[0] RECORD RUN HAS JACOBS THINKING 5,000 CHAMP BECOMES DOUBLE WINNER.Byline: Paul Oberjuerge Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - At age 36, Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs (born August 28, 1963) is a former middle distance runner from the United States. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after has hit her stride. The queen of American distance runners ripped off a blistering final 1,000 meters to smash her own national record in the women's 5,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Sacramento State on Friday. Jacobs clocked 14 minutes, 45.35 seconds, well ahead of her two-year-old record of 14:52.49, as well as runner-up Deena Drossin, who ran 15:11.55. Jacobs last week won the 1,500 meters here and is expected to concentrate on the metric mile metric mile n. The 1,500-meter run in track and field. at the Sydney Olympics two months hence. But after running the fastest time in the world this year in the 5,000, she might be tempted to attempt a double - or shift to the 5K entirely. ``A lot of people say this (the 5,000) is my event and why am I not doing this,'' Jacobs said. ``But I have a lot of unfinished business in the 1,500.'' On the men's side, American-record holder Bob Kennedy This article is about the baseball player; for the runner, see Bob Kennedy (runner) Robert Daniel Kennedy (August 18, 1920 - April 7, 2005) was a right fielder/third baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball. couldn't duplicate Jacobs' act, finishing a distant sixth behind Adam Goucher Adam Goucher (born February 18 1975) is an American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competes in middle distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes in the men's 5,000. Last week, Kennedy passed on the men's 10,000 last weekend citing nagging injuries. Tom Pappas Tom Pappas (born September 6, 1976 in Azalea, Oregon) is an American track & field decathlete. Pappas won the gold medal at the 2003 World Championships held outside Paris, France, and was rated number 1 in the world that year by Track & Field News. , 23, was the surprise winner of the decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. with 8,467 points, passing pre-meet favorite Chris Huffins Chris Huffins (born 15 April 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an athlete from the United States who competed in the field of Decathlon. He was the Director and Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country programs at the University of California from 2002 to on the final event, the 1,500. Veteran Kip Janvrin Kip Janvrin (born 8 July 1965 in Guthrie Center, Iowa) is a former American decathlete. Janvrin is a native of Panora, Iowa and is currently the Co-Head Track & Field Coach at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. , 35, earned an Olympics berth in his 70th decathlon, running a gutsy 1,500 to finish third with 8,057 points - just ahead of the Olympic standard of 8,050. Connie-Price Smith did what she always does in the women's shot, winning her 22nd national title with an effort of 61 feet, 1 1/2 inches. Jesseca Cross Jesseca Cross (born 1975, Laramie, Wyoming) is an American athlete. She attended the University of Wyoming on a basketball scholarship, and then competed for the United States in the hammer throw and shot put at the 2000 Summer Olympics. was second. UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. Dawn Dumble was third in the women's shot, but in a replay of 1996 doesn't have an Olympics berth because she has not achieved the international qualifying standard of 60-0 1/2. She went 57-1 Friday. Dumble could still go to Sydney if she gets a qualifying mark by Sept. 11. In 1996, a special, one-event ``meet'' was held at UCLA to attempt to get her to the qualifying standard, but she fell short. Lance Deal Lance Earl Deal (born August 21, 1961 in Riverton, Wyoming) is a former American athlete who won a silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed in the 1988, 1992, and 2000 Summer Olympics. , silver-medalist at the 1996 Olympics, dominated hammer-throw competition, winning his eighth national championship with an effort of 258 feet, 9 inches. Kevin McMahon Kevin McMahon may refer to:
``My goal for Sydney is very simple,'' Deal said. ``To throw a personal record in the final.'' The Sprint Wars resume today, the penultimate day of competition, with the first round of the men's and women's 200-meter run. Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene appear headed for a Sunday collision on the men's side, and Marion Jones will attempt to hold off Inger Miller again on thewomen's. In preliminary competition Friday: -- World-record holder Stacy Dragila had no trouble moving out of the women's pole vault prelims, clearing the opening height of 13-2 1/4 on her first try. ``I felt fast and light and quick,'' Dragila said. ``If I go in Sunday feeling like I did today, I think you're gonna see another world record.'' -- UCLA's Jess Stretzel led all qualifiers in the men's 800, at 1:46.37. ``I'm trying to make a name for myself,'' Stretzel said. ``The more TV time I get, the better. I plan to go into acting and directing.'' The first semifinal finished in a five-man blanket finish, with .09 seconds separating first from fifth. Khadevis Robinson won at 1:48.01, and Bryan Woodward of Long Beach was second in 1:48.06. -- The Clark family moved into the final of the women's 800-meter run. American-record holder Jearl Miles-Clark won her semifinal heat in 2:02.80, and sister-in-law Joetta Clark-Diggs was third. Hazel Clark, Joetta's sister, won the first semi. Miles-Clark is coached by (and married to) J.J. Clark, Hazel's and Joetta's brother. -- Defending Olympic gold-medalist Derrick Adkins went out in the semifinals of the men's 400 hurdles. Adkins, a theology student, declared his retirement from the sport. Angelo Taylor had the top time, 48.59 seconds. -- LaMark Carter led the men's triple jump prelims with a modest effort of 54-10 1/2. Walter Davis, already on the Olympic team as a long-jumper, qualified second for the final at 54-9 1/2. -- Five-time national champion Charles Austin was among 12 high-jumpers who cleared the prelim mark of 7-2 1/2, as was former playground basketball legend Matt Hemingway, who returned to the sport after he was spotting dunking from the free-throw line. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Chris Huffins clears the bar in the pole vault, but he lost the decathlon to Tom Pappas during the 1,500 meter run. Eric Risberg/Associated Press (2) Regina Jacobs flies past Deena Drossin to win the women's 5,000 meters, smashing her own American record in 14 minutes, 45.35 seconds. Doug Mills/Associated Press |
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