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In this edition:
Virginians Win XTERRA Richmond Trail Races
Twin Cities In Motion Announces 2011 College Scholarship Recipients
GO! For a Cause Charity Training Program Contributes More Than $330,000
Unprecedented TV Coverage for USA Outdoor Championships
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Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back, Logan, UT, June 17
ATC Father's Day 4 Mile, Atlanta, GA, June 18
Mt. Washington Road Race, Gorham, NH, June 18
Parenting Magazine's Fit Generation 5K, Denver, CO, June 18
Running USA Regional Summit, San Diego, CA, June 18
5th Father's Day 5K, St. Paul, MN, June 19
USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Eugene, OR, June 23-26
World Championships qualifier - Daegu, Korea
Emilie Mondor Memorial 5K Race for Women, Ottawa, CAN, Jun 25
Undy 5000, Denver, CO, June 25
Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon, WA, June 25
Inaugural B.A.A. 10K, Boston, MA, June 26
Cranmore Hill Climb, North Conway, NH, June 26
USA Mountain Running Championship
Stadium Stampede 5K, Denver, CO, June 26
Inaugural Packard Summer Scamper 5K & 10K, Palo Alto, CA, Jun 26
Virginians Win XTERRA Richmond Trail Races
Staff Sergeant Ryan Major captures hearts; Team X-T.R.E.M.E. sets Guinness World Record
By Trey Garman, XTERRA
RICHMOND, Va. - (June 11, 2011) - On Saturday morning, Ryan Witt and Sarah Breevoort won the XTERRA Richmond half-marathon, but Staff Sergeant Ryan Major won the hearts and spirits of everyone at Brown's Island in Richmond.
Major, a 26-year-old Army veteran, lost both his legs in 2006 when an improvised explosive device was detonated in Ramadi, Iraq. Before he was wounded in combat his ambition was to become an Army Ranger and jump out of planes.
This morning through the efforts of Team X-T.R.E.M.E., a non-profit support organization with an ongoing mission to honor, motivate and empower wounded veterans, Major fulfilled that lifelong dream and jumped out of an airplane with the Golden Nights. He landed right on Brown's Island just before the start of the race, and hollered so joyously it made everyone around smile and cheer.
"That was freakin' awesome! Awesome," yelled Major. "That was the biggest rush I've ever had."
And with that wonderful spirit energizing Brown's Island more than 700 runners from 22 states took off an adventure all their own through the amazing trails around the James River.
No doubt the biggest adventure, and toughest challenge, was tackled by Team X-T.R.E.M.E. founder, Jeremy Soles along with Jim Snyder, Matt Small, Colin Bunn and Ben Dyer who set off on a quest to secure a Guinness World Record by completing a 21K cross country race while wearing Avon Protection's C50 gas mask in honor of Major.
Gas masks create a certain amount of stress for end users, including increased breathing resistance, reduction in field of view and feelings of claustrophobia.
The team dons gas masks as a way to symbolize perseverance in the face of insurmountable odds and overcoming mental and physical obstacles. Challenges experienced in the mask last for hours, while wounded warriors endure their challenges for a lifetime.
Two hours, thirty-five minutes and 51 seconds later Team X-T.R.E.M.E. had done it, and an official adjudicator from Guinness World Records was on hand to present them with their record, which they in turn awarded to Major.
"This meant so much to me. It's truly an honor, and I appreciate what these guys did for me and are doing for all the wounded veterans," said Major.
In the chase for the overall title Ryan Witt, 26, of nearby Midlothian, Va. went out strongly and ended up in a pack of three and ran within himself to see how the race would play out.
"I haven't done a lot of trail races, and I hadn't done this one before so I didn't want to go out too hard and get in front if I didn't have to," said Witt, a former harrier at BYU.
Instead, he settled into a two-man duel with Jason Dowdy, 35, of Richmond until just about a half-mile out. When the finish was in sight he turned on the jets and crossed the line in 1 hour, 29 minutes, 39 seconds, followed by Dowdy just 33 seconds later.
"Loved this course, all the different obstacles made it really fun," said Witt.
In the women's half-marathon, Sarah Breevoort, 26, of Charlottesville, Va. finally won it all. In each of the last two years she had finished runner-up at this race.
"I got in front early and felt really good and was chasing down some of the boys and never saw anybody behind me," said Breevoort, whose winning time of 1:33:10 was more than eight minutes faster than runner-up Meghan Gebke from Portsmouth.
In the XTERRA Fugitive 10K race, Jacob Gustafsson, 27, of McLean sprinted out of the gates and seemed to get faster after that, posting a 36:16 winning time.
Gustafsson, an auditor by trade who also ran at BYU, was running in just his first trail race but certainly not his last.
"The variety out here is fantastic - staircases, singletrack, switchbacks, rocks and logs to hop over, brutal stairs, bridges, you name it," said Gustafsson. "I'm hooked."
Jenn Ennis, a University of Richmond grad who just earned her degree in psychology a few weeks ago, hadn't had the chance to run in this race before because her collegiate training schedule was so busy. Ennis qualified for the NCAA regionals in the steeplechase and used some of that agility in the race.
"I'm glad I know how to run and jump because there was a lot of that going on today. This was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be but so much fun," said Ennis. "I run these trails all the time so I know how great they are and how well maintained they are, but the rest of the course is just the epitome of Richmond - so much diversity. It makes you realize just how cool this city is."
Indeed, visitors and locals alike laughed and gasped their way through the myriad of man-made and natural obstacles of the Richmond course, no doubt why it was named among the top 32 trail runs in America by Runner's World magazine.
For complete results, photos and more, go to: XTERRAtrailrun.com
Twin Cities In Motion Announces 2011 College Scholarship Recipients
$5000 scholarships awarded to one male and one female high school senior out of 107 candidates
ST. PAUL, Minn. - (June 13, 2011) - Twin Cities In Motion (TCM) has awarded Hannah Borowsky of Hopkins High School (Hopkins, MN) and Aaron Bartnik of Eden Prairie High School (Eden Prairie, MN) its 2011 College Scholarships. Borowsky and Bartnik were selected from 107 qualified candidates. Candidates were judged on academic performance shown through a combination of grades and level of difficulty of curriculum; being a proven leader in the candidate's school or peer group; commitment to community service or helping others; and demonstration that the candidate has maximized their running potential.
"Both Hannah and Aaron are exceptional examples of student athletes," said Virginia Brophy Achman, Executive Director for TCM. "Their passion for running, dedication to their community and strong leadership qualities exemplify why we created the TCM College Scholarship program. We hope that this scholarship helps offset a portion of their education expenses, allowing them the opportunity to continue to pursue their passion for the sport of running."
Hannah is a four-year varsity letter recipient on Hopkins' track team, as well as a three-year recipient on the cross country team. She is also co-captain of the 2011 track team. Hannah was voted "Most Valuable Track Athlete" in 2009 and is a Minnesota All-Time State Record Holder in the 4 x 400 meter relay as well as a school record holder in the 4 x 800 meter relay. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Hannah carries a 4.0 GPA, placed second in the national Young Epidemiology Scholars competition for her research regarding adolescent smoker's perception about the risks of smoking and used her research findings to instigate a new bill that bans smoking in Hopkins parks. While Hannah has not decided on a university, she plans to study Public Health and Cognitive Science.
Aaron is the captain of the Eden Prairie track team and served as the captain of the cross country team in 2010. His list of running accomplishments is long, having achieved All-State, All-Section and All-State honors numerous times and claiming titles in section and state meets in cross country. In addition to running, Aaron also participated in Nordic Skiing all four years of high school and was elected Captain of the team in 2010. Academically, Aaron carries a 3.9 GPA while maintaining a challenging course load. He is a member of Destination Imagination and was the recipient of the Distinguished Leader Award. Aaron plans to study Engineering at the University of Minnesota and run for the Golden Gophers.
For more information about our scholarship program, visit: www.tcmevents.org
Twin Cities In Motion Announces 2011 College Scholarship Recipients
$5000 scholarships awarded to one male and one female high school senior out of 107 candidates
ST. PAUL, Minn. - (June 13, 2011) - Twin Cities In Motion (TCM) has awarded Hannah Borowsky of Hopkins High School (Hopkins, MN) and Aaron Bartnik of Eden Prairie High School (Eden Prairie, MN) its 2011 College Scholarships. Borowsky and Bartnik were selected from 107 qualified candidates. Candidates were judged on academic performance shown through a combination of grades and level of difficulty of curriculum; being a proven leader in the candidate's school or peer group; commitment to community service or helping others; and demonstration that the candidate has maximized their running potential.
"Both Hannah and Aaron are exceptional examples of student athletes," said Virginia Brophy Achman, Executive Director for TCM. "Their passion for running, dedication to their community and strong leadership qualities exemplify why we created the TCM College Scholarship program. We hope that this scholarship helps offset a portion of their education expenses, allowing them the opportunity to continue to pursue their passion for the sport of running."
Hannah is a four-year varsity letter recipient on Hopkins' track team, as well as a three-year recipient on the cross country team. She is also co-captain of the 2011 track team. Hannah was voted "Most Valuable Track Athlete" in 2009 and is a Minnesota All-Time State Record Holder in the 4 x 400 meter relay as well as a school record holder in the 4 x 800 meter relay. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Hannah carries a 4.0 GPA, placed second in the national Young Epidemiology Scholars competition for her research regarding adolescent smoker's perception about the risks of smoking and used her research findings to instigate a new bill that bans smoking in Hopkins parks. While Hannah has not decided on a university, she plans to study Public Health and Cognitive Science.
Aaron is the captain of the Eden Prairie track team and served as the captain of the cross country team in 2010. His list of running accomplishments is long, having achieved All-State, All-Section and All-State honors numerous times and claiming titles in section and state meets in cross country. In addition to running, Aaron also participated in Nordic Skiing all four years of high school and was elected Captain of the team in 2010. Academically, Aaron carries a 3.9 GPA while maintaining a challenging course load. He is a member of Destination Imagination and was the recipient of the Distinguished Leader Award. Aaron plans to study Engineering at the University of Minnesota and run for the Golden Gophers.
For more information about our scholarship program, visit: www.tcmevents.org
Unprecedented TV Coverage for USA Outdoor Championships
World Championships qualifier returns to Eugene, Oregon, June 23-26
INDIANAPOLIS - The 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - set for Eugene, Oregon on June 23-26 - will have more television exposure than ever before, thanks to a partnership with Universal Sports.
Two 90-minute broadcasts will air on Universal Sports on Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26, in addition to the previously scheduled shows on ESPN2 and NBC. With the multi-platform approach, the championships will boast seven hours of television coverage.
"With the addition of Universal Sports to the championships we will be providing track and field fans with unprecedented coverage across multiple platforms, including broadcast television, cable and internet," said USATF interim CEO Mike McNees. "This is an exciting enhancement for the USA Outdoor Championships".
Universal Sports Television Network is available to more than 63 million U.S. homes in 51 markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington DC, Denver, San Diego and San Francisco. To find a Universal Sports channel in your area, visit universalsports.com.
"The USA Outdoor Championships is a perfect fit for our network and an ideal complement to our unrivaled coverage of track and field," said David Sternberg, CEO of Universal Sports. "It will allow our viewers to follow many of the top U.S. athletes as they prepare for the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Games."
USA Outdoor Championships broadcast schedule (all times EST):
Friday, June 24
ESPN2 10:00pm - 12:00am
Saturday, June 25
Universal 3:00 - 4:30pm
NBC 5:00 - 6:00pm
Sunday, June 26
Universal 3:00 - 4:30pm
Universal 5:00 - 6:00pm
For more information on the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, go to: www.usatf.org
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Verzbicas named Athlete of the Week
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INDIANAPOLIS — Lukas Verzbicas has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after becoming the fifth U.S. high school athlete ever to run under four minutes in the mile with his victory in the adidas Grand Prix High School Dream Mile.
©Victah Sailer
Verzbicas took over the lead with 600m left in the race on his way to a time of 3:59.71. The high school senior from Orland Park, Ill., was greeted at the finish line by Jim Ryun, the first high school athlete to run sub-four minutes in the event and the only person other than Verzbicas to run sub-4 in an all-high school race. Going into the meet, Verzbicas had high expectations for himself.
“I was pretty positive I could break four minutes,” Verzbicas said. “I expected it to be a lot easier than it was with the rain and the wind. But the conditions made it even more special.”
Verzbicas’ performance capped off an incredibly successful high school running career which was highlighted by first-place finishes at the Footlocker Cross Country Championships and Nike Cross Nationals, as well as three individual titles at the 2011 New Balance Indoor Nationals. He also set records this year in the high school indoor 5,000m and outdoor two-mile events.
“It was very special having been my last high school race,” Verzbicas said. “There’s no better way to have ended it or capped it off. When I finished, I had this feeling of relief because it all just came together.”
Now in its tenth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
Winners: January 5, Bill Tribou; January 12, Tyler Sorensen; January 20, Josh Cox; January 26,Ben Shorey; February 2, Ashton Eaton; February 9, Ashton Eaton; February 16, Bernard Lagat; February 23, Ryan Crouser; March 2, Jillian Camarena-Williams; March 10, Bill Collins; March 16, Miles Batty; March 23, Shalane Flanagan; March 30, John Nunn; April 6, Aries Merritt; April 13, Gunnar Nixon; April 20, Desiree Davila; April 27, Nolan Shaheed; May 4, Emma Coburn; May 11, Willie Gault; May 18, English Gardner; May 25, Kibwé Johnson; June 1, Khadevis Robinson; June 8, Carmelita Jeter; June 15, Lukas Verzbicas
WEEK IN REVIEW -- JUNE 6-12
From USATF Statistician Glen McMicken
Aggies Sweep NCAA I Titles for Third Time
Senior Jessica Beard, who two years ago ran for Team USA at the World Championships in Berlin, capped off a stellar career at Texas A&M by leading the Aggies to their third straight NCAA outdoor team title in Des Moines, Iowa. Beard's sizzling 49.13 anchor leg on the 4x400, the fastest ever at the NCAA meet, gave A&M the gold in that event at 3:26.31 and sewed up the team trophy. She also won the 400m in 51.10.
©Victah Sailer
A&M's men completed the three-sweep by taking the team title with a win in the 4x400, their only event win of the meet.
Some of the top performances at the rain-soaked and lightning-singed meet included:
-- Florida's dynamic duo of Christian Taylor and Will Claye put on the greatest ever show of collegiate triple jumping, finishing 1-2 as Taylor bounded a windy 17.80m/58-4.75 on his final attempt to beat out his teammate's last-gasp 17.62m/57-9.75w. The 2007 World Youth champion, Taylor's winning leap was the best all-conditions jump in collegiate history, and he added a U.S.-leading legal jump of 17.40m/57-1 on attempt number four. Claye, the American Junior Record holder, popped a wind-legal 17.35m/56-11.25 in round three.
-- LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan rocketed to a world-leading 22.24 to win the women's 200m, the third-fastest time ever by a collegian. She needed that to hold off A&M's Jeneba Tarmoh (MT. PLEASANT HS, SAN JOSE), who tied the No. 9 all-time collegiate mark with her 22.34. Duncan also anchored the Tigers to a 42.64 win in the 4x100.
-- Perhaps the most hotly contested race of the meet was the men's 800m, where super-kicker Robby Andrews of Virginia again stole the title with his stretch run to finish in a lifetime-best 1:44.71. The World Junior bronze medalist from last summer, Andrews' time was just .01 off the meet record, but he needed every bit of it to edge Cal-Irvine's emerging star, Charles Jock. Jock made the pace through 400m in sub-50, and finished in 1:44.75, a huge PR. Oregon's Elijah Greer also dropped his PR in third to 1:45.06.
-- Former American Junior Record holder Emma Coburn of Colorado dominated the 3,000m steeplechase, winning in 9:41.14.
-- Maurice Mitchell of Florida State cracked the 20-second barrier in the 200m with a slightly-illegal wind, clocking 19.99w, and finished third in the 100m at 10.00 behind Mookie Salaam (Oklahoma), who took silver with a PR 9.97.
-- Kansas State's Ryann Krais (UCLA 2010), a Team USA member at the World Youth and World Junior meets in the past, added more than 100 points to her heptathlon PR with a 5,961-point total to take gold, and she added a bronze in the 400m hurdles at 55.89.
-- Illinois State's Tim Glover put a quick end to the men's javelin competition, uncorking a massive 80.33m/263-6 winner on his first attempt, the sixth farthest throw ever by an American collegian.
-- Barrett Nugent of LSU made the most of an odd men's 110m hurdles final, taking gold from lane eight with his windy 13.28. Pre-race favorite Omo Osaghae of Texas Tech, the USA Indoor 60m hurdles champ, fell early and finished seventh.
--Dartmouth freshman Abbey D'Agostino took a huge chunk off her previous PR in the 5,000m, finishing third in 15:40.69, the second fastest time ever by a U.S. junior. Only Molly Huddle's unratified 15:36.95 is ahead of D'Agostino on the all-time list.
-- 2008 World Junior 400m hurdles gold medalist Jeshua Anderson (TAFT HS, WOOODLAND HILLS 2007)of Washington State picked up his third career NCAA long hurdles gold in 48.56.
-- Tony McQuay of Florida took over the U.S. lead in the 400m with his 44.87 in the semifinals.
-- What can you say about a decathlon that stretches over three days instead of two, and ends up with two Americans over 8,000 points and another barely missing that lauded barrier with a 7,996 score?
The competition was stopped midway through the javelin, and athletes finished up that event the following day when it became obvious that dangerous weather would preclude a two-day finish. Cal's Mike Morrison ended up atop the podium with a PR 8,118, with Duke's Curtis Beach second at 8,084, a huge personal best. Beach topped 8,000 points on the strength of a 3:59.13 1,500m, one of only a handful of times a decathlete has dipped under four minutes.
Clemson's Miller Moss, looking for his second NCAA title after winning the indoor heptathlon in March, had to step away from the 10-eventer just before the 1,500m to anchor the Tigers' 4x400 relay in the semifinals, and he just missed 8,000 points in third.
