2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships is an annual track and field competition organized by USA Track & Field, which serves as the American national championships for the sport...

took place between June 25–28 at Hayward Field

Hayward Field

Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, is one of the best-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. Nearly a century in age, it was the home of the University of Oregon's football team from 1919 through 1966, and has been the home to the Ducks' track and field teams since 1921...

in Eugene, Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

. The competition acted as a way of selecting the United States team for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

United States at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

United States compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of over 100 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Team USA athletes honoured Jessie Owens' memory by displaying the letters JO on their competition singlets. Selected athletes achieved...

in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

later that year.

Men

100 m Wind : +3.1 m/s	Michael Rodgers	9.91	Darvis Patton Darvis Patton Darvis "Doc" Darell Patton is an American sprint athlete. He was the US Champion and World silver medallist over 200 meters in 2003...	9.92	Monzavous Edwards Monzavous Edwards Monzavous "Rae" Edwards is an American sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 meters.Edwards began his career as a junior athlete in 2000, winning the USA Junior and Junior College championships in the 100 and 200 meters races...	10.00
200 m Wind : +3.3 m/s	Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....	19.73	Charles Clark Charles Clark (athlete) Charles Clark is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.22 seconds, but he also ran a wide-aided 20.00 at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships....	20.00	Wallace Spearmon Wallace Spearmon Wallace Spearmon, Jr., is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...	20.03
400 m	LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the fifth fastest of all time...	44.50	Gil Roberts	44.93	Kerron Clement Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles...	45.14
800 m	Nick Symmonds Nick Symmonds Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he...	1 min 45.86	Khadevis Robinson Khadevis Robinson Khadevis Robinson is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time is 1:43.68 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Rieti. A four-time US champion both outdoors and indoors, he has competed at six consecutive editions of the World Championships in...	1 min 45.97	Ryan Brown	1 min 46.67
1500 m	Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, came to the United States at the age of 16 and became a U.S. citizen in 2007...	3 min 41.68	Leonel Manzano Leonel Manzano Leonel "Leo" Manzano is an American cross-country and track and field athlete. Manzano represented the United States in the 1500 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.At the age of four, Manzano's family moved from Mexico to...	3 min 41.82	Dorian Ulrey Dorian Ulrey Dorian Ulrey is a professional runner sponsored by Nike.Dorian was the 2010 national champion at 3000 meters, a 11-time all American, 3-time Missouri Valley Conference champion, 8-time SEC champion, 2009 World Championship 1500 meter semi-finalist, and 2009 Team USA world championship member...	3 min 42.84
5000 m	Matt Tegenkamp Matt Tegenkamp Matthew Tegenkamp is a professional distance runner from Lee's Summit, Missouri. He is the American two-mile record holder, with a time of 8:07.07, set at the Prefontaine Classic in 2007....	13:20.57	Chris Solinsky Chris Solinsky Chris Solinsky is an American distance runner. Among his more notable achievements, he won eight state championships in high school and five NCAA Division I championships at the University of Wisconsin...	13:20.82	Evan Jager Evan Jager Evan Jager is an American distance runner. He currently competes for Nike's Oregon Track Club and is represented by KIMbia Athletics.- High school :...	13:22.18
10,000 m	Galen Rupp Galen Rupp Galen Rupp is an American cross-country and track and field athlete, who competed for the University of Oregon and currently trains under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Oregon Track Club. Rupp competed for his native country in the men's 10000 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,...	27:52.53	Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein is an American long-distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres from 2009–10, when it was broken by Bernard Lagat...	27:58.59	Tim Nelson	28:01.34
3000 m steeplechase	Joshua McAdams	8 min 29.91	Daniel Huling	8 min 32.86	Kyle Alcorn	8 min 34.65
20 km walk	Timothy Seaman Timothy Seaman Timothy M. Seaman is a male race walker from the United States. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics -Achievements:-References:*-External links:...	1 h 26 min 14.26	Patrick Stroupe	1 h 26 min 41.44	Benjamin Shorey	1 h 27 min 17.59
