at the Euro u-18 Championships today:
our girls go 1-2(tie) in the 100 in a brilliant finish that had 3 girls finish with the same official time.
our boys go 2-3 (and 5th) in the 100 in an-almost-as sparkling race that had 4 sprinters within .04 of each other.
our boys go 1-2-3 in the 200, in a superb final that saw 7 of the 8 sprinters finish in 21.++. a 16-year-old German (Alexander Czysch) took first in a European U-18 Championship record 21.15, while another 16-year-old German (Daniel Regenfuß) finished just behind him in 21.19.
our girls go 3-4 in the 200.
our boys go 2-3 in the high jump.
in the boys 400, a 16-year old Italian (Lorenzo Benati) set a European u-18 Championship record, finishing in a blazing 46.85.
in the girls 400, our ladies go 1-2-3 in a display of BRILLIANT young talent. a 16-year old Czech (Barbora Malikova) set a European u-18 Championship record, finishing in an equally- blazing 52.66. she also won the 400 in the World Youth Championships last year. a 17-year old German also finished in under 53 seconds, and a 15-year old Russian girl took third in 53.09. wow!