Kevin Lazas, an Arkansas freshman, bettered his own American Junior record of 7,703 with a 7,802 to take 10th, but this one will not go in the record books due to the delay.
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: www.usatf.org.
INDIANAPOLIS — Lukas Verzbicas has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after becoming the fifth U.S. high school athlete ever to run under four minutes in the mile with his victory in the adidas Grand Prix High School Dream Mile.
©Victah Sailer
Verzbicas took over the lead with 600m left in the race on his way to a time of 3:59.71. The high school senior from Orland Park, Ill., was greeted at the finish line by Jim Ryun, the first high school athlete to run sub-four minutes in the event and the only person other than Verzbicas to run sub-4 in an all-high school race. Going into the meet, Verzbicas had high expectations for himself.
“I was pretty positive I could break four minutes,” Verzbicas said. “I expected it to be a lot easier than it was with the rain and the wind. But the conditions made it even more special.”
Verzbicas’ performance capped off an incredibly successful high school running career which was highlighted by first-place finishes at the Footlocker Cross Country Championships and Nike Cross Nationals, as well as three individual titles at the 2011 New Balance Indoor Nationals. He also set records this year in the high school indoor 5,000m and outdoor two-mile events.
“It was very special having been my last high school race,” Verzbicas said. “There’s no better way to have ended it or capped it off. When I finished, I had this feeling of relief because it all just came together.”
Now in its tenth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
Winners: January 5, Bill Tribou; January 12, Tyler Sorensen; January 20, Josh Cox; January 26,Ben Shorey; February 2, Ashton Eaton; February 9, Ashton Eaton; February 16, Bernard Lagat; February 23, Ryan Crouser; March 2, Jillian Camarena-Williams; March 10, Bill Collins; March 16, Miles Batty; March 23, Shalane Flanagan; March 30, John Nunn; April 6, Aries Merritt; April 13, Gunnar Nixon; April 20, Desiree Davila; April 27, Nolan Shaheed; May 4, Emma Coburn; May 11, Willie Gault; May 18, English Gardner; May 25, Kibwé Johnson; June 1, Khadevis Robinson; June 8, Carmelita Jeter; June 15, Lukas Verzbicas
WEEK IN REVIEW -- JUNE 6-12
From USATF Statistician Glen McMicken
Aggies Sweep NCAA I Titles for Third Time
Senior Jessica Beard, who two years ago ran for Team USA at the World Championships in Berlin, capped off a stellar career at Texas A&M by leading the Aggies to their third straight NCAA outdoor team title in Des Moines, Iowa. Beard's sizzling 49.13 anchor leg on the 4x400, the fastest ever at the NCAA meet, gave A&M the gold in that event at 3:26.31 and sewed up the team trophy. She also won the 400m in 51.10.
©Victah Sailer
A&M's men completed the three-sweep by taking the team title with a win in the 4x400, their only event win of the meet.
Some of the top performances at the rain-soaked and lightning-singed meet included:
-- Florida's dynamic duo of Christian Taylor and Will Claye put on the greatest ever show of collegiate triple jumping, finishing 1-2 as Taylor bounded a windy 17.80m/58-4.75 on his final attempt to beat out his teammate's last-gasp 17.62m/57-9.75w. The 2007 World Youth champion, Taylor's winning leap was the best all-conditions jump in collegiate history, and he added a U.S.-leading legal jump of 17.40m/57-1 on attempt number four. Claye, the American Junior Record holder, popped a wind-legal 17.35m/56-11.25 in round three.
-- LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan rocketed to a world-leading 22.24 to win the women's 200m, the third-fastest time ever by a collegian. She needed that to hold off A&M's Jeneba Tarmoh (MT. PLEASANT HS, SAN JOSE), who tied the No. 9 all-time collegiate mark with her 22.34. Duncan also anchored the Tigers to a 42.64 win in the 4x100.
-- Perhaps the most hotly contested race of the meet was the men's 800m, where super-kicker Robby Andrews of Virginia again stole the title with his stretch run to finish in a lifetime-best 1:44.71. The World Junior bronze medalist from last summer, Andrews' time was just .01 off the meet record, but he needed every bit of it to edge Cal-Irvine's emerging star, Charles Jock. Jock made the pace through 400m in sub-50, and finished in 1:44.75, a huge PR. Oregon's Elijah Greer also dropped his PR in third to 1:45.06.
-- Former American Junior Record holder Emma Coburn of Colorado dominated the 3,000m steeplechase, winning in 9:41.14.
-- Maurice Mitchell of Florida State cracked the 20-second barrier in the 200m with a slightly-illegal wind, clocking 19.99w, and finished third in the 100m at 10.00 behind Mookie Salaam (Oklahoma), who took silver with a PR 9.97.
-- Kansas State's Ryann Krais (UCLA 2010), a Team USA member at the World Youth and World Junior meets in the past, added more than 100 points to her heptathlon PR with a 5,961-point total to take gold, and she added a bronze in the 400m hurdles at 55.89.
-- Illinois State's Tim Glover put a quick end to the men's javelin competition, uncorking a massive 80.33m/263-6 winner on his first attempt, the sixth farthest throw ever by an American collegian.
-- Barrett Nugent of LSU made the most of an odd men's 110m hurdles final, taking gold from lane eight with his windy 13.28. Pre-race favorite Omo Osaghae of Texas Tech, the USA Indoor 60m hurdles champ, fell early and finished seventh.
--Dartmouth freshman Abbey D'Agostino took a huge chunk off her previous PR in the 5,000m, finishing third in 15:40.69, the second fastest time ever by a U.S. junior. Only Molly Huddle's unratified 15:36.95 is ahead of D'Agostino on the all-time list.
-- 2008 World Junior 400m hurdles gold medalist Jeshua Anderson (TAFT HS, WOOODLAND HILLS 2007)of Washington State picked up his third career NCAA long hurdles gold in 48.56.
-- Tony McQuay of Florida took over the U.S. lead in the 400m with his 44.87 in the semifinals.
-- What can you say about a decathlon that stretches over three days instead of two, and ends up with two Americans over 8,000 points and another barely missing that lauded barrier with a 7,996 score?
The competition was stopped midway through the javelin, and athletes finished up that event the following day when it became obvious that dangerous weather would preclude a two-day finish. Cal's Mike Morrison ended up atop the podium with a PR 8,118, with Duke's Curtis Beach second at 8,084, a huge personal best. Beach topped 8,000 points on the strength of a 3:59.13 1,500m, one of only a handful of times a decathlete has dipped under four minutes.
Clemson's Miller Moss, looking for his second NCAA title after winning the indoor heptathlon in March, had to step away from the 10-eventer just before the 1,500m to anchor the Tigers' 4x400 relay in the semifinals, and he just missed 8,000 points in third.
Kevin Lazas, an Arkansas freshman, bettered his own American Junior record of 7,703 with a 7,802 to take 10th, but this one will not go in the record books due to the delay.
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: www.usatf.org.
U.S. High School Hammer Throw List
U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
238’09” Brad Bolton SR El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 06-12 *
229’05” Greg Skipper SR Oregon City, OR 05-11 *
222’07” Enrique Gaitan SR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 06-02
213’06” Jon Lawson SR Prairie, Brush Prairie, WA 05-07
210’01” Ben Glauser SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 06-02
206’02” Nathan Loe SR Woodland, Cartersville, GA 06-02
205’10” Joe Velez JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-06
205’03” Nate Irwin SR Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 05-28
203’04” Mike Maloof SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
203’04” Edward Brentnall SR Lovett, Atlanta, GA 06-02
198’06” Jeremy Tuttle SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 06-03
198’00” Chukwuebuka Enekwechi SR Francis Lewis, Fresh Meadows, NY 06-12 *
195’08” Kevin Conway JR Westerly, RI 05-09
195’03” Andrew Dunkleberger SR Whitfield Academy, Mableton, GA 05-22
193’08” TJ Servino SR Monroe Woodbury, Central Valley, NY 05-03
193’07” Reuben Horace JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
192’02” Michael Foley JR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 05-07
191’08” Jonathan Murray SR Coeur D’Alene, ID 06-12 *
191’06” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 04-02
191’06” Ryan Minor SR South Brunswick, Southport, NC 05-14
187’08” Gustavo Reynoso SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-28
187’08” Christopher Hand SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 06-05
185’08” Chris Ackwell SR Brookfield, CT 06-09 *C
185’04” Bryn Campbell JR Canal Winchester, OH 04-26
185’04” Tyler Dukes SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-04
185’04” Mike Montavon SR Centerville, OH 03-26
185’03” Joel Caballero SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-28
181’08” Darien Thornton JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-02
180’07” John Celona JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
180’04” Carlos Mangum SO Central, Providence, RI 06-02
178’06” Josh Whitener SO North Paulding, Dallas, GA 06-12 *
178’02” Benny McGowan JR Centerville, OH 04-26
177’10” Cameron Brown JR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-22
176’05” Sam Hacker JR Gig Harbor, WA 05-29
174’06” Mike Bennett SR Centerville, OH 03-26
172’05” Luis Alvarez SR Mt. Pleasant, Providence, RI 05-03
172’02” Joe McGuire SR Westerly, RI 06-04
171’07” August Wolf JR Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY 05-06
171’07” Austin Funk JR Post Falls, ID 06-04
171’05” Chase Carroll SO North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 06-12 *
171’03” Jared Harrison SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 03-26
171’02” Matt Gama SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-27
171’00” Colin Minor FR South Brunswick, Southport, NC 05-14
170’00” Steve Lefebvre SO LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-07
169’11” Charlie Ionata SO Barrington, RI 06-09 *
169’04” Kody Robison SR Millikan, Long Beach, CA 04-17
167’08” Brian Hamann SR Cumberland, RI 05-21
166’03” Kevin Stanley SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 05-22
166’03” Mahlik Handley SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 06-04
166’03” Nikolas Huffman SO Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-22
165’07” Damon Unland SO Ferris, Spokane, WA 05-29
164’09” Jeff Rutherford SR Eastwood, Pemberville, OH 04-16
164’07” Logan Pressley JR North Buncombe, Weaverville, NC 04-22
164’06” Gabriel Arcaro FR Burlington, MA 05-26
164’04” Alex Briggs JR Portsmouth, RI 04-12
164’00” Bryan Hayashida SR Elk Grove, CA 06-11 *
163’10” Jarrod Hardrick SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-26
163’07” Travis Pickett JR Snohomish, WA 04-16
163’02” Chip Sudbeck SR Camas, WA 05-29
163’01” Ian Montague SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 05-07
162’11” JD Roth SR Nanuet, NY 04-21
162’10” Ed Cummins JR Lincoln, RI 06-09 *
162’09” Vincent Ziraldo JR Redwood, Visalia, CA 06-11 *
162’05” Matt Casbarro SO Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
162’04” Riley Tuttle SR North Kingstown, RI 05-28
162’04” Dylan Dyke SO Waverly, OH 04-26
162’01” Curtis Bleasdale JR Vacaville, CA 06-12 *
160’10” Joseph Covino JR Cumberland, RI 06-02
160’08” Robert Palazzo JR Classical, Providence, RI 06-09 *
160’07” Clarence Gallop SO Central, Providence, RI 06-02
160’03” Isaac Graves SR Glacier Park, Snohomish, WA 05-29
159’07” John Goddard SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
159’06” Andy Miller SO Capital, Olympia, WA 05-22
159’03” John Higgins JR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-16
158’00” Triton Pitassi SO Camas, WA 05-29
158’00” Tom Harty SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-26
156’04” Tyler Meyer JR Buchanan, Troy, MO 06-04 *
156’04” Derek Benn SR North Kingstown, RI 04-29
156’02” Cook, Austin SO Overton, TX 06-03
156’00” Jared Ballenger FR Freemont Ross, OH 05-27
155’11” Derek Ferra JR East Greenwich, RI 06-02
155’08” Carson Frost SR Sonora, CA 06-12 *
155’07” Jamie Brown SR Portsmouth, RI 05-28
155’02” Evan Fleming SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-27
154’00” Joe Vincent SO Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 06-02
153’11” Mathew DePina SO Central Falls, RI 05-28
153’07” Kyle Littles SO Holy Innocents Episcopal,Sandy Springs,GA 06-12 *
153’01” Kevin Conner SO Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-06
153’00” Bryan Rhodes JR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-25
152’09” Jonas Mims JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-04
152’08” Zachery Driver SO Classical, Providence, RI 06-02
152’00” Nicholas Evans SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 05-29
151’09” Dylan Gardner SO Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-06
150’09” Kenneth Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-15
150’09” Brian Bianchi SO West Warwick, RI 05-06
150’06” Nicholas Rea JR Sheldon, OR 04-23
150’01” Phil Maloney JR Portsmouth, RI 05-14
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
230’11” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 06-01
206’01” Joe Velez JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
177’06” Carlos Mangum SO Central, Providence, RI 04-02
168’04” Chase Carroll SO North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-22
167’01” John Celona JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-02
164’01” Charlie Ionata SO Barrington, RI 04-02
155’02” Josh Whitener SO North Paulding, Dallas, GA 04-23
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
197’06” Brad Bolton SO El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 05-09-09
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
217’06” Brad Bolton SR El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 05-07
211’11” Enrique Gaitan SR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 05-08
203’00” Nathan Loe SR Woodland, Cartersville, GA 05-15
202’10” Ben Glauser SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 06-12 *
201’09” Chukwuebuka Enekwechi SR Francis Lewis, Fresh Meadows, NY 06-01
191’10” Edward Brentnall SR Lovett, Atlanta, GA 06-12 *
179’05” Brian Uthe SR Governor Thomas Johnson, Frederick, MD 09-12
175’06” Colin Minor FR South Brunswick, Southport, NC 05-14
174’09” Mike Maloof SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-02
169’00” Josh Whitener SO North Paulding, Dallas, GA 06-12 *
166’07” Zack Larrabee SR Sarasota, FL 04-09
158’01” Jonathan Murray SR Coeur D’Alene, ID 06-04
146’02” Kody Robison SR Millikan, Long Beach, CA 04-17
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
149’09” Zack Richards FR Monroe, WA 07-03-05
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
202’10” Brad Bolton SR El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 04-30
176’10” Enrique Gaitan SR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 11-27
174’03” Chukwuebuka Enekwechi SR Francis Lewis, Fresh Meadows, NY 05-28
153’05” Michael Foley JR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-02
141’08” Sam Hacker JR Gig Harbor, WA 05-22
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15
198’10” Diana Levy’ SR Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw, GA 06-12 *
174’02” Katie Kraychir SR Twentynine Palms, CA 06-04
174’01” Robyn McFetters SR Barrington, RI 05-21
170’06” Jianna Williams SR South Paulding, Douglasville, GA 05-15
170’01” Taylor Dupont SR Star’s Mill, Peachtree City, GA 06-12 *
165’08” Monica Phillips JR Pope, Marietta, GA 05-22
165’05” Cara McClain JR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 06-12 *
162’00” Jackie Leppelmeier SR McComb, OH 04-29
159’03” Ashley Weber JR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 06-03
158’10” Aleide Fernandes SR Central Falls, RI 06-04
157’02” Ashlen Veatch JR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 06-12 *
156’11” Maggie DuFault JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 06-04
156’00” Becky Cousens JR Portsmouth, RI 04-02
155’01” Torie Owers JR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 06-12 *
153’11” Jessica Imani SR Corona del Mar, CA 06-12 *
153’00” Karina Foster SR Bloomfield, CT 06-09 *
152’11” Sabrina Gaitan 8TH J.J. Daniell MS, Marietta, GA 06-12 *
152’00” Kadijah Johnson SR Central Falls, RI 05-07
151’06” Avana Story JR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 05-08
150’05” Cynthia Watt SR Mt. Vernon, NY 04-21
148’07” Diamond Higgins SR Kennesaw Mountain, GA 05-22
147’07” Sally Marie Futch SR Bulloch Academy, Statesboro, GA 06-12 *
145’10” Carly Pendleton SR Woodmore, Elmore, OH 04-16
145’02” Grace Janes JR Rogers, Newport, RI 05-07
144’08” Sidnie Wilder FR Cameron, WI 06-11 *
144’06” Heather Vermillion SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 05-30
143’03” Sophie Hallam-Eames SR Nathan Hale, Seattle, WA 05-22
143’00” Adrienne Thornton JR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-02
141’06” Lissette Mendivil JR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-17
140’10” Alyssa Maker SR Our Lady of Mercy, Fairburn, GA 11-27
139’00” Nicole Johnson SO Central Falls, RI 05-06
138’03” Ann Dagrin JR Classical, Providence, RI 05-21
137’11” Lauren Sens SR Elk Grove, CA 06-11 *
137’06” Shreese Daniels SR Steilacoom, WA 03-12
137’01” Imani White SR Longwood, Middle Island, NY 05-07
136’05” Kelli Thomas FR Luella, Locust Grove, GA 06-12 *
136’02” Destinee Barrette SO Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 06-09 *
136’01” Cortney Miller SO Calvery Chapel Christian, Las Vegas, NV 06-03
134’09” Marthaline Cooper SO Classical, Providence, RI 06-04
134’09” McKenzie Warren JR Sandy, OR 04-23
134’04” Josie Hardin SO Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 05-15
134’01” Dorienne Ordaz JR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-17
133’07” Sequoia Watkins SR T.C. Roberson, Asheville, NC 04-22
132’03” Thalia Rosario SR Mt. Pleasant, Providence, RI 06-04
131’07” Sarah Hussey SR Elk Grove, CA 06-11 *
130’08” Carolyn Gravelle JR Snohonmish, WA 05-22
129’04” Leia Mistowski FR Narragansett, RI 04-25
128’02” Alexis Pike JR Smithfield, Esmond, RI 05-28
128’00” Molly McCullough SO Mission Viejo, CA 04-17
127’10” Jennifer Cabral JR Central Falls, RI 05-28
127’09” Stephanie Goei SR Shorewood, WA 05-29
126’08” Dakota Kliamovich JR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 05-15
126’02” Avione Allgood JR Legacy, North Las Vegas, NV 04-23
126’00” Casidy Callahan SO Ogden, UT 06-12 *
125’04” Michaelyn Mills JR Meade, Spokane, WA 05-29
125’02” Jaclyn Galdun SR Minisink Valley, Slate Hill, NY 06-02 *
125’00” Venetcia Ortiz SO Central Falls, RI 06-09 *
124’01” Ann Padgett 8th Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ 06-03
124’00” Brittany Christiansen SR Sachem East, NY 05-01
123’09” Brianna O’Grady SO South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-28
123’01” Heidi Furman JR Tri Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 06-02 *
123’00” Kamryn Brinson 7TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-22
122’09” Amber Sudzius JR Brentwood, TN 06-04
121’11” Katie Wardsworth SO Central Valley, Spokane, WA 05-29
121’03” Danielle Borriello FR Ellenville, NY 06-05
121’03” Gabby Smith SO Narragansett, RI 06-09 *
121’02” Megan Rose Chapman SR Stonington, Pawcatuck, CT 04-21
121’01” Dominique Darby JR Tri Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-16
121’01” Becca Leppelmeier SO McComb, OH 04-16
120’10” Theresa Seide SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-04
120’09” Nyla Woods FR Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 06-12 *
120’04” Catherine Maloney JR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-10
120’04” Alyssa Gary JR Liberty Benton, Findlay, OH 04-21
120’02” Rachel Martschinske JR Camas, WA 04-16
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Although the 5k hammer throw is not normally contested in the U.S. it is conducted
in some meets. Boys’ 5k performances of 160’ or more in an officially sanctioned
meet will be included in the performance list providing the athlete is 16 or 17
years old through December 31, 2011 (born in 1994 or 1995) in accordance with
IAAF guidelines for Youth Athletes.
