100 - Tyson Gay 2nd in final at 9.71 for American Record, Usain Bolt ran world record 9.58, Darvis Patton cramped during the race and was 8th in 10.34.

All four Americans made semifinals, Gay won his heat in 9.93, Patton third in the other heat in 9.98, Mike Rodgers missed qualifying for final with 5th place finish in 10.04, and Rae Edwards was 6th in his heat in 10.14.

Michael Rodgers won his quarterfinal in 10.01 on the 8/15

On 8/17 Carmelita Jeter finished third in the final (10.90) behind Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica who ran a world leading 10.73 ahead of her teammate Kerron Stewart who ran a new pr 10.75.  Lauryn Williams was fifth (11.01) behind defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown (10.95) as both ran season-bests. 

On 8/17 Carmelita Jeter won her semifinal in a new pr 10.83 (=9 a-t US) which gave hope for the final.  Muna Lee was a non-qualifying fifth in that semifinal with a time of 11.18.

200 - At the 8/20 final, Shawn Crawford was in lane 8 and ran very well with the turn but was behind world record holder Usain Bolt.  In the straightaway he was passed by teammate Wallace Spearmon and then hard-charging Junior college champion while at Barton CC, 19 year-old Alonso Edward of Panama.  Bolt crushed his own world record with a time of 19.19.  Edward followed with a personal best 19.81, Spearmon in 19.85 and Crawford in 19.89.  Charles Clark finished sixth with a time of 20.39. 

On 8/19 Shawn Crawford third in semifinal 1, 20.35, Wallace Spearmon won semifinal 2 in 20.14 and Charles Clark was third in semifinal two in 20.27, as all three made the final.

Tyson Gay withdrew from the 200 meters after the 100 meters due to a lingering injury, but he plans on running the 4x100 meter relay. 

8/19 Allyson Felix won heat 3 in 22.88, Muna Lee won heat 2 22.76, Marshavet Hooker won heat 4 in 22.51, and Charonda Williams was second in heat 1 at 23.08  

400 - In the 8/21 final this was the two man race it was expected to be.  '08 Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt lined up in lane 4 and '04 Olympic and two-time defending champion Jeremy Wariner lined up in lane 6.  Wariner was ahead through the first 100 meters (10.98 to 11.14) and through 200 meters (21.41 to 21.49) but Merritt was starting to move on him behind the lead of lane 5's Chris Brown of the Bahamas (21.31).  By 300 meters Merritt barely led 32.32 to 32.34 but was running away from Wariner and Brown was falling back (32.53).  Brown lost it at the end (12.87 final 100 to finish fifth in 45.47) and the fast closing Renny Quow of Trinidad (7th at 300 meters) closed the fastest with a 11.70 second final 100 meters to move into third behind Merritt at 44.06, Wariner at 44.60, and Quow at 45.02.  It was disclosed later that Wariner has had issues with training this summer due to an ankle injury.   

LaShawn Merritt won semifinal 2 in 44.37 and defending world champion Jeremy Wariner won semifinal 1 in 44.69.  Lionel Larry was 6th in semifinal three at 45.85.

Sanya Richards ran world leading 49.00 to win her first world/Olympic championship.  Debbie Dunn was sixth at 50.35.  Richards led from start to finish.  Shericka Williams of Jamaica was the runner-up with a pr 49.32 and Antonina Krivoshapka of Russia was third at 49.71. 

Sanya Richards beat '08 Oly and '07 World Champion Christine Ohurugu in heat (8/15)  and 8/16 semifinal (50.21) and qualified for final.  Debbie Dunn runs .71 pr, 49.95 to finish third in semi and qualify for final, Jessica Beard was fifth in semi 1 in 51.20 and did not make the final.

800 - In the 8/23 final Nick Symmonds settled into his position in the back of the pack (8th at 200 meters with a 25.6 second rum) but decided to move up when the pace slowed and was in second behind Mbulaeni Mulaudzi of South Africa at 400 meters (53.44 to 53.5 for Symmonds) running a really slow pace (1:45 would be the fastest time).  At 600 meters he was still in second, 1:19.8 as the defending champion, Alfred Yego of Kenya had moved into third (1:20.0) with Yusuf Kamel of Bahrain in fourth.  Symmonds wasn't able to stay in second and runner after runner passed him down the final straightaway.  Mulaudzi held on to win in 1:45.29 ahead of Yego in 1:45.35 and Kamel in third at 1:45.35.  Symmonds finished 6th in 1:45.71. 

On 8/20 US champion Nick Symmonds won heat 2 with a time of 1:47.12 and runner-up Khadevis Robinson was third in heat 4 with a time of 1:46.79 as both qualified for the semifinals.  Ryan Brown was fifth in heat 3 (fastest heat winner 1:45.76 and had two championship medallists) with a time of 1:46.92 in his outdoor world championship debut.

On 8/19, in a heavily disputed race centering on the sexuality of Caster Semenya of South Africa, Semenya walked away with a world leading time of 1:55.45 and won by 18 meters over Janeth Jepkosgei of Kenya (season best 1:57.90) and Jennifer Meadows of Great Britain (pr 1:57.93).

On 8/17 Hazel Clark was fourth in the second semifinal with a season best 1:59.96 that did not qualify for the final but may get in due to a protest questioning the sexuality of the winner Caster Semenya of South Africa.  US runner-up Genna Gall was sixth in semifinal heat 1 at 2:01.30 and Maggie Vessey was seventh in heat three at 2:03.55.  Results of the protest should be known 8/18 or 8/19.

1,500 - For the first international championship since the 1968 Olympics, the US had three competitors in the final.  Unfortunately Bernard Lagat had been perfectly placed in fifth to unleash his kick with 300 meters to go but 5 runners moved up on his outside and blocked his path.  With 100 meters to go he swung out but could only move from fifth to third in this kickers race.  The winner was Yusuf Kamel of Bahrain in 3:35.93 and Deresse Mekonnen of Ethiopia was second in 3:36.01 and Lagat ran 3:36.20.  Lopez Lomong was eighth in 3:37.62 and Leo Manzano was 12th in 3:40.05.  

On 8/17 In semifinal one Bernard Lagat finished third in 3:36.86 and teammate Lopez Lomong was second in 3:36.75 and Leonel Manzano was second in heat 2, 3:36.29 as all three qualified for the final. Dorian Ullrey was 12th in the second semifinal in 3:39.33 and did not qualify for the final.

Not to be outdone by the men the women also had three in the final.  Controversy clouded the final result as Natalia Rodriguez of Spain finished first in 4:03.36 but was disqualified after shoving the leader through 1200 meters, Gelete Burka of Ethiopia.  Americans Shannon Rowbury, Anna Willard, and Christin Wurth-Thomas were well distributed in the pack with Rowbury in 5th, Willard in 8th and Wurth-Thomas in 12th.  Wurth-Thomas was one of the fastest at the end and moved into fifth at 4:05.21 behind Rowbury in 3rd at 4:04.18 and Willard at 4:06.19 after the disqualification was taken into account. 

3,000 Steeple - In the 8/18 final Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya won with a championship record 8:00.43 as he outkicked his teammate Richard Mateelong (8:00.89 - personal record) and Bouabdellah Tahri of France outkicked Paul Koech of Kenya for the bronze, 8:01.18 (European record) to 8:01.26.   On 8/16 Joshua McAdams was 13th in the second heat with a time of 9:02.19, Daniel Huling was 12th in the third heat with a time of 8:46.79, and Kyle Alcorn did not finish in the first heat.  The US steeplechasers finished last in every heat.

Jenny Barringer dropped to 12th in the pack in the final and gradually moved up and picked off the runners ahead of her to finish fifth with a time of 9:12.50 for a near ten second pr and American record.  At the Olympics Marta Dominguez of Spain fell near the end of the race and did not finish, this time she won with a world leading time of 9:07.32, Yuliya Zarudneva of Russia was second with a pr 9:08.39 and Milcah Cheywa of Kenya was third with a pr 9:08.57 

Jenny Barringer (3rd heat 2, 9:26.81) lead for part of her heat, qualfied for the final.  Lindsey Anderson (11th heat 1, 9:46.03) and Bridget Franek (12th heat 3, 9:50.02) did not qualify for the semifinal. 

5,000 - With 800 to go there was a pack of 12 in the 8/23 final.  Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia was there on a mission to make-up for the embarrassing performance in the women's 5k and 10k.  Defending champion Bernard Lagat of the US was unhappy about the team tactics against him in the 1,500 and had a bloody ankle and six stitches after the heat of the 5k.  Portland training parters and ex-Wisconsin Badgers Matt Tegenkamp and Chris Solinsky were also in the group.  Bekele out-sprinted Lagat 13.0 to 13.1 over the final 100 meters to eek out the win 13:17.09 to 13:17.33 as they both finished the final circuit in 53.7 seconds.  In third was James Kwalia of Qatar in 13:17.78.  Eighth was Tegenkamp in 13:20.23 as he finished in 56.3 seconds and Solinsky finished 12th in 13:25.87 as he could only finish in 61.7 seconds.   

US winner Matt Tegenkamp was second in heat 2 with a time of 13:19.87, US runner-up Chris Solinsky was sixth in 13:20.64 and both qualified for the final.  Defending world champion Bernard Lagat was fourth, qualifying for the final, in his heat in a time of 13:23.73 but had a large enough cut near his ankle that he needed six stiches and was seen being carted off in a wheelchair.  His status for the final was unknown.  Evan Jager was 11th in the second heat at 13:39.80 and did not qualify for the final. 


In the 8/22 final there were six runners in competition with a lap to but only Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, teammate Sylvia Kibet, and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia could run at the high pace of the kick.  Defar passed the others and had the lead with 100 meters to go.  Just like in the 10k Defar slowed down considerably with 50 meters to go and was passed by Cheruiyot (14:57.97) and Kibet (14:58.33) and the defending champion Defar was third (14:58.41).  US finalist Jen Rhines was ninth in 15:11.63.   

