Looking ahead … and Team USA medal count update
Posted August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 PM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
After five events in the decathlon, 2003 World Outdoor Champion Tom Pappas (Knoxville, Tenn.) was in fifth place with 4,147 points, posting marks of 10.96 in the 100 (870 points), 7.44m/24-5 in the long jump (920), 16.31m/53-6.25 in the shot put (870), 2.03m/6-8 in the high jump (831) and 49.22 (851) in the 400.
Paul Terek (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) was in 10th with 4,174 points and marks of 10.95 (872), 7.26m/23-10 (876), 14.81m/48-7.25 (778), 2.0m/6-6.75 (803) and 49.34 (845). Jake Arnold (Santa Rosa, Calif.) was in 14th with 4,103 points and marks of 11.14 (830), 6.86m/22-6.25 (781), 14.73m/48-4 (773), 2.06m/6-9 (859) and 49.02 (860).
Defending gold medalist Bryan Clay (Glendora, Calif.) [Pictured] was in second place heading into the high jump, but he suffered an apparent pull of his right quadriceps while attempting to clear 2.0m and withdrew. Although he was in third place after the high jump with 3,558 points, with marks of 10.62 (947), 7.65m/25-1.75 (972), 15.51m/50-10.75 (933), 1.97m/6-5.5 (776), he could not continue.
The American men’s 4×100m relay lineup of Rodney Martin (Los Angeles, Calif.), Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville, Ark.), Darvis Patton (Fort Worth, Texas) and LeRoy Dixon (Los Angeles, Calif.) combined to get Team USA to Saturday’s final, running 38.10 to place second in Heat 2 behind Jamaica (38.02).
In the women’s 1,500m semifinals, Erin Donohue (Haddenfield, N.J.) was ninth in Heat 1 in 4:16.14, and Treniere Clement (Knoxville, Tenn.) was ninth in Heat 2 in 4:08.32. Neither made the final. Team USA’s men’s 800m due of Khadevis Robinson (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Nick Symmonds (Springfield, Ore.) also fell short in the men’s 800m semis, with Robinson placing fourth in Heat 1 in 1:45.45 and Symmonds sixth in Heat 2 in 1:46.41.
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Team USA Medal Table
Gold (8)
Tyson Gay (Fayetteville, Ark.), M100m, 9.85
Tyson Gay (Fayetteville, Ark.), M200m, 19.76 CR
Jeremy Wariner (Waco, Texas), M400m, 43.46WL
Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.), M1,500m, 3:34.77
Kerron Clement (Gainesville, Fla.), M400H, 47.61WL
Reese Hoffa (Athens, Ga.), MSP, 22.04m/72-3.75
Allyson Felix (Santa Clarita, ,Calif.), W200, 21.81WL
Michelle Perry (Santa Clarita, Calif.), W100H, 12.46
Silver (4)
LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, Va.), M400m, 43.96
Terrence Trammell (Ellenwood, Ga.), M110mH, 12.95
Adam Nelson (Charlottesville, Va.), MSP, 21.61m/70-10.75
Lauryn Williams (Miami, Fla.), W100m, 11.01
Bronze (7)
Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville, Ark.), M200m, 20.05
Angelo Taylor (Decatur, Ga.), M400m, 44.32
David Payne (Cincinnati, Ohio), M110H, 13.02
Dwight Phillips (Snellville, Ga.), MLJ, 8.30m/27-2.75
Walter Davis (Baton Rouge, La.), MTJ, 17.33m/56-10.75
Carmelita Jeter (Long Beach, Calif.), W100, 11.02
Kara Goucher (Portland, Ore), W10,000m, 32:02.05
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