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Five more stars added to line-up for Reebok Grand Prix
Five of the top female track and field athletes in the world have been
added to the field for the fourth-annual Reebok Grand Prix on May 31in
New York City, organizers announced Wednesday.
The third event of USA Track & Field's 2008 Outdoor Visa Championship
Series, the Reebok Grand Prix will be televised on ESPN2 from 8:00-10:00
p.m. EST on May 31 and on CBS from 1:30-2:30 p.m. EST on June 1. The
Reebok Grand Prix will begin at 5 p.m. on May 31, at Icahn Stadium on
Randall's Island. On the heels of a sell-out last year, 1,500 bleacher
seats have been added on the backstretch to accommodate the expected
demand in this Olympic year.
Sprinter Allyson Felix, a triple 2007 World Champion; Sanya Richards,
ranked #1 in the world at 400 meters; Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain, the
reigning 1500-meter World Champion; Jenn Stuczynski, American
Record-holder and #2 all-time in the pole vault; and Lisa Barber, 2006
World Indoor Champion at 60 meters, will all be in the lineup. They join
the previously announced Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown
and Lauryn Williams in what is shaping up to be an extraordinary night
of sprint action.
Felix, the two-time world champion ranked #1 in the world at 200 meters,
will step down in distance here to face 100-meter world champions
Campbell-Brown (2007) and Williams (2005). Barber, a native of
Montclair, N.J., and two-time World Championships relay gold medalist,
will also challenge. Richards, an Olympic gold medalist in the
4x400-meter relay and three-time U.S. champion, leads the 400-meter
field, while Jamal, ranked #1 in the world and the reigning world
champion, headlines the 1,500 meters.
At the Reebok GrandPrix last year, Stuczynski, who won the silver medal
at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, became the first American woman
to jump 16 feet, an American Record she broke last week at the adidas
Track Classic when she thrilled the crowd with a vault of 4.90m/16-0.75
inches for the win.
The new bleacher seats along the backstretch at Icahn Stadium feature
clear views of the finish line and will be available for $15. Grandstand
tickets range from $50-$24. USATF welcomes you to pay with your Visa.
Tickets are on sale now by phone at 1-877-TIX-TRAC or on-line at
www.ReebokGrandPrix.com , where
information about special buses to Icahn Stadium is also available.
Tower sets American masters record
Alyssa Tower of Vancouver, Wash., set a new U.S. masters W45 age-group
record May 10 at the John Knight Twilight Meet at Western Oregon
University in Monmouth, Ore.
Tower, who several days before the race claimed that the American record
would be hers, finished the race in 37 minutes 57.46 seconds to better
the 17-year old American record of 38:10.89 by Joan Colman set in July
of 1991.
Tower, who credited faster college women running in the race in helping
her set the record, covered the 6.2-mile distance averaging 6:05 per
mile.
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