The 2011 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...

were held 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...

. Organised by USA Track and Field

USA Track and Field

USA Track & Field is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking...

, the four-day competition took place from June 23–26 and served as the national championships in track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 for the United States

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. The results determined qualification for the American team at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

, to be held in Daegu

Daegu

Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

.

The competition was broadcast on television by three networks: ESPN2

ESPN2

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, Universal Sports

Universal Sports

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 and NBC

NBC

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.

Men

100 m (Wind: +1.3 m/s)	Walter Dix Walter Dix Walter Dix is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9.88 seconds.Dix was a highly successful amateur...	9.94	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...	9.95	Mike Rodgers	9.99
200 m (Wind: +2.4 m/s)	Walter Dix Walter Dix Walter Dix is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9.88 seconds.Dix was a highly successful amateur...	19.95	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...	19.98	Jeremy Dodson	20.07
400 m	Tony McQuay	44.68	Jeremy Wariner Jeremy Wariner Jeremy Mathew Wariner is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals and six World Championships medals...	44.98	Greg Nixon Greg Nixon Greg Nixon is an American sprinter who specialises in the 400 meters. His success has come mostly in the 4×400-meter relay and he is a two-time World Indoor champion in the event....	44.98
800 m	Nicholas Symmonds	1:44.17	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...	1:44.49	Charles Jock	1:44.67
1500 m	Matthew Centrowitz	3:47.63	Bernard Lagat Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...	3:47.96	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...	3:48.16
5000 m	Bernard Lagat Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...	13:23.06	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...	13:23.65	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,...	13:25.52
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,...	28:38.17	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....	28:39.97	Scott Bauhs Scott Bauhs Scott Bauhs is an American professional distance runner sponsored by Adidas and runs for Mammoth Track Club. He is a former Chico State runner for NCAA Division II athletics...	28:40.51
110 m hurdles (Wind: +1.4 m/s)	David Oliver	13.04	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...	13.12	Jason Richardson Jason Richardson (athlete) Jason Richardson is a American track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 meter hurdles. His personal best for the event is 13.08 seconds, set in August 2011...	13.15
400 m hurdles	Jeshua Anderson Jeshua Anderson Jeshua Anderson is an American sprinter, who specialises in the 400 meters and 400 m hurdles. He currently enters his senior year at Washington State University. He won the 400m and 400m hurdles during the 2011 Pac-10 championships in May 2011...	47.93	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...	47.93	Angelo Taylor Angelo Taylor Angelo F. Taylor is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics....	47.94
3000 m steeplechase	William Nelson William Nelson William Nelson may refer to:*William Nelson , American Colonial governor of Virginia*William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson , elder brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson...	8:28.46	Daniel Huling	8:29.27	Kyle Alcorn	8:29.44
20000 m walk	Trevor Barron	1:23:25.10 NR CR	John Nunn John Nunn (athlete) John Nunn is a male race walker from the United States. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place in the men's 20 km event.-Achievements:-References:*...	1:23:51.73	Patrick Stroupe	1:26:29.44
High jump	Jesse Williams Jesse Williams (athlete) Jesse Daniel Williams is an American high jumper and the current World Champion. He was ranked the #2 jumper in the world, outdoors, in 2010...	2.37 m CR	Dustin Jonas	2.31 m	Erik Kynard	2.28 m
Pole vault	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...	5.66 m	Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott is an American fashion designer born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, for fashion design...	5.60 m	Nick Mossberg	5.54 m
Long jump	Marquise Goodwin Marquise Goodwin Marquise Goodwin is a sprinter and jumper for the University of Texas track team and also competes in football as a wide receiver...	8.33 m	William Claye	8.19 m	Jeremy Hicks	8.10 m
Triple jump	Christian Taylor Christian Taylor (athlete) Christian Taylor is an American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump and has a personal record of 17.96 meters...	17.49 m	William Claye	17.09 m	Walter Davis	17.02 m
Shot put	Adam Nelson Adam Nelson Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games...	22.09 m	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 ....	21.87 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...	21.86 m
Discus throw	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...	63.99 m	Jason Young	63.81 m	Lance Brooks	63.42 m
Hammer throw	Kibwe Johnson Kibwe Johnson Kibwe Johnson is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics twice ....	80.42 m	Michael Mai	74,69 m	Matthew Dibuono	73,06 m
Javelin throw	Mike Hazle	78,22 m	Sean Furey	77,99 m	Cyrus Hostetler	77,84 m
Decathlon	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:...	8729 pts	Jon Harlan	8011 pts	Miller Moss	7878 pts