On 8/19 Jen Rhines was in the lead pack in heat two and with 2 1/2 laps to go was the leader.  She qualified for the final by finishing 6th in 15:20.20.  Jullie Culley was the top non-qualifier (7th) in heat 1 at 15:32.33

10,000 - Galen Rupp was in eighth and Dathan Ritzenhein was in 10th with 8 laps to go.  Galen seemed to run into trouble.  He had been battling a groin injury for the last month and the way he responded and was helped off the track after the race indicated he may have suffered from heat exhaustion.  He clipped the inner rail with two laps to go and had to have ice on his ankle at the end of the race.  Although he struggled both he and Dathan passed runners that tried to stay with Kenenisa Bekele and just Zersenay Tedese of Eritrea and Moses Masai of Kenya were able to stay at the high pace.  Ritzenhein showed his tough nature and said he benefitted from the seven weeks of training with his new coach Alberto Salazar to push to a new pr 27:22.28 and finished sixth to move to fourth all-time among Americans.  Rupp finished eighth in a season best 27:37.99.  Bekele won his fourth world championship and finished in a championship record 26:46.31, Tedese was second in 26:50.12, and Masai was third at 26:57.39.    

Amy Yoder-Begley improved on her finish from last year and ran 6th (31:13.78) after the top 5 took off with eight laps to go, '08 Olympic Bronze medallist Shalane Flanagan was 14th (31:32.19)after running most of the race with Yoder-Begley and Katie McGregor was 17th (32:18.49)

110 hurdles - In a very tight final on 8/20 Terrence Trammell was off his form in hitting a number of hurdles.  In a tight finish US champion David Payne looked like he won but finished third in 13.15 behind winner Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados in 13.14 and Terrence Trammell in 13.15. 

David Payne was third in heat 6 at 13.54, Terrence Trammell was second in heat 5 at 13.51 as both advanced to the semi-finals.  An ankle injury from warm-ups slowed Aries Merritt and he finished fourth in heat 3 at 13.70 and did not advance to the semifinals

100 hurdles - In the 8/19 final Dawn Harper, after running a pr in the semi-finals, clipped the second hurdle and almost fell.  She recovered enough to finish seventh behind teammate Ginnie Powell, 12.78 to 12.81.  34 year-old Jamaican Brigitte Foster-Hylton won her first title at 12.51 ahead of Priscilla Lopes of Canada at 12.54 and Jamaica's Dellores Ennis-London at 12.55.   

Damu Cherry finished third in semi-final 2 at 12.76 (behind the gold and silver medallist but she lost out as a time qualifier) and did not make the final.

Defending champion Michelle Perry has been fighting injury and finished 7th in heat three at 13.68. 

400 hurdles - Kerron Clement (1st semi 2, 48.00) and Bershawn Jackson (1st, semi 2, 48.23) won the two semifinals.  Johnny Dutch was sixth in the second semi (49.38) and did not make the final.

The second disappointment for the US team was Angelo Taylor (2x Olympic champion) finishing fourth in the heats on 8/15 (49.64)

In the 8/20 final Lashinda Demus led through eight hurdles but Melaine Walker of Jamaica was very close.  Demus does not like to switch legs and only likes to hurdle with her right leg.  She chopped her steps to switch to her right leg on the ninth hurdle and lost the lead to Walker.  She ran hard to the tenth hurdle and lost a lot of momentum awkwardly going over the hurdle and Walker won with the second fastest time ever and championship record, 52.42 and Demus ran her second fastest time ever, 52.96.  Former Auburn all-American and rival of Walker's, Josanne Lucas of Trinidad & Tobago, was third in a pr and national record 53.20.  Tiffany Ross-Williams was fifth in a season best 53.83. 

In the 8/18 semifinal LaShinda Demus won heat three in 54.25.  Tiffany Williams was a time qualfier for the final with a run of 54.79 in heat 2. Sheena Tosta was sixth in semifinal 1 at 56.31.

4x400 relay - The last event of the world championships was on 8/23.  Every member of the men's relay had won two individual world or Olympic championships.  Anchor LaShawn Merritt had won the 400 here and the Olympics last year, 3rd leg Kerron Clement had just won his second consecutive world championship, 2nd leg Jeremy Wariner had won two world 400 championships, '05 and '07, and the '04 Olympic championship, and opening leg Angelo Taylor had won the '04 and '08 Olympic 400 hurdle titles.  Taylor was in third after the opening leg after a 45.4 first circuit but Wariner moved into the front by the breat and moved away from the competition to move into a solid first place position with a 43.9 leg.  Kerron Clement ran 44.6 for the third leg and LaShawn Merritt ran 43.9 for the fourth leg.  The team ran 2:57.86 as the race was no longer competitive after the middle of the second leg.  Great Britain was second with a time of 3:00.53 and Australia was third with a time of 3:00.90. 

The women's relay added LaShinda Demus and Allyson Felix for the 8/23 final to go with World winner Sanya Richards and sixth place finisher Debbie Dunn.  With a 50.5 second leg, Dunn barely had a lead over Russia's Kapachinskaya (50.7) but in the second leg, the second fastest 400 meter runner in the world, Allyson Felix, blew out the competition with a 48.8 second leg and essentially ended the race.  Novlene Williams of Jamaica closed the gap to Russia's Firova by running 49.6 to 49.9 seconds for the second leg.  The third leg run of 50.14 seconds for LaShinda Demus and anchor leg of 48.44 by Sanya Richards were the fastest for their respective legs.  Shericka Williams of Jamaica ran the sixth fastest leg of the race, 50.04 seconds, and moved Jamaica into second ahead of Russia.  Final times were US, 3:17.83, Jamaica 3:21.15 and Russia at 3:21.64.  The US team ran the fastest time in 16 years.            

High Jump - US champion Tora Harris cleared 2.24m, 7-4 and did not make the final.  Keith Moffatt cleared 2.27m, 7-5 1/4 and Andra Manson cleared 2.30m, 7-6 1/2 as both made the final (no US jumpers made the Olympic final).

In the 8/20 final US champion Chaunte Howard had a best clearance of 1.96m, 6-5, to tie for seventh.  In her final competition Amy Acuff was 12th with a best clearance of 1.87m, 6-1 1/2.  Blanka Vlasic of Croatia made up for her Olympic loss to repeat as world champion with a clearance of 2.04m, 6-8 1/4.   She passed at 6-9 and had three attempts at a world record 2.10, 6-10 1/4 but did not clear.  Anna Chicherova of Russia was the leader going into 2.04m, but did not clear and ended with a best of 2.02m, 6-7 1/4 to end up second.  When Vlasic cleared 2.04, Ariane Freidrich of Germany passed her last attempt at 6-8 1/4 to take a chance at 6-9 and win but missed and finished third.    

On 8/18 Chaunte Howard qualfied for the final with a best clearance of 1.95m, 6-4 3/4 and Amy Acuff also cleared that which was a season best.  Sharon Day cleared 1.89m, 6-2 1/4 and did not make the final.

Pole Vault - In the pole vault qualifying on 8/20 defending champion Brad Walker has been battling injuries and did not vault.  Derek Miles was the only qualfier and cleared 5.55m, 18-2 1/2.  Jeremy Scott also cleared that height but neither vaulter made the next height and Miles beat out Scott on misses to qualify for the finals.  Toby Stevenson could only clear 5.40m, 17-8 1/2. 

With '72 Olympic Bronze medallist father Jan looking on, Chelsea Johnson tied for second with a season best clearance of 4.65m, 15-3.  Anna Rogowska was able to clear 4.75m, 15-7 but Elena Isinbaeva (Defending Olympic and world champion) was not able to clear her one attempt at that height or the two attempts at the next height and no-heighted for a huge surprise.  Monika Pyrek of Poland also cleared 4.65 and tied Johnson for second based on misses.

In her final competition Stacy Dragila vaulted 4.25m and Jillian Schwartz vaulted 4.50.

The US teams first disappointment was the withdrawal of '08 Olympic silver medallist Jill Stuczynski due to an achilles tendon issue. 

Long Jump - On 8/20 US champion Dwight Phillips was the top qualifier with his first and only jump of 8.44m, 27-8 1/4, which is a better jump than any American made last year.  After losing 15 pounds the former world and Olympic champion is in the best shape of his life and the favorite to win here.  US runner-up Brian Johnson qualified for the final with his last jump of 8.09m,  26-6 1/2.  Miguel Pate was 38th in qualifying with a best jump of 7.61m, 24-11 1/2 

Triple Jump - In the 8/18 final Phillips Idowu of Great Britain and a world leading and career best jump of 17.73m, 58-2 on his third jump.  Defending champion Nelson Evora of Brazil could not catch him and jumped 17.55m, 57-7, on his last jump.  Alexis Copello of Cuba was third at 17.36m, 56-11 1/2.  In qualifying on August 16th Brandon Rouhlac was 14th at 16.94m, 55-7, '05 World champion Walter Davis was 22nd at 16.62m, 54-6 1/2, and Kenta Bell was 30th at 16.32m, 53-6 1/2 and none of the jumpers made the finals.

In the 8/17 women's final Cuban teammates Yargeris Savigne (14.95m, 49-0 3/4) and Mabel Gay (14.61m, 47-11 1/4) went one-two ahead of Anna Pyatykh of Russia (14.58m, 47-10).  In qualifying August 15th US champion Shakeema Walker-Welsch was 17th in qualifying with a wind-aided 14.01m, 45-11 3/4, Erica McLain was 32nd with a best of 13.39m, 43-11 1/4, and Shani Marks, 11th at the US championships, was 27th with a season best 13.67m, 44-10 1/4. 

Shot Put - Christian Cantwell won his first outdoor world championship with a season best and world leading throw of 22.03m, 72-3 1/2 and '08 Olympic champion and former world leader Tomasz Majewski of Poland 21.91m, 71-10 3/4.  This was the closest world championship ever.  Only two other winners have had a better mark (Werner Gunthor with a 72-11 1/4 throw in 1987 and Reese Hoffa threw 72-3 3/4 in 2007) and only four winners, including this year, have thrown further than Majewski.  In third was Ralf Bartels of Germany with a pr throw of 21.37m, 70-1 1/2.  Reese Hoffa of the US and the defending world champion was fourth at 21.28m, 69-9 3/4 but had a foul that would have been close or beaten both Cantwell and Majewski.  Adam Nelson had a season best throw of 21.11m, 69-3 1/4. 

US runner-up Dan Taylor had two fouls in qualifying and on his third throw threw 19.39m, 63-7 1/2 (nearly eight feet short of his season best and pr) for 26th. 

