TRACK MEET BEGINS ON A SAD NOTE.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
CARSON - The first United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in 15 years began Friday on a somber note. A brief moment of silence was held at 4:40 p.m. in remembrance of 77-year-old volunteer official Paul Suzuki of Los Angeles, who died Wednesday after being struck in the head by a shot put. The USA Track and Field and Anschutz Entertainment Group The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is a sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. The company owns or operates several major entertainment/sporting venues, including Staples Center and The Home Depot Center and beginning in flags located outside the stadium were lowered to half staff in memory of Suzuki, where they will remain for the duration of the meet. Douglas R. Todd, Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. director of track and field and cross country, said Suzuki was an official at all of his team's meets. ``He was very qualified,'' Todd said of Suzuki. ``He knew his stuff. Obviously something went wrong and we lost a good man.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. several athletes, the shot was thrown by Patrick Whalen, a 19-year-old freshman from Ohio State. Whalen withdrew from the junior shot put finals which were held Thursday morning. His family in West Dundee, Ill., near Chicago, declined to comment. Megan Howard, a shot putter from Arizona, was practicing with Whalen, whom she declined to identify, when the accident occurred. She said they were theonly two who were throwing at the time. ``(Suzuki) was walking across the field,'' Howard said. ``The people that actually saw it were really upset. It looked like he was hurt pretty bad - he was knocked out. I'm sure I'll be thinking about it (today when she competes). You don't see stuff like that happen. You don't ever want to see it.'' Meanwhile, eight event finals took place Thursday in front of an announced crowd of 5,237. Three-time Olympic high jumper Amy Acuff Amy Lyn Acuff (born July 14, 1975, Port Arthur, Texas) is an athlete from the United States. An aggressive high jump competitor, Acuff competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field and is a three-time Olympian. Her personal best is 2. (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 ) won the women's high jump final at 6 feet, 2 3/4 inches. Her performance Thursday was markedly better than her last appearance at the Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center, when she withdrew before attempting a jump at this year's Adidas Track Classic after suffering a foot injury in warm-ups. ``I felt a lot better,'' Acuff said. ``I could leave the ground, so that was good.'' Former Canyon of Canyon Country standout Lauren Fleshman finished second in the women's 5,000 meters at 15 minutes, 16.80 seconds, nearly six seconds behind winner Shalane Flanagan. Fleshman will represent the United States at the World Championships if she can meet the `A' qualifying standard of 15:08.7 by July 25. She is currently scheduled to run at meets in Rome, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden before the deadline. Long jumper Miguel Pate dubbed himself ``The People's Champion'' after winning the men's title at 27-4 3/4, completing his comeback from a torn ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. in 2003. Pate was the 2003 World Indoor Championships bronze medalist and two-time U.S. indoor champion, but finished 17th in qualifying for the 2004 Olympic Trials. Brad Walker, the 2005 indoor pole vault champion, added the outdoor title to his resume by clearing 18-10 1/4. Kim Kreiner won the meet's first event, the women's javelin, with a throw of 193-5. It was the second consecutive outdoor national championship for Kreiner, following her in at the 2004 Olympic Trials. Athens Olympian Ian Waltz won the discus with a throw of 211-9. Staff Writer Billy Witz contributed. Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: U.S. OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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