Team USA sets world-leading marks in Munich - 8/8

Team USA flexed its competitive muscle a pre-Olympic "Team Challenge" with France and Germany on Sunday in Munich, posting three world leaders in relay competition and sweeping several events.

Team USA's women's 4x100 and 4x400m relays and the men's 4x400 all ran world-leading times, while the men's 4x400 also had a strong win. The women's relays both went 1-2 in their races, as the Team USA "I" team of Angela Williams, Marion Jones, Lauryn Williams and Latasha Colander executed perfect handoffs to win in 41.67 seconds. USA "II" - Angela Daigle, Allyson Felix, Stephanie Durst and LaShaunte'a Moore - was second in 42.65. In the 4x400m, the USA II Team of Moushaumi Robinson, 400m hurdlers LaShinda Demus and Sheena Johnson and NCAA runner-up Monique Henderson staged an upset of sorts, their time of 3:20.88 surpassing the "I" team of NCAA champion DeDee Trotter, Olympic Trials champion Monique Hennagan, two-time Olympic relay gold medalist Jearl Miles-Clark and Olympic Trials runner-up Sanya Richards (3:20.91), as Henderson overtook Richards in the final meters.

The men's relays also provided USA sweeps. The USA I team of Olympic Trials 200m champion Shawn Crawford, 100m runner-up Justin Gatlin, relay pool member Coby Miller and Trials champion and Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene turned in an impressive win in 37.92 seconds. USA II (John Capel, Leonard Scott, Darvis Patton, Terrence Trammell) was second in 38.33. In the 4x400, Team USA I's lineup of Andrew Rock, Otis Harris, Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson ran 3:00.58 to win easily over Team USA II (James Carter, Angelo Taylor, Bennie Brazell, Bershawn Jackson - 3:04.96).

In individual events, 1-2 finishes were the order of the day for Team USA. Shawn Crawford led a 1-2 finish in the men's 100 meters with a wind-aided time of 10.14, with John Capel second at 10.16. NCAA and Olympic Trials champion Jeremy Wariner ran his sixth sub-45-second clocking of the year in the men's 400 meters, running 44.91 to win over fellow Olympian Otis Harris (45.86). Relay pool member Kelly Willie won the B race in 45.29. Olympic Trials runner-up Charlie Gruber (3:43.89) and Rob Myers (3:44.02) took the top two spots in the 1,500 meters.

Also winning their men's events were 2003 world indoor and outdoor gold medalist Dwight Phillips, who leaped 8.20m/26-11 to win the men's long jump; Olympic Trials runner-up Reese Hoffa in the shot put (21.17m/69-5.5); Ron Bramlett in the 110m hurdles (13.36); and Phil McMullen in the three-event competition (discus, 110mhurdles, 200m - 1,752 points).

In women's competition, Jones won the long jump with a mark of 6.82m/22-4.5 into a 1.6 mps wind, with Team USA's Grace Upshaw second at 6.74/22-1.5. Amy Acuff had her best effort of the year, winning the high jump with a clearance at 2.00m/6-6.75 - just one centimeter off her personal best - followed by fellow Olympian Chaunte Howard at 1.93m/6-4. Suziann Reid (50.79) and Crystal Cox (51.00) went 1-2 in the 400. Also posting individual wins were Hazel Clark in the 800m (2:02.55) and Joanna Hayes in the 100m hurdles (12.61)

Men’s match - 1. USA 90.5; 2. GER 62; 3. FRA 42.5
Women’s match - 1. USA 82.5; 2. FRA 60.5; 3. GER 57

Selected RESULTS

100m (Wind+2.9 sec)
1 Crawford, Shawn USA 10,14
2 Capel, John USA 10,16
3 Kosenkow, Alexander GER 10,37

B-race (+0.6)
1 Edwards, Rae USA 10,26
2 Alerte, David FRA 10,29
3 Delphine, Eddy FRA 10,39
4 Broening, Marius GER 10,43
5 Ernst, Sebastian GER 10,45

400m
1 Wariner, Jeremy USA 44,91
2 Harris, Otis USA 45,55
3 Douhou, Ahmed FRA 45,86
4 Schultz, Ingo GER 45,93
5 Faller, Ruwen GER 46,68
6 Foucan, Marc FRA 47,50

B Race
1 Willy, Kelly USA 45,29
2 Steele, Adam USA 46,46

800m
1 Herms, Rene GER 1:44.14
2 Robinson, Khadevis USA 1:44.93
3 Krummenacker, David USA 1:46.51
4 Motchebon, Nico GER 1:47.62
5 Lomba, Jimmy FRA 1:47.91

1500m
1 Gruber, Charlie USA 3:43.89
2 Myers, Rob USA 3:44.02
3 Chekhemani, Kader FRA 3:45.85

110m Hürden (+3.0)
1 Bramlett, Ron USA 13,36
2 Fenner, Mike GER 13,56
3 Hughes, Robert USA 13,61
4 Denis, Sebastien FRA 13,70
5 Lavanne, Cederic FRA 13,77

Pole Vault
1 Ecker, Daniel GER 5,72
2 Lobinger, Tim GER 5,72
3 Harvey, Tye USA 5,52
3 Mesnil, Romain FRA 5,52

Long Jump
1 Phillips, Dwight USA 8,20 +0.9
2 Gomis, Kafetien FRA 8,02 +1.7
3 Winter, Nils GER 7,85 +2.2
4 Bangue, Emmanuel FRA 7,72 +0.7

Shot
1 Hoffa, Reece USA 21,17
2 Bartels, Ralf GER 20,39
3 Sack, Peter GER 19,67
4 Beyer, Jamie USA 19,59
5 Bock, Detlef GER 19,27