110 m hurdles Wind : +1.7 m/s	David Payne David Payne (athlete) David Payne is an American hurdler. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and his family moved to the suburb of Wyoming. Payne competed in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles while attending the University of Cincinnati...	13.12	Terrence Trammell Terrence Trammell Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three silver medals at the World Championships.The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year attended the University of...	13.12	Aries Merritt Aries Merritt Aries Merritt is an American hurdler who specialises in the 110 meters hurdles.Merritt had a successful college athletic career: in 2006 he won the NCCA Championships, was undefeated in all hurdles events that year, and he broke Willie Gault's University of Tennessee hurdles record...	13.15
400 m hurdles	Bershawn Jackson Bershawn Jackson Bershawn Jackson is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but is also a capable 400 m runner.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles...	48.03	Johnny Dutch Johnny Dutch Johnny Dominique Dutch is an American hurdling athlete.-Career:Dutch attended Clayton High School in North Carolina. In high school, he was a nine-time state champion in both hurdle events. At the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Dutch won gold in the 110 m hurdles and...	48.18	Angelo Taylor Angelo Taylor Angelo F. Taylor is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics....	48.30
High jump	Tora Harris Tora Harris Tora Harris is an American high jumper.He won bronze medals at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the 2006 IAAF World Cup.His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Indianapolis.-Achievements:-References:*...	2.31 m	Andra Manson Andra Manson Andra Manson is a male high jumper from the United States. His personal best jump is 2.35 metres, achieved in April 2009 in Austin. He has 2.33 on the indoor track, from February 2007 in Fayetteville....	2.28 m	—	—
High jump		2.31 m	Keith Moffatt Keith Moffatt (athlete) Keith Moffatt is an American high jumper.He holds a personal best jump of 2.30 metres.-Career Highlights:2006 & 2009 USA Outdoor runner-up3rd at 2005 USA Outdoors2003 Junior Pan Am Games gold medalist2004 NCAA DII Champion...	2.28 m	—	—
Pole vault	Brad Walker	5.75 m	Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott (athlete) Jeremy Scott is an American pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He also competed at the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final....	5.75 m	—	—
Pole vault	Brad Walker	5.75 m	Derek Miles Derek Miles Derek Miles is an American pole vaulter, from Tea, South Dakota. A former pole vaulter for The University of South Dakota Track and Field team, Miles is currently an assistant coach for the Coyotes. Miles finished fourth in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2004, he placed...	5.75 m	—	—
Long jump	Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump...	8.57 m	Brian Johnson	8.26 m	George Kitchens	8.23 m
Triple jump	Brandon Roulhac Brandon Roulhac Brandon Roulhac is an American triple jumper.He finished sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He also competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final....	17.44 m (w)	Walter Davis	16.84 m	James Jenkins	16.79 m (w)
Shot put	Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell is a World Champion American shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 or 335 lbs ....	21.82 m	Dan Taylor	21.21 m	Reese Hoffa Reese Hoffa Reese Hoffa is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m indoor and 22.43 m outdoor. His outdoor performance ranks him 11th on the world all-time lists...	21.10 m
Discus throw	Casey Malone Casey Malone Casey Malone is an American discus thrower. His personal best is 68.49 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado.-Achievements:-External links:...	64.99 m	Jarred Rome Jarred Rome Jarred Rome is an American discus thrower. His personal best throw is 68.76 metres, achieved in 7, August 2011 in Chula Vista...	63.48 m	Ian Waltz Ian Waltz Ian Waltz is an American discus thrower. He is originally from Post Falls, Idaho and attended Washington State University. His personal best distance is 68.91 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Salinas....	61.91 m
Hammer throw	A. G. Kruger A. G. Kruger Alfred George Kruger III is a male hammer thrower from the United States. His personal best is 79.26 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Berea.He finished fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...	75.31 m	Thomas Freeman	74.64 m	Michael Mai	73.80 m
Javelin throw	Chris Hill	83.87 m	Mike Hazle	82.06 m	Sean Furey	76.16 m
Decathlon	Trey Hardee Trey Hardee James Edward Hardee III is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the decathlon.-Career:...	8261 pts	Ashton Eaton Ashton Eaton Ashton Eaton is an American decathlete, who competes for the Oregon Track Club Elite team based in Eugene, Oregon. He currently holds the world record in the heptathlon.-College career:...	8075 pts	Jake Arnold Jake Arnold Robert Jacob "Jake" Arnold is a decathlete from the United States. He represented the United States in the decathlon at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships ranking 13th and 24th respectively...	7984 pts

