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LaShawn Merritt, Sanya Richards Reign Supreme
Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 11:45 PM by Jay Hicks
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
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Sanya Richards put to bed all debate about who is the best women’s 400 meter, running 49.89 on Thursday night.
Afterwards Richards said “I was very happy to go sub 50 seconds. Today might have been the worst day for sprinting, it was very windy down the backstretch. I am extremely happy to have executed a race that allowed me to finish in the top three. Her fiancé, New York Giants corner back Aaron Glenn was in the stands to watch her victory.
Joining her on the Olympic Team is Mary Wineberg (50.85), and Dee Dee Trotter (50.88). Trotter managed to make the team even though her right knee needs surgery at the end of the season. “I was like Tiger [Woods] at the U.S. Open, only I was running at the Olympic Trials to qualify for Beijing.“
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Merritt Bests Wariner, Neville Rounds Out Men’s 400m Team
Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 11:40 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
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1 LaShawn Merritt Nike 44.00
2 Jeremy Wariner adidas 44.20
3 David Neville Nike 44.61
4 Reggie Witherspoon Nike 45.01
5 Calvin Smith Florida 45.57
6 Darold Williamson Nike 45.58
7 Greg Nixon Asics 45.64
8 Lionel Larry U S C 45.82
Wariner, Merritt Easily Qualify for 400 Meter Finals
Posted July 1st, 2008 at 12:30 AM by Jay Hicks
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
All 400 meter roads lead to Waco, Texas, three runners from Baylor University made it to the 400-meter finals Saturday night in Hayward Field.
Jeremy Wariner said, “I came to qualify and get a preferred lane for the finals tomorrow. LaShawn [Merritt] and I were not trying to kill each other. Making the Olympic team is not guaranteed, so I have to focus on running my own race.”
In the first heat Reggie Witherspoon (44.99) a Baylor alum took the heat, followed by Darold Williamson, also a Baylor University alum.
In the second heat, number one ranked 400 meter runner Wariner (44.66) won his quarterfinal heat in 44.69, ahead of LaShawn Merritt (44.76).
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World Points Standings:
Men’s Sprints
Posted June 11th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Rankings, World Standings
My rankings are being run on a pilot program this summer and I’m sharing them with the track community via The Final Sprint. Last year I did a trial run on just the men’s 100 meters and it correctly predicted the World Championships medalists in order, and then by the end of the summer readjusted to match Track & Field News’ world rankings nearly exactly.
The system is based on that of the IAAF’s World Athletics Tour standings, but with a few twists–most importantly, all kinds of meets are included in the standings and athletes can earn bonus points for fast times. At this early time in the season, athletes are given points for the results of their best four meets (one of which can be in a different event).
100 meters
1. Usain Bolt 46
2. Nesta Carter 42
2. Olusoji Fasuba 42
4. Kim Collins 38
4. Mike Rodgers 38
6. Darrel Brown 34
6. Tyson Gay 34
8. Derrick Atkins 32
8. Michael Frater 32
10. Ivory Williams 30
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The Week in the Rear View: Racing News May 26 – June 1
Posted June 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Jay Hicks
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Columns, Week in Rear View
The Week In the Rear View is a weekly column wrapping up the week’s events in running and track & field. I am normally found at PreraceJitters.com, writing about the fast life of track and field.
Everyone in the track world is talking about Usain “Lightening” Bolt. He shut ‘em down—literally! Bolt quieted his critics with a 9.72 seconds World Record performance with World Champion Tyson Gay in the race. Tyson Gay looked in good shape for this time of season running 9.85, which was good enough for second. Doesn’t that sound crazy? Bolt is now the favorite in Beijing, but two months is certainly a long time from now.
You could call it the law of averages. The Jeremy Wariner vs. LaShawn Merritt race in Berlin resulted in the end of Wariner’s winning streak that dates back to 2005. Merritt was superb. He executed a perfect race strategy to deliver the win. Before the media writes the early demise of Wariner, it should be noted that he isn’t in top shape, not yet—that will be in Beijing.
US Track & Field Stars to Gather In Doha, Qatar
Posted May 9th, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Reigning Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner and triple World Outdoor champion Allyson Felix headline the American contingent for the 2008 Qatar Super Grand Prix Friday, May 9, in Doha, Qatar.
A two-time World Outdoor 400 meter champion, Wariner will step down in distance, looking to improve on his personal best of 20.19 in the 200m. He will face stiff competition from 2007 World Outdoor 400m silver medalist LaShawn Merritt, who has already run a windy 19.80 (+3.2 mps) so far this year.
Felix, a two-time World Outdoor champion over 200m, will officially open her outdoor season at Doha and will try to repeat her 100-400 win from 2007. This is the fourth year in a row that she has opened up her season at the Qatar Super Grand Prix.
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TFS News Briefs: 04/23/2008
Posted April 23rd, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics, Drugs In Sports, TFS News Briefs
Haile Chooses Berlin Over Beijing
Haile Gebrselassie will run in the Berlin Marathon, not the Olympic Marathon in Beijing. The reason? He wants to run a sub 2:04 and “no athlete has ever broken a world record for the marathon at the Olympics.”
Read more at: [Xinhua, China]
The Long Green Line Wins Award
The documentary The Long Green Line was awarded the best feature documentary award at the Lake Forest Film Festival. The film documents a season in the life of the York High School Cross Country team - the most successful cross country team in history. Head Coach Joe Newton is coaching in his 50th season, and his team is going for their 25th state title.
