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Jacobs WR,
Dragila AR spark dynamite beginning to Indoor Golden Spike Tour
BOSTON – A live TV audience on ESPN2 and a packed house at the
Reggie Lewis
Center came to Saturday’s adidas Boston Indoor Games expecting to
see some
of the world’s best athletes.
They left having witnessed a world record courtesy of Regina
Jacobs and an
American record by Stacy Dragila at the first stop on USA Track &
Field’s
2003 Indoor Golden Spike Tour.
The 39-year-old Jacobs broke 4 minutes for 1,500 meters for the
first time
in her storied career on Saturday, running 3:59.98 to break Romanian Doina
Melinte’s world record of 4:00.27, set in East Rutherford, N.J.
in 1990.
Elena Iagar of Romania was second in 4:09.91.
A 22-time U.S. champion at various distances, Jacobs broke Mary
Slaney’s
American record of 4:00.8, set in 1980, with her performance. Having studied
how the world’s best male 1,500-meter runners run their races, Jacobs
went
out fast early, running splits of 62.3 for 400m, 2:06.2 for 800m and 3:12.0
for 1,200m.
“I’ve always run fast here,” said Jacobs, who
ran her American record of
2:35.29 in Boston in 2000 and also ran a world best 9:23.38 for two miles
here in 2002. “The crowd is amazing, and it’s a great track.
I had 16 weeks
of the best training I’ve ever had. I knew it was possible, but
you have to
get up and hope the track gods are with you.”
The track gods also were with Dragila, who cleared 4.71 meters/15
feet, 5.50
inches to beat her own American record of 4.70/15-5 in the Visa women’s
pole
vault. It was a tremendous beginning for Dragila, who last year lost her
indoor world record to Svetlana Feofanova of Russia while Dragila nursed
a
foot injury.
On Saturday, Dragila missed at her attempts to break Feofanova’s
WR of
4.75/15-7, but she feels the record is well within her grasp.
“I felt like I was close,” Dragila said of her world
record attempts. “I
think I came off the pole too soon. But today I felt very aggressive at
take-off.”
American athletes were feeling aggressive throughout the meet, if their
performances were any indication.
Led by Maurice Greene, Americans went 1-3 in the Verizon mens’
60m dash.
Greene got out of the blocks so quickly that he found himself hesitating
early in the race. He came on to win in 6.52 seconds, with Jon Drummond
second in 6.56 and Tim Harden third in 6.57.
Americans also swept the 200, where 2002 U.S. indoor and outdoor runner-up
Darvis Patton outran 2000 Olympic Trials winner and American indoor record
holder John Capel. Patton ran 20.73 to overtake Capel, who was second
at
20.91. Godfrey Herring was third in 21.52.
Americans went 1-2 in the women’s 60m hurdles. Jenny Adams won
in a time of
8.04 seconds over fellow American Melissa Morrison (8.05). Alice Schmidt
won
the StretchRite women’s 800m run in 2:05.75.
In other events, Tonique Williams of the Bahamas won the women’s
400 in
52.57 seconds, Savatheda Fynes of the Bahamas won the women’s 60m
in 7.16,
double World Junior Championships gold medalist Meseret Defar of Ethiopia
won the women’s 3,000m (8:57.22), Otukile Lekote of Botswana won
the men’s
800 (1:48.07), and Bernard Legat of Kenya won the adidas men’s 1,500m
(3:38.15).
Another record came in the men’s 3,000m run, with Irishman Alistair
Craig of
the University of Arkansas won in 7:45.22 to set a collegiate record.
ATHLETE QUOTES
Regina Jacobs, women’s 1,500m winner, WORLD RECORD 3:59.98
“It feels pretty amazing. The hardest part was standing there, waiting
to
find out if I broke it (the world record). … In 2000, I felt like
I was in
the best shape of my life, and I never knew if I’d get there again.
I pushed
and pushed, and now I’m back. I’m thrilled. I had 16 weeks
of the best
training I’ve ever had. I knew it was possible, but you have to
get up and
hope the track gods are with you. Now the trick is to keep running fast.
I’
ve always run fast here. The crowd is amazing, and it’s a great
track.”
Stacy Dragila, women’s pole vault winner, AMERICAN RECORD
4.71m/15-5.5:
“I think my speed was doing it for me tonight. I was aggressive
on the last
two steps of my approach, which allowed me to be on a bigger pole. It
gave
me a lot of confidence to come out here, knowing what I’ve been
doing in
training. This is where I want to be.”
Maurice Greene, men’s 60m winner, 6.52:
“I’m getting the rust out. I think it was a pretty good race
for being my
first real competition of the year. I kind of scared myself at the start
(because he got out of the blocks so quickly), then I hesitated, so I
had to
pick it up in the middle. I was next to JD (Jon Drummond) and he’s
one of
the best starters in the world. I couldn’t believe I got out of
the blocks
like that. I scared myself.”