Women

100 m Wind : +3.3 m/s	Carmelita Jeter Carmelita Jeter Carmelita Jeter is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters. She is the 2011 IAAF World Champion in the 100 metres.She won the 100 m bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and a gold at the World Athletics Final. she won a second World Championship bronze...	10.78	Muna Lee	10.78	Lauryn Williams Lauryn Williams Lauryn Williams is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States...	10.96
200 m Wind : +3.2 m/s	Allyson Felix Allyson Felix Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...	22.02	Muna Lee	22.13	Marshevet Hooker Marshevet Hooker Marshevet Myers is a professional sprinter, competing internationally for the United States and sponsored by adidas...	22.36
400 m	Sanya Richards Sanya Richards Sanya Richards-Ross is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics for the 400 m, and a gold medal in the 2009...	50.05	Debbie Dunn Debbie Dunn Debbie Dunn is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. Originally from Jamaica, she attended Fairmont Heights High School in Maryland, then Norfolk State University, and became an American citizen in 2004....	50.79	Jessica Beard Jessica Beard Jessica Beard is an American sprinter who qualified for the 2009 IAAF World Championships in the 4x400-meter relay and 400 meters. She won the gold medal with the relay team...	50.81
800 m	Hazel Clark Hazel Clark Hazel Mae "Peachy" Clark-Riley , née Hazel Mae Clark, is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters middle distance race. Clark was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 2000, 2004 and 2008. She has won six national titles and two USA Olympic trials during her...	2 min 00.79	Geena Gall Geena Gall Geena Gall , is an American mid-distance runner who ran for the University of Michigan and now runs for the Oregon Track Club...	2 min 01.01	Phoebe Wright	2 min 01.12
1500 m	Shannon Rowbury Shannon Rowbury Shannon Rowbury is an American middle distance runner under contract with Nike currently residing in San Francisco, California. Rowbury competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China...	4 min 05.07	Christin Wurth-Thomas Christin Wurth-Thomas Christin Wurth-Thomas is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Wurth-Thomas competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics....	4 min 06.00	Anna Willard Anna Willard Anna Pierce is an American middle distance runner.-Personal:Pierce grew up on a farm in Greenwood, Maine. She took up running as a high school student at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine. She competed as an undergraduate for Brown University and as a graduate student for the University of...	4 min 07.70
5000 m	Kara Goucher Kara Goucher Kara Goucher is an American long-distance runner.-Personal life:Goucher was born in Queens, New York. When she was 4 years old her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver on the Harlem River Drive...	15 min 20.94	Jennifer Rhines Jennifer Rhines Jennifer Rhines is an American long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running events. She has competed in three different Summer Olympics....	15 min 26.92	Angela Bizzarri Angela Bizzarri Angela Bizzarri is a female American distance runner. She competed for the University of Illinois and won 3 NCAA National Titles in Cross Country, the 5000 meter , and 3000 meters . As an Illini she received 9 All-American honours and 5 Big Ten conference titles...	15 min 33.02
10,000 m	Amy Begley	31 min 22.69	Shalane Flanagan Shalane Flanagan Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m...	31 min 23.43	Katie McGregor Katie McGregor Katie McGregor is an American runner who participates in track, cross country and the marathon.-High school:McGregor attended Willoughby South High School in Willoughby, Ohio...	32 min 08.04
3000 m steeplechase	Jennifer Barringer Jennifer Barringer Jennifer Simpson is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser. She represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Simpson holds the American record in the Steeplechase with a time of 9:12.50...	9 min 29.38	Anna Willard Anna Willard Anna Pierce is an American middle distance runner.-Personal:Pierce grew up on a farm in Greenwood, Maine. She took up running as a high school student at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine. She competed as an undergraduate for Brown University and as a graduate student for the University of...	9 min 35.01	Bridget Franek	9 min 36.74
20 km walk	Teresa Vaill Teresa Vaill Teresa Vaill is a retired female racewalker from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 20 km race walk event on April 1, 2001 at a meet in Manassas, Virginia....	1 hr 37 min 12.84	Joanne Dow Joanne Dow Joanne Dow is an American athlete who competes in racewalking. Dow competed in the 20 kilometer walk for the United States Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She placed thirty-first with a time of 1:34:15.-Early life and education:Dow graduated from Trinity High School in Manchester in 1982...	1 hr 39 min 59.32	Maria Michta	1 hr 41 min 16.24