Weekly updates up to top 100 in each gender.
* - Addition or improvement since last update.
’ – Foreign student/athlete.
C – Class correction.
Cutoff 06-12-11 Updated 06-16-11
Addition, updates, or corrections would be appreciated.
Please send to: Bob Gourley 3 Greenville Drive, Barrington, RI 02806
(401) 246-0243 or via e-mail at rmgourley@fullchannel.net
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
238’09” Brad Bolton SR El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 06-12 *
229’05” Greg Skipper SR Oregon City, OR 05-11 *
222’07” Enrique Gaitan SR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 06-02
213’06” Jon Lawson SR Prairie, Brush Prairie, WA 05-07
210’01” Ben Glauser SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 06-02
206’02” Nathan Loe SR Woodland, Cartersville, GA 06-02
205’10” Joe Velez JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-06
205’03” Nate Irwin SR Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 05-28
203’04” Mike Maloof SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
203’04” Edward Brentnall SR Lovett, Atlanta, GA 06-02
198’06” Jeremy Tuttle SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 06-03
198’00” Chukwuebuka Enekwechi SR Francis Lewis, Fresh Meadows, NY 06-12 *
195’08” Kevin Conway JR Westerly, RI 05-09
195’03” Andrew Dunkleberger SR Whitfield Academy, Mableton, GA 05-22
193’08” TJ Servino SR Monroe Woodbury, Central Valley, NY 05-03
193’07” Reuben Horace JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
192’02” Michael Foley JR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 05-07
191’08” Jonathan Murray SR Coeur D’Alene, ID 06-12 *
191’06” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 04-02
191’06” Ryan Minor SR South Brunswick, Southport, NC 05-14
187’08” Gustavo Reynoso SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-28
187’08” Christopher Hand SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 06-05
185’08” Chris Ackwell SR Brookfield, CT 06-09 *C
185’04” Bryn Campbell JR Canal Winchester, OH 04-26
185’04” Tyler Dukes SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-04
185’04” Mike Montavon SR Centerville, OH 03-26
185’03” Joel Caballero SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-28
181’08” Darien Thornton JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-02
180’07” John Celona JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
180’04” Carlos Mangum SO Central, Providence, RI 06-02
178’06” Josh Whitener SO North Paulding, Dallas, GA 06-12 *
178’02” Benny McGowan JR Centerville, OH 04-26
177’10” Cameron Brown JR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-22
176’05” Sam Hacker JR Gig Harbor, WA 05-29
174’06” Mike Bennett SR Centerville, OH 03-26
172’05” Luis Alvarez SR Mt. Pleasant, Providence, RI 05-03
172’02” Joe McGuire SR Westerly, RI 06-04
171’07” August Wolf JR Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY 05-06
171’07” Austin Funk JR Post Falls, ID 06-04
171’05” Chase Carroll SO North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 06-12 *
171’03” Jared Harrison SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 03-26
171’02” Matt Gama SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-27
171’00” Colin Minor FR South Brunswick, Southport, NC 05-14
170’00” Steve Lefebvre SO LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-07
169’11” Charlie Ionata SO Barrington, RI 06-09 *
169’04” Kody Robison SR Millikan, Long Beach, CA 04-17
167’08” Brian Hamann SR Cumberland, RI 05-21
166’03” Kevin Stanley SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 05-22
166’03” Mahlik Handley SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 06-04
166’03” Nikolas Huffman SO Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-22
165’07” Damon Unland SO Ferris, Spokane, WA 05-29
164’09” Jeff Rutherford SR Eastwood, Pemberville, OH 04-16
164’07” Logan Pressley JR North Buncombe, Weaverville, NC 04-22
164’06” Gabriel Arcaro FR Burlington, MA 05-26
164’04” Alex Briggs JR Portsmouth, RI 04-12
164’00” Bryan Hayashida SR Elk Grove, CA 06-11 *
163’10” Jarrod Hardrick SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-26
163’07” Travis Pickett JR Snohomish, WA 04-16
163’02” Chip Sudbeck SR Camas, WA 05-29
163’01” Ian Montague SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 05-07
162’11” JD Roth SR Nanuet, NY 04-21
162’10” Ed Cummins JR Lincoln, RI 06-09 *
162’09” Vincent Ziraldo JR Redwood, Visalia, CA 06-11 *
162’05” Matt Casbarro SO Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
162’04” Riley Tuttle SR North Kingstown, RI 05-28
162’04” Dylan Dyke SO Waverly, OH 04-26
162’01” Curtis Bleasdale JR Vacaville, CA 06-12 *
160’10” Joseph Covino JR Cumberland, RI 06-02
160’08” Robert Palazzo JR Classical, Providence, RI 06-09 *
160’07” Clarence Gallop SO Central, Providence, RI 06-02
160’03” Isaac Graves SR Glacier Park, Snohomish, WA 05-29
159’07” John Goddard SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-28
159’06” Andy Miller SO Capital, Olympia, WA 05-22
159’03” John Higgins JR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-16
158’00” Triton Pitassi SO Camas, WA 05-29
158’00” Tom Harty SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-26
156’04” Tyler Meyer JR Buchanan, Troy, MO 06-04 *
156’04” Derek Benn SR North Kingstown, RI 04-29
156’02” Cook, Austin SO Overton, TX 06-03
156’00” Jared Ballenger FR Freemont Ross, OH 05-27
155’11” Derek Ferra JR East Greenwich, RI 06-02
155’08” Carson Frost SR Sonora, CA 06-12 *
155’07” Jamie Brown SR Portsmouth, RI 05-28
155’02” Evan Fleming SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-27
154’00” Joe Vincent SO Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 06-02
153’11” Mathew DePina SO Central Falls, RI 05-28
153’07” Kyle Littles SO Holy Innocents Episcopal,Sandy Springs,GA 06-12 *
153’01” Kevin Conner SO Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-06
153’00” Bryan Rhodes JR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-25
152’09” Jonas Mims JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-04
152’08” Zachery Driver SO Classical, Providence, RI 06-02
152’00” Nicholas Evans SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 05-29
151’09” Dylan Gardner SO Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-06
150’09” Kenneth Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-15
150’09” Brian Bianchi SO West Warwick, RI 05-06
150’06” Nicholas Rea JR Sheldon, OR 04-23
150’01” Phil Maloney JR Portsmouth, RI 05-14
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
230’11” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 06-01
206’01” Joe Velez JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
177’06” Carlos Mangum SO Central, Providence, RI 04-02
168’04” Chase Carroll SO North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-22
167’01” John Celona JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-02
164’01” Charlie Ionata SO Barrington, RI 04-02
155’02” Josh Whitener SO North Paulding, Dallas, GA 04-23
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
197’06” Brad Bolton SO El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 05-09-09
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
217’06” Brad Bolton SR El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 05-07
211’11” Enrique Gaitan SR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 05-08
203’00” Nathan Loe SR Woodland, Cartersville, GA 05-15
202’10” Ben Glauser SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 06-12 *
201’09” Chukwuebuka Enekwechi SR Francis Lewis, Fresh Meadows, NY 06-01
191’10” Edward Brentnall SR Lovett, Atlanta, GA 06-12 *
179’05” Brian Uthe SR Governor Thomas Johnson, Frederick, MD 09-12
175’06” Colin Minor FR South Brunswick, Southport, NC 05-14
174’09” Mike Maloof SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-02
169’00” Josh Whitener SO North Paulding, Dallas, GA 06-12 *
166’07” Zack Larrabee SR Sarasota, FL 04-09
158’01” Jonathan Murray SR Coeur D’Alene, ID 06-04
146’02” Kody Robison SR Millikan, Long Beach, CA 04-17
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
149’09” Zack Richards FR Monroe, WA 07-03-05
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
202’10” Brad Bolton SR El Toro, Lake Forest, CA 04-30
176’10” Enrique Gaitan SR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 11-27
174’03” Chukwuebuka Enekwechi SR Francis Lewis, Fresh Meadows, NY 05-28
153’05” Michael Foley JR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-02
141’08” Sam Hacker JR Gig Harbor, WA 05-22
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2011 PERFORMANCE LIST
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15
198’10” Diana Levy’ SR Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw, GA 06-12 *
174’02” Katie Kraychir SR Twentynine Palms, CA 06-04
174’01” Robyn McFetters SR Barrington, RI 05-21
170’06” Jianna Williams SR South Paulding, Douglasville, GA 05-15
170’01” Taylor Dupont SR Star’s Mill, Peachtree City, GA 06-12 *
165’08” Monica Phillips JR Pope, Marietta, GA 05-22
165’05” Cara McClain JR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 06-12 *
162’00” Jackie Leppelmeier SR McComb, OH 04-29
159’03” Ashley Weber JR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 06-03
158’10” Aleide Fernandes SR Central Falls, RI 06-04
157’02” Ashlen Veatch JR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 06-12 *
156’11” Maggie DuFault JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 06-04
156’00” Becky Cousens JR Portsmouth, RI 04-02
155’01” Torie Owers JR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 06-12 *
153’11” Jessica Imani SR Corona del Mar, CA 06-12 *
153’00” Karina Foster SR Bloomfield, CT 06-09 *
152’11” Sabrina Gaitan 8TH J.J. Daniell MS, Marietta, GA 06-12 *
152’00” Kadijah Johnson SR Central Falls, RI 05-07
151’06” Avana Story JR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 05-08
150’05” Cynthia Watt SR Mt. Vernon, NY 04-21
148’07” Diamond Higgins SR Kennesaw Mountain, GA 05-22
147’07” Sally Marie Futch SR Bulloch Academy, Statesboro, GA 06-12 *
145’10” Carly Pendleton SR Woodmore, Elmore, OH 04-16
145’02” Grace Janes JR Rogers, Newport, RI 05-07
144’08” Sidnie Wilder FR Cameron, WI 06-11 *
144’06” Heather Vermillion SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 05-30
143’03” Sophie Hallam-Eames SR Nathan Hale, Seattle, WA 05-22
143’00” Adrienne Thornton JR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-02
141’06” Lissette Mendivil JR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-17
140’10” Alyssa Maker SR Our Lady of Mercy, Fairburn, GA 11-27
139’00” Nicole Johnson SO Central Falls, RI 05-06
138’03” Ann Dagrin JR Classical, Providence, RI 05-21
137’11” Lauren Sens SR Elk Grove, CA 06-11 *
137’06” Shreese Daniels SR Steilacoom, WA 03-12
137’01” Imani White SR Longwood, Middle Island, NY 05-07
136’05” Kelli Thomas FR Luella, Locust Grove, GA 06-12 *
136’02” Destinee Barrette SO Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 06-09 *
136’01” Cortney Miller SO Calvery Chapel Christian, Las Vegas, NV 06-03
134’09” Marthaline Cooper SO Classical, Providence, RI 06-04
134’09” McKenzie Warren JR Sandy, OR 04-23
134’04” Josie Hardin SO Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 05-15
134’01” Dorienne Ordaz JR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-17
133’07” Sequoia Watkins SR T.C. Roberson, Asheville, NC 04-22
132’03” Thalia Rosario SR Mt. Pleasant, Providence, RI 06-04
131’07” Sarah Hussey SR Elk Grove, CA 06-11 *
130’08” Carolyn Gravelle JR Snohonmish, WA 05-22
129’04” Leia Mistowski FR Narragansett, RI 04-25
128’02” Alexis Pike JR Smithfield, Esmond, RI 05-28
128’00” Molly McCullough SO Mission Viejo, CA 04-17
127’10” Jennifer Cabral JR Central Falls, RI 05-28
127’09” Stephanie Goei SR Shorewood, WA 05-29
126’08” Dakota Kliamovich JR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 05-15
126’02” Avione Allgood JR Legacy, North Las Vegas, NV 04-23
126’00” Casidy Callahan SO Ogden, UT 06-12 *
125’04” Michaelyn Mills JR Meade, Spokane, WA 05-29
125’02” Jaclyn Galdun SR Minisink Valley, Slate Hill, NY 06-02 *
125’00” Venetcia Ortiz SO Central Falls, RI 06-09 *
124’01” Ann Padgett 8th Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ 06-03
124’00” Brittany Christiansen SR Sachem East, NY 05-01
123’09” Brianna O’Grady SO South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-28
123’01” Heidi Furman JR Tri Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 06-02 *
123’00” Kamryn Brinson 7TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-22
122’09” Amber Sudzius JR Brentwood, TN 06-04
121’11” Katie Wardsworth SO Central Valley, Spokane, WA 05-29
121’03” Danielle Borriello FR Ellenville, NY 06-05
121’03” Gabby Smith SO Narragansett, RI 06-09 *
121’02” Megan Rose Chapman SR Stonington, Pawcatuck, CT 04-21
121’01” Dominique Darby JR Tri Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-16
121’01” Becca Leppelmeier SO McComb, OH 04-16
120’10” Theresa Seide SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-04
120’09” Nyla Woods FR Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 06-12 *
120’04” Catherine Maloney JR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-10
120’04” Alyssa Gary JR Liberty Benton, Findlay, OH 04-21
120’02” Rachel Martschinske JR Camas, WA 04-16
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Although the 5k hammer throw is not normally contested in the U.S. it is conducted
in some meets. Boys’ 5k performances of 160’ or more in an officially sanctioned
meet will be included in the performance list providing the athlete is 16 or 17
years old through December 31, 2011 (born in 1994 or 1995) in accordance with
IAAF guidelines for Youth Athletes.
Weekly updates up to top 100 in each gender.
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’ – Foreign student/athlete.
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Multiple World-Class Performances by Makusha and Claye Lead to National Athlete of the Year Plaudits
June 16, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Thursday that Florida State’s Ngoni Makusha and Florida’s Will Claye are the 2011 NCAA Division I National Men’s Athletes of the Year for outdoor track & field as voted by the nation’s coaches. Makusha won three NCAA crowns last weekend while Claye is among the world’s top five in both the long and triple jumps.
National Women’s Athletes of the Year for Division I outdoor track & field will be announced on Friday.
NATIONAL MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State
Makusha, a junior from Zimbabwe, at last weekend’s NCAA Championships, became only the fourth man in NCAA Division I history, and the first since 1981, to win national titles in the 100 meters and long jump in the same championships. Makusha joined an exclusive list that includes Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis when executing the feat. Makusha was also a member of the Seminole’s 4x100-meter relay squad that prevailed through a nearly-disastrous first exchange to win the national title. All told, Makusha’s 22½ points helped FSU to a second-place team finish.
Makusha won the national 100-meter crown in a collegiate- and championships-record 9.89 seconds, topping the 1996 record of UCLA’s Ato Boldon (9.92). The time, also a new record for his native country Zimbabwe, ranks No. 4 in the world for the 2011 season.
Makusha also won the 100 meters at the ACC Championships in a wind-aided time of 9.97.
Although long jump performances are not considered as part of the award, Makusha claimed the ACC crown in the discipline, and, with a best of 27-6¾ (8.40m) to win the NCAA title, he seized another Zimbabwean national record, standing No. 2 in the world for 2011 in the event.
On Wednesday, Makusha declared that he was forgoing his senior season to turn professional.
Past Winners:
2011: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State
2010: Andrew Wheating, Oregon
2009: Galen Rupp, Oregon
2008: Richard Thompson, LSU
2007: Walter Dix, Florida State
2006: Xavier Carter, LSU
NATIONAL MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Will Claye, Florida
Claye, a junior from Phoenix, Ariz., notched outstanding performances in the horizontal jumps throughout the season and most recently at the NCAA Championships’ finals. Claye finished second in the triple jump and third in the long jump nationally with a pair of world-class performances.
Claye was second only to teammate Christian Taylor (58-4¾w, 17.80m) in the triple as both men would record two of the best all-time performances in collegiate history, regardless of conditions. Claye executed four jumps over 56 feet and two wind-aided leaps of over 57 feet in an epic back-and-forth battle with fellow Gator Taylor. Claye’s best jump of the series, a wind-aided, final-attempt leap went 57-9¾ (17.62m) and has only been bettered twice in collegiate history. Claye’s best wind-legal jump on his third attempt of 56-11¼ (17.35m) was the collegiate- and American-leading mark of the season until teammate Taylor notched a fourth-round, wind-legal jump of 57-1 (17.40m).
