MEMO: February 24, 2003
TO: U.S. Athletics Media
FROM: Jill M. Geer
USATF Director of Communications
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
317-261-0500 x360
http://www.usatf.org
SUBJECT: Media Teleconference
Stacy Dragila to appear on USATF teleconference
Olympic gold medalist and two-time world outdoor champion pole vaulter Stacy
Dragila will speak to the media via national teleconference on Tuesday,
February 25, 2003, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Dragila will discuss her upcoming
participation in the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, March 1-2 in
Boston, Mass.
The final stop on USA Track & Field’s 2003 Indoor Golden Spike Tour, the USA
Indoor Track & Field Championships will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN2 on
Saturday, March 1 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The top two finishers in
each event at the Indoor Championships will be selected for Team USA for the
2003 World Indoor Championships, March 14-16 in Birmingham, England.
Dragila has had a fantastic run on this year’s Indoor Golden Spike Tour. At
the first stop, the adidas Boston Indoor Games on February 1, she broke her
own American record with a clearance of 4.71m/15-5.5. Just six days later on
the second GST stop, the Verizon Millrose Games in New York on February 7,
Dragila added one centimeter to her record with a clearance of
4.72m/15-5.75. She got her third straight GST win February 15 at the Tyson
Foods Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Indoors in 2003, Dragila has been in pursuit of regaining the world indoor
record. Svetlana Feofanova of Russia broke Dragila’s then-record of
4.70m/15-5 with a clearance of 4.71/15-5.5 on February 2, 2002, during an
indoor season in which Dragila was nursing a foot injury. Since then
Feofanova has raised the record to 4.77m/15-7.75. Dragila still owns the
world outdoor record of 4.81m/15-9.25.
Healthy for the first time since 2001, Dragila is looking for higher heights
as the World Indoor Championships approach.
For more information on the USA Indoor Championships, and for a full
biography of Stacy Dragila, visit the USATF Web site, www.usatf.org
To participate in the USATF teleconference with Stacy Dragila on Thursday,
February 20, dial (800) 791-2345 just prior to the beginning of the call. If
you are calling from outside North America, dial (317) 713-0120. The access
code is 97545. Shortly after the call, a full audio replay and partial
transcript will be available on the USATF Web site – www.usatf.org.
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