EUGENE, Oregon — Eight Jamaicans will make their first appearances at the 15th IAAF World Junior Championships on today’s fourth day of the six-day Championships at Hayward Field.

It will be a busy morning for the Jamaicans with six events on the schedule — the first rounds of the women’s 100m hurdles, men’s discus men’s triple jump first round, women’s shot put, women’s high jump and men’s 800m.

The preliminary rounds of the sprint relays will also be run this afternoon, but up to press time yesterday, the Jamaican team had not decided on which four runners would contest the heats.

Michael Carr, the head coach, here told the Jamaica Observer they had something in mind. “We will wait until after the semi-finals of the 200m (later) to know exactly what we are doing.”

After being withdrawn from the 400m hurdles yesterday, Deashon Gordon, who upset World Youth Championships gold medallist Yanique Thompson at the National Junior Trials, will get her chance in the sprint hurdle event.

Both Gordon and Thompson will face the starter at 11:00 am local time (1:00 pm Jamaican time) with the first four finishers from each heat advancing to the semi-finals.

Thompson, who ran a World Youth best to win the gold in Ukraine last year, has a season-best 13.55 seconds and comes into the championships as the 12th best so far this year. Gordon, who is US-based, is three ranks lower in 15th place with her 13.61 seconds.

Kevon Robinson is the only Jamaican in the men’s 800m and while he is ranked well down the ladder, reports are that he has been working hard in training and is a long shot to make it to the final.

After winning at the Carifta Games and Central American and Caribbean Juniors, triple jumper Odaine Lewis will get the chance to prove himself against the best in the world, and stands a good chance of qualifying for the final.

His 15.86m personal best done in March has him ranked at number 14 here and he may have to beat his best if he is to get the 15.90m qualifying mark for the final.

It will be a busy day for Clayton Brown, who will be trying to make it to his second final after qualifying for the high jump final along with Christoff Bryan after Wednesday’s qualifying.

Brown is, however, suffering from a sore ankle and he might have to decide between the triple jump and the high jump finals. Glenford Watson will be the lone Jamaican in the men’s discus throw and will hope to advance to the final.

Rochelle Frazer and Gleneve Grange will take part in the qualifying of the women’s shot put, while Krista Gay Taylor will be in the preliminary rounds of the high jump.