Posted: May 18, 2005

Athletics: McLain named USATF Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS - Erica McLain has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after setting an American junior record in the women's triple jump Sunday at the 2005 Pacific-10 Championships at UCLA's Drake Stadium.

McLain, a freshman at Stanford, leaped 13.78 meters/45 feet, 2.5 inches to win the women's triple jump crown. A two-time World Junior Championships team member, McLain bettered Brittany Daniels' American junior record of 13.71m/44-11.75 set at the 2004 USA Junior Track & Field Championships in College Station, Texas. McLain's performance also was a freshman school record and the second-best mark in Stanford history. A Plano, Texas native, McLain became the second Stanford athlete since Jackie Edwards in 1992 to win a Pac-10 title in the women's long jump.

World-leading performances were posted last week by 2004 World Junior Championships double gold medalist Kerron Clement who won the men's 400m hurdles in 48.29 seconds at the SEC Outdoor Championships. At the Georgia Tech Invitational, Sandra Glover won the women's 400m hurdles (54.01), while Georgia Tech junior and 2004 Olympian Chaunte Howard won the women's high jump with a clearance of 1.95m/6-4.75.

Now in its fifth 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.

2005 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 4, Amy Rudolph; January 11, Dathan Ritzenhein; January 18, Janine Davis; January 25, Wallace Spearmon Jr.; February 1, Erin Gilreath; February 8, LaShawn Merritt; February 15, LaShawn Merritt; February 22, Walter Davis; March 1, Angela Daigle; March 8, Gov. Mike Huckabee; March 15, Kerron Clement; March 22, Lauren Fleshman; March 29, Deena Kastor; April 5, Deena Kastor; April 12, Tianna Madison; April 19 Alan Culpepper; April 26, John Godina; May 3, Amy Rudolph; May 10, Galen Rupp; May 17, Erica McLain.

BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING MAY 15

MEN 
100 - 10.09 JJ Johnson (Nike) - Rio de Janeiro, BRA 5/15
200 - 20.16 Wallace Spearmon (Arkansas) - Nashville, TN 5/13 
and Xavier Carter (LSU) - Nashville, TN 5/15
400 - 45.25 Leonard Byrd (Nike) - Rio de Janeiro, BRA 5/15
800 - 1:44.86 Jonathon Johnson (Texas Tech) - Manhattan, KS 5/15 U.S. leader
1500 - 3:42.28 Tommy Manning (Georgetown) - Atlanta, GA 5/14
3000SC - 8:41.61 Aaron Aguayo (Arizona St.) - Westwood, CA 5/14
5000 - 13:37.45 Ryan Hall (Stanford) - Westwood, CA 5/15
110H - 13.18 Terrence Trammell (Mizuno) - Doha, QAT 5/13 U.S. leader
400H - 48.29 Kerron Clement (Florida) - Nashville, TN 5/15 World leader
HJ - 2.28/7-5.75 Jesse Williams (USC) - Westwood, CA 5/15
PV - 5.70/18-8.25 Russ Buller (Asics) & Tim Mack (Nike) - Phoenix, AZ 5/13
LJ - 7.77/25-6 Trevell Quinley (Arizona St.) - Westwood, CA 5/14
TJ - 16.61/54-6 Allen Simms (USC) - Westwood, CA 5/15
SP - 21.29/69-10.25 Reese Hoffa (NYAC) - Doha, QAT 5/13
DT - 59.34/194-8 Sam Segond (Rutgers) - Princeton, NJ 5/14
HT - 66.09/216-10 Adam Trainor (Colorado St.) - Ft. Collins, CO 5/13
JT - 78.29/256-10 Breaux Greer (adidas) - Doha, QAT 5/13
Decathlon - 7801 Andrew Levin (Montana) - Flagstaff, AZ 5/12

WOMEN 
100 - 11.12 Marshevet Hooker (Texas) - Manhattan, KS 5/15
200 - 22.74 Shalonda Solomon (South Carolina) - Nashville, TN 5/15
400 - 51.31 Monique Henderson (UCLA) - Westwood, CA 5/15
800 - 2:02.68 Alice Schmidt (Nike) - Atlanta, GA 5/14
1500 - 4:15.12 Erin Donohue (North Carolina) - Atlanta, GA 5/14
3000SC - 10:14.02 Cassie Hunt (Illinois) - Columbus, OH 5/15
5000 - 15:58.58 Sara Slattery (Colorado) - Manhattan, KS 5/15
10,000 - 33:43.10 Sara Slattery (Colorado) - Manhattan, KS 5/13
100H - 12.75 Ginnie Powell (USC) - Westwood, CA 5/15
400H - 54.01 Sandra Glover (Nike) - Atlanta, GA 5/14 World leader
HJ - 1.95/6-4.75 Chaunte Howard (Georgia Tech) - Atlanta, GA 5/14 World leader
PV - 4.45/14-7.25 Tracy O'Hara (adidas) - Phoenix, AZ 5/13
LJ - 6.57/21-6.75 Shameka Marshall (Rutgers) - Princeton, NJ 5/15
TJ - 13.78/45-2.5 Erica McLain (Stanford) - Westwood, CA 5/15 American Junior Record
SP - 17.78/58-4 Kristin Heaston (Nike) - Rio de Janeiro, BRA 5/15
DT - 62.00/203-5 Aretha Thurmond (Nike) - Doha, QAT 5/13
HT - 71.14/233-5 Erin Gilreath (NYAC) - Atlanta, GA 5/13 U.S. leader
JT - 56.00/183-9 Dana Pounds (Air Force Academy) - Ft. Collins, CO 5/14
Heptathlon - 5720 Jessica Stockard (Georgia) - Nashville, TN 5/13