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Lead Stories: Friday, December 5, 2008

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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Richards Is Beijing Bound After Dominating Women’s 400m Final

Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 11:15 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

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1 Sanya Richards Nike 49.89
2 Mary Wineberg Nike 50.85
3 Dee Dee Trotter adidas 50.88
4 Monique Henderson Reebok 50.98
5 Natasha Hastings Nike 51.13
6 Ebonie Floyd Nike 51.26
7 Monica Hargrove unattached 51.94
8 Debbie Dunn unattached 52.41

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Wineberg, Richards, Trotter Lead Women’s 400 Meter

Posted July 1st, 2008 at 12:49 AM by Jay Hicks

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

The women’s 400 makes for good theatre. The world’s top ranked women in 400-meters, Sanya Richards finished fourth last year, and failed to qualify for the U.S. team to compete in the world championships in Osaka last year.

This year there are question marks and doubts about whether Richards can qualify for the U.S. team in a field loaded with talent. Sanya has been waiting a year to make up for last year but the talented field stands in her way.

A leading contender, Mary Wineberg (50.57) won her heat in the fastest qualifying time of the night, ahead of Natasha Hastings (51.04) , Debbie Dunn (51.79), and Monica Hargrove (51.88).

In the following heat, Sanya Richards (50.75) got out well winning her heat narrowly over Dee Dee Trotter (50.90). Monique Henderson (51.07) and Ebonie Floyd (51.49) rounded out the remaining athletes that qualified for the women’s 400 meter final on Friday.
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USA Indoor T&F Champs: Shareese Woods Annihilates 2nd Heat to Claim 400m Title

Posted February 24th, 2008 at 7:28 PM by Jared Markowitz

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

The Women’s 400m final at the 2008 USATF Indoor Championships featured a remarkable individual effort by unattached athlete Shareese Woods who took the title out of the second heat.

Moushaumi Robinson won a very close first heat, but she came up just short of Woods. Woods ran a scorching 52.03 to win her heat by 1.34s and the overall title by 0.3s over Moushami Robinson. Mary Wineberg (who had the fastest time in the preliminary round) was third in 52.36.

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USA Indoor T&F Champs: Wineberg Fastest Heading Into Women’s 400m Finals

Posted February 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 PM by Jared Markowitz

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The Women’s 400m Preliminaries at the 2008 USATF championships were closely contested and advanced 8 women to a two section final.

The winners of the three heats were Shareese Woods, Ashlee Kidd, and Mary Wineberg with Moushami Robinson, Lashinda Demus, Miriam Barnes, Jennifer Gossarth, and Angel Perkins also advancing. Wineberg and Woods were the only two women to break 53 in the prelims, with Wineberg turning in the fastest time of 52.68.

The finals will be tomorrow at 4:56 PM EST.

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Richards, Walker and Jeter win at World Athletics Final

Posted September 24th, 2007 at 8:30 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Sanya Richards closed out her European season in style Sunday, winning the women’s 400 in the second and final day of competition at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany.

Richards continued in her impressive string of world-leading wins in the women’s 400. Coming off world leaders in the last three Golden League meets, Richards dropped another WL on Sunday with her time of 49.27, tying her winning time from Berlin last Sunday. Novlene Williams of Jamaica was second in 50.12; American Mary Wineberg was seventh in 50.73.

World champion Brad Walker continued his excellence in the men’s pole vault. As the only person in the field to clear 5.91m/19-5.75, Walker topped the rest of the field by 5 cm. American Jeff Hartwig placed sixth in the field with 5.70m/18-8.25.

World Outdoor bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter posted her second big win of the season, taking the women’s 100 in 11.10, with Osaka 200m gold medalist Allyson Felix second in 11.15 and World Outdoor 100m silver medalist Lauryn Williams fifth in 11.31. Jeter also won the 100 in Berlin last Sunday.
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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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Brussels sprouts outstanding field for Memorial Van Damme

Posted September 14th, 2007 at 12:30 PM by Matt Kappel

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The women’s 400 meters and men’s 200m will be the events to see Friday, September 14, at the fifth event of the IAAF Golden League, the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium. 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.

2006 IAAF Athlete of the Year Sanya Richards will run the women’s 400m Friday in a field that includes 2007 U.S. third-place finisher Mary Wineberg, 2007 World Outdoor silver medalist Nicola Sanders of Great Britain and bronze medalist Novlene Williams of Jamaica. Richards is the only American left standing in the hunt for the Jackpot.

Richards’ only competition in the hunt for the Jackpot is the world-record holder in the women’s pole vault, Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia. They are the only athletes to have taken victories at all four meetings of 2007 - Oslo, Norway (15 Jun), Paris, France (6 Jul), Rome, Italy (13 Jul), Zürich, Switzerland (7 Sep).
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Richards, Carter, Lagat
win in Zurich

Posted September 7th, 2007 at 7:27 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The 2006 IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Sanya Richards is now the only American alive in the hunt for the Golden League Jackpot after winning the women’s 400 meters Friday at the fourth meeting of the six fixture series, the Weltklasse Zürich in Switzerland. Athletes must win at all six meetings of the IAAF Golden League series to claim a share of the $1,000,000 Jackpot.

2005 World Outdoor silver medalist Sanya Richards destroyed the field in the women’s 400m, winning in a world-leading 49.36 seconds. Novlene Williams of Jamaica was a distant second in 50.85 while reigning World champion Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain was fourth in 51.32 and Mary Wineberg was sixth in 51.53.

2006 NCAA 100m and 400m champion Xavier Carter (Pictured) stole the show in the men’s 200m, winning in 19.92 seconds ahead of 2007 World Outdoor silver medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaice, who took second in 20.19. J.J. Johnson finished fourth in 20.49 while Rodney Martin was fifth in 20.53.

Reigning World Outdoor 1,500m and 5,000m champion Bernard Lagat continued his winning ways today in the men’s 3,000m.
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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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