Trammell 7.37, Jones 7.84, Stuczynski 4.83 in Boston
Lolo Jones became the first back-to-back Visa Champion, Terrence Trammell became the first two-time men's champion, and Jenn Stuczynski broke the American record again on the second day of the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston.
Before the meet Jones needed a performance of 7.86 seconds in the women's 60m hurdles to take over the lead in the Visa Championship Series, but by the time she stepped on the track, Stuczynski had won the Pole vault with a new American indoor record of 4.83m and scored 1,200 points on the IAAF Scoring Tables.
That meant she had to run 7.85 in order to beat Stuczynski. With a strong finish Jones finally won in in 7.84, worth 1202 points and earned $25.000 in Visa Championship bonus money. Hyleas Fountain finished in second, Shantia Moss was third.
"It was stressful. They tell you what you have to run and I covered my ears. I put my hands on my ears, but I heard it anyway," said Jones. "To have a slow start and still finish strong, it shows I'm finally a mature, veteran hurdler."
Stuczynski was content with her national title (Stacy Dragila was second) and the American record she set.
"I get really nervous competing in Boston. I don’t know why but it’s probably a good thing because I jump the American record," she said. "I may think about entering competitions at a higher height (in the future). I’m probably ready to do that."
Trammell left no question marks in the race for the men's Visa Championship. He led from start to finish in the men's 60m hurdles, winning in a world leading 7.37 seconds and being just 0.01 seconds shy off the US indoor record. It gave him 1259 points in the Visa standings and secured him a $25.000 cheque. Second place in the hurdles went to Dexter Faulk and Jerome Miller was third.
"After the Olympics and not making out of the first round, I had a lot of motivation for this indoor season," said Trammell. "I felt like I could come here and run around 7.40. I wanted to do something different for the final (changing in to purple shoes). It’s the little things that keep me motivated."
Highlights in the other events:
Mark Jelks won the men's 60m in a photo-finish over D'angelo Cherry, 6.51 to 6.52, as Kendall Stevens finished third in 6.56.
In the men's 400m Jamaal Torrence kept his lead in the final stretch to take title in 46.37, ahead of Kelly Willie and James Davis.
Khadevis Robinson won his fourth national 800m indoor title to match the four he has won outdoors.
The men's Shot put is always high-level event of the US Championships. This time it was Dan Taylor who won it with a best throw of 20.67m, claiming his first national title. Russ Winger placed second with 20.44m Adam Nelson was third with 20.08m.
In the women's 60m race 2006 World Indoor champion Me'Lisa Barber held off former world Long jump champion Tianna Madison and Rachelle Boone-Smith.
In the women's Long jump, Brittney Reese won her first US Indoors title with 6.71m, defeating the heptathlete Hyleas Fountain in second and two-time indoor champion Akiba McKinney who was third. Despite being in good form as proven with her 60m silver medal, Tianna Madison was only fourth in her own speciality.
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