Posted: June 2, 2004

Athletics: Greene named USATF Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS – Maurice Greene has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the Verizon men’s 100m Monday at the 2004 Payton Jordan U.S. Open in Stanford, California. The meet will be broadcast Tuesday, June 1 from 9-10 p.m., Eastern Time on ESPN2.

The 2000 Olympic gold medalist and three-time world outdoor champion blistered the track by running history's second-fastest time under any conditions with his windy 9.78 seconds performance (+3.7 meters per second). His time put him .13 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Justin Gatlin, himself considered an Olympic medal possibility.

Greene, who owns the two fastest wind-legal times in the world this year, won the men’s 100m last week at the Home Depot Invitational with a windy (+4.6) time of 9.86 seconds and has returned to his dominant sprinting form that he displayed from 1997-2001.

In other outstanding performances, University of Texas sophomore Sanya Richards broke her own American junior and school record in a world-leading time of 50.49 seconds Friday in the women’s 400m during the preliminary round at NCAA Mid-West Regional Championships in College Station, Texas. Richards won Saturday in 50.66 seconds at the Anderson Track and Field Complex, home of the 2004 USA Junior Track & Field Championships.

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, Jearl 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.

Best Marks Week Ending May 30

Men

100 - 10.11 Brendan Christian (Texas) - College Station, TX 5/28
200 - 20.32 Jerome Mathis (Hampton) - Gainesville, FL 5/29
400 - 44.50 Jeremy Wariner (Baylor) - College Station, TX 5/29  U.S. leader
800 - 1:47.14 Marc Sylvester (Tennessee) - Baton Rouge, LA 5/28
3000SC - 8:42.79 Aaron Aguayo (Arizona State) - Northridge, CA 5/29
5000 - 13:27.06 Matt Lane (Nike Farm Team) - Stanford, CA 5/30
400H - 48.50 Bershawn Jackson (St. Augustine's) - Walnut, CA 5/28
HJ - 2.25/7-4.5 Kyle Lancaster (Kansas State) - College Station, TX 5/28
PV - 5.75/18-10.25 Tommy Skipper (Oregon) - Northridge, CA 5/29
LJ - 8.04/26-4.5 Bashir Ramzy (HPTC) - Sacramento, CA 5/30
TJ - 16.91/55-5.75 Aarik Wilson (Indiana) - Baton Rouge, LA 5/29
SP - 20.19/66-3 Jeff Chakouian (Kentucky) - Baton Rouge, LA 5/28
DT - 63.34/207-10 Michael Robertson (SMU) - College Station, TX 5/29
HT - 73.66/241-8 Michael Mai (US Army) - Sacramento, CA 5/30
JT - 76.43/250-9 Brian Chaput (Penn) - Gainesville, FL 5/29
Decathlon - 8732 Tom Pappas (Nike) - Gotzis, AUT 5/30  U.S. leader

Women

100 - 11.16 Lauryn Williams (Miami) - Gainesville, FL 5/29
200 - 22.47 Muna Lee (LSU) - Baton Rouge, LA 5/28
400 - 50.49 Sanya Richards (Texas) - College Station, TX 5/28  World leader/AJR
800 - 2:02.27 Tiffany McWilliams (Mississippi State) - Baton Rouge, LA 5/28
1500 - 4:11.27 Lindsey Gallo (Michigan) - Baton Rouge, LA 5/29
3000SC - 9:44.68 Kassi Andersen (BYU) - Northridge, CA 5/29  U.S. leader
5000 - 14:59.20 Marla Runyan (Nike) - Boston, MA 5/29  U.S. leader
100H - 12.91 Raasin McIntosh (Texas) - College Station, TX 5/28
400H - 54.77 Lashinda Demus (South Carolina) - Gainesville, FL 5/29
HJ - 1.91/6-3.25 Chaunte Howard (Georgia Tech) - Gainesville, FL 5/29
PV - 4.21/13-9.75 Chelsea Johnson (UCLA) - Northridge, CA 5/28
LJ - 6.32/20-9 Lavada Hill (SMU) - College Station, TX 5/28
TJ - 14.18/46-6.25 Tiombe Hurd (Nike) - Sacramento, CA 5/30
SP - 18.54/60-10 Laura Gerraughty (North Carolina) - Gainesville, FL 5/29  U.S. leader
DT - 63.12/207-1 Becky Breisch (Nebraska) - College Station, TX 5/28
HT - 67.21/220-6 Amber Campbell (Coastal Carolina) - Gainesville, FL 5/28
JT - 53.84/176-8 Erica Wheeler (Unattached) - Sacramento, CA 5/30
Heptathlon - 6272 Shelia Burrell (Nike) - Gotzis, AUT 5/30 U.S. leader

From USATF.org.