Xiang highlights strong hurdles fields.Byline: TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK By Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard Six current gold medalists will step to the starting line starting line n. Sports The point or line at which a race begins. Noun 1. starting line - a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game scratch line, scratch, start in three hurdles races at the 32nd annual Prefontaine Classic The Prefontaine Classic is one of the premier track and field meets in the United States. Every year it draws a world caliber field to compete at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field. History The first annual Prefontaine Classic took place in 1974. at Hayward Field For other uses of "Hayward", see Hayward (disambiguation). Hayward Field at University of Oregon is one of the most well-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. It has been the home to the University of Oregon Track and Field teams since 1919. on May 28. China's Liu Xiang
He will be challenged by 2005 world champion Ladji Doucoure of France, who will be making his first appearance at the Pre Classic. Allen Johnson
Allen K. Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia. , the bronze medalist at the World Championships in Helsinki, is also in the field as he returns to Pre for the 10th time. Johnson won Olympic gold Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear. in Atlanta in 1996, the same year of his first trip to the Pre Classic. Americans Dominique Arnold Dominique Arnold (born September 14, 1973) is an American hurdling athlete. He holds the second-fastest all-time performance in the 110 metre high hurdles, with a time of 12.90 s (+1.1 m/s). He also holds the American record in that event. , Joel Brown Joel Brown (born 31 January 1980) is an American hurdler. He finished sixth at the 2005 World Championships and seventh at the 2005 World Athletics Final. His personal best time is 13.22 seconds, achieved in July 2005 at the Bislett Games. and Ron Bramlett Ron Bramlett (born October 22, 1979) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles. His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Lausanne. Bramlett was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ronald and Lurlyn Bramlett. round out the field, giving the Pre Classic six of the top 10 hurdlers in the world last year, 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. Track & Field News magazine. In the women's 100 hurdles, Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes Joanna Dove Hayes (born December 23, 1976) is an American runner, who won the gold medal in the Women's 100m Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens. Currently coaches Track and Field and Cross-Country Running at Brentwood School in Los Angeles, California. will square off against world champion Michelle Perry, plus Jamaica's Brigitte Foster-Hylton, the Pre Classic record-holder (12.45, 2003) and bronze medalist from Helsinki. Canada's Perdita Felicien, Sweden's Susanna Kallur, Germany's Kristen Bolm and American Jenny Adams are also in the race, once again, providing the meet with six of the top 10 hurdlers in the world. The men's 400 hurdles features a showdown between Olympic gold medalist Feliz Sanchez of the Dominican Republic and American Bershawn Jackson, the reigning world champion and top-ranked hurdler in the world last year. James Carter, who was ranked second in the world last season and won the silver medal in Helsinki, is also in the field, along with Americans Kerron Clement and Kenneth Ferguson, France's Naman Keita and Panama's Bayano Kamani. Tickets for the 2006 Prefontaine Classic are still available in person at the UO athletic department ticket office, by phone at 1-800-WEBFOOT, and online at www.goducks.com. New-look UO relay team debuts with fast time The Oregon men's 4x100 relay set a school record with its sixth-place time of 39.20 seconds at the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships last year. While the Ducks will be hard-pressed to match that performance this year, they took a significant step forward last Friday with a season-best clocking of 39.87 at the Oregon Twilight Meet. The newest addition to the team is UO freshman Derrick Jones, a football recruit from Long Beach Poly. Jones, who hadn't competed in track since the California state meet in 2004, looked sharp as he ran the third leg for the Ducks, taking the baton from senior Matt Scherer and handing off to junior Jordan Kent. Senior Richard Del Rincon ran the opening leg. `I feel part of the team now,' Jones said. `I had my first day of practice last week and the team welcomed me with open arms. I'm out here trying to run hard, get in shape and be ready for the Pac-10s. I'm not in top form, but I'm getting close. I'm not that far away.' Jones won the California state prep title in the 200 at 20.89 and anchored Long Beach Poly's first-place 4x400 relay. Although he is cleared to run track at Oregon, he is still working through eligibility issues for the football team due to his participation in 11 football practices during fall camp at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . `Derrick brings a tremendous amount of speed (to this team),' Kent said. `He fits in real well. You saw that curve he ran. ... It's really exciting to run that fast the first time we have the team together.' Future Ducks Acosta, Klotz give sneak preview The Oregon Twilight Meet provided a glimpse into the future for the UO men's track team. Two of the most highly regarded Duck recruits - distance runners A.J. Acosta of El Camino in Oceanside, Calif., and Kenny Klotz of Portland's Central Catholic - came through with eye-opening performances in the 1,500 meters. Acosta placed second at 3:45.73 and Klotz was sixth at 3:49.99. It was a six-second PR for Acosta, the reigning national Foot Locker cross country champion, while Klotz moved up to No. 4 on the all-time Oregon prep list. Klotz trails only Galen Rupp (3:45.3, 2004), Alan Foster (3:47.66, 1988) and current South Eugene coach Jeff Hess (3:47.8, 1979). `It was my first race at Hayward Field,' said Acosta, who was wearing green and yellow racing spikes. `I wanted to show the fans a little bit of what they can see next year. I'm so ecstatic, I can't even speak. I don't think I could have done it if it wasn't here. This is the place to run fast.' Runyan pleased with progress in return to track Two-time Olympian Marla Runyan continued her comeback from maternity leave with an easy victory in the women's 5,000 at the Oregon Twilight Meet. Although her time of 15:15.00 was a few seconds slower than she had hoped to run, it still sets her up nicely for the next series of meets. Runyan, who has now qualified for the U.S. nationals in both the 10K and 5K, plans to run the 3,000 meters at the Adidas Track Classic in Carson, Calif., on May 21, followed by a possible appearance in the 1,500 at the Pre Classic on May 28, and another 5,000 at the Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. Grand Prix meet in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on June 3. `It's hard to get a measuring tool in my training, but now we kind of know,' said Runyan, whose daughter, Anna, was born Sept. 1. `I'm still not getting much sleep, and it's always challenging to do the workouts without that, but believe it or not, I'm getting used to the lack of sleep.' |
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