In the long jump, Claye was third at the NCAA meet with a best of 26-11 (8.20m).
At the SEC Championships, Claye won titles in both events, the first to do since 2004, with a season’s best long jump of 27-2½ (8.29m) in and a wind-aided triple jump best of 56-6¾ (17.24m) in the triple.
Among wind-legal marks, Claye ranks fourth in the world for 2011 in both the long and triple jumps.
Past Winners:
2011: Will Claye, Florida
2010: Ashton Eaton, Oregon / Ryan Whiting, Arizona State
2009: Ashton Eaton, Oregon
2008: Cory Martin, Auburn
2007: Jake Arnold, Arizona MARIA CARRILLO HS, SANTA ROSA
2006: Garrett Johnson, Florida State / Jesse Williams, Southern California
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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Thursday that Florida State’s Ngoni Makusha and Florida’s Will Claye are the 2011 NCAA Division I National Men’s Athletes of the Year for outdoor track & field as voted by the nation’s coaches. Makusha won three NCAA crowns last weekend while Claye is among the world’s top five in both the long and triple jumps.
National Women’s Athletes of the Year for Division I outdoor track & field will be announced on Friday.
NATIONAL MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State
Makusha, a junior from Zimbabwe, at last weekend’s NCAA Championships, became only the fourth man in NCAA Division I history, and the first since 1981, to win national titles in the 100 meters and long jump in the same championships. Makusha joined an exclusive list that includes Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis when executing the feat. Makusha was also a member of the Seminole’s 4x100-meter relay squad that prevailed through a nearly-disastrous first exchange to win the national title. All told, Makusha’s 22½ points helped FSU to a second-place team finish.
Makusha won the national 100-meter crown in a collegiate- and championships-record 9.89 seconds, topping the 1996 record of UCLA’s Ato Boldon (9.92). The time, also a new record for his native country Zimbabwe, ranks No. 4 in the world for the 2011 season.
Makusha also won the 100 meters at the ACC Championships in a wind-aided time of 9.97.
Although long jump performances are not considered as part of the award, Makusha claimed the ACC crown in the discipline, and, with a best of 27-6¾ (8.40m) to win the NCAA title, he seized another Zimbabwean national record, standing No. 2 in the world for 2011 in the event.
On Wednesday, Makusha declared that he was forgoing his senior season to turn professional.
Past Winners:
2011: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State
2010: Andrew Wheating, Oregon
2009: Galen Rupp, Oregon
2008: Richard Thompson, LSU
2007: Walter Dix, Florida State
2006: Xavier Carter, LSU
NATIONAL MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Will Claye, Florida
Claye, a junior from Phoenix, Ariz., notched outstanding performances in the horizontal jumps throughout the season and most recently at the NCAA Championships’ finals. Claye finished second in the triple jump and third in the long jump nationally with a pair of world-class performances.
Claye was second only to teammate Christian Taylor (58-4¾w, 17.80m) in the triple as both men would record two of the best all-time performances in collegiate history, regardless of conditions. Claye executed four jumps over 56 feet and two wind-aided leaps of over 57 feet in an epic back-and-forth battle with fellow Gator Taylor. Claye’s best jump of the series, a wind-aided, final-attempt leap went 57-9¾ (17.62m) and has only been bettered twice in collegiate history. Claye’s best wind-legal jump on his third attempt of 56-11¼ (17.35m) was the collegiate- and American-leading mark of the season until teammate Taylor notched a fourth-round, wind-legal jump of 57-1 (17.40m).
In the long jump, Claye was third at the NCAA meet with a best of 26-11 (8.20m).
At the SEC Championships, Claye won titles in both events, the first to do since 2004, with a season’s best long jump of 27-2½ (8.29m) in and a wind-aided triple jump best of 56-6¾ (17.24m) in the triple.
Among wind-legal marks, Claye ranks fourth in the world for 2011 in both the long and triple jumps.
Past Winners:
2011: Will Claye, Florida
2010: Ashton Eaton, Oregon / Ryan Whiting, Arizona State
2009: Ashton Eaton, Oregon
2008: Cory Martin, Auburn
2007: Jake Arnold, Arizona MARIA CARRILLO HS, SANTA ROSA
2006: Garrett Johnson, Florida State / Jesse Williams, Southern California
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New Orleans, LA 70163
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Monday, June 06, 2011
Deputies: 10-Year-Old Killed By Father In Murder-Suicide
http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-deputies-10yearold-killed-by-father-in-murdersuicide-20110603,0,2377053.story
Keith Conning: The father was Tony Williams, 51, a coach in the Pacific Association USATF.
Keith Conning: The father was Tony Williams, 51, a coach in the Pacific Association USATF.
Police investigate homicide-suicide of father and son in Lathrop
Police investigate homicide-suicide of father and son in Lathrop ...
Jun 3, 2011 ... LATHROP, CA - San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a homicide-suicide of a father and his son. Anthony Lee Williams Sr., ...
www.news10.net/news/.../Father-son-found-shot-to-death-in-Lathrop - Cached
Keith Conning: Tony Williams founded the Tony Williams Track Club.
Jun 3, 2011 ... LATHROP, CA - San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a homicide-suicide of a father and his son. Anthony Lee Williams Sr., ...
www.news10.net/news/.../Father-son-found-shot-to-death-in-Lathrop - Cached
Keith Conning: Tony Williams founded the Tony Williams Track Club.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Eric Flores (Cal Lutheran) Division III’s National Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
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National Women’s Athletes of the Year will be announced tomorrow
Spain, Flores Are Division III’s National Men’s Athletes of the Year
June 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday that North Central College’s Mike Spain and Cal Lutheran’s Eric Flores was named the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Athletes of the Year. Spain led North Central on the track to a second-straight NCAA team title while Flores won his second-in-a-row NCAA crown with the hammer and doubled with a close win in the shot put.
NATIONAL MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Mike Spain, North Central (Ill.)
Spain, a senior from Schuamburg, Ill., won NCAA outdoor titles in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, leading the Cardinals to their second-consecutive NCAA outdoor team crown. Spain, outdistanced UW-Eau Claire’s Thomas Breitbach in both races. In the 10,000 meters, Spain and Breitbach were neck-and-neck and both sprinted home in a flurry, but Spain was the one-second victor in 29:58.92. Two days later in the 5000, Spain had control in the waning minutes, breaking from the pack with 200 to go to score the 14:41.15 winning time.
Spain was the first since Widener’s Macharia Yuot (2006) to pull the 5k-10k double at the NCAA D-III Outdoor Championships.
Spain was part of a North Central 1-2-3 sweep of the 10k at the CCIW Championships, and Spain was the trail of the trio as he finished third in the group that was within 59 hundredths of a second of each other.
Past Winners:
2011: Mike Spain, North Central (Ill.)
2010: Steve Headley, Springfield (Mass.)
2009: Peter Kosgei, Hamilton
2008: Peter Kosgei, Hamilton
2007: Will Leer, Pomona-Pitzer
2006: Macharia Yuot, Widener
NATIONAL MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Eric Flores, Cal Lutheran
Flores, a senior from Custer, S.D., scored double national crowns as the NCAA’s top finisher in the shot put and hammer throw. The hammer title, won with a toss of 213-11 (65.21m) was Flores’ second-consecutive. The shot put crown was harder to come by as Flores would need his final toss of 57-5¾ (17.52m) to pass UW-La Crosse’s Andy Novak – who initially went from third to first on his final throw – by a mere centimeter.
Flores ended the season outpacing the rest of Division III this season by more than 20 feet in the hammer throw. Flores was also the SCIAC champ with the hammer and shot this season.
Past Winners:
2011: Eric Flores, Cal Lutheran
2010: Eric Flores, Cal Lutheran
2009: Josh Lovell, Linfield
2008: Kyle Steiner, UW Oshkosh
2007: Al Winsley, Mississippi College
2006: Matt Roberson, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
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New Orleans, LA 70163
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http://www.ustfccca.org/2011/06/featured/spain-flores-are-division-iiis-national-mens-athletes-of-the-year
National Women’s Athletes of the Year will be announced tomorrow
Spain, Flores Are Division III’s National Men’s Athletes of the Year
June 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday that North Central College’s Mike Spain and Cal Lutheran’s Eric Flores was named the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Athletes of the Year. Spain led North Central on the track to a second-straight NCAA team title while Flores won his second-in-a-row NCAA crown with the hammer and doubled with a close win in the shot put.
NATIONAL MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Mike Spain, North Central (Ill.)
Spain, a senior from Schuamburg, Ill., won NCAA outdoor titles in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, leading the Cardinals to their second-consecutive NCAA outdoor team crown. Spain, outdistanced UW-Eau Claire’s Thomas Breitbach in both races. In the 10,000 meters, Spain and Breitbach were neck-and-neck and both sprinted home in a flurry, but Spain was the one-second victor in 29:58.92. Two days later in the 5000, Spain had control in the waning minutes, breaking from the pack with 200 to go to score the 14:41.15 winning time.
Spain was the first since Widener’s Macharia Yuot (2006) to pull the 5k-10k double at the NCAA D-III Outdoor Championships.
Spain was part of a North Central 1-2-3 sweep of the 10k at the CCIW Championships, and Spain was the trail of the trio as he finished third in the group that was within 59 hundredths of a second of each other.
Past Winners:
2011: Mike Spain, North Central (Ill.)
2010: Steve Headley, Springfield (Mass.)
2009: Peter Kosgei, Hamilton
2008: Peter Kosgei, Hamilton
2007: Will Leer, Pomona-Pitzer
2006: Macharia Yuot, Widener
NATIONAL MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Eric Flores, Cal Lutheran
Flores, a senior from Custer, S.D., scored double national crowns as the NCAA’s top finisher in the shot put and hammer throw. The hammer title, won with a toss of 213-11 (65.21m) was Flores’ second-consecutive. The shot put crown was harder to come by as Flores would need his final toss of 57-5¾ (17.52m) to pass UW-La Crosse’s Andy Novak – who initially went from third to first on his final throw – by a mere centimeter.
Flores ended the season outpacing the rest of Division III this season by more than 20 feet in the hammer throw. Flores was also the SCIAC champ with the hammer and shot this season.
Past Winners:
2011: Eric Flores, Cal Lutheran
2010: Eric Flores, Cal Lutheran
2009: Josh Lovell, Linfield
2008: Kyle Steiner, UW Oshkosh
2007: Al Winsley, Mississippi College
2006: Matt Roberson, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
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U.S. High School Boys List 6/1/2001
California has four national leaders as of June 1, 2011.
200 Remontay McClain (Covina) 20.68
110HH Johnathan Cabral (Agoura, Agoura Hills) 13.43
300H Cabral 36.19
DMR Loyola, Los Angeles 10:02.23
http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=6&sex_id=M&yyear=2011
200 Remontay McClain (Covina) 20.68
110HH Johnathan Cabral (Agoura, Agoura Hills) 13.43
300H Cabral 36.19
DMR Loyola, Los Angeles 10:02.23
http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=6&sex_id=M&yyear=2011
Scott Bauhs (San Ramon Valley HS 2005, Danville; Chico State 2008) was the NCAA DII Athlete of the Year in 2008
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Green, Jones Named Division II National Men’s Athletes of the Year
June 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday that Johnson C. Smith’s Leford Green and Abilene Christian’s Nick Jones was named the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Athletes of the Year. Green went undefeated and won the NCAA title at 400 meters while Jones helped Abilene Christian to a national team title with 18 points in the throws which included a third NCAA discus crown and a new championships record.
NATIONAL MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Leford Green, Johnson C. Smith
Green, a senior from St. Catherine, Jamaica, finished the season undefeated and won the NCAA title at 400 meters. In this year’s outdoor championships, Green clocked 45.74 in the open event, topping the nearest competitor by a full second. In 2010, Green won the 400 hurdles at the NCAA meet, and finished sixth in the national final of the event this season. Green was also the third leg of Johnson C. Smith’s winning 4x400 relay that clocked 3:07.59 for a second-plus win. Green was also on the 4x100 squad that placed fifth nationally.
At his conference meet, Green earned 2011 CIAA Male Athlete of the Meet honors after winning the 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles, finishing second in the 200 meters, and running a leg on the Golden Bulls’ second-place 4x400-meter relay.
Past Winners:
2011: Leford Green, Johnson C. Smith
2010: Leford Green, Johnson C. Smith
2009: Aaron Braun, Adams State
2008: Scott Bauhs, Chico State
2007: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
2006: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
NATIONAL MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Nick Jones, Abilene Christian
Jones, a junior and native of Amarillo, Texas, helped Abilene Christian to a national team title with an NCAA individual title in the discus and adding second-place points with the shot put. In the discus, Jones won the national top spot for the third time, becoming the first three-time winner of the event since Northwest Missouri’s Clint Prange (2002-2003-2005). In addition, Jones caught two meet-record tosses, claiming 198-10 (60.62m) on his first attempt before throwing the 199-3 (60.75m) on his third to win by nearly 15 feet.
In the shot put, Jones placed second with a throw of 62-¼ (18.90m). Jones was also the Lone Star Conference’s champion in both the discus and shot put this year.
Past Winners:
2011: Nick Jones, Abilene Christian
2010: Dane Tobey, Neb.-Kearney
2009: Joe Kindred, Saint Augustine’s
2008: Joe Kindred, Saint Augustine’s
2007: Kibwe Johnson, Ashland
2006: Chris Randolph, Seattle Pacific
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U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
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New Orleans, LA 70163
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http://www.ustfccca.org/2011/06/featured/green-jones-named-division-ii-national-mens-athletes-of-the-year
Green, Jones Named Division II National Men’s Athletes of the Year
June 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday that Johnson C. Smith’s Leford Green and Abilene Christian’s Nick Jones was named the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Athletes of the Year. Green went undefeated and won the NCAA title at 400 meters while Jones helped Abilene Christian to a national team title with 18 points in the throws which included a third NCAA discus crown and a new championships record.
NATIONAL MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Leford Green, Johnson C. Smith
Green, a senior from St. Catherine, Jamaica, finished the season undefeated and won the NCAA title at 400 meters. In this year’s outdoor championships, Green clocked 45.74 in the open event, topping the nearest competitor by a full second. In 2010, Green won the 400 hurdles at the NCAA meet, and finished sixth in the national final of the event this season. Green was also the third leg of Johnson C. Smith’s winning 4x400 relay that clocked 3:07.59 for a second-plus win. Green was also on the 4x100 squad that placed fifth nationally.
At his conference meet, Green earned 2011 CIAA Male Athlete of the Meet honors after winning the 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles, finishing second in the 200 meters, and running a leg on the Golden Bulls’ second-place 4x400-meter relay.
Past Winners:
2011: Leford Green, Johnson C. Smith
2010: Leford Green, Johnson C. Smith
2009: Aaron Braun, Adams State
2008: Scott Bauhs, Chico State
2007: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
2006: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
NATIONAL MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Nick Jones, Abilene Christian
Jones, a junior and native of Amarillo, Texas, helped Abilene Christian to a national team title with an NCAA individual title in the discus and adding second-place points with the shot put. In the discus, Jones won the national top spot for the third time, becoming the first three-time winner of the event since Northwest Missouri’s Clint Prange (2002-2003-2005). In addition, Jones caught two meet-record tosses, claiming 198-10 (60.62m) on his first attempt before throwing the 199-3 (60.75m) on his third to win by nearly 15 feet.
In the shot put, Jones placed second with a throw of 62-¼ (18.90m). Jones was also the Lone Star Conference’s champion in both the discus and shot put this year.
Past Winners:
2011: Nick Jones, Abilene Christian
2010: Dane Tobey, Neb.-Kearney
2009: Joe Kindred, Saint Augustine’s
2008: Joe Kindred, Saint Augustine’s
2007: Kibwe Johnson, Ashland
2006: Chris Randolph, Seattle Pacific
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U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
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New Orleans, LA 70163
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Khadevis Robinson, who lives in Santa Monica, named Athlete of the Week
INDIANAPOLIS - Khadevis Robinson has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after capturing his first major European win since 2006, by winning the 800m at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League event in a time of 1:45.09 last Thursday.
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Robinson found himself at the back of the pack with 500m to go, in a race filled with stiff competition including Olympic 1500m champion, Asbel Kiprop. Robinson admitted that his many years of racing experience prepared him for just that scenario.
I’ve learned to be more patient at that point. In years past, I would be upset at myself and start pressing,” Robinson said. “This year, I’m like ‘okay, it is what it is’; I don’t panic.”
Robinson was able to move up through the field on the backstretch, and take the lead in the last 100m to clinch the win. Now in the 13th year of his professional career, Robinson not only has four USA Outdoor titles and four USA Indoor titles to his credit, but he also has a mature understanding of his life as a track and field athlete.
“Right now, running is important, but it is not the most important thing in my life,” Robinson said. “If you ask me, ‘who is Khadevis Robinson?’ I’ll describe myself as a father, a husband, then as a coach and then as a runner.” If you had asked me that same question in 1999, when I was right out of college, a professional track and field athlete may have been the very first thing I identified myself as.”
Robinson continues to be competitive on the track, while also being a family-man and the head cross country/assistant track and field coach at UNLV.
Now in its tenth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
Winners: January 5, Bill Tribou; January 12, Tyler Sorensen; January 20, Josh Cox; January 26,Ben Shorey; February 2, Ashton Eaton; February 9, Ashton Eaton; February 16, Bernard Lagat; February 23, Ryan Crouser; March 2, Jillian Camarena-Williams; March 10, Bill Collins; March 16, Miles Batty; March 23, Shalane Flanagan; March 30, John Nunn; April 6, Aries Merritt; April 13, Gunnar Nixon; April 20, Desiree Davila; April 27, Nolan Shaheed; May 4, Emma Coburn; May 11, Willie Gault; May 18, English Gardner; May 25, Kibwé Johnson; June 1, Khadevis Robinson
WEEK IN REVIEW -- MAY 23-29
From USATF Statistician Glen McMicken
Hoffa back atop shot list after Hengelo
It's already been a see-saw year for the men's shot put, with Canada's Dylan Armstrong a surprising contender for international top honors, but at Hengelo, Holland on May 28, Reese Hoffa grabbed the world lead back with a 21.87/71-9 toss that opened a series featuring two more throws over 70-feet.