Michelle Carter was sixth in the final (8/16) at 18.96m, 62-2 1/2 and became the first US world finalist since 1991, Connie Price-Smith.  Valerie Vili won with a best of 20.44m, 67-4 3/4 from the fifth round, Nadine Kleinert was second in front of the home crowd with a personal best 20.20m, 66-4 1/4 and Lijao Gong of China was third with a personal best of 19.89m, 65-3 1/4.   Jillian Camarena was 23rd in qualifying with a best of 16.92m, 55-6 1/2, and Kristin Heason was 28th with a third throw 14.98m, 49-1 3/4, after two fouls. 

Discus Throw - In the 8/19 final Casey Malone had a sixth round best of 66.06 that kept him in fifth for his best ever international performance.  Jarred Rome was 11th with a best throw of 62.47m, 204-11.  On his last throw German Robert Harting threw a pr 69.43m, 227-9, to win in front of the home crowd.  Piotr Malachowski of Poland was second with the fifth round throw of 69.15m, 226-10, and defending world and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia could throw no farther than 66.88m, 219-5.

In the 8/18 qualifying, Ian Waltz finished 14th with a best throw of 62.04m, 203-6.

On 8/19 both Stephanie Brown (11th, 61.23m, 200-10) and Aretha Thurmond (12th, 61.08m, 200-5) used their last throws to move into qualifying positions for the finals.  Becky Breisch finished a non-qualifying 22nd, 58.50m, 191-11.

Hammer Throw - On 8/17 Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia won with a season best throw of 80.84m, 265-3, Szymon Ziolkowksi of Poland was second at 79.30m, 260-2, and Aleksey Zagornyi of Russia was third with a best throw of 78.09m, 256-2.  US champion AG Kruger was 28th in qualifying with a best throw of 70.19m, 230-3, runner-up Thomas Freeman was 15th with a best of 74.19m, 243-4, and Michael Mai was 21st in qualifying with a best of 72.58m, 238-1.

On 8/20 US champion Jessica Cosby set a pr 72.21m, 236-10 and qualfied for the final with a fourth place finish.  Amber Campbell will join Cosby in the final with a 10th place finish and best throw of 70.54m, 231-5.  Erin Gilreath did not qualify after finishing 25th with a best throw of 66.72m, 218-11.   

Javelin Throw - In the final Rachel Yurkovich would have needed to a pr (better than 60.29m) to get the last three throws.  She finished with a best of 51.15m, 167-9, for 12th.  Steffi Nerius of Germany won on her first attempt with a season best throw of 67.30m,  220-9. Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic was second with a best of 66.42m, 217-11 and  Maria Abakoumova of Russia was third with a best of 66.06m, 216-9.  

US winner Kara Patterson only had one throw within 24 feet (pr 209-9 winner) of Rachel Yurkovich and it was a huge pr.  This time she didn't get a big throw and finished 29th with a best throw of 52.71m, 172-11.  Rachel Yurkovich finished 11th and qualified for the final with a throw of 59.57m, 195-5 (just off her pr)

Decathlon - US champion Trey Hardee just had a bad high jump otherwise he would have set the American record.  He was never challenged in the second day and ran away to a 8790 to 8640 win over Leonel Suarez of Cuba and 8528 score by Russia's Aleksandr Pogorelov.  He had three season bests and one pr in the second day to total to a personal best and world leader.  US runner-up Eaton had a long season and things did not start well.  He clipped the seventh hurdle in the 110 hurdles and ran 14.28.  His problem event, the pole vault, was the only event the rest of the day good for him.  He cleared 5.00m, 16-4 3/4 but no other events were close to season bests or prs.  This was an end to a long season for him and he was 18th with 8061 points.  Jake Arnold was 24th with 7837 points.

In the first day Trey Hardee ended up with two prs and two season bests to move into third with 4511 points.  With none of the usual surprises in this event and past champion Sebrle off his bests, Hardee is the favorite to win.  US runner-up Ashton Eaton has had a long season but did end up with a pr in the long jump, 7.85m.  He was fifth after the first day with 4355 points.  Jake Arnold was 27th after the first day with 3960 points.   

Heptathlon - Jessica Ennis of Great Britain held the lead from the start and won with a total score of 6731 for a world leader.  Local favorite Jennifer Oeser of Germany was second with 6493 points and Kamila Chudzik of Poland was third with 6471 points.  US champion Diana Pickler was 11th with 6086 points and runner-up Sharon Day was 10th with 6126 points.  Bettie Wade had no mark in the shot put and finished 24th with a score of 5134 points.   

Feel free to send any corrections to me.

100 meters                                 PR           QM                Final Results
Men                                     Pers Record   Qual Mark      
Michael Rodgers                      9.94 '09        9.94  5th 1st semi 10.04, won qf 10.01     
Darvis Patton                          9.89 '08        9.89         8th final 10.34, 8/16
Monzavous "Rae" Edwards       10.02 '09      10.02        6th 2nd semi 10.13, 8/16             

'07 Champion                             ,
Tyson Gay                             9.71 '09       9.71 '09 AR    2nd final 9.71, 8/16

Women                                                                      
Carmelita Jeter                      10.83 '09      10.83     3rd Final 10.90, 8/17                 
Muna Lee                              10.85 '08      10.85     5th Semi 11.18, 8/17                 
Lauryn Williams                      10.88 '05     10.90 '08  5th Final 11.01, 8/17                

200 meters                             PR               QM                   Standard
Men                                                                           A: 20.59      B: 20.75
Shawn Crawford                     19.79 '04      19.86 '08   3rd semi 1, 20.35 8/19 
Charles Clark                        20.22 '08      20.22         3rd semi 2, 20.27, 8/19
Wallace Spearmon                 19.65 '06      19.90 '08    won semi 2, 20.14, 8/19

'07 Champion
Tyson Gay injured                 19.58 '09      19.58 WL              did not run

Women                                                                       A: 23.00    B:23.30
Allyson Felix     - '07 Champ   21.81 '07    21.88 '09 WL  won semi 2, 22.44, 8/20
Muna Lee                             22.01 '08      22.01           won semi 3, 22.30, 8/20
Marshevet Hooker                 22.34 '08      22.34           DNF - ham inj semi 1, 8/20
Charonda Williams                22.55 '09      22.55           5th semi 2, 22.81, 8/20

Alternate  
Bianca Knight                        22.43 '08      22.43                         A

400 Meters                              PR                   QM                   Standard
Men                                                                           A: 45.55     B: 45.95
LaShawn Merritt                     43.75 '08 43.75(44.37 '09 WL) won s 2 44.37, 8/19
Gil Roberts                           44.86 '09         44.86        5th heat 5, 46.41, 8/18
Lionel Larry                           44.63 '08        44.63        6th semi 3, 45.85, 8/19          

'07 Champion
Jeremy Wariner                     43.45 '09        43.82 '08   won semi 1, 44.69, 8/19

Women                                                                                    
Sanya Richards                      48.70 '06        49.00 '09    won final 49.00, 8/18   
Debbie Dunn                         49.95 '09        49.95         6th final 50.35, 8/18          
Jessica Beard                        50.56 '09        50.56          5th semi 1, 51.20

800 Meters                           PR                     QM                 Final Results
Men                                                                          
Nick Symmonds                1:43.83 '09          1:43.83       won heat 2 1:47.12, 8/20
Khadevis Robinson            1:43.68 '06         1:44.47 '09  3rd heat 4 1:46.79, 8/20
Ryan Brown                       1:46.17 '09         1:46.17       5th heat 3 1:46.92, 8/20

Women                                                                    
Hazel Clark                       1:57.99 '05          1:59.82 '08   4th semi 2 8/17, 1:59.96  
Geena Gall                        2:00.44 '09         2:00.44         6th Semi 1 8/17, 2:01.60
Maggie Vessey     4th         1:57.84 '09          1:57.84        7th semi 3 8/17, 2:03.55

1,500 Meters                         PR                      QM             Final Results
Men                                                                         
Lopez Lomong                 3:32.94 '09          3:32.94       8th final 8/19, 3:37.62 
Leonel Manzano               3:34.14 '08          3:34.14      12th final 8/19, 3:40.05
Dorian Ulrey                     3:35.23 '09          3:35.23      8th heat 4 8/15, 3:38.66       
 
Champion
Bernard Lagat                  3:26.34 '01          3:32.56 '09  3rd final 8/19, 3:36.20

Women                                                                     A: 4:06.00  B: 4:09.00
Shannon Rowbury            4:00.33 '08           4:00.33                    A
Christin Wurth                 3:59.98 '09           3:59.98                    A
Anna Willard                   4:01.44 '09           4:01.44                    A

Alternate
Erin Donohue                  4:05.21 '09           4:05.21                    A

3,000 Meter Steeplechase      PR                       QM                 Standards 
Men                                                                          A: 8:23.00  B: 8:33.50
Joshua McAdams             8:21.36 '07           8:21.99 '08  13th heat 2 8/16, 9:02.19
Daniel Huling                  8:20.84 '08           8:20.84        12th heat 3 8/16, 8:46.79
Kyle Alcorn                      8:21.46 '08           8:21.46        DNF heat 1 8/16

Women                        
Jenny Barringer               9:12.50 '09          9:12.50 AR 5th final 8/17, 9:12.50
Bridget Franek                9:36.74 '09           9:36.74    12th heat 3 8/15, 9:50.02
Lindsey Anderson            9:30.75 '08          9:30.75     11th heat 1 8/15, 9:46.03

5,000 Meters                      PR                        QM         Final Results
Men                                                                     
Matt Tegenkamp           13:04.90 '06         13:07.97 '09 2nd heat 1 13:19.87, 8/20
Chris Solinsky               13:18.41 '09         13:18.41       6th heat 1 13:20.64, 8/20
Evan Jager                    13:22.18 '09         13:22.18      11th jeat 2 13:39.80, 8/20
       

2007 Champion
Bernard Lagat               12:59.22 '06          13:03.06 '09  4th heat 2 13:23.73, 8/20

Women                                                                  A:15:10     B: 15:25
Jenn Rhines                 14:54.29 '08          14:54.29       6th heat 2 8/19, 15:20.20
Julie Culley  3rd            15:21.87 '09           15:21.87      7th heat 1 8/19, 15:32.33

10,000meters                  PR                     QM            Standards                                  Men                                                                      
Galen Rupp                 27:33.48  '07        27:36.99  '08  8th Final 8/16, 27:37.33  
Dathan Ritzenhein       27:22.28 '09         27:22.28         6th final 8/16, 27:22.28
Tim Nelson                 27:36.99 '09          27:36.99        17th final 8/16, 28:18.04  

