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Lead Stories: Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Golden League continues at Meeting Gaz de France in Paris

Posted July 6th, 2007 at 12:45 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The women’s 400 meters and men’s 400m hurdles will be the most anticipated events at the second event of the IAAF Golden League, the Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis in France. The IAAF Golden League 2007 offers a $1 Million Jackpot, which represents international athletics’ biggest annual payday. Athletes must win at all six meetings to acquire at least a share.

• The women’s 400 meters will see a rematch of the 400 final from the U.S. Championships, as 2007 U.S. champion DeeDee Trotter is challenged by 2007 NCAA champion and 2007 U.S. runner-up Natasha Hastings, 2007 U.S. third-place finisher Mary Wineberg and 2006 IAAF Athlete of the Year, Sanya Richards. Richards is a contender for the Golden League Jackpot, having won the women’s 400m at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games, and is determined to win after her surprising fourth-place finish in Indy.

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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Trammell wins long-awaited 110 hurdles title

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 5:45 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Among the most decorated American hurdlers in history, with two Olympic silver medals and a pair of World Championships silvers as well, Terrence Trammell won his first career U.S. crown in the 110m hurdles in 13.08 (+0.5), leading from start to finish.

American record holder Dominique Arnold was second in 13.17, with David Oliver third in 13.18.

Official Results:

1 Terrence Trammell Mizuno 13.08 0.5
2 Dominique Arnold Nike 13.17 0.5
3 David Oliver Nike 13.18 0.5
4 David Payne unattached 13.22 0.5
5 Anwar Moore Nike 13.23 0.5
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Sunday event previews

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Allyson Rosen

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

WOMEN’S 20K RACEWALK FINAL

Key Athletes: Teresa Vaill, Sam Cohen, Jolene Moore

Vaill won two in a row before yielding to Joanne Dow last year. Dow is not competing this time, so look for the 44-year-old Vaill to win here based on her victory at the Pan Am Cup Trials in March.

GILL WOMEN’S POLE VAULT FINAL, 12:00 p.m.

Key Athletes: Jenn Stuczynski, Jillian Schwartz, Niki McEwen

Stuczynski has been the dominant US vaulter since bursting onto the scene in 2005, setting her latest American record with the nation’s first 16-0 clearance at the Reebok meet June 2. She is best in the world so far this year. Schwartz was the USA runner-up 2006, and McEwen was third at the Reebok meet with a 14-10 3/4 vault.

AT&T MEN’S 200 SEMIFINAL & FINAL, 12:00 p.m. & 2:20 p.m.

Key Athletes: Tyson Gay, Wallace Spearmon, Xavier Carter

All of the major players who showed up for the prelims advanced easily to the next round, led by Gay’s 20.66 in the fourth heat. Spearmon won last year and went on to record the third-fastest time ever at 19.65. Carter zipped to the #2 time ever at Lausanne in ‘06, clocking 19.63, and he won this year’s Pre Classic with a season-best 20.23.
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Saturday event previews

Posted June 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

HEPTATHLON, Day Two

Key Athletes: GiGi Johnson, Hyleas Fountain, Diana Pickler, Jacquelyn Johnson

The past two USATF champions are in the field with GiGi Johnson (2006) and Fountain (2005), but it is US list leader Pickler who topped the standings with 3,636 points after the first day. Fountain is 18 points adrift, with Johnson two more behind her. NCAA champ Johnson is fifth at 3,495.

DECATHLON, Day Two

Key Athletes: Tom Pappas, Paul Terek, Jake Arnold

Four-time U.S. winner Pappas, who leads with 4,394 points, is the defending champion and could tie Bill Toomey and Dan O’Brien for most U.S. titles in the event after the withdrawal of ‘05 world champion Bryan Clay. Arnold recently claimed his second NCAA title, scoring 8,215 for the victory, and is sxth after five events. Terek scored 8,134 to win at Desenzano on May 6 and is seeking his third Worlds team berth.
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Runners wow Hayward Field crowd at 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic

Posted June 11th, 2007 at 8:04 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

2007 USA Indoor 3,000m champion Matt Tegenkamp set an American record in front of a standing room only crowd Sunday at the 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., which is the fourth event of USA Track & Field’s 2007 Outdoor Visa Championship Series.

Tegenkamp finished third in men’s two mile race in the American record time of 8 minutes 7.07 seconds, which betters the previous American standard of 8:11.48 set here in 2005 by Alan Webb. Tegenkamp was led to the finish line by Australia’s Craig Mottram, who won the race in 8:03.50, which is the sixth-fastest performance all-time in the two-mile. Ethiopia’s Tariku Bekele was the runner-up in 8:04.83, which is the eighth-fastest time ever.

Komen wins amazing Bowerman Mile

Kenyan Daniel K. Komen ran the fastest time ever on American soil to win the signature event of the Nike Prefontaine Classic, the Bowerman Mile. In a race that saw nine competitors finish under the 4-minute barrier, Komen was victorious in a blistering time of 3 minutes 48.28 seconds, which is the fastest time in the world this year. Two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat was the runner-up in 3:50.56, which is the fastest time by an American this season.
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Stacy Dragila, top hurdlers on tap for adidas Track Classic

Posted May 11th, 2007 at 11:39 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Announcements, Track & Field

Women’s pole vault legend Stacy Dragila will continue her comeback, while Olympic gold medalist Allen Johnson and new American Record-holder Dominique Arnold will lead a top-flight 110-meter hurdles field and a pair of world-beaters lead the women’s hurdles at the adidas Track Classic on May 20, organizers announced Thursday.

Part of USATF’s Visa Championship Series, the adidas Track Classic will be broadcast live on ESPN on May 20 from 4-6 p.m. Eastern Time (1-3 p.m. Pacific).

Dragila, whose 2000 Olympic gold medal was the first ever awarded in the women’s pole vault, is a two-time World Champion and nine-time U.S. outdoor champion. A former World Record-holder, at 36 she still holds the American Record of 15 feet, 10 inches, set in 2004, and four times has ranked #1 in the world. At the adidas Track Classic, she will face new American rival Jenn Stuczynski, ranked the #1 US vaulter in 2006 and #6 in the world. Stuczynski is the reigning US champion both indoors and outdoors, and has quickly risen to become the #2 American all-time to Dragila.
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