Reigning world indoor and outdoor champ Christian Cantwell took another step on his way back to the top after shoulder surgery, blasting a season-best 21.15/69-4.75 in third place.
Hardee sets bar high wth Gotzis dec win
With a free pass to Daegu in hand due to his status as reigning world champion, Trey Hardee put it all on the table at Gotzis, scoring 8,689 points, his second-highest total ever. That put him almost 250 points ahead of runner-up Leonel Suarez of Cuba and set a lofty target for any potential challengers for the WC gold.
Along the way, Hardee set lifetime bests in the long jump (7.88/25-10.25) and outdoor shot put (15.63/51-3.5).
Pearson wins NACAC hept gold
Emily Pearson won the javelin and scored 5,585 points to capture gold in the heptathlon at the NACAC Combined Events Championships at Kingston, Jamaica.
Chris Helwick was the top U.S. male finisher in the decathlon, placing third with 7,609 points, a season best.
Owens-Mitchell inches up junior list
Clemson's Bridgette Owens-Mitchell took over sixth place on the all-time U.S. junior 100m hurdle list with her 13.08 at the NCAA East Regional in Bloomington, Ind..
ACU, Grand Valley Tops in NCAA II
Abilene Christian's men won their 19th national title, including eight of the past 10 editions, and Grand Valley's women completed the 2010-11 track/cross country triple crown with their first national outdoor championship at Turlock, Calif.
Nick Jones broke a 28-year-old meet record in the discus with a winning throw of 60.75m/199-3 to lead the Wildcats to victory, while Grand Valley's dominant win was keyed by victories by Liz Murphy in the hammer and Lauren Buresh in the shot put.
Tradtional powers reign again in NCAA III
North Central's men won their sixth outdoor national title and Wisconsin-Oshkosh claimed the ninth women's outdoor crown in school history at the NCAA III Championships at Delaware, Ohio.
NCC's Dan Benton won the 400m and clinched the team win with a sterling anchor leg on the 4x400m as the Cardinals swept indoor/outdoor NCAA team trophies for the second year in a row. California Lutheran's Eric Flores had the top individual performance with his 65.21/213-11 hammer throw.
Oshkosh throwers won three of four available titles, with golds going to Jecel Gerner (SP), Brianna Strupp (DT) and Holly Ozanich (HT).
Shorter, Concordia (Oregon) take NAIA trophies
Travis Benton won the 100m by .002 seconds, and Nick Dodson clocked 50.84 to take gold in the 400m hurdels to lead Shorter (Ga.) University to the NAIA men's team title at Marion, Ind.
Concordia (Ore.) dominated the women's team standings with 86 points, almost 20 more than the runners-up. Olympic legend Mac Wilkins saw his throws crew win the shot put and go 1-2 in the discus to help the Cavaliers to their school's first-ever NAIA team championship in any sport.
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Robinson found himself at the back of the pack with 500m to go, in a race filled with stiff competition including Olympic 1500m champion, Asbel Kiprop. Robinson admitted that his many years of racing experience prepared him for just that scenario.
I’ve learned to be more patient at that point. In years past, I would be upset at myself and start pressing,” Robinson said. “This year, I’m like ‘okay, it is what it is’; I don’t panic.”
Robinson was able to move up through the field on the backstretch, and take the lead in the last 100m to clinch the win. Now in the 13th year of his professional career, Robinson not only has four USA Outdoor titles and four USA Indoor titles to his credit, but he also has a mature understanding of his life as a track and field athlete.
“Right now, running is important, but it is not the most important thing in my life,” Robinson said. “If you ask me, ‘who is Khadevis Robinson?’ I’ll describe myself as a father, a husband, then as a coach and then as a runner.” If you had asked me that same question in 1999, when I was right out of college, a professional track and field athlete may have been the very first thing I identified myself as.”
Robinson continues to be competitive on the track, while also being a family-man and the head cross country/assistant track and field coach at UNLV.
Now in its tenth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
Winners: January 5, Bill Tribou; January 12, Tyler Sorensen; January 20, Josh Cox; January 26,Ben Shorey; February 2, Ashton Eaton; February 9, Ashton Eaton; February 16, Bernard Lagat; February 23, Ryan Crouser; March 2, Jillian Camarena-Williams; March 10, Bill Collins; March 16, Miles Batty; March 23, Shalane Flanagan; March 30, John Nunn; April 6, Aries Merritt; April 13, Gunnar Nixon; April 20, Desiree Davila; April 27, Nolan Shaheed; May 4, Emma Coburn; May 11, Willie Gault; May 18, English Gardner; May 25, Kibwé Johnson; June 1, Khadevis Robinson
WEEK IN REVIEW -- MAY 23-29
From USATF Statistician Glen McMicken
Hoffa back atop shot list after Hengelo
It's already been a see-saw year for the men's shot put, with Canada's Dylan Armstrong a surprising contender for international top honors, but at Hengelo, Holland on May 28, Reese Hoffa grabbed the world lead back with a 21.87/71-9 toss that opened a series featuring two more throws over 70-feet.
Reigning world indoor and outdoor champ Christian Cantwell took another step on his way back to the top after shoulder surgery, blasting a season-best 21.15/69-4.75 in third place.
Hardee sets bar high wth Gotzis dec win
With a free pass to Daegu in hand due to his status as reigning world champion, Trey Hardee put it all on the table at Gotzis, scoring 8,689 points, his second-highest total ever. That put him almost 250 points ahead of runner-up Leonel Suarez of Cuba and set a lofty target for any potential challengers for the WC gold.
Along the way, Hardee set lifetime bests in the long jump (7.88/25-10.25) and outdoor shot put (15.63/51-3.5).
Pearson wins NACAC hept gold
Emily Pearson won the javelin and scored 5,585 points to capture gold in the heptathlon at the NACAC Combined Events Championships at Kingston, Jamaica.
Chris Helwick was the top U.S. male finisher in the decathlon, placing third with 7,609 points, a season best.
Owens-Mitchell inches up junior list
Clemson's Bridgette Owens-Mitchell took over sixth place on the all-time U.S. junior 100m hurdle list with her 13.08 at the NCAA East Regional in Bloomington, Ind..
ACU, Grand Valley Tops in NCAA II
Abilene Christian's men won their 19th national title, including eight of the past 10 editions, and Grand Valley's women completed the 2010-11 track/cross country triple crown with their first national outdoor championship at Turlock, Calif.
Nick Jones broke a 28-year-old meet record in the discus with a winning throw of 60.75m/199-3 to lead the Wildcats to victory, while Grand Valley's dominant win was keyed by victories by Liz Murphy in the hammer and Lauren Buresh in the shot put.
Tradtional powers reign again in NCAA III
North Central's men won their sixth outdoor national title and Wisconsin-Oshkosh claimed the ninth women's outdoor crown in school history at the NCAA III Championships at Delaware, Ohio.
NCC's Dan Benton won the 400m and clinched the team win with a sterling anchor leg on the 4x400m as the Cardinals swept indoor/outdoor NCAA team trophies for the second year in a row. California Lutheran's Eric Flores had the top individual performance with his 65.21/213-11 hammer throw.
Oshkosh throwers won three of four available titles, with golds going to Jecel Gerner (SP), Brianna Strupp (DT) and Holly Ozanich (HT).
Shorter, Concordia (Oregon) take NAIA trophies
Travis Benton won the 100m by .002 seconds, and Nick Dodson clocked 50.84 to take gold in the 400m hurdels to lead Shorter (Ga.) University to the NAIA men's team title at Marion, Ind.
Concordia (Ore.) dominated the women's team standings with 86 points, almost 20 more than the runners-up. Olympic legend Mac Wilkins saw his throws crew win the shot put and go 1-2 in the discus to help the Cavaliers to their school's first-ever NAIA team championship in any sport.
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Jeshua Anderson (Taft HS, Woodland Hills, CA 2007; WSU 2011) will run the NCAA DI 400mH Semifinal at 6:30 PM PT Wednesday, June 8
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Attached is NCAA Championships’ schedule for those on the men’s watch list
Men’s Watch List Remains Same With Des Moines on Horizon
The watch list’s ten will compete next week in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa
June 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee in conjunction with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday their seventh update of the men’s watch list for collegiate track & field’s biggest award – The Bowerman. No changes were announced from the committee from their previous release in mid-May. This is the last watch list for the 2011 year as semifinalists will be named on June 20 and three finalists announced on July 13.
The ten men on the watch list will compete next week, June 8-11, at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships’ final rounds in Des Moines, Iowa. Live coverage will be aired on CBS on Saturday, June 11, cable’s CBS Sports Network on Friday, June 10, and streaming online at NCAA.com throughout the weekend.
The Bowerman Advisory Board appointed four of its members to comprise The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee and another four of its members to make up The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee. The men’s watch committee will release their next name ten semifinalists for the award on Monday, June 20. On July 13, The Bowerman Advisory Board will release the names of the three finalists.
THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST 2011 MEN
(updated June 1, 2011, listed in alphabetical order, always ten names)
NAME
YEAR
SCHOOL
EVENTS
HOMETOWN
Jeshua Anderson
SR
Washington State
Hurdles
Woodland Hills, Calif.
Miles Batty
JR
BYU
Distance
Sandy, Utah
Sam Chelanga
RS SR
Liberty
Distance
Nairobi, Kenya
Will Claye
JR
Florida
Jumps
Phoenix, Ariz.
Jeff Demps
SO/JR
Florida
Sprints
Winter Garden, Fla.
Kirani James
SO
Alabama
Sprints
Gouyave, Grenada
Ngonidzashe Makusha
JR
Florida State
Jumps/Sprints
Zimbabwe
Omo Osaghae
SR
Texas Tech
Hurdles
Lubbock, Texas
Mookie Salaam
JR
Oklahoma
Sprints
Edmond, Okla.
Christian Taylor
JR
Florida
Jumps
Fayetteville, Ga.
(P) – Promoted from “receiving mention” list this update
(N) – New to either list this update
Bowmeran Men’s Watch List – NCAA Championships Schedule
* if advanced to next round
^ if chosen as a relay member
Local Time
Event
Round
Athlete
School
Wednesday, June 8
5:45 PM CT
4x100m Relay
Semifinal^
Jeff Demps
Florida
5:45 PM CT
4x100m Relay
Semifinal^
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
5:45 PM CT
4x100m Relay
Semifinal^
Christian Taylor
Florida
7:30 PM CT
100m Dash
Semifinal
Jeff Demps
Florida
7:30 PM CT
100m Dash
Semifinal
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
7:30 PM CT
100m Dash
Semifinal
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
8:30 PM CT
400m Hurdles
Semifinal
Jeshua Anderson
Washington State
8:30 PM CT
400m Dash
Semifinal
Kirani James
Alabama
Thursday, June 9
5:35 PM CT
Long Jump
FINAL
Will Claye
Florida
5:35 PM CT
Long Jump
FINAL
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
5:35 PM CT
Long Jump
FINAL
Christian Taylor
Florida
5:45 PM CT
200m Dash
Semifinal
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
6:15 PM CT
1500m Run
Semifinal
Miles Batty
BYU
7:10 PM CT
110m Hurdles
Semifinal
Omo Osaghae
Texas Tech
8:20 PM CT
4x400m Relay
Semifinal^
Kirani James
Alabama
8:20 PM CT
4x400m Relay
Semifinal^
Christian Taylor
Florida
8:50 PM CT
10,000m Run
FINAL
Sam Chelanga
Liberty
Friday, June 10
6:45 PM CT
400m Hurdles
FINAL*
Jeshua Anderson
Washington State
7:02 PM CT
100m Dash
FINAL*
Jeff Demps
Florida
7:02 PM CT
100m Dash
FINAL*
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
7:02 PM CT
100m Dash
FINAL*
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
8:02 PM CT
400m Dash
FINAL*
Kirani James
Alabama
Saturday, June 11
11:05 AM CT
Triple Jump
FINAL
Will Claye
Florida
11:05 AM CT
Triple Jump
FINAL
Christian Taylor
Florida
12:11 PM CT
4x100m Relay
FINAL*^
Jeff Demps
Florida
12:11 PM CT
4x100m Relay
FINAL*^
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
12:11 PM CT
4x100m Relay
FINAL*^
Christian Taylor
Florida
12:30 PM CT
1500m Run
FINAL*
Miles Batty
BYU
12:49 PM CT
200m Dash
FINAL*
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
1:16 PM CT
110m Hurdles
FINAL*
Omo Osaghae
Texas Tech
1:21 PM CT
5000m Run
FINAL
Sam Chelanga
Liberty
1:50 PM CT
4x400m Relay
FINAL*^
Kirani James
Alabama
1:50 PM CT
4x400m Relay
FINAL*^
Christian Taylor
Florida
Jeshua Anderson, Washington State
Senior, Hurdles, Woodland Hills, Calif. (Taft HS)
OUTDOOR: Anderson won his fourth-straight Pac-10 Conference title in the 400 hurdles in dramatic fashion, clocking a personal-best 48.13 to win by over a second. The time not only is the second-best in the world so far in 2011, it moves Anderson to the all-time collegiate top five in the event. Also at the Pac-10 meet, Anderson finished fourth in the 110 hurdles in 13.88 after running a personal-best 13.78 in the preliminary. The Cougars also finished second in the conference 4x400 with Anderson as the anchor.
Anderson finished third at the Texas Relays in the 400 hurdles and anchored his 4x400-relay team to victory at the Mt. SAC Relays (3:07.87). Anderson was also the winner of the 110-meter hurdles in a dual at Washington.
Anderson will run the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet’s final rounds.
INDOOR: His indoor season best in the 400-meter dash of 46.93 placed him in the collegiate top 35. The outdoor season is where Anderson is expected to shine when he can compete in his specialty event – the 400-meter hurdles.
Miles Batty, BYU
Junior, Distance, Sandy, Utah (Jordan HS)
OUTDOOR: In his first 1500-meter race of the season at the Mt. SAC Relays, Batty finished behind two pros, but clocked 3:36.25, three seconds ahead of all collegians. The time is the fastest to be claimed by a collegian since 1995 and is the fifth-best all-time. At the Penn Relays, Batty anchored BYU to a third-place finish in the DMR and fifth-place showing in the 4x800. At the Mountain West Championships, Batty claimed the league’s 1500-meter title (3:56.62A) and placed sixth in the 800 meters.
Batty will competed in the 1500-meter run at the NCAA meet’s final rounds.
INDOOR: Batty, the USTFCCCA’s National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year, spurred BYU’s run to the podium for a third-place team finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships with national titles in the mile and as anchor of the squad’s DMR team. Batty was one of two to finish the national mile final in sub-four fashion as he topped Tulsa’s Chris O’Hare for the national crown with a 3:59.49 clocking. Batty, the day previous, led the Cougars to their first national crown in the DMR since 1978, holding off fast closing Indiana and Minnesota, with a 3:56.14, 1600-meter anchor split. The relay’s time of 9:29.28 is the seventh-best in collegiate history.
Batty was the Mountain West Conference mile champion (4:15.23) and again was anchor of the BYU crew to a DMR conference title. Batty notched the fastest mile time of the collegiate season with a 3:55.79 run to win the Flotrack Husky Classic on Washington’s oversized track.
Sam Chelanga, Liberty
RS Senior, Distance, Nairobi, Kenya (Bartolimo HS/Fairleigh Dickinson)
OUTDOOR: Opened the season with a win in the 10,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays in a then-collegiate-leading time of 28:15.64. Chelanga currently sits third on the collegiate list for 2011. Chelanga’s only other race so far this year came on April 30 when he won the 5000 at the Radford Highlander Invitational in 14:02.57.
Chelanga qualified for the NCAA’s national final of for both the 5000- and 10,000-meter runs.
INDOOR: At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Chelanga placed runner-up in the 5000 meters to Iona’s Leonard Korir with a 13:27.34 clocking. Chelanga, finished 15th overall at the NCAA meet in the 3000. In his first 5k of the indoor season, Chelanga recorded a then world-leading time of 13:41.35 on his home 200-meter, flat track on January 29. Chelanga notched a would-be collegiate leader of 7:48.24 in the 3000 meters at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix where he finished fourth in a professional-loaded field. In addition, Chelanga tallied a 7:50.92 clocking at 3000 meters in placing fifth overall at the Flotrack Husky Classic. Chelanga added to his tally of Big South Championships with a mile crown (4:16.88) this season.
Will Claye, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe HS/Oklahoma)
OUTDOOR: Claimed an impressive double win at the SEC Championships with crowns in the long and triple jumps. In the long jump, Claye bested a field that had six performers over 26 feet with a personal-best, third-round jump of 27-2½ (8.29m, 1.9 m/s), marking one of his two jumps over eight meters in the competition. Claye’s best moved him to second on the performers list in the world for the year. The following day, Claye won the league title in the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 56-6¾ (17.24m). Another jump in the series was a wind-legal 56-2¾ (17.14m) for Claye’s new personal best.
Claye finished third at the Penn Relays long jump. Also at the Penn Relays, Claye was the leadoff leg for the Gators’ 4x200 relay that finished third.
Claye qualified for the long jump and triple jump finals at the NCAA Championships.
INDOOR: At the NCAA indoor meet, Claye left his best for the last attempt in the triple jump. After five rounds, Claye had the lead at 55-8¼ (16.967m), but teammate and defending champ Christian Taylor staked his claim for the crown on his final attempt with a jump of 55-9 (16.99m). Claye responded with the event’s final salvo with a mark of 56-10 (17.32m) to win the national crown, set a new personal best, land as the all-time fourth-best collegiate performer in the event, and reset the NCAA meet record by a centimeter.
Adding to the national triple jump crown, Claye finished second in the long jump at the NCAA meet with a personal best of 26-4½ (8.04).
