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Medur is our go-to person for many of the essential tasks involved in putting on our races: race setup, our lap counting system and our website. An enthusiastic runner himself, he has participated in many editions of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run in Canada and the US.Dragila named Athlete of the Week
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INDIANAPOLIS - Stacy Dragila has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after soaring higher in the outdoor pole vault than any woman in history June 8 at the 2004 IAAF Grand Prix meeting in strava, Czech Republic. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion, Dragila cleared 4.83 meters/15 feet, 10 inches to break her merican record of 4.81m/15-9.25, set June 1, 2001, at the U.S. Open in Stanford, Calif. Her performance is the best ever by any female outdoors and is surpassed only by Russian vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva's indoor mark f 4.86m/15-11.25. Four-time U.S. champion Breaux Greer set an American ord in the men's javelin throw with his win Friday at the Bergen Bislett Games in Bergen, Norway. Greer won the competition with a best throw of 87.39 meters/286 feet, 8 inches, bettering the previous American record of 87.12m/285-10 by Tom Pukstys on May 25, 1997. Greer's performance is the second best in the world this season. World-leading performances turned in by U.S. athletes over the weekend included University of Miami junior Lauryn Williams capturing her first NCAA crown by winning the 100m (10.97) at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas. The 2003 Pan Am Games silver-medalist, Williams posted the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history. UCLA senior Sheena Johnson won the NCAA 400m hurdles women's crown (53.54 WL) for the second year in a row, becoming just the fourth athlete in NCAA women's history to win this event multiple times. On the international scene, Alan Webb's 3:32.73 in Ostrava also was a world leader. Now in its fourth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week. 2004 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 13, Dan Taylor; January 20, Jen Toomey; January 27, Erin Gilreath; February 3, Jear Miles-Clark; February 10, Alan Culpepper; February 17, Curt Clausen; February 24, Jen Toomey; March 2, Gail Devers; March 9, Allen Johnson; March 16, Sanya Richards; March 23, Phillip Dunn; March 30, Max Springer; April 6, Colleen De Reuck; April 13, Erin Gilreath; April 20, Maurice Greene; May 4, Tonette Dyer; May 11, Toby Stevenson; May 18, Sheena Johnson; May 25, Tim Seaman; June 1, Maurice Greene; June 8, Christian Cantwell; June 15, Stacy Dragila. BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING JUNE 13 |
