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TFS News Briefs: 9/30/2007

Posted September 30th, 2007 at 7:40 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field

Gay Wins, Powell Injures Hamstring in Yokohama
Tyson Gay ended his season strongly by finishing 1st in the 100m in a steady rain at the Super Track and Field Meet in Yokohama, Japan Sunday. In the same meet Asafa Powell pulled a hamstring muscle while running the turn of the 200m. Tyler Christopher of Canada went on to win that race. Read more at: [The Canadian Press]

Cross-Country: Oregon Upsets Wisconsin at Bill Dellinger Invitational
Number three Oregon pulled off an upset victory over number one Wisconsin in the men’s race at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Eugene, OR on Saturday. The Badgers were outscored by the Ducks 54 to 73 points. Read more at: [UWBadgers]

Tergat Salutes Gebrselassie’s World-Record Run
Kenyan Paul Tergat, upon hearing that Haile Gebrselassie had beaten his four-year old marathon world record of 2:04:55 by running a time of 2:04:26 at the Berlin Marathon, said, “There is no better person to break the record than Gebreselassie… He has been hunting for it for a long time and had been successful. Now that he has done it I salute him.” Tergat will be running in Fukuoka this December. Read more at: [SuperAthletics]
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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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Stuczynski clears 16 feet, Gay flirts with WR at Reebok Grand Prix

Posted June 4th, 2007 at 6:45 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Jenn Stuczynski became the #2 woman on the all-time list in the women’s pole vault, while Tyson Gay came within a slight breeze of breaking a world record Saturday night at the Reebok Grand Prix. A sell-out Icahn Stadium crowd of 4,990 fans from around New York and the world cheered performances in warm, muggy conditions.

Stucyznski soars again

Stuczynski became the first American to clear 16 feet in the women’s vault with her winning leap of 5.88 meters/16 feet, 0 inches to set her second American record and world leader in two weeks.

She broke Stacy Dragila’s 3-year-old American record on May 20 at the adidas Track Classic (4.84m/15-10.5). Two weeks later in New York, she had the bar set at 16 feet and took two solid tries that failed.

On her third attempt at the height, Stuczynski gave the bar a brush, but it stayed up, giving her the American record as well as the U.S. all-comers record. She then raised the bar to 6.03m/16-6 in an unsuccessful attempt to break Yelena Isinbayeva’s world record. Shuying Gao of China was second with a national and Asian record of 4.64m/15-2.75. Dragila withdrew from the competition with a sore left Achilles tendon.
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