Thursday, June 24, 2010
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- Liz Patterson Full Interview
- Texas A&M’s Anderson is National Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year For Third-Consecutive Time Aggie sprinters, hurdlers, and relays accounted for 65 of 72 national team points
- Wise and Smith lead multis at USA Junior Champs
- USATF rolls out Project 30; expands sports science and athlete-assistance programs
- Cantwell, Phillips headline men’s field events at USA Outdoor Championships
- Felix, Jones and Rowbury lead the way into Des Moines
| Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:50 PM PDT Liz Patterson Full Interview from PreRaceJitters on Vimeo.
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| Posted: 23 Jun 2010 09:02 PM PDT June 23, 2010-(NEW ORLEANS)– The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named Texas A&M's Vince Anderson as the 2010 National Women's Assistant Coach of the Year for outdoor track & field as voted by the nation's coaches. Anderson, with coaching responsibilities at Texas A&M with sprints and hurdles, is a three-time consecutive winner of the award. On the way to their second-straight national title, Texas A&M racked 65 of their 72 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the sprints, hurdles, and relays – areas in which Anderson has direct or shared roles of coaching responsibility. At the NCAA Championships, Porscha Lucas won the 200-meter dash national crown for the second-straight year and added a runner-up showing in the 100. Sophomore Jeneba Tarmoh was runner up to Lucas in the 200 and was third in the 100 at the national meet. Junior Jessica Beard was second in the 400, sophomore Dominique Duncan placed fifth in the 200, and sophomore Vashti Thomas took sixth in the 100-meter hurdles. In addition, Anderson, along with Head Coach Pat Henry, supervised the Aggie 4×100-meter relay to a fourth-straight NCAA title and a runner-up showing in the 4×400. Lucas has been the second leg on each of the four Texas A&M championship 4×100 squads and is the first in NCAA to accomplish the feat. In addition, Texas A&M is undefeated in the sprint relay during postseason races over the past four years, which includes 19 races and 11 finals. The Aggies four-year average of winning times from 2007 to 2010 is a very impressive 42.71. The only other team to win four or more consecutive relays is LSU. The Tigers top four-year winning average was a 43.14 from 1994-1997. They also have a 43.22 average from 1992-1995 and 1993-1996. Texas A&M's sprinters and hurdlers tallied 98 of the team's 157 to win a fourth-straight outdoor Big 12 team title. The Aggies won six of the seven sprint, hurdle, and relay events at the league meet. In addition, eleven athletes qualified for the NCAA West preliminary and nine advanced to Eugene. Plus, Aggie relays set collegiate records in winning Penn Relays titles in 4×200 and shuttle hurdle relays in 2010. The 4×100 squad also ran a world-leading time of 42.49 in the NCAA quarterfinal (West preliminary round). Anderson is his 25th year of collegiate coaching and his sixth at Texas A&M. Anderson also won this award in 2009 and 2008, with 2008 being the first year in which the award was presented. Past National Women's Assistant Coaches of the Year: 2010: Vince Anderson, Texas A&M USTFCCCA 2010 National Award Winners, Division I, Outdoor Track & Field MEN WOMEN
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| Wise and Smith lead multis at USA Junior Champs Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:59 PM PDT DES MOINES - Neamen Wise and Ashley Smith are leading in the men’s and women’s multi events following the conclusion of day 1 at the 2010 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. The USA Junior Championships will serve as the selection meet for the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships, July 19-25, in Moncton, Canada. The top two finishers in each event will compete in Moncton, provided that they have met the qualifying standard. South Florida’s Neamen Wise leads the junior men’s decathlon at the conclusion of day 1 with 3,864 points. Wise’s best event thus far came when he won the 100m in 10.85. Gunnar Nixon, who has already qualified to be a part of Team USA for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, is sitting in second place with 3,854. Nixon won the men’s high jump with a best clearance of 2.08m/6-9.75. Together Elite’s Ashley Smith is leading the women’s heptathlon with 3,298 points. Smith had best marks of 14.23 (100mH), 1.69m/5-6.5 (HJ), 10.54m/34-7 (SP) and 24.37 (200m). Whitney Fountain is in second with 3,241, after having won the high jump (1.75m/5-8.75) and 200m (24.26). USATF will partner with RunnerSpace to provide real-time coverage of all events not broadcast on television beginning on Wednesday, June 23. Highlighted competitions include Friday’s men’s and women’s 10,000m as well as extensive field event coverage. In addition to the events’ video coverage, the webcasts will also include the voices of elite athletes as commentators. Coverage can be found at http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/video.asp.
