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Previews
- W-100 final: Kelli White 10.85 +0.9 wins, Torri Edwards
10.93 is second.
- W-100 semis (Kelli White 10.96 is fastest of semis,
Torri Edwards and Gail Devers also make finals)
- W-400H first round (Sandra Glover 54.48, Raasin McIntosh
55.53 advance)
- W-400m first round (Sanya Richards 51.00, Demetria
Washington 51.53 advance)
- M-100 round 2: Tim Montgomery 10.04, Maurice Greene
10.04, Bernard Williams 10.12 advance to semis. Jon Drummond DQ'd on
second false start rule.
- M-100 round 1 - (Tim Montgomery 10.07, Bernard Williams
10.19, Jon Drummond 10.22 win 1st round heats, Maurice Greene 10.18
second)
- M-400m semi - USA has 3 fastest qualifiers for finals:
Jerome Young 44.70 over Calvin Harrison 44.71 in heat 1 and Tyree Washington
44.60 in heat 2.
White, Edwards finish 1-2 in women's 100
from Jill Geer, Director of Communications, USA Track & Field
PARIS 8/24/03 – Kelli White and Torri Edwards delivered sizzling,
personal-best performances Sunday night in the women’s 100 meters
at the 2003 World Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finishing in
a 1-2 sweep at the Stade de France.
White posted a world-leading time of 10.85 – a personal best by
.08 seconds – to become the fourth American woman to win the 100m
gold at the World Championships. [Other U.S. winners were Gail Devers
(’93), Gwen Torrence (’95) and Marion Jones (’97, ’99).]
She was followed to the finish line by Edwards, whose time of 10.93 was
a personal best by a whopping .12 seconds. Gail Devers finished eighth
in a season-best time of 11.11.
Together, White and Edwards repeated the gold-silver U.S. finish by Marion
Jones and Inger Miller at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, and
also mirrored their 1-2 placing at the 2003 USA Outdoor Championships
in Stanford in June.
Considered a favorite in the event entering the meet, White (Union City,
Calif.) responded brilliantly to early-race challenges from co-favorite
Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas, defending champion Zhanna Block of Ukraine,
and Edwards, all of whom beat White soundly out of the blocks. Edwards’
reaction time of .133 seconds gave her an edge over Sturrup’s .136,
with Block at .160 and white at .184.
White’s drive phase powered her past the competition by mid-race,
and she went on to hit the finish line well clear of the rest of the field.
Edwards (Los Angles, Calif.) also impressed as she defeated the defending
world champion and continued the top season of her career. Her 100m silver
improves on her 60m bronze medal from the 2003 World Indoor Championships.
The rest of the world could be in for double trouble when the 200 meters
begins on Tuesday. White and Edwards will take their talents to the half-lapper,
an event in which White won bronze at the 2001 Worlds and which she calls
her favorite. They will be joined in the 200 by 17-year-old Allyson Felix,
whose time of 22.11 leads the world this year.
In the 100m semifinals Sunday, White again came back from a slow start
to win her semi in 10.96 over Sturrup. In the second semi, Edwards was
third (11.11) and Devers was fourth in a then-season best 11.12.
Endurance events were featured in Team USA’s other finals Sunday.
Alan Culpepper (Louisville, Colo.) was 14th in the men’s 10,000
meters in 28:14.92. He was followed by Meb Keflezighi (Mammoth Lakes,
Calif.) in 16th (28:35.08) and Dan Brown (Portland, Ore.) in 19th (29:01.60).
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia outkicked countryman Haile Gebrselassie for
the win, finishing in 26:49.57 to beat Gebrselassie by 1.20 seconds.
Joanne Dow (Bedford, N.H.) placed 24th in the women’s 20 km walk
Monday morning with a time of 1 hour, 36 minutes and 32 seconds. Yelena
Nikolayeva of Russia won the race by 42 seconds with her time of 1:26:52.
