Tyson Foods Invitational- Start List

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Tyson Foods Invitational
Randal Tyson Track Center
Fayetteville, AR
February 14, 2004

Running Events
Event 1 1:00PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL 3000 METERS
CATHERINE BERRY - Asics
CHRISTIN WURTH - NIKE
SENTAYEHU EJIGU - adidas
SARAH SCHWALD - NIKE
AMY RUDOLPH - adidas
SHAYNE CULPEPPER - adidas
CARRIE TOLLEFSON - adidas

Event 2 1:15PM COLLEGE MEN’S INV. DIST. MED RELAY
ARKANSAS
RICE
FLORIDA
OKLAHOMA

Event 3 1:30PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL 800 METERS
NICOLE TETER - NIKE
MESKEREN LEGASSE - adidas
MARIAN BURNETT - NIKE
HAZEL CLARK - NIKE
JEN TOOMEY - adidas
HEATHER HENNIGAR - NIKE
AIMEE TETERIS - NIKE
MARY JAYNE HARRELSON - NIKE
CHANTEE EARL - Nike

Event 4 1:35PM HIGH SCHOOL BOY’S INV. 1 MILE
LEONEL MANZANO - TX
ERIC STANLEY - TX
CHRISTOPHER SPOONER - PA
SCOTT MACPHERSON - TX
COLBY WISSEL - NE
BURT HICKS - AR
KYLE MILLER - TX

Event 5 1:45PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 400 METERS
MILTON CAMPBELL - H.I.T.C.
COREY NELSON - NIKE
ALLEYNE FRANCIQUE - NIKE
TYREE WASHINGTON - NIKE
GODFREY HERRING - NIKE

Event 6 1:50PM OLYMPIC DEV. MEN 60 METERS
DARREL BROWN - NIKE
MICKEY GRIMES - NIKE
MARQUIS DAVIS - adidas
JASON SMOOTS - NIKE
JEFF LANES
TYSON GAY - Arkansas
STEVE MULLINS - Barton C.C.
DABRYAN BLANTON - Oklahoma

Event 7 1:55PM OLYMPIC DEV. WOMEN’S 60 METERS
CHRYSTE GAINES - NIKE
SANYA RICHARDS - Texas
TORRI EDWARDS - adidas
VERONICA CAMPBELL - Arkansas
LAURYN WILLIAMS - Miami
INGER MILLER - - NIKE
LAVERNE JONES - Oklahoma
DEBBIE FERGUSEN - adidas

Event 8 2:00PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 3000 METERS
ALISTAIR CRAGG - Arkansas
DANIEL LINCOLN - NIKE
CHARLIE GRUBER - NIKE
BOAZ CHEBOIYWO - NIKE
JASON SANDFORT - Arkansas
PAUL MORRISON - NIKE
JASON WOOLHOUSE - Oklahoma State
BOLOTA ASMERON - NIKE
DAVID LELEI - PACER

Event 9 2:15PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL 60 METER HURDLES
JENNY ADAMS - NIKE
MELISSA MORRISON - adidas
ANJANETTE KIRKLAND - NIKE
GAIL DEVERS - NIKE
MIESHA McKELVY - NIKE
PERDITA FELICIEN - NIKE
YOLANDA McCRAY - H.I.T.C.
GIGI MILLER

Event 10 2:20PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 800 METERS
DAVID KRUMMENACKER - adidas
SAM BURLEY - Asics
GARY REED - NIKE
JONATHAN JOHNSON - Texas Tech
ROBBIE STEVENS - Arkansas
DERRICK PETERSON - adidas
BERHANU ALEMU - adidas

Event 11 2:30PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 60 METER HURDLES
LARRY WADE - NIKE
ALLEN JOHNSON - NIKE
MICHAEL THOMAS - Arkansas
DWIGHT THOMAS - adidas
RON BRAMLETT - NIKE
AUBREY HERRING - NIKE
DUDLEY DORIVAL - Asics
CHRIS PINNOCK - adidas

Event 12 2:35PM COLLEGE WOMEN INV.4X400M RELAY
ARKANSAS
MIAMI
ARIZONA STATE
TEXAS
BARTON CC
Auburn

Event 13 2:40PM COLLEGE MEN INV. 4 X 400M RELAY
TCU
FLORIDA
ARIZONA STATE
ARKANSAS

Event 14 2:45PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 200 METERS
JOHN CAPEL - adidas
COBY MILLER - NIKE
SHAWN CRAWFORD - NIKE
LEO BOOKMAN - Kansas

Event 15 2:50PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 1 MILE RUN
PAUL KORIR - NIKE
SENECA LASSITER - NIKE
JASON LUNN - NIKE
KEVIN SULLIVAN - REEBOK
LABAN ROTICH - adidas
ALAN WEBB - NIKE
JONATHON RILEY - NIKE
ALEX KIPCHIRCHIR - NIKE
CHRIS MULVANEY - Arkansas
JULIUS ACHON - NIKE
JAMER KARANU - PACER

