■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ NEWSLETTER Volume 5, No. 57 December 21, 2006 Year-End Men’s U.S. List etrack ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ — 2006 U.S. Men’s Lists — KEY TO LISTS These lists give the top 40 U.S. performers (and top 10 compiled by Jim Rorick performances, denoted by a — —) of the 2006 season, with an appending of those foreign collegians whose marks fall 100 METERS into that range. In the wind-aided category, the domestics and foreign collegians are commingled (' after name = 9.84 ......... Tyson Gay (adidas) .................... 8/18 ......... Zürich GP foreigner on windy list). Relay teams may contain non-U.S. 9.88 ......... ——Gay ..................................... 7/21 ......... Réthymno nationals. .................. ——Gay ..................................... 9/16 ........ World Cup 9.91 ......... Leonard Scott (Nike) .................. 9/09 ................. WAF Open athletes and high schoolers have no notation before 9.92 ......... ——Gay ..................................... 9/09 ................. WAF their name. Collegians are noted by class: - = senior; * = 9.96 ......... ——Gay ..................................... 9/03 .......... Berlin GP junior; **=soph; *** = frosh; ? = unknown. 9.97 ......... ——Gay ..................................... 7/25 ... Stockholm GP (A) = altitude over 1000m (in affected events only). Wind- .................. ——Scott ................................... 8/18 ......... Zürich GP aided marks are those of greater than 2.0mps. Windy marks 9.99 ......... Marcus Brunson (Nike) ............... 8/18 ......... Zürich GP are listed only if superior to the best legal mark (windy 10.00 ......... ***Travis Padgett (Clem) ............ 5/27 ............ NCAA E performances listed to level of legal performances). **10 performances by 4 performers** In the marathon and half-marathon lists, ' = aided course. 10.01 ......... Shawn Crawford (Nike) .............. 6/02 ............ Oslo GP Since so many road runners are unaffiliated, a state affili- .................. Jason Smoots (Nike) .................. 8/27 ............ Rieti GP ation represents their home, not a school. 10.07 ......... Carlos Moore (Cheet) ................. 6/04 ... SoCal USATF 10.09 ......... **Xavier Carter (LSU) ................. 6/10 ............... NCAA 10.11 ......... *Demi Omole (Wi) ...................... 4/14 ............ Sea Ray .................. Rodney Martin (Nike) ................. 4/29 ............. Penn R .................. Wallace Spearmon (Nike) .......... 9/23 .......... Shanghai .................. Josh Norman (unat) ................... 4/15 ............. Mt SAC (10) 10.25 ......... Jerome Avery (LTC) ................... 4/15 ............. Spartan .................. Terrence Trammell (Mizuno) ...... 5/12 ........... Doha GP .................. John Woods (Nike) ..................... 7/14 .............. Kortrijk 10.12 ......... **Walter Dix (FlSt) ...................... 5/26 ............ NCAA E 10.26 ......... Wes Felix (unat) ......................... 6/04 ... SoCal USATF .................. ***Willie Perry (Fl) ....................... 6/22 .......... USATF Jr 10.27 ......... **Ruben Williams (Tn) ................ 5/26 ......... NCAA ME 10.13 ......... -Kelly Willie (LSU) ...................... 7/11 .... Lausanne GP 10.28 ......... *Kendall Stevens (Find) .............. 5/25 ............ NCAA II 10.14 ......... DaBryan Blanton (Nike) .............. 4/22 ............ TCU Inv Foreign Collegians: .................. -Chauncey Harris (Al) ................. 5/14 .................. SEC 10.04(A) ..... **Churandy Martina (UTEP-NA) . 4/15 .......... UTEP Inv 10.15 ......... Dwight Phillips (Nike) ................. 5/06 ........ Modesto R 10.19 ......... -Tyrone Edgar (TxAM-GB) ......... 7/15 ...............GB Ch .................. Mardy Scales (Nike) ................... 5/06 ........ Modesto R 10.21 ......... -Yhann Plummer (SnNO-Jam) ... 5/06 ........... Hous Inv 10.17 ......... Trell Kimmons (adidas) .............. 5/21 .......... adidas Cl 10.27 ......... **Richard Thompson (LSU-Tri) ... 6/24 ....... Trinidad Ch .................. Jeff Laynes (unat) ...................... 5/06 ........ Modesto R 10.28 ......... *Jared Connaughton (UTA-Can) 4/22 ............ TCU Inv (20) .................. ***Marcus Duncan (CAz-Tri) ....... 5/20 ............... JUCO .................. Bernard Williams (adidas) .......... 5/21 .......... adidas Cl .................. *Orlando Reid (MTn-Jam) .......... 5/27 ......... NCAA ME 10.19 ......... Darvis Patton (unat) ................... 8/08 ........ Eugene 08 Wind-aided: 10.20 ......... Anthony Buchanan (Ehi) ............ 5/06 ........ Modesto R 9.76(A) ..... Martina ....................................... 5/13 ......... Conf USA .................. Jordan Vaden (Nike) .................. 