Discus
1 Riedel, Lars GER 65,77
2 Waltz, Jan USA 62,19
3 Rome, Jarred USA 61,42
4 Retel, Jean-Claude FRA 60,20

4x100m
1 USA I (Crawford, S., Gatlin, J., Miller, C., Greene, M.) USA 37,92
2 USA II (Capel, J., Scott, L., Patton, D., Trammell, T.) USA 38,33
3 USA III (Bramlett, R., Smoots, J., Scales, M., Edwards, R.) USA 38,37
4 GERMANY (Broening, M., Unger, T., Ernst, S., Helmke, T.) GER 38,50
FRANCE (Krantz, F., Alerte, D., Delphine, E., Nthepe, I.) FRA dns

4x400m
1 USA I (Rock, A., Harris, O., Wariner, J., Williamson, D.) USA 3:00.58
2 USA II (Carter, J., Taylor, A., Brazell, B., Jackson, B.) USA 3:04.96
3 JAMAICA (Campbell, M., Simpson, B., James, R., Clarke, D.) JAM 3:08.88


Women

100m (+1.4)
1 Felix, Sylvianne FRA 11,16
2 Colander, Latasha USA 11,20
3 Myrick, Wylleshia USA 11,30
4 Mang, Veronique FRA 11,39
5 Rockmeier, Birgit GER 11,59
6 Wakan, Katja GER 11,66

B race (-1.0)
1 Moore, Connie USA 11,61

400m
1 Reid, Suziann USA 50,79
2 Cox, Crystal USA 51,00
3 Desert, Solene FRA 52,14
4 Marx, Claudia GER 52,43
5 Anacharsis, Phara FRA 53,16
6 Hoffmann, Claudia GER 53,47

B Race
1 Dunn, Debbie USA 51,58
2 Davis, Kia USA 52,86
3 Urbansky, Ulrike GER 53,18

800m
1 Clark, Hazel USA 2:02.25
2 Valdonado, Laetitia FRA 2:02.59
3 Grousselle, Elisabeth FRA 2:02.72
4 Gesell, Claudia GER 2:03.65

100m Hürden (+2.1)
1 Hayes, Joanna USA 12,61
2 Bolm, Kirsten GER 12,66
3 Okori, Reina-Flor FRA 12,72
4 McIntosh, Raasin USA 12,91
5 Ferga-Khodadin, Linda FRA 12,94
6 Hentschke, Nadine GER 13,00
7 Sprenger-Afflerbach, Juliane GER 13,01

High Jump
1 Acuff, Amy USA 2,00
2 Howard, Chaunte USA 1,93
3 Niare, Gaelle FRA 1,93
4 Friedrich, Ariane GER 1,90

Pole Vault
1 Hingst, Carolin GER 4,62
2 Kühnert, Floe GER 4,32
3 Boslak, Vanessa FRA 4,32
4 Suttle, Kelly USA 4,22
5 Genevrier, Elise FRA 4,02
5 Sauer, Mary USA 4,02

Long Jump
1 Jones, Marion USA 6,82 -1.6
2 Upshaw, Grace USA 6,74 +3.7
3 Kappler, Bianca GER 6,60 +0.9
4 Caster, Nadine FRA 6,46 +1.8
5 Vesanes, Elyse FRA 6,42 +1.2
6 McKinney, Akiba USA 6,32 +1.2

Shot
1 Kleinert, Nadine GER 19,27
2 Kumbernuss, Astrid GER 18,29
3 Heaston, Kristin USA 18,13
4 Manfredi, Laurence FRA 17,59
5 Beckel, Nadine GER 17,48
6 Camarena, Jill USA 17,28
7 Cerival, Jessica FRA 16,36

Hammer
1 Heidler, Betty GER 70,04
2 Gilreath, Erin USA 68,61
3 Bunjes, Andrea GER 68,30
4 Norgren-Mahon, Anna USA 66,87
5 Montebrun, Manuela FRA 66,43

4x100m
1 USA I (Williams, A., Jones, M., Williams, L., Colander, L.) USA 41,67
2 USA II (Daigle, A., Felix, A., Durst, S., Moore, L.) USA 42,65
3 FRANCE (Mang, V., Dia, F., Felix, S., Beret-Martinec) FRA 42,84
4 GERMANY (Hentschke, N., Wakan, K., Rockmeier, B., Wagner, M.) GER 43,75

4x400m
1 USA II (Robinson, M., Demus, L., Johnson, S., Henderson, M.) USA 3:20.88
2 USA I (Trotter, D., Hennagan, M., Miles-Clark, J., Richards, S.) USA 3:20.91
3 JAMAICA (Smith, R., Burgher, M., Parris, D., Williams, N.) JAM 3:25.33
4 USA III (Davis, K., Washington, D., Barber, M., Dunn, D.) USA 3:25.86
USA IV (McIntosh, R., Clark, H., Bennett, K., Reid, S.) USA dns

Men –

Three-Event Competition

Discus
1 McMullin, Phil USA 48,71
2 Schönbeck, Florian GER 46,79
3 Leyckes, Dennis GER 41,56
4 Drews, Stefan GER 35,92

110m Hürden (+3.0)
1 Drews, Stefan GER 14,20
2 Schönbeck, Florian GER 14,45
3 McMullen, Phil USA 14,52
4 Leyckes, Dennis GER 14,55

200m (-3.2)
1 Drews, Stefan GER 22,19
2 Leyckes, Dennis GER 22,55
3 Schönbeck, Florian GER 22,61
4 McMullen, Phil USA 23,32

Final Points Total
1 McMullen, Phil USA 1752
2 Schönbeck, Florian GER 1721
3 Leyckes, Dennis GER 1601
4 Drews, Stefan GER 1531