Women                                                               
Amy Yoder Begley       31:13.78 '09          31:13.78          6th final 8/15, 31:13.78
Shalane Flanagan       30:22.22 '08          30:22.22          14th final 8/15, 31:32.19
Katie McGregor           31:21.20 '05          32:08.04           17th final 8/15, 32:18.49

110 Meter Hurdles            PR                         QM          Final Results    
Men                                                                      
David Payne                 13.02 '07               13.12 '09    3rd heat 6 8/19, 13.54
Terrence Trammell        12.95 '07               13.08 '08    2nd heat 5 8/19, 13.51
Aries Merritt                  13.09 '07               13.15 '09    4th heat 3 8/19, 13.70 

100 hurdles             
Women                                                                   A: 12.96  B:13.11
Dawn Harper                 12.48 '09               12.48          7th final 8/19, 12.81
Ginnie Powell                 12.45 '07              12.64 '09     6th final 8/19, 12.78          
Damu Cherry                12.44 '06               12.47 '08     3rd semi 3 8/19, 12.76       

2007 Champion
Michelle Perry                12.43 '06               12.74 '09     7th heat 3 8/18, 13.68      

400 hurdles                      PR                        QM            Final Results          
Men                                                                      
Bershawn Jackson          47.30 '05              47.98 '09      3rd final 8/18, 48.23 
Johnny Dutch                48.18 '09              48.18           6th semi 2, 49.28
Angelo Taylor                47.25 '08              47.25           4th heat 4, 49.64

2007 Champion
Kerron Clement             47.24 '05             47.79 '08      1st final 8/18, 47.91

Women                                                                  
Lashinda Demus           52.63 '09             52.63 '09  WL  2nd Final 52.96, 8/20    
Sheena Tosta               52.95 '04             53.58 '08      6th semi 1 8/19, 56.31        
Tiffany Williams            53.28 '07             53.54 '08      5th Final 53.83, 8/20        

High Jump                       PR                       QM                     Final Results
Men                                                                       
Tora Harris            2.33, 7-7 3/4 '06     2.32, 7-7 1/4 '09   DNQ 8/19, 2.24m, 7-4 1/4
Keith Moffatt         2.30, 7-6 1/2 '06     2.28, 7-5 3/4 '09   Q 8/19, 2.27m, 7-5 1/4       
Andra Manson       2.35, 7-8 1/2 '09     2.35, 7-8 1/2 WL   Q 8/19, 2.30m, 7-6 1/2

Women                                                                 
Chaunte Howard    2.01, 6-7 '06          2.00, 6-6 3/4 '08    =7th Final 1.96m, 8/20
Amy Acuff             2.01, 6-7 '03          1.95, 6-4 3/4 '09    12th final 1.8m, 8/20
Sharon Day           1.95, 6-4 3/4 '09    1.95, 6-4 3/4          DNQ 8/19, 1.89m, 6-2 1/4

Pole Vault                            PR                       QM              Final Results
Men                                                                             
Brad Walker - champ  6.04, 19-9 3/4 '08        6.04                        A
Jeremy Scott        5.82, 19-1 '09            5.82, 19-1 '09    DNQ 8/20, 5.55m, 18-2 1/2
Derek Miles          5.85, 19-2 1/4 '05      5.82i, 19-1 '09   Q 8/20, 5.55m, 18-2 1/2
Toby Stevenson    6.00, 19-8 1/4 '04      5.75, 18-10 1/4 '09 DNQ 8/20, 5.40, 17-8 1/2

Women                                                                          
Chelsea Johnson    4.73, 15-6 1/4 '08        4.73, 15-6 1/4       3rd Final 8/17, 4.65m 
Stacy Dragila          4.83, 15-10  '04          4.70, 15-5 '08        4.25 DNQ final
Jill Schwartz 4th     4.72i, 15-5 3/4 '08      4.72i, 15-5 3/4        4.50 DNQ final  

Injured
Jenn Stuczynski  1st 4.92, 16-1 3/4 '08        4.92, 16-1 3/4               A

Long Jump                        PR                        QM                   Standard
Men                                                                               A: 8.15 B: 8.05
Dwight Phillips       8.74, 28-8 1/4 '09      8.74, 28-8 1/4  WL   1st Q 8.44m, 8/20
Brian Johnson       8.33, 27-4 '06            8.30, 27-2 3/4 '08    7th Q 8.09m, 8/20   
Miguel Pate  4th    8.59i, 28-2 1/4 '02      8.24, 27-0 1/2 '08   38th Q 7.61m, 8/20

Women                                                                          A: 6.72 B: 6.62
Brittney Reese       7.06, 23-2 '09            7.06, 23-2                    A 
Brianna Glenn        6.72, 22-0 3/4 '09      6.72, 22-0 3/4              A 
Funmi Jimoh          6.96, 22-10 '09          6.96, 22-10                  A

Alternate
Grace Upshaw         6.88, 22-7 '08           6.88, 22-7                    A

Triple Jump                      PR                          QM            Final Results
Men                                                                                  
Brandon Roulhac   17.26, 56-7 1/2 '09    17.26, 56-7 1/2       14th Q 8/16, 16.94
Walter Davis         17.73i, 58-2 '06         17.12, 56-2 '08        22nd Q 8/16, 16.62  
Kenta Bell    5th    17.63, 57-10 1/4 '02   17.04, 55-11 '08      30th Q 8/16, 16.32

Women                                                                        
Shakeema Welsch  14.17, 46-6 '08         14.17, 46-6            9th Gr B Q 8/16, 14.01w
Erica McLain          14.20i, 46-7 1/4 '08   14.20i, 46-7 1/4      17th Gr A Q 8/16, 13.39 Shani Marks   11th 14.38, 47-2 1/4 '08     14.38, 47-2 1/4   14th Gr A Q8/16,13.67       

Shot Put                            PR                            QM                 Final Results
Men                                                                                 
Christian Cantwell    22.54, 73-11 1/2 '04   22.18, 72-9 1/4 '08   1st final 8/15, 22.03
Dan Taylor              21.78, 71-5 1/2 '09     21.78, 71-5 1/2        26th Q 8/15, 19.39 
Reese Hoffa '07 cha 22.43, 73-7 1/4 '07     22.10, 72-6 1/4 '08  4th final 8/15, 21.28
Adam Nelson           22.51, 73-10 1/4 '02   22.40i, 73-6 '08       5th final 8/15, 21.11 
 
Women                                                                             A: 18.20 B: 17.20
Michelle Carter         19.13, 62-9 1/4 '09     19.13, 62-9 1/4       6th final 8/16, 18.96
Jill Camarena           19.26i, 63-2 1/4 '09    18.59i, 61-0 '09      23rd Q 8/16, 16.92 
Kristin Heaston         18.74, 61-5 3/4 '07    18.36, 60-3 '08        28th Q 8/16, 14.98

Discus Throw                      PR                           QM                  Final Results
Men                                                                              
Casey Malone          68.49, 224-8 '09         68.49, 224-8        5th Q 8/18, 65.13  
Jarred Rome           68.44, 224-6 '08          68.44, 224-6        4th Q 8/18, 65.51      
Ian Waltz                68.91, 226-0 '06         68.90, 226-0 '08   14th DNQ 8/18, 62.04

Women                                                         
                                                                                     
Stephanie Brown      66.21, 217-2 '09         66.21, 217-2  WL     11th Q 8/19, 61.23     
Aretha Thurmond     65.86, 216-1 '04         65.20, 213-11 '08    12th Q 8/19, 61.08
Becky Breisch          67.37, 221-0 '07          64.10, 210-4 '08     22nd DNQ 8/19, 58.50 

Hammer Throw                 PR                            QM              Final Results
Men                                                                             
AG Kruger                79.26, 260-0 '04        78.68, 258-2 '08  28th Q 8/15, 70.19
Thomas Freeman     76.86, 252-2 '09        76.86, 252-2       15th Q 8/15, 74.19
Michael Mai              76.28, 250-3 '08        76.28, 250-3      21st Q 8/15, 72.58

Women                                                                         A: 70.00 B: 67.50
Jessica Cosby          72.04, 236-4 '09        72.04, 236-4       4th Q 8/20, 72.21m
Amber Campbell      70.61, 231-7 '09        70.61, 231-7       10th Q 8/20, 70.54m
Erin Gilreath            73.87, 242-4 '05        70.19, 230-3 '09   25th Q 8/20, 66.72m

Javelin Throw                   PR                             QM                Standard
Men                                                                              A: 81.00 B: 78.00
Chris Hill                 83.87, 275-1 '09        83.87, 275-1                 A
Mike Hazle              82.21, 269-8 '08        82.21, 269-8                 A         
Sean Furey              80.45, 263-11 '08      80.45, 263-11               B

Alternate
Cyrus Hostetler        83.16, 272-10 '09      83.16, 272-10               A

Alternate?
Corey White            82.97, 272-2 '09        82.97, 272-2                A

Women                                                                       
Kara Patterson        63.95, 209-10 '09       63.95, 209-10      29th Q 8/16, 52.71
Rachel Yurkovich     59.62, 195-7 '09         59.62, 195-7        12th Final 8/18, 51.15  

Decathlon                    PR                         QM                Final Results    
Men                                                                                   
Trey Hardee           8534 '08                     8534             1st final 8/20 8790
Ashton Eaton          8122 '08                     8122             18th final 8/20 8061
Jake Arnold            8215 '07                     8191 '08        24th final 8/20 7837

Heptathlon                                                                  
Diana Pickler          6271 '09                     6271              11th final 8/16, 6086     
Sharon Day            6177 '09                     6177              10th final 8/16, 6126  
Bettie Wade           5908 '09                     5908              24th final 8/16, 5134

20k Race Walk          PR                             QM                     Standard
Women                                                                      A: 1:33.30 B: 1:38
Teresa Vaill          1:33:23 '01            1:36.18 '08                     B 
Joanne Dow          1:32:54 '04            1:38:36 '08             not qualified  
Maria Michta          1:41:16 '09           1:41:16                  not qualified
               
 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2009/08/24/gender-row-athlete-caster-semenya-has-high-levels-of-male-hormone-115875-21621631/

 Normal testosterone for a peak healthy female is 50-100 ng/dl and for men it can range from 200-1200.  The maximum testosterone level occurs in the 20s for men

http://www.thebody.com/content/art32237.html

This next section is speculation!!

