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Team USA: Day 4 Track Recap
Posted August 18th, 2008 at 2:42 PM by Stephanie Lowe
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
Team USA earned five medals Monday in Beijing, two of them gold.
BROWN-TRAFTON WINS FIRST GOLD MEDAL FOR U.S.
Stephanie Brown-Trafton surprised many as she became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the discus since 1932. After a rocky first three days, this was the first gold medal for the U.S. at the Beijing Games.
Brown-Trafton’s first throw of 64.74m/212-5 was unmatched by her competitors.
“I told people when you make the final anything can happen. I had a far throw and nobody else stepped up. I won a gold medal!” she said after her victory.
U.S. DOMINATES SWEEPS MEDALS IN 400m HURDLES
In the men’s 400m hurdles, Angelo Taylor won his second Olympic gold medal in 8 years, running a personal-best time of 47.25 seconds.
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2008 Beijing Olympic Preview: Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles
Posted August 13th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles
The Schedule: heats, Friday Aug 15; semifinals, Saturday Aug 16; finals, Monday Aug 18
The Americans: #1 Kerron Clement [Pictured], #2 Bershawn Jackson, #6 Angelo Taylor
The Contenders: #3 Danny McFarlane (JAM), #4 L.J. van Zyl (RSA), #5 Marek Plawgo (POL)
The Stats: Records, 2008 List, 2007 Worlds, 2004 Olympics
The Medal Picks: T&FN - Clement, Jackson, van Zyl; SI - Clement, Jackson, Taylor
The Story: This is an American race for gold, and a medal sweep by the USA is a distinct possibility. Jackson failed badly (for him) at the Golden League meet in Paris; other than that, he and Clement have lost to no one but each other. Clement is a tremendous talent who has a history of inconsistency (which is lessening with time), while Jackson’s best times are less stunning but he rarely has a bad race. If Clement is at or near his best, he will win, but otherwise it will be Jackson.
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Clement Bested by Anderson in Qual Heat 4 of Men’s 400m Hurdles
Posted June 27th, 2008 at 10:35 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
Heat 1
1 Terry Thornton unattached 49.54 Q
2 Justin Gaymon Georgia 49.64 Q
3 Robert Griffin Baylor 49.74 Q
4 James Carter Nike 49.94 q
5 Johnny Dutch South Carolina 49.96 q
7 Ben Clark VS Athletics 50.88
Heat 2
1 Bershawn Jackson Nike 49.63 Q
2 LaRon Bennett unattached 49.99 Q
3 Joey Woody unattached 50.34 Q
4 LaBronze Garrett unattached 50.46
5 Rickey Harris unattached 50.56
6 Kai Kelley U S C 52.29
7 Kenneth Ferguson adidas 53.13
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Team USA dominates the World at the first stop on the Visa Championship Series
Posted January 23rd, 2008 at 8:09 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
With wins in 11 of 16 events, Team USA dominated Team World Monday evening at USA vs. the World at the Run for the Dream at the Save Mart Center, located on the campus of Fresno State University in California. Scored as a dual meet, Team USA won 96-66.
Three-time Olympian Amy Acuff won the women’s high jump with her clearance of 1.95 meters/6 feet 4.75 inches. After three near-misses at the Indoor American record, Acuff was named Visa Athlete of the Meet for her efforts. 2005 NCAA Outdoor champion Sharon Day was second with her clearance of 1.90m/6-2.75.
After one false start and one call back, 1996 Olympic gold medalist and four-time 110-meter hurdle champion Allen Johnson led the men’s 55m hurdles wire-to-wire to win the race in 7.14 seconds. 2001 NCAA Indoor champion Aubrey Herring was second in 7.27.
Reigning World Indoor and Outdoor champion Reese Hoffa [Pictured] stole the show in the men’s shot put with his winning heave of 21.06m/69-1.25. 2007 U.S. Outdoor runner-up Dan Taylor was the runner-up with 19.99m/65-7.
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Two World Champs Added To The Millrose Games Lineup
Posted January 15th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Two reigning World Champions, shot putter Reese Hoffa (Pictured) and pole vaulter Brad Walker, will return to Madison Square Garden on Feb. 1 to compete in the 101st Millrose Games, organizers announced today. Both were ranked #1 in the world for 2007 by Track & Field News magazine.
