IAAF World Youth Championships Day 4 Live Updates

2015 IAAF World Youth Championships
Bryan Deibel

Josephus Lyles and Keshun Reed place second and third in the 400m dash running 45.46 and 45.96 respectively. Lyles time of 45.46 is a U.S. No. 2 mark behind Michael Norman's 45.19.

Follow along for all the action at Day 4 of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia!

Day 4 Schedule:
Finals in BOLD

AM Session

  • Men's Javelin Throw Qualification Group 'A' - No Americans were in group A, the winner was Niklas Kaul from Germany with a throw of 76.32m (250-04.75).
  • Men's 10,000m Race Walk - There were no American athletes in this event, Sergey Shirobokov of Russia ran 42:24.41 placing first.
  • Women's Long Jump Heptathlon - In the Long Jump, Jordan fields jumped a PR 5.60m (18-4.50) on her second attempt, while Caice Lanovaz jumped 5.51m (18-01). They scored 729 and 703 points respectively.
  • Men's Javelin Throw Qualification Group 'B' - Liam Christensen threw a PR of 72.60m (238-2.25) on his second throw to place 14th over all, just missing qualification.
  • Women's 5000m Race Walk - There were no American athletes in this event, Zhenxia Ma of China ran 22:41.08 placing first.
  • Mixed 4x400m Relay Heats - Team USA (Reed, Mason, Poole, Irby) ran 3:22.65 to finish first in Heat 2. They will move on with the best quilifying time overall.
  • Women's Long Jump Qualification - Tara Davis jumped 6.24m (20-5.75) to win Group A, and qualified second overall.
  • Women's Javelin Throw Heptathlon Group 'A' - Caice Lanovaz threw a PR 35.32m (115-10.50) placing 4th and earning 578 points. Jordan Fields threw 25.27m (82-11) finishing in 19th and earning 387 points.
  • Women's Javelin Throw Heptathlon Group 'B' - There were no American athletes in this group Alina Shukh of Ukraine threw 54.57 (179-00.50) to finish 1st 949 points.

PM Session

  • Men's Discus Throw - Adrian Piperi finished 6th with throw of 58.81(192-11.25), and Gabriel Oladipo finished 9th with 55.98(183-8).
  • Women's Triple Jump - Tara Davis finished 9th with her jump of 12.65(41-6).
  • Women's Pole Vault - Rachel Baxter and Carson Dingler go 9-10, both clearing 3.85(12-7.5).
  • Women's 200m Semi-Finals - Candace Hill cruised to a victory in Heat 2, running 23.21. Lauren Rain Williams takes Heat 3, running 23.03, beating the rest of the field by almost a second.
  • Men's 200m Semi-Finals- Josephus Lyles won Heat 2 with a PR of 20.93. Maxwell Willis finished 7th in Heat 3 with his time of 21.89.
  • Men's High Jump - Darius Carbin takes home the bronze medal with his PR jump of 2.16(7-1). Jaron Brooks finished 5th with his jump of 2.14(7-0.25).
  • Womens 800m Heptathlon - Jordan Fields finished 3rd in Heat 1 with her time of 2:21.55. Caice Lanovaz finished 2nd in Heat 2 with her time of 2:24.27. At the end of the Heptathlon, Fields finished 27th and Lanovaz finished 22nd.
  • Women's Hammer Throw - No American athletes competed. Sofiya Palkina of Russia won with her throw of 67.82(222-6).
  • Women's 400m Hurdles - Sydney McLaughlin dominated to bring home the gold with her 55.94. Brandee Johnson finished 3rd in 57.47. Two more medals for Team USA.
  • Men's 400m Hurdles - Norman Grimes ANNIHILATED the field to take the victory in 49.11. Thats the World Youth Lead!
  • Women's 1500m - Julia Heymach finished 8th with a PR of 4:21.78, improving upon her U.S. No. 1 ranking.
  • Men's 800m - No Americans competed. Willy Kiplimo Tarbei of Kenya took won in 1:45.58.

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