Denzel Barnett of Aviano wins the boys long jump at the DODDS-Europe track and field championships with a leap of 22 feet, 1½ inches. Ansbach's Carter Gunn was second at 21-2½ and Myles McDavid of Heidelberg was third at 21-1¾. (Peter Jaeger / S&S)

Denzel Barnett of Aviano wins the boys long jump at the DODDS-Europe track and field championships with a leap of 22 feet, 1½ inches. Ansbach's Carter Gunn was second at 21-2½ and Myles McDavid of Heidelberg was third at 21-1¾. (Peter Jaeger / S&S)

Tiffany Heard of Ansbach opens a big lead on the way to her second gold medal of the day, this one in the girls 300 meter hurdles, won in 45.90 seconds. Heard was named the most valuable runner in the girls competition. (Peter Jaeger / S&S)

Devin Jenkins of Lakenheath, third from right, wins the boys 100 meter dash in 11.32 seconds. Second was Chris Frazier of Heidelberg, fourth from right, in 11.44, while Julian Ardley, second from left, was third at 11.58. (Peter Jaeger / S&S)

Sterling Teall of Ansbach does it again ... As was the case in the boys 3,000 meter run on Friday, he waited until near the end to pass John Markman of Naples to win the boys 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 9.93 seconds. Markman was second in 4:10.58 and Daniel Parker of Wiesbaden third in 4:11.40. (Peter Jaeger / S&S)

Tiffany Heard of Ansbach, third from left, gets off to a fast start to win the girls 110 meter hurdles in 15.08 seconds. Rebecca Borner of Wiesbaden, fourth from left, was second in 16.06 seconds. (Peter Jaeger / S&S)

RUSSELSHEIM, Germany — It was a bittersweet day at the track for junior sensation Tiffany Heard of Ansbach High School.

In her first event Saturday in the DODDS-Europe Track and Field Championships, Heard set a record of 15.08 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles, erasing the 16-year-old mark of 15.53.

"That’s the fastest I’ve ever run," the beaming Heard said after the noon race.

Hours later, under a hot sun with little wind — perfect conditions for the longer hurdles race — Heard drilled through the 300-meter hurdles to another first-place finish, beating her friend and rival, Wiesbaden junior Rebecca Borner, by a few strides.

Had Heard hit another record? It’s a question that won’t be known with certainty. Race officials said they were unable to get "a good reading" on her time, and ended up giving her a 45.90, a few one-hundredths shy of the 45.50 record set in 1989. The word on the track was that the computer didn’t record the finish due to a malfunction, and no official hand-held times were taken. An Ansbach coach clocked Heard at 44.8 seconds by hand, but that was unofficial.

Heard said she was disappointed, considering this was the only meet in which she could set the record, according to DODDS-Europe track and field rules.

"I’ve been working all year to break the record," Heard, 17, said. "They kind of just took it away from me."

Heard still ended the meet on a high note, grabbing a third gold medal in the 200-meter dash and being voted the meet’s most valuable track athlete.

And the timing miscue, though unfortunate, was just blip in a day punctuated by a number of dramatic races on the track, and several competitive performances in the jumps and throws.

As a team, the Kaiserlautern girls continued their dominance, topping all the girls teams and running away with the Division I title for their fourth straight overall European crown. They had runners place in most events, and two of their relay teams took gold. Sophomores Rio Harris and Colleen Davis, senior Tracey Ely and junior Marche Bobbs blazed to a 10:08 in the 3,200-meter relay. And Harris, Ely and Bobbs later teamed with sophomore Ruby Plummer to win the 1,600-meter relay in 4:11.77. Harris had the Midas touch, winning a total of four gold medals in two days. She won the 400-meter dash on Saturday in an impressive 59.63. She also won the 800-meter run on Friday,

Division I Ramstein topped all the boys teams.

Other highlights from Saturday included:

Ansbach’s Sterling Teall added to his gold haul, winning the boys’ 1,500-meter run in 4:09.93. The University of Oregon-bound senior edged Naples senior and defending champion John Markman by less than a second. Teall tried for a third gold — on Friday he won the 3,000 meters — in the 800 meters, but finished sixth. Wiesbaden freshman Daniel Parker sprinted to a 2:00.81 time, outlasting a speedy, down-the-stretch kick by Arley Morelock of Frankfurt International School. Teall was selected the boys’ most valuable athlete on the track.