Cain crushes USR in 1500m with a blistering 4:11.01!!

Cain (pictured at US Olympic Trials) runs fastest US HS 1500 ever. (Photo by Victah Sailer, Photorun.net)

- Barcelona, Spain - Mary Cain (Bronxville, NY) might have only been 6th in the 1500 meters final at the IAAF World Junior Championships but she certainly electrified US fans and cemented her place in prep history with a blazing time of 4:11.01.  The previous record was held by Jordan Hasay (Mission College Prep, CA; University of Oregon) a 2009 graduate who ran 4:14.50 at the US Olympic Trials in 2008.  

Her finish was quite impressive given that Mary is only a Sophomore and is just 16 years of age.  The race was won by Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (Kenya) with a time of 4:04.96.  Mary will have three more years to compete at the World Junior Champs, a scary prospect indeed if she keeps on her current pace of improvement.  

During the 2012 outoor track season in the US Mary had several break-out performances that certainly led credence to this moment being bound to happen.  Mary won the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:14.74 and more recently qualified for the IAAF final with a time of 4:14.77.  She also boasts a 2:03.34 clocking over 800 meters set in May.  

Also winning for team USA was a very impressive Ajee Wilson (Neptune, NJ) in the 800m run, winning with a US#2 All-Time clocking of 2:00.91.  Ajee won by a narrow margin over Jessica Judd (Great Britain) who was 2nd in 2:00.96.

Brianna Nerud (North Shore, NY) turned in a head-turning performance in the 3000m Steeplechase, starting with the preliminary rounds. After flirting with the USR of 10:15.26 all season long she dropped a super 10:08.15 to crush the record and qualify for the final in the event.  So anything that came in the final was gravy, and Brianna poured it on as she scorched her way to a 5th place finish, shaving another 8 seconds off with a time of 10:00.72.     

Another distance runner who came with her 'A' game was Cayla Hatton (Phillips Academy, MA) who finished 4th in the 5000m final with a US#2 All-Time clocking of 15:50.32, a time only bettered by Emily Sisson (Parkway Central, MO) who ran 15:48.91 in 2010.

Eric Futch (Penn Wood, PA) added a gold medal to the US contingent in a very tough event, the 400m Hurdles.  Futch won the race with a personal record time of 50.24, good for US#13 All-Time and the world junior lead in the event for 2012. 

Kadecia Baird (Medgar Evers Prep, NY), running for Guyana, finished 2nd in the 400m final with a blazing 51.04, good for US#5 All-Time.  

GA prep Tyreek Hill (Coffee) finished 2nd in the 200m dash with a time of 20.54, just behind LSU's Aaron Ernest, who was 2nd in 20.53.  A very impressive showing for Hill.

In the 400m Final Arman Hall (St. Thomas Aquinas, FL) finished 2nd with a time of 45.39 while Aldrich Bailey (Mansfield Timberview, TX) was 4th with a time of 45.52.

Team USA swept the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays as well.  The women's 4x100 won with a time of 43.89 and included preps Jennifer Madu and Shayla Sanders alongside collegians Morgan Snow and Dezerea Bryant.  The men won with a time of 38.67 and included preps Tyreek Hill and Aldrich Bailey in addition to collegians Arthur Delaney and Aaron Ernest. (flrunners.com recap on Sanders)

Shelbi Vaughan (Mansfield Legacy, TX) finished 3rd in the Discus finals with a throw of 60.07 meters which converts to 197-01.  

Team USA finished out the week with wins in the 4x400m relays as well.  The women took the gold with a time of 3:30.1 with prep Kendall Baisden on the squad.  For the men the win came with a quick time of 3:03.99 and included preps Arman Hall and Aldrich Bailey. (flrunners.com recap on Hall)

 

