an American race walker at the World Championships level since Curt Clausen's bronze medal in the 50 km race walk at the 1999 World Championships.
Running the race of her life thus far, Eleanor Fulton (Lone Tree, Colo.) set her second personal best of the competition by placing sixth in the girls 2,000m steeplechase in 6:37.61. McKinzie Shulz finished 12th in 7:08.04.
In field event finals, Shanay Briscoe (Houston, Texas) took eighth place in the girls high jump with a clearance of 1.79 meters/5 feet 10.5 inches and Tara Richmond (Long Beach, Calif.) was tied for 11th at 1.75m/5-8.75. Ciarra Brewer (Union City, Calif.) placed seventh in the girls triple jump with a best mark of 12.97m/42-6.75 and Alec Faldermeyer was sixth in the boys hammer throw with 69.73m/228-9.
In the girls discus qualifying, Alex Collatz (Bakersfield, Calif.) had the farthest throw of the day with a toss of 49.93m/163-9, which automatically qualified her for the final. Erica Brand (Shawnee, Ks.) was sixth in group A with 44.10m/144-8. In the boys pole vault, Max Babits (Howell, Mich.) was 10th in group B with a clearance 4.50m/14-9.
In the girls 800m semi-final, Claudia Francis (Laurelton, N.Y.) was fourth in heat 2 in 2:09.42 and Marielle Hall (Mount Laurel, N.J.) was fifth in heat three in 2:08.94.
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