2010 USATF Indoors Day 2 Recap: Cantwell, Campbell win Visa Championship Series titles at 2010 USA Indoor Championships
USATF Communications
February 28, 2010
*Results here
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Christian
Cantwell and Amber Campbell won the respective men's and women's 2010
Indoor Visa Championship Series titles on the final day of the 2010 USA
Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Albuquerque Convention
Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
The USA Indoor Championships are the
third and final event of USA Track & Field's 2010 Indoor Visa
Championship Series. Top finishing athletes at the championships earn
the opportunity to compete at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships,
March 12-14, in Doha, Qatar.
The Albuquerque Convention and
Visitors Bureau, along with the New Mexico Sports Authority, the
University of New Mexico and USATF New Mexico, are the official hosts
for the championships, which will also be held in Albuquerque in 2011
and 2012. For the second consecutive day, Albuquerque filled the
Convention Center with a sell-out crowd, with 3,150 fans on hand to
watch the action.
Cantwell continues winning ways in Visa Men's Shot Put
2009
World Outdoor men's shot put champion Christian Cantwell, who entered
the 2010 season ranked #1 in the world by Track & Field News, won
his fourth USA Indoor title with a best throw of 21.13 meters/69 feet 4
inches.
Cantwell, who owns four of the top six throws in the world
this indoor season, finished ahead of 2009 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor
champion Ryan Whiting, who finished second with a best throw of
21.03m/69-0, with 2009 USA Indoor Championships fourth-place finisher
Cory Martin finishing third in 20.60m/67-7.
The 2007 Indoor Visa
champion, Cantwell won the men's Visa Championship Series title and a
$30,000 bonus from Visa by the narrowest of margins over two-time
indoor Visa Champion Terrence Trammell. Cantwell tallied 1,238 points
for the win with Trammell finishing as the runner-up with 1,238 points
($15,000) and Bernard Lagat finished third with 1,219 points ($5,000).
Campbell wins Visa Champion title and $30,000
2008
Olympian and former New Mexico resident Amber Campbell truly enjoyed
her homecoming by dominating the field in the women's 20-lb. weight
throw on Saturday and ending up with the women's Visa Championship
Series title on Sunday.
Campbell ended the suspense Saturday on
her first throw, which sailed to 24.70 meters/81 feet 0.50 inch, which
is the third-farthest throw ever in history and gave her a fourth
consecutive U.S. Indoor title.
Campbell's performance gave her
the lead in the Women's Indoor Visa Championship Series with 1,213
points, and it held up through Sunday as Campbell was awarded her
winner's bonus of $30,000 from Visa.
Finishing as the runner-up was sprinter Carmelita Jeter,
who fell just one point short of Campbell's winning tally. Jeter, who
earned $15,000 for her efforts, finished just ahead of third place Visa
Championship Series finisher Debbie Dunn, $5,000 (1,212 and 1,200
respectfully).
Powell wins Visa Women's 60m hurdles
Two-time
USA Outdoor 100m hurdles champion Ginnie Powell added the first USA
Indoor title of her career to her resume by winning the Visa Women's
60m hurdles final in 7.87 seconds.
Powell won a tough battle
with three-time USA Indoor champion and two-time USA Indoor Visa
Championship Series winner Lolo Jones, who pressed Powell all the way
to the finish before finishing as the runner-up in 7.89 seconds. 2008
Olympic Games fourth-place finisher Damu Cherry finished third in 7.90.
Trammell wins men's 60m hurdles again
Two-time
Olympic Games and three-time World Outdoor Championships 110m hurdles
silver medalist Terrence Trammell made it a clean sweep of the three
USATF Indoor Visa Championship Series meets with his 60m hurdles win
this afternoon in Albuquerque in the world-leading time this season of
7.41 seconds.
Trammell, who also won the hurdles at the 2010 Millrose Games and
Reebok Boston Indoor Games, now has five USA Indoor titles, with his
previous triumphs coming in 2000, 2001, 2006 & 2009.
