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Spearmon’s
World Record concludes exciting Tyson Invitational
The
crowds were lined up outside and waiting to get in when
the doors opened at the Randal Tyson Track Center in
anticipation of seeing hometown favorite Wallace
Spearmon set a world record in the 300 meters.
Spearmon did not disappoint.
Spearmon runs 300m World Record
Wallace Spearmon, the world outdoor 200m silver
medalist, brought home a $25,000 bonus from Tyson Foods,
with his world record win in the 300 meter sprint in a
time of 31.88 seconds. Second and third place finishers
Kerron Clement and LaShawn Merritt also were under the
previous world record time of 32.19 seconds, with each
clocking in at 31.94.
Jackson Flies in men’s 400m
After
going out in 20.08 seconds for the first 200m, the world
outdoor 400m hurdle champion, Bershawn Jackson won the
Visa men’s 400 meters in a world-leading 46.00 seconds.
With the win, Jackson moves into second place in the
Visa Championship Series. Just behind Jackson was Chris
Brown of the Bahamas, the fourth place finisher at the
world outdoor championships, in second with a time of
46.03 seconds and Jamel Ashley was third in 46.53.
Acuff
soars to win in High Jump
Three-time Olympian Amy Acuff won the women’s high jump
with a Tyson Center record of 1.95 meters/6 feet 4.75
inches. Two-time U.S. Indoor champion Gwen Wentland
cleared 1.86m/6-1.25 and world championships silver
medalist Chaunte Howard came in third with the same mark
of 1.86m/6-1.25 but had more misses.
Lunn
impresses in men’s mile
Two-time USA indoor champion Jason Lunn won the men’s
mile in 3:55.87 going through the 1500m in 3:41.31. The
time is second in the world and the fastest by an
American this indoor season. Second was David Freeman
in 3:59.61 and third was Russell Brown of Stanford in
3:59.65.
Hartwig wins again
American indoor record holder and Millrose Games
champion Jeff Hartwig won the men’s pole vault with a
leap of 5.70 meters/18 feet 8.25 inches. For the second
time in two weeks, Brad Walker placed second to Hartwig
with a vault of 5.60m/18-4.5. 2000 NCAA champion Russ
Buller was third, going 5.50m/18-0.50.
Trammell edges out competition
Two-time Olympic hurdles silver medalist Terrence
Trammell beat out the competition in the men’s 60 meter
dash, running a U.S.-leading 6.56 seconds. Running an
identical time, local favorite and NCAA 100m champion
Tyson Gay came in second. Third place went to Jason
Smoots in 6.58, with Shawn Crawford finishing in a
fourth place time of 6.60.
Campbell wins rematch
Olympic 200 meter gold medalist Veronica Campbell (JAM)
won her rematch with Me’Lisa Barber, beating USA outdoor
100m champion Barber to the line and tying the
world-leading mark of 7.04 seconds. After a false
start, Barber was able to come back and place second
with a time of 7.10. Coming in third was 100m world
champion Lauryn Williams in 7.16.
Goucher runs U.S. leader
Boaz
Cheboiywo won the men’s 3,000m with the second fastest
time in the world this year of 7 minutes 35.65 seconds.
In second was Adam Goucher with a U.S. leading time of
7:41.59, besting the previous U.S. leader by almost ten
seconds. Kevin Sullivan ran his way to third place with
a Canadian national record time of 7:42.17. The
European champion and 6-time NCAA titlist Arkansas alum
Alistair Cragg dropped out of the race with just over
three laps to go.
More
Winners
Kenia
Sinclair, of Jamaica, won the women’s 800m race in a
time of 2:01.81. Alice Schmidt, two time NCAA champion,
came in second running 2:03.50 which is the second
fastest time by an American so far this year.
NCAA
record holder Tiffany McWilliams won the women’s mile
with a time of 4:30.60 over Mestawot Tadesse of Ethiopia
in 4:30.92. |