Do not look at this next if you don't want to look at the possibility of hermaphrodism

The big question is if he is a hermaphrodite.  If that is the case, it makes the most sense.  Research of a patient showed half the normal level of testosterone. 

http://smj.sma.org.sg/3701/3701cr4.pdf

Article on the Crouser family and three generations of their success written by Jack Pfeifer. 

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/

This follows Tommy Skipper and Galen Rupp as recent top level Oregon high school athletes on the cover of T&F News.  It is great to see Oregon high school track get the attention.

redshirt
AJ Acosta                        1:53.27

1,500
Matt Centrowitz, Jr          3:36.92 '09                  3:36.92 Payton Jordan
Andrew Wheating            3:38.60 '08 Ore Twi      3:40.92 Ore Rel/3:59.11 mile indoors
Galen Rupp                   3:39.14 '09                  3:39.14 W Reg
Jordan McNamara           3:41.13 '07                  3:41.15 US Champs
Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott  3:41/4:02.65 mile '04/3:46.53 '05   3:47.76 vs UCLA   
Scott Wall                      3:43.82                 4:03.90m Ore Rel/3:48.17 Ore Preview
JK Withers                     3:46.88 '07     4:03.24i  mile/4:04.33 mile/3:47.75 P-10
Vincent D'Onofrio           3:48.92 '09               3:48.92 Ore Rel
Kenny Klotz                   3:46.92                    3:49.38 Oregon Preview
               

Redshirt
AJ Acosta                       3:40.52                    4:00.87 mile indoors
Curtis Suver                   3:48.89 '07          

     

3,000 meter Steeple        PR                            SB
Chris Winter               8:42.03 '09                 8:42.03 Payton Jordan
Vincent D'Onofrio        9:18.17                      9:19.97 vs UCLA
Isaac Stoutenburgh     8:52.56                      9:23.58 vs UCLA
Scott Wall                  9:26.89 '05 
Matt Dettmen             9:36.88                      9:36.88 Pepsi

5,000 meters              PR                                       SB
Galen Rupp           13:18.12i '09                13:18.12i/13:46.41 W Reg
Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott 13:36.25 '09            13:36.25 Ore Rel
Luke Puskedra           13:46.52i '09            13:46.52i/14:03.45 vs UCLA
Matt Centrowitz, Jr      13:49.15 '09             13:49.15 Ore Rel
Scott Wall                  13:49.40 '09             13:49.40 Stanford Invite
Daniel Mercado          14:03.28i '09            14:03.28i/14:09.75 vs UCLA                   
Diego Mercado           13:57.79i '09            13:57.79i/14:12.21 Ore Rel            
Kenny Klotz               13:58.15                  14:36.00 Stanford Inv     
Jon Thomas              14:07.84 '07
Jordan McNamara      14:09.01 '07

redshirt
AJ Acosta                  13:50.20
Curtis Suver              14:03.64 '08

10,000 meters                  PR                              SB
Galen Rupp                   27:33.48 '07              27:52.53 US              
Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott   28:28.83 '09              28:28.83 Stanford Invite
Luke Puskedra              28:34.17 '09              28:34.17 Ore Rel
Diego Mercado              28:48.54 '09              28:48.54 Stanford Invite
Daniel Mercado             28:53.02 '09              28:53.02 Stanford Invite
Scott Wall                     29:23.84 '07
Jordan McNamara          29:36.33 '07
Kenny Klotz                   29:50.26 '07
Jon Thomas                  30:17.66 '07

1500                               PR                            SB
Zoe Buckman              4:15.66 '09          4:15.66 Ore Twi           
Nicole Blood                 4:14.73 '08         4:17.55 Ore Twi
Alexandra Kosinski       4:18.43               4:18.43 Peps
Becca Noble                4:17.43
Dana Buchanon           4:23.88 '06          4:24.42 Mt SAC
Mattie Bridgmon          4:27.12               4:27.12 Oregon Preview
Zoe Nelson                 4:28.38                4:32.87 Pepsi
Becky Bies                  4:30.95 '08          4:33.29 Ore Rel
Brie Wetsch                4:52.77 mile         4:35.70 Pepsi
Brooke Giuffre            4:54.60 mile       

3,000 meter Steeple        PR                     SB
Claire Michel              10:13.56 '09         10:13.56 '09 NC prel
Dana Buchanon          10:28.53              10:28.53 Stanford
Brooke Giuffre            10:36.26 '09        10:36.26 P-10

5,000                           PR                          SB
Nicole Blood              15:38.61              15:38.61 '09 US
Lindsay Scherf           15:42.81 '05         15:55.67 indoors/16:28.62 Pepsi
Mattie Bridgmon        16:09.29 ind/16:26.21    16:09.29 ind/16:26.21 Pepsi
Zoe Nelson               16:35.18 ind '08    16:47.01 Ore Twi
Bria Wetsch              16:38.64i '09        16:38.64 indoors/17:04.75 Stanford
Becky Bies               16:46.96 '08         16:50.89 Stanford   
Bronwyn Crossman    16:55.65 '09         16:55.65 Ore Twi
Claire Michel            17:06.55 '09          17:06.55 P-10
Lauren Zaludek        17:34.25 '09          17:34.25 Pepsi

Redshirt
Melissa Grelli             16:05.98 '08

Redshirt?
Keara Sammons        16:31.71 '07  

10,000 meters             PR                        SB
Lindsay Scherf        32:51.20 '05
Mattie Bridgmon     33:37.73                33:37.73 Stanford
Bria Wetsch           35:39.86 '09           35:39.86 P-10
Zoe Nelson            34:50.59                37:38.64 P-10
Becky Bies             36:20.61 '09          36:20.61 P-10

Redshirt
Melissa Grelli          33:01.56 '07

Redshirt?
Keara Sammons    33:54.55 '07

At the interview she seemed more relaxed and relieved than excited that she won her first NCAA individual title.

Texas A&M junior Porscha Lucas and sophomore Gabby Mayo were fourth and fifth respectively and were talking about 8 races down and just two more to go.  But they were confident that they had the strength to keep going and would perform well the next day.  They were both still excited about the collegiate record 4x100 meter relay that broke the record by running 42.36 as Texas A&M won for the third straight year.  Last year they had run on the team that had become third all-time at 42.59 in winning the NCAA title.  Lucas had a similar schedule indoors when she ran the 60, 200, and 4x400 relay.

200 - Porscha Lucas was happy to get her first title after finishing second last year and second indoors this year.  In the first two rounds the '08 OT semifinalist ran prs 22.52 and 22.38 (#4 all-time collegian) to dominate by time but in the final the heavy schedule slowed her to 22.81, just ahead of Charonda Williams of ASU in 22.84.  She now had her 15th all-American award with a year to go.  She is ranked 2nd in the world and US, .04 behind Lauryn Williams.  If Lucas can save some energy in the heats and not double she has a good chance to make the US team.

Charonda Williams of Arizona State did not want to talk.  She seemed to be under the strain of running so many races to triple and help the Arizona State team possibly win.  She had been great at the Pac-10 meet.  But seem to have trouble with so many races.  She looked like she was slow to recover under the eight race toll. Indoors she helped the ASU 4x400 relay team to a runner-up finish at the NCAA indoor but didn't run outdoors.  Outdoors she finished a below expected sixth in the 100 at 11.37 and was second in the 200 at 22.84 after running a pr 22.71 in the semis.  Both finals were run into head-winds.  If she limits her race schedule she will probably be more successful at the US championships. 

400- Joanna Atkins of Auburn surprised herself with her win.  She did not expect to win, she just focused on her own race out in lane 8 where she could see no one.  The sophomore was fourth indoors.  She ran 50.39 (#2 US and world this year) to move to fifth all-time among collegians.  She beat pre-race favorites Jessica Beard of Texas A&M (50.56) (#4 US and World this year) who moved to sixth all-time among collegians and NCAA indoor champion Francina McCrory of Hampton in 50.58 (#5 US, #6 world this year) who moved to eighth all-time.  Those were the fastest times ever for 2nd and 3rd at an NCAA championships. 

Duck Keshia Baker finished fifth in a school record 51.29 and she praised god and her coach, Robert Johnson for guiding her. She said she will use this experience to help the younger sprinters on Oregon's team, Amber Purvis and Mandy White for next year's NCAA championship to be held in Eugene. 

800 - Geena Gall of Michigan came into college the top 800 runner and ended her career as the top.  She had gained strength from the 1500 training and this year was a doing a lot more speed. Early in the bad part of the year in Michigan she had run a 55 second quarter-mile.  She ran 2:00.80 for a 1.5 second pr (OT in '08) and feels that could have been faster if she had not run wire-to-wire. 

Laura Hermanson of North Dakota State ran 2:06 in 2007 and then ran 2:03.37 in LA last year and had some good performances.  She has had great training this year and ran a pr 2:03.19 in the semis and 2:01.37 in the final.  She was very excited with her quick development and looks forward to racing some more. 

Phoebe Wright of Tennessee won the indoor 800, was part of the DMR win and looked great until the final.  She won her heat in  2:04.86 and semi in 2:02.56 but couldn't answer in the final as she had all year long.  She ran 2:03.57 for fifth.  I expect she will run very well at the US championships if she is healthy. 

1,500 - Susan Kuiken of Florida State really wanted her first outdoor title.  In 2008 she had won the NCAA indoor 3k title but to get an outdoor title meant a lot to her.  She had battled against the top runners but was confident she could get the win.  She pulled away from everyone, not like last year when she couldn't follow her teammate's (HAnnah England) move. She won in 4:13.05.

Brenda Martinez of Cal Riverside had outkicked everyone and had recently taken down all of the list leaders with a great kick in this, her senior year.  Indoors she was just 7th (pr 4:39) but her speed and a great training season indicated she could have a great track season.  At conference she ran a 2:03.05 800 to indicate her great condition and speed and she ran 2:02.34 last year.  She had raced 1,500s all season to gain race experience.  Kuiken still finished faster and MArtinez was second in 4:13.97.  Her coach said she will run the 800 meters at the US championship because it is a change and they would like to see what she would do since they only ran one 800 meters and that was at the conference meet where she doubled. 

