Field and Track News
Week of August 21-26
World Contenders
Discus-
Seilala Sua USA 65.90; Suzy Powell USA 65.30; Kristin Kuehl 65.34; Franka Dietzsch Germany 68.06; Natalya Sadova Russia 67.33; Nicoleta Grasu Romania 68.70; Anastasia Kelesidou Greece 67.12; Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand 65.41; Larisa Korotkevich Russia 64.37; Oxana Yesipchyuk Russia 63.68.
Hammer-
Dawn Ellerbe USA 70.46; Amy Palmer USA 68.20; Jessica Cross USA 66.52; Mihaela Melinte Romania 74.80; Olga Kuzenkova Russia 75.68; Deborah Sosimenko Australia 64.79; Tatyana Konstantinova Russia 69.73; Alla Davydova Russia 68.47.
Javelin-
Linda Blutreich USA 58.61; Mirela Tzelili Greece 64.51; Osleidys Menendez Cuba 66.35; Tanja Damaske Germany 66.73; Tatyana Shikolenko Russia 65.57; Trine Hattestad Norway 69.48; Louise Currey Australia; Karen Forkel Germany 62.35; Yekaterina Ivakina Russia 64.89; Oxana Makarova Russia 59.92.
Shot Put-
Connie Price-Smith USA 19.18; Jessica Cross USA 17.80; Astrid Kumbernuss Germany 19.93; Nadine Kleinert Germany 19.81; Svetlana Krivelyova Russia 20.72; Krystyna Zabawska Poland 18.78; Larisa Peleshenko Russia 20.29; Olga Ryabinkina Russia 19.09.
Results of the Golden League
Gaz de France de Paris
Exxon Mobil Bislett Games
Golden Gala
Weltklasse Zurich
Herculis Zepter
Week of August 14-20
Xerox Provides Awards to Record Setters at 2000 Olympic Trials
Xerox presented 480cx all-in-one products to the 11 athletes who set records at the 2000 Olympic Trials in Sacramento, California. The following throwers received the awards:
Linda Blutreich - Javelin Throw - 191-2 Olympic Trial Record
Dawn Ellerbe - Hammer Throw 227-0 Olympic Trial Record
Seilala Sua - Discus Throw - 216-2 Olympic Trial Record (only a few inches shy if the American Record!!)
Congratulations to all throwers!! Good luck at Sydney!
Source: USATF.org
Olympic Trials Score With Neilsen
Move over Tiger Woods!! The final day of coverage of the US Oympic Track and Field Trials televised on NBC earned a 5.0 rating (1 rating point = 1,008,000 US homes). It was the second-most watched sporting event of the weekend second only to the phenomenon otherwise known as Tiger Woods.
Other days of the Olympic Trials also rated high, beating out the Tour de France, figure skating, the Tyson-Savarese fight, and the US Women's Open.
Source: MSNBC
37 US Athletes Competed at NACAC Athletic Championships
Thirty-seven of the United States' top young (under 25) track athletes competed at the NACAC Athletic Championships in Monterrey, Mexico. The meet ran from August 3-5. The following athletes competed:
Maureen Griffin - Hammer Throw
Melissa Price - Hammer Throw
Kendra Wecker - Javelin Throw
Results coming soon!!
Source: USATF.org
Week of August 7-13
Congratulations to Team USA!!
Roster:
Discus - Kristin Kuehl, Suzy Powell, Seilala Sua
Hammer - Jessica Cross, Dawn Ellerbe, Amy Palmer
Javelin - Linda Blutrich
Shot Put - Jessica Cross, Connie Price-Smith, Teri Tunks
Good luck at Sydney!!!!
U.S. High School Hammer Rankings
High School Record - Maureen Griffin Pocatello 210-7 1998
1. Kate Johnston RI 187-5
2. Laura Gerraughty NH 178-3
3. Nikki Allyn RI 173-3
4. Marcia Garcia RI
5. Kristen Michalski
NEW Javelin World Record
Trine Hattestad of Norway smashed the world record with a mighty throw of 227-11 at a recent European track event. (Note: Due to the change in the weight distribution in javs, I guess the previous records done with javelins without the change were nullified)
World-class shot putter felled by a failed drug test
Olympic shot put hopeful Tressa Thompson said she dropped out of the U.S. Olympic Trials after learning she tested positive for drugs. The Omaha World-Herald reported Thursday that the 25-year-old former Nebraska All-American tested positive for cocaine, amphetamine, and methamphetamine at a meet last month in Portland, Oregon. Thompson said she was curious and took the drugs with friends in Omaha and Lincoln two or three times this spring and summer, then hoped she wouldn't test positive. (Note to myself: What not to do when you're in contention for an Olympic berth.)
Source: USA Today