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| USATF rolls out Project 30; expands sports science and athlete-assistance programs Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:53 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa - USA Track & Field on Wednesday introduced the first athlete recipients of Project 30 funds, designed to help athletes with high medal potential cover their training costs and living expenses. Thirty-one athletes will receive a total of $800,000 in Project 30 funds in 2010, with $4 million to be spent over the four-year term of the program. The Class of 2010, listed below, ranges from established medal winners like Stephanie Brown Trafton, Hyleas Fountain and Chelsea Johnson to young up-and-comers like shot putter Cory Martin, hurdler Dexter Faulk and middle-distance runner Evan Jager. Additional athletes may be added in coming months. Project 30 athletes sign a contract with USATF and Nike, which sponsors the program, providing them with between $10,000-$50,000 per year. Project 30 athletes will receive Nike shoes and equipment and will compete annually at the USA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, Nike Prefontaine Classic and Penn Relays, and at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Track & Field. They will be asked to participate in press conferences, public appearances and marketing opportunities. Officials from USATF and Nike selected the athletes in an exhaustive process that took into consideration a host of factors. Athletes who were “medal-ready” and “finals-ready” for major international championships were given first consideration, with athlete need also strongly factoring in. Athletes from all 43 events were evaluated. “We looked at all 43 events and first picked athletes who had the greatest potential through 2013,” USATF Chief of Sport Performance Benita Fitzgerald-Mosley said. “Our final group is a great mix of veteran athletes and future stars, but they all have one thing in common, and that is their potential to land on the medal podium at the World Championships and Olympic Games. Many athletes were either losing their shoe contracts or seeing them substantially reduced, and we are very pleased to be able to step in and assist athletes perform at their best.” Athletes without a pre-existing contract with a shoe company and those with Nike were considered for the program. Athletes under contract with other shoe companies are prevented by their contracts from signing with a competing company and therefore were not eligible for Project 30 funds. Sport Science at center stage The signature program of USATF’s High Performance Department, Project 30 is one of several new or expanded projects USATF has undertaken in 2010 to increase athlete support. Beginning with the first event for sprints and hurdles held June 3-4 in Dallas, USATF has instituted a series of Sport Performance Workshops, where leading sport scientists work one-on-one with top athletes and their personal coaches. With upwards of 25 being held each year across all event disciplines, the Workshops are provided to athletes who have been designated as having viable medal potential in the upcoming World Championships and Olympic Games. Organized by and managed by USATF’s new Associate Director of Sports Medicine & Science Robert Chapman, all Workshops are centered around the comprehensive on-track biomechanical analysis of the athlete, and are supported by the areas of nutrition, psychology, medicine, physiology, and strength & conditioning. Results of all of these areas will be documented to track the status, goals, and improvement of the athlete. Athletes selected for the program participate in three sessions per year, along with frequent interaction with their coach and the USATF sport science and medicine professionals. Athletes and coaches can consult with a team of experts in nutrition, psychology, medicine and physiology. “In order to have fact-based decision making, we polled athletes and coaches to ask what they needed,” Fitzgerald Mosley said. “Their #1 need is medical support and #2 is sport science. They wanted more of both, and that’s what we are giving them.” Also beginning in 2010, USATF has expanded its existing medical reimbursement program to athletes and is providing more nutritional and dietary services. USATF is doubling the amount of medical reimbursement available to athletes ranked in the top 10 in the world to $3,000 per year, and for the first time will reimburse athletes ranked in the top 11-20 in the world for up to $1,500/year in medical costs. Coaching stipends also will be available to the world top 11-20 for the first time, $1,000/year. World Top 10 receive $2,000 in coaching stipends annually. USATF is contracting to provide dietary support, including blood-test evaluations, with a nutritionist. In sport science, Functional Movement Screenings are being performed at the Sport Science Workshops to aid athlete performance and prevent injury. On the medical side, USATF last year partnered with St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis to provide up to $100,000/year in direct medical services to athletes.