Finishing as the runner-up was 2008 Olympic Games 110m hurdles
bronze medalist and 2008 USA Indoor champion David Oliver, who crossed
the line in 7.54 seconds, and former University of Michigan standout
Jeff Porter finished third in 7.62.
Jeter sails to win in women's 60 meters
Two-time
World Outdoor Championships 100m bronze medalist and 2007 USA Indoor
Championships 60m runner-up Carmelita Jeter got out fast and was never
seriously challenged in winning the women's 60 meters in 7.02 seconds,
which is the second-fastest time in the world this year.
Jeter,
who posted the third-fastest time globally this season of 7.05 seconds
earlier this month in Stuttgart, Germany, finished well ahead of
runner-up Miki Barber, who crossed the line in 7.15 seconds with Gloria
Asumnu, who finished the 2009 season ranked #8 in the U.S. by T&FN,
placing third in 7.18.
Camarena wins women's shot put
2008
Olympian Jillian Camarena was victorious in the women's shot put with a
best throw of 18.63 meters/61 feet 1.50 inches. For Camarena it was her
fifth career U.S. Indoor title to go along with her triumphs from 2005,
'06, '07 & '09.
Finishing as the runner-up was two-time USA Outdoor champion and
2004 World Junior Championships gold medalist Michelle Carter, who had
a best throw of 18.03m/59-2.
Williams' season of dominance continues in Visa Men's 60 Meters
2009
USA Outdoor Championships 100m seventh-place finisher Ivory Williams,
who posted wins earlier this season at the Millrose Games in New York
City and at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, was victorious again today
in the Visa Men's 60 meters.
Williams final burst with about ten meters remaining was enough to
win the race and his first USA Indoor title in the world-leading time
of 6.49 seconds. 2008 USA Indoor champion and 2009 USA Outdoor champion
Mike Rodgers was the runner-up in 6.52 seconds, with Trell Kimmons
finishing third in 6.56. Two-time Olympic medalist Walter Dix finished
fourth in 6.58 seconds.
Hicks wins men's long jump
Former
LSU standout Jeremy Hicks, who finished as the runner-up in the long
jump at last year's NCAA Indoor Championships and ended the 2009 season
ranked #9 in the country by Track & Field News, won his first-ever
U.S. national title with a leap of 7.94 meters/26 feet .75 inch.
Jeff Henderson's best jump was the identical distance of Hicks'
best leap, but Hicks posted five other legal jumps, while Henderson,
who ended up in second place, fouled on his five other attempts, thus
making Hicks the victor. Former University of Washington standout
Norris Frederick finished third with a best of 7.89m/25-10.25
Uceny upsets Rowbury in Nike Women's 1,500 Meters
Former Cornell standout Morgan Uceny, who finished fourth in the
800 meters at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships, was victorious in the
Nike Women's 1,500 meters in winning her first ever USA Indoor title.
Uceny crossed the finish line first in 4:19.46, just barely edging
out 2009 World Outdoor Championships 1,500m bronze medalist Shannon
Rowbury, who finished as the runner-up in 4:19.48. 2009 USA Outdoor
Championships fourth-place finisher Erin Donohue placed third in
4:21.86, with 2005 USA Junior champion Sarah Bowman placing fourth in
4:22.28.
Symmonds captures Nike Men's 800 Meters
2008 Olympian and 2009 World Outdoor Championships finalist Nick
Symmonds won the second USA Indoor title of his career when he finished
first in the Nike Men's 800m in 1:48.10.
Symmonds, who first won the USA Indoor men's 800m crown in 2007,
had been living and training in Albuquerque for the last month and his
training came in handy as he faced a strong challenge from former
University of Southern California standout Duane Solomon, who finished
as the runner-up in 1:48.41. Tyler Mulder finished third in 1:48.53.
