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TFS News Briefs: 04/25/2008

Posted April 25th, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics, TFS News Briefs

Bryan Clay Faces Risky Combination of Beijing Pollution and Asthma
The Honolulu Bulletin features an article about native son, Athens Olympic silver medalist Bryan Clay, and the challenges he faces in dealing with asthma, challenges which could be compounded in the polluted air of Beijing.
Read more at: [Honolulu Star-Bulletin]

Canadian Equivalent of Hanson’s-Brooks Running Project
The Hanson’s-Brooks Running Project has its equivalent up in Canada and it’s called Brooks Canada Marathon Project. Husband-and-wife team members Andrew Smith and Tara Quinn-Smith, who won the men’s and women’s Canadian Half Marathon Championships, and other Brooks Canada runners are featured in an article by the Toronto Sun.
Read more at: [Toronto Sun]

Hamburg Marathon Preview
German correspondent Jörg Wenig has written a preview of the Hamburg Marathon for the IAAF. He spotlights Spaniard Julio Rey, who has won the race four tines and Kenyan Wilfred Kigen, who has won three times, as the favorites in the men’s race. Compatriot Ulrike Maisch, the 2006 European Champion, is the favorite in the women’s race. She told Wenig that “I will definitely have to run 2:29 to qualify for the Olympics. But I believe that I can achieve 2:28.”
Read more at: [IAAF]
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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.
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Breaux Greer qualifies for
men’s javelin final

Posted August 31st, 2007 at 2:23 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

U.S. men’s javelin record holder Breaux Greer bettered the automatic qualifying mark on his third and final attempt during Friday morning’s qualifying at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.

Greer (Scottsdale, Ariz.) failed to surpass the automatic qualifying mark of 82.00 meters/269 feet on his first two throws, but after releasing the javelin on his third attempt, he immediately turned his back on it and pumped his fist believing he had qualified for the final. He was right. Greer’s third throw sailed 86.78 meters/284-8, which was the best of both qualifying groups. The men’s javelin final is Sunday.
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Team USA coaches, athletes meet the media in Osaka

Posted August 23rd, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Team USA head coaches Pat Henry and Amy Deem and athletes Bryan Clay, Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards (Pictured right), Michelle Perry, and Wallace Spearmon appeared at a Team USA press conference Thursday in Osaka.

Excerpts from Thursday’s media event, courtesy of USA Track & Field, are as follows:

PAT HENRY
(Team USA Men’s Head Coach)

Q: What’s the mission of the Team USA coaching staff?

A: As coaches here with this group, our main goal is to get people to feel comfortable with the environment and give them every opportunity to be successful. The coaches have worked very hard with them up to this point, and our job is to try to organize some things for them to help them be successful.

Q: How are the facilities, transportation and logistics working out thus far?

A: The facilities have been very good. We’ve have a very nice hotel and this is a very gracious society and these people have been very nice.

Q: You had a very successful training camp prior to coming to Osaka, could you talk about that?

A: We did. I think the acclimation period here is pretty good. It takes about three or four days and these people have all been here and it’s been a good time for that to happen. We have no major injuries, we have lots of little things but no major hurts, so I think they’re excited about things.
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Podcast 58: Teleconference interview with decathlete world-champion BRYAN CLAY

Posted June 18th, 2007 at 3:28 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Podcast 58 of The Final Sprint Podcast features a teleconference interview with world-champion decathlete BRYAN CLAY. The teleconference was hosted by USATF and the USOC.

Clay, the “world’s greatest athlete”, two-time national champion and two-time #1 world-ranked decathlete, will compete this weekend at
the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis.

To read textual excerpts of the interview, please click here and/or visit www.usatf.org.

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Hosts: USOC and USATF
Guest: Bryan Clay
File size: 25.9 MB
Length: 29:03

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World’s best to compete at 33rd Nike Prefontaine Classic

Posted June 7th, 2007 at 7:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Many of the world’s finest track and field athletes, including Jeremy Wariner, Allen Johnson, Asafa Powell, Michelle Perry, Bryan Clay, Reese Hoffa, Walter Davis, Maria Mutola, Bernard Lagat, Kenenisa Bekele and Liu Xiang, among many others, will compete Sunday at the 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

The fourth event of USA Track & Field’s 2007 Outdoor Visa Championship Series, the Nike Prefontaine Classic will be televised live on NBC, Sunday, June 10, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Lagat, Webb to continue rivalry in Bowerman Mile

As always, the headline event of the Nike Prefontaine Classic is the Bowerman Mile, which this year features nine runners with lifetime mile bests under 4-minutes. The Hayward Field and Prefontaine Classic record of 3 minutes 49.92 seconds set six years ago by Hicham El Guerrouj could be in jeopardy.
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Phillips headlines long jump field at Nike Prefontaine Classic

Posted June 5th, 2007 at 9:33 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips will take on a strong field - including the world’s top jumper in 2006 - in the men’s long jump at the 33rd Nike Prefontaine Classic, held at the University of Oregon’s historic Hayward Field in Eugene.

The fourth event of USA Track & Field’s 2007 Outdoor Visa Championship Series, the Nike Prefontaine Classic will be televised live on NBC, Sunday, June 10, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Others to keep an eye on include Panamanian standout Irving Saladino, who ended the 2006 season ranked #1 in the world after winning 15 of 17 competitions. Also look for reigning U.S. Outdoor champion Brian Johnson, 2005 U.S. Outdoor champion Miguel Pate, reigning world indoor and outdoor triple jump champion Walter Davis and 2005 World decathlon champion Bryan Clay.
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