DecaNations in Paris France

     The DecaNations meet was in Paris, France on September 6th 2008.  It’s run like a decathlon except we compete in our individual events for a team score.  I finished in 2nd in the women’s discus and we had a great field which included the Olympic Champion.  Team USA won the meet, Germany was 2nd and France was 3rd it was very exciting.  Here is a link with full results, http://www.athle.com/asp.net/main.html/html.aspx?htmlid=3080

Qualifying Round of the Women’s Discus

I felt very prepared for last nights qualifying round of the women’s discus.  I was in the B group with 19 throwers in each flight.  My warm up throws were pretty nice and relaxed.  I was pretty excited on my 1st throw and I got a little anxious with the upper body and threw 58.70meters.  I came back on my 2nd throw a little more relaxed and I hit the auto with 61.90meters.  My final is on Aug. 18th at 7pm.  We have two American women in the final.  I don’t know when is the last time we have had 2 Americans in an Olympic Final. It’s fun being apart of History.

I am so excited to be competing in my first Olympic Final.  Now I can work on bringing home a Medal!!!!

Click here for results of the 2 sections, http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-15-2008/sex=W/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/results.html#det

Click here for the start list of the final, http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-18-2008/sex=W/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/startlist.html#det

Up Next China

My next scheduled competition is the Olympic Games in Beijing, China.  There may be a possibility of a another meet in training camp.  If that happens I’ll let you know.  The competition dates for the women’s discus are qualifying on August 15th and the finals on August 18th.  Please cheer extra loud on those days.  There will be a lot of news and interesting things happening and I will blog as much as I can so check my site regularly for updates.

Here are some helpful links for more information during the Olympics.

http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicGames/

http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/index.html

http://en.beijing2008.cn/

Olympic Trials 2008

We had a packed house at Hayward field today and the crowd was electrifying.  I have been waiting for this meet all season. We had a great women’s discus competition today.   We had several ladies in position with Olympic A Standards and we had to narrow it down to three today.  And I am happy to say that I am one of the three.  I finished in 1st place with a throw of 65.20meters.  Also joining me on this Beijing Olympic team, my good friend and longtime competitor, Suzy Powell-Roos and Stephanie Brown-Trafton.  I know we will represent the USA well in Beijing.

For full results click here, http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F34.asp

Hardest Team to Make

You have to watch the Nike commercials about the upcoming Olympic Trials.  They are hilarious.

Click here to see the videos shown so far, http://insidenikerunning.nike.com/category/events/hardest-team-to-make/videos/

The women’s discus qualifying June 27th at 7:50pm

The women’s discus final June 29th at 3:15pm

These are the dates and times I compete to see the full schedule visit, http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/schedule.asp

Prefontaine Classic 2008

Pre was an exciting meet this year.  Great performances in all events and a huge crowd to cheer everyone on.  The best performance of the meet was Brad Walker(USA Pole Vaulter and Husky) breaking the American Record and taking some great attempts at the World Record.  Again we had close competition in the women’s discus, almost the same marks as Reebok, just the order was reversed.  I finished 6th with 61.01meters.

Click here for full results, http://www.preclassic.com/2008results.html

Up next is the Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR

Reebok Grand Prix 2008

I hope most were able to watch the meet on TV this weekend.  It was an awesome meet with a sell out crowd.  There were great performances in every event, including a new world record in the Men’s 100 meters.  The women’s discus was a loaded field, all of the top US throwers and a top international thrower from Sweden.  Our competition was close, separated by only 3 meters.  And everyone threw over 60meters.  I finished 2nd with a season best throw of 63.06meters. 

Visit this link full results,  http://www.iaaf.org/gp08/results/eventCode=3934/sex=W/discCode=DT/result.html

Up next Pre Classic Eugene, OR June 8th.

Upcoming Meet on TV

 

Five more superstars added to line-up

NEW YORK, NY (May 21, 2008) - Five of the top female athletes in the sport have been added to the field for the fourth-annual Reebok Grand Prix on May 31, organizers announced today.

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.

For more meet info visit http://www.reebokgrandprix.com/

TV Times

ESPN2, May 31, 8:00-10:00 p.m.
CBS, June 1, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Maui Competitions 2&3

The weather and wind were in our favor today.  All the same women were back for the 2nd meet, and again it was a competitive field.  I was excited about how I was feeling in the ring and how my technique is coming together.  It took a few rounds to groove things in but then we were rolling.  After the meet finished we had the option to throw again and start a new meet immediately following.  I don’t think any of us improved in the latter meet but we had to try. 

Six competitive throws is what were used to, twelve competitive throws is tough.  I threw 63.05meters in the 2nd meet and 61.38meters in the 3rd meet.  I am pretty tired after the 3 meets and ready to get back to training.

Click here for full results, http://www.mauidiscuschallenge.org/page/page/5846709.htm

My next meet is going to be in New York on May 31st, here is the meet website, http://www.reebokgrandprix.com/

Maui Competition 1

Today was the 1st of 2 competitions in Maui, Hawaii . The weather was beautiful, sunny and a strong wind. Unfortunately it was a strong wind from the wrong direction, a left tailwind, which is tough on the 1K discus. We had a strong group of competitors all of the top US women, and top international throwers. It was a close competition. I finished 3rd with 58.38meters. Check here for full results, http://www.mauidiscuschallenge.org/page/page/5846709.htm

We will compete again on friday and let you know the results.

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