Posted: August 25, 2004

Athletics: Wednesday Team USA Olympic Preview

ATHENS - The Team USA youth movement keeps rolling on Wednesday when 19-year-old Allyson Felix (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and 22-year-old Muna Lee (Baton Rouge, La.) compete in the women's 200m final, and 21-year-old Sheena Johnson (Los Angeles) and 25-year-old Brenda Taylor (Chula Vista, Calif.) eye the medal stand in the women's 400m final.

Qualifying rounds dominate the schedule Wednesday as 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Marion Jones (Cary, N.C.) is in the long jump; world leader Toby Stevenson (Chula Vista, Calif.), Olympic Trials champion Tim Mack (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Derek Miles (Jonesboro, Ark.) are in the pole vault; the men's 200m semis keep Justin Gatlin (Raleigh, N.C.), Shawn Crawford (Raleigh, N.C.) and Bernard Williams rolling toward Thursday's final; and 1996 gold medalist Allen Johnson (Irmo,S.C.), 2000 silver medalist Terrence Trammell (Ellenwood, Ga.) and Duane Ross (Garner, N.C.) are in the 110m hurdles second round.

TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25

7 p.m. - Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds (Olympic Stadium) - Kim Kreiner, Baton Rouge, La.

7:15 p.m. - Men's Pole Vault Qualifying Rounds (Olympic Stadium) - Tim Mack, Knoxville, Tenn.; Derek Miles, Jonesboro, Ark.; Toby Stevenson, Chula Vista, Calif.

7:55 p.m. - Men's 5,000 Round One (Olympic Stadium) - Tim Broe, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Jonathon Riley, Palo Alto, Calif.

9 p.m. - Men's 800 Round One (Olympic Stadium) - Jonathan Johnson, College Station, Texas; Derrick Peterson, Columbia, Mo.; Khadevis Robinson, Santa Monica, Calif.

9:20 p.m. - Women's Long Jump Qualifying Round (Olympic Stadium) - Marion Jones, Cary, N.C.; Grace Upshaw, Menlo Park, Calif.; Rose Richmond, St. Petersburg, Fla.

9:55 p.m. - Women's 400 Hurdles Final (Olympic Stadium) Lane 2- Brenda Taylor, Chula Vista, Calif. Lane 8 - Sheena Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif.

10:15 p.m. - Men's 110 Hurdles Round Two (Olympic Stadium) - Allen Johnson, Irmo, S.C.; Duane Ross, Garner, N.C.; Terrence Trammell, Ellenwood, Ga.

10:50 p.m. - Men's 200 Semifinal Round (Olympic Stadium) - Shawn Crawford, Raleigh, N.C.; Justin Gatlin, Raleigh, N.C.; Bernard Williams, Gainesville, Fla.

11:20 p.m. - Women's 200 Final (Olympic Stadium) - Allyson Felix (Santa Clarita, Calif.); Muna Lee (Baton Rouge, La.)