Field Events
Event 1 1:05PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL POLE VAULT
STACY DRAGILA - NIKE
KELLIE SUTTLE - NIKE
TRACY O’HARA
MARY SAUER - Asics
JILLIAN SCHWARTZ - NIKE
STEPHANIE McCANN - NIKE
APRIL STEINER

Event 2 1:30PM MEN’S INVITATIONALTRIPLE JUMP
LEEVAN SANDS - Auburn
MELVIN LISTER - NIKE
ROBERT HOWARD - NIKE
TIM RUSAN - NIKE
BRIAN WELLMAN - NIKE
MARCUS JONES - T.V.A.
CHRIS HERCULES
ERIC NEWBY
SEBASTIEN PINCEMAL - NIKE

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Deep fields ready for Tyson Foods Invitational
2-12-2004

INDIANAPOLIS – The world’s top two hurdlers both will attempt a hurdle/sprint double Saturday at the Tyson Foods Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as deep fields highlight the schedule.

Defending world indoor 60-meter hurdle champions Gail Devers and Allen Johnson will go for 60-meter/60m hurdles doubles at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

The third stop on USA Track & Field’s Indoor Golden Spike Tour, the Tyson Foods Invitational will be broadcast on Saturday from 9-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on ESPN2.

A two-time Olympic 100m gold medalist and seven-time world champion indoors and outdoors in the sprints and hurdles, Devers will run in the Verizon women’s 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles in Fayetteville. The American record holder in both events is undefeated in the hurdles in 2004, having won the adidas Boston Indoor Games (7.85) and Verizon Millrose Games (7.76 world leader). She won the world indoor title in the hurdles in 2003 and was the 1993 and ’97 world indoor champion in the sprint.

The 60m dash field includes 2003 World indoor bronze medalist Torri Edwards and two-time U.S. indoor champion Chryste Gaines. In the hurdles, Devers’ competition includes 2003 World Outdoor champion Pertida Felicien of Canada, and 2001 World Indoor and Outdoor champion Anjanette Kirkland.

Johnson also has planned a double in his future. His time of 7.43 seconds in the 60m hurdles at the Verizon Millrose Games is the fastest in the world this year, and earned him the Fred Schmertz Trophy as the meet’s top performer. The 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the hurdles, Johnson owns an unprecedented four world outdoor titles in the 110m hurdles, and has two world indoor titles in the 60m hurdles, from 1995 and 2003. Johnson also is an accomplished sprinter and was the 1998 USA outdoor runner-up in the 200 meters. His top competition in the hurdles will likely come from 2003 Pan Am Games gold medalist Larry Wade, while Mickey Grimes will give him a run in the 60m sprint.

Other top Americans scheduled to compete include 2003 USA Indoor Champion John Capel and 2001 World Indoor 200m gold medalist Shawn Crawford in the men’s 200m. Capel finished second in the men’s 60m dash at the Verizon Millrose Games last week. Defending 800m World Indoor Champion David Krummenacker, 2002 U.S. Indoor Champion Derrick Peterson and 2003 NCAA Outdoor 800m champion Sam Burley will compete in the men’s 800m. Krummenacker finished second in the men’s 800m last week at the Verizon Millrose Games.

2000 Olympic gold medalist Stacy Dragila will try to continue her momentum from last week, when she won yet another Millrose crown in the Visa women’s pole vault with a clearance of 4.64 meters/15 feet, 2.75 inches. Jillian Schwartz, who finished second at Millrose (4.25m/14-3.25), will challenge Dragila in the Visa women’s pole vault. Junior mile record-holder Alan Webb will make his 2004 Golden Spike Tour debut in the Tyson Foods men’s mile, as will Arkansas alumnus Seneca Lassiter.

Nicole Teter returns to her alma mater to compete in the Sunny D Intense Sport women’s 800m. In the men’s 3,000m, former Arkansas standout Daniel Lincoln will compete against current Arkansas sensation Alistair Cragg.

Sanya Richards will be competing in the Verizon women’s 60m dash. The 2003 NCAA and USA champion in the 400 meters, Richards posted an automatic NCAA qualifier in winning the 200-meter dash at the Houston Indoor Invitational with a time of 23.67.

The 2004 Indoor Golden Spike Tour continues with the 2004 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships at Boston’s Reggie Lewis Center, held February 27-29. On March 6-7, the USA Indoor Combined Events Championships will be held for the third consecutive year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

For more information on the 2004 Indoor Golden Spike Tour, including a full list of TV times, visit www.usatf.org.