1500 Metres - W Final 

1 1424 Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon  KEN 4:04.96 (CR)
2 1618 Amela Terzic  SRB 4:07.59 (NJ)
3 1219 Senbere Teferi  ETH 4:08.28 (PB)
4 1420 Nancy Chepkwemoi  KEN 4:09.72 .
5 1273 Jessica Judd  GBR 4:09.93 (PB)
6 1733 Mary Cain  USA 4:11.01 (PB)
7 1212 Alem Embaye  ETH 4:12.92 (PB)
8 1278 Jennifer Walsh  GBR 4:12.96 (PB)
9 1606 Maruša Mišmaš  SLO 4:14.96 (PB)
10 1510 Sofia Ennaoui  POL 4:15.23 .
11 1409 Saki Yoshimizu  JPN 4:16.84 (PB)
12 1536 Luminita Achim  ROU 4:22.07
 

 

800 Metres - W Final

1 9 1773 Ajee Wilson  USA 2:00.91 (PB)
2 6 1273 Jessica Judd  GBR 2:00.96 (PB)
3 3 1445 Manal El Bahraoui  MAR 2:03.09 .
4 2 1352 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  ISL 2:03.23 .
5 8 1286 Sonja Mosler  GER 2:04.07 .
6 7 1262 Emily Dudgeon  GBR 2:04.68 .
7 4 1717 Anastasiia Tkachuk  UKR 2:04.92 .
8 5 1689

Winnie Nanyondo

 UGA 2:07.23

 

3000 Metres Steeplechase - W Final

1 1418 Daisy Jepkemei  KEN 9:47.22 (WJL)
2 1216 Tejinesh Gebisa  ETH 9:50.51 (PB)
3 1425 Stella Jepkosgei Rutto  KEN 9:50.58 (PB)
4 1575 Evdokia Bukina  RUS 9:56.46 (NJ)
5 1754 Brianna Nerud  USA 10:00.72 (NJ)
6 1309 Maya Rehberg  GER 10:03.09 (PB)
7 1234 Oona Kettunen  FIN 10:03.15 (PB)
8 1546 Adelina Elena Panaet  ROU 10:19.34 (SB)
9 1279 Pippa Woolven  GBR 10:27.95 .
10 1035 Tessa Potezny  AUS 10:28.33 .
11 1213 Yeabsira Bitew  ETH 10:30.62 .
12 1708 Oksana Rayta  UKR 10:35.40
 

 

5000 Metres - W Final

1 1214 Buze Diriba  ETH 15:32.94 .
2 1211 Ruti Aga  ETH 15:32.95 (PB)
3 1417 Agnes Jebet Tirop  KEN 15:36.74 (PB)
4 1744 Cayla Hatton  USA 15:50.32 (PB)
5 1419 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui  KEN 15:58.10 .
6 1582 Alena Kudashkina  RUS 16:05.64 .
7 1539 Monica Madalina Florea  ROU 16:08.07 (PB)
8 1775 Allison Woodward  USA 16:08.29 (PB)
9 1687 Nancy Cheptegei  UGA 16:15.49 (PB)
10 1133 Xufeng Wu  CHN 16:19.84 .
11 1408 Shiori Yano  JPN 16:21.29 .
12 1400 Moe Kyuma  JPN 16:21.36 .
13 1125 Zhixuan Li  CHN 16:24.29 (PB)
14 1430 Doyeon Kim  KOR 16:27.62 .
15 1466 Irene van Lieshout  NED 16:38.68 .
16 1467 Jip Vastenburg  NED 16:47.32 .
17 1538 Anca Maria Bunea  ROU 16:51.53 .
18 1486 Aminata Olowoora  NGR 17:59.79 .
. 1264 Emelia Gorecka  GBR DNS
 

 

400 Metres Hurdles - M Final

1 6 913 Eric Futch  USA 50.24 (WJL) 0.165
2 4 546 Takahiro Matsumoto  JPN 50.41 (PB) 0.184
3 3 598 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh  KSA 50.47 (PB) 0.198
4 5 516 Javarn Gallimore  JAM 50.49 . 0.312
5 7 367 Felix Franz  GER 50.80 . 0.192
6 2 297 Oskari Mörö  FIN 50.80 (PB) 0.153
7 9 767 Timofey Chalyy  RUS 51.17 . 0.214
8 8 789 Mitja Lindic  SLO 51.26 . 0.154

