Posted: March 28, 2006

Athletics: Valien named USATF Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS - Johnnye Valien has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning six events in the W80 age division over the weekend at the 2006 USA Masters Indoor Championships in Boston.

A 2006 World Indoor Masters champion, Valien claimed the gold in the pole vault with a winning height of 1.35 meters/4 feet, 5 inches, the 60m dash in 12.96 seconds, the long jump with a leap of 2.45m/8-0.5, the high jump with a clearance of .94m/3-1 and the shot put with a heave of 5.67m/18-7.25. Valien ended her weekend with a world record bound of 5.57m/18-3.25 inches in the triple jump.

Now in its sixth 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.

2006 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 3, Walt Henning; January 10, Amandi Rhett; January 17, Kevin Eastler; January 24, Marisa Hanson; January 31, Me'Lisa Barber; February 7, Reese Hoffa; February 14, Wallace Spearmon; February 21, Ryan Hall; February 28, Terrence Trammell; March 7, Ryan Harlan; March 14, Walter Davis; March 21, Bill Collins; March 28, Johnnye Valien.

Best Marks Week Ending March 26

MEN 
100 - 10.25 Kelly Willie (LSU) - Baton Rouge, LA 3/25
200 - 20.59 Jeremy Wariner (adidas) - Waco, TX 3/25
400 - 46.07 Lionel Larry (USC) - Los Angeles, CA 3/25
800 - 1:49.59 Christian Smith (Kansas St.) - Tucson, AZ 3/25
1500 - 3:45.34 Kyle Perry (BYU) - Tempe, AZ 3/25
3000 - 7:58.87 Westly Keating (Texas-Pan American) - Austin, TX 3/25
3000SC - 8:41.53 Dan Huling (Miami/OH) - Winston-Salem, NC 3/25
5000 - 13:59.36 Ian Fitzgerald (William & Mary) - Raleigh, NC 3/24
10,000 - 29:51.43 David Mock (William & Mary) - Raleigh, NC 3/24
110H - 13.63 David Oliver (EHI) - Orlando, FL 3/25
400H - 49.26 Michael Tinsley (Jackson St.) - Orlando, FL 3/25
HJ - 2.24/7-4.25 Jesse Williams (USC) - Los Angeles, CA 3/25
PV - 5.35/17-6.5 Brian Mondschein (Virginia Tech) - Tallahassee, FL 3/25
LJ - 7.99/26-2.75 Miguel Pate (Nike) - Orlando, FL 3/25
TJ - 15.98/52-5.25 Brandon Roulhac (Albany St.) - Tallahassee, FL 3/25
SP - 19.39/63-7.5 Chris Figures (Unat.) - Bakersfield, CA 3/25
DT - 64.65/212-1 Jason Young (Unat.) - Lubbock, TX 3/24
HT - 74.16/243-4 A.G. Kruger (Ashland Elite) - Tempe, AZ 3/24
JT - 70.98/232-10 Ryan Young (California) - Sacramento, CA 3/25
Dec - 7822 Paul Terek (Unat.) - Tucson, AZ 3/24

WOMEN 
100 - 11.30 Amberly Nesbitt (South Carolina) - Orlando, FL 3/25
200 - 22.77 Shalonda Solomon (South Carolina) - Orlando, FL 3/25
400 - 53.78 Christina Hardeman ( ) - Tempe, AZ 3/25
800 - 2:06.23 Morgan Uceny (Cornell) - Irvine, CA 3/25
1500 - 4:21.37 Erin Bedell (Baylor) - Waco, TX 3/25
3000 - 9:22.60 Rebecca Walter (Michigan) - Irvine, CA 3/24
3000SC - 10:29.88 Sariah St. Laurent (Weber St.) - Sacramento, CA 3/25
5000 - 16:11.24 Maureen McCandless (Pittsburgh) - Raleigh, NC 3/24
100H - 13.20 Ashley Lodree (Washington) - Tempe, AZ 3/25
400H - 58.02 TaNisha Mills (Sheffield Elite) - Los Angeles, CA 3/25
HJ - 1.80/5-10.75 Natalie Sako (Akron) - Raleigh, NC 3/24 & 
Karol Rovelto (Unat.) - Tucson, AZ 3/25 & Britney Rogers (Northern Arizona) - Tempe, AZ 3/25
PV - 4.28/14-0.5 Lacy Janson (Florida St.) - Tallahassee, FL 3/25
LJ - 6.21/20-4.5 LaClaire Carter (Howard) - Raleigh, NC 3/24
TJ - 12.87/42-2.75 Monique Young (Northern Arizona) - Tempe, AZ 3/25
SP - 16.80/55-1.5 Michelle Carter (Texas) - Austin, TX 3/25
DT - 56.73/186-1 Aretha Thurmond (Nike) - Auburn, AL 3/25
HT - 63.50/208-4 Britney Henry (Oregon) - Los Angeles, CA 3/25
JT - 53.05/174-0 Rachel Yurkovich (Oregon) - Los Angeles, CA 3/25
Hept - 5797 Jacquelyn Johnson (Arizona St.) - Tucson, AZ 3/24

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