In 2002 there were many great performances highlighted by Khannouchi, Tim Montgomery, and Paula Radcliffe! The area of the sports that recieve little attention, yet is our future belongs to the JUNIORS!
Here I have selected some of the MOST NOTEWORTHY junior performers and performances, that will still be juniors in 2003. (Following the listing I have selected the two best juniors in the year 2002)
Name-event Performance/Mark Birth Year
Tirneuesh Dibaba (Eth)-5000m....14:49.90.............1985
Sentayehu Ejigu (Eth)-5000m.....14:53.99.............1985
Louis Van Zyl (RSA)-400H........48.89................1985
Kenneth Ferguson (USA)-400H.....49.38................1984
Jeremy Wariner (USA)200m,400m...20.41/45.57..........1984
Sanya Richard (USA) 400m........50.69................1985
Darrel Brown (Tri) 100m.........10.09................1984
Charlotte Moore (GBR)800m.......1:59.75..............1985
Hillary Chenonge (Ken)5000m.....13:06.47.............1985
John Kariuki (Ken)5000m.........13:37.25.............1986
Alex Kipchirchir (Ken)-1500m....3:32.95..............1984
Isaac Songok (Ken)-1500m........3:34.20..............1984
Gebre Gebremariam (Eth)-10000m..27:25.61.............1984
??High Jumper from Brenham, TX...7-7.................1984
Best of the Best that were juniors in 2002
Cornelius Chirchir (Ken) 800m/1500m
3:30.24 WJR Ranked number 4 in the world=1500m
Charlotte Moore (GBR)800m/1500m
1:59.75/4:12
??Swedish Hepthalete
scored over 6400 twice with a WJR over 6500, ranked no 1 in the world.
I did this all from memory, so forgive me for the two atheletes name I couldn't remember thus I put ??. The juniors are posting some truly amazing times/marks and not getting enough attention.
Vipam