Team USA’s men’s 400 meter runners continued their dominant
form in the semifinals. Tyree Washington won the second semi with the
fastest qualifying time of the day, 44.60. Jerome Young (Fort Worth, Texas)
won the first race in a season-best time of 44.70, followed by Calvin
Harrison (Salinas, Calif.) in second in 44.71.
World record holder Tim Montgomery (Cary, N.C.) showed that he has overcome
the sub-par form he showed in Europe over the summer, winning both of
his heats of the men’s 100 meters. In the first round, Montgomery
had the fastest time with his winning 10.07 in heat 7; in the second round,
he won his heat in 10.04.
Also advancing in the 100 for Team USA were Bernard Williams (Miramar,
Fla.) and Maurice Greene (Irvine, Calif.). In the first round, Williams
won heat 2 in 10.19 and Greene was second in heat 8 in 10.18; in the second
round, Williams was second, behind Montgomery, in heat 1 in 10.12 while
Greene was third in heat 4 in 10.04. Jon Drummond won his first-round
race in 10.22 but was called for a false start and disqualified from the
second round after a protest.
All three American entrants advanced in the women’s 400-meter hurdles,
as four-time U.S. champion Sandra Glover ran 54.48 in the third heat to
be fastest among Americans. Defending U.S. champion Raasin McIntosh was
second in heat 2 in 55.54, while Joanna Hayes was third in heat one with
56.10.
U.S. champion Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas) will be joined by former
NCAA champion Demetria Washington (Columbia, S.C.) in Sunday’s semifinals
of the women’s 400 meters. Richards ran 51.00 to place second in
heat 5 of Sunday’s first-round races, and Washington was third in
heat 3 in 51.53. DeeDee Trotter (Knoxville, Tenn.) was sixth in heat 2
in 52.17 and did not advance.
Carl Brown (Los Angeles, Calif.) had the ninth-best throw among all contestants
in men’s discus qualifying (63.01m/206-8) to advance to Tuesday’s
final. Casey Malone (59.58m/195-6 – Boulder, Colo.) and Nick Petrucci
(61.50/201-9 – Chula Vista, Calif.) did not advance.
Failing to advance from their qualifying rounds Sunday were Jen Toomey
(Salem, Mass.), who was seventh in her 800m semifinal with 2:02.35, and
Yuliana Perez (Tucson, Ariz.), who was 20th in qualifying in the women’s
triple jump (13.89m/45-7).
Heptathlete Kim Schiemenz, 13th after the first day of competition, did
not compete in day 2 due to injured ligaments and bruises in her right
foot, suffered during the high jump on Saturday. The event was won by
19-year-old sensation Karolina Kluft of Sweden, who became just the third
woman in history to surpass the 7,000-ponit barrier with her score of
7,001.
Sunday event previews
from Jill Geer, Director of Communications, USA Track & Field
Sunday Team USA event previews
FINALS
Women’s 20 km walk
9:30 a.m.
U.S. entrant: Joanne Dow (Bedford, N.H.)
THE SCOOP: The 39-year-old Joanne Dow makes her second appearance at World
Outdoors. A former American record holder in the event and the 2002 U.S.
champion, Dow has a personal best of 1:33:27. The best-ever U.S. finish
in the women’s walk is 15th by Lynn Weik in 1987 and by Michelle
Rohl in 1995.
Men’s 10,000 meters
7 p.m.
U.S. entrants: Alan Culpepper (Louisville, Colo.), Meb Keflezighi (Mammoth
Lakes, Calif.), Dan Browne (Portland, Ore.)
THE SCOOP: A strong trio of distance runners competes in the 25-lap event.
Culpepper is in top form, having won the U.S. 10,000m title in 2003 to
match his 1999 crown. He also is the 2002 U.S. 5,000m champion and is
a two-time national champion. Keflezighi is the American record holder
(27:13.98 in 2001) and has racked up numerous U.S. titles, including the
2000 and 2001 10 km crown, the 2001 and 2002 cross country titles, and
numerous road racing titles. He was 23rd at the 2001 Worlds and 12th at
the 2000 Olympic Games. Dan Browne also brings road success to the track
as the 2002 U.S. marathon champ. His 1998 indoor 3,000m title shows he
has leg speed as well.
