2015 Pan American Junior Championships Results
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August 3, 2015
Editor’s Note: Distance results are below. Meet website with full results and splits in the distance events is here.
Pan American Junior Championships Edmonton, AB, CAN; July 31 - August 2 Summary of Middle & Long Distance Events NOTE: Team USA dominated here. The USA won 9 of 10 distance gold medals on offer, and had 18 medals in the endurance events (each team is allowed two entries per event, so they were just two medals shy of the maximum). We've provided some analysis below --Asst. Ed. MEN - 800m: Final (02) - NOTE: Carlton Orange, the 2015 USA junior champion, kicked off the distance action on the final day of competition with another gold for Team USA --Asst. Ed. 1. Carlton Orange 97 United States 1:48.06 Gold 2. Robert Heppenstall 97 Canada 1:48.70 Silver 3. Robert Ford 96 United States 1:48.90 Bronze 4. Pedro Roberto Palma 96 Brazil 1:49.98 5. Andres Gonzalez 96 Puerto Rico 1:51.47 6. Shane Dillon 97 Canada 1:51.64 7. Luiz Fernando Pires 98 Brazil 1:55.01 8. Devaughn Smith 96 Jamaica 1:55.30 Prelims (01): Heat 1 - 1. Carlton Orange 97 United States 1:50.65Q 2. Shane Dillon 97 Canada 1:50.87Q 3. Pedro Roberto Palma 96 Brazil 1:51.03Q 4. Devaughn Smith 96 Jamaica 1:52.62q 5. Gairy Springer 96 Guyana 1:55.97 6. Malique Smith 97 Virgin Islands 2:00.50 Heat 2 - 1. Luiz Pires 98 Brazil 1:50.08Q 2. Robert Heppenstall 97 Canada 1:50.09Q 3. Andres Gonzalez 96 Puerto Rico 1:50.25Q 4. Robert Ford 96 United States 1:50.42q 5. Josue Fernandez 96 Colombia 1:55.40 6. Tahj Lewis 97 Cayman Islands 1:58.32 1500m (01): NOTE: This discipline belonged to the Americans, as Blake Haney and Brandon Pollard went one-two in a tactical race. Haney, a rising sophomore at Oregon, prevailed in 3:56.49 --Asst. Ed. 1. Blake Haney 96 United States 3:56.49 Gold 2. Brandon Pollard 96 United States 3:56.51 Silver 3. Rodrigo Silva 97 Brazil 3:56.73 Bronze 4. Braydon Rennie 97 Canada 3:56.78 5. Daniel Nascimento 98 Brazil 3:59.64 PB 6. Jose Maria Martinez Mera 96 Mexico 4:00.06 7. Fabian Zayas 96 Puerto Rico 4:00.22 8. Santiago Andrey Peña Rub 96 Colombia 4:00.26 9. Ivan David Moreno Villam 97 Colombia 4:09.21 10. Alexander James 96 Canada 4:09.82 5000m (31): NOTE: A late move gave Matthew Maton the advantage up front, leading over Oklahoma State's Cerake Geberkidane. Maton closed in 61.4 seconds for his last 400m, according to Dyestat.com, winning convincingly in 14:20.58 --Asst. Ed. 1. Matthew Maton 96 United States 14:20.58 PB Gold 2. Cerake Geberkidane 96 United States 14:28.45 PB Silver 3. Daniel Nascimento 98 Brazil 14:31.81 PB Bronze 4. Vidal Basco 96 Bolivia 14:39.73 NJR/PB 5. Reyner Paucara 96 Peru 14:55.13 6. Jose Maria Martinez Mera 96 Mexico 15:00.91 7. John Gay 96 Canada 15:02.70 8. Royden Radowits 96 Canada 15:06.68 9. Sergio Raez 97 Peru 15:16.99 10. Santiago Andrey Peña Rub 96 Colombia 15:23.53 11. Thaleetio Green 96 Jamaica 16:15.34 12. Shemar Salmon 98 Jamaica 17:42.29 10,000m (01): NOTE: Connor Hendrickson ran over a minute faster than his performance at the USA Junior Championships (31:53.10), giving the United States another distance gold --Asst. Ed. 1. Connor Hendrickson 96 United States 30:46.66 PB Gold 2. Vidal Basco 96 Bolivia 30:50.08 PB Silver 3. Chase Weaverling 96 United States 30:53.13 