Steeple -  Colorado's Jenny Barringer has looked tremendous all year.  She hasn't lost to an American of collegian all year long.  At Prefontaine she surprised her whole team by announcing at a team meeting before the race that she would run the 1,500.  She ran 3:59.90 collegiate record after winning the indoor 3k in a collegiate record and beating multiple NCAA champion in the mile indoors at the Big 12 championship, then set a 5k outdoors.  At the NCAA championship she broke the in-season collegiate record in the steeplechase at 9:25.54.  She seemed disappointed and it seemed she was heavy-legged.  The heavy schedule may have slowed her.  She mentioned how she had a list of all of the collegiate distance records on the wall and crossed them off as she broke the records and said her records are also meant to be crossed off

Freshman Mel Lawrence Washington - she seemed a little overwhelmed by the attention.  She was happy with the performance to get third.  She had been given confidence by her coach that she would do well.

5,000 meters - Angela Bizzari of Illinois did not to seem to have confidence that she would do well even though she was the top returner.  She said she was not aware of who was around her and was just racing. 

Nicole Blood of Oregon - was happy to get eight points for the team.  She thought she was still in the race to win with 200 to go.   When she heard the crowd noise she responded to run as fast as she could to hold off Koons and Sanakiewich who were chasing her. 

10,000 meters - Danette Doetzel fo Providence said this year's entire plan was to run the 10,000 even though she had the top 5,000 meter time.  Her coach had given her confidence to have success here. 

Mattie Bridgmon of Oregon was seventh.  She knew she had to score so she pushed the pace.  She was very happy to contribute two points to the team effort.  She had missed two weeks after Pepsi due to soreness in her foot that had been bugging her a little after her Stanford 10k. 

100 hurdles - Tiffany Ofili of Michigan was relieved to win after losing the semifinal and had no idea of the rarity of winning three NCAA 100 hurdles titles.  She admitted her strength was due to cross training in the heptathlon.  Long jump and 200 training has halped her with her development

Texas A&M's Gabby Mayo was 4th after winning her semifinal.  She seemed tired and seemed to have strained something (or just tired) after the race.  Teammate Vashti Thomas did not finish and the Aggies did not get the advantage of having an extra competitor to help with the team race.

400 hurdles - Nicole Leach of UCLA had been hurt early in the year and her coach, Janette Bolden, admitted to starting her season slowly.  At the west region meet Bolden was hopeful of her success at the NCAA meet.

4x100 meter relay - Texas A&M was not called for a pass out of zone in the final during their collegiate record 42.36.  The first exchange was passed out of zone but because the official had not raised a flag, the NCAA could not disqualify them although four teams protested. 

4x400 meter relay - Texas used Alexandria Anderson on the third leg and she was the only person in the final to break 51 seconds.  That allowed their 17 year-old sophomore Chantel Malone to finish off the relay to get them the win.  Anderson earned her 20th all-American award.  Very few competitors have gotten 20 a-a awards. 

HJ - Destinee Hooker of Texas won her third title to get into rare company.  She will compete at the US championships but if she makes the world championship team she will train for volleyball at the same time and try to squeeze in high jump workouts.  She mentioned she would like to high jump and play volleyball at the Olympics.  If their is a schedule conflict she would drop high jump.  She said the technique she has most improved at Texas is her in air/over-the-bar technique. 

Runner-up Liz Patterson was frustrated at not winning.  She is happy she has an Arizona teammate, Jasmin Day, that is in her corner and that they push each other in practice. 

Long Jump - Kim Williams of Florida State said this was just an extra event.  She praise her coach, Dennis Nobles, and mentioned how good he was and his previous history of coaching world record holder Jonathon Edwards.     

Jameesha Youngblood of Oregon was disappointed she couldn't get first place points because she had tied for the top jump but was third due to her second best jump.  She admits her improved speed is good but bad at the same time because it is hard to handle.  She says she does not look at her mark unless it is her third jump and she needs a good jump.  She also said she is inconsistent on the runway because she is inconsistent with her speed.  She said she was done even though she still had the triple jump.

Triple Jump - Kim Williams of Florida State is just a sophomore and won the triple jump with the best jump ever at 47-2 1/4 but was wind-aided by a 2.1 m/s wind.  The jump would have been the collegiate record if it was only 2.0 m/s wind-aided. 

Shot Put - Mariam Kekhhishvili of Florida was disappointed with her prelim performance because she said she wasn't fired up.  For the final she was but in warm-ups she pulled her hamstring.  She won though

Sarah Stevens of Arizona State was not happy about losing but happy about scoring points for the team.  She said she will put shot at US championships and not throwing Discus will help because that "throws off her technique in the shot put."

Discus - D'Andra Carter joined her sister Michelle and father Michael winning NCAA championships.  She was happy to be rid of the pressure and is happy to chear on her sister at the US championships. 

Hammer Throw - Sarah Stevens is happy with her progress in the event and the seconds in the shot and discus and third place finish here scored 22 for the team.  The most for any field athlete.  She will throw the hammer at the US championships

Javelin Throw - Rachel Yurkovich of Oregon was mad going into the last three throws.  After prelims she wanted to get things going.  She ended up beating her goal of 59 meters and she did it three times with her best throw of 59.62, 195-7, a school record.  All three throws over 195 are now the 7th, 8th, and 9th best collegiate throws ever (still #6 collegian) . Patterson of Purdue couldn't respnd but did have her best throw with her fourth throw, 57.96m, 190-2. 

Heptathlon - Oregon's Brianne Thiesen seemed a little worn after the first day with the tough competition.  On the second day she improved by 16 feet on her third throw of the javelin throw to take the lead.  She was then in range of 6100 points to make the World championship A standard and she needed to run 2:13.7 to get that.  The first thing she told Dan Steele at the end of the race was, "I'm so disappointed. Just 14 points off."  Steele had to tell her, "be happy, you're an NCAA champion as a sophomore."  Under Steele's training she has lost 2  pounds but has gotten stronger.  Her improved speed is a big reason for her improved performance this year.

Ahmad Rashad of USC has in his coaches words "worked his butt off," to get back to this point.  He seems like a great kid and the 10.10 for second in the final is just the beginning for him.

The revelation of the meet was D'Angelo Cherry of Mississippi State who ran 10.03 in the heats to become #3 on the world junior list.  He ran sixth in the final.  If he runs at the world junior meet he could break Jeff Demps' record of 10.01 from the Olympic Trials in Eugene last year.  Location for this year's US junior meet.

200- Charles Clark of Florida State won in 20.55 but this is a long way from 2005 when Spearmon ran 19.91, Gay ran 19.93/20.16 final, Carter ran 20.08, Dix 20.18 semi, Martin 20.34 semi, Amoo 20.36 semi, or Dix the last three years in the second half of a double in 20.30, 20.32, and 20.40.  On a fast track it was the slowest time since 1976.

400- Jonathon Borlee turned the tables on his twin Kevin and won the 400 meters.  The two ran on Belgium's Olympic 4x400 meter relay.  Kevin ran in the semifinals of the Olympics and set the Belgian national record.  Here Jonathon broke Kevin's national record (44.88) to win the NCAA championship in 44.78 (#5 in the world) and Kevin was fourth. 

Michael Bingham was the NCAA indoor champ was a disappointed 2nd in 45.09.  Calvin Smith (#2 seed at 44.96), the only American in the top six was third at 45.29. 

Jordan Boase of Washington has not put it together all year and couldn't make it out of the semifinals.  He looked injured at the Pac-10 200 and his coaches have been cautious with him since. 

Pre-NCAA favorite (44.86 to win Big 12) sophomore Gil Roberts had the third fastest heat winning time but did not finish his heat in the semifinals. 

800 - Andrew Wheating ran 1:46.21 in the semifinals and final for the top collegiate time but probably would have run faster in the final if a cramp/injury had not hit him with 300 meters to go. He ran 51.84 for the first 400, just behind Tevan Everett at 51.26.  It looked like he would follow his promise of beating the meet record of 1:44.70 but was slowed by the pain. 

1500 - German Fernandez looked good at 3:39.00 (#4 a-t US junior) and would likely make the US junior team but will pass that up and take a few weeks to visit with family in California.  He expects a big reception at home from family and friends and then will prepare for the cross country season.  He admits to missing a lot of time due to little injuries or bad days. 

Stanford's Garrett Heath was fourth at Pac-10 and third at the west regional meet but ends up second at the NCAA meet in 3:39.51 after Centrowitz (hurt), Rupp (other events), and Wheating (other event) did not run. 

3000 steeplechase - Kyle Perry of BYU ran in his sixth career steeplechase and won the NCAA championship in 8:29.24, a 10+ second pr.  He was fourth at the west regional mostly due to hayfever.  He chose to run the steeplechase because he felt it was unlikely he could beat Rupp in the 5,000.  He has the right build and good speed and likely has a huge future in the steeplechase.

5k/10k - Rupp was spectacular over the last 1000 meters of the 5k by running 2:25.  He has no idea how well he is running.  His focus was strictly on the team and he has no goals that he is working towards.  He said the secret to his success is uninterupted health the last year.  He used to occassionally miss workouts due to minor injuries but not this year as he runs 100 miles with more speed work than ever.  He also finished in 2:30 at the end of the 10k and jogged in the last 50 meters in both.  Until these sprints he looked like he was jogging most of both races while running 70 second laps with the other runners.

Personally, I think he will run under 13:10 (63.2 second laps) for the 5k and will break 27:00 (64.8 second laps) for the 10k.  He said he hasn't run that pace but I said the way he runs long stretches at a fast pace indicate it is possible.  I hope he believes it and goes after it.

Chris Derrick of Stanford will hopefully run US juniors.  The US junior record holder at 5k showed a good kick in the 5k (1:57.87 the last 800 meters) which he didn't show at Pac-10 or west regional meets.  It might have been due to the slow pace but it was a great sign for him.

Sam Chelanga finished third in the 10,000 but will be the top returner, 35 seconds faster than the next returning finisher, Girma Mecheso of Auburn.  He will work on speed for next year.  It is likely he will three or more NCAA titles each of the next two years.  He and Rupp were far ahead of everyone else at the NCAA cross country championships and ran the second fastest collegiate 5k ever indoors at 13:19.  He will be fun to watch the next two years and he is a really nice guy. 

