DEBRECEN, Hungary - Allyson Felix kicked off a record-setting day for Team USA at the World Youth Championships Friday, winning the first gold medal of the meet with an 11.57 in the 100 meters.

American athletes won six medals, including two silvers and three bronzes to dominate the day's competition at this second edition of the meet that brings together the finest 15-17 year old athletes in the world.

Felix, a Santa Clarita, Calif. High schooler, said, "I was a little bit worried coming in, but I knew that if my start was good I would be in with a chance to win. She (Jamaica's Kerron Stewart) was ahead of me early, but I concentrated on my own race and passed her with about 30 meters to go."

Willie Hordge and Jonathan Wade ran to a 2-3 sweep for the U.S. in the men's 100, with Hordge picking up silver in 10.41 behind Trinidad's Darrel Brown (10.31), and Wade capturing the bronze at 10.53.

Hordge, who will be a senior at Houston's Forest Brook High School in the fall, said, "I thought I could beat Brown if I got out even with him, but he beat me at the start and that was the difference. I'm not too disappointed with the silver, but I know I have enough to win on the right day."

Silver went to Californian Ashley Lodree in the women's 100 hurdles, where she finished in a dead heat with South Africa's Carla Fick in 13.75 seconds. Lodree's personal best entering the meet was 13.90.

Another California prep star, Irvine's Michelle Sanford, had a day of days in the triple jump, recording personal bests on four of her six attempts on the way to a 13.22/43-4.5 effort that earned her bronze. All this despite forgetting her jumping shoes at the team hotel and having to wait anxiously for a coach to race back from downtown in a taxi with the spikes. Her leap was the second best by a U.S. high schooler in 2001, and was a two-foot improvement on her previous best.

Missouri state champion Amarachi Ukabam added a WYC bronze to her medal cabinet with a fifth-round throw of 46.12/151-4 in the women's discus to close out the successful day for Team USA.

In other action Friday:

--Brian Calhoun improved his PR in the long jump to 7.38/24-2.5 to place seventh.

--Jonathan Walker ran the fastest time in the semifinals of the men's 400 hurdles, dropping his personal best by almost two seconds to 51.35. The next fastest qualifier clocked in at 51.73.

--Stephanie Smith (53.45) and Jerrika Chapple (53.63) won their semifinal heats and were the two fastest qualifiers for the final in the women's 400.

--For the first time in recent international junior/youth competition, two U.S. men qualified for the 1500 finals. Adam Perkins (3:52.19) and Rolf Steier (3:54.17) each set personal bests and placed fifth in their qualifying heats. Perkins, the Missouri state champ from Liberty, said, "When I looked at the scoreboard clock on the last lap, I thought, 'geez, this is too easy to be running this fast'. I just went with the lead pack as far as I could and tried to make sure I was in range to qualify."

--Pennsylvania prep Courtney Clark ran a personal best of 61.50 to grab a spot in the finals of the women's 400 hurdles.

--Dexter Faulk crossed the line at 13.72 to advance to the semifinals of the men's 110 hurdles despite being unfamiliar with the lower international youth hurdles, which are 36 inches, compared to the U.S. high school height of 39 inches. Tyler Morton failed to advance with a 14.64.

--Louisiana high schooler Rachel Walker set a personal best of 49.24/161-6 to qualify for the final of the women's javelin. Hannah Warfield did not advance with her 36.97/121-3 toss.

--Matthew Erickson, a freshman at the University of Idaho, failed to advance from the semis of the men's 400 with a 49.67.

--Trey Bell (15-1.25) and Donovan Kilmartin (14-5.25) did not qualify for the finals of the men's pole vault.

--Wisconsin's Gavin Ball threw the men's discus 162-8, but did not advance to the final.

--Eric Black finished second in the final event of the octathlon, running the 1000 meters in 2:40.40, but ended up 24th overall with a score of 5308 points.

***NOTES***

--Tissilli Rogers was injured in the women's 100 final, straining a quadricep and falling to the track midway through the race.

--Team USA won seven medals, including four golds, at the inaugural World Youth Championships in 1999. The first-ever U.S. gold medalist was LaShauntea Moore in the 200 meters.