Women’s 100 meters
Semfinals 4:55 p.m.; Final 6 p.m.
U.S. entrants: Kelli White (Union City, Calif.), Torri Edwards (Los Angeles,
Calif.), Gail Devers (Lawrenceville, Ga.)
THE SCOOP: White, Edwards and Devers all showed good form in Saturday’s
first two rounds. White will try to make good on her gold medal hopes,
but Edwards and Devers have aspirations of their own.
Women’s heptathlon Day 2 (long jump, javelin, 800m)
10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
U.S. entrants: Kim Schiemenz (Greeley, Colo.)
THE SCOOP: Schiemenz was in 13th place after Saturday’s first competition
and will look to move up in Sunday’s finale.
QUALIFYING ROUNDS
Men’s discus qualifying
9:45 p.m.
U.S. entrants: Carl Brown (Los Angeles, Calif.), Nick Petrucci (Chula
Vista, Calif.), Casey Malone (Boulder, Colo.)
THE SCOOP: All three U.S. throwers are making their first appearances
at the World Outdoor Championships. Carl Brown was a fairy-tale story
at the USA Championships, winning his first national title after up-and-down
years. Petrucci was 5th and Malone was 9th at nationals but qualified
for the team by virtue of having achieved the IAAF “A” standard.
Women’s 400m hurdles 1st round
10 a.m.
U.S. entrants: Raasin McIntosh (Austin, Texas), Joanna Hayes (Los Angeles,
Calif.), Sandra Glover (Sugar Land, Texas)
THE SCOOP: 2003 NCAA and U.S. champion Raasin McIntosh is a bit of a sensation
in this event, where the U.S. is gaining strength. She, 1999 NCAA champion
Joanna Hayes and four-time U.S. champion Sandra Glover will try to win
the United States’ first medal int eh 400 hurdles since Kim Batten
won a bronze medal in 1997.
Women’s 400 meters 1st round
11:20 a.m.
U.S. entrants: Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas), Demetria Washington (Columbia,
S.C.), De’Hashia Trotter (Knoxville, Tenn.)
THE SCOOP: The youngest lineup of any event for Team USA features the
18-year-old Sanya Richards, the 2003 NCAA champion as a freshman; 23-year-old
two-time NCAA indoor champion and 2001 World University Games champion
Demetria Washington; and 20-year-old NCAA runner-up De’Hashia “DeeDee”
Trotter. The road to the final in Paris begins today.
Men’s 100 meters
1st round 3:30 p.m., 2nd round 6 p.m.
U.S. entrants: Bernard Williams (Miramar, Fla.), Tim Montgomery (Cary,
N.C.), Jon Drummond (Las Vegas, Nev.), Maurice Greene (Irvine, Calif.)
THE SCOOP: The U.S. swept the men’s 100 meters in 2001 at Edmonton,
and they have their eyes on the same prize in 2003. It will be a difficult
feat, with stiff competition through all four rounds. But with the 2003
U.S. Outdoor champion (Williams), the world record holder (Montgomery),
an Olympic relay gold medalist (Drummond), and the three-time World Championships
gold medalist and Olympic gold medalist (Greene) donning the U.S. jersey,
American fortunes look promising.
Men’s 400 meters 2nd round
5:10 p.m.
U.S. entrants: Tyree Washington (San Diego, Calif.), Calvin Harrison (Salinas,
Calif.), Jerome Young (Fort Worth, Texas)
THE SCOOP: Washington, Harrison and Young all looked strong in their first-round
races. Look for all three to advance to Monday’s semifinals.
Women’s 800 meters 2nd round
5:40 p.m.
U.S. entrant: Jen Toomey (Salem, Mass.)
THE SCOOP: Toomey has made the most of her first World Outdoors appearance,
advancing to Sunday’s semifinal. It will likely take close to a
personal best for her to make the final, but she has had her best outdoor
season in 2003 and is ready.
Paris World's 2003
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