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Subject: USATF Release: Clausen named Athlete of the Week
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:38:09 -0500
Contact: Tom Surber
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19, 2002
Clausen named Athlete of the Week
INDIANAPOLIS – Curt Clausen has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of
the Week after winning his third career U.S. 50K Race Walk Championship
Sunday in Chula Vista, California.
Clausen passed 2000 Olympian and defending champion Philip Dunn with about
2K remaining in the race before winning the championship in 3 hours, 58
minutes, 55 seconds. Dunn was second in 3:59:59.
The bronze medalist in the 50K race walk at the 1999 IAAF World Outdoor
Championships in Seville, Spain, Clausen now owns seven career U.S. outdoor
race walk titles (four at 20K and three at 50K).
Other top performances this week included world-leading marks by sprinter
Shawn Crawford and pole vaulter Jeff Hartwig. Crawford ran a blistering
20.30 in winning the 200 meters in Birmingham, England over the weekend,
while Hartwig, the U.S. outdoor record holder, cleared 5.91 meters/19 feet,
4.75 inches in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Also at Flagstaff, Mary Sauer set a U.S. leading mark in the women’s pole
vault, clearing 4.61m/15-1.50. An additional U.S. leader was turned in by
Kevin Mannon with a 35-pound weight throw of 23.37m/76-8.25 in Columbus,
Ohio.
Other notable performances were turned in by Susan Armenta, who won the
U.S. women’s 50K race walk title in the new American record time of 4:39:39,
which bettered her old U.S. standard by more than 10 minutes.
In masters action, Marie Louise Michelsohn continued her season-long
assault on the women’s 60-64 age group records by setting a new world and
American record in the mile with a hand-timed mark of 6:15.5. She also set a
new American record in the 3,000 meters by running 12:18.77, bettering the
previous U.S. standard of 12:38.96.
Now in its second year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to
recognize performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree
each week and features the athlete on the USATF Web site. Selections are
based on top performances and results from the previous week.
2002 USATF Athlete of the Week winners: January 3, Jim Garcia; January 8,
Mary Louise Michelsohn; January 15, Tamara Diles; January 22, Miguel Pate;
January 29, Regina Jacobs; February 5, Jeff Hartwig; February 12, Meb
Keflezighi; February 19, Curt Clausen.
TOP INDOOR PERFORMANCES, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17
60 METERS – 6.56 – Brian Lewis at Birmingham, England
6.57 – Shawn Crawford at Birmingham, England
6.59 – Ray Saddler at Birmingham, England
200 METERS – 20.30 – Shawn Crawford at Birmingham, England (world leader)
400 METERS – 46.42 – Mike Kenyon (Arizona) at Flagstaff, Arizona
60-METERS HURDLES – 7.56 – Allen Johnson at Birmingham, England
HIGH JUMP – 7-4.5 (2.25m) - Nathan Leeper at Kansas State
POLE VAULT – 19-4.75 (5.91m) – Jeff Hartwig at Flagstaff, Arizona (world
leader)
19-0.75 (5.81m) – Tye Harvey at Flagstaff, Arizona
LONG JUMP – 26-10 (8.18m) – Kevin Dilworth at Birmingham, England
TRIPLE JUMP – 55-3.5 (16.85m) – LeJuan Simon (Barton County CC) at Norman,
Oklahoma
SHOT PUT – 66-1 (20.14m) – Christian Cantwell (Missouri) at Kansas State
WEIGHT THROW – 76-8.25 (23.37m) – Kevin Mannon at Ohio State (U.S. leader)
WOMEN’S 60 METERS - 7.19 – Gail Devers at Birmingham, England
WOMEN’S 400 METERS – 52.99 – Monique Hennagan at Birmingham, England
WOMEN’S POLE VAULT – 15-1.5 (4.61m) – Mary Sauer at Flagstaff, Arizona (U.S.
leader)
WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP – 43-11.25 (13.39m) – Tiombe Hurd at Fairfax, Va.
WOMEN’S SHOT PUT – 57-4.25 (17.48m) – Teri Steer at Columbia, SC (U.S.
leader)
WOMEN’S WEIGHT THROW – 75-3.5 (22.95m) – Dawn Ellerbe at Columbia, SC
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