Chavez Penn grabs last qualifying spot for triple jump final at World U20 Championships
LIMA, Peru — Jamaica’s Chavez Penn secured the last qualifying spot for the men’s triple jump final during Tuesday’s opening session of the World Athletics Under 20 Championships in Lima, Peru.
Penn’s best mark of 15.32m (1.0m/s) came in the final round as he edged Columbia’s Santiago David Theran’s 15.30m (-1.3m/s) to advance to Thursday’s final.
Penn jumped 15.11m (-1.6m.s) in the opening round but fouled his second round effort.
Both women’s discus throwers, Shamoyea Morris and Najhada Seymoure, failed to get past the first round.
Seymoure could only manage 47.24m, which she threw twice before fouling her final effort, for 12th in her group while Morris had one legal mark, 43.82m, in her group.
Kitania Headley was eighth in her women’s 800m first round race, running two minutes 14.81 seconds and did not make progress.
— Paul A Reid