Claye landed a mark of 56-4 (17.17m) achieved in finishing runner up to teammate Christian Taylor at the SEC Championships. Claye added a third-place showing in the long jump at the SEC meet, placing behind only Arkansas’ Tarik Batchelor and LSU’s Zedric Thomas – both members of the national top five of the event this year.
Jeff Demps, Florida
Sophomore (indoor)/Junior (outdoor), Sprints, Winter Garden, Fla. (South Lake HS)
OUTDOOR: Demps false started in the 100 meters at the SEC Championships, but redeemed himself by anchoring the Gators’ 4x100 to a conference victory and collegiate-leading time of 38.83. Prior to the SEC Championships, Demps won two 100-meter races with slightly wind-aided times of 10.07 and 9.96. The latter came at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial and is a mark that is the all-conditions collegiate-leader this season and will place him as the No. 1 seed going into the preliminary rounds of the NCAA Championships. Demps also anchored Florida’s 4x100 to a 38.91 for second place at the Penn Relays.
Demps qualified for the national semifinal of the 100 meters and is slated as a member of the 4x100 that qualified past the NCAA quarterfinal.
INDOOR: Demps claimed his second-straight NCAA indoor 60-meter title with a personal-best run in the finals of 6.53 seconds. Demps is the first back-to-back NCAA indoor short-sprint champ since DaBryan Blanton of Oklahoma in 2004 and 2005.
After opening the season with a 6.57 in winning the Virginia Tech Elite, Demps has four times more clocked sub-6.60 in the 60 meters, including when he won the SEC title in the event for the second-straight year with a 6.55.
Kirani James, Alabama
Sophomore, Sprints, Gouyave, Grenada
OUTDOOR: Won the SEC title in the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 44.86. The time is second-best among collegians this year (Tabarie Henry, Texas A&M, 44.83) and is tied for third in the world for 2011. James also ran the second-leg of Alabama’s 4x400 relay (3:07.87) that placed a close second to Mississippi State (3:07.65). Earlier in the year, with a 20.41 clocking in the 200 meters at the UTEP Invitational, James finished the regular season with a national top-ten time in that event.
James will compete in the 400-meter dash in Des Moines and as a member of Alabama’s 4x400 relay.
INDOOR: Prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships, on every occasion in which he has stepped on the track for the 400 meters during the 2011 indoor season, Kirani James set a new world leader. Starting on Feb. 12 when he ran 45.47 (oversized) to win Notre Dame Meyo Invitational, then on Feb. 26 for the preliminary round of the SEC Championships when he ran 45.37. And, for the trifecta, James, who is only 18, clocked 44.80 in the SEC final to not only set another world record, but it also set a new world junior all-time best. The time places him in the top five of the all-time world indoor list and only Kerron Clement’s (Florida)world record of 44.57 set in 2005 stands as a better all-time collegiate mark.
At the NCAA meet, James tripped and fell shortly after completing the first lap of the qualifying round and did not finish the race.
Ngonidzashe Makusha, Florida State
Junior, Jumps/Sprints, Zimbabwe (Mandedza HS)
OUTDOOR: A three-event winner at the ACC Outdoor Championships with titles in the 100 meters, long jump, and as second leg of the 4x100 relay. The 100-meter conference title was won in a collegiate-leading time of 9.97. To win the Texas Relays title in the long jump, Makusha claimed an all-conditions collegiate leading jump of 27-6¾ (8.40m) to win by over a foot. At the Florida State Twilight on May 6, Makusha recorded three wind-aided marks of over eight meters and had a wind-aided best of 27-4¾ (8.35m) to win by a wide margin.
Makusa is in the national final of the long jump, qualified for the remaining rounds of the 100 meters, and is a member of Florida State’s 4x100 relay.
INDOOR: Won his first NCAA indoor long jump crown to go with two outdoor crowns with a fourth-round winning leap of 26-8½ (8.14m). Makusha won the event by four inches over Florida’s Will Claye. Makusha claimed the collegiate season’s best mark of 26-9 (8.15m) in winning his second ACC indoor crown in the event.
Omo Osaghae, Texas Tech
Senior, Hurdles, Lubbock, Texas (Monterey HS)
OUTDOOR: Osaghae won the Big 12 title and topped the championships record in the 110 hurdles with a personal-best 13.23 clocking to win by three-tenths of a second. The time moved him to third among all performers in the world this season, is the wind-legal collegiate leader for the year, and placed him inside the all-time collegiate top five.
Osaghae won 110-meter hurdle titles at the Penn and Mt. SAC Relays. But, it was at the Texas Tech Open where he would run a wind-aided 13.18 (altitude). All told, Osaghae has won seven hurdle titles this season. Additionally, Texas Tech claimed the title in the shuttle hurdle relay at the Penn Relays in a time of 54.67 with Osaghae as the leadoff man. The time moved Texas Tech to No. 4 all-time in the event.
Osaghae qualified for the remaining rounds of the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet.
INDOOR: With no indoor eligibility remaining, Osaghae competed unattached through the indoor season. Osaghae managed a breakthrough in the 60-meter hurdles as he won the USATF Indoor title in the event at altitude in 7.52.
Mookie Salaam, Oklahoma
Junior, Sprints, Edmond, Okla. (North HS)
OUTDOOR: Salaam claimed Big 12 titles in the 100 and 200 meters with runs of 10.23 and 20.05, respectively. The 20.05, a conference meet-record, in the 200 is the No. 2 performance in the world so far in 2011 and stands as the collegiate leader. Salaam won the Big 12 crown in the 200 by 34 hundredths of a second. For Oklahoma, Salaam also placed fourth with the 4x100 relay and seventh with the 4x400 and ended the league meet as the high-point scorer. Salaam’s wind-aided time of 10.19 in the conference preliminary gained him a top-20 national seed for the NCAA meet in the 100 meters.
Salaam won the 100-meter title at the Drake Relays (10.20).
Salaam made it through qualifying rounds in both the 100 and 200 meters for Des Moines.
INDOOR: Salaam won the NCAA indoor title at 200 meters with one of the closest finishes possible. Florida State’s Maurice Mitchell clocked 20.41 in section one of the national final, and Salaam matched that mark in winning section two. When the times were examined closer to the thousandths, Salaam got the nod over Mitchell with official times of 20.401 to 20.403. Salaam would run a world’s season best time in the preliminaries earlier in that same evening in posting a 20.39 time, moving the Sooner to the all-time collegiate top ten in the process.
Salaam also placed eighth at the NCAA’s 60-meter final and appeared to be suffering some sort of injury. The previous day, Salaam recorded the fastest time in the preliminary round of 6.55, ironically two-thousandths better than Mitchell again (6.546 to 6.548). Salaam would run sub-6.60 in the 60 five times during the season, including when he completed the 60-200 double at the Big 12 Indoor Championships and won the 60 at the Tyson Invitational.
Christian Taylor, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS)
OUTDOOR: Taylor finished the regular season with NCAA top-ten seeds in the 400 meters, long jump, and triple jump. In only his second triple jump competition of the outdoor season, Taylor finished second to teammate Claye at the SEC Championships with a wind-legal, personal-best jump of 56-3¼ (17.15m) on his third attempt. The jump ranks second among all collegians in 2011 and sixth in the world. Taylor passed on his final three attempts in the triple jump to run on Florida’s conference-champion 4x100 relay squad. With Taylor as the second-leg, the Gators recorded a collegiate-leading time of 38.53. Taylor also led off Florida’s 4x400 relay to a third-place finish. Taylor also finished fourth at the SEC meet in the long jump with a 26-3 (8.00m) season-best leap – a mark that is among the top ten in the NCAA this year.
As a quarter-miler to open the season, Taylor claimed a win at the Florida Relays in the 400 meters, clocking a 45.46 that ranks eighth in the NCAA this season. Taylor has also tried various sprinting distances through the season and has been a member of several relay teams, including 4x100 (preliminaries), 4x200, and sprint medley squads at the Penn Relays. Florida’s 4x200 finished third and the sprint medley took second at the meet.
Taylor will be in the national finals of the long jump and triple jump and is listed as a relay member for Florida’s qualifying 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads.
INDOOR: Taylor sent quite a message in winning the SEC Championship triple jump on his final attempt. With a mark of 56-11½ (17.36m) that not only won the event for the third-straight time and set a new SEC record, he became the third all-time best collegian indoors in the event. Only Charlie Simpkins (Baptist, 17.50m, 57-5, 1986) and Mike Conley (Arkansas, 17.40m, 57-1, 1985) have jumped farther in indoor collegiate history than Taylor. The Gator also finished eighth at the SEC meet in the long jump and has a season’s best in the event of 25-0 (7.62m), good for the national top 25.
Taylor placed second at the NCAA meet to teammate Claye with a last-round best of 55-9 (16.99m).
ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (19)
NAME
YEAR
SCHOOL
EVENTS
HOMETOWN
Robby Andrews
SO
Virginia
Distance
Englishtown, N.J.
Andy Bayer
RS SO
Indiana
Distance
Leo, Ind.
Charles Clark
SR (out)
Florida State
Sprints
Virginia Beach, Va.
Derek Drouin
JR
Indiana
Jumps
Corunna, Ontario
German Fernandez
JR/SO
Oklahoma State
Distance
Riverbank, Calif.
Mason Finley
SO
Kansas
Throws
Salida, Colo.
Eric Flores
SR
Cal Lutheran
Throws
Custer, S.D.
Marquise Goodwin
SO
Texas
Jumps/Sprints
Garland, Texas
Leford Green
JR
Johnson C. Smith
Sprints
St. Catherine, Jamaica
Walter Henning
SR
LSU
Throws
Kings Park, N.Y.
Tabarie Henry
SR
Texas A&M
Sprints
U.S. Virgin Islands
Leonard Korir
JR
Iona
Distance
Iten, Kenya
Erik Kynard
SO
Kansas State
Jumps
Toledo, Ohio
Torrin Lawrence
JR
Georgia
Sprints
Jacksonville, Fla.
Marcel Lomnicky
JR
Virginia Tech
Throws
Nitra, Slovakia
Maurice Mitchell
JR
Florida State
Sprints
Kansas City, Mo.
Demetrius Pinder
SR
Texas A&M
Sprints
Freeport, Bahamas
Dorian Ulrey
SR
Arkansas
Distance
Port Byron, Ill.
Craig Van Leeuwen
JR
Ramapo
Pole Vault
Little River Falls, N.J.
(D) – demoted from the watch list this update
(N) – new to either list this update
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the magnificent trophy, and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org. Keep up with Bowerman candidates on the USTFCCCA’s weekly results page (http://www.ustfccca.org/weekly-results) and by following the organization’s twitter feed twitter.com/TheBowerman and Facebook page facebook.com/TheBowerman.
About The Bowerman
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the top male and female collegiate track & field athletes in the nation. Oregon's Ashton Eaton and Virginia Tech’s Queen Harrison are the reigning winners of The Bowerman, which is named for legendary Oregon track & field and cross country coach Bill Bowerman.
Bowerman served the sport of track and field in numerous ways. His leadership in the USTFCCCA’s predecessor organization, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and the running community as a whole are among his many lasting legacies.
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Tom Lewis
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
Communications Manager
1100 Poydras St., Suite 1750
New Orleans, LA 70163
(O) 504-599-8904 (F) 504-599-8909
Email: tom@ustfccca.org
Follow Us: twitter.com/USTFCCCA
http://www.thebowerman.org/news/mens-watch-list-remains-same-with-des-moines-on-horizon
Attached is NCAA Championships’ schedule for those on the men’s watch list
Men’s Watch List Remains Same With Des Moines on Horizon
The watch list’s ten will compete next week in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa
June 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee in conjunction with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday their seventh update of the men’s watch list for collegiate track & field’s biggest award – The Bowerman. No changes were announced from the committee from their previous release in mid-May. This is the last watch list for the 2011 year as semifinalists will be named on June 20 and three finalists announced on July 13.
The ten men on the watch list will compete next week, June 8-11, at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships’ final rounds in Des Moines, Iowa. Live coverage will be aired on CBS on Saturday, June 11, cable’s CBS Sports Network on Friday, June 10, and streaming online at NCAA.com throughout the weekend.
The Bowerman Advisory Board appointed four of its members to comprise The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee and another four of its members to make up The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee. The men’s watch committee will release their next name ten semifinalists for the award on Monday, June 20. On July 13, The Bowerman Advisory Board will release the names of the three finalists.
THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST 2011 MEN
(updated June 1, 2011, listed in alphabetical order, always ten names)
NAME
YEAR
SCHOOL
EVENTS
HOMETOWN
Jeshua Anderson
SR
Washington State
Hurdles
Woodland Hills, Calif.
Miles Batty
JR
BYU
Distance
Sandy, Utah
Sam Chelanga
RS SR
Liberty
Distance
Nairobi, Kenya
Will Claye
JR
Florida
Jumps
Phoenix, Ariz.
Jeff Demps
SO/JR
Florida
Sprints
Winter Garden, Fla.
Kirani James
SO
Alabama
Sprints
Gouyave, Grenada
Ngonidzashe Makusha
JR
Florida State
Jumps/Sprints
Zimbabwe
Omo Osaghae
SR
Texas Tech
Hurdles
Lubbock, Texas
Mookie Salaam
JR
Oklahoma
Sprints
Edmond, Okla.
Christian Taylor
JR
Florida
Jumps
Fayetteville, Ga.
(P) – Promoted from “receiving mention” list this update
(N) – New to either list this update
Bowmeran Men’s Watch List – NCAA Championships Schedule
* if advanced to next round
^ if chosen as a relay member
Local Time
Event
Round
Athlete
School
Wednesday, June 8
5:45 PM CT
4x100m Relay
Semifinal^
Jeff Demps
Florida
5:45 PM CT
4x100m Relay
Semifinal^
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
5:45 PM CT
4x100m Relay
Semifinal^
Christian Taylor
Florida
7:30 PM CT
100m Dash
Semifinal
Jeff Demps
Florida
7:30 PM CT
100m Dash
Semifinal
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
7:30 PM CT
100m Dash
Semifinal
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
8:30 PM CT
400m Hurdles
Semifinal
Jeshua Anderson
Washington State
8:30 PM CT
400m Dash
Semifinal
Kirani James
Alabama
Thursday, June 9
5:35 PM CT
Long Jump
FINAL
Will Claye
Florida
5:35 PM CT
Long Jump
FINAL
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
5:35 PM CT
Long Jump
FINAL
Christian Taylor
Florida
5:45 PM CT
200m Dash
Semifinal
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
6:15 PM CT
1500m Run
Semifinal
Miles Batty
BYU
7:10 PM CT
110m Hurdles
Semifinal
Omo Osaghae
Texas Tech
8:20 PM CT
4x400m Relay
Semifinal^
Kirani James
Alabama
8:20 PM CT
4x400m Relay
Semifinal^
Christian Taylor
Florida
8:50 PM CT
10,000m Run
FINAL
Sam Chelanga
Liberty
Friday, June 10
6:45 PM CT
400m Hurdles
FINAL*
Jeshua Anderson
Washington State
7:02 PM CT
100m Dash
FINAL*
Jeff Demps
Florida
7:02 PM CT
100m Dash
FINAL*
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
7:02 PM CT
100m Dash
FINAL*
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
8:02 PM CT
400m Dash
FINAL*
Kirani James
Alabama
Saturday, June 11
11:05 AM CT
Triple Jump
FINAL
Will Claye
Florida
11:05 AM CT
Triple Jump
FINAL
Christian Taylor
Florida
12:11 PM CT
4x100m Relay
FINAL*^
Jeff Demps
Florida
12:11 PM CT
4x100m Relay
FINAL*^
Ngoni Makusa
Florida State
12:11 PM CT
4x100m Relay
FINAL*^
Christian Taylor
Florida
12:30 PM CT
1500m Run
FINAL*
Miles Batty
BYU
12:49 PM CT
200m Dash
FINAL*
Mookie Salaam
Oklahoma
1:16 PM CT
110m Hurdles
FINAL*
Omo Osaghae
Texas Tech
1:21 PM CT
5000m Run
FINAL
Sam Chelanga
Liberty
1:50 PM CT
4x400m Relay
FINAL*^
Kirani James
Alabama
1:50 PM CT
4x400m Relay
FINAL*^
Christian Taylor
Florida
Jeshua Anderson, Washington State
Senior, Hurdles, Woodland Hills, Calif. (Taft HS)
OUTDOOR: Anderson won his fourth-straight Pac-10 Conference title in the 400 hurdles in dramatic fashion, clocking a personal-best 48.13 to win by over a second. The time not only is the second-best in the world so far in 2011, it moves Anderson to the all-time collegiate top five in the event. Also at the Pac-10 meet, Anderson finished fourth in the 110 hurdles in 13.88 after running a personal-best 13.78 in the preliminary. The Cougars also finished second in the conference 4x400 with Anderson as the anchor.
Anderson finished third at the Texas Relays in the 400 hurdles and anchored his 4x400-relay team to victory at the Mt. SAC Relays (3:07.87). Anderson was also the winner of the 110-meter hurdles in a dual at Washington.
Anderson will run the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet’s final rounds.
INDOOR: His indoor season best in the 400-meter dash of 46.93 placed him in the collegiate top 35. The outdoor season is where Anderson is expected to shine when he can compete in his specialty event – the 400-meter hurdles.
Miles Batty, BYU
Junior, Distance, Sandy, Utah (Jordan HS)
OUTDOOR: In his first 1500-meter race of the season at the Mt. SAC Relays, Batty finished behind two pros, but clocked 3:36.25, three seconds ahead of all collegians. The time is the fastest to be claimed by a collegian since 1995 and is the fifth-best all-time. At the Penn Relays, Batty anchored BYU to a third-place finish in the DMR and fifth-place showing in the 4x800. At the Mountain West Championships, Batty claimed the league’s 1500-meter title (3:56.62A) and placed sixth in the 800 meters.
Batty will competed in the 1500-meter run at the NCAA meet’s final rounds.