Pierce wins women's 800 meters in U.S. leading time
Former
U.S. women's 3,000m steeplechase record holder Anna (Willard) Pierce
entered the 2010 season ranked #2 in the world at 800 meters and she
rose to the occasion in the women's 800m final, winning it in 2:00.84
seconds. For Pierce, she adds this title to the USA Indoor 1,500m crown
she won in 2009.
Finishing as the runner-up was Alysia Johnson, who
crossed the finish line in 2:01.45, with Heather Dorniden placing third
in 2:02.33.
"Batman" wins men's 400 meters
2008 Olympic Games and 2009 World Outdoor Championships 400m
hurdles bronze medalist Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won the men's 400
meters in 45.41 seconds. Jackson, who first won this event in 2005,
finished just ahead of 2009 USA Indoor champion Jamaal Torrence, who
was the runner-up in 45.76 seconds, with Greg Nixon placing third in
45.77.
2008 Olympic Games 400m hurdles silver medalist Kerron Clement won heat 1 of the two-section final in 46.29 seconds.
Manzano wins hard-fought men's 1,500 meters
2008 Olympian and 2009 World Outdoor Championships 1,500m finalist
Leo Manzano won his first career USA Indoor title when he crossed the
finish line ahead of the field in the men's 1,500m final in 3:49.16.
It was a three-man battle coming off the final turn between
Manzano, 2008 Olympic Trials fourth-place finisher Will Leer and 2009
USA Indoor 3,000m champion David Torrence, but Manzano had too much in
reserve in the end to be defeated. Leer finished as the runner-up in
3:49.31, with Torrence placing third in 3:50.08
Dunn does it in women's 400 meters
2009
World Outdoor Championships 4x400m relay gold medalist Debbie Dunn
blistered the track in posting the fastest time in the world this year
in winning the women's 400 meters (in a two section final) in 50.86
seconds.
2004 Olympic Games 4x400m relay gold medalist DeeDee
Trotter finished as the runner-up in 51.23, with two-time Olympic Games
200m silver medalist and three-time World Outdoor champion Allyson
Felix finishing third in 51.37 seconds,
Janson takes Gill Women's Pole Vault
Former Florida State standout Lacy Janson, who failed to clear a
height at this event last year, improved considerably on that
performance by winning the Gill Women's Pole Vault with a clearance of
4.65 meters/15 feet 3 inches.
2009 World Outdoor Championships
silver medalist Chelsea Johnson finished as the runner-up by soaring
over 4.60m/15-1, with 2003 NCAA Outdoor champion Becky Holliday
finishing third by clearing 4.55m/14-11.
Michta captures women's 3,000m race walk crown
Maria
Michta of Walk USA won her first career U.S. Indoor title when she
crossed the finish line first in the women's 3,000m race walk in 13
minutes 51.33 seconds. Finishing as the runner-up was four-time USA
Indoor champion Joanne Dow (14:01.53), with seven-time USA Indoor
champion Teresa Vaill placing third in 14:09.42
In masters
exhibition competition today, Paul Ossman won the men's shot put with
his first round throw of 15.58 meters/51 feet 1.50 inches, and Charles
Brown was victorious in the men's pole vault with a clearance of
4.20m/13-9.25.
For more information on the 2010 USA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque and the 2010 Visa Championship Series, visit www.visachampionshipseries.com or www.usatf.org.
More USATF Coverage: Race Results Weekly Recap of Day 1 With Quotes
*LRC Day 1 Distance Recap: Lagat Over Rupp, Metivier Baillie Over Rowbury
*USATF Recap of Day 1: Amber Campbell 3rd Best Weight Throw Ever, Jesse Williams Goes 7'8" in High Jump
*USATF Day 2 Recap: Christian Cantwell Dominates Shot, Carmelita Jeter, Ivory Williams Win Sprints, Terrence Trammell Wins Hurdles, Batman Wins 400, Allyson Felix 3rd in 400
*Day 2 Distance Recap: Lagat over Rupp, Metivier Baillie over Rowbury
*Results here
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