Darvis Patton, men’s 200m winner, 20.73:
“I knew he (John Capel) was coming. He’s the American record
holder, but I
just had to run my race. I didn’t expect to run this fast this early.”
Savatheda Fynes, women’s 60m winner, 7.16:
“This was my first race. I felt it was a solid race. I was hoping
to run
7.17. I’m definitely happy with it.”
Angela Williams, women’s 60m runner-up, 7.19:
“I was nervous. I have been nervous all day. There’s so much
anxiety built
up because it’s my first race of the year, and I was racing some
of the best
in the world. I felt prepared with the new group I work with (H.S.I.).
Each
race, we’re trying to perfect something. I’m happy to run
7.19, it’s very
good starting out, so I know I’ll be ready later in the year. I
got a good
start.”
Jenny Adams, women’s 60m hurdles winner, 8.04:
“I think everything went OK. I just had a lot of jitters, with Melissa
Morrison next to me and it being a fast field. Being under a different
coach
(Gary Winckler), we have a different philosophy – indoors is getting
me
ready for outdoors. I’m not as tuned in as I usually am.”
Boston Harbor Hotel Women's 800 Meter Run
Place Time Athlete
1st 2:05.75 Alice Schmidt
2nd 2:06.22 Brigita Langerholc
3rd 2:06.89 Chantee Earl
4th 2:07.13 Melissa DeLeon
5th 2:08.22 Sasha Spencer
6th 2:08.52 Hazel Clark
7th 2:08.82 Sandra Moya
8th 2:09.37 Yasheka Taylor
Visa Women's Pole Vault
Place Hieght Athlete
1st 4.71m 15-05.50 Stacey Dragila (Placer HS, Abuurn_
2nd 4.41m 14-05.5 Vanessa Boslak
3rd 4.31m 14-01.75 Melissa Mueller
4th 4.21m 13-09.75 Mary Sauer (San Dimas HS/Azusa Pacific Univ)
5th 4.21m 13-09.75 Kellie Suttle
6th 4.21m 13-09.75 Andrea Wildrick
7th 4.06m 13-03.75 Jill Schwartz
Verizon High School Girl's Mile
Place Time Athlete
1st 5:11.46 Lindsay Donaldson
2nd 5:15.40 Allyson Rinderle
3rd 5:21.16 Karen Proulx
4th 5:24.76 Christine Laakso
5th 5:27.67 Meredith Leenhouts
6th 5:29.09 Gina DeFilipo
7th 5:30.56 Heather Driscoll
8th 5:33.04 Betsey Littlefield
9th 5:37.38 Pam Rosato
10th 5:42.07 Samantha Robbins
11th 5:47.74 Kylynn McKinley
Keyspan Energy Delivery Women's 400 Meter Dash
Place Time Athlete
1st 52.57 Tonique Williams
2nd 52.96 Monique Hennagan
3rd 53.06 Lashinda Demus (LB Wilson/Univ South Carolina)s
4th 53.58 Demetria Washington
5th 55.01 Tasha Downing
USAirways Women's 1500 Meter Run
Place Time Athlete
1st 3:59.98 Regina Jacobs (Argyll Academy, North Hollywood/Stanford
Univ)
2nd 4:09.91 Elena Iagar
3rd 4:12.75 Jenelle Deathrage
4th 4:13.91 Heather Sagan
5th 4:15.62 Collette Liss
6th 4:16.75 Meskerem Legesse
7th 4:17.78 Lyudmila Vasilyeva
8th 4:19.02 Sarah Hann
9th 4:19.25 Geraldine Hendricken
10th 4:32.59 Birhane Hirpassa
11th 4:33.66 Jennifer Patruno
Verizon Women's 60 meter Dash
Place Time Athlete
1st 7.16 Savatheda Fynes
2nd 7.19 Angela Williams (Chino HS/USC)
3rd 7.27 Chryste Gaines (Stanford Univ)
4th 7.29 Torri Edwards (Pomona HS/USC)
5th 7.37 Myriam Mani
6th 7.38 Aleen Bailey
7th 7.42 Inger Miller (Muir HS/USC)
8th 7.48 Monique Tubbs
1510 The Zone Women's 60 Meter Hurdles
Place Time Athlete
1st 8.04 Jenny Adams
2nd 8.05 Melissa Morrison
3rd 8.07 Damu Cherry
4th 8.07 Vonette Dixon
5th 8.07 Dionne Rose-Henley
6th 8.44 Kim Carson