 

400 Metres - W Final

1 6 1762 Ashley Spencer  USA 50.50 (CR) 0.170
2 4 1327 Kadecia Baird  GUY 51.04 (AJ) 0.207
3 5 1759 Erika Rucker  USA 51.10 (PB) 0.217
4 7 1057 Shaunae Miller  BAH 51.78 . 0.244
5 3 1563 Justine Palframan  RSA 51.87 (NJ) 0.173
6 8 1549 Bianca Razor  ROU 52.20 (SB) 0.196
7 2 1379 Chrisann Gordon  JAM 52.31 (SB) 0.193
8 9 1383 Olivia James  JAM 52.68 (SB) 0.258

 

200 Metres - M Final

1 6 848 Delano Williams  TKS 20.48 (NJ) 0.159
2 9 911 Aaron Ernest  USA 20.53 (PB) 0.153
3 8 918 Tyreek Hill  USA 20.54 . 0.140
4 4 720 Karol Zalewski  POL 20.54 (NJ) 0.149
5 3 181 Zhenye Xie  CHN 20.66 . 0.168
6 5 336 David Bolarinwa  GBR 20.69 (PB) 0.140
7 2 55 Teray Smith  BAH 20.99 . 0.146
8 7 514 Julian Forte  JAM 21.00 . 0.149

 

400 Metres - M Final

 

1 6 228 Luguelín Santos  DOM 44.85 . 0.210
2 4 917 Arman Hall  USA 45.39 (PB) 0.158
3 8 40 Steven Solomon  AUS 45.52 (PB) 0.141
3 5 901 Aldrich Bailey  USA 45.52 . 0.149
5 9 854 Machel Cedenio  TRI 46.17 . 0.225
6 1 568 Alphas Leken Kishoyian  KEN 46.19 . 0.192
7 3 574 Boniface Ontuga Mweresa  KEN 46.50 . 0.321
8 2 778 Nikita Uglov  RUS 46.61 . 0.190
9 7 515 Javon Francis  JAM 47.57 . 0.214

 

4x100 Metres Relay - W Final

1 7 United States Junior
(Morgan SnowDezerea BryantJennifer MaduShayla Sanders)
 USA 43.89 (WJL)
2 4 Germany Junior
(Alexandra BurghardtIda MayerKatharina GrompeJessie Maduka)
 GER 44.24 (SB)
3 8 Brazil Junior
(Camila de SouzaTamiris de LizNathalia da RosaJéssica Carolina dos Reis)
 BRA 44.29 (SB)
4 3 Poland Junior
(Zuzanna KalinowskaKatarzyna SokólskaAngelika StepienKamila Ciba)
 POL 44.95 (SB)
5 2 Belgium Junior
(Orphée DepuydtCamille LausImke VervaetJustien Grillet)
 BEL 45.12 .
6 9 Netherlands Junior
(Miquella LoboTessa van SchagenNaomi SedneyMarloes Duijn)
 NED 45.22 .
. 6 Nigeria Junior
(Josephine Ada OmakaWisdom IsokenGoodness ThomasStephanie Kalu)
 NGR DQ .
. 5 Great Britain & N.I. Junior
(Dina Asher-SmithRachel JohncockDesiree HenrySophie Papps)
 GBR DNF
 

 

4x100 Metres Relay - M Final

1 6 United States Junior
(Tyreek HillAldrich BaileyArthur DelaneyAaron Ernest)
 USA 38.67 (WJL)
2 5 Jamaica Junior
(Tyquendo TraceyOdean SkeenJevaughn MinzieJazeel Murphy)
 JAM 38.97 (NJ)
3 4 Japan Junior
(Kazuma OsetoAkiyuki HashimotoAska CambridgeKazuki Kanamori)
 JPN 39.02 .
4 2 Poland Junior
(Kamil BijowskiPrzemyslaw SlowikowskiKarol ZalewskiAdam Jablonski)
 POL 39.47 .
5 3 Australia Junior
(Ben JaworskiHugh DonovanNicholas HoughMatthew Bertacco)
 AUS 39.59 .
6 8 Bahamas Junior
(Blake BartlettTeray SmithShane JonesStephen Newbold)
 BAH 39.74 .
7 9 Brazil Junior
(Leandro de AraújoYuri MonteiroRenato dos Santos JuniorRodrigo Rocha)
 BRA 39.75 .
. 7 Great Britain & N.I. Junior
(Emmanuel StephensChijindu UjahDavid BolarinwaAdam Gemili)
 GBR DQ
 

