Team USA looks for successful Sunday

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time USA Outdoor champion Tyson Gay (Fayetteville, Ark.) aims for his first world title during Sunday competition at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.

The 2007 world leader in the event, Gay breezed through Saturday's first two rounds. On Sunday, he'll compete in the semifinal and, if all goes well, final rounds.

Finals begin on Sunday with the first event of the day, the men's 20 km race walk, at 8 a.m. Three-time USA champion Kevin Eastler (Aurora, Colo.), who in 2003 posted the top finish ever by an American man in the event at the World Championships, is joined by American record holder Tim Seaman (Chula Vista, Calif.).

Kristen Heaston (Palo Alto, CA), Jillian Camarena (Tucson, AZ), Sarah Stevens (Tempe, AZ) will throw in the women's shot put qualifying round Sunday morning, in an effort to advance to the evening's final.

Competition concludes in the women's heptathlon, with Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, Ohio), Diana Pickler (Pullman, Wash.) and Virginia Johnson (State College, Pa.) competing in the long jump, javelin and 800m.

In qualifying action, key events starting on Sunday include the women's 100 and 400 meters and pole vault, while James Carter (Hampton, Va.), Bershawn Jackson (Raleigh, N.C.), Kerron Clement and Derrick Williams compete in the semifinals of the men's 400m hurdles.

Below is a complete listing of USATF entrants, and the meet schedule, for Sunday competition.

Team USA entrants - Sunday, August 26

8 a.m., men's 20 km race walk FINAL -Kevin Eastler (Aurora, CO), Tim Seaman (Chula Vista, CA)

9:30 a.m., men's discus qualifying - Michael Robertson (Beebe, AR), Ian Waltz (Chula Vista, CA), Jarred Rome (Chula Vista, CA)

10 a.m., men's steeplechase first round - Joshua McAdams (Provo, UT), Aaron Aguayo (Phoenix, AZ), Thomas Brooks (Eugene, OR)

10:30 a.m., women's shot put qualifying - Kristen Heaston (Palo Alto, CA), Jillian Camarena (Tucson, AZ), Sarah Stevens (Tempe, AZ)

10:50 a.m., women's 400m first round - De'Hashia Trotter (Knoxville, TN), Natasha Hastings (St. Albans, NY), Mary Wineberg (Cincinnati, OH)

11:40 a.m., women's 100m first round - Lauryn Williams (Miami, FL), Torri Edwards (Corona, CA), Carmelita Jeter (Long Beach, CA), Mechelle Lewis (Raleigh, N.C.)

5:15 p.m., heptathlon long jump - Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, OH), Diana Pickler (Pullman, WA), Virginia Johnson (State College, PA)

6:45 p.m., heptathlon javelin

7:35 p.m., women's 800m semifinal - Hazel Clark (Knoxville, Tenn.)

7:45 p.m., women's shot put FINAL

8 p.m., women's pole vault qualifying - Jennifer Stuczynski (Churchville, NY), Nikole McEwen (Medford, OR), Jillian Schwartz (Jonesboro, AR)

8:10 p.m., men's 100m semifinal - Tyson Gay (Fayetteville, Ark.)

8:35 p.m., women's 100m second round

9:15 p.m., heptathlon 800m FINAL event

9:45 p.m., men's 400m hurdles semifinal - Bershawn Jackson (Raleigh, N.C.), James Carter (Raleigh, N.C.), Kerron Clement (Gainesville, FL), Derrick Williams (Fayetteville, AR)

10:20 p.m., men's 100m FINAL