19/06/2019   Agropoli (ITA): Friday and Saturday the U18 Individual Championships






Weekend dedicated to Individual U18 Championships.

Agropoli will host the most important event of the season at U18 level, the one in which the titles of Italian Champion will be distributed.
The race races will take place as usual, on the track, on the classic 10.000m distances for U18 boys and 5.000m distances for U18 girls.
Races are scheduled as follows:
- 5.000m U18 girls: direct final Friday 21.6.2019 at 20:15
- 10.000m U18 boys: direct final Saturday 22.6.2019 at 19:40
 
As usual, participation in youth categories is of high interest.
 
 
5.000m women track walk
 
They are entered in 38.
 
The favors of the forecast are all for Martina Casiraghi (ITA) unbeaten this year in Italy among the U18s that boasts a personal best on the distance of 24:18.27
Here is her seasonal result on distance
 

 

DATE COMPETITION CNT. PL. RESULT
28 APR 2019  Trofeo Ugo Frigerio, Mariano Comense  ITAITA  1.  25:31.04 
04 MAY 2019  U18 Regional Ch., Mariano Comense  ITAITA  1.  25:41.54 
11 MAY 2019  Regional Ch., Mariano Comense  ITAITA  3.  24:18.27 
26 MAY 2019  BRIXIA Meeting, Bressanone  ITAITA  1.  25:00.25 
01 JUN 2019  Regional Club Ch., Bergamo  ITAITA  4.  24:39.89

 

 

 
With the second accreditation time, Alexandrina Mihai (ITA), an athlete born in 2003 in Moldova, who in the first year, as U18, only did on this distance only two races:
- the first in Vicenza on 19.5.2019 concluded in 27:58.99
- the second in La Spezia on 15.6.2019 in the final of the Clubs Championships where she was capable of 24:48.64 (improvement of 3:10.35) arriving in third place and with a walk totaly accepted by the jury.
With the third accreditation time (25:03.0) we find Alessia Titone (ITA).
 
For the first time in our opinion the race will be very interesting for the result it can offer.
 
 
Previous editions winners

 

2018: Simona Bertini in 24:26.98

2017: Alessia Mastronicola in 22:47:22

2016: Andrada Lavinia Lacatus in 24:47.84

2015: Anthea Mirabello in 24:33:26

 
 
 
10.000m men track walk
 
They are entered in 33
 
In our opinion the candidate for the victory is only one: Gabriele Gamba (ITA) who has a personal best on the track distance of 44:26.21 (obtained in Rieti, ITA last year 15.6.2018) but this year he was able to Podebrady (CZE) to get an excellent 43:41 in road distance.
We add that he had been selected for the European Cup with U20 at Alytus where he ranked 9th in 44:19.
Beyond all doubt he is the athlete to beat.
 
The adversaries are the usual ones, and among the other, registered with times inferior to that of Gamba.
They are Daniele Breda (ITA) entered with a 44:31.68 obtained to Mariano Comense on 11.5.2019 and Emiliano Brigante (ITA) entered with 44:33.94 obtained to Pordenone on the same date.
Often, however, their walk does not comply with the favor of the juries and they suffers penalties.
Among other things, even these championships will take place with the rule of penalties of 60" for boys and 30" for girls.
Another athlete that we like very much, with a walk that should instead find the favors of the juries is Pietro Pio Notaristefano (ITA) entered with the time of 46:11.01.
 
 
In short, even this U18 Championship race is very interesting and we will certainly see some twists and turns.
 
 
 
Previous editions winners

 

2018: Davide Finocchietti in 43:50.23

2017: Davide Finocchietti in 45:40.11

2016: Davide Marchesi in 46:11.14

2015: Giacomo Brandi in 44:55.74