6/23 ..............USATF 9.96 ......... Omole ........................................ 5/26 ......... NCAA ME .................. Ernest Wiggins (unat) ................. 4/01 ............ Fl Pepsi 10.00 ......... Davis .......................................... 6/03 .......... Zaragoza 10.22(A) ..... Marquis Davis (unat) .................. 5/13 .............. Xalapa 10.01(A) ..... -Preston Perry (Hous) ................ 5/13 ......... Conf USA 10.23 ......... ***Jamaal Charles (Tx) ............... 5/14 ............... Big 12 10.04 ......... Willie .......................................... 5/26 ......... NCAA ME .................. Kaaron Conwright (unat) ............ 6/11 .. Gateshead GP 10.05 ......... Edgar' ......................................... 5/27 ........ NCAA MW .................. -Phillip Francis (USC) ................. 4/29 ....... UCLA-USC 10.07 ......... Reid' ........................................... 5/26 ......... NCAA ME .................. *Chris Hargrett (FlAM) ................ 5/27 ............ NCAA E 10.08 ......... Carter ......................................... 5/26 ......... NCAA ME (30) 10.13 ......... Charles ...................................... 5/27 ........ NCAA MW (A) ..... -Garry Jones (USC) ................... 5/27 ........... NCAA W .................. -Ronald Hill (Tx) ......................... 5/27 ........ NCAA MW 10.24 ......... *Greg Bolden (FlSt) .................... 5/27 ............ NCAA E 10.14 ......... -Johnie Drake (CMi) ................... 4/14 ............ Sea Ray .................. -Leroy Dixon (SC) ...................... 5/27 ............ NCAA E 10.15 ......... Conwright ................................... 7/21 ......... Réthymno 10.16 ......... -James McSwain (WaSt) ............ 3/18 ........ Williams Cl © 2006 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. This .................. -James Rainer (ETn) .................. 5/26 ......... NCAA ME newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted in any 10.17 ......... Stevens ...................................... 5/27 ............ NCAA II form without express written permission. 10.18 ......... *Mike Rodgers (Lind) .................. 4/01 ......... LSU Tiger 10.20(A) ..... *Willie Green (Mem) ................... 5/13 ......... Conf USA www.trackandfieldnews.com .................. Plummer' .................................... 5/26 ................. NAIA ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ -360- December 21, 2006 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 10.21(A) ..... -Yinka Bello (UTEP-Ngr) ............ 5/13 ......... Conf USA 20.70 ......... Fernada Blakely (unat) ............... 7/24 ..... Thessaloníki .................. Ivory Williams (Nike) ................... 4/08 ............ Texas R 20.71 ......... Joel Brown (Nike) ....................... 5/17 .......... Fortaleza .................. R. Williams ................................. 4/14 ............ Sea Ray .................. LeShaunte Edwards (unat) ......... 5/19 ................ Berea 10.22 ......... **Otis McDaniel (TCU) ............... 5/27 ........ NCAA MW .................. *Domenik Peterson (AzSt) ......... 5/14 .............. Pac-10 10.25 ......... -Jermaine Carpenter (PittSt) ....... 5/27 ............ NCAA II i ......... *Reggie Witherspoon (Bay) ........ 3/10 ......... NCAA Ind .................. **Ravyn Hayward (NWnLa) ........ 4/08 .... Texas R Univ 20.73 ......... *Nate Breland (ChSn) ................. 4/23 .......... Big South .................. Kenny Wade (unat) .................... 4/14 ............ Sea Ray (40) 10.26 ......... *Marvin Bien-Aime (ACU) ........... 4/01 ............ Jackson (A) ..... **Travis Picou (AF) ..................... 4/08 ............ Colo Inv .................. Tyree Gailes (unat) .................... 4/01 ............ Jackson Foreign Collegians: .................. *Jaycee Robertson (WaSt) ......... 3/18 ........ Williams Cl 20.27(A) ..... **Churandy Martina (UTEP-NA) . 4/15 .......... UTEP Inv .................. Thompson' ................................. 4/01 ......... LSU Tiger 20.47 ......... -Yhann Plummer (SnNO-Jam) ... 5/06 ........... Hous Inv 10.27 ......... -John Biacofsky (MtU) ................ 4/08 ............. Alliance 20.54 ......... *Orlando Reid (MTn-Jam) .......... 5/26 ............... NCAA Drug DQ: 20.63(A) ..... *Daniël Ward (UTEP-Hol) ........... 5/13 ......... Conf USA 9.77 ........... Justin Gatlin (Nike) ..................... 5/12 ................. Doha 20.70 ......... *Jared Connaughton (UTA-Can) 5/26 ........ NCAA MW 9.86 ........... ——Gatlin .................................. 5/12 ................. Doha Wind-aided: 9.87 ........... ——Gatlin .................................. 6/03 ............. Reebok 20.20 ......... Willie .......................................... 7/21 ......... Réthymno