17 year-old Jaheel Hyde (49.49) of Jamaica has not broken 50.50 since the end of March but that mark is the Jamaican Junior Record.  He won the World Youth 110 Hurdles last year.  USA and Baylor’s Tim Holmes (49.90) has 3 of the top 4 and 4 of the top 6 times this year. He is the favorite with all his top performances in tough US competitions (including 4th at the NCAA meet) and experience at Hayward Field.

Another 17 year-old performer is Kenneth Selmon (50.13).  He is headed to North Carolina next year after not losing to a high school athlete this year.  He qualifed for the World Youth Meet last year but he did not go.  

IAAF Preview 

Junior Men’s 400 Hurdles (top 10 Performances, top 10 Performers) 

WJR Danny Harris USA 48.02 1984

WJ MR Kerron Clement USA 48.51 2004

Rank   Mark        Competitor          Nat            DOB          

  *1     49.49      Jaheel Hyde          Jam         2 Feb 1997

  *2     49.90      Tim Holmes         USA         2 Jul 1995 

           50.02      Holmes

           50.07      Holmes

  *3     50.13      Kenneth Selmon  USA       27 Aug1996

           50.35      Holmes

           50.48      Selmon

    4     50.49      Chia-Hsuan Yu     Tpe        22 Jan 1995

           50.50      Hyde 

           50.56      Holmes

           (10 Performances by 4 athletes)

  *5     50.61      Guozhong Wang   Chi        31 Jan 1995

  *6     50.62      Khallifah Rosser  USA       13 Jul 1995

  *7     50.65      Jose Luis Gaspar  Cub        25 Aug1995 

  *8     50.68      Jonas Hanssen      Ger        15 July 1995

  *9     50.71A   Ruan Mentz          RSA       12 Jan 1995

  10     50.73      Desmond Palmer  USA      30 Jul 1995

• Competing

2012 World Junior

1 Eric Futch USA 50.24

2 Takuhiro Matsumoto Jap 50.41

3 Ibrahim M Saleh RSA 50.47