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| Cantwell, Phillips headline men’s field events at USA Outdoor Championships Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:22 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS - The spotlight will shine brightly on reigning World Outdoor champions Christian Cantwell and Dwight Phillips during the men’s field events at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 23-27 at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The final stop of the 2010 USATF Outdoor Visa Championship Series, the 2010 USA Outdoor Championships will be televised on the following dates (All times Eastern): June 25 - 8:00 - 10 p.m. on ESPN USATF will partner with RunnerSpace to provide real-time coverage of all events not broadcast on television. Highlighted competitions in the webcast include Thursday’s men’s and women’s 10,000m as well as extensive field event coverage. Webcasts will also include the voices of elite athletes as guest commentators. The webcasts will be found on the USATF 2010 Championships page in addition to an already posted video clip from USATF CEO Doug Logan on the partnership at: www.usatf.org Cantwell on top? Reigning World Outdoor champion Christian Cantwell entered this season ranked #1 in the world by Track & Field News, and thus far in 2010 he’s continued his dominance. Cantwell, who won his third career World Indoor title in March, posted the longest throw in the world this year with his toss of 22.35 meters/73 feet 4 inches last Saturday in St. Charles, Mo. Cantwell will face his longtime foes Reese Hoffa, Adam Nelson and Dan Taylor in what should be a fascinating competition, but newcomers for the first time might provide a twist. Hoffa is the 2007 World Outdoor champion and 2006 World Indoor champ, Nelson owns two Olympic Games silver medals, and was the 2005 world champion, while Taylor won the USA Indoor title in 2009 and twice has placed second outdoors. Potential spoilers include 2008 NCAA Outdoor champion Cory Martin, whose life changed in a big way on his 25th birthday when he posted a monster personal best and then world-leading heave of 22.10m/72-6.25 on May 22 in Tucson, Ariz. One week later in Sacramento, he backed it up with a throw of 21.55m/70-8.50. Also keep an eye out for two-time NCAA c hampion Ryan Whiting of Arizona State. Whiting owns the third and fourth best throws in the world this year, with his best of 21.97m/72-1 coming in securing his win at NCAAs. Long Jump 2004 Olympic gold medalist Dwight Phillips captured his third career World Outdoor title last year and ended the season ranked #1 in the world by T&FN for the fourth time in his career. Phillips’ 2009 season was highlighted by his win at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., where he posted a leap of 8.74m/28 feet 8.25 inches, which is the longest in the world since Mike Powell set the world record at the 1991 World Outdoor Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Phillips has the longest jump in the world this year of 8.42m/27-7.50 with his June 10 win in Rome. Challengers to Phillips will include Brian Johnson, who finished second to Phillips at last year’s USA Outdoor Champs and the University of Florida’s Christian Taylor, who owns the second best jump by an American this year of 8.19m/26-10.50. Triple Jump Brandon Roulhac enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2009 highlighted by winning the USA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Roulhac, who was ranked #5 in the U.S. following the 2008 season, is now ranked as the nation’s #1 triple jumper. 2005 World Outdoor champion and 2006 World Indoor champion Walter Davis will look to knock off Roulhac for the top spot in Des Moines. Others to watch include 2007 World Youth champion and 2009 NCAA Indoor champion Christian Taylor, who earlier this month won the NCAA Outdoor title with a jump of 17.09m/56-1. High Jump The men’s high jump should be a competitive affair with a pair of entrants currently owning two of the top three clearances in the world this season. 2010 World Indoor Championships bronze medalist Dusty Jonas posted the best performance in the world this outdoor season when he cleared 2.33m/7-7.25 in winning at Lincoln, Neb., on May 8. Two-time NCAA Outdoor champ and 2010 USA indoor champion Jesse Williams will be looking to win his second career national outdoor title. Others to watch include 2009 USA Indoor champ Andra Manson, reigning USA Outdoor champ and 2004 Olympian Tora Harris, 2004 Olympic Games fourth-place finisher Jamie Nieto and 2009 World Outdoor Championships finalist Keith Moffatt. Pole Vault 2004 Olympic Games fourth-place finisher Derek Miles was #1 U.S.