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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Live @ Millrose: 40-year old Gail Devers wins, but Maurice Green stumbles

Posted February 2nd, 2007 at 5:03 PM by Adam Jacobs

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

Gail Devers, now 40 years old, silenced all of her critics; winning the 60m Hurdlers in 7.86 seconds.

In the process, she also defeated her pupil Danielle Carruthers, a young runner with endless potential. Joanna Hayes came in second, finishing in 7.91 seconds, followed by Carruthers (7.94).

Devers time was the fastest of the year and enabled her to defeat a very competitive and much younger field of sprinters that included Caruthers, Joanna Hayes and Priscilla Lopes. Devers spoke about returning to competition after taking some time off to have her daughter Karsen:

“You have Danielle [Carruthers] and my husband to thank for me being in this race. They said you’ve got to jump in a race. This has always been a great experience for me. I wanted to come back at 40 and do something great for my fans, for the people who supported me having a baby, saying please don’t retire. I say 40 is the new 20.”

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X-Man Headlines NCAA T&F Championships as FSU Men, Auburn Women Win Team Titles

Posted June 20th, 2006 at 6:48 PM by Blake Roebuck

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Xavier Carter can claim one of the greatest performances in the history of college track, one so good that it rivals none other than Jesse Owens.

The LSU sophomore became the first person to win the 100 and 400 meters at the NCAA track and field championships Saturday, running down the competition in races just half an hour apart.

“X” finished his day as the anchor of the winning 1,600-meter relay team. Combined with the winning 400 relay team the previous night, he had a share of four NCAA event titles.

According to meet officials, Carter is the first to achieve four NCAA victories since Owens won both short sprints, the 220-yard low hurdles and long jump for Ohio State in 1935 and ‘36.

Carter, who also plays football for the Tigers, had personal bests in both individual events, a school-record 10.09 seconds in the 100, followed by a 44.53 in the 400.

Carter’s magnificent one-man show wasn’t enough to prevent deep and talented Florida State from winning its first men’s team title with 67 points. LSU was second with 51 — 40 of them thanks to Carter. Texas was third with 36. Auburn won its first women’s crown with 57 points.
Southern California was second with 38 1/2 and South Carolina third with 38.

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Outdoor Collegiate Track and Field

Posted May 13th, 2006 at 9:30 AM by Andrew Goodman

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Chelsea Johnson May 13, 2006 marked the opening of the collegiate track and field conference championships all over the country. With many teams and individuals vying for spots in the four regional championships, the conference meets were sure shows of individual athleticism and team unity.

Some individual great efforts included:

Chelsea Johnson (UCLA-PAC-10 Conference Championship), who cleared 15-01, breaking her own record 15-00, which made her the first ever woman pole vaulter to clear 15 feet.

Priscilla Lopes (Nebraska-Big 12 Conference Championship) smashed her individual record in the hundred meter hurdles with a time of 12.63 seconds.

Mickael Hanany (UTEP-WAC Conference Championship) placed first in all three jumping events, and was named Outstanding Performer of the Year for 2006.

Taking place May 26th-27th in Austin, Texas, Greensboro, North Carolina, Knoxville, Tennessee and Provo, Utah, the four regional championships will feed their champions into the NCAA National Track and Field Championships June 7th-10th in Sacramento. Some of the top competitors for this years men’s title include Florida State, University of Texas-El Paso, and Louisiana State University. Some of the top Women’s competitors include University of Texas-Austin, University of Southern California, University of Miami, and University of Nebraska.

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