Arman Hall of the United States won gold in the 400 Meter Run for men with his time of 46.01. His triumph was easily the top American performance on a day with only a few final events. Alphas Kishoyian of Kenya placed second with a time of 46.58 & Poland’s Patryk Dobek was third with 46.67. Canadian Brendan Restall ran 47.34 to take seventh.
The women’s 400 Meter Run saw Americans shut out in the medal count, when Robyn Reynolds of the US placed fourth in a time of 52.72. To her credit that time was her season’s best. The victory in the event went to Shaunae Miller of Bahamas, who was clocked in 51.84. Canadian Christian Brennan of Ontario Province claimed silver with her time of 52.12, while Jamaican Olivia James was right behind in third with 52.14. Kendell Baisden of the US placed sixth with 53.01.
For US athletes Day Three proved to be a challenge with no competitors in the men’s Hurdles, women’s Triple Jump, Men’s High Jump or in the Women’s Race Walk. There were no Americans in the Two Kilometer Men’s Steeplechase but Canada’s Dean Clifford held up North American honor placing eighth in 5:52. Kenyan runners went 1 – 2 in the event with Conseslus Kipruto (5:28.65) & Gilbert Kirui (5:30) claiming the top two medals. Zacharia Kiprotich of Uganda came home in 5:37 to take third. Surprisingly an Ethiopian runner came in ‘only’ seventh. The Men’s Hammer Throw championship was won by Bence Pasztur of Hungary, who threw 82.60 and won the event by almost four meters. Rudy Winkler of the United States placed seventh with 68.14.
American Junior Champion Shelbi Vaughan was impressive today in the qualifier in the Women’s Discus and she had the top throw of the day with 53.78. Bin Feng of China was second with 50.78. Unfortunately Chamaya Turner of the US did not move on to the finals after failing to secure a legal mark. The US continues to have high hopes in the women’s 800 Meters after the semi-finals in that event. There were three events today and all three heats had rather brisk times considering that it was still just a qualifier. Ajee Wilson of New Jersey had the fastest time of the day, when she triumphed in the last heat of the day in 2:03.17, yet Jessica Judd of Great Britain was right behind her with 2:03.80. Amy Weissenback, the American & World leader in the event for the year, finished second in her heat with a time of 2:05.84. Kate Snowden of Great Britain won the heat with 2:05.67. Chenyu Wang won the first heat with a time of 2:05.13. Canada’s Julia Zrinyi, who was clocked in 2:06.78, had the ninth best of the day but sadly only the top eight runners move on to the finals. Still, like Rudy Winkler of the US in the Hammer, ninth in the World still sounds quite well – it would just be nice to have a medal to proclaim it.
For those, who like to look ahead, there will be ten final event and Americans will be in half of them. Shelbi Vaughn will compete in the Discus, which she did quite well in today. The women’s 1500 Meters will have two Americans representing the nation: Cami Chapus & Hannah Meier. Also on tap tomorrow are the Women’s Pole Vault, Sydney White represents the US, Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles, Nnenya Hailey represents the US, and the Men’s High Jump, where Justin Fondren will carry American hopes. Looking further ahead to Sunday the Northwest will have two US aspirants with at least a reasonable shot at a medal – Maddie Meyers & Amy-Eloise Neale. Amy will actually represent Great Britain, so Brianna Nerud will will be the third American in the event.