TYSON FOODS INVITATIONAL EVENT SCHEDULE

RUNNING EVENTS

1:00 PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL 3000 METERS 1:15 PM COLLEGE MEN’S INV. DIST. MED RELAY 1:30 PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL SUNNY D INTENSE SPORT 800 METERS 1:35 PM HIGH SCHOOL BOYS INV. 1 MILE 1:45 PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 400 METERS 1:50 PM OLYMPIC DEV. MEN 60 METERS 1:55 PM OLYMPIC DEV. WOMEN’S Verizon 60 METERS 2:00 PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 3000 METERS 2:15 PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL 60 METER HURDLES 2:20 PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 800 METERS 2:30 PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL 60 METER HURDLES 2:35 PM COLLEGE WOMEN INV. 4x400M RELAY 2:40 PM COLLEGE MEN INV. 4x400M RELAY 2:45 PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL TYSON FOODS 1 MILE RUN

FIELD EVENTS

1:05 PM WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL VISA POLE VAULT 1:30 PM MEN’S INVITATIONAL TRIPLE JUMP

TYSON FOODS INVITATIONAL START LISTS

VERIZON W 60 M CHRYSTE GAINES USA SANYA RICHARDS USA TORRI EDWARDS USA VERONICA CAMPBELL USA LAURYN WILLIAMS USA INGER MILLER USA GAIL DEVERS USA DEBBIE FERGUSON BAH

SUNNY D INTENSE SPORT W 800 NICOLE TETER USA MESKEREM LEGESSE BRA MARIAN BURNETT USA HAZEL CLARK USA HEATHER HENNIGAR USA AIMEE TETERIS USA MARY JAYNE HARRELSON USA CHANTEE EARL USA

W 3K CATHERINE BERRY USA CHRISTIN WURTH USA SENTAYEHU EJIGU ETH SARAH SCHWALD USA CARRIE TOLLEFSON USA SHAYNE CULPEPPER USA

WOMEN 60H JENNY ADAMS USA RAASIN MCINTOSH USA ANJANETTE KIRKLANDUSA GAIL DEVERS USA MIESHA MCKELVY USA PERDITA FELICIEN CAN YOLANDA McCRAY USA GIGI MILLER USA

W 4X4 Relay AUBURN ARKANSAS MIAMI ARIZONA STATE TEXAS BARTON CC

VISA W POLE VAULT STACY DRAGILA USA KELLIE SUTTLE USA TRACY O’HARA USA MARY SAUER USA JILLIAN SCHWARTZ USA STEPHANIE McCANN CAN APRIL STEINER USA DANA ELLIS CAN

M 60m DARREL BROWN Trinidad and Tobago MICKEY GRIMES USA MARQUIS DAVIS USA JASON SMOOTS USA JEFF LANES USA TYSON GAY USA STEVE MULLINS USA DABRYAN BLANTON USA ALLEN JOHNSON USA

Mens 200 JOHN CAPEL USA COBY MILLER USA SHAWN CRAWFORD USA LEO BOOKMAN USA

Mens 400 MILTON CAMPBELL USA COREY NELSON USA ALLEYNE FRANCIQUE GRE GARY KIKAYA Congo GODFREY HERRING USA DENNIS DARLING USA

Mens 800 DAVID KRUMMENACKER USA SAM BURLEY USA GARY REED USA JONATHAN JOHNSON USA ROBBIE STEVENS South Africa DERRICK PETERSON USA BERHANU ALEMU ETH

TYSON FOODS MENS MILE SENECA LASSITER USA JASON LUNN USA KEVIN SULLIVAN CAN CHRIS MULVANEY GBR LABAN ROTICH KEN ALAN WEBB USA JULIUS ACHON UGA ALEX KIPCHIRCHIR KEN PAUL KORIR KEN

H.S. MILE LEONEL MANZANO USA ERIC STANLEY USA CHRISTOPHER SPOONERUSA SCOTT MacPHERSON USA COLBY WISSEL USA BURT HICKS USA KYLE MILLER USA

MENS 3K DANIEL LINCOLN USA CHARLIE GRUBER USA BOAZ CHEBOIYWO KEN JASON SANDFORT USA PAUL MORRISON CAN JASON WOOLHOUSE USA ALISTAIR CRAGG IRL BOLOTA ASMERSON ERI DAVID LELEI KEN

M 60 HURDLES LARRY WADE USA ALLEN JOHNSON USA MICHAEL THOMAS USA DWIGHT THOMAS USA RON BRAMLETT USA AUBREY HERRING USA DUDLEY DORIVAL HAI CHRIS PINNOCK USA

M 4X4 RELAY TCU FLORIDA ARIZONA STATE ARKANSAS

MENS DMR ARKANSAS RICE FLORIDA OKLAHOMA

MENS TJ MELVIN LISTER USA ROBERT HOWARD USA TIM RUSAN USA COLOMBA FOFANA FRA MARCUS JONES USA CHRIS HERCULES USA SEBASTIAN PINCEMAIL FRA LEEVAN SANDS USA BRIAN WELLMAN USA SAVANTE STRINGFELLOW USA