{"id":232847,"date":"2016-07-22T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=232847"},"modified":"2016-07-22T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:00:09","slug":"sapong-almost-matches-pb-world-u20-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sapong-almost-matches-pb-world-u20-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Sapong almost matches PB in World U20 event"},"content":{"rendered":"
The CNMI\u2019s Zarinae Sapong, left, and other runners on Heat 4 head to the starting line of the 100m qualifying race in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships last Wednesday at the Zawisza Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
(IAAF Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CNMI sprinter Zarinae Sapong completed her participation in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships after racing in the 100m event last Wednesday night at the Zawisza Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.<\/p>\n

Sapong timed in at 13.36 seconds on Heat 4 of the qualifying races, missing her personal best by just .01 second. The Commonwealth athlete posted her PB of 13.35 seconds during the 2016 Micronesian Athletics Championships in Pohnpei.<\/p>\n

The Marianas High School graduate was on Lane 3 of her heat and finished eighth in the qualifying race, which Poland\u2019s Ewa Swoboda ruled after submitting 11.10 second. Swoboda, who also posted the fastest qualifying time, made it to the semifinals along with Nigeria\u2019s Mercy Ntia-Obong (11.62 seconds), Israel\u2019s Diana Vaisman (11.69 seconds), South Africa\u2019s Tamzin Thomas (11.70 seconds), and Canada\u2019s Shyvonne Roxborough (11.78 seconds). Sapong missed the cut along with the Philippines\u2019 Kayla Anise Richardson (11.97 seconds), and Australia\u2019s Samantha Geddes (11.98 seconds).<\/p>\n

Five other qualifying heats took place last Wednesday with Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s Khalifa St. Fort (11.50 seconds), the U.S.\u2019 Candice Hill (11.63 seconds), Great Britain\u2019s Imani-Lara Lansiquot (11.17 seconds), Bahrain\u2019s Imana Isa Jassim (11.66 seconds), and Colombia\u2019s Evelyn Rivera (11.55 seconds) topping their respective groups.<\/p>\n

Rivera was on Heat 6 and were joined to the next round by Germany\u2019s Kahtrin Fehm and Bahrain\u2019s Basirah Sharifa Nasir, who clocked in at 11.60 and 11.61 seconds, respectively. Jassim reigned on Heat 5 to move into the next round with Norway\u2019s Helene Ronningen (11.69 seconds) and Spain\u2019s Lara Gomez (11.74 seconds).<\/p>\n

Lansiquot registered the second best qualifying time and the seven other runners on her heat (3) all advanced to the semis set for 6:05pm (Poland time) yesterday. The U.S.\u2019 Celera Barnes (11.51 seconds), New Zealand\u2019s Zoe Hobbs (11.53 seconds), Jamaica\u2019s Vanesha Pusey (11.60 seconds), Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s Jenea Spinks (11.66 seconds), Norway\u2019s Vilde Aasmo (11.71 seconds), and British Virgin Islands\u2019 L.T. Sha Fahie (11.78 seconds) were the other qualifiers on Heat 3.<\/p>\n

Hill led Heat 2 qualifiers and were joined by Germany\u2019s Chantal Butzek (11.73 seocnds) and Ukraine\u2019s Yana Kachur (11.78), while St. Fort won Heat 1, which also had Britain\u2019s Hannah Brier (11.63 seconds) and Barbados\u2019 Evelyn Tristan (11.81 seconds) as qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Germany is on top of the medal tally (as of 5pm yesterday Saipan time) in the six-day event with its two gold medals and one bronze. Poland also has two gold medals to place second, while China has one gold and one silver to rank third. The U.S., Ethiopia, Cuba, and Kenya have one gold each with the former adding two bronzes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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