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usatf today The Official Newsletter of USA Track & Field’s 2005 Annual Meeting

VOLUME 5, ISSUE 4 • DECEMBER 3, 2005 • JACKSONVILLE, FLA. WILLIAMS, RICHARDS RECEIVE AAC LEADERSHIP AWARDS and Sanya Richards received the AAC Distinguished Leadership award Friday morning in Jacksonville. Williams and Richards were inaugural win- ners of the award given to “an individual or athletes who demonstrated excellence in ath- letics, academics and community service. Lauryn Williams established her place as “world’s fastest woman” when at the gun she burst out of the blocks and grabbed an early lead that she never relinquished in winning the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2005 World Championships in . Her time of 10.98 gave her the gold and put Team USA on track to win a record 14 gold medals, 25 overall. She is a World Outdoor 4X100m relay gold medalist (41.78). Lauryn finished 3rd at the USA Outdoor (11.29); 1st at Nike (11.16); 2nd in 200m at Track Classic (22.27).and was 2nd at Lausanne (10.91). Off the track, Lauryn completed her degree in December 2004 and gave the commencement speach at graduation, she has participated in Be a Champion events in Portland, , Williams (above) and Richards (left) Miami and Indianapolis. She's a member of the budget committee. Lauryn continues her train- are active participants in USA Track & Field’s “Be a Champion” program ing with Coach Amy Deem at the University of Miami. continued on page 3

THE 2006 USA RACE WALKING GRAND PRIX GOLD ORDER OF MERIT AWARD GIVEN TO OWENS The 2006 USA Race Walking Grand Prix is a series of 13 events that will begin January, 15, through October 15, 2006, the race walk At Thursday’s Jesse committee announced today at the USATF Annual Meeting in Owens Awards and Jacksonville, Fla. Hall of Fame The top 10 overall U.S. finishers will score in each race in the Induction ceremony, series (1st – 10, 2nd – 9, 3rd – 8 and 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1). A IAAF President bonus two points will be given for athletes who set a national record Lamine Diack present- at the race distance. ed the IAAF’s“Gold The top three teams will score points by gender (1st – 10, 2nd – Order of Merit” honor 8 and 3rd – 6). The grand prix standings in each division shall be to . Herb calculated by adding up the points obtained at the best seven of the Douglas, a personal races, for the individuals and the teams. friend of Owens and The wide range in distances enables the top race walkers in the his family and a mem- U.S. an opportunity to compete against each other all year long and ber of the 1948 aids in developing the next group of international-level athletes at the Olympic team in the same time. The 13 events selected for 2005 provide athletes with a , accepted geographically diverse racing schedule and sponsors with national the award on behalf of exposure for their products. the Owens Family.

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1 2006 USA Racewalking Grand Prix Event Location Date USA 30 km Chula Vista, Calif. 1/15/06 USA Mile (W) / 3,000m (M) Findlay, Ohio 1/28/06 USA Mile (M) New York, N.Y. 2/3/06 USA 50 km Clermont, Fla. 2/12/06 USA 3,000m (W) / 5,000m (M) Boston, Mass. 2/25-26/06 USA Team Trials – World Cup Happauge, N.Y. 4/9/06 DON’T MISS IT! USA 10 km Niagara Falls, N.Y. 6/3/06 USA Track & Field USA 20 km Indianapolis, Ind. 6/24-25/06 1 hour Race Walking USATF Club Champs 5,000m Azusa, Calif. 7/15/06 Championships USA 15 km Minneapolis, Minn. 8/6/06 Saturday, Dec 3 ° Bolles Stadium USA 40 km Ocean Township, N.J. 9/10/06 Jacksonville, Fla USA 5 km Kingsport, Tenn. 10/7/06 USA 1 Hour Waltham, Mass. 10/15/06 Start times: 1:30 men, 2:45 women

STAFF SELECTIONS got news? IAAF World Cup of Race Walking Tom Eastler - Head Coach Please help us out in our efforts to report the Annual Meeting Bill Pollinger - Manager goings-on by submitting your group’s latest news for use in Susan Armenta - Assistant Coach USATF Today. Just follow the maze and stop by the Media Room (Room 4158 on the fourth floor) with your news item by 3 p.m US v. Canada Dual Meet AC Jaime - Head Coach each day, and we will include it in the newsletter. Heidi Hauch - Manager

AAC Awards, from page 1 Sanya Richards made history in 2005 in becoming the second- fastest American in history and the youngest woman ever to run DIACK PRESENTED WITH HOSPITALITY GIFT under 49 seconds in the women's 400 meters. The 2005 World The AAC Outdoor Championships 400m silver medalist, Richards ran in presented IAAF 48.92 seconds to win by 0.38 of a second over world and Olympic President champion Tonique Williams-Darling of at the Lamine Diack Weltklasse meet in Zurich. She was first at Lausanne (49.95) and with a crystal Rome (49.82); second in 400m at Nike Prefontaine Classic pineapple in (49.98); and first in 400m at (50.00). Friday morn- Off the track, Sanya continues to be heavily involved in com- ing’s AAC munity service across the country as a part of USATF's "Be A meeting. “We Champion" youth outreach program. The winner of the 2005 Visa wanted to give Humanitarian award, Richards has played an integral part as a par- him an award ticipant in USA Track & Field’s “Be a Champion” program. She embracing the has participated in several events speaking to young people in com- good will munities from Miami, Fla., to Austin, Texas. As a student-athlete between USA Track & Field and the IAAF,” said AAC in the Longhorn Leaders program while competing at the President Sandra Farmer Patrick. The crystal pineapple rep- University of Texas, Richards spent a great deal of time working resents “hospitality,” according to Farmer-Patrick. with adolescents in at-risk situations and she continues to be heav- Diack has been in Jacksonville since Tuesday attending ily involved in community service acting as a role model to young the USATF Annual Meeting opening session, the board of people across America and the world. directors meeting, the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Sanya is completing her degree in Management Information Induction Ceremony and other meetings. Systems at the University of Texas while training at Baylor with Coach Clyde Hart.

2 Williams completed her degree from the University of Miami in December 2004 and trains full-time in Miami FUTURE ANNUAL MEETING SITES AND DATES

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2007 Honolulu, HI 11/28 - 12/2 Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian Hotels accepts the 2005 given to Waikiki Beach the most outstanding male athlete. Sanya Richards won the award for the most outstanding female 2008 track and field athlete. Reno, NV 12/3 - 12/7 SITE SELECTIONS Silver Legacy Resort Downtown Reno 2007 USATF JUNIOR OLYMPIC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 Lawrence, Kansas Indianapolis, IN 12/2 - 12/6 2008 Hyatt Regency and Westin Hotels USA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Downtown Indianapolis San Diego, Calif.

For information on USA Track & Field’s Be a Champion program and how to participate in your community, see USATF Associate Director of Communications in the Communications Office/Room 4158 or email at [email protected]

3 LIMITED EDITION PRINT AVAILABLE A limited edition print of 2005 Jesse Owens Award Winners and World champions and Justin Gatlin is available for sale at the USATF mer- chandise tent, located by Registration on the third floor. The original posters were distributed at Thursday evening’s Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. The original artwork was given out at the Jesse Owens Awards Banquet. Subsequently, USATF has a limit- ed number of posters autographed by this year's win- ners, Justin Gatlin and Allyson Felix along with the artist Roald Bradstock. These posters will be framed and sold on 1-/ Ê/ ÊEÊ9-" Ê 8 USATF's website with the proceeds going to ÓääxÊ -- Ê"7 -Ê7, Ê7 ,-

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