Age 12 wTJ WR

[bad hammy]

Kinda lost in the shuffle, from this year's GWI on June 11th.

(At the bottom of the Gabe article in today's Oakland Trib: http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_3988806?source=rss)

"LEAPS AND BOUNDS: Ciarra Brewer, the 12-year-old from Union City, keeps getting better. The owner of three world age-group records in the long jump, she set her first global mark in the triple jump earlier this month when she leaped 38 feet, 61/4 inches against the best high school athletes in the country at the Golden West Invitational.

Brewer, who will compete in several national youth events this summer, also improved her personal best in the long jump to 18-11. She's chasing the world age-group mark of 19-7."

And she lives in Union City, so it will be on to HS powerhouse James Logan for her when she is of age.

[tafnut]

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discus ... hp?t=20154

[bad hammy]

Guess I could have searched, but what fun is that!

[Marlow]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

Still hanging around
NCAA wTJ
4 Ciarra Brewer FR Florida 13.65m 44-9 ½ +1.1

[unclezadok]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

And not really jumping all that much farther.
There's no excuse for the USA's women TJers. Good grief, African countries with gross national products of $400 have better triple jumpers.

[Marlow]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

And not really jumping all that much farther.

She's 18 facryinoutloud. Have some patience . . . :twisted:

She's #2 on this year's Junior list at iaaf.org

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists ... etail.html

[Master Po]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

I'm with marlow -- I'd rather observe her progress than hold her to account for (a) having been a great 12 year old and (b) the sorry state of USA TJing.

Here is her annual progression (assuming the performance noted in the 2006 link was her best for that year):

2006: 38' 6.25"
2008: 41' 8.25"
2009: 43' 4.25"
2010: 41' 5.25"
2011: 43' 2.5"
2012: 44' 9.5"

[26mi235]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

And with a wind-assist, an American went 47ft (minus a tiny fraction) for about half an hour, when cameras were used to decide she was 1 mm over the line.

[unclezadok]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

I agree, the sorry state of US women triple jumpers is not her fault.

[preston]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

And not really jumping all that much farther.

She's 18 facryinoutloud. Have some patience . . . :twisted:

She's #2 on this year's Junior list at iaaf.org

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists ... etail.html

In 2011 Brewer had the longest jump by an American junior...she jumped 13.16 and was 29th on the junior list

...and her 13.58 from 2012 would put her in the top-10 in 2011 but it's VERY early still and there were 15 athletes who listed ahead of Brewer in 2011 who jumped as far or farther than she did last year.

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists ... etail.html

Marlow, knows that there is probably no bigger critic of wTJ on this board than me but Brewer is progressing alright. In fact, at the last 7 World Junior Champs, 13.58 would only get her a medal one time (bronze in 1998) but it would make her one of the leaders of qualifying for the finals every year.

[Marlow]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

Marlow, knows that there is probably no bigger critic of wTJ on this board than me

We are ALL big critics of Ami wTJ; we just all differ on the reasons for our pitifulness!

[preston]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

Brewer qualified for the final at WJC

http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4872/AT-T ... --.RS4.pdf
RANK PLACE GROUP DATE of BIRTH RESULT WIND
RESULT NAME COUNTRY AGE DATE VENUE
World Junior Record 14.62 Tereza MARINOVA BUL 19 25 Aug 1996 Sydney
Championships Record 14.62 Tereza MARINOVA BUL 19 25 Aug 1996 Sydney
World Junior Leading 13.91 Liuba M. ZALDÍVAR CUB 19 27 May 2012 La Habana (EP)

1 1 A 1438 Dovilé DZINDZALETAITÉ LTU 14 Jul 93 13.85 Q w 2.7 m/s
2 1 B 1159 Liuba M. ZALDÍVAR CUB 05 Apr 93 13.80 Q 0.5 m/s
3 2 A 1197 Ana PELETEIRO ESP 02 Dec 95 13.63 Q NJ 0.6 m/s
4 3 A 1369 Francesca LANCIANO ITA 03 Apr 94 13.59 Q NJ 1.6 m/s
5 2 B 1048 Ekaterina SARIYEVA AZE 18 Dec 95 13.37 Q NJ 1.0 m/s
6 4 A 1690 Hanna ALEKSANDROVA UKR 11 Jul 93 13.32 Q 0.5 m/s
7 3 B 1359 Ottavia CESTONARO ITA 12 Jan 95 13.23 q 1.0 m/s
8 5 A 1586 Darya NELOVKO RUS 09 Feb 94 13.18 q w 3.2 m/s
9 4 B 1730 Ciarra BREWER USA 03 Dec 93 13.11 q 0.1 m/s
10 5 B 1410 Dilyara ABUOVA KAZ 06 Jan 94 13.06 q 1.2 m/s
11 6 A 1120 Mudan CHEN CHN 04 Oct 93 13.01 q 0.9 m/s
12 6 B 1583 Victoria LEONOVA RUS 02 Dec 94 12.96 q 1.0 m/s
13 7 B 1667 Rabaa REZGUI TUN 19 Mar 93 12.96 0.6 m/s
14 7 A 1304 Sabrina MICKENAUTSCH GER 25 May 93 12.84 0.3 m/s
15 8 A 1245 Rouguy DIALLO FRA 05 Feb 95 12.81 1.7 m/s
16 9 A 1750 Jennifer MADU USA 23 Sep 94 12.74 1.6 m/s

[Marlow]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

Ciarra finished 6th in the finals at 43-10.75, to which I say

Well done!!

[preston]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

I agree. Good job by Brewer. However, (face it, you KNEW there was going to be a "however") as for American wTJ ... the Spanish 16-year old jumped 14.17 to win!!! And the Lithuanian 18 y/o also jumped 14.17. I use their ages because we can't argue that they've been jumping for 10 years (like you have in the past); these girls are relative neophytes in training age and have just been coached better than the HUNDREDS (500? 600?) of American collegiate wTJ'ers and ALL of the American post-collegiate wTJ'rs! Almost every junior in the final could have wiped the floor with almost every single older American NCAA athlete. Why? you've argued previously about body type and athletic ability; did you see the Mudan Chen of CHN? The medallists were undoubtedly studs but NOTHING like some of the talents that American NCAA coaches have to work with. These foreign coaches are doing more with as least as much and sometimes less.

Again, good job by Brewer, but she needs to turn the light on to show a lot more the way.

[Marlow]

Re: Age 12 wTJ WR

Again, good job by Brewer, but she needs to turn the light on to show a lot more the way.

Agreed!