110 hurdles - Sophomore Ronnie Ash of Bethune-Cookman made a breakthrough with his 13.27 win into a 2.0 m/s headwind.  This title goes with his indoor 60m hurdle title.  Before his senior year of high school he moved from New Jersey and he wanted to make friends at his new school.  So, for the first time ever he competed in any athletic endeavor and ran track.  His coach recommended him to Bethune-Cookman's coaches and now he is ranked 7th in the US but 8th in the world.  He has a huge amount of potential and he is a really nice kid. 

Senior Jason Richardson was the top seed from his time at the SEC meet (13.29, #9 US).  His times were off that but he also ran into the head wind and ran 13.49 for second.   

Two junior competitors, William Wynne of Florida was third (13.68) and Booker Nunley from South Carolina was sixth at the NCAA meet (13.84) and could run some great times at the US junior meet.

400 hurdles - Sophomores Jeshua Anderson (48.47) of Washington State and Johnny Dutch (48.62) of South Carolina renewed their rivalry and repeated their 1-2 finish from last year's world Junior championships.  Anderson said he will run at the US championships.  He is ranked third in the US and fifth in the world.  Dutch, plans unknown for US, is ranked fourth in the US and sixth in the world.  Anderson, in spite of his antics at the PAc-10 meet, is a nice respectful kid.  

High Jump -  Scott Sellers of Kansas State won his third NCAA title.  He knows competition in the US has increased with Manson at 7-8 1/2 (#1 world) and Williams at 7-8 (#2 world).  Sellers started his season late due to injury but said his form and timing are coming together.  His coach works with him on athleticism and he has several quality training partners, including Williams, Keith Moffatt, and  occassionally. 

Pole Vault - Jason Colwick of Rice won as he nearly pr'd (5.72) with a best clearance of 5.70m, 18-8 1/4.  He admits to have cleared 19 feet in practice and with Brad Walker and Tommy Skipper staying low key this year Colwick definitely has a shot of winning the US championship or making the team.  He is #5 in the world and #1 in the US.  He picked his school based on academics and then weather they had a track team even though he was the Texas 5A state champion.  He has steadily improved from his high school pr of 5.18m but last year's 18 foot vault at the Texas Relays changed the opinion of this 2x NCAA champion (indoor this year also) and now he is putting more focus into vaulting.  

Long Jump - Ngoni Makusha of Florida State won the outdoor title last year and indoors was sprinting and jumping very well but pulled a hamstring.  He finally recovered after the ACC meet and has improved under the watchful eye of Jonathon Edwards' coach (wr over 60 feet in the triple jump- only one over 60') Dennis Nobles.  He finished 12th at the west regional and had the sixth best jump of non-automatic qualifiers.  The NCAA took only 25 jumpers and head coach Bob Braman protested.  The NCAA added him June 4th.  Makusha was thankful to God for his good fortune and ability.  That ability put him only 2 centimeters from the bronze medal at last year's Olympics.  

2008 NCAA indoor champion Reindell Cole of Cal State Northridge had the top jump of the weekend by jumping 8.21, 26-10 w2.1 m/s in qualifying but fouled three times in the final.  His health injuries of the past year pluys seem to be over but he fouled out.  He should be in the final of the US championship if he can get consistency on the runway. 

Triple Jump - Will Claye came over after the triple jump with a straw hat on.  The freshman, who left high school early to join Oklahoma, set the American junior record of 56-4 3/4 to move to =#9 a-t WJ, #9 collegian, and #6 NCAA all time.  He is ranked 9th in the world and 1st among Americans but will jump in the junior meet.  He jumped 56-6 3/4 with a 2.5 m/s aiding wind.  He was so quiet it was hard to hear him, not a big ego kid.

Texas A&M's triple jumpers made a huge mark at the NCAA meet and scored 18 points. Jamaican Julian Reid jumped a wind legal school record 16.98m, 55-8 1/2 and 2.5m/s wind aided 17.10m, 56-1 1/4 (better than any winning mark since 2004).  Zuheir Sharif was fourth with a wind-aided 55-0 jump (#2 all-time Texas A&M all conditions). 

Florida freshman Christian Taylor won the NCAA indoor meet with the and set the American junior record (55-8 1/2).  He finished third at the outdoor meet with a wind-aided jump of 55-5 3/4 and wind legal jump of 54-7 1/2.  He could face Claye at the US juniors for the grudge match if both choose to compete.  He is ranked fourth among Americans.

Shot Put - Ryan Whiting won his third NCAA shot put title (first outdoors).  Because Reese Hoffa won the 2007 world championship the US will be taking four shot putters.  When he threw 71 feet indoors in 2008 it had been his longest stretch of healthy training.  His shoulder is bugging him now and all he can do is throw six times a day.  He won with a best throw of 20.11m, 65-11 3/4, the second worst winning throw since 1999.  He is ranked seventh in the world and fourth among Americans (best throw at west regional 20.99m, 68-10 1/2).  He will focus on the Shot Put and not throw the Discus.

Discus Throw  - Martin Maric of Cal threw the javelin early in the year but a shoulder injury convinced him to focus on the Discus since the Pac-10 meet.  He felt more comfortable with the Discus and threw a pr 61.53m, 201-10 in the prelims for fourth all-time among Bears.  Five of the top six competitors were from the PAc-10 meet and Maric commented that the final was just like the Pac-10 meet.  He is the top ranked Croatian and hopes to compete at the world championships.  To win he needed his last throw to nip Whiting by two centimeters, 59.82m 196-3, for the shortest winning throw since 1997.   

Daniel Scharer of Stanford threw a big pr 63.55m, 208-5 to win the Pac-10 meet and was only 48 centimeters short of the Swiss national record.  He will also hopefully compete at the World championship after finishing third at the NCAA meet.

Hammer Throw - Marcel Lomnicky of Virginia Tech was the favorite even though he was only the third seed.  He proved prognosticators correct. His four major championship experiences, including the third place finish at the 2007 European U-23 championships and 2006 world junior championships, gave him an advantage and Coach Jack at Virginia Tech has been highly successful and lured him to the states.  He expects to compete in Europe and is the second ranked Slovakian thrower. 

Walter Henning of LSU will likely participate in his first US national championship after finishing second at the NCAA meet.  Last year he won the world junior championship is the sixth ranked American this year.  Senior Chris Rohr of Missouri was the top ranked thrower at the NCAA meet and ranked fifth in the US but finished fourth at the NCAA meet.    Junior Jason Lewis of Arizona State finished sixth at the NCAA meet but made a 20 foot improvement in the hammer throw (#2 all-time ASU) after making a seven foot improvement in the indoor weight throw to win the NCAA indoor championship.  Coach Dumble was bouncing around because of how proud he was of his developing thrower. 

Javelin throw - Chris Hill of Georgia won his second straight NCAA title and is a threat to make the world championship team.  He is the third ranked American this year (81.80m, 268-4)  but is throwing better than the two ranked ahead of him.  He was fourth at the Olympic Trials last year after throwing 24 feet short of where he is at this time of year.  He is probably the favorite if Breaux Greer has not returned to the health that had him throw the American Record (299) at the US championships in 2007. 

Corey White of USC has not broken 250 feet since the UCLA dual.  He threw 248 at the NCAA championships for second and says he does not like to throw at Hayward Field. 

Cyrus Hostetler of Oregon has said his timing has been off since the Pepsi meet.  His run-up is longer and he doesn't hold his block at all.  His throws have been low because he is not getting the lift in his throws that a block would provide.  The javelin is flying extemely fast at a low trajectory and still he threw 72.71, 238-6.  If he can get back to the Pepsi form where he threw 272-10 but possibly slowing his run-up he has a good shot of winning the US championship. 

Decathlon - Junior Ashton Eaton of Oregon scored 8241 but it was a wind-aided 100 meters, 10.35 with 4.1 m/s aiding wind.  He was so fast down the long jump runway they pulled him back 2' then a foot foul and they moved him 6".  Another foul and they moved him back 1'6" and he was 3" behind the board on a 24-10 jump (25-7 easy).  His coach and he felt that he would break 26', not far-fetched at all.  He nearly set a pr in the shot put, 41-3, a bad high jump at 6-6 1/4 (four inches short of indoor best), but a 46.85 400 was a collegiate Decathlon record and he bettered the 1st day meet record although this was not official since it was wind-aided.  He tied the wind-aided meet record in the 110 hurdles, then threw a pr in the Discus throw at 137-1.  A 14-5 1/4 pole vault was due to bad communication with his coach and a change in the pole vault direction.  He had wormed up with clearances at 5.00m, worth 179 points more.  He threw a near pr 175-11 in the javelin and then answered his closest competitior in the competition, Matteo Sossah of North Carolina, with a near pr 1,500 meters in 4:20.75. His score of 8241 fell within his goal of 8200 to 8400 and he would have scored 8420 if he had cleared 16-4 3/4.  Last year he finished fifth in the Olympic Trials behind Brian Clay at 8832 points, Trey Hardee 8534, Tom Pappas 8511, and Jake Arnold 8130.  All are returning.

Tom Pappas - he advised me he is competing at the US championships because he was upset at how the Olympics went.  He said he is in great shape and ready to put up a great score. 

Matteo Sossah - North Carolina is a fast developing athlete.  He took this winter and last spring off.  He finished fourth at the 2007 European junior championships.  He had decathlon prs in 8 of the 10 events to score 8044 points.  He is close to Eaton because he is a much better thrower but Eaton is much faster in every event except for the 1,500 meters where they are practically equal. 

100 - Marcus Duncan of Arizona State is the top returner and Ahmad Rashad of USC was the 2007 Pac-10 champion so this could be a great battle if Rashad is back to form.  Senior Justin Woods of Washington State is a consistently high performer at this level and has plenty of experience at the NCAA level.  This event is wide open

200 - This year senior Jordan Boase of Washington is doubling along with his specialty, the 400 meters.  He will be challenged by double 2007 Pac-10 champion Ahmad Rashad of USC but is likely to get a double of his own.

400 - Senior Jordan Boase should get his first two individual titles after dealing with '07 World Championship competitor Lionel Larry of USC year.  2008 World junior and NCAA 400 hurdle champion Joshua Anderson of Washington State will attempt to defeat the Washington school record holder.  Duck juniors Chad Barlow and Ashton Eaton will likely lead the rest of the competitors on their home turf. 

800 - Olympian Andrew Wheating of Oregon will likely hold off top collegiate freshman Mason McHenry of Arizona State and NCAA veterans Cory Primm of UCLA and Nectaly Barbosa of Arizona State.

