■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ NEWSLETTER Volume 5, No. 35 June 27, 2007 version ii etrack ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ — USATF Men’s Championships — INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JUNE 22–25 100 METERS (Junior Champs held in conjunction beginning on June 21) FINAL (6/23; wind -1.2) Meet held at Mark Carroll Stadium on IUPUI’s 8-lane (9 on the 1. Justin Gatlin (Nik) 9.93 (defending champ) straightaway) Mondo Super X track; walks held at 06:30, multis (1.92, 1.06 [2.98], 0.89 [3.87], 0.86 [4.73], 0.86 [5.59], 0.87 [6.46], began in morning; for rest of events a late-afternoon/early-evening 0.83 [7.29], 0.87 [8.16], 0.90 [9.06], 0.87 [9.93]) (5.59/4.34) meet. (peak avg. speed of 12.05mps/26.96mph between 60 and 70m); Attendance: 6/22—6034; 6/23—9276; 6/24—7907; 6/25—6833 2. Tyson Gay (adi) 10.07 (5.71/4.36); (total 30,050) (6/21 was 3900 for total-total of 33,950) 3. Shawn Crawford (Nik) 10.26 (5.76/4.50); Weather: 4. Jordan Vaden (Nik) 10.27 (5.79/44.8); 5. Jason Smoots (Nik) 10.29 (5.76/4.53); 6/22—temperature c74–80 (23–27C), humidity c80%; overcast; 6. Kaaron Conwright (unat) 10.33 (5.74/4.59); thunderstorm caused 90-minute delay early, then another forced premature shutdown of meet, moving last three rounds of wTJ, all of 7. Bernard Williams (adi) 10.36 (5.76/4.60); 8. Mardy Scales (Nik) 10.43 (5.77/4.66). wJT, m100 heats and both 10K finals to next day. (splits as taken by USATF Women’s Sprint Development Commit- 6/23—temps c80–74 (27–23C), humidity c48–66%; mostly cloudy. tee) 6/24—temps c83–81 (28–27C), humidity c44-62%; partly cloudy. HEATS (6/23; qualify 2+6) (delayed a day by storm; first nationals 6/25—temp c70 (21C), humidity c85%, mostly cloudy; thunderstorm since ’75 with all three rounds in one day) with heavy rain postponed everything but first flight of mJT by c4:00. I(0.1)–1. Crawford 10.26; 2. Trell Kimmons (adi) 10.31; 3. Rubin Williams (Tn) 10.35; 4. Chris Johnson (unat) 10.44; 5. Garry Jones (USC) 10.44; 6. Coby Miller (unat) 10.46; 7. Mark Jelks (Nik) 10.51. Key To USATF Results II(-0.2)–1. Marcus Brunson (Nik) 10.22; 2. John Woods (Nik) 10.38; First names are not repeated within the same event, but are 3. Marquis Davis (unat) 10.41; 4. Josh Norman (unat) 10.41; 5. repeated in a second event. Paragraph-breaks in the middle Travis Padgett (Clem) 10.43; 6. Chris Hargrett (FlAM) 10.51. of a prelim indicate the division between qualifiers and non- III(0.4)–1. Gatlin 10.02; 2. Jeff Laynes (unat) 10.29; qualifiers. Subsequent viewing of video might tweak some 3. Greg Bolden (unat) 10.33; 4. Ravyn Hayward (NWnLa) 10.37; of the splits. 5. Rae Edwards (Nik) 10.39; 6. Carlos Moore (Cheet) 10.39; 7. Mike Affiliations are as officially entered in the meet, meaning Rodgers (Lind) 10.41. that many who had collegiate affiliations at the NCAA are IV(-0.1)–1. Smoots 10.15; 2. Leonard Scott (Nik) 10.25; 3. B. listed differently here, even though our year-end list will Williams 10.27; 4. Conwright 10.30; 5. Scales 10.31; retain the scholastic connection. Collegians entered as 6. Leroy Dixon (SC) 10.39; 7. Kenneth Wade (unat) 10.69. “unattached” were given their collegiate affiliation. V(0.2)–1. Gay 10.15; 2. Vaden 10.20 PR; 3. Kelly Willie (LSU) A combination of numbers and letters in parentheses, such 10.24; 4. Demi Omole (Wi) 10.29; 5. DaBryan Blanton (Nik) 10.31. as (x, 5 W), (3, 7 A) or (9, x C) indicates the athlete’s position SEMIS (6/23; qualify 4) on the all-time top 10 performer and performances listings. I(-1.2)–1. Gatlin 9.99; 2. Crawford 10.30; 3. B. Williams 10.33; 4. In the (x, 5 W) example the athlete has a better PR, therefore Scales 10.34; there is an "x" in the first position. But it's still the No. 5 5. Omole 10.35; 6. Kimmons 10.36; 7. Laynes 10.44. world performance ever. (W=World; A= American; C= Col- II(-1.2)–1. Gay 10.15; 2. Vaden 