 

Discus Throw - W Final

 

1 1310 Anna Rüh  GER 62.38 .
2 1283 Shanice Craft  GER 60.42 .
3 1768 Shelbi Vaughan  USA 60.07 .
4 1501 Sositina Hakeai  NZL 56.17 (NJ)
5 1123 Siyu Gu  CHN 55.78 .
6 1652 Subenrat Insaeng  THA 54.47 .
7 1339 Krisztina Váradi  HUN 51.44 (SB)
8 1734 Alex Collatz  USA 49.28 .
9 1721 Tetiana Yuryeva  UKR 48.73 .
10 1503 Merewarihi Vaka  NZL 48.48 .
11 1594 Natalya Shirobokova  RUS 47.96 .
12 1649 Heidi Schmidt  SWE 45.54
 

 

4x400 Metres Relay - W Final

 

1 9 United States Junior
(Erika RuckerOlivia EkponeKendall BaisdenAshley Spencer)
 USA 3:30.01 (WJL)
2 6 Jamaica Junior
(Sandrae FarquharsonOlivia JamesShericka JacksonJanieve Russell)
 JAM 3:32.97 (SB)
3 3 Russia Junior
(Yana GlotovaAlina GalitskayaYuliya KoltachikhinaEkaterina Renzhina)
 RUS 3:36.42 .
4 1 Ukraine Junior
(Oksana RalkoKateryna SlyusarenkoViktoriya TkachukAnastasiia Tkachuk)
 UKR 3:37.02 .
5 2 Germany Junior
(Maike SchachtschneiderLea Madlen MeyerAnna-Sophie BellerichSonja Mosler)
 GER 3:37.23 (SB)
6 7 Canada Junior
(Alexandra CourtnallDevan WiebeJulia ZrinyiSage Watson)
 CAN 3:37.84 .
7 5 Poland Junior
(Agnieszka KarczmarczykPatrycja WyciszkiewiczMalgorzata CuryloMartyna Dabrowska)
 POL 3:37.90 (SB)
8 8 Australia Junior
(Abbey de la MotteElla SolinTessa ConsedineMorgan Mitchell)
 AUS 3:38.84 (SB)
9 4 South Africa Junior
(Justine PalframanJanet SeeligerAne FourieStephanie Wicksell)
 RSA 3:40.31
 

 

4x400 Metres Relay - M Final

 

1 5 United States Junior
(Quincy DowningAldrich BaileyChidi OkezieArman Hall)
 USA 3:03.99 (WJL)
2 3 Poland Junior
(Karol ZalewskiRafal SmolenPiotr KusnierzPatryk Dobek)
 POL 3:05.05 (NJ)
3 4 Trinidad and Tobago Junior
(Asa GuevaraJereem RichardsBrandon BenjaminMachel Cedenio)
 TRI 3:06.32 .
4 9 Australia Junior
(Jarryd BuchanJay MeaneyMax WaldronSteven Solomon)
 AUS 3:06.58 (SB)
5 6 Jamaica Junior
(Shavon BarnesJavon FrancisLennox WilliamsJermaine Fyffe)
 JAM 3:07.31 (SB)
6 2 Saudi Arabia Junior
(Ibrahim Mohammed SalehAbdullah Ahmed AbkarBandar Atiyah KaabiBasheer Atiah Al Barakati)
 KSA 3:09.26 .
7 7 Japan Junior
(Naohiro YokoyamaKenta KimuraShota KozumaKazushi Kimura)
 JPN 3:09.67 .
. 8 Italy Junior
(Vito IncantalupoMarco LorenziDavide ReMichele Tricca)
 ITA DQ