Read more at: [LongGreenLineMovie.com]
Gaffigan Ready To “Re-calibrate Some Gauges”
Ann Gaffigan, in her new blog entry on Steeplechics.com, discusses the effort that gained her entry into the Olympic Trials. After a long, mysterious illness that has wreaked havoc on her confidence, the former American record holder is ready “to do it over again after re-calibrating some gauges” and wants to “take more risks to test my limits without paying so dearly for it.”
Read more at: [Steeplechics.com]
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Americans take four wins at World Athletics Final
Posted September 22nd, 2007 at 4:45 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
World champions Michelle Perry and Reese Hoffa stayed true to form, while Walter Davis and LaShawn Merritt also picked up victories Saturday in the first day of competition at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany.
Repeating their finishes from the World Championships in Osaka, Hoffa and Adam Nelson went 1-2 in the men’s shot put with throws of 20.98m/68-10 and 20.95m/68-8.75, respectively. Dan Taylor was fourth with 20.74m/68-0.5, Christian Cantwell fifth with 20.25m/66-5.25, and Garrett Johnson eighth with 19.26m/63-2.25.
Two-time world champion Michelle Perry won the women’s 100m hurdles in 12.68 seconds, .02 ahead of Spain’s Josephine Onyia in second. American Lolo Jones, Sally McClellan of Australia and Susanna Kallur of Sweden - who had dominated Golden League competition since Osaka - all were disqualified in a second and third false start.
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IAAF World Athletics Final: Men’s 400m
Posted September 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
With Jeremy Wariner not in the race, it was up to LaShawn Merritt and Angelo Taylor to uphold American dominance in the 400m Dash at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany. Tyler Christopher of Canada and Gary Kikaya (COD) were also in the mix.
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On the Road & Around the Track:
TFS News Briefs 9/21/07
Posted September 21st, 2007 at 11:55 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, TFS News Briefs
Khadevis Robinson: A Change is Going to Come in US Track
In an interview with Cecil Harris of MensRacing.com, a New York Road Runners website, Khadevis (pronounced kuh-DAY-vis) Robinson talks about his 2007 season, his intellectual approach to preparing for his event, the 800m Run, and how it relates to chess (and life!), the upcoming birth of Khadevis, Jr., the state of track in the US and its future (”I feel a change is going to come.”) and much more. The transcript of the interview can be found at: [MensRacing.com]
IAAF World Athletics Final: Sprints Preview
Athletes to watch in this weekend’s World Athletics Final are Asafa Powell, Lauryn Williams and Allyson Felix (100m), Wallace Spearmon and Rodney Martin (200m), Sanya Richards and LaShawn Merritt (400m). Read more at: [IAAF]
WCSN Will Have a Live Video Broadcast the IAAF World Athletics Final
The 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, the last big track & field event of the season, will be broadcast live from Stuttgart, Germany on September 22nd and 23rd, 2007 on WCSN ($4.95 registration fee). To watch all of the action: [WCSN]
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- AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Saturday event previews
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 […] - U.S. Javelin record for Greer in Indianapolis, 9.98 for Gay in Opening Round
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 […] - AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Thursday event previews
WOMEN’S STEEPLECHASE 1st ROUND, 4:15 p.m.
Key Athletes: Lisa Galaviz, Anna Willard, Lindsey Anderson
Galaviz, the defending champion, won the Belem GP race in May. Willard and Anderson recently placed first and second at the NCAA Championships. Willard won in 9:38.08, the current U.S. leader.
WOMEN’S 800 METERS 1st ROUND, 4:45 p.m.
Key Athletes: Alice Schmidt, Hazel Clark, Alysia […] - Runners wow Hayward Field crowd at 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic
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 […] - Nike Prefontaine Classic 100m, 400m fields announced
Sanya Richards, Allyson Felix, Bershawn Jackson, Lauryn Williams, Darold Williamson, Torri Edwards and Leonard Scott are just a few of the big names who will compete in the men’s and women’s 100 and 400 meters Sunday at the 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
The fourth event of USA Track & […] - adidas Track Classic: Spearmon sprints past Merritt, Crawford and the X-Man
The pre-race favorite in the 200m at today’s adidas Track Classic was arguably Wallace Spearmon, but the field also included Xavier “X-Man” Carter, LaShawn Merritt and 2004 Olympic Champion Shawn Crawford. However, when all was said and done, Spearmon was able to live up to the hype and earn the victory.
Merritt and Spearmon were […] - Gay, Merritts win in Jamaica
Tyson Gay, LaShawn Merritt and Aries Merritt each dominated their events Saturday at the 2007 Jamaica International Invitational at the National Stadium in Kingston.
Gay, who recorded the fourth-fastest 200m time in history last year of 19.68 seconds, crossed the finish line in the new meet record time of 19.97 seconds, which is the fastest time […] - “X-Man” Carter to open indoor season at Tyson Invitational
USA sprinting sensation Xavier Carter has signed on to race at the Tyson Invitational next Friday night, February 9th, at the Randal Tyson Track Center, joining a growing list of international superstars at what is becoming the biggest indoor track meet in the country.
Carter, one of Team USA’s rising stars, posted the second fastest 200-meter […]
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