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Women's 100 Hurdle Preview - IAAF World Junior Championships 2014
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Kendell Williams of the USA and University of Georgia would have been in contention to win gold in both the 100 hurdles and Heptathlon if not for the long collegiate track season. She set a Pentathlon World Record Indoors to take the NCAA indoor title and set an American Junior Record early in the outdoor season. Focusing on just the 100 hurdles for this meet and it seems that limiting her focus has helped her set a US Junior record and #2 all-time junior mark at the US junior championships. She was 3rd at the World Youth meet in this event in 2011. Dior Hall tried to challenge Williams but couldn't stay with the more powerful Williams. She set a US high school record to finish second at the US junior meet in 13.00. She has international experience also with her DQ in the final of the 2012 World Junior Meet and she was second at the World Youth Meet last year. Yanique Thompson of Jamaica is 23rd on the world junior list this year (13.55) but won the World Youth Meet last year in 12.94. She had only run 13.23 going into the meet last year. Yasmin Miller of Great Britain (13.34) and Sarah Missinne of Belgium (13.39) are also within striking distance to get an upset
Junior Women’s 100 Hurdles (top 10 Performances, top 10 Performers) WJR Aliuska Lopez Esp 12.84 1987 WJ MR Aliuska Lopez Esp 12.96 1988 Rank Mark Wind Competitor Nat DOB *1 12.87 +2.0 Kendell Williams USA 14 Jun 1995 12.99 +1.8 Williams *2 13.00 +2.0 Dior Hall USA 2 Jan 1996 13.09A+1.6 Hall 13.17 +1.6 Hall 3 13.23 +1.8 Sasha Wallace USA 21 Sep 1995 13.24 +0.4 Wallace 13.32 +1.0 Williams 13.32 +0.4 Williams 13.32 +0.9 Hall (10 Performances by 3 athletes) 4 13.33 +0.5 Alexis Duncan USA 16 Aug 1998 5 13.34 +0.5 Sydney McLaughlin USA 7 Aug 1999 *5 13.34 +0.5 Yasmin Miller GBr 24 May 1995 7 13.35 +0.9 Akela Jones Bar 22 Apr 1995 8 13.37 +0.9 Jasmine Quinn USA 21 Aug 1996 9 13.38A +1.6 Ashley Miller USA 17 Feb 1998 *10 13.39 +1.7 Sarah Missine Bel 16 May 1995
* Competing 2012 World Junior -2.4 m/s 1 Morgan Snow USA 13.38 2 Noemi Zbaren Swi 13.42 3 Ekaterina Bleskina Russia 13.43
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