7th 8.55 Cecile Michot
8th 8.91 Tiffany Ross
MBTA Women's 3000 Meter Run
Place Time Athlete
1st 8:57.22 Meseret Defar
2nd 8:57.88 Sentayehu Ejigu
3rd 8:58.75 Tirunesh Dibaba
4th 9:00.06 Amy Rudolph
5th 9:00.22 Shalane Flanagan
6th 9:02.62 Katie McGregor
7th 9:08.55 Korene Hinds
8th 9:08.86 Blake Russell
9th 9:12.27 Sinead Delahunty-Evans
10th 9:13.09 Sarah Dupre-Healy
11th 9:14.93 Carmen Douma
12th 9:18.10 Kathy Butler
13th 9:20.34 Rachel Sauder
14th 9:20.57 Siri Alfheim
15th 9:22.53 Sarah Dillabaugh
16th 9:28.62 Beth Hoge
17th 9:48.61 Tracy Robertson
Ricky Smith Pontiac-GMC Men's 3000 Meter Run
Place Time Athlete
1st 7:45.22 Alistair Cragg
2nd 7:46.21 Noah Ngeny
3rd 7:46.59 Markos Geneti
4th 7:47.96 Vyacheslav Shabunin
5th 7:48.72 Martin Keino
6th 7:50.65 Michael Aish
7th 7:51.39 Dan Lincoln
8th 7:51.86 Jonathon Riley (Stanford)
9th 7:54.93 Berhanu Adane
10th 7:55.78 Luke Watson
11th 7:56.06 Clint Wells
12th 8:05.15 Dan Wilson
13th 8:08.79 Irba Lakhal
14th 8:09.97 Gareth Turnbull
15th 8:12.51 Robert Whalley
16th 8:16.79 Silverus Kimeli
American Track & Field Boy's High School Mile
Place Time Athlete
1st 4:19.78 Victor Gras
2nd 4:20.86 Nick Goodman
3rd 4:21.29 Phil Shaw
4th 4:21.43 Chris Barnicle
5th 4:22.90 Mike Grant
6th 4:23.95 Matt Clark
7th 4:25.17 Sean Quigley
8th 4:30.39 Ian Marcus
9th 4:30.60 Dan Beardslee
adidas Joe Concannon Men's 1500 Meter Run
Place Time Athlete
1st 3:38.15 Bernard Lagat
2nd 3:38.34 Laban Rotich
3rd 3:39.04 David Krummenacker
4th 3:40.26 Abdelkader Hachlaf
5th 3:40.53 Jason Lunn (Stanford)
6th 3:41.02 Daniel Zegeye
7th 3:41.03 Berhanu Alemu
8th 3:44.19 Michael Stember (Jesuit HS/Stanford)
9th 3:44.30 Bryan Berryhill
10th 3:44.63 Ibrahim Aden
11th 3:52.01 Fidel Baragensabe
adidas Men's 60 Meter Dash
Place Time Athlete
1st 6.52 Maurice Greene (HSI)
2nd 6.56 Jon Drummond
3rd 6.57 Tim Harden
4th 6.63 Aziz Zakari
5th 6.66 Kaaron Conwright (Westchester HS/Cal
Poly/SLO)
6th 6.69 Shawn Crawford
7th 6.73 Marcus Brunson
8th 6.74 Joshua Johnson
SoBe Men's 200 Meter Dash
Place Time Athlete
1st 20.73 Darvis Patton
2nd 20.91 John Capel
3rd 21.52 Godfrey Herring
4th 21.83 Stanley Egbor
5th 22.36 Melvin Lister
Aquafina Men's 800 Meter Run
Place Time Athlete
1st 1:48.07 Otukile Lekote
2nd 1:48.10 Derrick Peterson
3rd 1:48.62 Daniel Caulfield
4th 1:49.90 Neil Speaight
5th 1:50.31 Lubert Lewis
6th 1:50.37 Bryan Woodward (LB Poly/Georgetown)
7th 1:50.69 Trinity Gray
8th 1:52.50 Eliott Blount
9th 1:52.65 Jean Destine
adidas College MDR
Place Time Athlete
1st 9:34.76 Arkansas
2nd 9:35.80 Michigan
3rd 9:35.95 Villanova
4th 9:37.76 Kentucky
5th 9:42.78 U of Arizona
6th 9:52.96 Providence College
7th 9:53.19 Dartmouth
BAA Youth Relay
Place Time Athlete
1st 2:09.19 Providence
2nd 2:10.86 Timilty Middle School
3rd 2:22.22 Attlrboro
4th 2:38.94 South Boston Neighborhood
Visa Men's Master's Mile
Place Time Athlete
1st 4:24.57 Doug Martyn
2nd 4:25.64 Tom Dalton
3rd 4:26.21 Michael O'Brien
4th 4:26.88 Craig Fram
5th 4:27.66 Paul Hammond
6th 4:29.58 Tom Doody
7th 4:31.46 Scott Lunquist
8th 4:31.49 Mike Platt
9th 4:32.87 Mike Cooney
10th 4:33.30 Jon Waldron
11th 4:45.88 Ken Botting
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