Bronze 4. Cristopher Escamilla Cru 97 Mexico 30:53.37 PB 5. Ehab El-Sandali 97 Canada 31:39.64 6. Catrileo Hugo 97 Chile 33:03.70 DNF-- Gustavo Souza 96 Brazil 3000m S/C (02): NOTE: Bailey Roth is coached by James Li and attends the University of Arizona. He won with ease --Asst. Ed. 1. Bailey Roth 96 United States 9:02.45 Gold 2. Nicolas Antonio Silva 97 Brazil 9:13.44 Silver 3. Tyler Ranke 96 United States 9:16.44 Bronze 4. Caleb Dejong 96 Canada 9:17.35 5. John Gay 96 Canada 9:22.12 6. Luis Medina 96 Puerto Rico 9:28.99 7. Anderson Ferreira 97 Brazil 9:30.28 8. Marcelo Pretel Riobo 96 Colombia 9:35.78 9. Sergio Raez 97 Peru 9:37.43 10. Cesar Enrique Peraza Rod 97 El Salvador 9:41.54 11. Thaleetio Green 96 Jamaica 10:05.35 WOMEN - 800m (01): NOTE: By far the heavy favorite here, Oregon's Raevyn Rogers cruised to the win in a pedestrian 2:04.62. Rogers has dipped under the two minute barrier, and won the NCAA and USA Junior Outdoor titles --Asst. Ed. 1. Raevyn Rogers 96 United States 2:04.62 Gold 2. Priscilla Morales 96 Puerto Rico 2:08.46 PB Silver 3. Evelyne Guay 96 Canada 2:08.52 Bronze 4. Erinn Stenman-Fahey 97 Canada 2:09.42 5. Ruby Stauber 97 United States 2:11.62 6. Liliane Mariano 96 Brazil 2:12.36 7. Eliana Chavez Valencia 97 Colombia 2:20.99 8. Andrea Foster 96 Guyana 2:24.32 1500m (02): NOTE: Kate Murphy --a rising junior in high school from Virginia-- exploded onto the national scene this year and continued her improvement with a gold medal winning performance here --Asst. Ed. 1. Kate Murphy 99 United States 4:21.36 Gold 2. Arlety Thaureaux Guevara 97 Cuba 4:22.79 Silver 3. Sarah Feeny 96 United States 4:23.21 Bronze 4. Alondra Negron 98 Puerto Rico 4:30.87 5. Alexandra Lucki 96 Canada 4:32.83 6. Nicole Hutchinson 97 Canada 4:42.83 7. Liliane Mariano 96 Brazil 4:48.58 8. Lina Martiza Pantoja Hid 96 Colombia 4:50.95 9. Andrea Foster 96 Guyana 4:58.19 3000m (31): NOTE: Harvard-bound Erin Dietz went wire to wire in front, winning in 9:37.51 --Asst. Ed. 1. Erin Dietz 97 United States 9:37.51 Gold 2. Mirelle Martens 96 Canada 9:41.20 PB Silver 3. Saida Meneses 97 Peru 9:43.91 PB Bronze 4. Anne-Marie Comeau 96 Canada 9:50.35 PB 5. Sheyla Paucar 97 Peru 10:29.90 5000m (01): NOTE: Texas's Rachael Reddy set a meet record and personal best to win gold over 12 and a half laps. North Carolina's Caroline Alcorta was third --Asst. Ed. 1. Rachael Reddy 96 United States 16:23.35 CR/PB* Gold 2. Anne-Marie Comeau 96 Canada 16:35.38 PB Silver 3. Caroline Alcorta 96 United States 16:48.48 Bronze 4. Saida Meneses 97 Peru 17:03.11 5. Ariadna Abigail Rivera 97 Mexico 17:10.63 PB 6. Lina Martiza Pantoja Hid 96 Colombia 17:40.40 7. Aurelie Dube-Lavoie 96 Canada 17:48.70 *Championships Record; previous 16:34.59, Yaremis Torres, Cuba, 1997 3000m S/C (01): NOTE: The first distance event gold medal awarded to a country other than the United States. It went to Canada's Charlotte Prouse who won going away --Asst. Ed. 1. Charlotte Prouse 97 Canada 10:12.44 PB Gold 2. Hannah Christen 96 United States 10:24.32 PB Silver 3. Alexandra Harris 99 United States 10:31.79 PB Bronze 4. Carolina Lozano 96 Argentina Republic 10:35.73 5. Jessy Lacourse 97 Canada 10:41.24 SB 6. Kathrine Ruth Tisalema 96 Ecuador 10:45.21 NJR/PB DQ-- Erika Mariela Pilicita 98 Ecuador [Rule 142.4a]
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