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Lead Stories: Friday, November 21, 2008

Last Chance: AMC High Performace Track and Field Series

Posted June 13th, 2008 at 1:00 PM by Stephanie Lowe

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

Four years of preparation boil down to one weekend for athletes on the verge of making the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene. This Sunday, June 15, is the last day to qualify.

A highly competitive last chance meet takes place Saturday night at the IUPUI track in Indianapolis. It is the final meet of the 2008 American Milers Club High Performance Track and Field Series created by Indiana Invaders coach Greg Harger. The series began May 31 and continued June 9 and 11. The AMC meet on June 14 features 800-meter, 1500-meter and 3000-meter steeplechase races.

The rabbitted races are run with on the Mondo track after 9:30 p.m. when weather conditions are calm. The goal of the AMC meet is to provide an ideal environment for running fast times since most of the athletes want to hit Olympic Trials standard times.
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USATF: 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Champs mark phenomenal successes

Posted July 6th, 2007 at 3:20 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track& Field Championships last month in Indianapolis were among the most successful in recent history.

The excitement of close finishes in the middle-distances, a packed house that provided loud encouragement to the athletes, and the fastest 100-200 double in history by Tyson Gay tell a compelling story. Television ratings, Website traffic and merchandise sales all saw significant rises over 2006. These were just a few of countless highlights.

In hard numbers, the meet measures up impressively:

0 - Number of stadium evacuations due to weather.

1 - The number of American records set (Breaux Greer, men’s javelin, 91.29m/299-6).

2 - Number of Visa Champions crowned (Tyson Gay and Tiffany Williams)

4 - Number of national television broadcasts of the meet (2 on NBC, 2 on ESPN2). NBC’s live coverage from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, won its time slot and was the #2 sports program of the day on network television. In aggregate, TV ratings for the meet saw a 144 percent increase over 2006.
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Fast times take Webb, Robinson & Johnson to
U.S. Outdoor T&F Titles

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 7:00 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The air was warm and definitely sticky, but that didn’t prevent Alysia Johnson, Khadevis Robinson and Alan Webb from posting fast times as they each won their respective events on the final day of the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Michael A. Carroll Stadium at Indiana University-Purdue University.

Johnson, the University of California star who won the NCAA 800m title on June 9, needed to run nearly the same fast time here to beat back the challenges of Hazel Clark, three-time USA 800m champion, and Alice Schmidt, the 2006 USA indoor champion.
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Webb edges Lagat; breaks Scott’s meet record

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 6:09 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Alan Webb has long spoke about wanting to break Steve Scott’s records, and he got one of them Sunday in a thrilling Nike men’s 1,500m. Webb ran in the style that suits him best, taking the lead and pushing the pace. Webb towed the pack through quick splits of 57.56 for 400m and 1:56.23 for 800, when defending champion Bernard Lagat took the lead.

Webb and company stayed right with Lagat, however, with Said Ahmed, Chris Lukezic and Leonel Manzano also tailing the leader. Lagat passed 1,200 in 2:53.8 as the race continued to escalate. Coming off the final curve, Lagat, Webb, Lukezic and Manzano all were in the running, and it came down to a final sprint.
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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: Gay makes more history in AT&T men’s 200m

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 5:13 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Undeterred by a soggy track and slight headwind, Tyson Gay cemented his status as the world’s dominant sprinter by winning the AT&T men’s 200 meters in the second-fastest time in history Sunday at AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. In addition to two national titles, Gay came away from the meet with the men’s Visa Championship as the top male performer of the Visa Championship Series, while Tiffany Williams was women’s Visa Champion.
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Felix flies in Visa women’s 200

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 5:00 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Overcoming a slow start, world champion Allyson Felix showed her gold-medal form in the Visa women’s 200 meters. Running in lane 4, Felix lagged behind Sanya Richards in lane 5 as Richards came back from her fourth-place finish in Saturday’s AT&T women’s 400.

In Sunday’s 200, Felix came up on Richards’ left shoulder, then went on to win in 22.34 seconds (+0.4 mps) with Richards second in 22.43. USA 100m champion Torri Edwards was third in 22.55, with 2004 Olympian LaShauntea Moore fourth in 22.58. With Felix enjoying a bye into the World Championships as defending champion, Moore will join the U.S. delegation.
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Williams blazes world leader in women’s 400H

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 4:45 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Two years after giving birth to a daughter, Tiffany Williams put her name atop the 2007 women’s 400m hurdles world list, leading the race from early on and winning in a personal-best time of 53.28. 2004 Olympic Trials champion Sheena Johnson closed quickly and nearly caught Williams, finishing second in 53.29. Nicole Leach of UCLA passed Sandra Glover to place third in 54.49.

Williams’ performance was worth 1,227 points using IAAF scoring tables and put her in first for the women’s Visa Championship. Gay had led the race for the men’s Visa Championship since the first meet and maintained his lead throughout the season.

Official Results:
1 Tiffany Williams Reebok 53.28
2 Sheena Johnson Nike 53.29
3 Nicole Leach U C L A 54.49
4 Sandra Glover Nike 55.31
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Stuczynski wins Gill pole vault; Dilling earns surprise victory in high jump

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 4:29 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Slick conditions and swirling winds played havoc with the jumping events, but American record holder Jenn Stuczynski still was able to come out on top in the Gill women’s pole vault, clearing 4.45m/14-7.25. Nikole McEwen was second at the same height, clearing on her second attempt, with Lacy Janson third at 4.35m/14-3.25.

The Gill men’s high jump was more unpredictable. NCAA Division II champion Jim Dilling of Minnesota-Mankato was a surprise winner at a height of 2.27m/7-5.25. Two-time national champion Jamie Nieto tied for second with Adam Shunk as both men had no misses up to and including clearances at 2.24m/7-4.25. Neither Nieto nor Shunk has the A standard at the moment, but fourth-place Jesse Williams and fifth-place Keith Moffatt do.
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Gay doubles at USA Champs, Takes 200M title on final day

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 4:15 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Former Hogs Tyson Gay and Wallace Spearmon, Jr. took first and second place, respectively, in the 200-meter finals on day four of competition at the AT&T USA Championships at Indianapolis’ Michael A. Carroll Stadium on the campus of IUPUI.

With a personal best and the fastest time run in the world this year, Gay won the event with a clocking of 19.62 into a headwind. The clocking moves him to No. 2 on the all-time list behind Michael Johnson’s 19.32. Before today’s race he sat at No. 5 with his former PR of 19.68.
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