EUGENE, Ore. (AP) β Mary Cain sprinted the last 120 meters and pulled away from the field to win the 3,000 meters at the IAAF world junior championships on Thursday night at Hayward Field.
Cain is the first U.S. woman to win a junior world title at a distance longer than 800 meters. Boxed in at the start of the final lap, she wrestled her way to the front to win in a personal-best 8 minutes, 58.48 seconds.
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk of Kenya finished second.
The 18-year-old Cain won the event at the U.S. junior championships in 9:15.81 this month at Hayward Field, putting her in the field for the worlds.
