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adidas Track Classic: Spearmon sprints past Merritt, Crawford and the X-Man

Posted May 20th, 2007 at 5:21 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The pre-race favorite in the 200m at today’s adidas Track Classic was arguably Wallace Spearmon, but the field also included Xavier “X-Man” Carter, LaShawn Merritt and 2004 Olympic Champion Shawn Crawford. However, when all was said and done, Spearmon was able to live up to the hype and earn the victory.

Merritt and Spearmon were neck and neck over the last quarter of the race, but Spearmon was able to hold on for the win. Spearmon’s winning time of 19.91 is the fastest time of the year thus far.

Merritt’s time of 19.98 set a new personal record and was his first time under 20 seconds. Shawn Crawford rounded out the top three. Carter finished a disappointing fourth - possibly the result of a late start to his training season.

Race conditions were also perfect, warm with a slight tailwind, in this very exciting and competitive early season race.

Complete Results:

1 WALLACE SPEARMON USA 19.91 1.4
2 LASHAWN MERRITT USA 19.98 1.4
3 SHAWN CRAWFORD USA 20.21 1.4
4 XAVIER CARTER USA 20.26 1.4
5 JORDAN VADEN USA 20.33 1.4
6 RODNEY MARTIN USA 20.52 1.4
7 MICHAEL MITCHELL USA 20.52 1.4
8 JUAN PEDRO TOLEDO MEX 21.13

For more information, please visit: www.adidastrackclassic.com

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