Women

100 m (Wind: +2.7 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...	10.74 w	Marshevet Myers	10.83 w	Mikele Barber Mikele Barber Mikele Ronisse Barber is an American sprinter who won gold at the 4 x 100 meters relay event in 2007 World Championships in Athletics, in Osaka, Japan, and an individual gold medal at the 100 meters in 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.She is the twin sister of Me'Lisa Barber, who has...	10.96 w
200 m	Shalonda Solomon Shalonda Solomon Shalonda Solomon is an American Track and Field sprinter. Her greatest International accomplishment currently is a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup while representing the Americas team. She qualified for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics by winning the 200...	22.15	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...	22.23	Jeneba Tarmoh Jeneba Tarmoh Jeneba Tarmoh is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She was a All-American for Texas A&M University helping them with back to back to back wins in the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships 2009–2011 seasons...	22.28
400 m	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...	50.40	Francena McCorory Francena McCorory Francena McCorory is an American track and field athlete, known primarily for running the 400 metres. She is the NCAA and American indoor record holder in that event and is a United States representative to the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.McCorory attended Bethel High School in Hampton,...	50.49	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....	50.70
800 m	Alysia Montano	1:58.33	Maggie Vessey Maggie Vessey Maggie Vessey is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Vessey represented the United States at the 2009 World Championships in the 800 m....	1:58.86	Alice Schmidt	1:59.21
1500 m	Morgan Uceny Morgan Uceny Morgan Uceny is an American runner who specializes in the middle distance events.She started the 2011 season in spectacular fashion, winning excessively in the 1500m during the Diamond League...	4:03.91	Jennifer Simpson	4:05.66	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...	4:06.20
5000 m	Molly Huddle Molly Huddle Molly Huddle in is an American athlete who competes in long distance track events. Huddle set the American record in the 5000m at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meet in Brussels, Belgium ....	15:10.01	Amy Hastings Amy Hastings Amy Joyce Hastings is an Irish actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. Her first role was in the 1990 film Fools of Fortune...	15:14.31	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...	15:16.04
10,000 m	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...	30:59.97 CR	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...	31:16.65	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....	31:30.37
100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.8 m/s)	Kellie Wells Kellie Wells (athlete) Kellie Wells is a American track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-References:...	12.50	Danielle Carruthers Danielle Carruthers Danielle Carruthers is an American hurdler who first became well known on the Indiana University track team. She had won the 60 metres hurdles at the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships....	12.59	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...	12.65
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...	54.21	Queen Harrison Queen Harrison Queen Harrison is an American hurdler and sprinter who competed in the 400 meter hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics....	54.78	Jasmine Chaney	55.22
3000 m steeplechase	Emma Coburn	9:44.11	Bridget Franek	9:44.90	Delilah DiCrescenzo Delilah DiCrescenzo Delilah DiCrescenzo is an American distance runner. She competes in the women's 3000 meters steeplechase. She is a 2001 graduate of Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, IL and a 2005 graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in sociology. In May 2011, Delilah received her Masters degree...	9:46.31
20000 m walk	Maria Michta	1:34:51.47	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....	1:35:35.92	Lauren Forgues	1:37:40.86
High jump	Brigetta Barrett Brigetta Barrett Brigetta Barrett; born in Weschester, New York on December 24, 1990 is a high jumper from the United States, who set her personal best on 2011, jumping 1.96 metres at the World University Games in Shenzen, China.-External links:*...	1.95 m	Elizabeth Patterson	1.89 m	Inika Mcpherson	1.86 m
Pole vault	Kylie Hutson	4.65 m	Jennifer Suhr	4.60 m	Lacy Janson Lacy Janson Lacy Janson is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the pole vault. She was the 2010 USA indoor champion in the event and represented her country at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships...	4.50 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:...	7.19 m CR	Janay DeLoach Janay DeLoach Cynithia "Janay" DeLoach is a United States track and field athlete. She graduated from Ben Eielson High School located in Eielson AFB, Alaska May, 2003. She was recruited for scholarships in track and field as well as basketball and academics. She went to college at Colorado State University for...	6.97 m	Funmi Jimoh	6.88 m
Triple jump	Amanda Smock	14.07 m	Crystal Manning	13.97 m	Toni Smith	13.52 m
Shot put	Michelle Carter Michelle Carter Michelle Carter is the name of:*Michelle Carter , American shot putter who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing*Michelle Carter , a character in DC Comics some time referred to as "Goldstar"...	19.86 m CR	Jillian Camarena-Williams Jillian Camarena-Williams Jillian Camarena-Williams is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put...	19.85 m	Sarah Stevens-Walker	18.12 m
Discus throw	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	63.35 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:...	62.87 m	Gia Lewis-Smallwood	60.53 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...	71.33 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:...	70.07 m	Keelin Godsey	68.90 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:...	59.34 m	Rachel Yurkovich	54.91 m	Alicia DeShasier Alicia DeShasier Alicia DeShasier is an American track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won the gold medal in the event at the 2011 Pan American Games....	54.01 m
Heptathlon	Sharon Day	6058 pts	Ryann Krais Ryann Krais Ryann Krais is an American athlete. She is a gold and bronze medalist from the 2007 World Youth Championships.- Personal :...	6030 pts	Chantae McMillan	6003 pts

External links

• Official webpage at USATF