Women’s 100m Stacked for adidas Track Classic

Posted May 9th, 2008 at 3:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Seven of the top 10 women in the world over 100 meters - including the last three World champions - are expected to toe the starting line at the adidas Track Classic Sunday, May 18 organizers announced Wednesday.

The adidas Track Classic is the second stop on USA Track & Field’s 2008 Outdoor Visa Championship Series. It will begin at 12:30 p.m. on May 18 at The Home Depot Center, on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills, and will be broadcast live on ESPN from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. PDT (4 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT).

The women’s 100m race will be a rematch of the top four finishers from the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, won in a photo finish by Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown over silver medalist Lauryn Williams and bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter. Williams is the 2005 World Champion.

They will be challenged by 2003 World champion Torri Edwards, who was fourth in Osaka, World Outdoor triple gold medalist Allyson Felix, 2006 World Indoor champion Lisa Barber, 2006 IAAF Athlete of the Year Sanya Richards, 2005 NCAA champion Marshevet Hooker and Kerron Stewart of Jamaica.

Jeter and Edwards are likely to have large cheering sections. Jeter ran for Bishop Montgomery High School in nearby Torrance, and later competed for California State University, Dominguez Hills, while Edwards competed for Pomona High School and the University of Southern California.

Felix will also double at her specialty, the 200 meters. She won back-to-back World Championships in 2005 and 2007. Tyson Gay, the three-time 2007 World champion and IAAF World Athlete of the Year, will also double. At 100m, he will go up against Derrick Atkins, the World Outdoor silver medallist from the Bahamas, while at 200m he will meet Xavier Carter, the third-fastest man in history behind Michael Johnson and Gay.

Produced by Global Athletics & Marketing, Inc., the adidas Track Classic is the second stop of USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series. Tickets, from $40 (finish line) down to $10, are now available by calling Ticketmaster at 213-480-3232 or visiting www.Ticketmaster.com. For group sales, call 1-877-AEG-TICKETS. USATF welcomes you to pay with your Visa. For more information, visit www.adidasTrackClassic.com or www.visachampionshipsseries.com.

Via USATF.

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