-ranked last year and posted the top performance by an American this outdoor season when he cleared 5.80m/19-0.25 on May 29 in Sacramento. Another favorite in Des Moines is 2007 World Outdoor champion and 2005 World Outdoor Champs silver medalist Brad Walker, who won his third USA Outdoor crown last year prior to injuries causing him to miss the World Outdoor Championships. 2009 USA Outdoor Champs runner-up Jeremy Scott will be in the mix, along with 2004 Olympic gold medalist Tim Mack and 2010 NCAA Outdoor champion Jordan Scott from the University of Kansas. Discus Two-time Olympian Casey Malone will be the favorite after winning his first national discus title in 2009, and placing fifth at the World Championships. Challenging him will be three-time national champion Ian Waltz and 2009’s second-ranked American discus thrower Jarred Rome. Looking to win his first U.S. discus title will be Jason Young, who made a big splash with his toss of 69.90m/229-4 in Lubbock, Texas on March 26, the second best throw in the world this season. Hammer Two-time Olympian A.G. Kruger, who has a four year winning streak in this event, owns the best throw by an American this season (77.35m/253-9) and has been ranked #1 in the U.S. in three of the last four years. However, two-time NACAC champion Jake Freeman wrested the #1 ranking from Kruger last year and will be looking to capture his first U.S. Outdoor title. Other contenders include Mike Mai, who finished third at last year’s USA Outdoor Championships and placed fifth at the 2008 Olympic Trials. Javelin During his final year at the University of Georgia in 2009, Chris Hill won his second NCAA javelin title, finished first at the USA Outdoor Championships and ended the season ranked #1 in the nation by T&FN. Hill posted the best throw by an American this season with his winning toss of 79.73m/261-7in Missoula, Mont., on June 5. Others to watch include 2009 World Outdoor Championships 12th-place finisher Sean Furey and 2008 Olympian Mike Hazle. Decathlon 2003 World Outdoor champion Tom Pappas, who is a five-time USA Outdoor champion (’00, ‘02, ‘03, ‘06, ‘07), will enter the classic ten event challenge as a favorite. He posted his best score in five years of 8,569 points in leading Team USA to a victory over Germany at the 2009 Thorpe Cup Combined Events Challenge in Marburg, Germany. Also keep a watchful eye on Robert “Jake” Arnold, who set a personal best last month in Gotzis when he totaled 8,253 points. A two-time World Outdoor Championships competitor, Arnold finished third at the last year’s USA Championships. NCAA runner-up Michael Morrison of Cal also is entered in the event.
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| Felix, Jones and Rowbury lead the way into Des Moines Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:21 PM PDT DES MOINES - Olympians Allyson Felix, Lolo Jones and Shannon Rowbury are just a few names to watch in the highly competitive sprints and hurdles at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships June 23-27 at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The third event of the 2010 USATF Outdoor Visa Championship Series, the 2010 USA Outdoor Championships will be televised on the following dates (All times Eastern): June 25 - 8:00 - 10 p.m. on ESPN Nike women’s 100 and Visa women’s 200m These sprints will feature a full line up of Olympians and track stars. Shalonda Solomon, who has the top U.S. time and second-fastest time in the world so far this year at 10.90, will be competing in the Nike women’s 100m along with two-time Olympic 200m silver medalist and three-time World champion Allyson Felix. 2004 Olympian LaShaunte’a Moore, who recently became a member of the sub-11 club, is also entered with the 5th fastest time in the world so far this year. Also watch for 2009 NCAA Outdoor champion Alex Anderson. Moore doubles back to run the women’s 200m where she will be challenged by 2010 NCAA Outdoor champion Porscha Lucas and 2009 Team USA member Charonda Williams. Nike women’s 400m Six of the top eight finishers at last year’s Outdoor Championships are entered in the Nike women’s 400m, with reigning World Outdoor champion Sanya Richards-Ross leading the field. Richards-Ross, who has been ranked number one in the world for the past five years, will face competition from reigning World Indoor and U.S. Indoor champion and 2009 US Outdoor Championships runner-up Debbie Dunn and 2004 Olympian Dee Dee Trotter. Francena McCorory, who has the second fastest U.S. time and recently set the American indoor record, will also add some competition to the mix. Also look for Monica Hargrove and 2009 World Outdoor 4×400m gold medalist Natasha Hastings. Nike women’s 800m Three-time Olympian and reigning champion Hazel Clark will be looking for her sixth USA Outdoor Championships title in the two-lap sprint. 