FitzSimons off to World Juniors

The IAAF World Junior Championships start today in Moncton, Canada. Still short of his 18th birthday, Villanova signee Chris FitzSimons (Hamden, CT) will bring his 1:48.83 PR (10th best in the entire 56-person field) and compete for the USA at 800 meters. The men's heat at 800 start Friday, with the finals on Sunday afternoon. FitzSimons anchored Hamden High to both the 4 x 800 and DMR national titles earlier this summer. Here are all the competitors at 800 meters:

800 Metres Men

UPDATED AS AT 19 JULY 2010 - 10:00

BIB NAME COUNTRY D.O.B. PB SB QUALIF. BEST

721 Mohamad AL-GARNI QAT 2 JUL 92 1:46.76 1:46.76 1:46.76
725 Hamza DRIOUCH QAT 16 NOV 94 1:46.85 1:46.85 1:46.85
385 Niall BROOKS GBR 8 JUL 91 1:47.29 1:47.29 1:47.29
892 Casimir LOXSOM USA 17 MAR 91 1:47.98i 1:47.98i 1:47.98 i
856 Robby ANDREWS USA 29 MAR 91 1:48.02i 1:48.02i 1:48.02 i
667 Thomas ROTH NOR 11 FEB 91 1:48.16 1:48.16 1:48.16
388 Adam COTTON GBR 26 JAN 92 1:48.30 1:48.30 1:48.30
333 Muhammed AMAN ETH 10 JAN 92 1:46.34 1:48.50 1:46.34
359 Pierre-Ambroise BOSSE FRA 11 MAY 92 1:48.64 1:48.64 1:48.64
879 Chris FITZSIMONS USA 8 AUG 92 1:48.83 1:48.83 1:48.83
416 Michel BERNING GER 27 FEB 91 1:48.95 1:48.95 1:48.95
294 Ahmed FARAG EGY 2 MAR 93 1:49.00 1:49.00 1:49.00
336 Esrael AWOKE ETH 5 APR 94 1:49.02 1:49.02 1:49.02
364 Samir DAHMANI FRA 3 APR 91 1:49.13i 1:49.13i 1:49.13 i
440 Andreas LANGE GER 29 JAN 91 1:49.13 1:49.13 1:49.13
491 Mark PATTERSON IRL 23 JAN 91 1:49.20 1:49.20 1:49.20
414 Florian BADER GER 13 FEB 91 1:49.27 1:49.27 1:49.27
570 David Mutinda MUTUA KEN 20 APR 92 1:47.9 1:49.37 1:47.9
490 Darren MCBREARTY IRL 8 MAR 91 1:49.37 1:49.37 1:50.01
271 Miroslav BURIAN CZE 9 AUG 92 1:49.38i 1:49.38i 1:49.38 i
778 Žan RUDOLF SLO 9 MAY 93 1:49.47 1:49.47 1:49.47
810 Farkhod KURALOV TJK 18 OCT 93 1:49.47 1:49.47 1:49.47
839 Halit KILIÇ TUR 1 MAR 92 1:49.47 1:49.47 1:49.47
792 Rickard GUNNARSSON SWE 91 1:49.52 1:49.52 1:49.52
729 Adrian CIRNARU ROU 19 MAY 91 1:49.61i 1:49.61i 1:49.61 i
765 Vasiliy SADILOV RUS 21 SEP 91 1:49.64 1:49.64 1:49.64
337 Fikadu DEJENE ETH 29 DEC 92 1:49.74 1:49.76 1:49.74
310 Pablo FERNÁNDEZ ESP 22 JUL 91 1:49.84 1:49.84 1:49.84
492 Paul ROBINSON IRL 24 MAY 91 1:50.02 1:50.02 1:50.02
153 Anthonio MASCOLL BAR 17 JAN 93 1:50.07 1:50.07 1:50.07
847 Taras BYBYK UKR 27 MAR 92 1:50.07 1:50.07 1:50.07
670 Glen BALLAM NZL 21 JUN 91 1:50.15 1:50.15 1:50.15
308 Mohamed EZZAGNOUNI ESP 91 1:50.32 1:50.32 1:50.32
105 Chouaib HAMDANE ALG 9 JUN 92 1:50.49 1:50.49 1:50.49
649 Isaku MOHAMED NGR 28 AUG 92 1:50.52 1:50.52 1:50.52
716 Erick ESTRADA PUR 26 NOV 91 1:50.52 1:50.52 1:50.52
845 Alex CHEROP UGA 15 JAN 91 1:47.7 1:50.55 1:47.7
240 Tomás SQUELLA CHI 18 OCT 91 1:50.62 1:50.62 1:50.62
123 Kuey DIEW AUS 6 MAR 93 1:50.30 1:50.68 1:50.30
301 Omar BEHAOUI ESP 22 JUN 91 1:50.68 1:50.68 1:50.68
127 Adrian PLUMMER AUS 18 SEP 91 1:50.71 1:50.71 1:50.71
230 Anthony ROMANIW CAN 15 SEP 91 1:50.81 1:50.81 1:50.81
613 Charles GRETHEN LUX 1 JAN 92 1:50.87 1:50.87 1:50.87
102 Abderrahmane ANOU ALG 29 JAN 91 1:50.90 1:50.90 1:50.90
633 Christopher SANDOVAL MEX 29 OCT 91 1:50.91 1:50.91 1:50.91
711 Jorge BATISTA POR 6 JUN 91 1:50.94 1:50.94 1:50.94
540 Abedalaziz ALMERDEK JOR 26 MAR 92 1:51.68 1:51.68 1:51.68
663 Thomas Solberg EIDE NOR 20 NOV 92 1:50.33 1:52.30 1:50.33
598 Abdulaziz MOHAMMED KSA 7 JAN 91 1:58.07i 1:58.07i 1:58.07 i
577 Dickson Kipngetich TUWEI KEN 11 NOV 92 1:47.6 1:47.6
619 Amine EL MANAOUI MAR 20 NOV 91 1:47.79
253 Fabrice TAMBWE COD 3 NOV 91
608 Michael JAMES LCA 27 JUL 92
662 Abdoul Aziz KIMBA NIG 93
916 Jerry LAUTO VAN 16 JUN 91
921 Geabel Ali AL-MURADI YEM 30 JUN 94
TOTAL ATHLETES: 56