Oliver, Cantwell, Spearmon & Suhr dominate as USA Outdoor Championships conclude
David Oliver, Christian Cantwell, Wallace Spearmon and Jenn Suhr each dominated their respective events on the final day of the 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
The USA Outdoor Championships are the third stop of the 2010 USATF Outdoor Visa Championship Series, which concludes July 3 with the Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.
* Oliver wins easily in Nike Men's 110 Meter Hurdles
2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist David Oliver captured his second USA Outdoor Nike Men's 110 Meter Hurdles title in a dominating performance against a strong field. His time of 12.93 is the fastest winning time at the championships since 1996.
* Cantwell dominant again in Visa Men's Shot Put
Reigning World Outdoor champion Christian Cantwell showed little mercy on a very talented field in winning the Visa Men's Shot Put with a best throw of 21.65m/71-0.5. Cantwell, who also owns U.S. Outdoor titles from 2005 and 2009, posted five of the six top throws in the event and three of those tosses were better than the second-place throw of 21.33m/69-11.75 by 2007 World Outdoor champion Reese Hoffa.
* Spearmon dominates Nike Men's 200 Meters
* Suhr posts world leader in winning Gill Women's Pole Vault
* Dwight Phillips wins long jump title
* Personal best lifts Moore to Visa Women's 200m title
* It's Symmonds again in the men's 800m
* Alysia Johnson wins Nike Women's 800 Meters
* Lomong edges Manzano in Visa Men's 1,500m
* Ti'erra Brown wins first U.S. hurdles crown
* Huling wins first U.S. steeple title
* Aguilera wins women's 3,000m steeplechase crown
* Competitive men's high jump goes to Jesse Williams
* Furey wins first javelin title
* Breisch captures second U.S. discus title
* Nunn, Michta win 20 km Race Walk titles
Bershawn "Batman" Jackson and Chaunte Lowe were named the respective 2010 USA Track & Field Outdoor Visa Champions for their outstanding performances at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, and each received $25,000 from Visa.
The top American male finisher and top American female finisher in each event of the Visa Championship Series will have their performances assigned a point total based on the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).
Bershawn "Batman" Jackson and the University of South Carolina's Johnny Dutch staged a spirited battle down the stretch of the Hershey Men's 400m Hurdles final on Saturday. Jackson barely got to the final hurdle ahead of Dutch and from there he gradually lengthened his lead all the way to the finish. Jackson's winning time of 47.32 seconds is the fastest time in the world this year and the best performance anywhere since the 2008 Olympic Games. It also shattered the previous stadium record of 48.28 set by Iowa State's Danny Harris in 1986.
Jackson tallied 1,256 points in winning the men's VCS crown, with 110m hurdles champion David Oliver the runner-up finishing just one point behind Jackson. USA Outdoor 200m champion Wallace Spearmon finished third with 1,246 points.
2005 World Outdoor Championships silver medalist Chaunte Lowe on Saturday set an American record in winning the women's high jump with a clearance of 2.05m/6-8.75 on her final attempt. Lowe remained on the high jump pit for nearly a minute in tears after setting the record. Lowe's performance bettered her own AR of 2.04m/6-8.5 set on May 30 at Cottbus, Germany. She is tied with four others as the eighth-best performer all-time in this event, and this is the fourth U.S. Outdoor title of her career ('06, '08, '09, '10). She bettered her own Drake Stadium record of 1.96m/6-5 set earlier this year.
Lowe won the women's title with 1,248 points, with heptathlon champion Hyleas Fountain the runner-up with 1,240 points and pole vault national champ Jenn Suhr third with 1,221 points.
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