A Great Weekend Of Track And Field
June 30, 2008
This was a great weekend of Track and Field. Eugene to Jamaica and all parts in between.The Elite and Youth Elite were on a mission. Here are the highlights of this weekend in Track and Field.
* The best in the world.The Womens 100m finalist and the Mens100m finalist
* Tyson Gay 9.77 New American record His time of 9.68 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials Sunday doesn’t count as a world record, because it was run with the help of a too-strong tailwind. Here’s what does matter: Gay qualified for his first Summer Games team and served notice he’s certainly someone to watch in Beijing.
Tyson Gay put on a sprinting clinic during the quarterfinal heats. He set a new (9.77) American Record in the quarterfinal round heat. I’ve never seen a round of 100 heats
Gays Runs Even Faster, Dix Emerges On the Scene!
It was utter pandemonium when the stadium clock displayed 9.68, after Tyson Gay crossed the line. Track Town, USA was completely rocking for the next thirty minutes.
* Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women’s 200 meters in a world-leading 21.94 seconds
*Bolt, the world 100 record-holder at 9.72 seconds, had no problem in taking the men’s event in 19.97 seconds
* In a shocking development, reigning 100-meter World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown 10.88 did not earn an automatic bid to the Olympic Games.
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