SUDTIROL, Italy -- Stockdale's Alex Collatz was second in the girls discus in May at the Central Section track and field championships and second last month at the CIF state meet.
Now she's second in the world.
Collatz tossed her second throw 50.09 meters (164 feet, 4 inches) Saturday in the girls discus finals at the IAAF World Youth Championships. That was good for a silver medal, nearly a full meter better than third-place Shanice Craft of Germany.
China's Shanshan Li won the gold medal with a 51.65-meter (169-5). Collatz has one throw better than that in her career, a 177-0 at the state meet in Clovis.
Li threw her 51.65 on her first attempt, then added four other throws above 50 meters. Collatz's next-best attempt was a 49.41 (162-1) on her fifth attempt. She fouled on her sixth and final throw.
Collatz was second at both the section and state meets to Shafter's Anna Jelmini, who holds the national high school record in the event. Jelmini, 18, is too old to compete in the youth championships; competitors must turn 16 or 17 during 2009.
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Alex Collatz (Stockdale, Bakersfield, Ca.), the world Youth leader at 177-0, took the early first round lead with a throw of 161-11 before Shanshan Li of China answered later in the same round with a 169-9 for the second best throw in the world this year by a Youth. Collatz answered in the second round with a throw of 164-4. Neither thrower was able to improve in the final four rounds and first and second had been decided. Margaret Satupai of Samoa was third after the first round at 160-11 and remained there until the third round when Shanice Craft of Germany threw 161-7 and that turned out to be the bronze medal throw.