100 m hurdles Wind : +2.2 m/s	Dawn Harper Dawn Harper Dawn Harper from East St. Louis, Illinois is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100-meter hurdles. She was the gold medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games...	12.36	Ginnie Powell	12.47	Damu Cherry Damu Cherry Damu Cherry is an American hurdler. Her personal best time is 12.44 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Lausanne.She was banned for two years by the IAAF for failing an out-of-competition drugs test in 2003...	12.58
400 m hurdles	Lashinda Demus Lashinda Demus Lashinda Demus is an American hurdler who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles.Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever. Also she is the American Record holder in 400m Hurdles...	53.78	Sheena Tosta	54.54	Tiffany Williams	55.18
High jump	Chaunte Howard Chaunte Howard Chaunté Lowe is an American athlete, who competes in the high jump and participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the American record holder in the high jump with a height of 2.05 m.-Early career:...	1.95 m	Amy Acuff Amy Acuff Amy Lyn Acuff is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field...	1.95 m	Sharon Day	1.95 m
Pole vault	Jennifer Stuczynski Jennifer Stuczynski Jennifer "Jenn" Suhr is the number one ranked American pole vaulter since 2006. She has won a total of 9 US National Championships. She holds the American women's pole vault record both indoors and outdoors. In 2008 she won the U.S. Olympic trials setting an American Record of and won a silver...	4.65 m	Chelsea Johnson Chelsea Johnson Chelsea Johnson is a former American pole vaulter. She is the daughter of Jan Johnson, who won a bronze medal in the pole vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics...	4.60 m	Stacy Dragila Stacy Dragila Stacy Renée Mikaelsen is an American former pole vaulter.She won the first gold medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2000 Summer Olympics coached by Dave Nielsen...	4.55 m
Long jump	Brittney Reese Brittney Reese Brittney Reese is an American long jumper, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and is the current world champion.-Personal:...	7.09 m (w)	Brianna Glenn Brianna Glenn Brianna Glenn is an American long jumper. She finished ninth at the 2002 World Cup and seventh at the 2006 World Athletics Final...	6.82 m (w)	Funmi Jimoh	6.77 m
Triple jump	Shakeema Welsch	14.30 m (w)	Erica McLain Erica McLain Erica McLain is an American triple jumper.As a junior athlete, she also competed in the long jump. She finished twelfth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and eighth at the 2003 World Youth Championships. In the triple jump she finished seventh at the 2003 World Youth Championships and...	13.91 m (w)	Toni Smith	13.90 m (w)
Shot put	Michelle Carter Michelle Carter (athlete) Michelle Denee Carter is an American shot putter.She won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and finished fifteenth at the 2008 Olympic Games.Her personal best throw is 18.85 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Eugene...	18.03 m	Jillian Camarena Jillian Camarena Jillian Camarena-Williams is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put...	17.94 m	Kristin Heaston Kristin Heaston Kristin L. Heaston is a female shot putter from the United States.Heaston was a participant in the 2008 Olympic Games where she placed 23rd in the qualifying round with a throw of 17.34m...	17.88 m
Discus throw	Stephanie Brown Trafton Stephanie Brown Trafton Stephanie Brown Trafton is an American track and field athlete who won the discus throwing gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was a somewhat unusual modern athlete in that she had become a two-time Olympian before she had competed at a World Championships...	64.25 m	Aretha Thurmond Aretha Thurmond Aretha Thurmond, née Hill is an American discus thrower, whose personal best distance is 65.86 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Marietta.-Achievements:-External links:...	62.51 m	Rebecca Breisch	62.08 m
Hammer throw	Jessica Cosby Jessica Cosby Jessica Cosby is an American hammer thrower. She competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final...	72.04 m	Amber Campbell Amber Campbell Amber Campbell is an American hammer thrower. She competed at the 2005 World Championships and at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 70.33 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Provo, Utah.-Achievements:-References:...	68.92 m	Erin Gilreath Erin Gilreath Erin Gilreath is an American hammer thrower.Her personal best is 73.87 meters, achieved in June 2005 in Carson, California. She attended the University of Florida.-Achievements:- See also :*Florida Gators...	68.08 m
Javelin throw	Kara Patterson Kara Patterson Kara Estelle Patterson is an American athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She is the American record holder in the javelin throw with a distance of 66.67 m.-Career:...	63.95 m	Rachel Yurkovich	59.31 m	Kim Kreiner Kim Kreiner Kimberly A. Kreiner is a female javelin thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 64.19 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza....	58.00 m
Heptathlon	Diana Pickler Diana Pickler Diana Pickler is an American heptathlete from Shreveport, Louisiana. She has represented her country at the Olympic and World Championship levels and was the 2009 US heptathlon champion...	6290 pts	Sharon Day	6177 pts	Bettie Wade	5908 pts

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