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U.S. Sprint and Power Meet Held at BYU
Admission at the gate is $3 for adults.
May 29, 2007 PROVO, Utah - The High Performance Committee of U.S. Track and Field has chosen BYU to host a Sprint and Power Meet June 1-2. The Sprint and Power Meet will feature sprinters and field event athletes as they try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Three years ago, BYU was chosen to host this meet in anticipation of the 2004 Athens Olympics. At that meet, nine stadium records were set along with 38 Olympic `A' standard marks. "The U.S. Olympic Committee wants to get as many athletes with Olympic A standards as possible," BYU Track Operations Administrator Doug Padilla said. "We have the honor of hosting some of the best Athletes in the U.S. while they try to reach a world class mark. We had a great meet in 2004. We hope that people will take advantage of this opportunity to witness Olympic caliber competition." The U.S. Track team is sponsoring 48 athletes in the sprint and field events to come and compete. Many of these athletes are the best America has in these events. Admission at the gate is $3 for Adults. Snapshot of Athlets to come. Kibwe Johnson, Hammer Throw - Regarded by some as an up-and-coming star in the ring, Johnson has proven he is an elite thrower. In 2005, Johnson threw the 35-pound weight 80 feet 6 inches, the third farthest throw in American History. Only three Americans have ever surpassed the 80-foot mark. He was ranked No. 2 in the U.S. by Track and Field News. Crystal Cox, 200 and 400 meters - Ran on the Gold Medal winning 4x400-meter relay team during the 2004 Olympics. Cox won the 2004 U.S. Indoor Championship in the 200 meters then placed sixth in the 200 and 400 meters at the U.S. Outdoor Championships. Her best mark in the 200 meters is a blistering 22.58 seconds and in the 400 meters 51.15 seconds. She is ranked No. 8 in the 200 meters in the U.S. by Track and Field News. Shauna Smith, 400-meter hurdles - Smith was the runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2005 Outdoor Championships and was the NCAA Champion that same year. Smith then placed third at the 2006 Outdoor Championships. Her personal best time is 54.21 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, which is a full second faster than any collegiate women's time set this year, and four seconds faster than any women's time in the MWC. She is ranked No. 4 in the 400-meter hurdles in the U.S. by Track and Field News. Erin Gilreath, Hammer Throw - Gilreath was the 2007 USA Indoor Championships runner up in the weight throw and the 2006 USA Outdoor Championship runner up in the hammer throw and the 2005 USA Outdoor Champion in the event. She also won the 2004 Olympic Trials. In 2004 she set a USA Record in the hammer throw of 236 feet 7 inches. She also set a World Record in the weight throw, 78 feet 7 inches that same year. In 2006 and 2005, she was ranked No. 1 in the hammer in the U.S. by Track and Field News. Alfred A.G. Kruger, Hammer Throw - Kruger is the 2006 USA Outdoor Champion and four-time U.S. Indoor Weight Throw Champion (03,05-06, 07). In 2006 Kruger had all seven of the longest throws by and American that year. He ranks No. 1 in the hammer throw in the U.S. by Track and Field News. James Parker, Hammer Throw - Former Utah State All-American, Parker is a three-time USA Outdoor Champion (03-05) and 2006 USA Outdoor runner-up in the hammer throw. He was first at the Olympic Trials in 2004. He finished as a silver medalist in the Pan American Games in 2003. He finished ranked No. 3 in the hammer throw in the U.S. by Track and Field News. Kim Kreiner, Javelin - Kreiner is a four-time USA Champion in the javelin and currently holds the U.S. record in the event. She was a Pan Am Games Gold Medalist in 2003. She was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. by Track and Field News.
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