e's Tony Berrian advanced to the finals of the men's 400 meters with a second-place finish in his heat of the semifinals at the 7th IAAF/Coca-Cola World Junior Championships in Annecy, France. Berrian, who will be a sophomore at ASU this fall, clocked a 46.56, the fifth-fastest time ran in the three semifinal heats.
The top two finishers of each of the three semifinal heats and two at-large bids, based on best remaining time, advance to final later this week. Berrian, the U.S. junior national champion in the 400 meters, joins Ohio State's Andrew Pierce as the only two Americans in the final. Germany also has two participants.
Official Results - 400 METRES Men - Semi-FinalHeat 1 - Wednesday, July 29, 1998 - 18:35 Pos Lane Athlete Country Mark Reaction 1 6 PIERCE Andrew USA 46.32 Q 0.26 2 7 AL SHAMMARI Fawzi KUW 46.40 Q (NR) 0.14 3 3 SCHEER Marc Alexander GER 46.57 q (PB) 0.24 4 5 KIM Jae-Da KOR 46.94 0.15 5 1 GOMA''A Amin Badany EGY 47.60 (PB) 0.24 6 4 XU Zizhou CHN 47.62 0.27 7 2 NAISMITH David GBR 47.73 0.27 8 8 CARD Liam CAN 48.03 0.32 Heat 2 - Wednesday, July 29, 1998 - 18:40 Pos Lane Athlete Country Mark Reaction 1 6 VINCENT Casey AUS 46.49 Q 0.18 2 1 PIERRE Simon TRI 46.66 Q 0.16 3 4 WILSON Alloy GBR 46.69 q (PB) 0.21 4 3 NIANG Ousmane SEN 46.88 (NR) 0.26 5 8 FALLER Ruwen GER 46.96 0.23 6 2 AUGUSTIN Fernando MRI 47.42 (PB) 0.21 7 5 NDUNGU Evanson KEN 47.51 0.14 8 7 DUNAJ Przemyslaw POL 48.03 0.23 Heat 3 - Wednesday, July 29, 1998 - 18:45 Pos Lane Athlete Country Mark Reaction 1 6 AWAZIE Nduka NGR 45.90 Q (PB) 0.14 2 5 BERRIAN Tony USA 46.56 Q 0.14 3 4 COMAN Tomas IRL 46.82 (NR) 0.37 4 1 OKUSAKO Masayuki JPN 47.36 0.12 5 8 BATMAN Daniel AUS 47.41 0.15 6 3 AL BISHI Hamdan O. KSA 47.47 0.18 7 2 FREITAS Luis POR 48.11 0.17 8 7 HERNANDEZ Williams VEN 48.77 0.15