1500 - This could be an incredible race if the competitors push the pace.  Five of the top nine NCAA outdoor marks are represented by the top seeds in this competition.  19 year old top seed Matthew Centrowitz jr will attempt to follow his NCAA leading win from the Payton Jordan Invite with a PAc-10 championship.  Teammate and Olympian Andrew Wheating and NCAA veterans Garret Heath of Stanford, Michael Coe of Cal, Austin Abbott of Washington, and Brandon Bethke of Arizona State will challenge for what should be spectacular.  10,000 meter Olympian and Oregon indoor school record holder in the mile Galen Rupp is entered but he is likely to run the 5k and 10k. 

Steeplechase - Oregon senior Chris Winter is a strong favorite to get his first Pac-10 championship after finishing behind ASU NCAA champions Aaron Aguayo and Kyle Alcorn.  Last year he made his first NCAA championships and reached the final.  Now is his chance to get a win.  Stanford's Chris Mocko and John Sullivan are closest on the list. 

5,000 - Senior Olympian Galen Rupp will attempt to repeat his 2007 double with tougher competition.  Good thing his speed has improved and he has four NCAA titles already from this year.  Transfer Brandon Bethke of Arizona State crushed the old school record by 10 seconds and freshman Chris Derrick of Stanford broke Rupp's American junior record.   All three runners are at least expected to double.  Depending on how tired Rupp and his competitors are this could be a great race. 

10,000 - To end the first night Oregon will attempt to accrue a large number of points in this race.  This mass of points have led to two consecutive Pac-10 team championships.  Five of the top six seeds are Ducks and led by Rupp.  To derail the Ducks chances teams will have to try to break this up but Rupp, senior Shadrack Biwott, and Luke Puskedra are the only NCAA automatic qualifiers, so it will be difficult.

100 hurdles - Stanford senior and 2008 NCAA semifinalist Myles Bradley is almost a lock but anything can happen when barriers are in front of you.  Sophomore Oscar Spurlock of USC has made a big step up this year but will have to take another one to beat Bradley.

400 hurdles - Sophomore world junior and NCAA champ Jeshua Anderson of Washington State is back and everyone will be fighting for second.  Teammate Barry Leavitt and  Cal's Jake Hanson have NCAA experience and will face super-frosh Amaechi Morton of Stanford and finally healthy sophomore super-prep David Klech of Oregon in the fight for second.

4x100 relay - USC has a number of very good runners, UCLA has some good runners and ASU is trying to pass well enough to win here.  We will see after the stick makes it around the track. 

4x400 relay - Every year teams come into the conference meet and obliterate their season bests.  USC and Arizona State always have great runners.  ASU and USC have won the last ten Pac-10 championships and ASU won last year.  It is likely not to change.

HJ - Ed Wright of Cal had won two in-a-row but now that he has graduated he will likely be succeeded by the emergence of Trent Arrivey of Washington State who is the collegiate leader.  Manjula Wijesekara of USC and Taylor Hobson of UCLA are a step ahead of the rest of the competition for second.

Pole Vault - Sophomore Scott Roth redshirted last year and recovered his freshman form by almost (short .02m) equaling his 2007 pr that he set indoors.  In the difficult wind conditions of Hayward Field there is never a solid favorite and he will be joined by fellow Huskies Ryan Vu and Jared O'Conner.  Nick Mossberg of Arizona and any one of the five quality UCLA vaulters could also win this. 

Long Jump - Two NCAA scoring seniors left and it has left a void at the top of the conference.  Junior Ashton Eaton jumped into it during the dual with UCLA and beat Taylor Hobson's personal best in the process.  Senior Luis Rivera-Morales of Arizona was third at this meet last year behind those two aforementioned seniors and consistently jumps well so this should be a great competition. 

Triple Jump - If Rivera-Morales doesn't get his first PAc-10 title in Saturday's long jump he will likely get it here and possibly get a school record in the process but he will be strongly challenged by the rapidly developing senior Aven Wright of USC and NCAA competitor Jonathan Clark of UCLA.

Shot Put - Junior Ryan Whiting and Senior Zach Lloyd are former high school leaders and have prs over 69 feet.  Lloyd won the Pac-10 last year but Whiting finished 2nd ahead of Lloyd's fourth at the NCAA championships.  Indoors Whiting won his second straight title and Whiting was third.  They are two of the top talents at the meet and may be future Olympians. 

Discus Throw - Before the season five of the top nine returning collegians were from the Pac-10.  Due to injuries that has been reduced to four of the top seven throwers this year but it should still be great competition.  Daniel Shaerer of Stanford (199-3) leads the group and is second nationally, just 3/4 of an inch further than Whiting and nine inches ahead of Cal senior Martin Maric.  Junior Jason Lewis of Arizona State has joined this elite group this year and is less than 7 feet behind.  It should be a tough competition.

Hammer Throw - Junior Jason Lewis of Arizona State has improved 27 feet this year (223-7) and is now one of the top collegiate hammer throwers.  He will have to beat 2008 NCAA fourth place finisher Boldizsar Kocsor of UCLA.  Junior Zack Midles has improved significantly this year and will have to some more to contend for a title.

Javelin Throw - Former world leader but still collegiate and US leader Cyrus Hostetler of Oregon (272-10) will have a tough competition with NCAA runner-up and defending champ Corey White of USC who has also pr'd this year (272-2)

There will be many interesting battles among top level competition including the 400, 1500, 5,000, 10,000, pole vault, shot put, hammer throw and javelin throw.  Competitors in each of these events are among just a few NCAA favorites. 

Predictions - Oregon 153, USC 104, ASU 103, Stanford 100

400 - Nicole Leach of UCLA will move from the 400 hurdles for this meet to go against defending champion Keshia Baker of Oregon.  Olear of USC, Lacy of UCLA and Benjamin of ASU have NCAA relay experience and are close challengers.

800 - Zoe Buckman of Oregon was fourth at last year's NCAA meet but has not shown the form yet that she exhibited last year although she does lead the conference this year.  Anna Layman of Washington State was eighth in that race last year but also has not shown the form.  Curry of UCLA and Pierce of Cal are consistent challengers and may get their shot to win the title this year. 

1500 - Lauren Centrowitz of Stanford has looked very good this year and after two year's of being runner-up has her best shot to win in her senior year.  Defending champ Follett of Washington and teammate Campbell will challenge along with Ducks Blood and Kosinski

Steeple - Freshman Husky sensation Marie Lawrence will try to get her first conference title against '08 NCAA 9th place finisher and USC sophomore Zsofia Erdelyi, Stanford's Emilie Amaro and two-time defending champ Sara Trane of WSU

5,000 - Nicole Blood of Oregon will try to defend her title against freshman sensation Laurynne Chatelat of Stanford as both times are so close and done in different races that who knows who can go how much faster. Three Huskies Follett, Campbell and Lawrence are close behind with senior transfer Scherf of the Ducks in there but with an up-and-down season.   Of major note is the fact that Chetelat is the only one not expected to double 

10,000 - Junior MAttie Bridgmon of Oregon has had an incredible season and has had prs throughout the season, indoors and outdoors.  She has shown a great amount of fight and competitiveness and maybe will get credit for the first time with a Pac-10 title.  She faces tough, veteran competitors in Anita Campbell of Washington and Ali Kielty of ASU.  She also faces 2008 NCAA third place finisher Alex Gits of Stanford who just ran her first race since last year by running a 5k at the PAyton Jordan Invite so she is a dangerous wild card. 

100 hur - Kimyon Broom of Cal is the defending champion and top seed but did not make the NCAA meet last year but USC teammates Shalina Clarke (8th) and Nia Ali (semis) did.  This shoud be fun to watch as fortunes always change rapidly during a 100 meter hurdles race.     

400 hurdles - 2007 NCAA champ and '08 runner-up Nicole Leach of UCLA must have thought she needed more competition in the 400 after only one Pac-10 competitor even made it into the NCAA heats last year.  Freshman sensation Dalilah Muhammad of USC should make a run at the NCAA meet and is far ahead of the competition. 

HJ - Defending NCAA and Pac-10 champion Elizabeth Patterson of Arizona had had a 3 1/2" pr and should dominate here.  NCAA veterans and teammate Jasmin Day and California's Inika McPherson will head the rest unless talented Rhonda Watkins of UCLA overcomes her regular injuries. 

PV - No one of this highly successful group has dominated or regularly succeeded.  This is the most unpredictable of any of the events anyway and more so with the changing and sometimes heavy winds of Hayward Field who knows.  Katie Morgan of Cal won the NCAA champ with the lowest height since 2002, Gabriela Duclos of Arizona was the 2007 Pac-10 champ, and they along with Melissa Gergel of Oregon, Katy Viuf, Tori Pena and Tori Anthony of UCLA have been NCAA all-Americans or competitors.  Gergel does have more experience with these conditions and that will help. 

LJ - 2x 2007 NCAA champ Rhonda Watkins of UCLA is hoping to get back to that form.  Anything close and she is a cinch to win this meet.  Stanford's Arantxa King and Oregon's Jameesha Youngblood should lead the rest. 

TJ - Arantxa King of Stanford will take of the mantle given to her by former teammate and four-time PAc-10 champion Erica McClain.   She is joined by teammates Jordan Merback and Whitney Liehr who will challenge her as will Cal's Artensia Young and former high school sensation Ke'Nyia Richardson of UCLA. 

SP and Discus - Sarah Stevens of ASU has been one of the top collegian and American shot putters since her freshman year and will attempt to win her third title.  She will be a heavy favoritein both throws

Hammer Throw - Defending NCAA champion senior Eva Orban has not finished lower than third at the NCAA meet but will be looking for just her second NCAA title.  Sarah Stevens of Arizona State upset her last year and will attempt to again in a tough women's team overall race. 

Javelin Throw - Senior Rachel Yurkovich will try to be the second javelin thrower to win four consecutive Pac-10 titles (joining Inga Stasiulionyte of USC '01-'04) but more interestingly will try to be one of four in any event joining legendary athletes Amy Acuff of UCLA in the high jump ('94-'97) and Sheena Johnson of UCLA in the 400 hurdles ('01-'04).  Young star sophomore Marissa Tschida and freshman Courtney Kirkwood of Washington State will try to derail Yurkovich's plans.

Oregon 137, USC 126, ASU 115, Stanford 114