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Here Shalonda Solomon with her team after one of their National Record performances this year in the 800m Medley Relay at the Arcadia Invite where they destroyed the old prep record of 1:42.0 witha 1:38.73 run!!! (Kirby Lee photo)

Shalonda Solomon named USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week
7-22-2003

INDIANAPOLIS – California prep star Shalonda Solomon has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after breaking the championships record in the women’s 200m en route to winning three gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Junior Championships in Waterford, St. Michael, Barbados, over the weekend.

The Long Beach Poly High School senior first ran 23.21 seconds in the preliminary round of the 200 to better Jamaican Liliana Allen’s previous record of 23.29, set in 1989. The 17-year-old Solomon later improved her record to 22.93 in the final round to win the gold medal. The 2003 U.S. junior 100m and 200m champion, Solomon also won the Pan Am Junior 100m in 11.35 seconds and anchored the Team USA squad of Ashley Owens, Juanita Broaddus and Alandra Sherman to win her third gold, in the women’s 4x100m relay (44.00).

Other standout performers at the Pan American Junior Championships included the University of South Carolina’s Kenneth Ferguson, who set a championships record in winning the men’s 110m hurdles and like Solomon won three gold medals. The sophomore-to-be had a time of 13.60 seconds in the high hurdles to better Rodney Wilson’s record of 13.71 from 1980. A native of Detroit, Ferguson also won the 400m hurdles in 50.07 and ran the third leg on the 4x400m relay team of Elzie Coleman, Jeremy Wariner and Ashton Collins that set a record of 3:02.88, bettering the 3:03.53 set by Team USA in 1991.

Also at the Pan Am Juniors, Team USA’s men’s 4x100m relay team of Carlos Moore, Aaron Collins, Ashton Collins and Willie Hordge set a record to win gold in 39.29, bettering Team USA’s 39.42 set in 1982. In open competition last week, 2003 U.S. runner-up Bershawn Jackson ran a U.S.-leading time of 48.23 Friday at the Meeting de Madrid 2012 in Madrid.

Now in its third year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF Web site. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week. 2003 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 7, J-Mee Samuels; January 14, Kevin Toth; January 21, Michelle Collins; January 28, Natasha Hastings; February 4, Regina Jacobs; February 11, Gail Devers; February 18, Terrence Trammell; February 25, James Davis; March 4, Stacy Dragila; March 11, Deena Drossin; March 18, Michelle Collins; March 25, Brenda Taylor; April 1, Deena Drossin; April 8, Shawn Crawford; April 15, Deena Drossin; April 22, Kevin Toth; April 29, Torri Edwards; May 6, Allyson Felix; May 13, Matt Hemingway; May 20, Bershawn Jackson; May 27, Tisha Waller; June 3, Sanya Richards; June 10, Tim Seaman; June 17, Daniel Lincoln; June 25, Kelli White; July 1, Grace Upshaw; July 8, Allen Johnson; July 15, Jason Richardson; July 22, Shalonda Solomon.

BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING JULY 20

MEN

200: 20.63 David Neville (Indiana) - 7/20 Bridgetown, BAR
400: 45.03 Derrick Brew (Nike) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
800: 1:45.35 Khadevis Robinson (Nike) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
1500: 3:36.64 Grant Robison (Stanford) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
3000: 7:55.84 Bob Kennedy (Nike) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
110H: 13.51 Dawane Wallace (Nike) - 7/20 Hamburg, GER
400H: 48.23 Bershawn Jackson (GW Express) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP U.S. Leader
HJ: 2.30/7-6.5 Jamie Nieto (HPTC) & Matt Hemingway (Unattached) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
PV: 5.78/18-11.5 Nick Hysong (Nike) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
LJ: 8.13/26-8.25 Savante Stringfellow (Nike) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
SP: 21.62/70-11.25 Christian Cantwell (Missouri) - 7/15 Salamanca, ESP
DT: 61.82/202-10 Nick Petrucci (HPTC) - 7/20 Hamburg, GER
HT: 67.50/221-5 Scott Boothby (Club Northwest) - 7/19 Bloomington, IN
JT: 76.23/250-1 Justin St. Clair (Boise TC) - 7/20 Kuortane, FIN

WOMEN

100: 11.21 Nolle Graham, Lemans TC - 7/19 Bloomington, IN
200: 22.93 Shalonda Solomon (Long Beach Poly HS- Calif.) - 7/20 Bridgetown, BAR
400: 52.52 Stephanie Smith (Georgia HS) - 7/19 Bridgetown, BAR
800: 2:05.84 Hope Sanders (Indiana Invaders) - 7/19 Bloomington, IN
1500: 4:02.89 Suzy Favor Hamilton (Nike) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
3000SC: 10:16.93 Lisa Aguilera (Arizona St.) - 7/15 Salamanca, ESP
100H: 12.69 Donica Merriman (adidas) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP
400H: 58.61 MacKenzie Hill (California HS) - 7/20 Bridgetown, BAR
HJ: 1.85/6-0.75 Sharon Day (Costa Mesa HS- Calif.) - 7/18 Bridgetown, BAR
LJ: 6.32/20-9 Rose Richmond (Indiana) - 7/19 Bloomington, IN
TJ: 13.09/42-11.5 Vanitta Kinard (Nike) - 7/19 Alger, ALG
JT: 56.92/186-9 Kim Kreiner (Nike) - 7/19 Madrid, ESP

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