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Stuczynski, Gay keep Visa Championship Series leads
Jenn Stuczynski and Tyson Gay held onto their respective leads in USA Track & Field's Outdoor Visa Championship Series following Sunday's Nike Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.
Michelle Perry moved up from fifth to third in the women's standings with her win in the women's 100 meter hurdles. Her tme of 12.51 seconds is worth 1,207 points using IAAF scoring tables. Sheena Johnson, Sanya Richards and Alice Schmidt all entered the standings with their performances at Pre, but Stuczynski's 1,218 points from her American-record pole vault of 4.88m/16-0 at the Reebok Grand Prix on June 2 keeps her atop the standings.
The men's standings remained largely unchanged. Anwar Moore and Xavier Carter entered the standings in seventh and ninth, respectively. Moore was out-leaned at the finish by China's Liu Xiang in the 110 meter hurdles, his time of 13.24 seconds earning 1,210 points. Carter won a star-studded men's 200m with a time of 20.23 to earn 1,206 poitns. Tyson Gay's 9.76 100-meter dash at the Reebok Grand Prix gives him a big lead with 1,291 points, 13 points ahead of second-place Terrence Trammell.
The current Visa Championship Series standings follow listing the ranked athlete's name, points, site the name of the meet where the performance took place and their respective mark.
Men's standings
1.Tyson Gay - 1,291 pts. - Reebok Grand Prix - 100m - 9.76/+2.2mps
2.Terrence Trammell - 1,278 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - 110mH - 12.95/+1.5mps
3.Wallace Spearmon - 1,248 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - 200m - 19.82/+1.3mps
4.Christian Cantwell - 1,238 pts - adidas Track Classic - SP - 21.96m/72-0.75
5.Breaux Greer - 1,232 pts - adidas Track Classic - Javelin - 90.71m/297-7
6.Kenneth Ferguson - 1,215 pts - adidas Track Classic - 400mH - 48.15
7.Anwar Moore - 1,210 pts - Nike Prefontaine Classic - 110mH - 13.24/-0.7mps
8.Jeremy Wariner - 1,207 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - 400mH - 48.37
9.Xavier Carter - 1,206 pts - Nike Prefontaine Classic - 200m - 20.23/-2.3mps
10.James Carter - 1,204 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - 400m - 45.09
Women's standings
1.Jenn Stuczynski - 1,218 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - Pole Vault - 4.88m/16-0
2.Virginia Powell - 1,214 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - 100mH - 12.45/+1.4mps
3.Michelle Perry - 1,207 pts - Nike Prefontaine Classic - 100mH - 12.51/+1.3mps
4.Allyson Felix - 1,204 pts - adidas Track Classic - 200m - 22.18/+2.0mps
5.Torri Edwards - 1,203 pts - adidas Track Classic - 100m - 10.90/+2.0mps
6.Rachelle Smith - 1,196 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - 200m - 22.31/+1.6mps
7.Sheena Johnson - 1,190 pts - Nike Prefontaine Classic - 400mH - 54.44
8.Sanya Richards - 1,176 pts - Nike Prefontaine Classic - 400m - 50.74
9.Alice Schmidt - 1,175 pts - Nike Prefontaine Classic - 800m - 1:58.75
10.Hazel Clark - 1,170 pts - Reebok Grand Prix - 800m - 1:59.07
The Visa Championship Series will conclude June 20-24 with the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis.
For more information on the 2007 Visa Championship Series, visit USATF.org.
Florida State men, Arizona State women win NCAA titles as Dix shines
The Florida State men, led by a historic performance by Walter Dix, and Arizona State women won their respective team titles over the weekend at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif.
Florida State used a pair of individual wins from sprinter Walter Dix (100 meters, 200), Ricardo Chambers' victory in the 400m and a win in the 4x100m relay - on which Dix ran second leg - to amass 54 total points to win their second consecutive NCAA team title. LSU (48), Auburn (34), Tennessee (29) and Southern California (24) rounded out the top five in the men's competition.
Dix became the first athlete to win the 100m dash, 200m and 4x100 relay in the same NCAA Championships since John Carlos of San Jose State in 1969. He finished the meet by claiming the 200m on Sunday in 20.32. He ran the second leg on Florida State's winning 4x100m relay (38.60) and won the 100m (9.93) one day earlier. Dix's time in the 100 was just .01 off Ato Boldon's NCAA meet record set in 1996. Dix currently is entered in both events for the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
On the women's side, the Sun Devils recorded six All-America athletes and three individual champions to score 60 points en route to the women's title. Louisiana State (49), Michigan (36), Texas A&M (34) and UCLA (30) rounded out the top five.
Jessica Pressley's win in the shot put (18.00 meters/59 feet 0.75 inch) Saturday, when paired with Jacquelyn Johnson's heptathlon (5,984 points) victory and April Kubishta's win in the pole vault (4.25m/13-11.25) both on Friday, accumulated half of the Sun Devils' team total. The Sun Devils also won the team title during the national indoor meet earlier this year.
Top women's individual performers included Natasha Hastings of South Carolina, who ran a world-leading time of 50.15 in the 400 meters, and 2006 World Junior silver medalist Nicole Leach of UCLA, who dominated the 400m hurdles winning in a then-world leading 54.32. The time was a personal best by more than a second.
For complete results from the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, please visit NCAASports.com.
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