INDOOR: Batty, the USTFCCCA’s National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year, spurred BYU’s run to the podium for a third-place team finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships with national titles in the mile and as anchor of the squad’s DMR team. Batty was one of two to finish the national mile final in sub-four fashion as he topped Tulsa’s Chris O’Hare for the national crown with a 3:59.49 clocking. Batty, the day previous, led the Cougars to their first national crown in the DMR since 1978, holding off fast closing Indiana and Minnesota, with a 3:56.14, 1600-meter anchor split. The relay’s time of 9:29.28 is the seventh-best in collegiate history.
Batty was the Mountain West Conference mile champion (4:15.23) and again was anchor of the BYU crew to a DMR conference title. Batty notched the fastest mile time of the collegiate season with a 3:55.79 run to win the Flotrack Husky Classic on Washington’s oversized track.
Sam Chelanga, Liberty
RS Senior, Distance, Nairobi, Kenya (Bartolimo HS/Fairleigh Dickinson)
OUTDOOR: Opened the season with a win in the 10,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays in a then-collegiate-leading time of 28:15.64. Chelanga currently sits third on the collegiate list for 2011. Chelanga’s only other race so far this year came on April 30 when he won the 5000 at the Radford Highlander Invitational in 14:02.57.
Chelanga qualified for the NCAA’s national final of for both the 5000- and 10,000-meter runs.
INDOOR: At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Chelanga placed runner-up in the 5000 meters to Iona’s Leonard Korir with a 13:27.34 clocking. Chelanga, finished 15th overall at the NCAA meet in the 3000. In his first 5k of the indoor season, Chelanga recorded a then world-leading time of 13:41.35 on his home 200-meter, flat track on January 29. Chelanga notched a would-be collegiate leader of 7:48.24 in the 3000 meters at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix where he finished fourth in a professional-loaded field. In addition, Chelanga tallied a 7:50.92 clocking at 3000 meters in placing fifth overall at the Flotrack Husky Classic. Chelanga added to his tally of Big South Championships with a mile crown (4:16.88) this season.
Will Claye, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe HS/Oklahoma)
OUTDOOR: Claimed an impressive double win at the SEC Championships with crowns in the long and triple jumps. In the long jump, Claye bested a field that had six performers over 26 feet with a personal-best, third-round jump of 27-2½ (8.29m, 1.9 m/s), marking one of his two jumps over eight meters in the competition. Claye’s best moved him to second on the performers list in the world for the year. The following day, Claye won the league title in the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 56-6¾ (17.24m). Another jump in the series was a wind-legal 56-2¾ (17.14m) for Claye’s new personal best.
Claye finished third at the Penn Relays long jump. Also at the Penn Relays, Claye was the leadoff leg for the Gators’ 4x200 relay that finished third.
Claye qualified for the long jump and triple jump finals at the NCAA Championships.
INDOOR: At the NCAA indoor meet, Claye left his best for the last attempt in the triple jump. After five rounds, Claye had the lead at 55-8¼ (16.967m), but teammate and defending champ Christian Taylor staked his claim for the crown on his final attempt with a jump of 55-9 (16.99m). Claye responded with the event’s final salvo with a mark of 56-10 (17.32m) to win the national crown, set a new personal best, land as the all-time fourth-best collegiate performer in the event, and reset the NCAA meet record by a centimeter.
Adding to the national triple jump crown, Claye finished second in the long jump at the NCAA meet with a personal best of 26-4½ (8.04).
Claye landed a mark of 56-4 (17.17m) achieved in finishing runner up to teammate Christian Taylor at the SEC Championships. Claye added a third-place showing in the long jump at the SEC meet, placing behind only Arkansas’ Tarik Batchelor and LSU’s Zedric Thomas – both members of the national top five of the event this year.
Jeff Demps, Florida
Sophomore (indoor)/Junior (outdoor), Sprints, Winter Garden, Fla. (South Lake HS)
OUTDOOR: Demps false started in the 100 meters at the SEC Championships, but redeemed himself by anchoring the Gators’ 4x100 to a conference victory and collegiate-leading time of 38.83. Prior to the SEC Championships, Demps won two 100-meter races with slightly wind-aided times of 10.07 and 9.96. The latter came at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial and is a mark that is the all-conditions collegiate-leader this season and will place him as the No. 1 seed going into the preliminary rounds of the NCAA Championships. Demps also anchored Florida’s 4x100 to a 38.91 for second place at the Penn Relays.
Demps qualified for the national semifinal of the 100 meters and is slated as a member of the 4x100 that qualified past the NCAA quarterfinal.
INDOOR: Demps claimed his second-straight NCAA indoor 60-meter title with a personal-best run in the finals of 6.53 seconds. Demps is the first back-to-back NCAA indoor short-sprint champ since DaBryan Blanton of Oklahoma in 2004 and 2005.
After opening the season with a 6.57 in winning the Virginia Tech Elite, Demps has four times more clocked sub-6.60 in the 60 meters, including when he won the SEC title in the event for the second-straight year with a 6.55.
Kirani James, Alabama
Sophomore, Sprints, Gouyave, Grenada
OUTDOOR: Won the SEC title in the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 44.86. The time is second-best among collegians this year (Tabarie Henry, Texas A&M, 44.83) and is tied for third in the world for 2011. James also ran the second-leg of Alabama’s 4x400 relay (3:07.87) that placed a close second to Mississippi State (3:07.65). Earlier in the year, with a 20.41 clocking in the 200 meters at the UTEP Invitational, James finished the regular season with a national top-ten time in that event.
James will compete in the 400-meter dash in Des Moines and as a member of Alabama’s 4x400 relay.
INDOOR: Prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships, on every occasion in which he has stepped on the track for the 400 meters during the 2011 indoor season, Kirani James set a new world leader. Starting on Feb. 12 when he ran 45.47 (oversized) to win Notre Dame Meyo Invitational, then on Feb. 26 for the preliminary round of the SEC Championships when he ran 45.37. And, for the trifecta, James, who is only 18, clocked 44.80 in the SEC final to not only set another world record, but it also set a new world junior all-time best. The time places him in the top five of the all-time world indoor list and only Kerron Clement’s (Florida)world record of 44.57 set in 2005 stands as a better all-time collegiate mark.
At the NCAA meet, James tripped and fell shortly after completing the first lap of the qualifying round and did not finish the race.
Ngonidzashe Makusha, Florida State
Junior, Jumps/Sprints, Zimbabwe (Mandedza HS)
OUTDOOR: A three-event winner at the ACC Outdoor Championships with titles in the 100 meters, long jump, and as second leg of the 4x100 relay. The 100-meter conference title was won in a collegiate-leading time of 9.97. To win the Texas Relays title in the long jump, Makusha claimed an all-conditions collegiate leading jump of 27-6¾ (8.40m) to win by over a foot. At the Florida State Twilight on May 6, Makusha recorded three wind-aided marks of over eight meters and had a wind-aided best of 27-4¾ (8.35m) to win by a wide margin.
Makusa is in the national final of the long jump, qualified for the remaining rounds of the 100 meters, and is a member of Florida State’s 4x100 relay.
INDOOR: Won his first NCAA indoor long jump crown to go with two outdoor crowns with a fourth-round winning leap of 26-8½ (8.14m). Makusha won the event by four inches over Florida’s Will Claye. Makusha claimed the collegiate season’s best mark of 26-9 (8.15m) in winning his second ACC indoor crown in the event.
Omo Osaghae, Texas Tech
Senior, Hurdles, Lubbock, Texas (Monterey HS)
OUTDOOR: Osaghae won the Big 12 title and topped the championships record in the 110 hurdles with a personal-best 13.23 clocking to win by three-tenths of a second. The time moved him to third among all performers in the world this season, is the wind-legal collegiate leader for the year, and placed him inside the all-time collegiate top five.
Osaghae won 110-meter hurdle titles at the Penn and Mt. SAC Relays. But, it was at the Texas Tech Open where he would run a wind-aided 13.18 (altitude). All told, Osaghae has won seven hurdle titles this season. Additionally, Texas Tech claimed the title in the shuttle hurdle relay at the Penn Relays in a time of 54.67 with Osaghae as the leadoff man. The time moved Texas Tech to No. 4 all-time in the event.
Osaghae qualified for the remaining rounds of the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet.
INDOOR: With no indoor eligibility remaining, Osaghae competed unattached through the indoor season. Osaghae managed a breakthrough in the 60-meter hurdles as he won the USATF Indoor title in the event at altitude in 7.52.
Mookie Salaam, Oklahoma
Junior, Sprints, Edmond, Okla. (North HS)
OUTDOOR: Salaam claimed Big 12 titles in the 100 and 200 meters with runs of 10.23 and 20.05, respectively. The 20.05, a conference meet-record, in the 200 is the No. 2 performance in the world so far in 2011 and stands as the collegiate leader. Salaam won the Big 12 crown in the 200 by 34 hundredths of a second. For Oklahoma, Salaam also placed fourth with the 4x100 relay and seventh with the 4x400 and ended the league meet as the high-point scorer. Salaam’s wind-aided time of 10.19 in the conference preliminary gained him a top-20 national seed for the NCAA meet in the 100 meters.
Salaam won the 100-meter title at the Drake Relays (10.20).
Salaam made it through qualifying rounds in both the 100 and 200 meters for Des Moines.
INDOOR: Salaam won the NCAA indoor title at 200 meters with one of the closest finishes possible. Florida State’s Maurice Mitchell clocked 20.41 in section one of the national final, and Salaam matched that mark in winning section two. When the times were examined closer to the thousandths, Salaam got the nod over Mitchell with official times of 20.401 to 20.403. Salaam would run a world’s season best time in the preliminaries earlier in that same evening in posting a 20.39 time, moving the Sooner to the all-time collegiate top ten in the process.
Salaam also placed eighth at the NCAA’s 60-meter final and appeared to be suffering some sort of injury. The previous day, Salaam recorded the fastest time in the preliminary round of 6.55, ironically two-thousandths better than Mitchell again (6.546 to 6.548). Salaam would run sub-6.60 in the 60 five times during the season, including when he completed the 60-200 double at the Big 12 Indoor Championships and won the 60 at the Tyson Invitational.
Christian Taylor, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS)
OUTDOOR: Taylor finished the regular season with NCAA top-ten seeds in the 400 meters, long jump, and triple jump. In only his second triple jump competition of the outdoor season, Taylor finished second to teammate Claye at the SEC Championships with a wind-legal, personal-best jump of 56-3¼ (17.15m) on his third attempt. The jump ranks second among all collegians in 2011 and sixth in the world. Taylor passed on his final three attempts in the triple jump to run on Florida’s conference-champion 4x100 relay squad. With Taylor as the second-leg, the Gators recorded a collegiate-leading time of 38.53. Taylor also led off Florida’s 4x400 relay to a third-place finish. Taylor also finished fourth at the SEC meet in the long jump with a 26-3 (8.00m) season-best leap – a mark that is among the top ten in the NCAA this year.
As a quarter-miler to open the season, Taylor claimed a win at the Florida Relays in the 400 meters, clocking a 45.46 that ranks eighth in the NCAA this season. Taylor has also tried various sprinting distances through the season and has been a member of several relay teams, including 4x100 (preliminaries), 4x200, and sprint medley squads at the Penn Relays. Florida’s 4x200 finished third and the sprint medley took second at the meet.
Taylor will be in the national finals of the long jump and triple jump and is listed as a relay member for Florida’s qualifying 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads.
INDOOR: Taylor sent quite a message in winning the SEC Championship triple jump on his final attempt. With a mark of 56-11½ (17.36m) that not only won the event for the third-straight time and set a new SEC record, he became the third all-time best collegian indoors in the event. Only Charlie Simpkins (Baptist, 17.50m, 57-5, 1986) and Mike Conley (Arkansas, 17.40m, 57-1, 1985) have jumped farther in indoor collegiate history than Taylor. The Gator also finished eighth at the SEC meet in the long jump and has a season’s best in the event of 25-0 (7.62m), good for the national top 25.
Taylor placed second at the NCAA meet to teammate Claye with a last-round best of 55-9 (16.99m).
ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (19)
NAME
YEAR
SCHOOL
EVENTS
HOMETOWN
Robby Andrews
SO
Virginia
Distance
Englishtown, N.J.
Andy Bayer
RS SO
Indiana
Distance
Leo, Ind.
Charles Clark
SR (out)
Florida State
Sprints
Virginia Beach, Va.
Derek Drouin
JR
Indiana
Jumps
Corunna, Ontario
German Fernandez
JR/SO
Oklahoma State
Distance
Riverbank, Calif.
Mason Finley
SO
Kansas
Throws
Salida, Colo.
Eric Flores
SR
Cal Lutheran
Throws
Custer, S.D.
Marquise Goodwin
SO
Texas
Jumps/Sprints
Garland, Texas
Leford Green
JR
Johnson C. Smith
Sprints
St. Catherine, Jamaica
Walter Henning
SR
LSU
Throws
Kings Park, N.Y.
Tabarie Henry
SR
Texas A&M
Sprints
U.S. Virgin Islands
Leonard Korir
JR
Iona
Distance
Iten, Kenya
Erik Kynard
SO
Kansas State
Jumps
Toledo, Ohio
Torrin Lawrence
JR
Georgia
Sprints
Jacksonville, Fla.
Marcel Lomnicky
JR
Virginia Tech
Throws
Nitra, Slovakia
Maurice Mitchell
JR
Florida State
Sprints
Kansas City, Mo.
Demetrius Pinder
SR
Texas A&M
Sprints
Freeport, Bahamas
Dorian Ulrey
SR
Arkansas
Distance
Port Byron, Ill.
Craig Van Leeuwen
JR
Ramapo
Pole Vault
Little River Falls, N.J.
(D) – demoted from the watch list this update
(N) – new to either list this update
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the magnificent trophy, and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org. Keep up with Bowerman candidates on the USTFCCCA’s weekly results page (http://www.ustfccca.org/weekly-results) and by following the organization’s twitter feed twitter.com/TheBowerman and Facebook page facebook.com/TheBowerman.
About The Bowerman
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the top male and female collegiate track & field athletes in the nation. Oregon's Ashton Eaton and Virginia Tech’s Queen Harrison are the reigning winners of The Bowerman, which is named for legendary Oregon track & field and cross country coach Bill Bowerman.
Bowerman served the sport of track and field in numerous ways. His leadership in the USTFCCCA’s predecessor organization, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and the running community as a whole are among his many lasting legacies.
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Tom Lewis
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
Communications Manager
1100 Poydras St., Suite 1750
New Orleans, LA 70163
(O) 504-599-8904 (F) 504-599-8909
Email: tom@ustfccca.org
Follow Us: twitter.com/USTFCCCA
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Richard Rucker (William Howard Taft High School, Woodland Hills, CA) - Western Girls Winner Gill Coach of the Year
News and Notes, Volume 11, 13
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In this issue:
Gill Coach of the Year Regional Winners Announced
Dan O'Brien performs at La Biennale Di Venezia
Team USA Athletes to visit Springfield High School
Longtime official, Jerry Perry, passes away
Gill regional Coach of the Year Winners announced
USATF and Gill Athletics are proud to announce the regional winners, and finalists for the national Gill Coach of the Year Award:
Juan Plaza (Calvary Baptist Academy) - Central Boys Winner
David Emeott (East Kentwood High School) - Mid-Atlantic Boys Winner
Bob Nihells (Lake Park High School) - Midwest Boys Winner
Mike Potter (Warwick Valley High School) - New England Boys Winner
Woody Barnett (Pearl High School) - Southeast Boys Winner
Daunte Gouge (King’s High School, Seattle, WA) - Western Boys Winner
Drew Yoakum (Fayetteville School District) - Central Girls Winner
Rob Defilippis (Red Bank Catholic High School) - Mid-Atlantic Girls Winner
Ryan Krall (Colfax High Shool) - Midwest Girls Winner
Patrick Castagno (the Tatnall School) - New England Girls Winner
Jim Tate (St. Paul’s Episopal School) - Southeast Girls Winner
Richard Rucker (William Howard Taft High School, Woodland Hills, CA) - Western Girls Winner
The Gill Athletics High School Coach of the Year will be selected from the regional finalists. The two national winners, one boy’s coach and one girl’s coach, will each receive $5,000 worth of Gill Athletics track & field equipment and a trip for two to the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. to receive their awards.
For more information, visit www.GillCoachOfTheYear.com
Dan O'Brien performs at La Biennale Di Venezia
1996 Olympic decathlon gold medalist Dan O'Brien takes the world stage of a different sort at the opening of La Biennale di Venezia, the 54th International Art Exhibition, this week in Venice, Italy. O'Brien will run on a treadmill as part of the opening week performance on "Track and Field," one of six newly commissioned works by Puerto Rico- based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla that comprise the exhibition "Gloria."
The Indianapolis Museum of Art and the collaborative team of Allora and Calzadilla will transform the U.S. Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, into a dynamic experience for visitors. The IMA has partnered with national athletic organizations USA Gymnastics and USA Track & Field on Body in Flight (Delta), Body in Flight (American), and Track and Field, which will incorporate performances by athletes at intervals throughout the duration of the exhibition. Body in Flight (Delta) and Body in Flight (American) are full-scale reproductions of the latest designs for business class seats found on U.S. commercial airlines. The stained wooden sculptures substitute for the balance beam and pommel horse, creating an unusual platform for a new language of movement that "contaminates" strict gymnastic routines. Track and Field will feature a full-scale, overturned military tank that has been repurposed by superimposing a functioning treadmill above its right track, on which USA Track & Field athletes will run.
The US Pavillion will be on view from June 4 through November 27, 2011.
To learn more about Gloria and the U.S. Pavilion, please visit: www.IMAmuseum.org/Venice
Team USA Athletes to visit Springfield High School
USATF Athletes Natasha Hastings, Kara Patterson and David Oliver join emcee Ato Boldon for USATF's Win with Integrity program in Eugene, Oregon just prior to Saturday's Nike Prefontaine Classic. Springfield High School will play host to two assemblies beginning at 8:45 a.m., Friday.