10.24; 3. Smoots 10.25; 4. Con- legiate; J=Junior; NCAA=NCAA Championships). wright 10.26; The (3, 7 A) example means that the person moves to No. 3 5. Willie 10.32; 6. Blanton 10.43; 7. Woods 10.45. on the all-time U.S. performers list, with the No. 7 perfor- mance. And (9, x C) means the athlete becomes the No. 9 note: Gatlin under investigation for drug positive which would collegian ever, but the performance is outside the top 10. negate this title. Marks making top 10s are bold-faced. Any records are both bold-faced and printed in red. © 2006 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. This We also note yearly leaders for the world (WL) & U.S. (AL). newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted in any All wind readings are in meters per second, and any posi- form without express written permission. tive reading over 2.0 (4.47mph) is illegal (“w”). www.trackandfieldnews.com ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ -245- June 27, 2006 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 200 METERS 6. Erison Hurtault (Col) 46.51. FINAL (6/25; wind +0.3) II–1. Merritt 45.26; 2. Craig Everhart (UCLA) 45.58; 3. Ashley 45.60; 4. Leonard Byrd (Nik) 45.77; 1. Wallace Spearmon (Nik) 19.90 (WL, AL) 5. Matt Parish (Azusa) 46.70; 6. Joel Duffield (Chadr) 47.87. (5.97, 4.57 [10.54], 4.64 [15.18], 4.72) (10.54/9.36); 2. Jordan Vaden (Nik) 19.98 PR (18, x A) III–1. Matt Scherer (Or) 45.43; 2. Mitch Potter (unat) 45.82; 3. Aaron Buzard (Mn) 45.99; (5.82, 4.57 [10.39], 4.70 [15.09], 4.89) (10.39/9.59); 4. Nathan Olson (Wi) 46.42; 5. Rashaud Johnston (FlorV) 3. Rodney Martin (Nik) 20.14 PR (5.87, 4.64 [10.51], 4.70 [15.21], 4.93) (10.51/9.63); 46.46; 6. Rashaad Johnson (Perp) 47.10. IV–1. Rock 45.11; 2. Neville 45.26; 3. Lionel Larry (USC) 45.43 4. Kelly Willie (LSU) 20.24 PR =PR; 4. Fernada Blakely (unat) 45.45; (5.87, 4.65 [10.52], 4.76 [15.28], 4.96) (10.52/9.72) (moves to No. 25 on 200/400 scoring list); 5. James Davis (Phen) 45.94; 6. Reggie Witherspoon (Bay) 46.94. 5. Jeremy Wariner (adi) 20.24 (5.88, 4.58 [10.46], 4.80 [15.26], 4.98) (10.46/9.78); SEMIS (6/23; qualify 4) 6. Chris Berrian (unat) 20.40 I–1. Williamson 45.11; 2. Campbell 45.34; 3. Harris 45.38; 4. Brew (5.90, 4.76 [10.66], 4.77 [15.43], 4.97) (10.66/9.74); 45.41; 7. Leroy Dixon (SC) 20.44 PR 5. Potter 45.41 6. Scherer 45.59; 7. Buzard 46.16; 8. Byrd 46.28. (5.87, 4.60 [10.47], 4.86 [15.33], 5.11) (10.47/9.97); II–1. Rock 44.68; 2. Merritt 44.75; 3. Ashley 44.87; 4. Neville 8. Rubin Williams (Tn) 20.57 45.02; (5.97, 4.75 [10.72], 4.84 [15.56], 5.01) (10.72/9.85). 5. Taylor 45.24; 6. Larry 45.50; 7. Blakely 45.69; 8. Everhart (reigning champ Justin Gatlin ran 100 only) 45.76. HEATS (6/24; qualify 3+4) 800 METERS I(-0.1)–1. Spearmon 20.61; 2. Willie 20.63; 3. Dixon 20.88; 4. Jeff Laynes (unat) 21.04; FINAL (6/25) 1. Khadevis Robinson (Nik) 1:44.13 PR (WL, AL) (12, x A) 5. Mark Jelks (Nik) 21.12; 6. Paul Smith (BYU) 21.77. (defending champ) II(-1.3)–1. Wariner 20.28; 2. Martin 20.34 =PR; 3. R. Williams 20.52; 4. Trell Kimmons (adi) 20.84; (24.7, 26.4 [51.11], 26.5 [1:17.6], 26.5) (51.11/53.02) (13.3); 2. Nick Symmonds (Willam) 1:45.83 PR (old PR 1:47.34) 5. Mike Mitchell (Cheet) 21.20; 6. Ivory Williams (Nik) 21.34. (25.6, 26.6 [52.2], 26.7 [1:18.9], 26.9) (52.2/53.6) (13.2); III(-0.5)–1. Tyson Gay (adi) 20.46; 2. Vaden 20.73; 3. Rae Ed- wards (Nik) 20.89; 4. Otis McDaniel (TCU) 21.07; 3. Jebreh Harris (Reeb) 1:45.91 PR (24.8, 26.5 [51.3], 26.6 [1:17.9], 28.0) (51.3/54.5) (14.5); 5. Tyree Gailes (unat) 21.53. 4. Sam Burley (Asics) 1:45.93 IV(-1.5)–1. Berrian 21.19; 2. Preston Perry (Hous) 21.28; 3. Michael Cooley (Al) 21.47; (25.8, 26.7 [52.5], 26.7 [1:19.2], 26.7) (52.5/53.4) (13.5); 5. Kevin Elliott (NFT) 1:46.42 PR 4. Van-Antonio Fraley (MTn) 21.58. (25.4, 26.7 [52.1], 26.7 [1:18.8], 27.6) (52.1/54.3) (14.1); SEMIS (6/25; qualify 4) 6.