Year-End Rankings Feature
32 Total Sports Athletes
Posted January 13th, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Sprint newcomer Carmelita Jeter (Nike/USA) and jumps veteran Pegge Devetzi (Adidas/GRE) headline the year-end Track and Field News world rankings which featured 14 Total Sports athletes. Jeter completed the 2007 season ranked no. 3 in the women’s 100 meters according to the magazine, while Devetzi earned the same ranking in the women’s triple jump.
Xavier “X-Man” Carter (Nike/USA) [Pictured]bounced back from an early season injury and ranked no. 4 in the men’s 200 meters, while Luis Tsatoumas (Puma/GRE) used a big early season jump to rank 4th in the men’s long jump. Joining Carter and Tsatoumas with a no. 4 ranking was one-lap specialist Novlene Williams (Adidas/JAM) who took the bronze medal in Osaka. David Payne (Nike/USA) rounded out the list of Total Sports athletes in the top five ranking at no. 5 over the short barriers. Lolo Jones (Asics/USA) in the 100 hurdles, and Kenia Sinclair (Nike/USA) in the 800 meters, just missed top five rankings as they finished in the no. 6 spot in their respective events.
The year-end Track and Field News U.S. rankings featured 14 Total Sports athletes in top five positions.
Leading the way with a number one ranking was steeplechaser Lisa Galaviz (Nike). Galaviz set the American record this past summer in at the KBC Night of Athletics in Huesden, Belgium.
Jeter used her bronze medal performance at the World Championships to secure the no. 2 position in the women’s 100 meters, while 800 meter standout Nick Symmonds (Nike Oregon Track Club) also ranked no. 2 after representing the U.S. in Osaka.
Carter - 200m; Aaron Aguayo (Nike) - men’s 3k steeple; Payne - 110h; Jacob Pauli (Nike) - men’s Pole Vault; and Jones - 100h, all earned no. 3 rankings for 2007.
Below is a complete list of Total Sports athletes ranking by event:
200m - Xavier “X-Man” Carter (Nike) World 4th, U.S. 3rd
400m - Gary Kikaya (Nike) World 7th; Ayre (Puma) World 10th
800m - Gary Reed (Nike) World 9th; Nick Symmonds (Nike) U.S. 2nd, Jonathan Johnson (Reebok) U.S. 5th
1500m - John Jefferson (Nike Oregon Track Club) U.S. 10th
110h - David Payne (Nike) World 5th, U.S. 3rd
400h - Danny McFarlane (Rbk) World 9th; Periklis Iakovakis World 10th
3k sc - Aaron Aguayo (Nike) U.S. 3rd
HJ - Andra Manson (Nike) U.S. 7th
PV - Jacob Pauli (Nike) U.S. 3rd, Tim Mack (Nike) U.S. 5th
LJ - Luis Tsatoumas (Puma) World 4th; John Moffitt (Nike) U.S. 5th
SP - Sheldon Battle (Unatt.) U.S. 8th
100 - Carmelita Jeter (Nike) World 3rd, U.S. 2nd
200 - LaShauntea Moore (Adidas) World 8th, U.S. 4th
400 - Novlene Williams (Adidas) World 4th; Moushaumi Robinson (Nike) U.S. 9th
800 - Kenia Sinclair (Nike) World 6th
1500 - Nicole Teter (Nike Oregon Track Club) U.S. 7th, Amy Mortimer (Reebok) U.S. 9th
3k sc - Lisa Galaviz (Nike) U.S. 1st, Carrie Messner-Vickers (Asics) U.S. 5th, Desiraye Osburn (New Balance) U.S. 6th
100h - Lolo Jones (Asics) World 6th, U.S. 3rd, Nichole Denby (Nike) U.S 4th
400h - Shauna Smith (Nike) U.S. 10th
TJ - Piyi Devetzi (Adidas) World 3rd
For more information contact Mark Block or Chris Layne of Total Sports Management at (423) 282-3888.
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