Athletes will speak to students about the benefits of living a healthy, drug-free, active lifestyle.
"Anytime we have an opportunity to reach out to young people, its important that we recognize our position as role models in the sport," said Oliver, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and current American record holder in the 110 hurdles.
USATF athletes participate in as many as 25 Win with Integrity programs annually in Visa Championships Series cities as well as where they live and train. Since 2004, Win with Integrity has reached more than 100,000 students across the country.
Hastings won gold in the women's 4x400 in the Beijing Olympics while Patterson is the current American record holder in the javelin. All three athletes will compete in Saturday's Nike Prefontaine Classic, the first stop in the 2011 Visa Championships Series.
For more info on Win with Integrity, contact Susan Hazzard at Susan.Hazzard@usatf.org.
Longtime official, Jerry Perry, passes away
Jerry Perry passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 after a brief illness. He was 81 years old. Perry served as the Chair of the Officials Committee for many years and also as President of the North Carolina Association.
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: www.usatf.org.
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In this issue:
Gill Coach of the Year Regional Winners Announced
Dan O'Brien performs at La Biennale Di Venezia
Team USA Athletes to visit Springfield High School
Longtime official, Jerry Perry, passes away
Gill regional Coach of the Year Winners announced
USATF and Gill Athletics are proud to announce the regional winners, and finalists for the national Gill Coach of the Year Award:
Juan Plaza (Calvary Baptist Academy) - Central Boys Winner
David Emeott (East Kentwood High School) - Mid-Atlantic Boys Winner
Bob Nihells (Lake Park High School) - Midwest Boys Winner
Mike Potter (Warwick Valley High School) - New England Boys Winner
Woody Barnett (Pearl High School) - Southeast Boys Winner
Daunte Gouge (King’s High School, Seattle, WA) - Western Boys Winner
Drew Yoakum (Fayetteville School District) - Central Girls Winner
Rob Defilippis (Red Bank Catholic High School) - Mid-Atlantic Girls Winner
Ryan Krall (Colfax High Shool) - Midwest Girls Winner
Patrick Castagno (the Tatnall School) - New England Girls Winner
Jim Tate (St. Paul’s Episopal School) - Southeast Girls Winner
Richard Rucker (William Howard Taft High School, Woodland Hills, CA) - Western Girls Winner
The Gill Athletics High School Coach of the Year will be selected from the regional finalists. The two national winners, one boy’s coach and one girl’s coach, will each receive $5,000 worth of Gill Athletics track & field equipment and a trip for two to the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. to receive their awards.
For more information, visit www.GillCoachOfTheYear.com
Dan O'Brien performs at La Biennale Di Venezia
1996 Olympic decathlon gold medalist Dan O'Brien takes the world stage of a different sort at the opening of La Biennale di Venezia, the 54th International Art Exhibition, this week in Venice, Italy. O'Brien will run on a treadmill as part of the opening week performance on "Track and Field," one of six newly commissioned works by Puerto Rico- based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla that comprise the exhibition "Gloria."
The Indianapolis Museum of Art and the collaborative team of Allora and Calzadilla will transform the U.S. Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, into a dynamic experience for visitors. The IMA has partnered with national athletic organizations USA Gymnastics and USA Track & Field on Body in Flight (Delta), Body in Flight (American), and Track and Field, which will incorporate performances by athletes at intervals throughout the duration of the exhibition. Body in Flight (Delta) and Body in Flight (American) are full-scale reproductions of the latest designs for business class seats found on U.S. commercial airlines. The stained wooden sculptures substitute for the balance beam and pommel horse, creating an unusual platform for a new language of movement that "contaminates" strict gymnastic routines. Track and Field will feature a full-scale, overturned military tank that has been repurposed by superimposing a functioning treadmill above its right track, on which USA Track & Field athletes will run.
The US Pavillion will be on view from June 4 through November 27, 2011.
To learn more about Gloria and the U.S. Pavilion, please visit: www.IMAmuseum.org/Venice
Team USA Athletes to visit Springfield High School
USATF Athletes Natasha Hastings, Kara Patterson and David Oliver join emcee Ato Boldon for USATF's Win with Integrity program in Eugene, Oregon just prior to Saturday's Nike Prefontaine Classic. Springfield High School will play host to two assemblies beginning at 8:45 a.m., Friday.
Athletes will speak to students about the benefits of living a healthy, drug-free, active lifestyle.
"Anytime we have an opportunity to reach out to young people, its important that we recognize our position as role models in the sport," said Oliver, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and current American record holder in the 110 hurdles.
USATF athletes participate in as many as 25 Win with Integrity programs annually in Visa Championships Series cities as well as where they live and train. Since 2004, Win with Integrity has reached more than 100,000 students across the country.
Hastings won gold in the women's 4x400 in the Beijing Olympics while Patterson is the current American record holder in the javelin. All three athletes will compete in Saturday's Nike Prefontaine Classic, the first stop in the 2011 Visa Championships Series.
For more info on Win with Integrity, contact Susan Hazzard at Susan.Hazzard@usatf.org.
Longtime official, Jerry Perry, passes away
Jerry Perry passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 after a brief illness. He was 81 years old. Perry served as the Chair of the Officials Committee for many years and also as President of the North Carolina Association.
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: www.usatf.org.
18 Cal Bears Earn MPSF Indoor Academic Honors
May 31, 2011
BERKELEY - A total of 18 Golden Bears have been selected to the MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete team for the 2011 indoor track & field season.
Earning a place on the men's squad are Mike Morrison, Patrick Kowalsky, Kevin Kuechler, Aaron Burney, Matt Miller, Maxime Chevee and Cody Schmidt.
The women on the list are Theresa Raub, Alison Greggor, Kristen Meister, Allison Stokke, Kayla Dixon, Rowena Tam, Chelsea Reilly, Linda Oseso, Amanda Hunter, Gianna Fernandez and Aziza Baker.
Greggor, a Spanish and psychology double major, also received the Cal athletic department's Neufeld Scholar-Athlete Award for 2011 for having the highest GPA among graduating student-athletes, while Raub, who competed as a graduate student in education this past season, claimed the honor in 2010.
To be eligible for the MPSF indoor team, student-athletes must have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, be at least a sophomore academically and have participated in half the team's competitions.
Courtesy Cal
BERKELEY - A total of 18 Golden Bears have been selected to the MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete team for the 2011 indoor track & field season.
Earning a place on the men's squad are Mike Morrison, Patrick Kowalsky, Kevin Kuechler, Aaron Burney, Matt Miller, Maxime Chevee and Cody Schmidt.
The women on the list are Theresa Raub, Alison Greggor, Kristen Meister, Allison Stokke, Kayla Dixon, Rowena Tam, Chelsea Reilly, Linda Oseso, Amanda Hunter, Gianna Fernandez and Aziza Baker.
Greggor, a Spanish and psychology double major, also received the Cal athletic department's Neufeld Scholar-Athlete Award for 2011 for having the highest GPA among graduating student-athletes, while Raub, who competed as a graduate student in education this past season, claimed the honor in 2010.
To be eligible for the MPSF indoor team, student-athletes must have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, be at least a sophomore academically and have participated in half the team's competitions.
Courtesy Cal
USC Men Ranked No. 6, USC Women Ranked No. 7
On the web ...
http://www.ustfccca.org/2011/05/featured/heading-to-des-moines-texas-ams-men-oregons-women-are-number-ones
Also attached are Program of the Year standings through the indoor championships
Heading to Des Moines: Texas A&M’s Men, Oregon’s Women Are Number Ones
May 31, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week nine national computer rankings for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field on Tuesday. The "final 24" for the NCAA Division I Championships has been set in each event as a result of preliminary rounds contest over the Memorial Day weekend, and new computer rankings are calculated based on the those who advanced through the rounds and that will compete next week in Des Moines, Iowa, June 8-11.
Oregon's women, the two-time NCAA indoor team champions, took the top spot in the outdoor rankings for the first time this year as they advanced a tied-overall best 16 entries to Des Moines for the final rounds of the championships. No. 2 Texas A&M trails slightly in the latest rankings, but advanced 15 from the preliminary rounds, including a meet-best nine entries from sprint and hurdle events. LSU was moved to No. 3, their lowest position since the preseason, but also are not too far behind the Ducks and Aggies in ranking points as the Lady Tigers will also have 15 entries at Drake, eight of which are in sprint and hurdle events.
The top seven positions on the men's side remained unchanged as No. 1 Texas A&M and No. 2 Florida seem to be the clear frontrunners heading into the final rounds. The Aggies have 19 entries that will compete in Des Moines, including a meet-best eight in sprint and hurdle events and six in the jumps. Florida will challenge with 17 entries, five in sprint/hurdles and jumps, apiece. No. 8 Virginia Tech may float up the leaderboard with a third-best 14 entries in Des Moines, including a meet-best seven in jumping events -- three of which are in the pole vault. No. 3 Florida State has 13 entries into the meet, tied with No. 4 LSU, but are banking on the doubling potential of Ngoni Makusha (100m-long jump), Maurice Mitchell (100m-200m), Ciaran O'Lionaird (5000m-10k), and Michael Putman (shot put-discus).
The Stanford men qualified four in the 10,000 meters and LSU's women qualified four for the 100 meters to co-lead the category of most entries per event. April Sinkler of No. 6 Clemson will be the only individual to compete in three events, having qualified in the women's high jump, long jump, and triple jump.
Live television coverage of the meet can be found on cable's CBS Sports Network on Friday, June 10, and to a national audience on Saturday, June 11, on CBS.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings
2011 Week #9 - May 31, pre-NCAA finals
next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship Results
Rank
School
Points
Last Week
1
Texas A&M
372.60
1
2
Florida
350.16
2
3
Florida State
269.36
3
4
LSU
232.42
4
5
Texas Tech
221.14
5
6
Southern California
192.74
6
7
Arkansas
174.59
7
8
Virginia Tech
169.23
13
9
Texas
161.89
8
10
BYU
149.04
16
11
Stanford
145.19
11
12
Arizona
144.53
9
13
Oregon
143.59
14
14
Washington
124.51
19
15
Baylor
120.18
12
16
Georgia
99.06
20
17
Nebraska
98.49
10
18
New Mexico
90.27
25
19
Mississippi
89.70
18
20
Kansas
85.59
15
21
UCLA
83.06
22
22
Auburn
81.26
29
23
Illinois
74.44
35
24
UT Arlington
73.61
31
25
Kansas State
72.45
26
dropped out: No. 17 Oklahoma, No. 21 Iowa, No. 23 Arizona State, No. 24 Washington State
Men's Conference Index Top 10
Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams
1
Big 12
1348.16
7
2
SEC
1292.40
6
3
Pac-10
1011.54
6
4
ACC
688.73
2
5
Big Ten
392.26
1
6
Mountain West
294.01
2
7
BIG EAST
168.74
8
Southland
148.90
1
9
Ivy League
137.77
10
Big Sky
115.51
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings
2011 Week #9 - May 31, pre-NCAA finals
next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship Results
Rank
School
Points
Last Week
1
Oregon
311.97
3
2
Texas A&M
308.49
1
3
LSU
289.40
2
4
Arkansas
215.06
8
5
Oklahoma
199.64
6
6
Clemson
187.34
4
7
Southern California
184.34
7
8
Texas
165.27
11
9
Arizona
160.84
5
10
Baylor
158.72
9
11
Arizona State
151.97
10
12
Nebraska
141.79
13
13
Auburn
140.88
12
14
Stanford
130.88
20
15
Tennessee
130.50
15
16
Kansas
113.12
16
17
Florida
95.81
19
18
Washington State
91.16
14
19
Kansas State
84.83
17
20
Southern Miss
83.65
33
21
Indiana
82.12
29
22
Ohio State
81.90
27
23
Southern Illinois
80.40
21
24
UCF
80.06
23
25
Wichita State
77.07
36
dropped out: No. 18 Texas Tech, No. 22 Georgia, No. 24 Colorado, No. 25 Florida State
Women's Conference Index Top 10
Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams
1
Big 12
1392.55
7
2
Pac-10
1166.98
6
3
SEC
1126.82
5
4
ACC
582.54
1
5
Big Ten
461.82
2
6
BIG EAST
357.95
7
Conference USA
351.28
2
8
Mountain West
236.81
9
Missouri Valley
196.29
2
10
Mid-American
98.50
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Tom Lewis
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
Communications Manager
1100 Poydras St., Suite 1750
New Orleans, LA 70163
(O) 504-599-8904 (F) 504-599-8909
Email: tom@ustfccca.org
Follow Us: twitter.com/USTFCCCA
http://www.ustfccca.org/2011/05/featured/heading-to-des-moines-texas-ams-men-oregons-women-are-number-ones
Also attached are Program of the Year standings through the indoor championships
Heading to Des Moines: Texas A&M’s Men, Oregon’s Women Are Number Ones
May 31, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week nine national computer rankings for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field on Tuesday. The "final 24" for the NCAA Division I Championships has been set in each event as a result of preliminary rounds contest over the Memorial Day weekend, and new computer rankings are calculated based on the those who advanced through the rounds and that will compete next week in Des Moines, Iowa, June 8-11.
Oregon's women, the two-time NCAA indoor team champions, took the top spot in the outdoor rankings for the first time this year as they advanced a tied-overall best 16 entries to Des Moines for the final rounds of the championships. No. 2 Texas A&M trails slightly in the latest rankings, but advanced 15 from the preliminary rounds, including a meet-best nine entries from sprint and hurdle events. LSU was moved to No. 3, their lowest position since the preseason, but also are not too far behind the Ducks and Aggies in ranking points as the Lady Tigers will also have 15 entries at Drake, eight of which are in sprint and hurdle events.
The top seven positions on the men's side remained unchanged as No. 1 Texas A&M and No. 2 Florida seem to be the clear frontrunners heading into the final rounds. The Aggies have 19 entries that will compete in Des Moines, including a meet-best eight in sprint and hurdle events and six in the jumps. Florida will challenge with 17 entries, five in sprint/hurdles and jumps, apiece. No. 8 Virginia Tech may float up the leaderboard with a third-best 14 entries in Des Moines, including a meet-best seven in jumping events -- three of which are in the pole vault. No. 3 Florida State has 13 entries into the meet, tied with No. 4 LSU, but are banking on the doubling potential of Ngoni Makusha (100m-long jump), Maurice Mitchell (100m-200m), Ciaran O'Lionaird (5000m-10k), and Michael Putman (shot put-discus).
The Stanford men qualified four in the 10,000 meters and LSU's women qualified four for the 100 meters to co-lead the category of most entries per event. April Sinkler of No. 6 Clemson will be the only individual to compete in three events, having qualified in the women's high jump, long jump, and triple jump.
Live television coverage of the meet can be found on cable's CBS Sports Network on Friday, June 10, and to a national audience on Saturday, June 11, on CBS.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings
2011 Week #9 - May 31, pre-NCAA finals
next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship Results
Rank
School
Points
Last Week
1
Texas A&M
372.60
1
2
Florida
350.16
2
3
Florida State
269.36
3
4
LSU
232.42
4
5
Texas Tech
221.14
5
6
Southern California
192.74
6
7
Arkansas
174.59
7
8
Virginia Tech
169.23
13
9
Texas
161.89
8
10
BYU
149.04
16
11
Stanford
145.19
11
12
Arizona
144.53
9
13
Oregon
143.59
14
14
Washington
124.51
19
15
Baylor
120.18
12
16
Georgia
99.06
20
17
Nebraska
98.49
10
18
New Mexico
90.27
25
19
Mississippi
89.70
18
20
Kansas
85.59
15
21
UCLA
83.06
22
22
Auburn
81.26
29
23
Illinois
74.44
35
24
UT Arlington
73.61
31
25
Kansas State
72.45
26
dropped out: No. 17 Oklahoma, No. 21 Iowa, No. 23 Arizona State, No. 24 Washington State
Men's Conference Index Top 10
Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams
1
Big 12
1348.16
7
2
SEC
1292.40
6
3
Pac-10
1011.54
6
4
ACC
688.73
2
5
Big Ten
392.26
1
6
Mountain West
294.01
2
7
BIG EAST
168.74
8
Southland
148.90
1
9
Ivy League
137.77
10
Big Sky
115.51
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings
2011 Week #9 - May 31, pre-NCAA finals
next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship Results
Rank
School
Points
Last Week
1
Oregon
311.97
3
2
Texas A&M
308.49
1
3
LSU
289.40
2
4
Arkansas
215.06
8
5
Oklahoma
199.64
6
6
Clemson
187.34
4
7
Southern California
184.34
7
8
Texas
165.27
11
9
Arizona
160.84
5
10
Baylor
158.72
9
11
Arizona State
151.97
10
12
Nebraska
141.79
13
13
Auburn
140.88
12
14
Stanford
130.88
20
15
Tennessee
130.50
15
16
Kansas
113.12
16
17
Florida
95.81
19
18
Washington State
91.16
14
19
Kansas State
84.83
17
20
Southern Miss
83.65
33
21
Indiana
82.12
29
22
Ohio State
81.90
27
23
Southern Illinois
80.40
21
24
UCF
80.06
23
25
Wichita State
77.07
36
dropped out: No. 18 Texas Tech, No. 22 Georgia, No. 24 Colorado, No. 25 Florida State
Women's Conference Index Top 10
Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams
1
Big 12
1392.55
7
2
Pac-10
1166.98
6
3
SEC
1126.82
5
4
ACC
582.54
1
5
Big Ten
461.82
2
6
BIG EAST
357.95
7
Conference USA
351.28
2
8
Mountain West
236.81
9
Missouri Valley
196.29
2
10
Mid-American
98.50
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Tom Lewis
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
Communications Manager
1100 Poydras St., Suite 1750
New Orleans, LA 70163
(O) 504-599-8904 (F) 504-599-8909
Email: tom@ustfccca.org
Follow Us: twitter.com/USTFCCCA
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