Hoffa, a longtime Millrose Games and New York favorite, is coming off the best year of his career, winning world titles both indoors and outdoors in 2007 and notching the two longest throws of the year. Walker, the defending Millrose pole vault champ, is also the 2006 World Indoor Champion and a silver medalist from the 2005 World Championships.
Joining Hoffa will be the #2 and #3 shot putters in the world: 2005 World Champion Adam Nelson, a two-time Olympic silver medalist and three-time World Championships silver medalist, and Christian Cantwell, the 2004 World Indoor Champion who last year set a Millrose Games record with his victory here.
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Stars headed for Yokohama
Posted September 29th, 2007 at 4:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
A handful of the stars who competed in Shanghai will travel to Japan to compete in the Seiko Super Track and Field meet on Sunday, September 30 in Yokohama.
Three-time gold medalist at the 2007 World Outdoor Championships Tyson Gay is back in the men’s 100 meters, looking to avenge his loss from Shanghai. Anwar Moore also will be looking for the win in the men’s 110m hurdles and will be challenged by two-time Junior College National champion Dexter Faulk.
It will be a battle of the world champions in the men’s 400m hurdles as 2007 World Outdoor champion Kerron Clement will face 2005 World champion Bershawn Jackson.
Sanya Richards, who owns the top five times in the world this year over 400m, is entered in her specialty and will be aiming for a new personal best in her final race of the season.
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U.S. stars set to compete at World Athletics Final
Posted September 20th, 2007 at 7:40 PM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Team USA standouts Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards, Brad Walker, Wallace Spearmon, Lauryn Williams, Reese Hoffa and Walter Davis lead a strong cast of U.S. stars slated to compete this weekend at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany.
The 2005 World 200m women’s champion, Allyson Felix defended her title at the World Championships in Osaka with the largest margin of victory in World Championships history, striding to the gold medal and a huge personal best of 21.81 seconds, the fastest time run by a woman this century. Felix, who has posted the three fastest 200m times in the world this year, also won gold in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays, splitting 48.0 in the 4×4. She will compete in the 100 meters in Stuttgart.
For the second consecutive year, Richards earned a share of the IAAF Golden League Jackpot by winning the women’s 400 meters at all six prestigious European meets. She enters Stuttgart with the four fastest women’s 400m times in the world this year, including the world-leading 49.27 she ran Sunday to close out her Golden League victories in Berlin.
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USA sweeps 4×100 relays, Walker takes first U.S. gold in pole vault
Posted September 1st, 2007 at 12:10 PM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Team USA swept the men’s and women’s 4×100m relays for the first time in 20 years, and Brad Walker won Team USA’s first-ever men’s pole vault gold Saturday night at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.
With one day of competition and six final events remaining, Team USA remains atop the medal tables with 22 medals, including 11 gold.
The men’s 4×100m victory made Tyson Gay the third man in World Championships history to win three gold medals at a single championship, but that feat was by no means assured heading into the relay.
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Hershey’s Track & Field Games celebrates 30th year with yesterday’s legends and tomorrow’s rising stars
Posted August 6th, 2007 at 5:09 PM by Jessica Galvano
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Notorious for it’s beloved chocolates, Hershey recently celebrated a thirty-year commitment to youth athletics. At this year’s 30th Hershey’s Track & Field Games, Olympic icons joined 560 youth athletes in an effort to promote active lifestyles among North America’s children and teens.
Originally founded by Dr. Donald P. Cohen, Hershey’s Track & Field Games had an early beginning in 1975. Thirty years later, the event has gained international acclaim; this year, Hershey’s field of over 500 North American youth athletes proudly welcomed 16 of their Chinese peers in competition.
Along with the increasing global interest in the Hershey Games, Olympic athletes have begun to involve themselves in encouraging the world’s youth to embrace fitness as a part of everyday life. Legendary figures of years past to attend to event included Carl Lewis, Bruce Jenner, Michael Johnson, and Rafer Johnson.
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U.S. Javelin record for Greer in Indianapolis, 9.98 for Gay in Opening Round
Posted June 22nd, 2007 at 5:29 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The AT&T USA Outdoor Championships got off with a bang in Indianapolis yesterday when Breaux Greer extended his own national record in the javelin throw to 91.29m [299-6].
“I didn’t hit it hard but I hit it clean,” said Greer, whose massive effort eclipsed the 90.71 [297-7] mark he set at last month’s adidas Track Classic in Carson, Calif. It was the fourth national record for the 30-year-old, and the performance extended his own 2007 world lead in the event.
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