2010 World Indoor bronze medalist Alysia Johnson, who holds the fastest time in the U.S. so far this year, and 2009 Nike Prefontaine Classic 800m champion Maggie Vessey will provide tough competition for Hazel. 2009 U.S. Outdoor Championships runner-up Geena Gall will also be at the top of the field along with 2009 NCAA Indoor runner up Phoebe Wright, who finished in a close third behind Gall last year. Other runners to watch include Christin Wurth, last year’s runner up in the 1,500m, and three-time NCAA champion Latavia Thomas. Visa women’s 100m Hurdles Headlining the Visa women’s 100m hurdles will be 2008 Olympian and two-time World Indoor champion Lolo Jones, who won the hurdles at the adidas Grand Prix just two weeks ago with a world-leading time of 12.55. Jones will be seeking her second U.S. Outdoor title. Also adding competition are two-time U.S. Outdoor champion and 2010 USA Indoor champion and last year’s runner up Ginnie (Powell) Crawford and 2008 Olympian Damu Cherry, who placed third last year and holds three of the top nine times in the world so far this year. 400m Hurdles 2008 Olympic silver medalist Sheena Tosta will be challenged by 2008 Olympian and 2007 NCAA champion Nicole Leach in the women’s 400m hurdles. 2010 NCAA runner-up Ti’erra Brown, currently the third-fastest American so far this year, is also entered. Ebony Collins and Nicole Leach, who finished fourth and fifth at last year’s USA Outdoor Championships will also be in the mix. Nike women’s 1,500m 2009 World Outdoor bronze medalist Shannon Rowbury , Christin Wurth Thomas, and Anna Pierce are three of the top six women in the world in the 1,500m. Rowbury ended 2009 ranked #3 in the world, while Wurth Thomas was #5 and Pierce #6. Pierce has the fastest seed time (3:59.38), but Rowbury has the fastest time this season (4:04.00). 5,000m Looking to double in the women’s 1,500m and 5,000m, Rowbury is a favorite to win this event as she is entered as the top qualifier in the field. Running 15:00.51 in early May, she currently holds the fastest time run by an American this year. Rowbury will be challenged by 2008 Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan. She enters the race on Rowbury’s heels with the second fastest time run by an American this year. Also in the mix, 2008 Olympian Jennifer Rhines will look to claim the title as she has finished second in the nation the last two years. She entered this season ranked #1 by T&FN. And don’t overlook Jenny Barringer, the American record holder in the 3,000m steeplechase. 10,000m Entering the season ranked #1 in the U.S. and #6 in the world by T&FN, Amy Begley will look to reclaim her 2009 title as the women’s 10,000m national champion. Her toughest challenge should come from 2010 NCAA 5,000m and 10,000m champion Lisa Koll, who posted America’s fastest time this year at 31:18.07, which came from a Stanford Invite victory early this season. Others to watch include 2005 national champion Katie McGregor, who finished third at this event last year, and Desiree Davila, who holds the third-fastest time by an American this year. McGregor entered the season ranked #3 by T&FN, while Davila ranked #5. 3,000m steeplechase Leading the entrants in the women’s 3,000m steeple is 2006 champion Lisa Galaviz. Galaviz currently holds the fastest qualifying time in the field at 9:33.11, which she ran at last year’s USA Outdoor Champs. She also ran the second fastest time in the nation this year when she finished seventh at Shanghai. Galaviz’s main challenge will come from 2010 NCAA champion Bridget Franek who currently holds the fastest time run by an American this year. 24 Hour Fitness Heptathlon 2008 Olympic silver medalist and two-time USA Outdoor champion Hyleas Fountain will be looking for her third title in the women’s heptathlon but will face competition from Sharon Day who was the 2009 USA Outdoor runner-up. Bettie Wade, who has the second best U.S. score so far this year, will try to improve on her third-place finish from last year. 20 km Race Walk Olympian Teresa Vail is back to defend her title and is a favorite to win her sixth national race walking championship. Vail entered her season ranked #1 by T&FN. Also watch for last year’s runner-up finisher Joanne Dow.
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